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Year 1965County Council Selects Dereham Reeve As WardenTo Elect Warden TomorrowThe new Oxford County War­den will be elected tomorrow. The 23 reeves and deputy reeves will assemble in the council chamber of the County Build­ing at 2:00 p.m. and the open balloting will begin.Live radio broadcasting of the elections can be heard over CKOX radio.There are three possible can-1 didates who have declared their intention to seek the post.Harry R. Armstrong, reeve of Dereham Twp., is definitely seeking the wardenship.Hugh Munro, deputy reeve of East Nissouri, had also been out electioneering.John H. Lester, reeve of North Norwich, announced that he too would seek the county post of warden.Any one of the 23 reeves and deputy reeves of the county is eligible for the wardenship. The new warden will bring the total of wardens in Oxford County to 111.William M. Sutherland of RR 2, Thamesford, the retiring war-, den, will now be a member of the Ex • wardens Association, making that total 25.H. C. ARMSTRONG - - - Oxford wardenWILLIAM SUTHERLAND PRESENTS THE GAVEL TO WARDEN HARRY ARMSTRONGFive Ballots NeededTo Select WardenFree Press Woodstork BureauWOODSTOCK — H. C. Arm­strong, reeve of Dereham Town-| ship, was elected Oxford Coun­ty warden on the fifth ballot yesterday.Other nominees for the post were John H. Lester. North Norwich Township reeve, and Hugh Munro, reeve of East Nis- sotirl Township.The county council chamber was crowde<l with former coun­cilors, wives and friends.County council holds an open vote, with each councilor cast­ing his vote as his name is called from a roll.There are 23 reeves and depu­ty reeves on council, Votes of the reeve and deputy reeve nf Tillsonburg and the reeve of Dereham count as two because of larger population in those municipalities.William Sutherland, reeve of West Zorm Township and 1964 warden, officially turned over his duties to Mr. Armstrong by handing him the warden’s gnv-l el.Becomes 111th To Hold Top PositionHarry R, Armstrong, 49-year- old reeve of Dereham Twp. yes­terday was elected Warden ot Oxford County for 1965. He suc­ceeds WOiam Sutherland of West Zorra. the 1964 Warden of the County.The council, meeting for the first time this year, took only five balloti to select Mr. Arm­strong over the two other candi­dates for the post. He becomes the 111th man to hold the posi­tion.Nominations were opened by L. K. Coles, county clerk-treas­urer and chairman of the elec­tion,Murray Older, deputy reeve of East Nissouri, nominated Hugh Munro, reeve of East Nissouri Twp.Leslie E Force, reeve of Nor­wich, nominated John H. Les­ter Reeve of North Norwich Twp., and P. L. Pressey, deputy reeve of Dereham Twp., nomi­nated Mr. Armstrong.In the balloting, which w a s fairly even, none of the aspir­ants were eliminated before the deciding vote. The ballots fell as follows:First: Armstrong — 7; Lester - 8; Munro — 11.Second: Armstrong — 10; Les­ter — 10; Munro — 6.Third: Armstrong — 5; Les­ter — 10; Munro — 11.Fourth: Armstrong — 11; Les­ter — 8; Munro — 7.On the fifth ballot 14 votes — the necessary majority — was j achieved for Mr. Armstrong. | Mr. Lester and Mr Munro, eached received six votes.In total votes received on all five ballots, 47 went to Mr. Arm­strong, 42 to Mr. Lester, and 41 to Mr. Munro.Mr. Armstrong lives a‘ Os­trander and operates a con­struction company there. Ha specializes in building barns, and storage sheds.He is 49 years old and has been married for 24 years. He has three children and one granddaughter. His son Robert lives with hiqj at home. The ' other two chi^ren are Mrs. Henry Justice of Mt. Elgin, and Mrs. John Payne of London, Ont.I He is now serving his third term as reeve of Dereham T^p. Previous to becoming reeve, he served four years as a council­lor.In his speech of acceptance to the council, Mr. Armstrong thanked the council for their i expression of confidence in electins’ him warden He ex­pressed his wish for the co-oper­ation and support of the council , in the coming year.The three candidates thia year was less than th average | of five or six. The mo! ever to run was 12, in 1943. the year L. K. Coles started in the position ! of clerk-treasurer.| The council adjourned until 10:00 a.m. today after many reeves and Ex-wardens and Mayor William B Dutton of Woodstock had extended their congratulations to the new war-: den. Three Declare Bid For Warden's SeatAssessment Total In Tavistock Up $80,000 From '64Open Vote To Be Held On Jan. 19With 12 days left before the election day, three Oxford Coun­ty councillors have declared their intensions to run for the office of Warden.Harry R. Armstrong of RR 1, Ostrander, a building contrac­tor. stated that he would defi­nitely seek the office. Mr. Arm­strong. the reeve of Dereham Twp. for 1965, has been the reeve for the past year and a half. Previous to that he was deputy reeve for the first half of 1963 and on the finance and as­sessment committees of the! council.Hugh Munro of RR 1, Lake­side. was the deputy reeve of East Nissouri Twp. in 1963 and 1964. and is the new reeve for 1965. He was also on the 1963 fi­nance committee.Mr. Munro is an employee of Hutton Transport at Uniondale.John H. R. Lester who farms at RR 1, Burgessville, has also thrown his hat into the political ring. No stranger to county council either , he has been reeve of North Norwich Twp. for two years and is starting his third.Mr. Lester was also a mem­ber of the finance and assess­ment committees in 1963 and secretary of the assessment committee in 1964.Still undecided whether or not to enter the race for warden­ship. J. C. Smith of Beachville indicated that business may not permit him to do so.On. Jan. 19 six new council­lors will be briefed by the coun­ty clerk, L. K. Coles, The brief­ing will take place in the morn­ing before the election of the warden.The new councillors are Har­old Kipp, reeve of West Zorra Twp.: Bryan Jones, reeve of Tillsonburg; Fred Caddey, reeve of Embro: Murray Older, deputy reeve of East Nissouri Twp.; Glen Kitchen, reeve of East Oxford Twp.; and Thomas J. Comiskey, reeve of North Ox­ford twp.The candidate successful in gaining the office of warden, needs a clear majority of 14 votes. There is a possible 26 votes among the 23 councillors.For every 1,000 municipal electors included in the popula­tion of a center, there is one vote. Hence, Tillsonburg has four votes, by the reeve and de­puty reeve casting two votes each.Dereham Twp. became elligi- ble for one more vote this year, and the reeve will have two votes and the deputy reeve has one.Tillsonburg; Glen E. Kitchen, Reeve of East Oxford; J. Murray Older. Deputy Reeve of East Nissouri.NEW MEMBERS of the Ox­ford - County Council were briefed on their dut^j and council procedure. FRON1,sitting left- Thomas J. Comi- Kipp, Reeve of West Zorra. skwRXe of North Oxford; STANDING left: Fred C. L K. Coles, Oxford County Caddey, Reeve of E^bro, clerk-treasurer; Harold W. Bryan R. P. Jones, Reeve ofCounty Council To Choose Oxford Warden For 1965_ i Prod r Cqddpv Reeve of three working days the financial,Oxford County Council oP^dj 1 . drover’ and Bryan, statement will be prepared, andr„r th* election of a new!Embio^^ wm check lasl|todav for the election of a new warden. The 23 voting delega­tes this year had a total oi -6voles.burg, is a pharmacist.The council will re-conveneMl the reeves and deputy reeves have one vote each, with the exception of Dereham Town- ship, and the town of Tillson- burg. By virtue of population. Tillsonburg’s reeve and deputy­reeve each have two voles. .Last year Dereham Township had the regular two votes, one each for reeve and deputy reeve. With the increase of population in Dereham Town­ship, the reeve now has twoyeai’s books.The council sits again Jan. 26-tomorrow at 10.00 a.m. to ap- 27-28 at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. noint the nominating committee, each day. At these sessions! ?hc nominating committee will the committees will give their then appoint all the committees ithen appoint au reports, and new assignmentsof theP council for the coming will be handed to the commit- vpar 1 tees.The council will then adjourn I The couneU then normaUy re- until Jan. 26. In the interval ofi cesses until March.There were six new council-i Jors in the council who were1 new to this type of politics. This morning. L. K .Coles, Oxford County' clerk-treasurer, gave them the opportunity to be­come familiar with council pro­cedure in a short briefing ses-| sion. ।The new councillors are: Thomas J. Comiskey, Reeve oil North Oxford: Harold W; Kipp, Reeve of West Zorra; J. Mur­ray Older, deputy-reeve of East Nissouri; and Glen E. Kitchen, Reeve of East Oxford. These (our are county area farmers.Seek Approval For New School In TavistockTAVISTOCK — Plans to se­cure tentative approval from the Ontario Department of Edu­cation for a new elementary school in Tavistock were initiated at the inaugural meet­ing of the Tavistock school Board held Tuesday night.Plans are also being formu­lated to petition the Oxford County Council to increase the Tavistock school section to in­clude a part of South Easthope Township wherein three schools, Blum’s, Sebastopol and Harmony, are situated. On Jan­uary 1, the section took in part of East Zorra Township which included three schools and an additional 102 pupils.Population Drops 39 In NorwichTillsonburg Population Up Only 5North NorwichAssessment Up $36,677Elect Grant Smith President Of Oxford Holstein Breeders Adjourn County CouncilCommittees Set, Meet Again Jan. 26Oxford County Council ad­journed yesterday for five days after the various committees had been appointed for the new year.The nominating committee was closeted for about three hours at their exacting task. At the end of their deliberations, the committee had set up mem­bers in 19 committees. The 1965 comittees are as follows.The first named is the chair­man, and the second named is the secretary.ROAD: Percy Wettlaufer, J. N. Meathrell, Elmer Karn, J. C. Lester, Hugh Munro.FINANCE: C. J. Demeyere., Merle Colemen, Vernon C u t h- bert, Stanley Gehring. Glen Kitchen.PROPERTY: L. E. Force. PJ L. Pressey, Allen Littlejohns, Harold Wilker, Bryan Jones.AGRICULTURE: Gordon Asp- den, Murray Older, Harold Kipp, F. C. Caddey, T. J. Com-| iskey.ASSESSMENT: Vernon Cuth-i bert, Stanley Gehring, C. J. De­meyere. Harold Wilker, F. C. Caddey;PRINTING and Resolutions: Merle Coleman. Bryan Jones, Murray Older. Harold Kipp, Al­len Littlejohns.CONSULTATIVE and Eduea- tion: J. C. Lester, Harold Wilk­er. H. R. Armstrong, Glen Kitchen. P. L. Pressev.CENTENNIAL; J. C. Smith, Hugh Munro, H, R. Armstrong, Elmer Karn, Percy Wettlaufer.LIBRARY: Peter McDonald, J. C. Smith, H. R. Armstrong, Allen Littlejohns, Grant Smith for one year term, W. M. Suth­erland for the two year term, and Robert Rudy of Tavistock for the three year term.PERSONNEL: Vernon Cuth­bert, Peter McDonald, C. J. De­meyere, Percy Wettlaufer, L. E. Force.COUNTY HOME: H. R. Arm-! strong, Peter McDonald, J. C. Smith.HEALTH: H. R. Armstrong, L. E. Force, Gordon Aspden.The represenatives to the Children’s Aid Society Board are Warden H. R. Armstrong, and councilors, Merle Coleman, and Bryan Jones.Warden Harry R. Armstrong and clerk-treasurer L. K. Coles were appointed to represent the council in Juvenile Court.H. R. Armstrong and L. K. Coles were appointed the coun­cil representatives on the Ox­ford County Museum Board.L. K. Coles and C. J. Demj/- ere were appointed to the Board of Audit.H. R. Armstrong will repre­sent council on the Woodstock Genual Hospital Board; T J. Comiskey will represent the council on the board of Alexand­ra Hospital, Ingersoll; and Har-, old Arthur will represent the council on the Tillsonburg Hos­pital Board.A very recent important change in County Government is the formation of a County Li­brary. Oxford County is the sec­ond county in Ontario to estab­lish this system.County council will meet; again Jan. 26 at ID a m. to ac­quaint the committees with the various problems facing the; council.Strike CommitteeFor NominationsCounty Council continued to. day in its session with the ap­pointing of the nominating com­mittee.The reeves with previous council experience — 11 Uiis year — appoint five members as a nominating committee. These five then strike the com­mittees for 1965.They are: Hugh Munro, reeve of East Missouri; J. C. S m 11 h, reeve of Beachville; John H. Lester, Reeve of North Nor­wich; Peter McDonald, ReeveInnerkip Studies Library FacilitiesINNERKIP - A meeting has) been held concerning a travel­ling library for Innerkip, a branch of the Oxford County! Co-op Public Library.A committee has been named, Roy Murray, John Eacott Rev. Wells Robinson, Mrs. Harry Carter and Mrs. Reid Chesney, iMrs. Mary Ross will be the Librarian and the location will bv in rooms across the hall from the W. Roach Barber Shop. Nursing Homes Say Welfare Rates Still Low, Increased Too LateWelfare payments to patients in nursing homes should be raised, was the consensus in a survey of nursing homes in Ox­ford County taken by the Sen­tinel-Review.Rev. Edgar Gill, who owns and operates the Faith Haven Nursing Homes in Ingersoll said that the Welfare Board should increase payments, be­cause in many cases they are very inadequate though there are times when payment, de­pending on the patient, is suf­ficient,There are 46 beds at Faith Haven, and at present, 42 are filled. It is expected that the remaining four will soon be oc­cupied with the majority of the patients being senior citizens.A Registered Nurse visits al­most daily depending on the need at the time. She checks in each day and devotes a min­imum of one hour per patient a month.There are 20 welfare patients receiving care at the nursing home with the cost per patient in June amounting to $5.91 for each day with welfare payments per patient approximately $5.50. Mr. Gill felt that in many cases they were operating at a loss.TOO LATEAsked whether he thought the new increase payments announc­ed by Welfare Minister Louis Cecile were adequate, he re­plied that “As usual, what has been asked for from the govern­ment some time ago, comes late."A spokesman for the Wood- stock Private Hospital statedof Blenheim; and Percy Well-i la lifer, reeve of West Zorra.The county clerk, L. K. Coles,! has received correspondence! since the last sitting in DecemJ her, which the council will con sider today. Among the items to be dealth with are:— Tavistock School Board pe­tition requesting the inclusion of South Easthope, County ofi Perth, in the Tavistock Union School.— The Oxford Naturalist So-i ciety request that the Wood­stock-Hickson Railroad right-of- way be retained as a scen­ic trail.There were requests from! seven Ontario organizations ask-I ing Oxford County to participate' in their programs.Numerous service organiza­tions, which depend on the bene-j volcnce of large companies, in-| dustrics, and counties, have sent in requests for money, which the council will consider.Bursaries of $1,000 were awarded to Oxford County Stu-: dents attending the University of Western Ontario in 1964. These were presented o stu­dents from Norwich, Blenheim, Dcreham. North Norwich. East Zorra, and West Zorra.' The county has also pledged: $25,000 to the building fund of( the university, payable at the rate of $5,000 per year. The uni­versity Board of Governors will present a report on the building progress to council Jan. 27.Council will adjourn today at 5:00-p.m. until Jan. 26 at 10:00 a.m.they they had no welfare pat- 1 ients there and usually do not ■ have any.There are 16 beds at the priv­ate hospital and all are filled. It was also mentioned that there was a waiting list and that ; there were two registered nurs­es on full time duty. If they had more beds, the spokesman continued, they could easily be | fined.। Herbert Hogsdon, who has been in nursing for 25 years, i and who is the owner of the Victoria Nursing Home, stated that in his opinion, the decis­ion as to whether welfare pay­ments to patients in the nursing homes should be raised, ought to be left to the city.There are 11 beds at the nursing home and all are filled with only two beds occupied by ; , welfare patients. He continued by saying that his home was overstaffed and that there was no waiting list as such, though should a bed become vacant, there would be no problem in । filling it.Mr. Hogsdon said that he felt i I regular inspections by the auth- I orities were good, and that it i helped to maintain a high stand­ard among the nursing homes. One particular inspection he agreed with was the monthly one made by the fire depart ment.Though there is no register­ed nurse on regular duty at the home, there is one on call.Earl H. Sutherland of Suther­lands Nursing Home was a little 'hesitant In answering any quest 1 lions though he staled (hat there;were 12 beds at his establish­ment, and all were filled. Eleven of the 12 patients are welfare cases.He stated that he did not have a full time registered nurse and that he had a waiting list.The Rossdale Nursing Home in Em bro refused comment when called.Mrs. William Johnston, pro­prietor of the Bonnie Brae Nurs­ing Home in Tavistock, stated that she felt payments to wel­fare patients should be increas­ed. She stated that the cost per patient is S5.47 and because of this it has been necessary to raise the rate for some from $5 to $6.There are 24 beds at the nursing home and only 17 of them are filled. Mrs. Johnston, a practical nurse, has been operating the home for three years.KEEP STANDARDSShe said that in her opinion, the Welfare Board should take a good look at the nursing homes before allowing their patients to enter. She mentioned that the recent scandal involv­ing unfit and improperly run homes might do harm to those that are operated with high standards.She also felt that had there been proper inspection, these things would never have been able to got started, let alone continue for any length of time as has been revealed.As well as being a practical nurse herself. Mrs. Johnston has a certified nursing assistant on hand and a registered nurse onIngersoll Awaits Word From OMB About AnnexationINGERSOLL — Direct from and the town has decided that the musical pages of the past, H wiil "ot go ahead with the the Ingersoll Town council is ?’ hears f,ornsincrintt nr, nM *i«t 1 OMB, All of the 11.8 acres ofwmgmg an old refrain, a title land awarde<1 ja locakd in Wcst tune of many years ago, “All I Oxford Township.OnNc°/?ing rat t . . ,rwo othcr OntarioIt stems Irom the fact that towns also have received newthe town does not want the 118 status under the ruling of theacres of land recently awarded OMB. Wallaceburg was award-to them by the Ontario Mun- ed 1,298 acres of land from iclpal Board. The reason is that Chatham Township which to- i s just 800 acres short of what creased it’s population from 2.- they had originally applied for. 239 to a whopping 10 237Bayfield, near Stratford, had about this matter that they have, sought to annex 592 acres of afilLaly Fne™nea? uand aP- adjacent Goderich and Stanley phed to the OMB to have the Townships, bid were granted annexation order rescinded. only incorporation. This o n 1 v g. r Staples, the Ingersoll applies within the boundaries Town clerk, said that so fat no of the former police village All ♦T f^Wed from changes were effective yester-the OMB concerning the matter day.call. She stated that of the six doctors in Tavistock, one is al­ways available at a moments notice.The home belongs to the Nurs­ing Home Association and the Ontario Hospital Association.The Millway Nursing Home, owned and operated by Mrs. Russel Masson, has 17 beds and all are filled.A spokesman for the home stated that they had a waiting list and could take more pat ients were there beds available.Mrs. Masson, who has operat­ed a nursing home for 11 years, stated that some patients re­ceive much the same care pro­vided by the hospitals and that no registered nurse was there permanently, although there was one on call.The home belongs to the Nurs­ing Home Association and it was felt by Mrs. Masson that the welfare payments to pat­ients should be increased.NEED CHECKSIn general, the proprietors were of the opinion that more policing of the homes was es­sential to maintain high stand­ards and to protect the name of those who carried on a leg itimate business.Most felt that it was difficult enough providing a service at a “break-even” level without having to contend with scandal They were also of the opinion that the new plan of (hr central ization of hospital facilities would increase the need for nursing homes until hospitals can be enlarged to handle all the patients coming to them. Bounties On Foxa Total $1,504Looking for a way to make some extra dollars? Then you may be interested in (ox hunt­ingLast year Oxford County paid out $1,504 in bounties on 376 foxes brought down by sharp* shooting hunters.Residents of West Oxford proved themselves most adept among the townships at collect­ing the $4 bounties. They bagged 79 foxes in 1964 to earn $316. Foxes turned in and bounties collected in other townships 1 were as follows:North Norwich — 53 ($212). Dereham - 47 ($188), B 1 e n- heim—41 ($164), Blandford- 38 ($152), East Oxford — 31 ($124), North Oxford — 27 ($108). West Zorra - 26 ($104), South Nis­souri — 19 ($76). East Nissouri — 15 ($60), East Zorra — none.In 1 9 6 3. hunters enriched themselves by $1,460. destroy­ing 365 foxes.The number of foxes downed' in recent years has dropped considerably, says county clerk L. K. Coles.“I can recall some years in the late ’50s when bounties were paid on 800 or more pelts,” he adds. “I suppose the outbreak of rabies a few years ago had something to do with the drop­off.”Dr. D. W. Thompson, head of the department of agriculture’s health of animats section in Woodstock, says fox hunting is a factor in the spread of rabies among domestic animals."If rabid foxes were allowed to lie in their dens and die in­stead of being chased.” he says, “the incidence of rabies would probably be less."It takes a fox about four or five days to succumb to rabies. In the later stages of the dis­ease paralysis sets in. At the onset, however, the sound of, the dogs sends the animal into , a fury. It’s liable to attack any-I thing.”Nonetheless, substantial sums await those willing to take the fieiu against Oxford’s crafty Reynards.Anyone who kills a fox must brng its tail and ears wrapped in a plastic bag to the clerk of the township in which the animal is downed.You must then fill out a form telling exactly where pou shot the fox, pledging that you have not previously applied for a bounty on it, and giving the number of your hunting li­enee.At that point you receive your «■The township notifies the coun­ty that the money has been paid and shortly afterward re-1 ceives a rebate.The county is turn gets $2 back from the province on every ' bounty paid out.By the way: if you’re eageri to tackle bigger game, Oxford offers a $10 bounty on wolf pups and $25 on those six months or over.County Road Costs To Increase 1/2 MillOxford County taxpayers willshoulder an increase of one- half mill increase in the loads budget for 1965.Council approved the increase yesterday when the recommend­ations of the finance committeeways to pay n subsidy on grad­ers of more than 125 horse­power.FINANCEThe finance committee rec-; ommended that the county where approved at the closing |counc^^ ~ Ontarto GoodThe complete budget for will be brought down in March session.The increase sees the rate jump from 7.25 mills1965 themill lastyear to 7.75 this year, in spite of a $28,000 surplus. Last year, council held the mill rate at the same level as in 1962.The reason for the increase was given to cover the cost of work undertaken during 19 6 4 and as yet not complete — or paid for.The 36th annual Report of the County Road Superintendent was approved by the road com­mittee. In it they found that in 1964 there had been a gross road building expenditure, in­cluding bridges, of $741,404.Maintenance costs for t h e roads a^ bridges of the county totaled $387,609. Last year the county bought new road equip­ment totaling $73,818.The road committee was set up on a five year plan. Hugh Munro was appointed to the committee for five years: Har­old Arthur for four years; Percy J. Wettlaufer — three years; Elmer Karn — two years; and John H. Lester for one year.The warden is a member of the committee, and automatic­ally has a vote.PAVING AT DRUMBOThe Road committee recom­mended that a request in the petition of 230 residents of Blen­heim Twp. and surrounding municipalities be granted. The petitioners want the county road No. 29 from Drumbo to Hwy. 401 to be hard surfaced.The council will see aboutacquiring the right-of-way in 1965. The construction of grades, structures, and base courses, will be scheduled for the year following the right-of-way being fully secured. Paving then will follow in the next year.The road committee also rec­ommended that Oxford County join the Ontario Traffic Con­ference, and endorsed the Grey County resolution which re­quests the DepartmentofHigh-Roads Assoc. — $50; Associa­tion of Ontario Counties — — $107; Ontario Association of Rural Municipalities — $25.The committee recommended that council endorse a resolu­tion from Lambton County, re­questing that, mileage payments made to council members be free of income-tax.The committee recommended that the council pay the account to the auditors Monteith, Mon­teith and Company of $500.The finance committee rec­ommended that the council ap­prove the following grants: Sal­vation Army — $1,000; Cana­dian National Institute for the Blind — $500; St. John Ambu­lance — $50.The committee recommended that the Oxford County Scholar­ship of $50 be given the Ro­tary Club of Tillsonburg for their annual music festival.BUY COINSThe council approved purch­ase of 50 souvenir medals, on sale from the Woodstock Coin Club. These medals are souve­nirs of Woodstock. They have a blended crest of Woodstock and Oxford County on one side, and champion cow, Springbank Snow Countess on the reverse.All members of the council, the clerk, and members from Woodstock and Ingersoll Subur­ban Road Commissions, were appointed delegates to the On­tario Good Roads Association.In addition the road mill rate, it was recommended that $2,- 800 be granted to the 1965 coun­ty road program, and this grant be taken from surplus in the general account.The library committee rec­ommended that the finance committee set aside one half a mill of the county budget for the Oxford County Library services in 1965.The property committee rec­ommended that there be five lights installed outside the Regi­stry Office to better illumin­ate the exterior.The property committee also suggested that there be a gas unit with a thermostatically con­trolled fan, installed in the .basement of the Registry Of­fice. An estimated cost will be submitted before the installs- , tion begins.This year, the committee 1 room will receive a new coat 01 paint, on the recommenda­tion of the properties commit­tee.The agriculture committeeThey also endorsed Grey County’s resolution to move the deer hunting season from the first week in November to the third. This resolution would leave the decision to the coun­ties affected.Oxford County council de-, elded that the county was not interested in buying the aban­doned CNR right-of-way in the; subdivisions of North and South Norwich.The Centennial committee will be made up of the reeves of I townships which have not yet decided on a centennial pro­ject. The members will be J. C. Smith, Reeve of Beachville; Hugh Munro, Reeve of East Nis­souri; Elmer Kam, Reeve of West Oxford; Harold Kipp, Reeve of West Zorra; and Per-j cy Wettiaugher, Reeve of East Zorra.RECOMMENDATIONSThe Consultative and Edu­cation Committee recommended - • that the grant of $5,000 be paid to the Capital Building Fund of the University of West­ern Ontario in 1965, and for two more years.— that the council should hold the amount of bursaries to Ox­ford County students at the uni­versity over to the March ses­sion. — that a grant of $300 bemade to Trustees sociation.— thatthe andtheOxford School Ratepayers As-county join theabove association at the fee of $40.— that there be no action at this time on the petition of rate­payers in Tavistock to have sec­tions of South Easthope Town­ship, Perth County, included in the Tavistock Union School, un­til the province appoints a sec­retary for tiie committee, as required by the provincial legis­lation.The council passed by-laws permitting the finance commit­tee to borrow money to meet expenses, until the 1965 taxes are collected.Clerk-treasurer L. K. Coles, in preparing the preliminary estimates, stated that they would need about $1,100,000 for roads, and about $360,000. for the general purposes fund, in­cluding the library, and wel­fare services.Committee meetings are sche­duled for the coming months. The reeves and deputy-reeves who make up the county coun­cil will be busy in their own townships, attending township council meetings and formu­lating resolutions to present to the council at the next session March.inThey're Buying One AnywayNo group works harder or more conscientiously than Ox­ford County Council, but when the work has been done there 15 no group which will turn more quickly to humor. At the end of the 1965 Council opening session, clerk treasurer L. K, Giles read with full solemnity, the following resolution which had been donated anonymously just prior to Ilie election of the warden:Moved by Lester B. Pearson,Seconded by John Diefenbaker. (RELUCTANTLY)Resolved: That Oxford County take immediate steps tona2 Dolc adorned with a new and DISflNCflVE Canadian flag.recommended that, a resolution from Prince Edward Island, en­dorsed by the council, stated that all persons standing for nomination to council, have all property taxes paid. There must be no back taxesmustowing, no matter how land a nominee owns.muchThe council endorsed the reso­lution of Grey County asking for increased indemnity for cattle under the Animal Conta­gious Diseases Act. The in­crease would be from $70 to $100 for Grade cattle, and $140 to $200 tor Pure Bred Cattle.HOME FOR THE AGED SUPERINTENDENTWANTEDundersigned until Thursday, February 1.1th. 1965 al I'M) Put4CS 10 commence April 1st, 1965. Starting salary\? cxpcrien4v€‘ Present home has 25 residents Some f Siving preliminary thought to a newApplicants should state age. previous emstovment and experience, salary expected and other dataL. K COLES. SEC TRE AS Oxford County Home tor the Aged Box 397. WOODSTOCK. Ontario. Oxford Road Rate,County Library Seen Raising TaxFree Wootlsloek BureauWOODSTOCK Oxford Coun­ty faces a possible inercRsr in the county tax rate this year with an increase in the amount for roads and addition of the new county library system.Council approved letting the road committee use up to 7-% nulls of the county tax levy this year. The committee had 7H mills last year.A half-mill levy to support the newly established county library system will be added to the county assessment of all munici­palities in the county except Tillsonburg, which did not join the system, and Ingersoll and Woodstock which are separated from the county.The levy will not he estab­lished until the March county council meeting. The 1963 levy was 13’4 mills.The roads budget was in­bc hard surfaced and decided tn [acquire the additional right of way needed this year, start pre­liminary construction next year, and pave it in 1967;Appointed East, Nissouri Reeve Hugh Munr<> to the roads voin- m&tee for five years, South Nor­wich Reeve Harold Arthur for four years, East Zorra Reeve Percy Weltlaufer for throe years, West Oxford Reeve El­mer Kam for two years, and North Norwich Reeve John H. R. Lester for one year;Endorsed a Grey County reso­lution that the department of highways pay subsidies on motor graders over 125 horsejxwer rather than slopping subsidy nt 125 horsepower ns is done now.creased last year to 7tj mills from the 1963 figure of 7’4. The. over-all county levy remained the same last year as 1963 be­cause one-quarter mill was cut, from the general accounts.The roads committee had a 328,000 surplus last year which will also be used toward the 1965 budget.Rough estimates prepared by county clerk-treasurer Len Coles for establishing the amount the county would have to borrow un­til tax money comes in were the same as last year at 31,100,000 for roads and 3360.000 for gener­al purposes, welfare, and county library.In other business, county:Approved a petition from 230 persons asking the Oxford Road 29 from Drumbo to Highway 401 Free Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCKOxfordCounty council took no action yesterday on a petition from six Tavistock and area residents asking that a portion of South Easthope township in PerthCounty CouncilBack In SessionOxford County Council met again yesterday for the third time this month to begin the serious business of considering the problems of the new year.Most of the day was spent in committees, deliberating the correspondence which has been received, and other problems which need committee attention.County Clerk - treasurer, L. K. Coles, read some further cor­respondence which had come in since last Wednesday. These items also will be put in thebecommittee grist - mill toways announced that they may abandon the line in the Otter­ville subdivision, running from Otterville to Burgessville.The Department of Highways of Ontario has given the county the same grant for roads as last year. This is $200,000 for road construction and $330,000 f o r maintenance work.Monteith and Monteith and Company of Stratford, Oxford County auditors, reported no er-| rors or omissions in the bal­ance of 1964. The county now owns $200,000 worth of road ma­ground into resolutions, or dis­chinery.The council passed by-lawscarded.A letter received from the [which gives the Suburban Com- Grey County council, contained ’three resolutions passed by that council.The Grey county council will ask the Minister of Lands and Forests to have the deer seasonmittee of Ingersoll $3,972.12 forroads so classed, and the Wood- stock Suburban Road Commit­tee will receive $20,881.87.L. C. Scales, of the Depart­ment of Lands and Forests, sub­changed from the first week of miffed a report of the Oxford November to the third. The1 County Forests.council feels that this will cut This annual report to the own- the loss of human life, and les- ers of the Oxford County Agree-1 sen the number of cattle which I ment Forest is made up of two are shot. I parts. In one part a descriptionBecause of the heavy snow-1 of the work is given, and in the fall on the northern county they 1 other, a financial statement, wish the provincial government Under the terms of the 40 to give them a subsidy on the I year agreement between I he cost of expensive snow removal I county and the province, the equipment. | province manages the woodlots,A resolution to amend the I pays the bills and keeps the re­Animal Contageous Diseases venue of the forested areas. Act, would raise the reimburs- j Rev John C. Kilborn of the toent of $70 for a lost ‘Grade’ United Church charge of Os- cattle beast to $100. P u r e trander, Courtland, and Gays- breds would increase from $140 borough, presented the official to $200, opening invocation Io the coun-Ilie Canadian National Rail-,cd.ELECTED as officers at the right: Earnest Garner, 1st Wilhelm, 2nd vice-president;annual meeting of the Oxford vice - president; William and Roy McCorquodale, pastCounty Farm Safety Council Chesney, president; George president,last night are, from left toMembers Name PresidentOf Farm Safety CouncilWant Part of Easthope Township Included in Tavistock School SectionCounty be included in the Tavis­tock union school section.The decision was made on a recommendation from council’s consultative and education com­mittee which said it is powerless to act until the province ap­points a secretary for the com­mittee as required under provin­cial legislation.The petition asked that parts of the Perth County township adjacent to Tavistock be includ­ed in the school section. Tavi­stock is on the Perth - Oxford county line.Council took no action on a Woodstock Naturalist Society suggestion that if the CNR line to Hickson from Woodstock is abandoned, the council obtain it for a nature trail or ski trail.The board of transport com­missioners is considering a CNR application to close the seven- mile branch line. Hearings were]held in Woodstock two weeks ago.Council decided to advise the CNR that it was not interested in buying the abandoned CNR right-of-way on the former Ot­terville to Burgessville branch line.The railway said it was mak­ing the offer to the county be­fore contacting owners of adja­cent property to the seven-mile line and other persons who might be interested.Council appointed West Zorra Reeve Harold Kipp as the final member of its centennial com­mittee. The committee consists of Warden Harry Armstrong, East Zorra Reeve Percy Wett- laufer, and the reeves of muni­cipalities which have turnedtheir centennial grants over to county council.County Clerk-Treasurer Len Coles said about 317,500 in sen­ior government grants are avail­able to the county from Beach- ville. East Nissouri. West Ox­ford, and West Zorra which have decided not to have their own centennial projects.Oxford has not decided whether or not it will have a, centennial project. Council de­cided to buy 50 of the Oxford County medals the Woodstock Coin Club is promoting for pre­sentation to visiting dignitaries.A 35,000 grant to the Univer­sity of Western Ontario capital building fund each year for the next three years was approved, jLAST CASE IN 1956No Polio Reported In Oxford Since Use Of Salk VaccineDr. O. C. Powers of the Ox-' available free of charge, to ford Health Unit in Woodstock, I anyone who wants them.reports that, there have been The series of polio innocula- no cases of polio in the countyv followed one month later by thesince 1956.second shot, and the final in-Prcyious to the introduction jection in seven months time. V ft I Ie KnltA «»» 1 nt _ of Salk polio vaccine, in 1955,there were 42 cases of polio After the first three shots,"abooster is recommended in a year’s time, with subsequent —every three to fivefrom 1947 to 1956. The largest , , number of cases came in 1951 1with 11 reported. There were ‘ 'years.no cases of polio in 1954....... .. . „ ln 15,61 ^r- Albert Sabin per-With the mass use ofSalk; fected an ora] vaccine which is vaccine since 1955, the incidence I used extensively in the United of polio has disappeared. There states. Oral polio vaccine is to was one case in 1956 and the (be used in London. Ont starting slate has been clean since 1957., thia spring.Dr. Powers said that they ! The Oxford Health unit hashave 17 clinics per month at plans to use the oral vaccine in the unit. Polio innoculations are I the future. SIR WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER CHURCHILLNOVEMBER 30, 18*4 — JANUARY 24, 1965COUNCIL MUST CHOOSEBlenheim Villages Vie For Centennial GrantThree viUages in Blenheim approval. At that time the Twp. are striving for a bite Princeton project was the only of township Centennial grant'one Panned, and the committee expected to receive the full township grant.of $8,902.Represeptatives from the municipalities of Princeton, Plattsville, and Drumbo, last night presented their respective cases to J. R. Croden, field representative of the Centennial Committee set up by the De­partment of Municipal Affairs in Toronto.Each of the municipalities has made application for their own projects. Princeton filed an application Mar. 24, 1964, for a new community hall which would cost approximately $25,- 000.The Princeton committee, headed up by George Matheson, was told at that ime that they must prove to the department that they could finance their share of the project.The federal, provincial, and municipal governments must each pay a third of the cost. The Princeton committee were able to borrow $10,000 and put it in an account in the Prince­ton bank, to prove that they could afford to finance their end of the project.The township council approved the project and sent it on to the Centennial committee forHowever, in Oct. Drumbo also made an application for a cent­ennial community hall to cost an estimated 25,000; then on Oct. 30, 1964, Plattsville sub­mitted plans for a pavilion in their park at an estimated cost of $6,000.The township council then passed a by-law which counter­acted the first. All three pro­jects were then approved and forwarded to the Centennial committee for consideration.The village of Bright had con­sidered a centennial project also renovations to the exitst­ing town hall but was told that Centennial committee would not approve this. So Bright did not file an applicationBy November, I. J. Haines, Blenheim Twp. clerk, had re­ceived a letter from tlu- com­mittee requesting more inform-ation on the projects ot the ,ship elected body.villages and a recommendation ...........for the twonship to consider sent agreed that the final de­just one project.At last night’s meeting, Mr. Croden said that the commit- of the three villages, and Bien ted would approve any centen- helm Twp. council will be held mal project, provided the muni* in the near future.cipality could show proof of financial support.“The crux of the centennial projects,” he said, ‘‘is that each community should have a part in the program, how ever large or small.” “What we are doing is building memorials to Cana­da’s 100th birthday, and the more memorials there are, the! more weight the Centennial will carry.”Gerald Enticknan, chairman, of the Drumbo delegation said that his committee would abide I by the decision of the council,! but Drumbo is prepared to go| ahead with their project.Cameron Shantz, chairman of the Plattsville delegation, said that while the pavilion project was a frill, the village of Platts­ville had already completed much bigger projects com­pletely on their own, over the past years.Mr. Matheson stated that in his opinion the council was to blame lor the mixup, and the, responsibility for a decision on the matter lav with the town­All the representatives pre­ciflion rested with council.A meeting of representatives'iAnnualReport OfUWOCounty Council Told Of ExpansionA four-man delegation from the University of Western On­tario, yesterday presented the annual report to the Oxford County Council.The representatives are mem­bers of the Board of Governors of the University. Dr. G. Ed­ward Hall, president of the. board, gave the report.With him were Professor R. B. Willis, vice-president; W. C. P. Balwin, chairman of the municipal government commit­tee, of the board of governors; and F. H. Rowland, secretary of the board of governors.There are now more than 5,200 students enrolled in the university, and 1,000 students in the affiliated colleges. Dr. Hall rfid and that by 1970 he ex­pects there will be about 10,- 000.At the present time there is extensive construction in prog­ress on the university grounds. To date, there has been $16 million spent on the new Uni­versity Hospital and Faculty of Dentistry buildings.By the year 1967, approxi­mately $40 million will have been spent expanding the facili­ties of the university.This is Western’s share of the $114 million which Ontario’s Premier John P. Robarts stated last September, would be spent on Ontario Universi­ties by 1967.When the new medical build­ings are opened, they will pro­vide integrated teaching for nurses, doctors, and dentists.There are now 840 fuU time teachers at the university, and nearly as many part time teach­ers. The student body has in­creased by 11.5 per cent over the last school year.Of the total enrolment, there are 800 students doing gradu­ate work. This is a 35 percent increase over the previous year. These are students who have attained a bachelor’s de­gree or the equivalent, and are working on their master’s or doctorate.Dr. Hall compared tile budget of 1947 with present budget. In 1947 the budget was $670,000/ and in the 18 years to the 1965- 66 year it has become $15, mil­lion.In September of this year, the College of Education, London Branch, will open. It. is to be closely affiliated with the uni­versity.The council has been invited to visit the university June 23. They will take the full tour at that time.County's Snow Bill Declines Again In 1964, Set At $40,000The county snowplows andsanders have not been as busy as in other years, according to J. N. Meathrell, Oxford County road superintendent.The cost of snow removalhas decreased somewhat each calendar year since 1962. The cost in 1962 was $58,000; in 1963 it was $48,000; 1964 coststo Dec. 15 were $40,000.Since Dec. 15 last year. It has cost about $12,500 for anow-j plowing and sanding.The county operates eight plows and one snow blower and eight sanding trucks. There are 26 full time employees on the maintenance staff,Mr. Meathrell estimated that the cost of snowplowing, sand­ing and salting operations this winter will be about the same as last year; $40,000.The budget for 1965 is now being drafted for road expend- tllures,and will be presented to the county council at the next session March 23-24-35. Triangle Maple Leaf Is Centennial SymbolOTTAWA (CP)—The centea- «ial commission announced to day a stylized maple leaf com posed of 11 triangles will he the symbol for Canada’s Confedera­tion centennial in 1967.It was selected by the com­mission from 496 entries in a design competition, but placed fourth in the judging. Centen­nial Commissioner John Fisher said the symbols ranked first, second and third were too much like commercial trade marks.The symbol is copyrighted and registered under the trade marks act. It will be used by the commission on its stationery and advertising and its further use publicly is being studied.The design originated with an artist with the graphic design firm of Cooper and Beatty, of Toronto and Montreat After it placed fourth in the competi­tion, the firm was commis­sioned to develop it more fully.The c o m m i ssion announces that t h e competition prize money was awarded to Gilles Coutu. Montreal, 82,500; Heiner Hageman. Pointe Claire, Que., $1,000 and Harry Aslin, Mont­real. $500.Their designs were: two doves of peace, similar to the trade mark of 8 paper firm: Con­centric Cs similar to the trade mark of a can company; andRSX0CT0:$9DESIGN NETS MONTREALER $2,500a C embracing 10 stars, similar to the trade mark of a meat packer.APPROVAL NOT NEEDEDMr. Fisher said the new sym­bol. unlike a controversial sym­bol chosen by the 1967 worldPublic And Senior Citizen HousingA committee has been work-this year with representativesexhibition in Montreal, does not! need parliamentary approval.Nor does the centennial sym-j bol have the same uses as the world’s fair symbol. The world’s | fair corporation is licensing the use of its symbol for conces­sionaries at the exhibition and for use on souvenirs.Mr. Fisher said legal restric­tions on the use of the centen­nial symbol on souvenirs im-A committee has been work- this year with representatives ported from abroad are being ins tirelessly on a Dublic hous-1 from Ingersoll and the County studied, but the commission mg ureiessu on a puouc nou. advisabmty of a new hopes fhe centennial symbo] wiUbuilding to care for the aging be widely used in decorations, in Oxford County. travel promotion and centennial!events advertising by the prov-iing project and on Senior Citi-, zen Housing for a considerable time with frustrating results. This year with the new Ontario Housing Corporation in opera­tion we anticipate success.I feel that the need for Senior Housing is especially acute. We are this year helping to provide, along with the Coun­ty and Ingersoll, for some chronic beds in our hospital, which will take care of a num­ber of chronically ill and older citizens.We have a home, again in partnership with the County and Ingersoll, which takes care of some older, fairly inactive citizens. Now we need space for the citizen who may have means by which to live but is simply growing older.The need for expansion of our facilities for care of the aging is growing annually and we must not ignore it too much longer. I would go so far as to suggest that talks be startedCounty Roads Assistant AppointedThe county road.office has a|. new assistant. Donald L. Pratt joined the staff of the county as the assistant to the road super­intendent J. N. Meathrell, at the beginning of the new year.Mr Pratt comes to Oxford County from Norfolk County where he was design and con­struction engineer for five and one half years.inces and municipalities as well1 as by the federal government.;“We hope the symbol will) have the widest possible use and that it will give the public some­thing to focus its attention on,” Mr. Fisher added.Peter Akroyd, director of spe-; cial projects for the commis­sion, said the centennial plan­ners sought a symbol which) would epitimize the prestige of the state and represent Cana­dian unity. Of the 496 contest) entries, 307 used the maple leaf! motif.The 11-triangle design can he copied easily by school children and drawn to any size. It can also be constructed out of any building or display material, can be reproduced in any color or colors, and can be used as a pattern for illuminations or1 fireworks.Bus, Welfare Official Quits at Woodstock WOODSTOCK — D. F. “Mike"Knott's resignation as city bus Une manager and welfare ad-l rninistrator has been “accepted with regret’" by city council. JThe resignation, allows Mr. Knott to take over as superin­tendent of the Oxford County Home, was announced by Mayor W. R. Dutton. It is effective April 2.Hes graduated fromQuecns University. Kingston, in 1959 with a bachelor of science degree.AFTER 37 YEARSMatron, Manager ResignFrom County Home PostMR. AND MRS. ROBERT J. FORBES'Hie Oxford County home for the aged is losing its manager and matron of 37 years ser­vice.Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. For­bes, who took over as the. ad­ministrators of the home Jan. 1, 1928, recently sent in their resignation to the county warden, William M. Suther­land.Mr. Sutherland expressed the regret of the county ot- flcials and himself al the admistrators’ resignation.“As chairman of the board of management of the Oxford County Home for the Aged, I wish to report that the hoard recently received a letter from Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Forbes, announcing that they would retire after 37 years as manager and matron of the home.“The board accepted their retirement notice, with ex­treme regret, as Mr. and Mrs. Forbes have maintained the high standard of care for all residents of the home since Jan. 1, 1928, the date they accepted the responsibility for the management of the home.“The retirement will be ef­fective Mar. 31, 1965, but the board is retaining their ser­vices for consulting purposes for a further six month per­iod.“All municipal councils, and all ratepayers of Oxford County, Woodstock, and Inger­soll, should be extremely grateful to Mr. and Mrs. For­bes for their untiring service and efforts on behalf of the many residents who are, or who have been residing in the Oxford County Home for the Aged.”Mr. and Mrs. Forbes have been married 46 years. Prior to 1928 they operated a farm. They succeeded the adminis­trative position of the countyhome, from an aunt and uncle of Mr. Forbes, the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parker of Buller St.The home at the present time has 27 residents. The reasonable maximum that can be accommodated is 62, but Mr. and Mrs. Forbes stated that once, in 1931, they had 96 residents.The county home, built in 1893, has been modernized many times, and is kept in excellent shape by the county.There were 216.5 mile of roads in Oxford County as of Jan. 1. 1965. Of this total, 200.3 miles are county main­tained, 12.5 miles Woodstock Suburban Roads, and .5.1 miles Ingersoll Suburban roads.Of the total mileage, there is 168.6 miles of hard sur­face roads, and the remaining 47.9 miles graveled The road committee treats the gravel roads annually with two layers of dustlayer, to render the gravel roads as dust free as possible.Opening Marks EndOf One-Room SchoolsIn East NissouriThe official opening of Wild­wood Park Public School last- night marked the end °f of one room schools m the Last Nissouri township.The new school, located about a quarter of a mile south of Un-i ionville on Highway 100, was jammed with parents. ^ach£ls’ and various sized toddlers who waded through a sea of mud to come and inspect the new S<The principal of the new, school Albert G. Dowdell, said i that the school had accommoda­tions for nearly 180 students.SMALL ONES GOThe school is replacing f i v e former one-room schools bring­ing the pupils together under one roof. Its accommodations include five class rooms, a play-: room complete with stage and kitchen, administrative offices, workrooms, storage rooms and washrooms.Pupils from Uniondale. Wild­wood. McKim's, Medina and Brown's schools started Attend-, ing the school when it opened its doors earlier this month.NAMES IN THE NEWS—Recently at Toronto for the Ontario Association of Rural Municipalities were members of the Oxford council accompanied by L. K. Coles, countv clerk-treasurer; J. N. Methrell. county road super­intendent; and Donald L. B. Pratt, assistant road superin­tendent.Oxford County Home Officials to RetireWOODSTOCKMr. andMrs. Robert J. Forbes, super­intendent and matron of the Oxford County Home since1928, have decided County Clerk Len yesterday-Mr. Coles snid theto retire. Coles saidretirement*will be effective March 31. He said they have been asked to stay on for at least six months In a consultant capacity. Public SchoolBUT A FIERY COWAct Bill 54Half MillionChanges LittleIn ApathyWith the enforcement of Bill there will be one. In Blenheim 54, and amendment to the Pub Twp. the process of amalgamal- lic School Act of Ontario, very ing the school boards has been few of the townships in Oxford evolving, and there were only County will be affected. three boards left, to be replacedMost affected will be Bland-1 by the one.ford, where formerly six area Each school board has five school boards rule, and n o w trustees, which have all been 'elected in conjunction with the1 <a ’municipal elections in Decern-!Baden BoardHires Team For Battleher.Bill 54 is designed to consolid­ate school administration and will facilitate the gradual elim-j ination of the some 2,500 one and two room schoolhouses. The idea is to eliminate schools where there are sometimes up to eight classes in one room, under one teacher.There are 6,346 children inOxford County who will be af-1BADEN Ont (CP)—The Ba- wuuuy nuu ww ue ai-iden School Board has engaged fected by this bill. They attend a firm of Kitchener laywers in classes in 55 schools exclusive its fight against amalgamation of Woodstock.with the Wilmot Township1. Also included within Bill 54,j School Board. The issue now is is legislation permitting the es- likely to go before the courts, tablishment of County SchoolIn Woodstock, il seems, cows count more than cash.Last night City Council dis­cussed projected revenues and expenditures for IMS that to­talled nearly half a million dollars. Nobody showed up to watch.Yet on matters like whether or not a statue of a blue-rib­bon cow should be set up in front of the city hall, interest runs at fever pitch.“Frankly, 1 don’t under­stand it,” says Mayor W. B. Dutton “Council deals with hundreds of thousands of dol­lars, and the public couldn’t care less — except, of course, when tax bills are sent out.“But something like this cow business comes up. and suddenly everybody becomes passionately aroused.“I’ve talked with people inthe last few days who seem Io look upon the statue's loca­tion as virtually a life or death affair. Some of them become almost violent.“It's really baffling."The statue—in memory of champion Holstein Springbank Snow Countess — presently stands off Dundas St. west of Springbank Ave. When the Holstein - Friesian Association of Canada, owner of the mon­ument, indicated it was think­ing of moving the Countess to a more viewable site, Mayor Dutton suggested in front of Woodstock’s city hall.It has not proved to be the most popular of proposals.Nonetheless, the mayor says he still intends to intro­duce a motion at the Feb. 18 meeting of council calling for ths move.The school board of this com­munity 10 miles west of Kitch­ener, with (he support of rate­payers following a public rate­payers' meeting, is battling the Ontario government’s Bill 54 which rules that all rural pub­lic school boards in a township be amalgamated into one board.The bill, which became law Jan. 1. exempts villages and towns with a population of 1,000tablishment of County School Boards. At the present time, there are no such boards, but. the County councils are requir­ed to appoint a public school!consultative committee, and this may be the first order of business in county councils at' the first new year meetings, 'The formation of county school boards Will pose new pro-1 blems in school government. At _________the present time many of the or more. However. Baden with perimeter townships of some a spread-out population of about counties are partly under the 1.100 does not fall under any of jurisdiction of a bordering the exemptions.______________I county..Although the board officially! In some cases it may be ceased to exist after Dec. 31. favourable to have two counties three trustees will probably con- under one school board, or tinue operating the school until three counties under two school the courts settle the issue. (boards.GRATITUDEGod bless you, Mr. Thomas Dent!You’ve foiled those villains who were bent On wrecking all my sweet content.They scorned my grassy, loved abode:They planned to drag me down the road: “In Market Square she’ll stand!” they, crowed!Let’s drink a Toast, dear Tom, the noo, In lactic nectar—here’s to you! Amen! I’m staying! Moo, moo, moo!SPRINGBANK SNOW COUNTESSLetters To The EditorPremier Robarts also de-i As of Jan. 1 all boards ceased dined to intervene in the dis-.to exist, replaced by township pute. I school boards.Famed Holstein Statue To Stay On The FarmIt looks like Springbank Snow Countess is to stay where she is.City Council last night de­cided to spruce up the Count­ess’ present location on D u n- das St. west of Springbank Ave. rather than suggest moving her to a new site..AU thought of shifting the life­sized statue honoring the Hol­stein's prowess as a world champion producer of butterfat went out the window when T. T. H. Dent told council the move could cost as much as $10,000.“I don’t know what the sta­tute’s weight is,” he said, “but believe me it’s heavy. The cow itself is cast out of an iron and lead alloy and is solid con­crete inside.“What’s more, the base ex­tends into the ground about 10 feel.”bred and raised, went on to say he feels the statue should not be moved.“It now stands on half-an- acre of land that was once part of Springbank Farm,” he said. “This was where the cow set. her record, and I think it’s where her statue should be.“Also, moving it would mean another plaque to explain the farm's location.”The question of whether to move or not to move ended when council adopted Aid. T. J. Slater’s motion that the Countess should remain where she is “with all due dignity and respect.”Council further directed that a memorandum be sent to the Parks Board regarding im- Sroved landscaping and possible enches for the statue's present site.Mr. Dent, son of T. R. Dent, Mayor W. B. Dutton said he former owner of Springbank i suggested placing the statue in Farm where the countess was'front of the city hall after heMayor W. B Dutton said helearned the Holstein-Friesian Association of Canada wasj thinking of seeking a new and more prominent location — pos­sibly on Highway 401 at Cedar Creek.The association set up the monument at a cost of about $5,000 in 1937, a year after the Countess died.“I didn’t want to see the sta­tue leave Woodstock,” the may- oi- added. “It’s our number one) historical attraction, and, as the biblical story of the talents il-l lustrates, what you don't put to good use you soon lose.”The Countess’ Dundas St. home passed into the hands of developer Robert Thompson in 1956 when he purchased some 190 acres of Springbank Farm from T. R. Dent for a future subdivision.The following year, Mr. Thompson deeded the plot tO| Woodstock for $1, with the city promising to maintain it as a memorial park.The Statute belongs to the Holstein-Friesian Association.THAT COW STATUEMr. Editor:I object to the Mayor’s idea of moving “Springbank Snow Countess”for the following rea­sons;I. There are now many vistors to the monument in its present location.2. The downtown parking is a problem now without more con­gestion.3. It would not be possible to duplicate the natural setting the cow now has and would look odd with nothing but buildings surrounding it.4. It is now easy for the Spring­bank area to be identified to anyone in Oxford County. As you are aware the monument has been in its present location 28 years and has become a landmark of Oxford County.ReaderCOW STATUE SITEDear Sir;Who would like a cow at his front door or on his front lawn? I was very disturbed; as are others, to learn that the city council are planning to remove Springbank Snow Countess to the city square.True, the statue of Oxford's famous cow is only the symbol but symbolically it is the same. We just don’t tether cows in pasture on our front lawns es­pecially in the heart of the city.This momunment deserves a prominent place in Oxford Coun­ty. to be seen by tourists pass­ing by, so that they might learn something of Oxford, the ‘Owner Of Snow Countessn,er county. Are there no suitable on 401 in this district?ThankingIban­sitesyou, am.Interested Reader.Opposes Moving Monument Growth In County Power Essential To Planning, Oxford Group ToldNEW PROBLEMHow To Return•'As well, the county can helpincreasingly individual councils to achieve counties tor common planning standaids.MSBMK1Elected members of council the field of planning. > h cy and planning board appointees; must have the full backing ot must bo willing to make deci- member municipalities.sinus that individual properly1 Mr pearson also listed four owners — perhaps personal wavs jn which a county plan- friends of the planners — may ning board can aid local muni- oppose and that may cost votes, cjpalitics in their planning ef- or support. Mr. Pearson said. I fOrts."It’s imperative that planning ; ..Tbc county can provide ex- be carried out in the best m- ( a<jvjce to help communi­terests of the entire commum- bes solve lhelr teChrifcal prob- ly." he added "Planners too lems Jn (his way> any tangies often fail to realize the iuu that migh( arise to slow de­scope of their work. Their ae- veiopnient can be expedited.visions affect everyone living in the area as well as futuregenerations."Hence, all late land use of land must good of the whole — notattempts to regu- and the disposal be made for the community as a a handful of in-dividual* within it.”GAINING GROUNDMr Pearson, head of tire ex­tension and field services divi­sion of the department of muni­cipal affairs' community plan­ning branch, went on to say that planning is gaining increasing acceptance, as citizens become educated to its values.The day of the what-a-man-j wants-to-do-with-his-land • is - his-business attitude is over. It’s now widely recognized that some form of planning is es­sential for proper municipal de-, velopment,” he said. iHe strongly emphasized the need for concerned councils to formulate definite planning poli­cies.Councils should put their poll-1 aes down on paper, instead of operating in a haphazard fash­ion. Of course, a policy may be nothing more than a decision to avoid all land regulation en­tirely."I think this type of approach is a sad mistake, but at least it represents a start."Councils that neglect to spell out a specific planning policy leave themselves open to the charge that they talk planning, but don't do anything about it,”COUNTY GROWTHMr. Pearson predicted a steady rise in the power and importance of the county as a unit of government."A Dumber of studies have, recommended that municipali-! ties turn over some of their functions to higher levels of! government.” he said. "I feel the county is the obvious choice.' “Counties, for example, are a growing force in the United States. They're seen as the most significant instrument for। -------,"Surveys to coordinate the various plans put forth and to make sure all development is mutually complementary shouldbe conducted.PETITIONING"Lastly, the county is the proper body to bring local mat­ters to the attention of the prov­ince or federal government,”Questioned on whether the central Oxford region is big enough to permit county - level planning, Mr. Pearson said its size was adequate in the light of the present aims of the area’s planning board.He added, however, that ulti mutely the entire county will have to be embraced if effec­tive. large-scale planning is to' be fully implemented.Members of the Central Ox­ford Planning Board plus inter­ested representatives of non- participating municipalities in the planning area were wel­comed by H. R. Armstrong, reeve of Dereham Township and the county’s newly elected war­den.The board Is currently made up of representatives from Woodstock, Beachville and five townships — North Oxford, East Oxford, West Oxford, East Zor­ra, West Zorra.Taxes Lawfully“A real oddity” was how- _ _ .. As it happened, the ' Some- Mayor W. B. Dutton described one” was the congregation of Belhany Lutheran.it.The "oddity” involved Beth­any Lutheran Church. 62 Gra­ham St., Oxford County and $331 in taxes.It all began last year, when the eburch and its 56-ft, by 199-ft. lot was bought by the county. The congregation was allowed to lease the building, however, until its new church on Springbank Ave. is complet­ed.Al this point, the question of taxes arose, .All churches and and religious organizations are normally exempt from taxa­tion. Likewise, the county does not pay taxes on its real estate ■unless the peoperty is leased to someone, in which case taxes are levied.Work To Start This Year On Regional County JailsWhen Oxford received a 1964 taxbill of $331 from the city for the Graham St. site, it promptly forwarded it to the church — since the leas c be­tween the tw0 stipulated that all taxes were to be covered by the tenant.Bethany Lutheran paid its biU. but then asked Woodstock , for a rebate, claiming that de- ■ spite the rental of property from , the county it was still a rd- : igious body and as such en­titled to remain tax free.This was the problem coun­cil had to grapple with last , night.Councillors unanimously agre- I ed that the city has no wish to j tax churches and the like, i Mayor Dutton pointed out, how­ever, that under the Assessment Act, assessment commissioner G. J, A. Dunlop had no choice but to place the church on the tax roll. The city has no auth­ority not to collect taxes when they’re legally due as in this instance.Aid. T. J. Slater suggested council solve the matter by in­cluding a charitable grant oi $331 to the church in its 1965 budget. But city manager R. G Morrow noted that grants of this kind can only be made to strictly defined "charitable or­ganization”, and that the Mun- cipal Act does not regard churches as such.Aid. K. A. Livingstone pro­posed that an inquiry be made to see if there is a group wittiin the church which would legit­imately fall in the "charitaole organization” category, and hence be eligible to receive a grant.It was agreed this method might offer a solution. Mayor Dutton and Mr. Morrow were then asked to look into the legal aspects of the situation and determine if such a move would be feasible.Work Mr. Grossman said in; the reforms Institutions officeTORONTO (CP) - ----------i-v . ।expected to start this year on interview. ।expetieu w a * y r । Tfae f.rst of COUDtiesthat builds such a regional de­tention centre will make North American history, he said. The jail will have maximum and minimum security cells under one roof and will be a multi-the first two of a series of On­tario regional county jails that will be unique on the continent, Reforms Institutions Minister Allan Grossman said Wednes­day.The first jail is expected to be built jointly by the counties of Northumberland, Durham, Victoria, Haliburton and Peter­borough. , tThe second is planned to cover the city of Hamilton and Wentworth and Halton coqn-county project.The province will pay half the cost of construction, Mr. Gross­man said.Members of the five county councils met in Peterborough last November to recommend aNATIONAL PRESIDENTCurries FarmerNamed To HeadDairy GroupG. R. (Bob) Row of Curries is the newly elected president of the Holstein - Friesian Associa­tion of Canada.Mr. Row operates Rowsdale farm with his son Gerald, where his father started the Holstein Herd in 1904. The Rowsdale herd has been on Record of Per­formance lest since its incep­tion. It has also been classified for type in Selective Registra­tion since that program started.Mr. Row has been a director ol the association for 14 years and qualified as a Master Breeder in 1947.Other members of the execu­tive are Roy H. Barker of Wood­bridge. first vice - president; Hardy Shore of Gian worth, sec­ond vice - president; L. H, Me- Caul of Napa nee — third vice- president; Marland Murray of Martintown — fourth vice-presi­dent.E. Ross Segsworth of Burling­ton is the past - president, and G M. Clemons ol Brantlord is the secretary - manager.G, R. ROW National Presidentto discuss details.The jail will cost an esti­mated $1,295,100. It will replace; a 59-year-old jail in Cobourg, a 102-year-old one in Lindsay and a 99-year-old one io Peterbor­ough.The jail for Hamilton and Wentworth and Halton counties would cost an estimated $1,896,- 500. Hamilton and Wentworth which share the 90 - year - old Barton Street jail, intended to start a new jail last year, but the department asked them to include Halton in their plans, said Mr. Grossman.Halton has an 87-.year-old jail in Milton which county officials are expected to scrap in favor of the new one.Tuesday, officials of Brant­ford and Brant County con­sulted Mr. Grossman about a new jail but the department has asked them to consider in­cluding adjacent Norfolk, Ox­ford and Waterloo counties. CONSIDER REPLACEMENTLanark County and Ottawa are contemplating replacement of the county jail that both use, the minister said, and Renfrew County is considering a new jail.The regional detention centre scheme has been, discussed with Ontario county and municipal officials all last year and fur­ther discussions wall be held this year.Mr. Grossman said he is sur­prised at the ready acceptance of the idea. "I was frankly ex­pecting more parochialism.”Plans for the new jails will include facilities for psycholog­ical. psychiatric and other pro­fessional aids Io help courts compile pre-sentence reports, and quarters for lawyers and visitors IMr Grossman also said that district jails under his depart­ment will be replaced eventu ally, but he has not yet pm pointed any.Official Sees Regional Jail Saving MillionBRANTFORD (CP)-An offi­cial of the reform institutions department told repsesentatives from five counties Thursday that they could save more than $1,000,000 by building a regional jail rather than new separate jails for each county.David Dougall, administrator! of jails and inspection for the department, told some 20 dele­gates from the City of Brantford and from Brant, Norfolk. Haldi- mand, Oxford and Waterloo Counties that it would cost an estimated $3,513,000 if each county built a jail. A regional jail covering the same area would cost $2,494 .oou, and the government would pay 50 per cent of the cost.It would require only 78 per­sons to staff a regional jail, IS fewer than the total now re­quired at the five county jails. Mr. Dougall said it is only a matter of a few years before all the jails would have to be rebuilt anywayThursday s meeting was re­garded as exploratory. MISS E. A. SHELDON, clerk-treasurer of North Ox­ford Township, and Tom Co-RAISE FLAGmiskey. Reeve of North Ox­ford, take nart in the run­ning up of the new Canadianmaple leaf flag, at yester­day’s meeting of the town- ehio council.McDonald Named To Head Library BoardAt the first meeting of the Oxford County Library Board, Peter McDonald, reeve of Blen­heim Twp. was appointed chair­man of the board, Robert Rudy of Tavistock was appointed vice-j chairman, and L. K. Coles, treasurer.Mrs. 8. L. Crompart is the secretary and chief librarian.' Other members of the board are Warden Harry R. Arm­strong of Ostrander, Allen Little johns of RR 1, Innerkip, Grant Smith of Burgessville, J. C. Smith, Reeve of Beachville. and William M. Sutherland of RR 2, Thamcsford.The board decided that each member should act as a con­necting link between the cen­tral board and the local mun­icipal libraries.An agreement was reached which would provide for an ex-j change of services between the County library and Ingersoll Public Library. County resi­dents may use the Ingersoll lib­rary, and the Oxford Library will include Ingersoll in its quar- terly book exchanges.jPlan LibraryContinue Growth RateCity Population 30% Of CountyFlag Raising Seen QuietThe official raising of Cana- “An order was sent to the da’s new flag Monday seems Canadian Legion’s provincial ... , , , ... command in Toronto earlier thishkely to meet with a minimum month/, says the Sard’s busi-of fanfare in Woodstock.So far, only the separate schools have made plans to du-plicate the national flag-raisingness administrator M. C. Mc­Kenzie, “but so far nothing has arrived.r------ — _ _ . ,J “When they do show up, whatceremony in Ottawa with sinu- sort of ceremony is held at each lar observances here. school will be pretty much upSays James Page, separate' to the principals. It may be the school board business adminis- caretakers will simply run themtrator: “Each of our three up.”schools will run up the new flag Tbjs js tbe soiution that’s ap- during short assemblies on Mon-j u b€en adopted b Ox. day “° Canada’wm be played, । Counly, The new flag will and the pncipals will say a few be ra|Sed ,n front of |be court- words to students on ibe sigmfi- bouse Monday by caretaker cance the occasion. 'Tom Pye, says county clerkTENDERS WANTEDQuotations will be received by the undersigned until 12 o’clock noon,TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1965 on premiums for insurance on Municipal Liability, Roads, County Equipment and Employer’s Liability.Information may be obtain­ed at the office of the un­dersigned, Court House, Woodstock.The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.J. N. MEATHRELL, County Road Superintendent and Engineer.Court House, Woodstock, Ontario. February 26, 1965.In InnerkipINNERKIP — The police village of Innerkip is anticipa­ting the opening of a library on Mar. 1. It will be part of the Oxford County Library system.Rooms in the old telephone company building are being re­novated and decorated to house the shelves and offices. It will be the first library to the vill­age.Mrs. Walter Ross of Inner­kip, will be the librarian. It is planned to have the library open 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Wed­nesdays, and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays.The library committee is com­posed of John M. Eacott, Rev. Wells Robinson, Roy Murray, Mrs. Reid Chesney, and Mrs.. IRuby Carter.The population of Woodstock is ever on the increase, accord­ing to figures released by Ox­ford County clerk, L. K. Coles. Over the past ten years from 1955, the citp has increased by 5,377 persons.Of this number, 566 people were added to the past year by the annexation of portions of Blandford, East Oxford, West Oxford, and East Zorra Twps. The rest are due to natural pop­ulation growth. The 1965 popula­tion of the city is 22,268 up 591 from last year. Ten years ago the population of the city was 16,891.The town of Ingersoll now has a population of 7,025 which is a rise of 297 over the t e n year period from 1955.These figures are submitted annually by each municipality, to Mr. Coles. They are the basis of the amount each centre will pay towards the upkeep of the county buildings; the court, jail and registry office.Over the past ten years Woodstock’s share of the cost has risen about three percent. Ten pears ago it was 27.91 per­cent. This year it has risen to 30.84 per cent from last year’s 30.23 percent.The shares of the county and Ingersoll have decreased in thepast ten years. In 1955 the county paid 60.97 percent of the cost. This has lessened slightly to date.Commenting on the city’s flag-flying plans for Monday, Mayor W. B. Dutton says he will ask City Council at its special budget session Thursday to de­cide on what it wants done."I personally hadn’t contem­plated any ceremony,” the may­or added. “Council, of course, will have to adopt a motion call-L. K .Coles.“Mr. Pye,” he adds, “has al­ways hoisted the flag before, so I presume he’ll do it this time. Certainly no official observan­ces are planned at the moment.”Nor has the Canadian Legion lined up anything to mark the occasion."Our next executive meetingIn 1964 the county footed 59.59 percent of the bill, and the 1965 share will be 59.43 percent.Ingersoll’s share also has de­creased. Ten years ago they paid 11.12 per cent of the up­keep on the county buildings. In 1964 it was 10.17 per cent and this year it will be 9.73 per cent.A comparison of populations in the county past and present is shown here.tog tor the flag to be run up, but beyond that I don’t think — ------------------„- ------much is planned.” Hesse, secretary - manager ofThe Board of Education dlso'tbe Uglon’a Wo^tock branch reports little in the way of flag- I hXre then ” ”raising rites is scheduled forM be called before then. Woodstock public and secondary Although the Legion has schools. i bought a copy of the new flagIn fact, the 14 red and white for its cOtor partyr none has “rd bXl »r ’ua^ri ”yet I Brant St., Mr. Hesse adds.isn't until Tuesday,” notes VernTHE FLAG — TO BE BUN UP WITH HONORBlandford Blenheim DerehamEast NissouriN. Norwich S. Norwich East Oxford N. Oxford W. Oxford East Zorra West Zorra Beachville Embro Norwich Tavistock Tillsonburg County Woodstock Ingersoll1955 12344120 3848i 2346 2071-’2688 2215 1308 2796 3402 2034488 1469 1124 575136,894 16,8916728Total population county boundaries19641458 4416 451730692375310220671661 27544116213490061016621190679042,82121.677 73091965 14264318 4499 31572360 ■310621381655 27914111 2152903 599166212356795 42,907 22.2687025within the, . ------ is 72,200 up393 from 1964, In 1955 it was 605.13. ABOUT TOWNMike KnottWoodstock's grown-ups may have turned thumbs down on the Public Library’s bookmobile, but their kids are crazy about it. Witness this letter to the library from the stu­dents of St. Mary’s Separata* School.Named To Post At County Home“We would like to express our deepest appreciation for, what the bookmobile has done for us this past year. We would also like to express our deepest gratitude for making it possible to develop our knowledge over Ute period of one year juat by making available to us. books that we would, not be able to attain."We sincerely hope that you will continue in this hu-i manltarian and civic endeavour and contribute to make US ail better citizens of our community and of our counfay.”Writing on behalf of the students of St. Rita’s Sep­arate School, thirteen-year-old Michael Gale had tills to say about the bookmobile: “We all get much enjoyment from the books you bring. They help us in our school assignments because of the great variety of books you carry.'T hope that you shall continue with the bookmobile, coming to St Rita’s School in the many happy years ahead.”Mrs. Edwin Bennett, Woodstock's chiei librarian, says she and her staff found the Letters and their sentiments deeply gratifying.One thing kind of hurt, though: the letters were all addressed Lo the "Oxford County Bookmobile’’.LERDfl TOLDGovernment Aid Possible For Development ProjectsGovernment financial and technical assistance is available for development associations’ projects, the Lake Erie Region­al Development Association was told last night.Grant H. Wallace, director of field services for the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, and Sydney Kleinman of Langton, fieldman for the OFA, spoke to representatives of the associa­tion on rural and urban econom­ic planning and growth.Mr. Wallace stated that the finances were available on a per capita basis. The provincial government contributes up to a maximum of $15,000 per year to match funds raised by each as­sociation.“The toal community should be involved in planning,” Mr. Wallace said. “That is,” he said, "The co-operation and co­ordination of all groups, associ­ations, and clubs, in a commun- | ity."“Then they should plan with | a view to multiple use of r e - sources,” he said. “But”, he said, "it must be the multiple use, leading to a total resource inventory.”An inventory includes human resources, such as educational facilities, population density, and skills; physical resources such as industries, transporta­tion, and markets available; and natural resources such as water, type of soil, and wild life, Mr. Wallace emphasized.“Total support is necessary from all the communities within ia zone,” he said. “Then you can evaluate your development needs, and from that, ascertain your project priorities.”Technical advisors are avail­able for the project planning in the form of government advis­ors, 0 F A representatives,. Dept, of Agriculture represent­atives, and all the services of the University of Guelph.Chairman for the zone meet­ing was Ed Pearce of Tillson­burg, an associatidn director. He introduced the OFA repre­sentatives and the new general manager of the association, Douglas A. Fisher of Aylmer. I.. DISPLAYING REGIONAL for the OFA; Ed Pearce, as- en Harry R. Armslrung; Doug- Grunt 11 Wallace, federation map of Ontario, from left, sociation director from Till- las A. Fisher of Aylmer, re- field services director.Sidney Kleinman, fieldman aonburg; Oxford County Ward- gional general manager; andD. F. Knott. Woodstock’s wel­fare administrator, has been appointed superintendent of the Oxford County Home for the Aged. The appointment is effec­tive April 2.He was named to the post by । the home’s Board of Manage­ment.I He replaces Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Forbes, who have managed the home for the past 37 years. The couple are to step down March 31, although they will act as consultants to Mr. Knott until next September.Mr. Knott has conducted the city’s welfare programs since 1957. Since 1961, he has also run Woodstock’s bus service.Born in Ingersoll, he settled here in 1944, becoming terminal manager for two bus companies in 1951. Six years later he joined the city as welfare ad­ministrator.Scope of the city’s welfare programs have increased greatly in recent years, M r . Knott says.“People in need are receiving more and better care than ever before. And since people are living longer, there are more of them who have to be helped.“I think the trend toward ex­panded welfare services is here to stay. Their growth should be even greater in the years ahead.”Lately interested in trotters and trotting, Mr. Knott’s main hobby has long been breeding and exhibiting basset hounds.Presently the owner of three purebred bassets, he has shown dogs at competitions in both Canada and the United States,taking a number of prizes.A member of the Oxford County Kennel Club, he is a past president of the Basset Hound Club of Canada. Other j activities include participation in the Woodstock Optimist Club, of which he is also past presi-i dent.Mr. Knott says his years with, the city have been memorable ones, and wishes to say a sin­cere “thank-.you” to all those who have helped to make them so. Warden Will Open Seed FairWoodstock City Since 1901 Still Has Its'Town Hall'Tlw Oxford County Seed Fair, Provincial Hay and Silage Show will open officially tomorrow, at the Recreation Hall of the Fairgrounds in Woodstock with a special opening cere­mony conducted hy Oxford County Warden Ilarry Arm- strong.By HARVEY BOW KER Free Prem Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK Woodstock has been n city since IDOL It has been considering a re­placement for Its city hall since 1904.The hall, built In 1852 as a town hall, is still here. The two-storey building has been a centre of controversy ,or at least 60 years.It was designed to gen-rally follow the architecture of the town hall in Woodstock, Eng­land. The building has a num­ber of supporters both in priv­ate citizens, who just like the building, and historically- mlnded groups, such as I he Oxford Historical Society, who have urged its preserva­tion.There have been suggestions over the years to remove or rebuild on the same site and to add to the building.The latest move council con­sidered was to build an addi­tion to the rear to provide more space for crowded staff.This was shelved last Wed­nesday night when council found its second call for tend­ers in a year was still above the $55,000 it was prepared to spend on an addition.The second call was made on modified tenders designed to reduce cost when first tenders were high.In 1963, council was consid­ering a $67,000 renovation and addition program that would have cost taxpayers $50,300. It was dropped.A set of plans drawn three years after Woodstock be­came a city show a Victorian gingerbread style of building, complete with balconies, iron curlicue trim, a tall clock tower and a 1908 date, when the architect expected it to be completed.Another set of plans shews a type of Grecian architec­ture with tall pillars, a round dome and generally straighter simpler lines than the Victor­ian design.The second storey of the Victorian design includes a meeting hall, complete with stage and balcony seats. The upper floor of the existing ball was designed along the same lines.The Mccorid floor is occupied by the Oxford Museum, which is supported by the City and Oxford County.The main problem the rtaff Im facing Is not so much rpace as the layout, said City Man­ager Robert Morrow. Two offices, that of the city treas­urer and deputy clerk. are set up in paaaageways.The welfare office Is in a small corner under a stair­way leading to the second floor. The welfare office is too small to accommodate more than two or three per­sons at a time, said Mr. Mor­row,Another problem is that noisy machines have had to be set up next to desks where staff is trying to work.There are 15 permanent em­ployees in the building and several others come in during assessment, census and voters’ list preparations.The recreation department and industrial commission oc­cupy rented quarters several blocks away.The city engineer has quar­ters in the reccntly-built works department building across town. The police de­partment and parking meter department occupy part of the old market building beside the city hall.Council during 1965 will have to decide what it wants to do ! about the old building. It will then instruct the latest city hall accommodation com­mittee to investigate accom­modations in some specific field.Temporary quarters are be­ing sought to ease crowded conditions until some perma- : nent steps can be taken. JMost committees that have investigated the matter in the j past have gone into the issue ’ in a general way. without specific instructions. Council hopes that, if it can decide exactly what it wants, the committee will be able to bring back some definite rec­ommendations.Woodstock was to hove had a city hall of this handsome Victorian design in 1908, seven years after the town became a city, but 60 years later, con­troversy still surrounds plans for a new hall. This plan was to have provided a meeting hall on the second floor complete with stage and balcony seats.Pittock Refuses Nomination, Resigns As Authority Head Woodstock, Oni. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, Pi-i--------------------7---------------------------------------- >Judge Eric Cross, 61, Dies Of Heart Attack In StormCar Stuck In Drift, Tried To Walk LaneJudge Cross Will Be MissedOxford county residents were shocked, as yesterday's fierce storm claimed the life of one of Woodstock’s best known citi­zens, as he struggled to reach his home from a snowbound car on Highway 59.Judge Eric Cross, 61, suffered a heaft attack after deciding to walk Trom the car, stuck in a deep i drift at the foot of a long [five leading to his home. He was on his way home from a police commission meeting, during which the 1965 police agreement was signed, at the time of his death.Mayor William Dutton was deeply shocked by the sudden passing of Judge Cross. The Mayor had also been in attend­ance at the police commission meeting. The Mayor said, “Dur­ing the time that I have served on the commission, I have been very impressed and have a deep appreciation of this man and his service to the County of Oxford.”Nightwind”, received honorable mention in the International Dramatists’ Alliance competi­tion in 1960.Another one of his plays, “The Patriots,” had it's premiere performance in 1954 at his old alma mater, Queen’s University and was sponsored by it’s Drama Guild. This play w a sj purchased by the National Film Board of Canada in 1956 for screen and television produc-, lions. Several drama groups in! Western Ontario have staged this drama.He was also first president of Woodstock Little Theatre when it was founded in 1946, and re-1 mained president for the first five years.Judge Cross was appointed to his position on April 7, 1944, and succeeded Judge F. E. Per­rin who was superannuated at that time. On two occasions Judge Cross was a member of the provincial Cabinet. He wasmuch a family man. Because of this the sympathy of a host of friends and associates will go out at this time to his wife and to hisWoodstock and Oxford County will miss Judge Eric Cross who suffered a fatal heart attack while going from his car to his home dur­ing the wild snowstorm that hit this area last week.In more receiit years, his health and his work both as judge of the County of Oxford and his interest in arbitration duties, caused him to withdraw more and more from the social life of the commuhity. At one time, however, he was most active in the local Little 'Theatre, serving as president, acting in some plays, and even turning out a few plays which have been staged here and elsewhere.Prior to his appointment to the bench, he was active in politics and i from 1937 when he was first elect-; ed to the Ontario Legislature, he served in various cabinet posts in the administration of Premier Mitchell F. Hepburn and of his sue- cessor, Harry Nixon. He was at­torney-general prior to his eleva- i tion to the bench.In addition to his judicial work and his social life, he was alio verygrown son and daughter who have had to rStUrn here for such a sad occasion at this time.JUDGE ERIC CROSS - - - dies in stormnamed Attorney - General onThe Mavor continued, “Judge May 17, 1943 when the Hon. Cross will be missed by all who Harry Nixon was sworn in as knew him. His service to the Premier.The Mayor continued,Hospital Board and other groups through the years, has been of inestimable value in our area.”The president of the Oxford Bar Association, Ian Linton of Tillsonburg, expressing sorrow al the passing of Judge Cross, slid, “He was a great friend of tie Oxford Bar and in addition to being a judge, he was a great man.”Mr. Linton said that it was a great tragedy, the death of a man who was respected by so many. He said that members of the Oxford Bar Association will probably attend the funeral in a group.Magistrate R. G. Groom, QC, of Tillsonburg, reached at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto last night, was deeply shocked when told of the incident. Mag­istrate Groom has been assoc­iated with Judge Cross for over 20 years in matters pertaining to Oxford County.The Magistrate, discussing the matter with Mrs. Groom by phone last night, said that Judge Cross had not been looking too well, and only two days ago, Mr. Groom has suggested to the Judge, that he should start to “take it easy” for awhile.An active member of the Woodstock Little Theatre, and it's Honorary President at the time of his death, Judge Cross was also renowned internation­ally as a playwright. One of his works, a pageant called “TheHe had been first elected tothe Legislature in Dec. 1937, and at the age of 32, became the youngest member of provincial Parliament ever to hold the portfolios of Minister of M u n- icipal Affairs and Public Wel­fare.Judge Cross resigned from these portfolios in 1940 a n d| again took up the law practice which he first established in Simcoe in. 1927. On his appoint­ment to the Attorney - General’s Department early in 1943, he again became the minister for Municipal Affairs and held that office until the government fell in the election of August 1943.Judge Cross was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Cross of Madoc. He received his early education in Madoc and then attended Queen’s Un­iversity where he obtained his degree of Arts and later in Law when he graduated from Os- goode Hall.In his work in Little Theatre, Judge Cross not only was an outstanding writer, but also proved himself a very capable actor in many of the productions staged by the group.Surviving are his wife, the former Annetta Jean Nicol’ his daughter Daphne Marilyn, of New York City, and his son, Dalton Harvey, of Ottawa. Fun­eral arrangments have not been ; completed, pending the arrival of the son from Ottawa.-Free Press Woodstock Bureo1.^,.WOODSTOCK CITY HALL, 1910 A design for a new city hall, drawn in 1910, has turned up at city hall The present city hall was apparently too small when the pions were prepared. icm and 2^mctoN tkMar/'a lionrar Jim inuitf you toionin the ^aniloka ^aontuif (Cwninfy ^Jvlniapu 24tkdJottowinyUnuaf JJanantlal MEMBERCanadian Good Roads AssociationJ_______L. K. COLESDUES PAID TON?289MANAGING DIRECTORTHE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OFREQUEST THE PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANY AS A HEAD TABLE GUEST AT THEIR^y^nnbta( (/^anc^ULetON WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY THE TWENTY-FOURTH NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVEAT SIX-THIRTY O'CLOCK P.M.AT THE ROYAL YORK HOTEL. TORONTOGUEST SPEAKER:THE HONOURABLE GEORGE DREW, PC,. Q C.. LL.D.GUESTS MEET IN THE TORONTO ROOM C 30 P.M.DRESS OPTIONALR.S.V.P.THE SECRETARY MUNICIPAL WORLD BUILDING ST. THOMAS ONTARIONorth OxfordHall Approved For CentennialThe Ontario Municipal Board has approved the application of North Oxford Twp. to buy land and construct a municipal hall as a centennial project,The council had filed the ap­plication with the board last year, and called a special meet­ing when the letter of appro­val was received.Council decided to publish a booklet on the history of the township, and township clerk. Miss A E. Seldon was in­structed to gather the historical information. All contributions and suggestions to the pamph­let. will be greatly appreciated.A contest for a township crest design, open to all school pupils in the township, is being spon­sored by council. A prize of $10 will be given for the accepted design, and a plaque will be placed in the school of the pupil winning the contest. De- sign submissions will be ac­cepted until April i.L-O' r^n-JA\r^l or Perish AT THE REGISTRATION DESK CONVENTION FLOOR• Registration of Delegates: Monday, February 22 — 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 23 — 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 24 — 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. • Banquet Tickets on Sale: Monday, February 22 — 9:00 a m. to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 23 — 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 24 — 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. MONDAY PROGRAMME SPECIAL FEATURES Official Opening—Honourable W. Earl Rowe, P.C., The Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Ontario Tues., 10 a.m.—Tire Concert Hall The Club Rooms—Association and Company Members for reception of registered members and wives. Tues., 5:30 - 6:30—Concert Hall Wed., 12:15-12:45—Canadian Room The Annual Banquet—Speaker: The Honourable George Drew, P.C., Q.C., LL.D. Wed., 7 p.m.—The Canadian Room The Past President’s Breakfast—A breakfast meeting to provide an opportunity for members or their wives to criticize or commend the Association. Thurs., 8 a.m.—The Territories Room THE COLBY COVER Psst President W. D. Colby has again provided a programme cover design appropriate to the theme of the Convention, this year, "Plan or Perish". The draughtsman’s table symbolizes the positive planning aspect of this theme. The solid black Ontario , the territory where the planning is to be done. Mr Colby, the senior past president of the Association, was president in 1937. At the end of 1964 he retired as County En­ gineer for the County of Kent, and he and Mrs. Colby were recently honored guests at a county sponsored, largely attended Colby Appreciation Night. This year the Association is pleased to present him with a long service certificate in grateful recogni­ tion of his 45 years of service in the cause ol good roads and to thank him for his generous and unfailing support oi the Associa­ tion's programs and undertakings. 8:00 a.m.—O.G.R.A. Directors’ Breakfast Meeting. SASKATCHEWAN ROOM 9:30-12:00 a.m.—City Engineers’ Association Annual Business Meeting. LIBRARY 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.—Conference of County and Depart­ ment Municipal Engineers and Head Office Officials. TERRITORIES ROOM 12:30 p.m.—Department of Highways Luncheon, County and City Engineers. ONTARIO ROOM 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.—O.G.R.A. Resolutions Committee Meet­ ing with the Sponsors of the Resolutions. MANITOBA ROOM 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.—Association of Ontario Counties. Meeting of the 1965 Wardens of Ontario. “County Roads Needs Study” Speaker: Chas. R. Wilmot Subsidies Engineer, D.H.O. “Warden and Then What?” Panel Discussion — Past and Present Wardens. BRITISH COLUMBIA ROOM 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.—City Engineers’ Association. “Basic Concepts and Some Recent Develop­ ments in Works Department Management” Dr. Gordon Campbell Director of Technical Services, C.G.R.A. LIBRARY MONDAY TUESDAY MORNING 3:45 - 4:45 p.m.—City Engineers’ Association. “Electronic Computers” A. E. Goodwin, P. Eng. Director, Electronic Computer Branch, D.H.O. LIBRARY 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.—O.G.R.A. Resolutions Committee Meet­ ing 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. CONFEDERATION ROOM and TUDOR ROOM Chairman, C. S. Anderson 1st Vice-President, O.G.R.A. Co-Chairman, A. J. Rettie 2nd Vice-President, O.G.R.A. Address by: The Honourable W. J. Spooner Minister of Municipal Affairs “Present Trends in Municipal Government” 7:00 p.m.—City Engineers’ Association Dinner LIBRARY 8:00 p.m.—Ontario Road Superintendents’ Association Meeting. Chairman: Louis Truax Road Superintendent Essa Township, Simcoe County, and President of O.R.S.A. “Tender Calls and You” J. V. McLaren Editor, Daily Commercial News A. A. Greene Promotion Manager, Daily Commercial News ALBERTA ROOM Concert Hall Chairman—President N. A. Fletcher 9:45 - 10:00 a.m.—Organ Music “God Save The Queen” 10:00 a.m.—Opening Ceremony Honourable W. Earl Rowe, P.C. The Lieutenant Governor of the 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 N. A. Fletcher Born 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 Fed­ eration of Agriculture; Hamilton Milk Producers Association; Ontario Conservation and Reforestation Association; Ontario Agricultural and Experimental Union. He was Reeve of Binbrook Towhship tor 21 years and is an Ex-Warden of Wentworth County, Past President of the Ontario Rural Municipalities, President of Wentworth Children's Aid Society for 20 years and now Honorary President. Tri 1958 he was made an Honorary Chief of the Six Nations Indians, and in 1960 was Wentworth County’s Citizen of the Year. Mr. Fletcher has been chairman of the Hamilton-Wentworth Suburban Roads Commission for the past 15 years and is a past president of the Ontario Suburban Roads Commissions Association. 11:00 a.m.—Film: “Traffic In Towns” Keynote Address: “Plan or Perish” Walter Q. Macnee, B.Sc. Traffic and Planning Studies Engineer, D.H.O. Mr, Macnee graduated from Queen’s University with the degree of B. Sc. (Civil Engineering) and Yale University* in a 1-year Post-Graduate Course in Bureau Highway Traffic. He is in charge of the Traffic and Planning Studies Section of the D.H.O.. and has held various positions in the Depart­ ment. Mr. Macnee is Past Chairman of the Canadian Council on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, Vice-Chairman, Metro Toronto and Region Transportation Study; Director for Canada of the Institute of Traffic Engineers. Announcements TUESDAY AFTERNOON TUESDAY AFTERNOON Concert Hall Chairman—President N. A. Flei’CHER 1:45 - 2:00 p.m.—Organ Music 2:00 p.m.—The Minister’s Address The Honourable Charles S. MacNaughton Minister of Highways, Ontario Presentation of Life Membership Mr. J. H. Irvine, B.Sc. Fast-President, O.G.R.A. Presentation of Long Service Certificate Awards (See inside of back cover for list of recipients.) Announcement re 1965 O.G.R.A. “T. J. Mahony Road School” (A Course for Road Superintendents.) J. P. Howard, B.A., B.Sc., P.Eng. Municipal Roads Engineer, D.H.O.; Chairman of the Road School Committee Announcement re 1965 O.G.R.A. “Management and Administration Seminar” (For City, County and D.H.O. Engineers.) J. P. Howard, B.A., B.Sc., P.Eng. Municipal, Roads Engineer, D.H.O.; Chairman of the Engineers’ Seminar Committee 3:00 p.m.—“Training For Public Service”—With special reference to Municipal Councillors. Dr. A. E. Berry, M.A.Sc., C.E., Ph.D., D.Sc R.P.E. Consulting Engineer, Toronto; Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Section, the American Water Works Association, and of the Canadian Institute on Pollu­ tion Control. 3:30 p.m.—Rural Section Hom in St. Marys Dr Berry is a graduate of the University nt/.'’“'t1 1 Jheof B.A.Sc.. M.A.Sc.. C.E. andU ?1?), 'he U"iwrsi‘y Waterloo bestowed on him the Degree of D.Sc. (honoris causa). From 1 Hl 7-19 he served overseas with the Royal Engineers as 2nd Lieutenant, Joining the Ontano Department of health in 1917, he was appointed ? 5 ‘/I Engineering in 1920. In w ri,’ O WW " u GoTal1 Meager and Chief Engineerwith the O.W.R.C,, He retired from this post in 1088 and a Pr- B'.iry was the recipient of theA^ocialion of Registered I’rof.-ssionui Engineers ■'Engineer­ing Medal Award" February, 1085, * Concert Hall Chairman, J. P. Howard, B.A., B.Sc., P.Eng. Municipal Roads Engineer, D.H.O. Prior to Mr. Howard joining the D.H.O. on construction in 1934. he had 7 years experience in Structural Engineering and from 1937 to the present time he has been with the Municipal Roads Branch, except for his service with the B.C.A.F. as Flight Lieutenant from 1942 to 1945. From 1947 to 1951 he was a member of the Royal Canadian Engineers (Reserve) with the rank of Major. “Hardening of the Traffic Arteries” Panelists: A. H. Rutherford Reeve of Vaughan Township Mr. Rutherford is the Reeve of Vaughan Township and a Salesman for the Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada. He was Warden of York County in 1964, and previously a fanner from 1940 to 1956 and is a graduate of several Agricultural Courses. Roy Edward (Ted) Sems, B.A.Sc., P. Eng. Mr. Sims is a graduate of die University of Toronto with the degree of B.A.Sc.. Civil Engineering. He is Vice- President of Totten, Sims and Associates Limited. Consulting Engineers, Whitby, Ontario, and was formerly Engineer of the County of Ontario and Oshawa Suburban Roads Com­ mission. Melvin R. Dale Road Superintendent, Township of Westminster Born in Glendale, Westminster Township, Mr. Dale attended Glendale Public School and London South Collegiate. He was a sergeant with the former Middlesex-Huron Regiment and an instructor in small arms and chemical warfare. Mr. Dale has served as Township Road Superintendent for the past 15 years and has been Secretary-Treasurer of the Ontario Road Super­ intendents’ Association since its organization. Progress Report on the Road Superintend­ ents’ Manual W. J. Smith, B.A.Sc., P.Eng. Welland County Engineer and O.G.R.A. Director Mr. Smith is Welland County Engineer and a graduate of the University of Toronto 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. TUESDAY AFTERNOON TUESDAY AFTERNOON 3:30 p.m.—Urban Section Manitoba Room Chairman, V. K. Croxford Clerk-Treasurer, Town of Rainy River; O.G.R.A. Director Bum in Walthamstow Essex. England. A graduate of the London Normal School, and former principal of Alexander Public School, Rainy River. Mr. Croxford served in the Second World War and was discharged in ,1945 with the rank of Major in the Royal Artillery. He was with the Department of Veterans Affairs, Counselling and Training Division, from 1945 to 1948. He is a Past President of the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association, and a Past Dfticer of the Northwestern Ontario Development Association, and last District Director, Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies for Northwestern Ontario. “Improving Traffic Flow at Minimum Cost” Panelists: John R. Crosby, P. Eng. Director, Transportation Planning, M. M. Dillon Limited A graduate of Hobart and William Smith College, Syracuse University, and Yale University with a degree of Bachelor of Industrial Engineering and a certificate in Highway Traffic Engineering. Mr. Crosby was formerly Traffic Engineer, New Jersey Turnpike Authority and Instructor at Rutgers University. 3:30 p.m.—Suburban Roads Commissions’ Association Annual Meeting TERRITORIES ROOM W. J. Smith, P. Eng. County Engineer, Welland County; O.G.R.A. Directors Representative Chairman, Merrill G. Tucker President of the Ontario Suburban Roads Commissions Association Mr. Tucker is partner in the General Insurance firm of Tucker & Roberts, Ottawa, and has been City of Ottawa representative during the past four years on the Ottawa Suburban Roads Commission. Secretary, E. Sokolowski, P. Eng. County Engineer, Lincoln County Report and Discussion. 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.—O.G.R.A. Club Room Reception (Ladies and Gentlemen) CONCERT HALL, CONVENTION FLOOR Courtesy of the Ontario Good Roads Association and contributing Company Members. Complimentary tickets to attend will be presented to you upon Registration at the Convention Regis­ tration desk. TUESDAY EVENING F. J. Sansom, P.Eng. Deputy Commissioner of Traffic, Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto A graduate of the University of Toronto with the degree of • c’ r-has JwI? Previous positions in Engineering; Mining Engineer. Northern Manitoba. Traffic Engineer, Citv of Toronto. 1951-1955; since 1955 in his present position of Deputy Commissioner of Traffic. Municipality of Metronoli- tan Toronto. P. O. Roer, P.Eng. Traffic Director, City of Kitchener A graduate of the University of Toronto with the degree of ™r. R°er was formerly AssociateI ruffle Engineer, Ontario Department of Transport mid mm- menced his present position in January, 1964. as Traffic Engineer of the City of Kitchener. 8:00 p.m.—Concert Hall Chairman, Fred M. Cass, Q.C. O.G.R.A. Director Mr. Cass has represented the electoral district of Grenville- Dundas in the Ontario Legislature since 1955 and is a former member of the Government. He is a past president of the Canadian Good Roads Association and is actively engaged in the practice of law in the Village of Winchester and the Village of Chesterville where he resides. “Film Fare” ADMISSION FREE Open to both Men and Women. “Nahanni” An odyssey of aging prospector Albert Faille searching for gold up the brooding Nahanni River of British Columbia. and his eighth defeat, poignantly told by the National Film Board. “London For A Day” London's traditional sights: the Tower. Zoo, arrival of Guards in Whitehall, remaining Bomb-Sites and a journey down the Thames. “Ontario’s Great Northwest” A close-up of the three big Districts of the Northwest: Thunder Buy, Rainy River .mn Kenora-l’atricin that make up more than one-half the land and water mass of all Ontario. WEDNESDAY MORNING Concert Hall Chairman: C. S. Anderson Commissioner of Works and Advisor to the Council and the Heads of Departments, Tisdale Township, District of Cochrane; First Vice-President O.G.R.A. Mr. Anderson was born at Westmeath. He is a graduate of I.C.S. Course in Sanitary Engineering. A member of the Cana­ dian Section American Waterworks Association, he was its Chairman in 1955. fie 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 Clerks and Finance Officers; City Engineers Association; American Public Works Association; Association of Assessing Officers of Ontario; a Director of the Ontario Society for Crippled Children; the recipient of awards for distinguished sendee in the field of Water Pollution Control and outstanding support to Waterworks Programs, he received the Arthur S. Beddal Award. 1958, and the George W. Fuller Award from the A.W.W.A.. 1961. 9:15 - 9:30 a.m.—Organ Music 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.—Resolutions Committee Report 1. Report on 1964 Resolutions. A. J. Bettie, P.Eng. Chairman 1964 Resolutions Committee 2. Report on 1965 Resolutions. V. K. Croxford Clerk-Treasurer, Town of Rainy River; Chairman 196'5 Resolutions Committee 10:30 a.m.—Nominating Committee Report Secretary’s Report Auditor’s Report 11:00 a.m.—“Perform or Perish” — “How well are we doing in the performance of our Road Programs?” 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. Announcements. 12:15 - 12:45 p.m.—O.G.R.A. Club Room Reception (Ladies and Gentlemen) CANADIAN ROOM—CONVENTION FLOOR Courtesy of the Ontario Good Roads Association and contributing Company Members. Complimentary tickets to attend will be presented to you upon Registration at the Convention Regis­ tration desk. O.G.R.A. and the following CONTRIBUTING COMPANY MEMBERS are your CLUB ROOM HOSTS ALLIED CHEMICAL CANADA LIMITED 100 NORTH QUEEN STREET TORONTO 18, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: BELMONT 9-3021 ARMCO DRAINAGE & METAL PRODUCTS OF CANADA LIMITED 4800 DUNDAS STREET WEST ISLINGTON, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: TORONTO, BELMONT 3-3207; RO 2-9455 BARBER-GREENE CANADA LIMITED BARBER-GREENE ROAD DON MILLS, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 444-8481 BLACKWOOD HODGE EQUIPMENT LIMITED 10 SUNTRACT ROAD WESTON, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 244-2531 THE BRITISH-AMERICAN OIL COMPANY LIMITED 477 MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD TORONTO 7, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 487-4343 BRUELL PAVING LIMITED 37 SHORNCLIFFE ROAD TORONTO 18, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 239-1159 BURLINGTON STEEL COMPANY (A division of SLATER STEEL INDUSTRIES LIMITED) P.O. BOX 271 HAMILTON, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: HAMILTON 528-8888 TORONTO 924-4486 CANADA CRUSHED & CUT STONE LIMITED 605 JAMES STREET NORTH BOX 100, STATION "B" HAMILTON, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 527-3671 CANADA BITUMULS COMPANY LIMITED 43 INDUSTRIAL STREET, LEASIDE TORONTO 17, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 421-2552 THE CANADIAN SALT COMPANY LIMITED 2555 HIGHWAY NO. 122 CLARKSON. ONTARIO TELEPHONE: TORONTO EM 4-9347 CLARKSON TA 2-0321 CAYUGA QUARRIES LIMITEDR.R. NO. 4, CAYUGA, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: CAYUGA 772-3331; 772-3332 HAMILTON 522-0921 CHATHAM 352-0166 CORRUGATED PIPE COMPANY LIMITED 182 PERTH STREET STRATFORD, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 271-5553 FRANK COWAN COMPANY LIMITED PRINCETON, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 458-4331 FRANK S. COYLE LIMITED BRIDGE STREET LAKEFIELD, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 652-3301 DIBBLEE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 384 BANK STREET OTTAWA, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 236 7201 DOMTAR CHEMICALS LIMITED, SIFTO SALT DIVISION 3615 CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE BLDG. 1155 DORCHESTER BLVD., WEST MONTREAL 2, QUEBEC TELEPHONE: 874-5400 DUFFERIN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 2700 DUFFERIN STREET TORONTO 19, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 782-4471 DURHAM STONE & PAVING LIMITED DURHAM, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 369-3547 FAWCETT METAL PRODUCTS LIMITED BOX 304, WATERLOO, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: AREA CODE 519 744-3395 THE FLINTKOTE COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED 30TH STREET, LONG BRANCH, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: CL 5-1111 FRINK OF CANADA, DIVISION OF TURNBULL ELEVATOR LTD. 777 LAUREL STREET PRESTON, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 653-6234 GALION MANUFACTURING OF CANADA LIMITED 39 BURWELL ROAD ST. THOMAS, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 631-7080 THE GENERAL SUPPLY COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED 175 LORETTA AVENUE, OTTAWA, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: OTTAWA 728-4641 KIPLING AT BLOOR TORONTO, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 239-4321 SUBURBAN: 763-3886 439 GREENWOOD AVENUE NORTH BAY, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 472-7194 HIGHLAND EQUIPMENT LIMITEDBOX 171, BRIDGEPORT, ONTARIOTELEPHONE: 743-6797 IMPERIAL OIL LIMITED DON MILLS & EGLINGTON AVENUE TORONTO, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 421-7700 LAKE ONTARIO CEMENT LIMITED 2 CARLTON STREET TORONTO 2, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: EMPIRE 3-6011 L W MANUFACTURING LIMITED PARIS, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 442-2246 MILLER PAVING LIMITED 56 BLAKE STREET TORONTO 6, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 461-0291 MINNESOTA MINING & MANUFACTURING OF CANADA LTD. P.O. BOX 2757 LONDON, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 451-2500 1415 LAWRENCE AVENUE WEST TORONTO 19, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: CH 7-8631 MUNICIPAL SPRAYING AND OILING COMPANY LIMITED 1063 KIPLING AVENUE NORTH REXDALE, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: CH 4-5511-2-3 ONTARIO CULVERT & METAL PRODUCTS LIMITED BOX 426, 180 COLUMBIA STREET WATERLOO, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 745-6138 ONTARIO ROAD BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION M. F. MacDONALD, GENERAL MANAGER 3 ROWANWOOD AVENUE TORONTO 5, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: WA 5-3834-35-36-37 OWL-LITE EQUIPMENT LIMITED HELENA STREET, BOX 1039 FORT ERIE, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 871-0750 C. C. PARKER & ASSOCIATES LIMITED 795 MAIN STREET WEST HAMILTON, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 528-8691 THE PEDLAR PEOPLE LIMITED SIMCOE STREET SOUTH OSHAWA, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: AREA CODE 416 723-4613 737 RICHMOND ROAD, SUITE 3 OTTAWA, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: AREA CODE 613 PA 9-3184-5 152 NIAGARA STREET TORONTO 2-B, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: AREA CODE 416 368-4672-3-4-5 PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATIONSUITE 1006, 100 UNIVERSITY AVENUE TORONTO 1, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 363-2016 PORT COLBORNE QUARRIES LIMITED CHIPPAW A AT RAMEY ROAD PORT COLBORNE, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 4-3647-8-9 PROCTOR & REDFERN 75 EGLINTON AVENUE EAST TORONTO 12, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: HU 7-1171 PUROLATOR PRODUCTS (CANADA) LIMITED 320 KIPLING AVENUE SOUTH TORONTO 18, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: CL 9-7611 ROBERTSTEEL (CANADA) LIMITED 519 PARKDALE AVENUE NORTH HAMILTON, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 549-4142 ROSCO METAL PRODUCTS LIMITED 840 DUPONT STREET TORONTO 4, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 537-4411 W. A. RYDER PAVING LIMITED P.O. BOX 187, AGINCOURT, ONTARIO TELEPHONES: 291-1124 421-7285 SWENSON SPREADER OF CANADA LIMITED GLENCOE, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: AREA CODE 519 287-2932 TOTTEN, SIMS & ASSOCIATES, LIMITED 306 DUNDAS STREET WEST WHITBY, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: WHITBY 668-5671 1A KING STREET EAST COBOURG, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: COBOURG 372-2121 WARNOCK HERSEY COMPANY LIMITED 250 MADISON AVENUE TORONTO 7, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: 924-9691 WESTEEL PRODUCTS LIMITED 1 ATLANTIC AVENUE TORONTO 3, ONTARIO TELEPHONE: LE 2-2881 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON Concert Hall Chairman, A. J. Rettie, P.Eng. Chief Engineer, Toronto York Roads Commission; Second Vice-President Ontario Cood Roads Associa­ tion. Mr. Rettie graduated from the University of Toronto in J944 with the degree of B.A.Sc. He was a Lieutenant with die 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 and a Past President of the County Engineers Associa­ tion. 2:00 - 2:30 p.m.—“Municipal Participation in Over-All Road Planning” 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 sendee with the Canadian Anny 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 Sec­ tion. From 1954 to 1958 he beaded the Department’s En­ gineering Audit Section and in April, 1958 he was apnointed 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}. 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.—“Plan or Perish”—A Panel Presentation Moderator: A. J. Rettie, B.A.Sc., P.Eng. Chief Engineer, Toronto York Roads Commission; Second Vice-President Ontario Good Roads Associa­ tion. Panelists: W. D. Biddell, B.A.Sc. Director of Planning, Department of Highways. Graduate of the University of Toronto, Civil Engineering, B.A.Sc. He has previously occupied the positions of Inter­ section Design Engineer; Priorities Engineer; Program and Construction Engineer District of Toronto; with the Depart­ ment of Highways. R. D. Cowley, B.A.Sc. Director of the Traffic Engineering Branch. Ontario Department of Transport. Mr. Cowley graduated from the University of British Colum­ bia and was previously Assistant Traffic Engineer. Resident Engineer Construction, British Columbia. Department of High­ ways. He was also Drafting and Design Engineer with B.C, Paper Board Manufacturer, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON Ross L. Clark, B.Sc. Commissioner of Works', Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto. Mr. Clark is a graduate of Engineering from the Toronto. He has previously occupied positions with P"vatc enterprise prior to engaging in municipal activity, leading to the * position of Works Commissioner. He has also served on the Directorship of several Technical Associations. John O. E. Pearson, A.M., T.P.I.C. Head of the Extension and Field Services Division of the Community Planning Branch, Ontario Department of Municipal Affairs. Mr. Pearson is a graduate of McGill University in Honour Sociology, and before entering the Ontario Civil 1954. completed a year of graduate study in Social i and Planning at the University of Illinois. He has a background of experience in the fields of public arid private recreation. Mr. Pearson’s office brings him constantly m touch with olanning boards, municipal councils and relat^ staff through local meetings, workshops, conferences and seminars. A.—।----------------------------------«--------—---------------’-------- ’' 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 GEORGE DREW, P.O., Q.C., LL.D. Former Premier of Ontario and High Commissioner for Canada in London, England. Entertainment and Dancing under the direction of j Stanley St John. 1 THURSDAY MORNING 8:00 a.m.—Past President’s Breakfast Meeting TERRITORIES ROOM Tickets available at the Registration Desk. PRICE $2.50 This meeting will welcome members of the Association and their wives who wish to convey to the Directors either criticisms or commendation of Association plans or program._______________________________________ 10:00 a.m—Directors Meeting PAST PRESIDENTS1894—*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, MJ?., Lambton 1935—* Jolin Sibbitt, Frontenac 1936—*Lt.-CoI. E. A. Adams, Prince Edward 1937— Wm. Colby, P.Eng., Kent 1938— J. G. Cameron, P.Eng., 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, P.Eng., Norfolk 1944— Hon. James N. Allan, Haldimand 1945— W. H. Keith, P.Eng., 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, P.Eng., 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, P.Eng., Simcoe 1958— James Gifford, Peterborough 1959—°N. L. Powell, P.Eng., Peel 1960— E. M. Fraser. Renfrew. 1961— J. H. Irvine, P.Eng., Ottawa 1962—H. L. Weichel, Elmira 1963—L. K. Coles, Ingersoll (* deceased) MILESTONES 1894-Organization Ontario Good Roads Association. Andrew PattuUo, first president. 1896—Appointment A. W. Campbell, C>, Provtocal Instructor in Roadmaking. . . , v 1901—Highway Improvement Act passed. ^rovincial su sl y construction of County Roads, 33-1/3%. 1912—$5,000,000 granted for Colonization Roads. 1913—Public Roads and Highways Commission appointed. iqi Ontario Highways Act—Suburban Areas authorized. Depart-19 Soff^-. Provincial sutady. con- struction County Roads 40%, maintenance 20%^ 1917—The Provincial Highways Act—70% PayabJ® Provincial County Roads, 60% payable by Provinc . 1919—Federal Aid-County Road subsidy increased to 40% for construction and maintenance. 1920—Provincial highway mileage increased 80% ince. Provincial aid, 20% for township roads, and 40% on Superintendent’s salary. 1924—Provincial Aid—40% on County Bridges. Appointment of Highway Advisory Boaid. 1925—Provincial Aid-Township road subsidy 30% and50% of superintendent’s salary. County road subsidy, 50%. 1930—Township Road subsidy, 40%. 1935—The King’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.” 1953—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. I960—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 A.A.S.H.O. Road Test. 1963—D.H.O. Area Transportation Studies—planning for future road needs in large areas. 1934—Arrangements completed for First O.G.R.A. Administration and Management Seminar for 35 city, county and D.H.O. Engineers. * MILEAGE — DEPARTMENT AID 83,581 85,015 1962-63 1963-64 King’s Highways .......-...........--------........ 9,447 9,756 2,763 2,784 County Roads ------- Orcranirprl ToWnshin Roads .... - ------—9,243 48.266 9,185 49,055 Unincorporated Township Roads 4,270 4.216 Urban Streets ------------------9,227 9,540 Metropolitan Roads -----------------344 352 Tertiary Roads ..... —-----------21 127 DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS EXPENDITURES 1962-63 1963-64 King’s Highways, Secondary Highways, etc (Maintenance)----------—------$ 49,«68,554 $ 48.8_8,90i King’s Highways, Secondary Highways, etc. (Construction)--------------------------130,0o4.142 14^,588,6/9 County Roads_____________________— 19.025,879 19,784,038 Township Roads 26,082.620 23,923,461 *Urban Streets______________________ 31,122,163 38534.138 Development Roads----------------------------- 7,717,544 11.108,753 Unincorporated Townships------------------ 1,128,217 1,376,839 S264.879.119 $292,944 815 Less Government Repayments, oon Trans-Canada, Queensway, etc. ------- 13, <26,3/4 12.46/,82b $251,152,745 $280,476,989 ^Includes Metropolitan Toronto. REVENUES DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY (Comptroller of Revenue) 1962-63 1963-64 Gasoline Handling Licenses _ ------ $181,339,550 5193,076,595 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT Motor Vehicle Administration ------------- 69,543,589 82,511.778 Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund (Unsatisfied Judgment Fund)---- 4,695.296 7^46,/o9 DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS Highways___________________________ 2,974,193 3.375,409 $258,552,628 $286,210,541 MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION (as of December 31st, 1964) 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 EsL 1,800,336 1,888.045 2,060,670 2,123,286 2,181.510 2.272,969 2.363,885 ESTIMATED NUMBER OF TOURISTS ENTERING BY CAR (Year 1964) Ontario —..... 6,037,650 Canada 8.074.4S0 Estimated Number of Tourists entering Ontario via Traveller’s Vehicle Permits in 1964 20.528,010 CONSTITUTIONONTARIO GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION• Article I. —Name—This Association shall be known as the Ontario Good Roads Association. Article II. —Location.—The headquarters of the Association shall be at the office of the Secretary-Treasurer. Article III—Objects.—The objects for which this Association is organized are: 1. To acquire and disseminate information concerning: (a) Highway, road and street construction and maintenance, by all road authorities responsible therefore in the Province. (b) The proper and efficient use of same. 2. To stimulate interest in the foregoing. 3. To promote such research, education, legislative and other measures as may tend to their accomplishment and best serve the transportation needs of the people of Ontario. Article IV.—Membership.—Section 1. — The Association shall have the following classes of members, viz.: Municipal, active, con­ tributing, and honorary life members. Section 2.—The municipal members shall be the representa­ tives of the councils of those counties, cities, towns or other municipalities which are members of the Association. The annual membership fee to be paid by municipal corpora­ tions shall be for: Counties--------------------------------------------------------$ 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 ________________________100.00 (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 ____________________________30.00 (7) 20,000 to 30,000 25.00 (8) 10,000 to 20,000 ____________________________20.00 (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. 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 E. M. Fraser OTHERS Alan K. Hay Peter M. Higgins Hon. E. C. Drury Dr. N. W. McLeod J. M. Maclnnes W. J. Moore Richard Elliott Harold Cleave J. L. Shearer James Gaw Andrew Boyer Edgar Drew James Gifford Louis A. Merlo James V. Ludgate Hyndman Irwin J. P. Howard Hugh A. Lumsden -NOTES- RECIPIENTS OF LONG-SERVICE AWARDS 19 65 Over 45 Years: Wm. D. Colby, P.Eng.County of Kent ; Over 40 Years Janies Flaro J. R. Frost John Leishman Rene Serre . City of Cornwall Town of Whitby County of Brant Township of Chapleau. District of Sudbury OFFICERS OFTHE ONTARIO GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION • HONORARY PRESIDENTS H. L. Weichel (Waterloo) -------------------------------Elmira L. K. Coles (Oxford) _________212 Oxford St., Ingersoll PRESIDENT N. A. Fletcher (Wentworth) ______—___ RR. 1, Hannon FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT C. S. Anderson (Tisdale) ---------------------- South Porcupine SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT A. J. Rettie (York) ................ 80 Bayview Ave., Newmarket DIRECTORS Hugh Lamb (Middlesex) _________21 Esquimalt Ave., Ottawa V. K. Croxford (District of Rainy River)--------. Rainy River Fred M. Cass, (Grenville & Dundas) -__________Winchester W. J. Smith (Welland) ________County Buildings, Welland D. J. McNichol (Grey) .... ______,—------- R.R. 1, Ravenna T. L. Hennessy (District of Sudbury) _____ Box 1000, Sudbury • PAST PRESIDENTS 1937—Wm. Colby (Kent) _________168 Victoria St., 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) Norfolk County Administration Bldg., 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) --------- R.R. 2, Ennismore I960—E. M. Fraser (Renfrew) ______Court House, Pembroke 1961—J. H. Irvine (Ottawa) ___ 65 Orrin Ave., Ottawa 1962—H. L. Weichel (Waterloo) Elmira 1963—L. K. Coles (Oxford)------------------212 Oxford St. Ingersoll • SECRETARY-TREASURER W. S. McKay ..... Municipal World Building St. Thomas - Ontario Telephone 631-6820 COMPLETED SPAN CARRIES TRAFFIC ONLY ONE WAY OVER CREVICETax Increase Indicated For OxfordVfM Pmm Woodstock Bureau:WOODSTOCK - Oxford county council will Bel a tax rate for county purposes when it meets March 23 to 25 in Woodstock that may be higher than last year’s 13.25 mills.The rate could go up to 14 mills without a cutback in spending on some county ser- vices since council has ap­proved a one-half mill increase to all municipalities except Till­sonburg to pay for the county j library system instituted this (year.Tillsonburg Is the only munic­ipality which did not join the system. All municipalities in the county except Woodstock and Ingersoll are members of the county.Council also approved a one quarter mill Increast in the road allotments for this year which will bring the road rate to T.75 mills or the largest share of the county budgetLen Coles, county clerk­treasurer, said with the new library system costs to many municipalities will likely be Slower with the county jsum- iing all library operating costs |Cor particiating municipalities.Bailey Bridge In Place Another May Be NeededOxford Story In Book FormAt dawn on Saturday, a cruis­ing Department of Highways vehicle felt a heavy bump as it travelled the highway at Centre­ville, one miles east of Inger­soll. Upon investigation it was discovered that the highway ap­peared to be sinking, with thenorth lane already showing a, dangerous sag.Barricades were thrown up I and traffic rerouted via the old; stage road, one concession south. Pavement crumbled as the north lane plunged down in­to a yawning hole.Within two hours, two laneshad tumbled into a 20-foot cra-| ter caused when a cement cul­vert, carrying creek water be­neath the highway, crumbled. A sign proclaiming “Bump” and remaining from early-morn- j ing warnings, seemed a classic understatement at the eastern approach to the cave-in.Teeth Not ‘Crying Shame’ But Aid Is Needed: MOHWhat is the condition of the,Health, for children’s dental teeth of the children in Wood- careThere is, he said, provisionstock and Oxford County? Wal­dron Goff, retiring director of Oxford County Children’s Aid Society, said that children’s teeth in the area are a “crying shame.” 'He suggested that dentists on the county health unit staff or on school board staffs, should care for the needs of children whose parents cannot afford dental care.Dr. O. C. Powers of the Ox­ford County Health Unit said that while the statement ot Mr. Goff was somewhat exagger­ated, he agreed 100 per cent that there should be an agree­ment whereby children could receive dental care.in the Public Health Act for treatment of school children’s teeth in a dental office estab­lished by school boards. If a board provides an office, equip­ment, and a dentist, the pro­vincial government assists with a grant.Fluoride, which helps prevent tooth decay, is not applied to the water supply in Woodstock, but Dr. Powers said there are natural traces of Fluoride in the water.The optimum amount of Fluo­rine in water is one part fluo­rine to one million parts of water, as specified by the De­partment of Public Health of Ontario.Dr Powers suggested an ag- The amount of natural fluorine rcemeiit ihould be formed be-!in Woodstock's water is only tween .chool boards and the, two or three per cent of the re- Provincial Department of quired amount, according totests of 90 samples Dr. Powers took a few years ago throughout the county in school wells, towns, and Woodstock.Fluorine is a decay preven­tative. If it is present in water in the prescribed amount, child­ren who use the water as they are growing up, will have the protection built right into their teeth as they develop.Dentists in the city agree that the situation could be improved, but it is not as bad as Mr. Goff states.Most people will not accept the fact that children’s “baby teeth” are as important as the permanent teeth. If the baby teeth are decayed or crooked, the possibility of poorly formed permanent teeth is greatly In­creased.Most of the dentists agree that Oxford County is not the worst in dental health, but the situation could be improved through public education.A news item from neighboring St. Thomas which is of compar­able size to Woodstock, states that in addition to establishing a small downtown park as a memorial to the late Premier M. F. Hepburn, the city plans to sponsor a book on the history of the community. Both of these are to be projects to mark the centennial of Confedera­tion.We in Woodstock are to get a new wing to our public library as a centennial project. Similarly, Ingersoll is undertaking an exten­sive renovation of its library building for the same purpose.Would it not be appropriate under the circumstances if a his­tory of Oxford County be publish­ed which could be placed in these new buildings as well as other li­braries across the country as a re­minder of our storied past, both before and after Confederation became a fact in 1867?The substance for such a book has already been compiled and written by Arthur Williams, of Hickson. A staff member of the Woodstock post office, he began as a hobby to develop a history of the various post offices in the area. The more research he did. the wider and more interesting did the search become.The result of his work was a weekly series of articles which appeared about two years or so ago in The Sentinel-Review. The articles became immediately popu­lar and were used even by the schools in their approach to local history.We understand that county council has shown an interest to the extent of intimating that it would back the project if it were put in book form. This is most commendable, and has stimulated Mi’. Williams to begin to organize what he has gathered on the basis of a book, cutting out much ex­traneous material and develop more colorful and human interest angles.While no firm agreement has been reached between the parties concerned we trust council, even with many new members, will continue to hold the same interest as it has in the past and as Mr. Williams most definitely is show­ing.We feel sure that if both are sustained a most acceptable ac­count of the Oxford County story can be made ready as a suitable companion piece to our official centennial projects in Woodstock and Ingersoll. But with the cen­tennial only two years away, time is running out. Grant Dispute Still Stalls Blenheim Tp. Centennial PlansPRINCETON — The battle be­tween Princeton, PlattsviUe nnd Drumbo for shares of the Blen­heim Township centennial grant is still stalemated after eight months.Blenheim Township, which is eligible to receive $9,000 in cen­tennial grants from the federal and provincial governments, ap­proved a bylaw last March 20 turning the entire amount over to the village of Princeton which plans to build a $25,000 com­munity hall as a centennial proj­ect, At that time, no one else bad asked for a share.Two months later, the villagecommunity centre board plans to meet tomorrow night with a To­ronto builder to discuss plans and cost estimates for its build­ing.“There have been a lot of ru­mors going around about a $35,- 000 building, but as of now. we haven’t the faintest idea what it’s going to cost," said board secretary Cecil Bawtinheimer. He said a close estimate is ex- peeted out of tomorrow's meet­ing.As envisaged now. the Drum­bo community centre would be built across the road from theEDWARD McELHONESouth Norwich Appoints Clerk For TownshipOTTERVILLE - Edward ‘ Ted’ McElhone was recently appointed clerk-treasurer o'f South Norwich TwpMr McElhone is the son of Mrs. George McElhone, and the j late George McElhone, and has; resided all his life in the Otter-' ville area.He recett ed his education at1 Otterville Central School Nor­wich District High School, and St. Jerome’s College in Kitchen­er.An employee of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce he was assistant accountant al the Welland Branch prior to ac- ceptrag the position of clerk - treasurer for South NorwichHe was a former member of (he Otterville “Otters" Sotfball team, but was forced to refrain from playing as a result of oc-l cupational conflicts of Drumbo decided to build n $35,000 community hall as its centennial project, and asked township council (or a share of the grant. Council reversed its earlier decision and agreed to give Drumbo one quarter of the grant and Princeton the rest.A month after that, Platts- ville asked for a contribution for a $6,M0 picnic pavilion and Aho bylaw’ to divide the money be­tween the three villages on a population basis — 36.5 per cent, to PlattsviUe. 33 3 per cent to Princeton, and 30.2 per cent to Drumbo.Princeton tempers flared.arena, on land donated by the fair board.It would contain a general au­ditorium, a large committee room which would double as a banquet room and a smaller room with kitchen facilities.The large committee room would be lined with bookshelves and would serve as a village li­brary. A library which used to operate in a room on the main street has been closed for about ]0 years. The village is served now by the Oxford County Li­brary, which leaves books at a drugstore.If the community centre isIngersoll Given OMB Review Of AnnexationINGERSOLL — The town of Ingersoll has been granted a re­view of the decision of the On­tario Municipal Board which gave them 118 acres of the 1,- 000 acres which they had sought to annex.The town officials will meet in the Ingersoll council chamber in the town hall on Mondays at 11 a.m. with representatives of the Ontario Municipal Board.The town does not want the 118 acres of land granted by the board, and will present its argu­ments through R. E. Prouse of Brampton, the lawyer hired for the annexation proceedings by the town.OMB Approval Given Project For CentennialOTTERVILLE - South Nor­wich Twp's centennial project has been approved by the On­tario Municipal Board.The $27,000 township hall will go up beside the South Norwich Community Hall which houses the township’s present munici­pal offices. Land for the new building was purchased last fail by South Norwich.Township Councilor Delmar Kipp, who is a Princeton resi­dent, resigned from council in protest against what ho called "constant back - tracking on de­cisions." The Princeton centen­nial committee obtained a writ to prevent distribution of the centennial grant until the dispute is settled.It is still not settled. The third township bylaw still stands, au­thorizing distribution of the mon­ey. The writ still stands, pro­hibiting distribution of the mon­ey.built, the village would have its own library as well as the serv­ices of the county library.Princeton's plans stalled after iqwnship council changed its mind about turning over the full $9,000.Before that, preliminary plans for the Princeton community centre had been submitted to the centennial organization in Toron­to for approval. They have not yet come back.The plans called for a large auditorium with a stage that could be closed off to make a private room, as well as lwo other small meeting rooms and a kitchen.After the review on Monday, the board will rule that either the town take the 118 acres into the municipality boundaries, oi! reverse its decision and let the parcel revert to West Oxford Twp.The annexation order was ef­fective Jan. 1, but as yet there has been no change in the status of the residents of the township within the 118 acre parcel on the northwest corner of the town.TENDERS WANTEDQuotations will he received hy the undersigned until 12 o’clock noon,TUESDAY. MARCH 23, 1966 on premiums for insurance on Municipal Liability. Roads, County Equipment and Employer's Liability.Information mu; be obtain­ed al the office of the un­dersigned, Court House, Woodstock.The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.J. N, MEATHRKLL.County Road Superintendant and Engineer.Court House, Woodstock, Ontario February 26, W.A meeting last month between township council, members of the three village centennial com­mittees and a representative of the provincial centennial organ­ization brought no decisions.Blenhicm Township Clerk- Treasurer I. J. Haines said said there is some question as Io whether atty municipality can have more than one centennial project, and council is corres­ponding with the provincial de­partment of municipal affairs to settle this point. (The three vil­lages are unincorporated andare considered part of the town­ship for grant furposes.JWoodstock lawyer R. A. Mac­Dougall, acting for the Prince­ton centennial committee, said nothing further has been done about plans to ask the Ontario Supreme Court to quash the township bylaw dividing the $9.- 000 grant ami uphold the first bylaw giving it all to Princeton. But he said the writ prohibiting the division of the grant is good indefinitely.Meanwhile, plans for the va­rious village projects are in va­rious stages of progress.Drumbo's newly - organizedIt was to have been located in the southeast comer of Prince-i ton’s centennial park, on the. west side of the Prince Ion-Drum- bo road halfway between the; CNR tracks and Highway 2. ।Plattsville’s planned picnic pa­vilion would be located in the community park, just east of I the community arena and a block north of Highway 97.It would have a concrete floor, one half raised to provide a| stage, and would be open on the] sides. There would be no kitch-; en facilities, but the pavilion would be near another park building containing kitchen and1 washrooms.Cameron Shantz, chairman of Ilie PlattsviUe committee, said preliminary plans have already gone to Toronto and the village has been asked to submit more detailed plans and estimates.Of the three villages, only' Princeion has laid out any sub-; stantial amount of money so far. It raised $10,000 by public sub-] scription and turned it over to1 Blenheim Township Council as proof of its good faith and fi­nancial responsibility. The town­ship is still holding the depositOxford Asks Study on New County Home Free Press Woodstock Bureau;WOODSTOCK — Oxford County Council yesterday called for an early study on constru­tion of a new county home lor the aged.Beachville Reeve Jack Smith said council should suggest to the county home board on which the county, city of Wood-; stock and town of Ingersoll arc represented that they begin dis-! cussing a replacement of the, present. 72-year-old building.His proposal was supported! by council which called for the] home board representatives to report their individual councils as soon as possible.The old home is on County; Road 30 at the northwest edge of Woodstock.Warden Harry Armstrong said at the beginning of the March session which ended yes­terday that he would like to seo the "groundwork" tor n new Icounty home started at the ses­sion.Tax RateFor County May RiseOxford County Council will be faced with the decision of raising the county taxes, and how much, when they meet in the second council session this year March 23-24-25.In January council approved an increase of one quarter mill for the road budget, and one- half a mill for the new county library system, which started Jan. 1.Last year's mill rate of 13.25 could jump to 14 mills unless some trimming is carried out in other spending areas.The new library system in­cludes all the municipalities in Oxford County except Tillson­burg and Ingersoll. The county has an agreement with Ingersoll whereby the town and area people benefit from the ser­vices of the county library’s supply of books.If the mill rate for the mun­icipalities is set at 14, Tillson­burg will have a rate of 13.5.Committee meetings are sch­eduled previous to the council session. The finance committee will meet next Monday, and the Agriculture committee meets March 19 to hear delegations requesting grants, and discuss- the tenders for the county in­surance.A delegation from the Cana­dian National Institute for the Blind is expected to request a grant from the county at the first day of sitting March 23.The county Warden, Harry R. Armstrong of Ostrander, with four other delegates are attend­ing a conference on Homes for the Aged at Sunnyside Home for the Aged in Kitchener.The representatives are gath­ering information on county homes’ operations, a subject which may be discussed in council this month. Ingersoll Studies Request For Payment Of ExpensesMayor Non-Committal On Counsel SuggestionINGERSOLL - Mayor Thomas J. Morrison of Ingersoll, and R E. Prouse of Brampton, sol­icitor retained by Ingersoll to conduct annexation proceedings on behalf of the town, were reluctant to comment on the suggestion that the town of Ing­ersoll should repay the costs of the township in opposing the annexation,J. F. Hutchinson, of Young and Hutchinson, barristers and solicitors of Woodstock, who re­presented the township during the annexation hearings last year, offered the suggestion to the board at the end of the2 as sloping toward the Thames River and having about 18 acres of swamp in the middle.The reason the town wished, to annex the area he responded to Mr. Shub’s question, was be­cause of the railway. The Rail­way would attract secondary industry to the area. There has; been no recent inquiries for industrial land in parcel No. 2 lie said.Mr. MaeLachlan stated there, was a water line along King St. but there was 5.600 feet of road frontage which was not serviced, and it would cost $20,-iWest Oxford Ask Ingersoll Pay Legal FeesINGERSOLL - W ‘‘tford Twp has. sus^sted to thelnrmed becomeg finalOntario Municipal Board rep^ Onia , fae fcit000 to service it.The hydro service in the area; would cost $10,000 to install for the 28 houses involved. The nearest sewer line is 1,000 feet, and it would cost $19,-1review yesterday.Mr. Hutchinson said the town­ship of West Oxford had been put to considerable cost by the ______ town in its fight against the away a.............----- . . .annexation. He said the town ooc to construct a line into theniariu, <w,uMr. Prouse said that be ten that Ihe section of the act which he read and interpreted,, was in conflict with the other section of the act.Mr Shub said the board would reserve its decision on; the question of juridiction and 1S ace6?1 lhe application for re- heMr.n Prouse submitted for ex-,-should compensate the town-; 118 acres.ship in the unsuccessful annexa- j Mr prouS€ limited his testi- tian attempt. imonv to the three witnesses,;Mr. Prouse presented three Mr staples. Mayor Morrison, I witnesses to give testimony to and Mr MaeLachlan. Mr. Hut-' the representatives of the On- ,chison had no witness to call1 tario Municipal Board. The £or township, but he said first witness, G. R. Staples, de- that he thought some of the putv - clerk of Ingersoll, ex- peOple present wished to speak plained two petitions which had on behalf of the resident’s of been submitted to the board. I township.One petition from the resid-1 ElwQod Lemon of King st. ents of the township expressed, West Ingersoll, speaking on be- the felling of the people half of the residents of West they, were satisfied with the ord jn parcel N 2 services m the township and mphasize<i that the residents that they were opposed to being of ^he township were satisfied annexed by the town. |^th thp services as they ex-The other petition also from. isted He said in his es. ratepayers of West Oxford T^ 95 per cent Of therequested that if the 118 acres people had signed the petition m parcel No. 2 was finally which the residents of the town- annexed by the town, the child- h- had su,bmitted.ren attending school in the town- r . Rnnifarn of RR 4 Ine-ship would be permitted to Robert B^nifaee of RK 4, ing finish the current school year.|ersoll, said that, he, lived onsentatives today that the• of Ingersoll should pay. the cost incurred by the township during the hearing sessions.j F Hutchinson, of Young and Hutchinson, barristers and solicitors, of Woodstock who re­presented the township during the annexation hearings last year, said that the township has Mr rruuac .suffered much expense at tne for the record a letter whim of the town. • ------:1r E Protise of Brampton, counsel’for the town of Inger­soll, said that the town asked for the review of the decision of the board in the light of the feeling of the residents of the area which the board said thetown could annex.from the town council and two petitions from residents of West ° G^1 R TWStaples. deputy-clerk of the town of Ingersoll, stated, when questioned that he had sent the letter expressing the feeling and wishes of the coun-cil.~Mr“ StaX said that the'the town line. He also stated' total assessment in parcel No. that the services of the town- “was FS. with £ average | ship »er hetter than those pro- per capita assessment of $690, vided by the town.compared to the average per Mr. Boniface said that the capita assessment in the town swamp land in parcel No. 2,| is owned by Borden Company Ltd. The company has a spring-compared to the average perof $1,393.William Shub chairman of thehearing asked Mr. Staples what fed pond which supplies the, use he saw for the land. Mr. water for the plant. The water Staples said it has use for se- flows to the plant in an eight, condary industrial sites similar inch pipe which runs near the to the land yet unused within Boniface residence.the town. ' Mr. Prouse in summing up'The land has no potential, stated that it would be best for; Mayor Thomas J. Morrison an concerned if the 118 acres j said, when questioned by Mr. WOuld be let back to the town- Shub. The mayor also stated ship, since all the people con- that he had not been in agree- cerned were objecting. Under meat with the application which ' ‘ 5 4 ~was sent to the board including the 118 acres to the north-westthe present circumstances he I said annexation would not beof the town.C. V. MaeLachlan, secretary of the Ingersoll Industrial Com­mission, and manager of the Public Utilities Commission, de­scribed the area in parcel No.in the best interests of the town or the township.Mr. Hutchinson said the town had asked for land and the residents had opposed. The township of West Oxford he said was prepared to lose the- I land or take it back; the de­cision would be for the board to make he said,He went on to suggest that the original annexation cost had put an uncalled for burden on the township. He said that he felt the town should compensate the township for an unsuccess­ful annexation attempt.Mr. Shub told the parties pre- i went that the decision of the ; board would be reserved, but ’forthcoming in the very near future.Ingersoll wished to annex 995 acres of the township of West, Oxford, in two parcels. The lar­gest parcel, No. 1, lying to the south of the town, the Mac­donald Cartier Freeway and Holcroft St. contained about 850 acres.The other parcel (No. 2) lying; to the northwest of the town, containing 118 acres- was the parcel which the board granted to the town.The town council then de­cided that without both parcels,; the value of parcel No. 2 was, not sufficient to warrant annex-' ation. An appeal was sent from the clerk’s office in Ingersoll to Mr. Prouse in Brampton ex­pressing the feeling of the coun­cil and Mr. Prouse requested that the board review the de­cision handed down Dec 1.At today’s hearing William Shub, representative of the On­tario Municipal Board, acting as chairman, stated that tnei opinion of the board was that the annexation was final be­cause no appeal had been re­ceived before Jan. 1,1964. |Mr. Prouse stated that appli­cation for . rehearing of the. board’s decision had been made promptly. . .Mr. Shub read a section of the Municipal Act which said that when no objection of the, act is filed within the 28 day period specified in the act, the!Standard Text Resolution Held For June SessionA rejection for a resolution for the standardization of text books in Ontario eleminentary and secondary schools w a s given by Oxford County Council yesterday.Council’s education and con­sultative committee had recom­mended that no action be taken on the Frontenac County resol­ution.An amendment was introduc­ed by Bryan Jones, Reeve of Tillsonburg backing the resolu­tion. but council split 13-13 on the amendment and decided to hold the resolution over to the June session for further study.Reeve of Blenheim Township, Peter McDonald, in voicing his opinion, stated that he did not think the issue was one for county council. He felt that the Department of Education and teachers were better qualified to discuss it.cently at a meeting in Brantford held for preliminary sion on the feasibility of a district jail were Oxford County Warden Harry R. Armstrong; County Clerk L. K. cm , Leslie Force, Reeve of Norwich Twp. and chairman ol . property comm it'lee of the county council; and John Campbell, Governor of the cdunly jail , . . Noted Oxford County'Lum r G. R. Row, was honored recently at the Ontario bwine for nee, in Ridgetown, where he addressed the group on lie ‘•parallels found in cattle and hog breeding1' . . .HintsAt New HomeWarden Suggests Groundwork BeginHarry R. Armstrong recom­mended today at the opening of Oxford County council that the ground-work for the construc­tion of a new county home should be laid.He said that while the present home is well maintained and well managed, it is not up to the standard of others perform­ing a similar function. It should, he said, also have priority over the regional county j-»il proposed by Brant County.The present county home was built in 1893, at a cost of $28,- 500, including the land, build­ing, and landscaping. The rea­sonable maximum which the home can accommodate is 62, but the record shows that at one time in 1931 there were 96 residents living there.Council opened the first of the three sessions scheduled for March this morning. L. K. Coles, county clerk-treasurer, read correspondence received since the council last met in January. Included among the correspondence were letters re­questing grants, letters acknow­ledging resolutions which Ox­ford County Council has ap­proved, and resolutions from Dereham Twp.One resolution has requested Oxford County council to make an agreement with Norfolk County, making the boundary line between Norfolk and Ox­ford Counties a county connect­ing link from Hwy. 3 to Hwy. 19.This county road if taken over by the Department of Highways would serve as a cutoff. The link should eliminate much of traffic at the intersection of Vienna Rd. and Simcoe St. where there is a very steep hill on Vienna Rd.The other resolution from Dereham Twp. requests ap­proval of a bylaw which would close part of Ann Srt. in Browns­ville.Requests for grants have been received from the Children's Aid Society for $16,669, up $2, 074 from last year; Oxford His­torical Society for $125; Oxford County Museum for $1,350; and a Scholarship for the Festival of Music to be held early in May - $50.Oxford County Juvenile Court has set a budget of $4,890 for 1965. of which $2,199 is Oxford County’s share.Council announced the ap­pointment of the School Con­sultative Committee, a new committee this year. Chairman is John H. Lester, with mem­bers Harry R. Armstrong, Glen Kitchen, Harold Wilker and Cyril J. Demeyere. W. G. And­erson was appointed secretary of the committee.Council will be presented with the third report of the road committee when the second ses­sion begins tomorrow at 10 a.m. In the afternoon a delegation from the Canadian National In­stitute For The Blind will be present Leo D. Carroll of Brant­ford, will accompany the delega­tion. County Tax Rate Set Up .75 Mills From 1964Busy Session On Budgets PredictedDiscussion of budgets will oc­cupy Oxford Countj’ councillors for most of the three-day ses­sions next Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.At the opening of the council at 10 a.m. Tuesday morning, L. K. Coles, Oxford County clerk­treasurer, will read all corres­pondence and communications received since the council last met in January.Two resolutions for council to consider came from the count­ies of Frontenac and Went­worth.Wentworth County has re­quested approval of its resolu­tion requesting study of the pos­sibility of government grants for municipalities who want to belong to county public library systems, but can't afford to build or furnish libraries.Frontenac County has pro­posed that Elementary and Sec­ondary School text books be standardized for the province of Ontario.A copy of resolutions from other county councils is sent to all county councils in Ontario, requesting endorsement of each council. If approval is received from all or most of the councils, the resolution is then forwarded to the appropriate department of the Ontario government.A delegation from the Canadi­an National Institute for the Blind will be received Tuesday afternoon by the council. The CNIB annually receives a grant from Oxford County.The Road and Finance com­mittee will be meeting on Tues­day to consider the tenders on the county insurance. The insur­ance on the county roads, coun­ty equipment, and county build-' ings is reviewed every year and quotations received from insur­ance companies.The county carries $500,000 insurance, and this figure is the basis upon Which quotations from insurance companies are received.The request by the Tavistock school board will be put before the consultative committee of ■ council on Wednesday. Tavi­stock wishes sections of Perth county in South Easthope Twp. to be included in Tavistock school area. If the county ap proves the petition, a by-law will be drafted and sent to Perth County for consideration.All committees of council will he working on budget items on Thursday. The committees then give their reports to the finance committee lor consideration. The finance committee will then make the final budget report to the councilRoads, Library Cause Of Jump To 14 MillsOxford County council yester­day approved an increase in county taxes for 1965. The mill rate was set at 14, up mill from last year’s 13.25 mills.The county budget is broken up into four main catagories. The largest and most costly spending area is for county roads. Up Vi mill from last year, the 7.75 mills will net a total of $476,439 in taxes.The general purposes section of the budget has been de­creased from 3.7 mills last year to 3.4 mills this year. The general purposes tax rate will take in $209,018.Welfare services of the county are expected to cost $144,468 in 1965. The mill rate for welfare has increased from 2.05 mills last year to 2.35 mills this year.The county public library sys­tem, which became officially ef­fective Jan. 1 will cost the county $25,269. For this purpose mill has been set aside to raise this cash.The mill rate for Tillsonburg will be 13.5 since the town does not participate in the county library system.Hie road budget accepted bv council estimates $1,346,900 will be spent in 1965 on construction and maintenance of roads and bridges in the county.The total construction es­timates call for an expenditure of $1,016,900. and maintenance will cost only $330,000 of the total road budget.GRANTSGrants approved by council were: Oxford County Festival of Music - $50; Oxford Histor­ical Society — $150; Oxford1 Museum — $1,350; Stratford General Hospital — $4,000; Lake Erie Regional Development As­sociation — $100; Victorian Order of NurseS — $200.Council approved the county'sogearqo I ie Iiojjoq *9 pjdy ‘Xcpsanx irojj -aa ie aSsajqo > pjdv ‘Xupung Wq te ogEDiqQ ‘T nW ‘Xepsjnqj, oifeaiqj ’sa tiojpQV S3IH3S:sauas ibutj-iiuos oavj aqfl joj appbqas aqj si Suimotoj sieuy aqi u[ ‘oSaaiqo JaA0 UOpiA lEUIJ-imaS ‘Ifojpa UMop Xq dno XoiuEis iq8p«is. )jfqj sji uo/w uoqj pus jbojjOPW: vajBuiiuna ojuojox leaX jseq sjjoXefd b\3uuds jsbj jo XepJi aj e aq [[im siBUTj-ttuas aqj, j ■sjibhb uaAas-jo-jsaq are | LI pjdV 'XepjnjBS ueqj J»)»[ ju U(gaq niM qjiq/w Sibujj aqj; >E [pa sb 'spuy-iums qjog 1 sauas a iBUjj-jmas aqj m s;naq| committee on History.A resolution of J. C. Smith, Reeve of Beachville, to consider the building of a new County Home for the Aged, was ap­proved by council. Mr. Smith suggested that the County II o m e Board, representing Woodstock, Ingersoll, and I. h e county, should discuss t h e undertaking, and report back to their respective councils.Warden Armstrong appointed Jack Lester, Byran Jones, and Gordon Aspden, to be members' of the Indigent Patients at Nurs­ing Homes committee for a study of rates.Vernon Cuthbert, Hugh Munro and Peter McDonald, were ap­pointed by Warden Armstrong to the Warden’s committee for 1965.The request of the town of Tillsonburg was referred to the Needs Study committee of the council. Tillsonburg requested that a connecting link between Hwys. 3 and 19 be approved by the county to relieve the traffic situation at the intersection of Vienna Rd. and Simcoe St.The resolution reveived from Wentworth County council, re­questing study of the possibil­ity of government grants for municipalities wishing to partic­ipate in county library systems, was approved by council.The Norwich Gazette was, awarded the contract for print-1 ing the minutes, for the period of April 1, 1965 to March 31, 1966. The cost will be $2.50 per1 page plus three per cent pro­vincial sales tax.Oxford County council adjourned today after a busy1 three-day session, until the next! session in June.County Budget Expected Set With IncreaseOxford County council is ex­pected to approve the 1965 bud­get today in the third and last session.Lone Tender Wins Policy For CountyThe lone tender of a Tillson­burg firm, Denton-Vance Insur­ance Ltd., for a $500,000 insur­ance policy covering Oxford County building, equipment, and roads was accepted today by county council. Notices and ad­vertisements for tenders were sent out all over the county, receivable up to 10 a.m. Tues­day, March 23.The premium of $6,032 is $191 less than last year’s premium of $6,214. The policy coverage is effective from April 1, 1965.This policy will cover county roads, equipment, and build­ings. Included among these are 13 trucks, five graders, five tractors, all personnel travel­ling on county business includ­ing office staff, truck drivers and county councillors.Buildings under this protec­tion include all the buildings on the Court House block, except Children’s Aid Society building. The court house, registry office, and county jail are in­cluded, as well as the county home, and old Lutheran Church which the county bought t w o years ago.This coverage extends to the new county library system al­so, covering 24 libraries and deposit stations throughout the county.Indications are that the mill: rate will go up .75 mill to 14.1 Last year the rate was 13.25.'In January council approved an increase of % mill for the road budget, and Ws mill for the new county library system, which started Jan. 1. The new library system includes 24 lib­raries and deposit stations throughout the county, providing free service for all residents of the county.The mill increase in the road budget, was a general in­crease of all departments of road and bridge construction and maintenance. The road de­partment receives 7.75 of the 14 mills, the library takes .50, leaving 6.25 to be split up be­tween the welfare budget and the general purposes budget.Last year the welfare budget was 2.05 mills,and the General purposes budget was set at 3.7 mills.The county assessment in­creased by almost $1 million in the past year, to a total tax­able assessment of $61,475,985.COMMEMORATIVE MEDAI^-A COIN CLUB FIRST Medical Officer’s Annual ReportOutlines Duties Of Health UnitOxford County council was, on by the Victorian Order of presented yesterday with the Nurses. Three senes of classes annual report of the Oxford were held in Ingersoll and Till- Health Unit, compiled by Dr, sonburg. Expectant mothers O. C. Powers, the Medical meet the public health nurse. Health Officer of the unit. land discuss hygiene, and care Silting in the first day of of herself and her now baby. March session, the council was I Mrs. Clifford Etheridge has given an outline of the health conducted these classes in both and sanitary conditions of Ox- centres. Last year the unit for ’ Counts’ for the year end- made 65 prenatal visits.ing Dec. 31. 1964. The nurses try to visit all newThe report outlines the acti- babies as soon as possible al-vities of the staff of the unit ter they cow home from thein the past year. The unit pro- hospital. Child health eonfei-vides facilities for people to ences are held monthly at van-make office calls for examina- ous centres throughout the coun­tions, treatments, or consults- ty, and weekly in Woodstock and tions, a staff of public health Ingersoll.nurses who make inspections of; At these schools, homes, and conditions have their childrens progress Of health throughout the coun- checked, and discuss care andof health throughout the coun-ty, and public health inspec-training withthe nurse. Im-IV, ana puuuc uewui ........, .. ■■ .tors who inspect commercial mumzation is a\’ailahlc monlh- and industrial establishments & given by Dr. Powers atwhich serve the public.The unit has a staff of 32 including the medical officer, one supervisor of nurses, a clinical nurse, 11 public health nurses, three public health in­spectors, and a clerical staff of five.' these clinics.PHYSICALSPre-school. physical examina­tions by the family physician are encouraged in order that the child may start to school in the best, of health. Thesepre - school physical reports, coupled with teacher ■ nursevale schools, eight Roman Catholic schools, and 78 public schools, with an enrolment of 12,962 students, and six high schools with an enrolment of 5,095 In Oxford County, exclud­ing Woodstock.In the 6.182 school inspections made by nursoa, 8.033 vision tests wore given, and 511 hear­ing tests. The visiting nurses also had 862 conferences with principals, 184 conferences with(ever, or letanua. occurred dur-| Nursing homes Ing the year. Only one case of al least twice diplheria, and one case of ty- a public healthphoid fever, have the county since Health Unit was September 1945.TB CONTROLThe tuberculosisnurse. Thecase of ty- occurred in _____.— _______________ ,the Oxford, care of patients. Problems per- in tabling to sanitation and safety in nursing homes arc handled by the Public Health Inspec-formedcontrolnurse,pro-. the!। tors.check and advise on t:In addition to the regular!gram has almost checked tlincidence of 'the disease. With a; u“on apea£to various groups rences wun as Women’s Institutes,teachers, 91 group conferences y«h^^ ht , hnncr.fi’ and Home an<1 Sch°°l groups,and 1 365 assorted conferences. control should be changed. To facjmate admmistra- ’ nrnr>i»/llirr>u ho '.air n. .. ..r . i... r\„duties, the nurses are calledLast year 5,891 home visits__________ _____ ____were made by personnel of the collaboration of observations on unit 50 office visits were made.' each child, provides a basis for 2,368 new families were visited, further follow-up of a nurse, if and 4,793 new cases were ad- a child needs health teaching ormil ted.The program of the nursing division is designed to give service to all age groups There are seven general areas of ser­vice provided by the unit.In Woodstock the pre-natal classes are continuous, carriedcare.The nurses made 1,859 infant welfare visits, 1,284 pre - school visits, and 234 adult service visits last year.Secondary school service is mainly a counselling service for students There are three :pn-Road Budget For County Raises Levy ¥4 Mill For '65Oxford County will spend $1- 272,668 on its roads in 1965. To raise this amount, a mill rate of 7.75 has been set for 1965 road spending, up V* millin the Woodstock area ises-Cases of defective vision where finances are a problem, are referred to the Lions Club. The club pays for the examina­tion, and glasses if necessary. Crippled children are referred to the Crippled Children’s So­ciety.The Audiometer, used for de­lecting hearing defects, was bought by Woodstock Optimist Club. It was used a great deal by nurses during 1964. Several cases of hearing defects were referred Io the National Hear­ing Society for advice and ap­praisal.The immunization program in the county is keeping pace with the population. Combining dif­ferent immunizing agents against whooping cough, diph­theria, tetanus, and poliomye­litis, requires only three needles, a month apart to produce im- t c u L t c a m _ mumty from all ot ’he four staffed by unit nurses. above diseases. I •Baby immunization is started | at the age of two months and, bv six months of age the babies will be completely immunized, including vaccination for small­pox. Adults may receive polio and tetanus shots at any or 'heSome procedures. he said. flon of tbc Department of Food such as mass surveys, should. control and Sanitation, the be definitely discarded in Ox- county js divided into three dis-1 ford County. More emphasis tricis. with a public health in-J could be put on skin testing. spector in charge of each dis- by family doctors, with X-rays irjC| taken of positive skin reactors.The chest clinic at Em bro INSPECTIONS was discontinued last yearcause of poor attendance; but j hotels .bakeries, groceries, dair-| other Woodstock clinics are lies. cheese factories, slaughter] readily available to Embro dis-1 houses and butcher shops. 1and —.igSMSSS toted -d ye3rClAuiP“" da"new positive reactors, and their i nurn}>-re< • contacts, are given a chest X-| There were 446 inspections of ray. Previous reactors are X- factories, pool rooms, bowling rayed routinely ] alleys, funeral homes, barber* ! shops, hairdressers. arenas,CHEST CLINICS jails, laundromats. markets,Chest clinics are held every | cemeteries. including 271 in-1 month or every two months at|5pections of schools. , four centres in the county. inspections to various accom-, four centres in the county. Inspections to various accom- | staffed by unit nurses. The modations such as tourist 'nurses do the necessary follow-] homes, motels, hotels, summer . up work through home visiting: camps and resorts. trailer also I camps, and nursing homes.homes,,timated to cost .$20,882 in 1965, with Ingersoll suburban roads costing $3,972. Maintenance on urban connecting links will amount to $6,000.from last year. ------------- -------Coupled with the half - mill ■ Superintendence cost will approved by council in January; amount to $17,250 in 1965, and for the new county library sys-1 general expenses will amount tern, which will be paid for to an estimated $37,828.' ' Construction in the countyclinics.Whoooping cough is the only preventable contagious disease to occur in Oxford county dur­ing the year.Measles, mumps, and chick­en-pox occurred sporadically throughout the year, with 38 cases of measles, 12 cases of chicken-pox, and 30 cases ofA mental health clinic at the! numbered 80 last year Ontario Hospital, Woodstock, is There were 2,106 samples of, available for residents of Ox- water tested last year, including ford County. The unit co-oper-! private wells,, municipal water ates with the Ontario Hospital supplies, school wells, and 58 in St. Thomas in a follow-up' swimming pool tests, program for patients who have There were 388 complaints of been discharged from that hos- various types investigated last pital. Most of the staff of the I yean installation of 387 sepje unit have attended a three day tanks supervised. 461 plumbm, orientation course at the St.I inspections. 498 sewage dispo- Thomas Ontario Hospital to bet- sal inspections, and information ter equip them for their work. given to 255 plumbers.entirely by the county, will likely mean an increase of .75 mill in the mill rate.Last year the mill-rate was 13.25. which may raise to 14 mills with the addition of the extra % mill.The total taxable assessment of the county has risen nearly one million dollars in a year. The county levy is based on an assessment of $61,475,985in 1965 will cost an estimated $413,000, and general mainten­ance will cost $256,386. The ur­ban rebates on construction willmumps last year.No cases of paralytic poliomy­elitis were reported last year. In fact there has been no polio in the county since 1957. Salk vaccine was introduced in Ox­ford County in 1956 and has proved very effective and the unit will continue to use it.No oral Sabin vaccine has been used in the county and noCNIB Representative Asks County For Grant Boostamount to $50,843. _____________Total receipts from county plans are being considered for taxes will be $476,438, Wood-; it,s use r-----J “" r‘” r,~"’stock will pay $5,037 toward the efs.suburban road construction, In- No cases of diphtheria, typhoid gersoll will pay $1,308 for itsi suburban road construction, ad­ded to a credit balance of $28,-!General maintainence and----„ ----------------------...construction will cost $37,828, 000 from last year, gives aimachinery repairs will cost $15,- total of $510,784.Grants from the provincial: {government total $761,884. The, province pays 80 per cent of the cost of bridge construction.000. and new machinery in the form of two tractors will cost $24,000.Construction of bridges, cul­verts, and county roads in 1965 will cost $136,000, and boundary bridges will cost Oxford County $282,500Suburban road construction1 ance in 1965.and 50 per cent of road con­struction costs, leaving the coun­ty to pay a total of $510,784 for construction and mainten-Leo D. Carroll, of Brantford > with normal vision can see at field senary ofNational Institute for the Blind, ^registered as Mind.hA.no rnn^nprpn rnr spoke to Oxford County council! In Oxford County there are according to Dr. Pow- yesterday on behalf of the in- 45 blind persons, of which 50 accoraing io ur. ro over fHe pointed out the distinction age: 14 of these receive a blind between a person who was re- pesons allowance. There are gistered as blind, and one several other categories of who was industrially blind. A blind persons including children person with normal vision, he in primary or secondary schools, said, can read the bottom line blind people who support them- of the standard eye chart at selves, and blind people who the prescribed 20 feet. But one can manage with sighted help, who is •‘industrially blind", can Mr. Carrell stated thiit only see the large letter on the CNIB is the only agency in top of the chart at the same!Canada providing assistance to distance. {the sightless. This year the m-In other words he said, an stitute requested a grant of $S00 “industrially blind person can (from Oxford County, up $300 see at 30 feet what a person i from past years.Mr. Carroll stated that theOFFER OLD POST OFFICE TO CITY FOR S41.000 I t-A.. I'ivsh HiirfHH nf the currant county c oiln-WOOHSTf M 'li O 8 r o r d1 oil xesalon.Worden Hurry Armstrong told county council yesterday the county hotnv for Ilie uged in Inadequate and mqat be replac­ed.Mr. Armstrong snld he hoped ground work for authorlantion of a new county home would beI He Nidd meetings with Wood . 'stock and Ingersoll, the Iwo municipalities that also use and pay for the home but who arc not. part of the county, would be needed.“We have a good nld-fnshlon- dd homo but it dosn't come upOxford Tax RateRises .75Free Tress Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — A tax rate ©f 14 mills, three-quarters of r mill more than last year, was set yesterday by Oxford County council.One-half a mill was levied for the new county public library system and the levy for roads rose one-quarter mill over last year's rate.The levy for general pur­poses is 3.4 mills: last year's rate was 3.7 mills. Welfare costs increased to compensate for the drop from 2.03 millsCounty Home Termed 'Inadequate'last, year to 2.35 mills this year.Tillsonburg’s county levy will be 13.5 mills since It is not part of the county 11* brary system.The amout required for all purposes is $8.55.191.40. General purpose requirements are $209,018.35; welfare costs, 8144.- 468; roads. $476,438,88. Pub­lic library costs are expected to be $ 25,268.60.Council approved the fal­lowing grants: Oxford Chil­dren’s Aid Society, $16,699.37; Oxford Soil and Crop improve-Millsment Association, $500; Oxford 4-H Club Leaders Associa­tion, $750; Oxford Junior Farmers. $350; Oxford Farm Safety Council, $450.Council increased the grant approved for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind from the $500 set at the January session to $700.The amount, of money that will be made available in the form of bursaries to Oxford county students attending the University of Western Ontario was increased from $1,000 last year to $1,500.to present day needs," Warden Armstrong wild.He said county repeacnla- tlvca hud attended n meeting! with Brant County on proper nh fnr a regional Jail and there! would likely be more meetings.J"But I think before we got I Into any regional Jail, thr|In other business, council:.Added $2,000 to the $1,000 reserve fund for preparation of a county history and ap­pointed East Oxford Reeve Glen Kitchen to head a. com- mittee to prepare the docU- I ment;Endorsed a Went w or th County resolution asking the minister of education tn study making grants on capital ex­penses for library accommoda­tion and furnishings to mun­icipalities who are members of county library systems. home for the aged should come first." he said,The present home for the aged lx on county road 80 nt the northwest edge of Woodstock H was built in 1803,Capacity of the home h about 50, but it Is only half full.Tn other business, council:Heard a resolution from Frori- tenae County urging that the province standardize tmetbooks for both elementary and secon­dary schools and decide to take action Inter In the current ses­sion.Laid over n Wentworth Coun-; ty resolution to later in the session which asked a proving rial study of the possibility of giving capital grants for library accommodation and furnishinga to municipalities in county li­brary systems.ApproveProjectGrantsDereham Township To Get $8,648HOLD OFFICIAL OPENINGInnerkip Joins County LibraryThe Innerkip L. K. Coles, clerk-treasurer ofra and a member of the county Police vill^^^^ __ .. _ —” . S. L. (library board, and Henry Zehr, declaied the library officially Public Library system officially Krompart, county librarian, and chairman o{ the village trustees. op^Je Ubrary has started of{ opened yesterday. members of the Innerk.p hbra y that bbra^haspart oAhe buddingne^ door to man. Mrs' Harry Carter - sec-!had enjoyed working with Mrs. from the central। library in thethe Oxford Telephone Company retary Rev. Wells Robinson. Walter Ross, the new librarian, county court house i nthe Oxford Telephone company retar. Magwood MrsJin setting up the library Mr stock. It will be open to all peo-the^ telephone company. The Reid Chesney, and John Eacott,IColes said that he was pleased pie in the area free of chargevillage had no Ebrarv previous- Innerkip Public School principal, to see the great community spir- °n from 3 to 7 m qAlso present were Allen Little-1 it behmd the project, displayed and Wednesdays horn 7 to 9 u__ j—... by the good turnout of people of p.m.INNERKIP -branch of the Oxford County Oxford County, Mrs.the Oxford Telephone Company building, which is owned also by Mrs. George Magwood,Dereham Twp. received ap­proval of its centennial project yesterday — an addition to the township offices — from the two senior levels of govern­ment.The estimated cost of the pro­ject, $16,065, will be aided by grants of $8,648 from the two governments, leaving the muni- cipafity to pay $7,417.Dereham’s grant was one of 23 centennial grants announced yesterday, bringing to 143 the number of approved centennial grants in Ontario.ly. T 2----,-------' On hand for the opening were Johns, deputy reeve of East Zor-County Library First Meeting Set TomorrowThe first nieeting cd the new PubEc County’ Library board wiE be held tomorrow night in the county court house at 8 p.m.W. A. Roedde, Director of Library Services for Ontario, will be the speaker. A discus-! sion period wiE foUow his talk, in which questions concerning the new system will be dis- !cussed.The meeting is open to Eb- rary committees, school boards, and aU other interested resid­ents of the county.Oxford County Library board members made a tour of five libraries in the county yesterday including Burgessville, Norwich, Otterville, Brownsville, and Mt. Elgin. The board plans to make a visit to all the libraries, in the county system, to see the branch operations first hand.A new Ubrary will be opened tomorrow at Innerkip. L. K. Coles, Oxford County clerk • treasurer, and Mrs. S. L. Krom­part, head of the county library, will be present at the official opening with members of the Innerkip library committee. JUDGES GATHERED after the swearing in ceremony of Judge Kenneth Y. Dick, at the Oxford County Court House, to extend their per­sonal congratulations. Stand­ing from left are: Judges W. B. Beardall of Chatham; H. D. Lang, senior district judge from Stratford; A. R. Will­mott, chief judge of the dis­trict; and Oxford County Mag­istrate R. G. Groom. Judge Dick was appointed to the bench on May 3 by the PrivyCouncil. Judge Ian Macrae of London, acted as chairman, and was assisted by Judge Lang, in administering the oath of office.Swearing-In Rites Impressive For New Oxford County JudgeA former Milton lawyer, and । huge vacuum” left by the form­Reeve of the County of Halton er judge who. in his time, was ------ —* Attorney General at the age of 37, and later became the Minis­ter of Municipal Affair's andwas yesterday sworn in as Judge of Oxford County.Kenneth Y. Dick was appoint­ed Judge effective May 3, to re­place Judge Eric Cross who died last winter while walking homefrom his stranded car.Judge Ian MacRae, Judge of the County Court of the County of Middlesex assisted by Judge H. D. Land, of Stratford, Senior- Judge of the district, adminis­tered the oaths of allegiance, and of the offices: Judge of the court of the County of Oxford, local Master of the Supreme Court of Ontario,Chief Judge of the District, A. R. Willmott, paid tribute to the former Judge of the County, Eric Cross, and commented that the County will have a very able successor to him in Judge Dick. ,To this Judge Dick replied that he was “stepping into aPublic Welfare.He also remarked that he was extremely pleased with the warm reception he has received from the County, and that he was certain his stay would be a rewarding and happy one.In closing, Judge Willmott mentioned the tremendous work load the County Judges have to bear, and that as in the past, the need might arise for him to call on the other Judges to assist him. He also stated that the County Judges Act has been am- mended to allow for the appoint- ! ment of a third judge for the County of Middlesex. The ap­pointment has not been made as yet, but he slated it will be in ! the near future. “We need more judges,” he remarked, “and we J hope the act will be further am- mended to allow for more ap­pointments.”The official welcome of Oxford County to Judge Dick was ex­NAMES IN THE NEWS — Recently at the annual meeting of the Association of Ontario Counties, held in the Westbury Hotel, Toronto, were Oxford County Warden Harry R. Arm­strong. and the warden's committee, composed of Hugh Munro, reeve of East Nissouri; Vernon Cuthbert. deputy reeve of East Oxford, and Peter McDonald, reeve of Blenheim, accompanied by L. K Coles, clerk-treasurer of Oxford County,Subjects under discussion were Regional Aspects of Muni­cipal Government. Ciity-County Relations, and the Inter-Rela­tionship of Town and Township within the county.Thomas J. Plunkett, municipal affairs and public adminis­tration consultant of Montreal, was the guest speaker.Also discussed was - Kitchener 2000 — the regional concept of Kitchener and area by the year 2000 A.D., outlined by WilUam Thompson, planning director of Kitchener.INTERNATIONAL IN SCOPELibrary Movement Seeks Equalization Of StandardsCanada is part of an interna- Robinson u the Bruce County tional public library movement, librarian and Mr SbewfeH is llw goal of which l> equ>) lib- °f BnKerary slaudaniH in a!! Mumrie,.W. A. Roedde ol Toronto, dlrec- Bruee Counlz were ja, tor Of the provincial library formation on the public library services of the Ontario Depart- system., with the hopes of merit of Education, last night changing the Bruce County Co told the annual meeting of the operative library Io a public Oxford County Library Board. sctllDMr Roedde praised the Mr Roedde forec^t that com county officials who had worked putcrg Would be doing much of toward the formation of the the cataloguin' filing and county library system. The Lake bibliography in libranes of the Erie Regional Lubrury Co opera- fo(Urt.tive of which you are pari he A spcdal year has ,ust ende() said, will be the model of the for Oxford tountv Libraryi said future The region has 27 of the Mr8. s L KrOmpart. Oxford 460 library boards in existence CoUnty librarian. It was. she now in Ontario. said, the end of one era and theMr. Roedde, a graduate of beginning of another.McGill University, Montreal, It was in March of 1949 that was appointed as assistant the county library co-operative director in 1958. and finally was launched. At that time director in I960. He has travel- there was 2.000 books in the led to many countries to study library distributed to 14 librar- library methods used abroad ies.which might be used in Ontario. rwnu;TUAccompanying Mr. Roeddewas Mrs Irma McDonough, of . “Toronto, editor of the Ontario books in the library and the out- Library Review. lets increased to 17 libraries.Also present to hear Mr. seven deposit stations, and 200Roedde was a delegation from classrooms in schools.Bruce County, where the library county library has in-system used is similar to that creasingiy been used by theused in Oxford County previous local libraries for reference to this year iservice throughout the year.The representatives fromM year 809 reference books Bruce Countv were Mr. and were mailed out and a great Mrs. Blair Robinson, of Port number were borrowed from the Elgin, and Mr. and Mrs. Burton bookmobile on its round- Shewfelt, of Kincardine. Mrs. , The workshops for librarians have proved successful accord-tended by County Warden, Har-i ry Armstrong who expressed I the hope that he “would feel at home among us.”The Honorable Arthur A. Wishart, Q.C., Attorney General of Ontario, was unable to be present, and A. A. Russel, Assis­tant Deputy Attorney General, brought the best wishes of Mr. Wishart, and remarked that the full co-operation of the At­torney General’s Office would be extended.He mentioned that the work load of the judges has bee n greatly improved since 1957 when there were 64 county judges in the province. This has gradually been increased to the point where there were 80 in 1964. He also stated that im­provements, though gradual, are coming, as shown by the am- mendment to allow for the ap­pointment of a third judge for the County of Middlesex.Congratulations and best wish­es were brought from the Bench­ers of the Law Society of Upper [Canada by L. M. Ball, Q.C., a I practicing member of the Ox­ford Law Association, and a Bencher of the Law Society.Mr. Ian Linton, president of the Oxford Law Association, extended congratulations from the Association, and expressed the hope that the judge’s stay would be a long and happy one.He also stated that the mem­bers of the association would co­operate with him as fully as pos­sible, (especially to try and have their files in order when presenting a case).Following the ceremony, a re­ception was held in the council chambers where local dignitar­ies and well wishers gathered to offer their congratulations to Judge Dick, and to chat with his wife and two children.Tenth Line Women Visit County HomeMembers of the Zorra Tenth Line Women held their May r meeting at the Oxford County Home where they presented a program for the residents which included numbers by the Senior Citizens’ rhythm band.D. F. Knott welcomed the or­ganization to the home and on behalf of residents thanked members for the visit, treats and program. Mr. Knott said he would welcome more visits from other organizations at any lime.ling to Mrs. Krompart. In these .workshops all the county libra­rians can meet to study prob­lems common to all. and she feels that the local libraries have improved as a result.The most important accom- plishment of 1964, Mrs. Krom­part reports, was the passing of the by-law by county council which led to the formation of the Oxford County library.Another achievement last year was becoming a member of the Lake Erie Regional Library Co-operative. Oxford County has drawn upon the book supplies of Ihe three other par­ticipating counties of Middlesex.i Elgin, and Norfolk.i Since the beginning of the new year the library staff has catalogued and processed over11.000 books which are on the I shelves of the local libraries, or being used in schools.AGREEMENTThe county librarv has worked out an agreement with the town of Ingersoll whereby the county loans the town books free of charge, and the residents of the county in the area can use the books free at charge.The first bookmobile was pur­chased in 1953. It was replaced in 1963 with a new one. Part- itime help is hired to drive the bookmobile on their quarterly runs. The bookmobile travels about 4.000 to 5,000 miles each year on the book exchanges.The new countv library board consists of Warden Harry R Armstrong. Rceie of Dereham Twp., Peter McDonald. Reeve Of Blenheim Twp.. .Mien Little ! jphns. deputy reeve of East 'Zorra Twp., and J. C Smith.Reeve of Beachville.‘ In addition to the council ’ members there ‘are three ap­pointees outside the council. They are Grant Smith, of North Norwich Twp.. appointed tor a one year term. William M. Sutherland of West Zorra. for two years, and Robert Rudv. of Tavistock, for a three vear term.Mrs. Krompart, in addition to' the duties as librarian, is also appointed secretary of Hie library board, and L K Coles, county clerk-treasurer, acts as treasurer. New Era OpensWellington Engineer Dies at 64By Record StoH WriterGUELPH — Funeral services will be conducted Saturday for William H. Keith, Wellington County engineer for the past 31 years, who died yesterday in Guelph Hospital.Mr Keith, who would have been 65 on March 28. became ill Tuesday at his office. His! illness was diagnosed as a per­forated colon, an intestinal dis­order.Mr Keith became Wellington ! County engineer in 1934 after' ! being sent to Guelph by the ’ department of highways fori w horn he worked to replace the j ailing county engineer.His death came during a crucial lime in the county’sWILLIAM H. KEITH. . . served 31 yearsRecord Photoroad history. He was working with a consulting engineering firm, which will recommend to county’ council later this year which roads should be given back to individual municipal­ities and which roads should be assumed.He was a son of the late Mag­istrate William Keith of Toronto.Surviving are his mother; his second wife, the former Evelyn Waterhouse, whom he married in 1952, several years after the death of his first wife; two daughters. Mrs. H. W. (Mary) Muysson of Guelph, Mrs. A. R. 'Anrre.i Watt of Atikokan and a stepdaughter, Mrs. R. W. 'Marilyn) Spalding of Kitch­ener; nine grandchildren.The body is at the McIntyre and Wilkie Funeral Home, Delhi Street and Eramosa Road, where the funeral will be con­ducted Saturday at 2 p.m. by Rev D Crawford Smith of Knox Presbyterian Church, Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery,OMB GIVES RULINGOxford Twp. Gets Back 118 AcresINGERSOLL - The Ontario Municipal Board has dismissed the whole annexation applica­tion of the town of Ingersoll.The parcel of 118 acres of land in West Oxford Twp. which the town had received, will revert to the jurisdiction of the town­ship. The town will have to pay the costs of the court reporter, but will not be required to pay anything else.At the close of the review of the board’s decision March, 22, J. H. Hutchinson, of Woodstock, counsel for West Oxford Twp.. suggested that Ure town should repay the township’s cost to fight the annexation.The board had decided last December that the town could have the 118-acre parcel, but dismissed the annexation bid on a parcel of 850 acres lying be­tween the town and the Mac­Donald-Cartier Freeway (401).The town subsequently appliedTenders WantedSEALED TENDERS addres­sed to the County Road Super­intendent and endorsed "Tend­ers for Supplies and Hauling Road Materials and Equip­ment Hire,” will be received 1 by the undersigned up to 12 o’clock noon. Monday, April 19, 1965. for the following: 1. Hauling or road building materials from various sources within or adjacent to the County.2. Feeding, crushing and haul­ing from designated gravel pits.3. Delivery of the above men­tioned materials to be made on certain portions of the County Road System as directed by the County Road Superintendent.4. Any other work that may be designated on the ten­der form.5. Truck, shovel and equip­ment hire.6. Supplies and other services used in road construction and maintenance.7. For tiie 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 I forms for items 1 and 2 and general information items 4 and 5 may be obtained at the office of the County Road Sup­erintendent, Court House, Woodstock, Ontario. Tenders on items 4 and 5 may be sub­mitted on supplier’s forms.Tenders on item 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. MEATHBELL, County Road Superintendent. Court House, Woodstock, Ontario.31/3/9M for a review of the decision of the board, through R. E. Prouse of Brampton, counsel hired for the annexation proceedings.At the annexation review the town presented evidence that the land in the 118 acres of par­cel 2 was similar to land al­ready within the town bounda­ries. The feeling of Ingersoll of­ficials was that without the 850 acres adjacent to Highway 401, the small parcel to the west of the town was of no value to the town.The residents of the 118 acres affected by Ingersoll's annexa­tion bid, indicated at the hear­ing on March 22, that they wished to remain in the town­ship.A study is being conducted now in Ingersoll into the possi­bility of rezoning land from residential to industrial. At the present time 88 acres is being used for industry in the town.RT EMBROVolunteers Put Out Bush FireA "forest fire’’ yesterday af­ternoon in the department of lands and forest conservation area near Embro, sent Wood- stock OPP scurrying to the scene to keep traffic under con­trol.Twenty-five volunteers joined with Embro and Beachville fire fighters to put out the blaze which started in the forest un­dergrowth.Embro fire Chief Donald Shew- an said that the dense bush and thoims made the fire dif­ficult to fight. He said that 12 volunteers from the Embro De­partment joined with several from Beachville, and about 25 people who were in the vici­nity, to extinguish the fire, which covered about five acres.The cause of the fire has not been determined as yet. It is being investigated by the De­partment of Lands and Forests in Stratford.Embro Share Of County Levy Set At $9,238Plan Adds 20 Miles Of RoadsOxford County may add 20 miles to its road system if the recommendations of Vance, Needles, and Bergendoff, con­sulting engineers of Woodstock are acted upon.The firm recently completed a study of Oxford County roads, which had been started last July. The report was tabled yes­terday at a meeting of the co-' ordinating committee on the needs study of county roads and the consultants.The purpose of the study, which has been conducted in each county of the province, is to assess the road needs of each county for five and 10 year periods. Points considered in the study were the estimated monetary needs of the county road systems, the estimated costs of savings that would re­sult from re-arranging the coun­ty system to conform with the recommendations of the minis­ter of highways, assessment, road mill rates, and labor costs on road construction and main­tenance.In 1957 the counties and the Ontario Department of H i g fa- ways made a 20-year estimate of the costs of the county road systems in Ontario. The in­formation gained from the study has enabled the department to supply subsidies and road devel­opment funds of unprecedented amounts over the past few I years.In order to continue to supply an adequate level of aid to coun­ties, the department needed new information about the estimated construction needs of each coun­ty, and the estimates of other necessary costs of operating a road system.The department conducted all the traffic counts necessary for the study and the government will also pay 50 per cent of all other costs met in the study by the county.Also recommended in the con­sultants report was the deletion of 4.8 miles of county roads. The 20 miles, which the study pro­posed would be added, would be township roads converted to county roads.At the present time the county has 216 miles of roads, of which 50 are gravel.The report will now be pre­sented to the county roads com­mittee for study, before it is j presented to the county council in June.New Judge Named For Oxford CountyA Milton man has been ap­pointed county judge for Oxford County succeeding the late Judge Eric W. Cross who died in February while walking home from his snowbound car.The new judge is Kenneth Y. Dick, QC, of Milton. Mr. Dick was admitted to the Ontario bar in 1938 and was created a Queen's Counsel in 1965. At the time >f his appointment he had been operating his law practice in Milton.The appointment to the Ox­ford County Court takes effect on Muy 3.MRS. JEANNE DEANSNew Head Of CAS NamedFor PlattsviUeLibraryThe annual meeting of PlattsviUe Library was held March 2. Gordon Hallman presided and, due to the absence of the secretary. Miss Ruby Milne acted for her.Tire library has had a quite sue-, ccssful year with adult members 69, juvenile 115 and youth 62, which! was an increase of 54 ovci last year. Circulation of books was1 adults 4,224, juvenile 3,037; this also was an increase over last । year.It was moved by Paul Work, and ( seconded by Mrs. E. Waldie, that all officers be re-elected with the excep­tion of the secretary. Under the new system, the librarian is required to be the secretary. The officers are: President, Gordon Hallman; secre­tary, Mrs. William Bell; treasurer, Mrs. Allen Hewitt; board members, Paul Work, Mrs. Wm, Yeck. Mrs. J. j Potter, Miss R. Milne, Mrs. C. M. Woolcott, Mrs. D. Hall, Mrs. H. 1 Hall, Roy Habel, Mrs. J. H. Eng­lish, George Woolcott and Mrs. S. A.' Fair; librarian, Mrs. William Bell; . assistant, Mrs. L. Milne.Mrs. Bell gave a short paper out- lining the new system which the li-i brary will be working under, and it might be interesting to everyone if they were given a short history of the library from its beginning until now. It was formed in 1892 and was housed in a small building just west of the Canada Sand Papers Ltd. Libraries in those days were called Mechanics’ Institutes.Over the years it was housed in several different places in town.1 In 1935 it was destroyed by fire, which burned out several business establishments in the village. It was reopened in 1936 with Thomas Pratt as president and was housed in Alex Glendinning’s for several years. It was moved later to C. Hume's store, where it remained until 1949 when it was moved to itd present quarters upstairs in the vil-1 lage fire hall building.The writer believes the library i board of 1949 should be given cred­it, and especially Miss Ruby Milne who persuaded the village trustees to put a second storey on the fire hall as this gave the library a place of its own.At this time the Department of Education, through library sendees, j gave a short course in librarian­ship to help smaller libraries, with! a yearly grant to the libraries if the’ candidates were successful in j passing the course.Our library also had the Oxford County Library Co-operative mak­ing an exchange of books every three months. The library has car­ried on in tliis way ever since with increases in volume of books from 1,300 to 4,000 and, of course, mem­bership and circulation increases. But the library is now moving into a new system which the writer is sure will give better service.Beginning January 1st, 1965. by order of a by-law of tire County of Oxford, "The Oxford County Co­operative" became "The Oxford County Library” and the library at PlattsviUe will be known as one branch of the Oxford County Li-I brary. IncidentaUy, this makes Ox- i ford the second county in the prov­ince of Ontario to take this step.Several changes affecting our li­brary comes with Ulis new system.First, there wiU be no more mem­bership fees in the county.Second, our only financial ex­pense wiU be a building or room to house our books.Third, AU bills wUl be paid by Ure county clerk.Fourth, our books will aU be bought, classified and catalogued by them, and wiU be delivered as usual by the bookmobile.We are quite free to send to than r books we would like to have. ' ^no wiU be bought to stay per-, anentty on our shelves, especinL > in the non-fiction category. 1 Fifth, our local boards are to be] pt as usual, except we will not | ndle any money but make sug eMions to tire county board.The writer Is sure it will be of ■ nterest to know that Reeve Peter ■ McDonald of Blenheim Township is ■ the chairman of the county board, ■ and they are going to visit each li-1 ■ brary and assess our needs.I TnU step in library service was ■ taken by the county as a way of giv- See County As Nucleus Of RegionsThe role of county govern- protection, road construction, meni m modem society was out- and maintenance, public utilU nned last night by D, L. Morris ties services, and tax collection^ pt the administration branch of Using the methods of central adJ tne Ont arm Department of Mu- ministration and central purch- niapai Affairs, for members of asing of all materials and goods! xne Lake Erie Development As- used in the operation of the ser-; ra^flng.bbld in vices, the system saved the tne uxiord County building. county $1 million the first yearThe county wall have control of operation.of tax collection, road construe-! The second film illustrated' bon and maintenance, public Ate ’obacco industry in the re-, utilities services of water, by- Sion From "seed to smoke",' dro. and sewers, parks, police filmed on location in Oxford, and fire protection, and garb- Norfolk, and Elgin counties, age collection.The county government should, he said, be the nucleus of regional government. Assess­ment will be carried oul in the very near future, he added, only by qualified, licensed as­sessors. A new license bill has received first reading in the provincial government requir­ing assessors to be fully quali-l fied. and final approval is ex­pected early next year.Accompanying Mr. Morris, was John McTavish of the as­sessment branch of the depart­ment. He said that a new assessment manual has been written which is an excellent guide when applied to the As­sessment Act.Mr. McTavish said there was a need for qualified assessors in the province. To train assessors, the government has set up an assessors course in which new assessors can learn the meth­ods. and experienced assessors may study and bring their knowledge up to date.The general feeling amongDereham Surplus $65,272County Roads Feel Effects Of SpringThe half • loading regulationsthe members present was that _ . „regional county government on Oxford County roads will would be expensive. Regionalgovernment would require high­ly trained personnel, and there­fore be expensive.Mr. Morris assured the mem­bers that regional government had proved its worth in other countries, and the time was comine when it would be vital to form the same type here in Ontario.E. R Pearce of Tillsonburg, a regional director, said that the present system of local govern­ment was in a state of flux. Thechange, he said, is comingandbe lifted at the end of the month and according to County Road Superintendent, J. N. Meathrell, the roads are not near ready to support the full loads which trucks must carry.Due to the heavy precipita­tion and cool weather this spring, the roads have not yet started to come jnto maximum bearing capacity yet. The sog­gy, spongy road beds are veryj flexible at this time of the year.Municipalities must plan now The heavy traffic which spring for regional government or Leg­islation will be pushed on theroads are subject to.soonSix libraries which came under the new Oxford County library system this year were visted yester­day by members of county council's library com­mittee. From left, seated: Mrs. William Bell, Platts­ville librarian; county librarian Mrs. S. L. Krom part,— Free Press Woodstock Bureau Woodstock; standing, Beachville Reeve J. C. Smith; Blenheim Township Reeve Peter McDonald, chair­man of the library committee; Warden Harry R. Armstrong, of Dereham Township; and county clerk L. K. Coles, of Ingersoll.Use of Oxford County Libraries Expected to Rise by 25 p.c.small governments which they will not like.A. Kenneth Orton, president and producer of AKO Films of Tillsonburg, showed two films to the association members.The first described the region­al government system of Mari­copa County in Arizona. U.S.A. The system uses a central gov­ernment with highly trained personnel and very modern equipment.Everything is county con­trolled including police and firebreaks up the asphalt, or makes a muddy mire of gravel roads. |The county road department, asks for the co - operation of all truckers in this unusually wet spring, said Mr. Meathrell, ! to let the secondary and gravel roads begin their recovery be­fore return to full load system.!Free Press Woodstock BureauPLATTSVILLE — Use of the 17 Oxford County libraries is expected to increase by at least 25 per cent this year, Mrs. S. L. Krom part, of Woodstock, coun­ty librarian, said here yester­day.Mrs. Krom part said that the increase will be due to the coun­ty libraries affiliating under one board enabling them to receive better service.County library board mem­bers toured the various muni­cipal libraries in the county dur­ing the day.Mrs. William Bell, librarian of the Plattsville library, said she anticipates circulation of books here to increase by 2,000 volumes this year.Mrs. Bell noted that the li-charged fees this year. Prev­iously, the membership cards were $1.Mrs. Bell said that the library will be able to offer hundreds of books each year and to re­plenish its stock more often.The library here has been able to spend $250 to $300 a year on books. Now the library willThe county system will pro­vide books that the small com­munity libraries and individ­uals could not afford to buy. Mrs. Bell said. It will give to small libraries what cities have had for 50 years, she said.brarian will assist in culling non . circulated and outdated books from the library here, making room for the new books.Princeton, Drumbo, Innerkip, Hickson and Tavistock libraries under the county system wereDuring 1964, 4,224 adult books.also visited by the committee and 3.037 juvenile books were yesterday.brary membersWhere's The Jolly Roger?The latest fad among certain groups of juveniles (it is hoped no adult would be so thoughtless), is to steal flags right off the pole. Since the new Canadian flag was officially ac­cepted. most flag poles have been adorned with the new colors. Recently a flag was reported missing from the pole in front of the Oxford County building, the second this year. Jn the good old days punishment for tampering with a national flag was equal to that of mutiny or treason The cost of the flag is about for th® one stolen. Could the theft of the flag he in-! terpreled as official acceptance of the new Canadian flag byIl Hie hciglil (tf bravado to steal a highly ' vulnerable flag from a flag pole?the jei set? Or ihave access would cost dollars.will not becirculated by the library, whichTomorrow the committee willto books which serves the village and Bien- visit Embro, Harrington. Kmmany hundreds of heim and Blandford townships, tore, Thamesford and Bear! Mrs. Bell said the county li-j viUe libraries.HicksonRailwayTo CloseNAMES IN THE NEWS . . . Recently attending * one day zone assessors' convention in Kitchener, were five area assessors including: W. F. Jenkins. Ingersoll assessor: Fred H. Cade. Oxford County assessor: A. D. Robinson. West Ox­ford Twp. assessor; Wallace Baigent, North Oxford assessor; and Grant Hutchinson, Dereham Twp. assessor.LibrariesWill Receive ImprovementsOxford County Libraries will receive minor improvements in the near future in the form of' painting, renovating, and light­ing. depending on the require­ments of each one.At a meeting of the library i board yesterday, the members tackled many little problems' which occur in any new orgam zation. County Clerk-treasurer L. K. Coles reported that it was a very successful meeting.The board had recently made a personal tour of all the branch libraries in the county to ascertain the needs of each one The board plans to meet! with two local libraries in the near future to discuss and clari-! fy the rental situations.The meeting in Thamesford has been set for May n. and as yet no date ha* been set for Plattsville. KENNETH Y. DICK, JUDGE OF OXFORD COUNTYOxford JudgeTo Be InstalledOxford Centennial Committee Holds First Meeting WednesdayA 56-year-old Milton Ont., lawyer will be sworn in on May 14 as judge for Oxford County to succeed Eric W. Cross who died in February while walking home from his snowbound car.Kenneth Young Dick QC was born in Milton, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Ingl.s Dick QC. (County Crown li­teracy of the County of Hal­ton, ISM-1945). He received, his elementary education there, and pis BA degree from University College, Uni­versity of Toronto, in 1932. In 1937 he was called to th.- bar. and in 1963 was created a Queen's Council,Up until 1953, and excluding the war years, he practiced lav. in Milton with his father. From 1941 to 1946, he was in the Canadian Army, and from 1958 to his appointment as judge, he has practiced law in Milton.In 1963 and 1964. Mr. Dick was the Director and Treas­urer of th? Halton County Law Association. His other in­terests and appointments were varied.A member of the Rotary Club of Milton. he became its charter president in 1917. From 1947 to 1948, he was Councillor for the town, and । in 1949 became the deputy | reeve as well as the County : Councillor.The following year, he be­came the reeve of Milton, and the warden of Halton County. In 1952, he became a member of the Milton Pub lie School Board, and its chair­man in 1954. From 1960 to 1954. he was a member of | the Milton District High School Board of which he be­came chairman in 1961. As well as this, he was the soli ■ citor for the town of Milton I from 1952 to 1964.Mr. Dick has been on the | Halton County Advisory Board ' of the Canadian National in­stitute for the Blind since 1955. i while from 1952 to 1957, he was secretary of the Halton Coun­ty Liberal Association. In 1955 he became treasurer of the Southern Ontario Liberal As­sociation. and held this posi­tion until 1956. He was de­feated in 1957 and 1958 is the Liberal candidate in the Federal Election.The swearing-in ceremony is slated to take place in, the Supreme Court Room in the County Building, al 2 p.m.Free Frew WwMtoteek BureauWOODSTOCK - Suggestion# for an Oxford County centennial project will be discussed Wed­nesday at Ute initial meeting of150 PER CENTMrs. Mary Ross, librarian of! the new Innerkip county public library reported on the first day of hook borrowing 41 borrowers took out 65 books. The library: was open first last Saturday! from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.New Library Cost $11,975 To TownshipNORWICH — North Norwich; Twp. council yesterday set the 1965 residential and farm mill rate at 17 mills, and the com­mercial mill rate at 19.5 mills, a decrease of one-quarter mill from last year.The Norwich High School rate is 16.46 mills and the pub­lic school rate is 17.18 mills.Council intends to raise the money for the township cen­tennial project, a new library,: estimated to cost $11,975,by a one mill levy which will col-: lect $3,417 from township rate, payers. Grants from the two senior governments will total $4,660. The rest of the money will be raised in taxes over a two year period.Land for the new library will be bought from the Ont. De­partment of Highways on the southwest corner of the main intersection of Burgessville. The lot will cost $200. Construction; of the library will start some: time next year.Blenheim SuedFor $15,000DRUMBO — A court action has been filed by J. A. Terry­berry of Blenheim Twp. against the township for $15,000 in dam­ages as a result of the closing of a township bridge.Mr. Terryberry claims that, he has been left on a dead end road by the closing of the bridge. Blenheim Twp. solici­tor, Leslie M. Ball, presented the court action to council at the recent council meeting.The action will come up be- fore a judge for arbitration. Council stated that the town­ship was trying to be efficient in the management of its own affairs in closing the bridge.Mr. Ball also stated he had received further information from the secretary of the cen­tennial committee about centen­nial projects, and cautioned the township to be very careful what it sponsoredHis opinion was that one pro­ject should be approved by council. The project which the council centennial commit- 1 tee at the Oxford County build­ing.Reeve J. C. Sirlith, Beachville. chairman of Ilie committee ex­plained that no particular line of planning as far as a single project is concerned has been studied.The committee also includes Warden Harry Armstrong of Dereham Township, Reeve El­mer Kam of Went Oxford Town­flhip. Reeve Harold Kipp o( West Zorra Township; Reeve Percy Wettlaufer of East Zorra Township and Reeve Hugh Mun- ro of East Nissouri Township, secretary.A similar committee was ap- expected to study t)ie possibility^ pointed li) 1964 but failed to meet when no municipalitiesof having a centennial celebra-i tion and report back to countyauthorized their grants to be council at its June session.Will WithdrawWelfare PatientsDue To Rate HikeTwo elderly welfare patients cent, while welfare rates re­maintained at Ingersoll’s Faith' ceived by the home from Oxford Haven nursing home, by Wood- County municipalities have gone stock are to be withdrawn and I from $5 to $5.38 — an increase I of 7.6 per cent.lodged elsewhere.City Council decided on the action Thursday night after Faith Haven’s proprietor, Rev. W. Edgar Gill, demanded coun­cil boost the daily rate it pays for each patient from $$5.38 to $6.50.Mr. Gill also asked that he be paid retroactively at the $6.50 Mr. GUI said.rate from last January 31 to the j «Non _ oxford municipalities present. found our request for a dailyIn a strongly worded letter toi rate o{ §6 50 qujte reasonable,- council, Mr. Gill said he was and they have been paying it: seeking rate increase because since Jan x 1965.of steadily rising operating -We do n’ot wish you to re­costs. In the last nine months, move any of your patients, but! he said, wages paid the Faith । we do wish to survjve economic-, Haven staff have jumped 30 per j aUy We are not wuiing to ac-1 cept $5.38 a day for any day af-1would give the greatest benefit j and had the soundest financial support, would be best, he said. Council has taken no action yet.In a letter from Oxford Coun­ty clerk-treasurer, Blenheim Twp. council was advised that the township’s share of the county levy was $89,499 this year. A special meeting of coun­cil is planned for April 13 to give final reading to the rates by-law:Grants approved by council were to Drumbo Fair Board — $500 and Plattsville Horse Show — $150.Council decided to wait until a uniform by-law was drafted including a 11 municipalities which had indigent residents in nursing homes, before taking action on a request from W. Edgar Gill, operator of Faith Haven Nursing Homes in Inger­soll, for an increase in therates Mr.$5.38 day.of indigent patients.Gill wants the rate of increased to $6.50 perused by a possible county pro)* ect.The WiunidlpaBUss of Weal Oxford, Eaat Nissouri, West Zorra and Beachville have parsed council resolutions au­thorizing the county to use granbs from the province and dominion totalling approximat­ely $17,700, providing an amount half the figure is raised by the county.L. K. Coles. Oxford County clerk and treasurer explained that the committee is awaiting word from the centennial ad­visory committee on what grants from municipalities; would be eligible for a possible county project.The county committee is also“The response of Oxford mu­nicipalities to our demands for rates that will meet our costs, and that the provincial govern­ment is prepared to subsidize,: has mainly consisted of threats —by letter, newspaper, and ra­dio*— to remove their patients,”“We do not wish you to re- ter Jan. 31.“If you are unwilling to grant this small rate increase, which; will leave the old and the sick; here undisturbed, and enable us to serve your indigents without, going broke, then please ar- j range to move your nalients; quietly and with sufficient not-' ice.“And if you have any love for these old people, do this without the radio and newspaper pub­licity that some of you appar-1 ently love, but which really breaks up these old folk."The $5.38 a day rate was set fall by Oxford municipal!-1last ties vey fare wasafter an Ontario-wide sur- showed the average web; rate paid nursing homes $5.35.Recent new provincial regula­tions governing the standard of I nursing home facilities will! likely mean further rate i n - crease. The regulations come into effect in a municipality- only after they’ve been incor­porated in a municipal bylawA model bylaw is currently being prepared by the province.City manager R. G. Morrow suggested a survey of going rates after the new bylaws are passed.“If an increase is necessary to keep Oxford municipalities on a par with others, then it can be adopted. But let s not have a new rate forced down our throats." he said. Patricia Cominskey. shown here with her father, Thomas J. Cominskey, Reeve of North Oxford Twp., was declared winner of the township crest designing contest. The entries were submitted with only the design on the front and the names and schools of thepupils sealed on the back. Patricia is a grade seven stu­dent at Sacred Heart Separate School, Ingersoll, and the de­sign she submitted was chosen by judges Betty Crawford, Harry Whitwell. Mr. and Mrs. Hartwell Baigent, and ClairMinier. Receiving honorable mention were students Laurel Suhr of Ingersoll District Col­legiate Institute, Glenn El­licott of Beachville Public School, and James Benjamen of St. Anthony’s Separate School in Beachville.City Council Accepts Offer Buys Post Office For $41.00_ 4- B.y MOORE . I The 66 - year - old post offic€ Sentmci - Review Staff Writer । building was vacated by the Iasi Woodstock bought itself an government department in Jan- abandoned Federal B u i 1 ding uary, following the opening ol Thursday night when City Coun- the new $500,000 Federal Build- cii agreed to accept Ottawa's ing on Peel St.offer of the old Post Office bull- “.. n, J -----“T* .The eventual fate of the mas-ding, Dunas and Reeve Sts., for sive three-storey brick building $41,000. has .yet Io be determined. ItsPeople generally feel its a 13.639 sq. ft. of floor space of- good buy — and I agree,’’ re-'fers far more room than the marked Mayor W. B. Dutton. city's municipal offices will ever “I move we accept the offer,” 1 need.said Aid. K. A. Livingstone. (Total requirements of theI Sa\e Sp amendment," said latter up to 1978 are about 5,000 Aid. T. J. Slater. sq. ft.)He called for the relocation of However, the building, a 1 - the city’s Recreation Commis- though structurally Sion, Industrial C—1 - — ■$41,000.ion tom mis- though structurally sound, . ----- Commission, would need extensive renova-anq Assessment, Welfare and tions to make its interior attrac- Bus Departments in the ex-Fed- tive enough to lure private rent- eral Building ‘on a temporary ers. And even if renovations basis as soon as possible,” were made, how many firms or The municipal offices in the individuals would be‘interested city hall should be left where In renting space that could only they are, Aid. Slater said, until be reached after a long climb tne city hall renovation commit-1 up flights of stairs tee — made up of all members: Installing an elevator would of council — has had a chance cost about $22,600. Estimated to examine “in depth" the1 cost of renovating the building question of what to do with is still unknown.thS.m- , J ,, . Perhaps the major drawbackHe also proposed allowing to the building remaining in the R^’8 hands is the rtsultant loss what s to happen to the city hall ■' ...in next December’s municipal elections.of municipal tax revenue, a UMS report by the city hall reno­vation committee said potential business and property taxes available amount to $8,221 a.Both the motion and its am- mendmeot were unanimously, adopted.year.Thus several Woodstock realThe recreation commission ov,Kiai WWH|MnrK rem-i and industrial commission are tors, have suggested the city secon^ floor could sell the post office and its rented offices on Perry St. at 166 - foot - by - 77 - foot site at a Dundrfi,. Tne assessment, wel-| handsome profit and use (he fare and bus departments ' money to put up a new niunici- moved into rented quarters pal building at a location with above the Canadian Imperial Jess tax vafce, Bank of Commerce, Dundas and The Dundas - and . Reeves Graham Sts,, last February to property, they suggest would cifv hall * • ■ h ideal for a new departmentuiy udjj, store.Tavistock Club Will AskFor Lights On Highway 8TAVJS1OC K— Lights al theliiamed general chairman for th' intersection of Highway No, 81 event, bypass and the Perth - Waterloo A ^riet of colored pictures county road, just north of Pun- ------* ~ “keydoodle's Corner some seven miles east of Tavistock, will he requested of the Ontario High­ways Department. The deci­sion was made al the meeting of the Tavistock Mens Club and Board of Trade Thursday night, with the suggestion that co-op­eration in the request be asked by the New Hamburg Board of Trade. ,■/taken around Oxford County were shown by L. K. Coles, County clerk and treasurer, who also gave a commentary. He said Oxford was organized in 1850. and presently has an as-There have been several acci­dents at the sesament of more than $61,000,- 000. The pictures included those of county buildings, pastoral scenes, roads, bridges, orch­ards, the quarries, oil fields, several taken at fall fairs, and spring,summer and winterintersection.1 scenes-termed “dangerous and confus­ing to those who are not familiar with it. The intersec-tion is about two miles west of New Hamburg. There had been an accident earlier in the da.y involving the husband of a Tav- istock woman, in which the cars were badly wrecked, but fortun­ately no serious personal injur­ies.Lester Wettlaufer, president, conducted the meeting, held at: the Memorial Hall. The dinner, was served by ladies of Trinity Lutheran Church. Winner of the 200 Club was George R. Wil- Ihelm, RR 2, Tavistock, his tic­ket being drawn by Mrs, Oscar Yausie. II was decided to again j sponsor the annual saner kraut supper, and Clarence Neeb was INAMES IN NEWS — Recently at the School Trustees’ and Ratepayers’ Association convention in Toronto were Harry R. Armstrong, Warden of Oxford County; L. K. Coles, clerk-treas- urer of Oxford County, and county councillors John II. Lester, Reeve of North Norwich Twp. and Glen Kitchen, Reeve of East Oxford Twp. |Call Tenders For JointJ. N. Meathrell, Oxford Coun­ty road superintendent, report­ed that tenders for the joint Oxford-Waterloo County bridge over the Nith River have been called, and will close May 6. The tenders will be considered May 7 at a meeting of the road committes of the two counties here in Woodstock at the county road office.The 300-foot bridge is estim­ated to cost $325,000 by the designing engineers of Kitchen­er. Each county will pay half the cost, with construction of the “Slabtown’’ bridge under the supervision of Waterloo county.About one month later the contract will he let from ten­ders received for the Greenfield bridge, about 1% miles north of the Slabtown bridge, on the Blenheim-North Dumfries town­line. The Greenfield is estimat­ed to cost $225,000 also.The two-lane Slabtown bridge will be constructed of steel beams with a concrete bed, and the Greenfield bridge will have pre--stressed concrete girders with a concrete bed.The Nith River crosses the Blenheim - North Dumfries town-line in three places. The Puttown bridge, about half a mile north of Hwy. 2, was built by a joint county effort last year.Another impending two coun­ty bridge construction will be between Oxford and Perth coun­ties over Trout Creek. The bridge will be built on t h e town-line between West Zorra and Downie Twps.The estimated $40,000 cost of the bridge will include con­siderable grading of the town- line road. The bridge will be fraPJe typc 01 con­crete, under the supervision of Perth county.. T*° ot,her bridges ajT now In in plStnul? stase- One is on the Blandford-East Zorra townlme over Horners Creek a,'„ cost aQ estimated $19.- ooo. The other will span Spitt­ier Creek on the Mt. Elgin - Norwich Road.Also scheduled for construe- I011 ,rus year is « bridge on the East Zorra-Blandford town- line at lot 22 of East Zorra also on Horners Creek. A 45-bcd addition under way at Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital was discussed at the hospital board's 38?h annual meeting. From left, standing. Reeve Harold Arthur, South Norwich Township, Oxford County representative on the board; L. W. Smith, Tillsonburg, board vice-chairman and vice-president of the hospital trust; seated, Oxford County Warden Harry Armstrong, a guest at the meeting; R. C. Crandall, Tillsonburg, board chair­man and president of the hospital trust; and Till­sonburg Mayor Clare Esseltine, a board member. (Photo by June Boyd)No Rabies ThreatIn OxfordAlthough neighboring Norfolk County is planning mass rgbiesi immunization clinics before the end of May, the threat of ra­bies becoming an epidemic in Oxford County is not great.So far this month there has been only one report of rabies in the county. Dr. D. W. Thomp­son, veterinarian in charge of Health of Animals Division of the Canada Department of Health, tests each reported case and sends samples of the brain tissue to the Animal Diseases Research Institute in Hull, P.Q., a federal laboratory.The number of cases of ra­bies in Oxford has dwindled, from about 1.0 in March, to five in April, and to one this month, which was a rabid steer. Dr. Thompson said that most of the cases occur in farm animals with very few dogs or cats be­coming diseased.Immunization was last car­ried out in Oxford in 1958 when the incidence of rabies was very great. Since then residents of the county have exercised cau­tion, and hence the: reports of people in the county being bit­ten by rabid animals are few.Dr. Thompson attributes this to the excellent co-operation of the residents of Oxford County in properly confining pets, thus lessening the danger of contact with other infected animals.Tillsonburg District Hospital Board Increases Size By Two MembersTILLSONBURG — The size of the Tillsonburg District Me­morial Hospital board was in­creased by two to 16 members at the board’s 38th annual meet­ing Friday.Board members authorized an amendment to a bylaw provid­ing for 10 elected members, in addition to six appointees of the hospital trust. Before the bylaw change, there were eight elected jnember-.Members felt that, since the wna st-rt-d. its work and' fie hospital's size has grown tolHospital superintendent G. W. Stevens, in his annual report, commented on expansion of theLast fall. Mr. Stevens said. $34,000 in new equipment was installed in the laundry. Newhospital. He mentioned particu- equipment also was installed in larly a 45-bed, SI.144.716 addi-.the boiler room.tion to the hospital now under-: Mr. Stevens noted in the re­way.During the past fall. Mr. Stev­ens said, several departments had to operate at "top capacityport the addition will produce "additional demands.""Additional demands mean additional staff,” he said. "Someand peak efficiency” while al- of our recruitments are coming terations were going on around from Taiwan. As we serve youthem.He praised the staffwithout regard to race, creed or for color, so we ask your under-"maintaining a high standard of standing’for the young Chineset - re :u woe'? addfl.onal mem-patient care" during the women who will be joining our tens are needed. (changes. staff.”Mrs. Mabel Johnson, director of nurses, noted in her report that seven registered nurses from Taiwan had been hired. She said 13 applications hadj been received from that coun­try.The hospital operated at a deficit of $4,939 during the past year, according to the re- ; port of treasurer Walter H. Gibson. The deficit for 1963 was listed as $6,225.Last year revenues amounted to $781,146. expenditures to $772,875 and $13,209 was ac­counted for in depreciation on buildings and equipment.JAMES F. COLESWork To Start On County RoadA contract for $85,472 was let yesterday for a 2.1 mile stretch of county road 13 east of Salford by the Oxford County council road committee.The contract, let to Lewis Construction Company of Lang­ton, was the lowest of three bids. The construction calls for a new granular base, grading, drainage, water courses, and fencing. Construction of the new roadbed is expected this summer.J. N. Meathrell, Oxford Coun­ty road superintendent said that the paving contract would be let next year when the road bed had settled.Additional Roads Urged For Oxford WOODSTOCK — A recom­mendation to add 20 miles to the Oxford County road system and delete 4.8 miles has been made by Vance. Needles, Ber- gendoff and Smith, consulting engineers.The county co-ordinating com-, mittee was presented with a draft copy of the study, which started last July.Oxford County's road system] presently contains 215.6 miles of which 50 miles arc gravel roads, Minor revisions arc expected to he made In the draft plan! 'before It is presented to the Oxford County roads committee.County Bookmobile Again On The MoveThe Oxford County Book­mobile took to the road again yesterday on its qu ar te r 1 yl rounds of the local libraries in the county. First stop on the list was Innerkip.The schedule continues on June 1 with stops at Otterville, Springford, Brownsville and Tillsonburg.June 2 — Sweaburg, Salford, Ml. Elgin, and Dereham Cen­tre :June 3 — Burgessville, Nor­wich, and Beachville.June 4 — Hickson, Tavistock, Harrington and Uniondale.Juno 7 — Embro, Kintorc.i Thamesford and Ingersoll.June « — Bright, Wattsville, Drumbo, Princeton.Ingersoll NativeGraduatesINGERSOLL - James F. Coles, 26, formerly of Ingersoll ■will graduate this Thursday from the University of N e w Brunswick from a five year course in Forestry.Mr. Coles received his pri­mary and secondary education, in Ingersoll before entering uni­versity. This summer he will he working with the Newfound­land government in a forestry program of the Agricultural Re­gional Development Assoc.In October he expects to go to New Zealand to work for the government in forestry research on the North IslandHis parents. Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Coles of Ingersoll, plan Io । attend the graduation ceremo-. I nies in Fredericton. NEW BRIDGE SCHEDULED80 foot span, and grading of, the approaches is scheduled to start in about a month.!A new 2 lane bridge similar place the old. single laneto the one an concession 2, bridge on cone. 1, lot 7.lot 6. of West Zorra Twp. (Above). Construction on the(Below) will be built to re-' WThis well obeyed sign and area was seen near the Town­ship Line of East Nissouri and West Zorra. The photo wau uken earlier this month.RUSTIC SECLUSIONbut when re-vlilted the other day, the sign itself was dumped right along with the refuse.8 Villages In Oxford Affected )Eight police villages in Oxford' County will revert to township control if the legislation present­ed yesterday by Municipal Af­fairs Minister J. W. Spooner is acted upon in parliament.The villages are Thamesford, Innerkip, Otterville, Princeton, PlattsviUe, Drumbo, Bright, and Burgessville, At the present: time they are governed by three trustees, elected by the village) residents. To become a police village a locality must have at least 150 residents and cover not more than 500 acres.The trustees of the village are the representatives an<| take all the needs of the village to the township. The trustees may! construct sidewalks and cul­verts, and construct or repair roads within the village.The trustees are responsible for the power for street and resi-' dential lighting, water, or other public utilities used in the vil lage, and may set up agree­ments for fire protection in the village.Oxford County Has Plenty Of Natural Water FluorideFluoride protection Is present by Dr. O, C. Powers. Medical in the piped water supply ol Officer of the Oxford Health only 40 per cent of the water: Unit.used by Ontario residents, ac-! Natural fluoridation occurs in cording to statistics released by the water in most of the mun- the Health League of Canada. Icipalities, Woodstock has onlyThe Ontario Department of 0.1 per cent of the one parts Public Health recommends one fluoride Ln a million parts of part of fluorine in million parti waler, while Ingersoll has tA of water as the best concentre- per cent of the recommended tion for maximum protection, amount.For 2,443,000 people living In Other representative tests 58 communities, the fluoride were in 90 places throughout level has been adjusted to this the county Norwich has the one part. one part in a million re com*Another 172,000 people are ",endcd v byfortunate enough to live in 63 Tavistock Otterville. Tilhon- communities where the fluoride b.yrg’ and C^!Jodjn 811 111 v 8 content needs no adjustment. th®.sa,ne ,?8 Woodstock.In these supplies, the water has! The wells at various rural picked up sufficient fluoride ^ools tested at an average from underground deposits to ran#8 ®-3 P8r cent to 1.1 provide at least the mimimum Pfr c8lrt w»s>level recognized by scientists °Pe ’cnool *n Blenheim Twp. । as necessary to prevent much at ? zPer, cent ?nrl the testswent as low as bare traces inneedless tooth decay.hBerCineV discovered° ha^ae^ nnS’narf ii 0118 Wa“r from the theywere born have fewer cavities parts, according to testa taken) The nuorjde protection is built. Into the teeth as they develop,! and persists throughout the en­tire life of the individual.Plan History Of OxfordAn essay contest open to Ox­ford County adults has been announced by the Oxford His­torical Society.Each essay is to be between 1.000 and 2,500 words long and is to deal with the history of an Oxford County community or family.It’s expected four cash prizes will go to winners, although the amounts have not been spec­ified as yet.’I The contest’s judge has still i to be selected.All essays must he easily legible, typed if possible. Quo­tations from source material are to be marked as such. Re-i writes from previously publish­ed material are not acceptable.Sources of reference material must be listed, and all essays become the property of the so­ciety. Professional writers are ineligible.Entries must be submitted by Nov. 1 to the society’s secre­tary- treasurer. Mrs. W. R. Ward, 770 Dundas St., Wood- stock.A number of the essays will likely be used as source ma terial for a book on the history of Oxford County the society has planned.Acting Head Of Aged Home Passes CourseDonald F. Knott, acting super­intendent of the Oxford County Home for the Aged, has been recommended for appointment as superintendent of the home, effective Oct. I, 1985.Mr. Knott recently attended a course in Toronto conducted by the Department of Public Wel­fare. The director of the Homes for the Aged Branch advised the management committee of the county home that Mr. Knott had attained a mark ol 89, per cent in his written paper.In all. there are 94 water systems in Ontario, supplying 121 communities, and serving 2,615,000 in Ontario with fluorida­ted water, either naturally pre­sent of mechanically adjusted.These people make up 40 per cent of the population on On­tario, and 58 per cent of those on piped water.OxfordAssessment Revision SetFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — The 1965 re­vision of Oxford’s equalized as-! sessment will be presented to । county council at its June ses-| sion June 22, 23 and 24.County Assessor Fred H. Cade said yesterday his report will be completed before the assessment committee meeting June 10. The committee will study the report before referring it to council.Assessment has been revised annually since equalization was I introduced in 1957.-Len K. Coles, county clerk - (treasurer, said the centennial I committee is also expected to make a recommendation for a county confederation centennial project. A county library and parks have been among the sug­gestions considered by the com­mittee.Council is also expected to hear a request from officials of the Central Oxford planning board to establish a county­wide planning board.Two new silk flag®, a Canadian and a Union Jack, adorn­ed the council chamber of the county building for the swearing-in ceremony of the new Oxford County judge Ken­neth Dick County Wide Planning ‘Sooner The Better’How Come?Members of the Central OX-ford (Tanning Board expressed j0 the feeling last night that coun­ty planning is necessary, andpartmcnl told the board what to. . . The new Canadian flag has not boon raised In the law courts In either the County Building, the City Hall, or the Town Hall In Ingersoll?Arc not the courts Considered the backbone of our aoelal structure? Do IHcy not exhibit a strong moral influence on Society? Then why in this area are they among the last royalist 'holdouts?'the sooner the better.Cecil Riddle of Thamesford said that the county govern ■ ment would be more efficient because it takes the officials far enough away from the local scene, that they are not af • fected by close friends and neighbors in their decisions. But. he said, that the govern­ment would he still close enough to the constituents to give ef­ficient, thorough government.A motion by Mr. Riddle to set up a committee to approachA municipality interested in joining I he planning area must write to the Department of | Municipal Affairs requesting in­clusion in (he area. The depart­mental staff will take the ini­tiative from there and contact the designated municipality, North Oxford in I he case of the Oxford planning area, and ask , for information on the applic­ant.It becomes a matter of time then until the applicant mun­icipality officially becomes aNeed For New Home Stressed By Mayormember of the planning area. 1., _ _ ____ _ .. At the board meeting in April 'the county council in June to the board had asked Mr. Little jTlie drive for a new Oxford The major force behind the, He said that while the present County home for the aged is drive for improved facilities lor;county home is well managed • • • • h.. k0onian(i wen maintained, it's unableiget council’s feeling on the sub- to investigate the steps neces* ject of county wide, planning was sary to be taken in establishing approved by the board. county planning.picking up momentum.Mayor W. B. Dutton said Fri­day participation in the con­struction of a new home is aDerek J. Little, planning con- Mr. Little reported that any sulf am of Toronto, said that council may make aq now that all the members application lor a planning area. ; were agreed on the necessity “ul he said, the dcoartment , of the planning area, and the wants to know if cities and official plan, it was time the towns in the county will be board representatives and conn-: separate or included in the area, cil members of each municipal- ?ncl whether or not the county is really serious about such anity made a thorough study of the draft of the official plan.Only after thorough study can you sit down together and agree on the final draft he said. After the official plan is approved by the Minister of the Department of Municipal affairs, it can only be changed by amendment.BRING CHANGESThe hoard- members were in­structed to bring any recom- . mendations or changes proposed by their respective councils to the next meeting of the board in June when they will sit down with the planning consultant to discuss differences of opinion.A delegation from North Nor­wich Twp. was present at the board meeting seeking informa­tion on the steps to gainingapplication.The boundary of the county must be practical and effective for a planning area also. The boundaries he said should fall roughly between large urban centres to be most effective.AND OTHERSWhat are other counties doing about planning?Mr. Little reported that quite a few of the counties in the province have set up planning] committees. He named some with their achievements.Essex had a planning commit­tee a year ago and expected to have a county area this year; Grey has two joint planning boards: Ontario county had a planning committee: Well«nd is. . . considering regional planningmembership in the Central Ox- beyond the county boundary.Waterloo County has recently„ -- X. r, r u J7 formed a planning area inelud-North Norwich Reeve John H. mg Kitchener, Waterloo city, Lester, included the township Preston. Galt. Bridgeport, and clerk Robert C. Watkins, town- Hespeler: Wentworth countv is ship planning board members the best example, where there Fred Thompson and Howard has been a plan in effect since McCombs, and councillors Rossford Planning area.The delegation, headed"must” project for Woodstock and one that should be under­taken "as soon as possible.”City Council has tentatively budgeted $150,000 spread over 1967 and '68 to cover its share of the cost of a new home.County Council has agreed in principle that further facilities to take care of Oxford’s elderly are needed, although the only money it currently has ear­marked for such a project is its share of the $40,500 obtained from the sale of the present county home’s 93-acre farm in 1961.The amount was split up among the county, Woodstock, and Ingersoll on approximately a 60-30-10 per cent basis. Wood­stock’s share has now grown to $18,000.COST $1,000,000It’s been estimated that the total cost of a new home for the aged to serve Oxford’s 72,- 000 population would be about $1,000,000.Fifty per cent of this sum would be provided by the pro­vince, with the benefiting muni­cipalities taking vare of the rest — again, on a 6p-30-10 per cent basis.Thus, Orford County would| Oxford’s older citizens has heen : the present county home's board of management.It’s made up of Warden Harry Armstrong chairman; county councillors Peter McDonald,reeve of Blenheim; J. C. Smith reeve of Beachville; Ingersoll’s Mayor Thomas Morrison; and Mayor Dutton. D. F. Knott, sup­erintendent of the county home, serves in an advisory capacity.Warden Armstrong told county council at its march session that it's lime to start thinking of a new county home, and recom­mended that the groundwork be laid.pay some $300,000 of the pro­ject’s non-subsidized portion: Woodstock would pay $150,000, and Ingersoll, $50,000.McRae. Les Dickson, and Philip Buckrell.Mr. Lester said that the coun­cil was interested in the plan­ning area but had made no definite decision as yet. He said that he felt that the village of Norwich might also be interest­ed.Mayor William B. Dutton, re­presenting Woodstock, stated that he was glad to see new municipalities interested in join­ing the planning area. He said he felt that Oxford planning area should take the initiative rather than wait until the de­1949.Brant. County has an applica­tion before the department now; Lambton and Sarnia are con­sidering a planning area: and Toronto and 13 surrounding municipalities have formed a planning area.to meet today's needs.The board of management hopes to make a presentation oni a new county home to county) council at its June session.After that, similar presenta­tions will likely be made to Woodstock and Ingersoll coun­cils."Much of the impetus,” said Mayor Dutton, “must come from the county, since it would bear the largest financial bur-1 den of the cost of a new home. However, Woodstock is certain­ly willing to work very closely to help meet that I would say is a tremendous need for im­proved facilities for the elder­ly.”The board of management] would like to see property for a new home purchased and plans under way by the end of the year, the mayor said."The money from the county home farm should be sufficient to take care of both the site and plans,” he added. *Location of the home, how- many patients it will accommo-, date, and the like have all to be determined.However, one feature that may; well be decided upon is separate living quarters for elderly coup­les. perhaps in the form of cot­tages grouped around a central building.Accommodation for families is provided in a number of recent­ly built homes for the aged. For instance, the new 91-bed ?73Q,- 000 Elgin County home that opened last year.Oxford’s present county home, a massive brick structure west of Woodstock, was built in 1893 for $28,500, including site and construction costs. It can com­fortably accommodate up to 62 residents.BRIDGE . OUT .CITY CLOSES OLD BRIDGEThis old bridge, built in 1915 closed by the city. Constructed forced to take 35 Ions at one Rivor jU»t of Voodatoek on originally to lake . load or 10 lime. when ehaniW taprcX So »in"b?»mS"’a‘ Governors Rd., has been tons, the bridge hud been rein- ments on the upper Thames 8 J o* removed. L J -oiliCAMERAS GRIND AS ALD. SMITH UNVEILS PLAQUEPlaque Will Honor ! Oxlord’s Mr. Carbide’A plaque honoring Oxford In the course of their experi-1 have contacted him with addi-. County's 'renowned “Carbide” ments, Willson and his associ-jtional information on Willson’s Willson was unveiled yesterday ates produced a mysterious I Vansittart Avenue home.in front of the former Willson dark liquid. Dropped while hot: home at 210 Vansittart Ave., in a bucket of water, it formed anow St. Joseph’s Academy of;gas that burned with a sooty -Music. flame. The gas was acetylene.The handsome blue and gold; “Carbide” Willson had dis- plaque notes how the Princeton- covered the first commercially born Willson in 1892 discovered. feasible method of manufac- the first commercial process for luring calcium carbide, and in manufacturing calcium carbide the process won a nickname and its by-product gas. acetyl that stayed with him for the]ene. rest of his life.The discovery sparked the in-] He returned to Canada in vention of the oxy-acetylene 1895, building his massive stone torch, used around the world to and brick home on Vansittart cut and weld iron and steel. Ave. at Admiral St. for $90,000.The plaque was erected by The next year he organized the the provincial Department of|WiUson Carbide and Acetylene Tourism and Information, in Works at Merritton near St.- consultation with the Archaeo-; Catharines.OTHERS PRESENTThe AHSB was represented at the unveiling by board member Rev. J. F. McCaffrey SJ, of| Welland.Greetings and congratulations were expressed by Warden Harry Armstrong and Oxford MPP Gordon Pittock.Following the ceremony, on­lookers were invited to attend the Catholic Women’s League annual tea being held in the academy.The inscription on the Will- son plaque is as follows:“Tliis house was built in 1895__________ ___ ■ by Thomas Leopold Willson, an logical and Historic Sites Board By then he held a host of Electrical Engineer who dis- of Ontario.__________________.patents for electric furnaces.1 covered the first commercialgas-generating equipment, and process for the production of ' related processes and appara- calcium carbine, a chemical compound used in the manu- He set up a second carbide facture of acetylene gas.‘He was born at Princeton,,UNVEILEDIt was unveiled by Aid. Bern- tus adotte Smith, a member of the '^SBranLaVrU^ Ou°j 1 works at Shawinigan. Que. in r^a^ ^St1 Marv’s'chur/h 1901 • becominS a resident of Ot- that samc year‘ During performed the dedication first deca<Je of (he cenlury>^iU.Representing Lmon Carbide, son pioneered the development j- t* - 'of cheap wafer power at Ship-shaw, Que., an essential ingre­dient in the production of cal-Canada Ltd., the company that later purchased the rights to Willson’s calcium carbide pro-cess, was W. A. Duncan of To- rdnto.“The early history of Union Carbide,*’ Mr. Duncan said, “was intimately connected with Canada’s distinguished son, Thomas Leopold Willson.cium carbide.Ontario, Mar. 14, 1860 and cdu- cated in Hamilton, where he performed his early experi­ment".;.“The discovery which earned him his nickname was made at Spray, North Carolina, in 1892. In 1896, he established a Car-2 e ** CD O O -a6D<3« :~ o £oU © ft. > • © ,©E ©E ©E un© t ©Show Opening Draws Biggest Crowd In YearsOo ooJi“His discovery* was an event of the utmost significance, lead­ing as it did to the develop-His plans for similar projects bide Works at Merritton, On- elsewhere in Eastern Canada' tario. After establishing a simi-i were curtailed by the outbreak lar plant at Shawinigan, Que- of World War I. In 1915, while bee, he settled in Ottawa in on a visit to New York City, I1902.Willson suffered a fatal stroke.PLATTSVILLE - The s p o t- light was on Plattsville last night at the opening of a two- day horse show which drew the largest Friday night crowd in 17 years. All the pagentry and pomp of old upper Canada was displayed in the age old horse show as 54 combed and curried steeds were displayed to their best advantage.Warden of Oxford County, Harry R. Armstrong, in pro­claiming the horse show offi­cially open, stated that he had never seen such a fine display of horses and horsemanship. Wally Nesbitt, MP for Oxford, extended his greetings to the spectators and officials at the show.“His varied scientific achieve-He was buried at Ottawa, nients were recognized in 1909DEMONSTRATION I by the University of Toronto|Mr. Dunean gave the more J*"• "J*. ; mevnanes rnzeing as it did meat of an important new 1 „ ...............branch of chemistry based on than 1<X) onlookers attending the acetylene, as well as to new i unveiling a close-up look at the' - ... _ j ,metallurgical processes utilizing chemical reaction that Willson hy 14-year-old bred MacNeil a | the o<v-acetylene flame. | succeeded in harnessing. grade eight student at St.i“like many discoveries of He ^PP^ «”nc black cal- Mary's Separate School whose 4 , CH,m carbide in £*pai of water class was on hand for the un-major import, Tom Willson s and lhen jgnjtcd u Orgn^ V(jUingThe inscription was read aloud;was arrived al quite by flamew ... Orange shot out of the bucketeldest. ” as £rcy clouds of acetyleneMr. Duncan told how Willson,;were filven off, an electrical engineer, had gone; ----- .....t/j Spray, North Carolina to in-'{"•"Ites hoard, the Ox- stall an electrical furnace for Historical Society, and sim- . friend with whom he had )lflr «>oum or striving to pre- formed the Willson Aluminum; ®®rVc. honor facets of a jor m*u . “fime na hw n.n ”Dutton com-fascinating past.Ie sa;d a number of neonlc© ° 0» O x E .t ° E E un- s © tOI©</»oU■o ©©oOECALL TENDERSFOR SLABTOWNBRIDGEIt is understood that tenders have been called for the new bridge on the Townline at Slabtown. This bridge is to be built this year as part of the improvement program on the Townline. The location will be changed to give the road better alignment and correct the bad hill and curve at. this point.Tenders will lie called later for the bridge to replace the twin bridg­es near Greenfield. Tn due course it is expected that the Townline will become a major traffic artery leading from Simcoe and the south, and will probably rate an entrance onto Highway 401 in the Greenfield area. Extension Of Land Titles ActEffective Today In OxfordThe Ontario government has passed an order-in-e o u n c i 1, which was approved by t h o lieutenant-governor, extending the Land and Titles Act to the county of Oxford, and the sep­arated municipalities of Wood- stock, and Ingersoll, effective June 1.registrar has no authority to I pass upon , titles.TITLES, NOT DEEDSUnder the Land Titles Act the ! situation is entirety different. The local Master of Titles has the authority, and the respon- jsibility to examine both the m-ROSS TUCKA second OrdeiMn-CouncU, d,?cu,n«nt ‘herecommended by the attornev- l,hc transfer O’’ charge general of Ontario, named Roisl® n? m keeping with the regls- V. Tuck, present Registrar ofi?red Utle’ he must refuse lhe Oxford County, as the first lo- document.cal Master of Titles for Ox-1 When a “transfer of land” is ford county. registered under the Land TitlesMr. Tuck will continue to: lister is amendedserve as registrar of deeds, for deleting the entry naming the county, a position he has «e former owner, and then held since he was promoted iniS"008 ,a new entr* to show 1950 after 14 years a< deputy 016 Purchaser as the absolute, registrar. ’ * or qualified owner, as the caseThe old Registry Act, pro- ivides for the registration of! D In. ?ther words» under the documents that affect real prop- A c t instrumentserty. Upon receiving a deed, <de®ds. legal documents,) were mortgage, or other legal instru- re§kal!r^d’ ?ut no,w under >he meat., a registrar or one of his Land Act, are regis- ,, , , , , ,deputies examines the insirU tered. . company could not overlook but,ment (document? ' According to Mr. Tuck, thelwhl.ch> « opinion of the di-If it meets the requirements Proclaiming of Oxford County rector of titles, did not create of the various orovtociai S- as a Land Tit,es Area does not * daun aSamst Pr«W-utes it must be accepted and I?ean tha‘ People must transfer regisTkTrtheven thoueh the regi- records of their properly strar may be aware'of a faulty; *roro ‘pf Registry system to title or an error in the docu-i1*, Titles, ment. Under the old act the! , ,s Permissive legislation ----------only he said and thus offers the owners a choice. It is but another benefit that has been offered the people by their lo-।the director may sometimes as- I sume a calculated risk for the benefit of the land owner.What is this Assurance Fund?Mr. Tuck: When one applies, to bring property under the1 Land Titles Act, he must pay a premium of Vi of I per cent of the value of the land, apart from, the buildings or fixtures, there-i on. and 1-10 of the value of the buildings and fixtures.The money from all such pre­miums is held by the account­ant of the Supreme Court of On­tario, and placed (o the credit of “The Land Titles Assurance Fund.” It is used for the in­demnity of persons who may be wrongfully deprived of some es­tate or interest, by reason of! land being brought under this act.At the present time, the Land! Titles Act has been extended to! the counties of Essex, Lincoln,! Wentworth, and York.Plan ’Glimpses Of Oxford“Glimpses of Oxford will lie the topic June meeting of (he Oxford cal Society beginning p.m. in the YWCA. The program! will consist of colored slides taken over Hhe years in the county, shown by L. K. Coles of Ingersoll,The special committee of Ox­ford County Council on history of the county will also be pres­ent. Thu committee will invite discussion on the preparation of the book on the county history, and call for suggestions from society members.County”' 25 at a Hiato rl- at 8.15Members of the special com­mittee are, Reeve Glen Kitch­en of East Oxford Twp.; War­den Harry R Armstrong. Reeve of Dereham Twp., and Oxford County Clerk-treasurer, Mr. Coles.ty.cal and provincial government. QUESTIONSIf the property were to be ac­cepted under the Land Titles Act, the title would be guaran­teed by the province and the owner would no doubt be able to arrange a mortgage Ioan that would he otherwise impos­sible, he said.THE.. _____ A question which has been!Mr. Tuck does not foresee any raised by the Land Titles Act great rush in changing from the *s’ How can Iand fill®8 approve present system which originated * "" --------"in 1775 to the more modern Land Titles which is common throughout the western prov­inces of Canada and Northern Ontario.NO RUSH| a title which is not correct?UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO“I would expect that the first applications will come from owners of larger parcels who wish to develop their land into a subdivision. In such cases an owner would make application to have his land brought under the Land Titles Act.When approved, he would then register the plan of subdivision with the local Master of Titles and from then on all lots within the subdivision would have a guaranteed title.”Other early applications, he said, might come from persons wo own land with titles that are neither perfect nor seriously de­fective That is there might be a technicality which a trustMr. Tuck: “I did not say that the Land Titles Act can solve all problems. I only suggest that sometimes there are technical and minor defects which can be overlooked. Because of the large! Assurance Fund behind the act,|PROGRAMME FOR THE VISIT OFTHE COUNTY COUNCILSOFELGINHURONSESSION OPENS TOMORROWCentennial Project Issue Faces Oxford County CouncilKENTLAMBTONMIDDLESEXNEW LIBRARIANMiss Jane Menzies of Sar­nia, started duties today as assistant Librarian with the Oxford County library. Miss Menzies a graduate of Western Ontario University, London, where she attained a Bache­lor of Arts degree, and a graduate of the University of Toronto, where she received her Bachelor of Library sci­ence degree, was general li­brarian at the Sarnia library. She will be assisting Mrs, S. L. Krom part in re-organizing the local county libraries un­der the new public county lib­rary system.Decision on whether or not Oxford County is going to at­tempt a centennial project must be made at the June session of County Council, Len Coles, coun­ty clerk stated.Requests for assistance for these projects must be sent to Toronto by August 5, and since the next session of council is not until September, plans must be formulated by Thursday, the fi­nal sitting day of the June ses­sion, which opens tomorrow at the county court house.'The agenda is packed for this session Mr. Coles said, and he hoped everything would be cleaned up by Thursday or it might be necessary to carry over to the next day.There are several other im­portant points to be discussed, and these include: the equaliza­tion of county assessment which will be the basis for the 1966 tax rate; and reading of a pro­posed by-law to regulate theoperation of nursing homes in the county.This by-law closely follows the new regulations recently put out by the provincial govern­ment, with a few added details.Mr. Coles said that it is likely council will pass the by-law which in effect, would list regu­lations governing the operations of these homes based on the recommendations of the prov­ince.There is nothing in the by-law that refers to the rates at these homes, Mr. Coles stressed.Representatives from the Cen­tral Oxford Planning Board will also be on hand to speak Io com­mittees in an attempt to out line the advantages of local townships in joining the board.This is merely a preliminary discussion, for the county as no formal voice has been raised for the county joining, although several of the townships have said they would.OXFORDPERTHWELLINGTONJune 23, 1965GreetingsThe Board of Governors, the Senate and the Faculties welcome the members of the visiting County Councils and trust that their visit may be a very pleasant one. Wednesday, June 23, 19653*00 p.m.Assembly at the new Medical Sciences Building on the main campus.3:15 p.m.Address:Dr. O. H. Warwick,Dean of the Faculty of MedicineUniversity of Western OntarioTopic: "A Health Sciences Centre Serving Western Ontario”.Tour of the Medical Sciences Building to follow the Address.4:15 p.m.Buses leave for Headquarters and Services Officers’ Mess, Wolseley Barracks.4:30 to 5:30 p.m.Reception.5:30 p.m.Buses return to Somerville House,University of Western Ontario.6:00 p.m.Smorgasbord Dinner in the Great Hall, Somerville House.7:30 p.m.Dispersal.Members of the Middlesex County Council are requested to park their cars in the parking area opposite Somerville House. A bus will be provided to transport members of the Middlesex County Council to and from Headquarters and Service Officers' Mess, Wolseley Barracks.Buses of the other County Councils should park in front of the Medical Sciences Building and await members who are going to the Reception at H.Q. and Services Officers’ Mess, Wolseley Barracks.Wardens, or their representatives, are re­quested to gather in the Faculty Dining Room, Somerville House, immediately on return from Wolseley Barracks. MID AFTERNOON was pic- dens. Gelling pictures taken all, Ernest F. Garner, J. F. and L. K. Coles, counlv clcric- ture time for the ex - war- are from left, N. M. Marsh- McDonald lighting his pipe, treasurer, with camera.Past Wardens Of Oxford County Meet Again, Elect 1965 OfficersMany old memories were re-lived yesterday when 19 ex­Wardens of Oxford County met at the county building for an afternoon of business and pleasure. The ex-Wardens As­sociation was formed in 1933.Two of the original wardens present .yesterday were George Hollier of Tillsonburg, warden in 1923, and J. F. McDonald of East Zorra. war­den in 1933.New officers elected by the association were Thomas Pel- low of West Oxford, warden in 1953 — president;James Hossack of Embro, warden in 1954 — first vice­president; and William Ches­ney of Blandford, warden in 1955 — second vice-president;An executive committee was elected also, including Regi­nald R. Day of East Nissouri, warden in 1956; Cecil M. Rid­dle of North Oxford, warden in 1957; and Grant Smith of North Norwich, warden in 1958 L. K. Coles, acts as clerk-treasurer of the associa­tion.Retiring president Grant Sutherland, officially’ intro­duced the new warden Harry R. Armstrong of Dereham. to the association.After dinner, this year at Clark’s Restaurant. Ingersoll, the association members were shown an interesting wildlife film by Herbert Clark, Oxford County Game Warden. The film was on the life cycle of the quail, a game bird popu­lar with hunters, both man, and animals and birds which prey on the quail.The other ex-wardens pres­ent at yesterday’s meeting were 1934 warden A. D. Rob­inson of West Oxford. 1935 warden George Balkwill of Blenheim. 1937 warden Char­les F. Beaglsy of Embro, 1938 warden Charles T. Mil­ton;1939 warden N. M. Mar- i shall of Norwich, 1944 warden J. C. Eichenberg of Tillson- , burg, 1945 warden Alex Mc- Corquodale of East Nissouri, I 1946 warden J. Winston Nich­ole of North Oxford, 1950 war­den Robert Rudy of Tavistock;1959 warden E. R Pearce of Tillsonburg, 1960 warden Donald Hossack of Embro, 1961 warden Ernest F. Gar­ner of West Zorra, 1962 war­den Clare H. Esseltine of Till­sonburg, 1963 warden Peter McDonald of Blenheim, 1964 warden William M. Sutherland of West Zorra.Population, Assessment Show RiseFn-n PreM W«wwhfock Bureau WOODSTOCK — A j695 HJMeiifnncnt incrcaae and a population incremre of 55 in Oxford County over 1964 was announced to Oxford County council yesterday.The assessment report, pr*-.| sented by Fred H Cade, coun­ty aiWeMor, indicated a re­vised assessment to a new'; high of $62,835,680 and a pop­ulation increase to 12,852.Tillsonburg’s assessment in­crease, $033,280 to $11,572,OHO. was the largest of the 1ft mu­nicipality members of county council.West Zorra Township as­sessment dropped to $4,519,537., Other townships showed in­creases.Blenheim township’s assess­ment increased to $6,434,927; Blandford Township, $2,132- 385; Dereham Township, $5, 814,567; East Nissouri, $4,850.- 200; North Norwich. $’ 42?South Norwich, $4,748,504; East Oxford. $2,505,862; North Ox­ford, $2,608,966; West Oxford $3,086,568; and East Zorra, $5,- 488.891.Beachville’s assessmenf in­creased to $1,329,179; Embro to $677,304: Norwich. $2073.637; and Tavistock, $1,520,057.Residential assessment for the county increased to $20.- 126,306: professional, commer­cial and telephone to $64*4.- 320; industrial, pipelines and railways to $7,276,864; farms to $27,964,310; and exemptions to $6,870,694.New HomeFree Press Woodstock BureauOxford Past Wardens MeetThomas Pellow, second from right, former West Oxford Township reeve and 1953 Oxford County warden was elected president of the Oxford County Past Wardens' Association yesterday. From leH:Grant Sutherland, former East Nissouri reeve, 1951 warden and retiring president of the association; Warden Horry Armstrong, Dereham Township; Mr. Fellow and G. Hollier, Tillsonburg, 1923 warden.For Aged Is PlannedCounty council decided yes­terday to go ahead with the plans for a new county home for the aged, and set' a ten-; tative maximum cost on the project of SI.000.000.The construction of the home would be done with the co­operation of Woodstock and Ing­ersoll. The provincial govern­ment provides a subsidy of 50 per cent, leaving §500,000 to be split three ways between the county, city and town propor­tionately.Council also authorized the county clerk-treasurer to sell certain bonds, debentures, or in­vestment certificates, to meet any necessary expenditures in the course of preparing for the construction of the home.The present county home was built in 1893 at a cost of $-8,500. It has a maximum accommo­dation for 62 residents, but at one time in 1931. there were 96 people in the home.The groundwork for the new county home was initiated by Oxford County Warden Harry R. Armstrong, of RR 1. Ostran­der. in the March session of council.At that time he said that while the present home is well maintained and well managed, it is not up to the standards of others performing a similar function.Council also decided to en­dorse a resolution from the County of Essex that both the provincial and federal govern­ments be requested to assume a larger share in the construc­tion ol hospitals. THE OXFORD COUNTY examining areas of a county Zorra; Bryan Jones, Reeve of C. Smith, Beachville, ReeveCouncil carted a new session map are, from left; Percy Tillsonburg; Warden Harry of North Oxford, and Harryin Woodstock today. Shown Wettlaufer, Reeve of East Armstrong, Dereham Twp.; J. Wilker, Reeve of Tavistock.Busy Agenda For Council, As Session Gets Under WaySeven resolutions were read, to Oxford County Council today by clerk-secretary Len Coles. These resolutions are part of the busy agenda slated for this ses­sion of council, and are being considered in committee today.The first was one which had been held over from the March sittings, and dealt with the standardization of elementary and secondary school text books.Beginning with six new reso­lutions proposed for considera­tion. there is one proposed by the Council of the Corporation of the County of Dufferin to the Minister of Education.He is asked to see that his department assumes full and complete administration of the teaching profession. This would be from certification lo place­ment and remuneration, inas­much as it pertains to primary and secondary school systems in the province.The council believes there is much evidence that competition among school boards of trustees in offered salary schedules, iscouncil will be asked to consider j municipal services such as po- a petition to J. W. Spooner, lice protection and street be Minister of Municipal affairs maintained in a manner suitedthat he consider payment of a to our manner of living.” 50 per cent subsidy towards the; As well as these resolutions, cost of establishing and opera- council will be asked to pro­ting County Assessment De- pose a bylaw regulating nursing partments. ' j homes, and the County Assess-age systems be installedtajsmaller towns and villages.Since these places would have a difficult lime raising fundsfor such projects, the Bruce County Council is asking a reso­lution asking the Minister of Municipal Affairs make assist-The third resolution is pro- ®r s. This win be on the ance and co-operation available posed by the united counties of i yasls <" the report that the 19661 from the Community Planning Northumberland and Durham, ta* raJe WLU be determined. I Board as this development is who feel that sufficient change Another resolution for the con- urgently needed in counties such has been made to the legisla- sideration of council was sub- । as Bruce, be considered, tion concerning public school fitted by the County of Bruce areas. It states Ihey are dealing with the recent order "strongly opposed to any legis- Ontario Water and Re­lation coming into effect to en- sources Commission that sew-as Bruce, be considered.creating the danger of a situa- on chaog »large public school areas be­yond the boundaries of the,the,'minor municipalities at this' time, in townships, towns andandvillages.”From the County of Essex comes the resolution that a re­quest be made to the provincial, and federal governments to as-i sume a more equitable share of! future capital construction costs! of hospitals. This is done with the intention that it will help meet the present day costs pertion “bordering on chaos.In the second resolution, pro- posed by the County of Renfrew, Pnals-bed, and to provide the ser­vices required to efficiently and' economically operate the hos-Oxford County Planning Board To Be StudiedResolution five was proposed; by the Town of Dover, andiWOODSTOCK — A six-man Cheford County council committee was appointed yesterday to study the pos- 1 sibility of creating an Oxford County planning board.reads that the Department of Transport be requested to erect a breakwater wall on the east side of the pier for the pro­tection of bank erosion, and for small craft.The Town of Whitby proposed the sixth resolution. It is a peti­tion to the Ontario Government to start a program which would restore equity in the field of education within the province.This would ensure each student an equal educational op­portunity and release needed funds so that other essentialReeve Thomas J. Comiskey, of North Oxford Town­ship; Reeve J. C. Smith, of Beachville. Deputy Reeve Murray Older, of East Nissouri Township: Deputy Reeve Merle Coleman, of Blenheim Township; Warden Harry Armstrong, of Dereham Township; and Deputy Reeve Vernon Cuthbert, of West Oxford Township, were named to the committee.The committee was named following n suggestion from the. Central Oxford planning board to meet with county council officials to study county-wide planning.Tomorrow will nee the ent a I ion of the 1966 Asses Report as drawn up by assessor Fred H. Cade. Il ia on the basis of this report, after approval, that the 1966 tax rate for the county will be deter- mined.As well as this, committee reports resulting from the meet­ings of yesterday and today,, will be heard in open council, with final reading given to the bylaws.Resolutions discussed in yes । terday’s committee meeting will also be reported on tomorrow morning,Being the last scheduled day for the June session, it is ex­pected that council will be exceptionally busy tomorrow.County Council To Visit UWOCounty Council will be leaving at 2 p.m. today for the Uni­versity of Western Ontario in London where they will he given a lour of the Medical Sciences Building.Prior to this, they will hear an address by Dr. 0. H. War­wick, Dean of the Faculty’ of Medicine at UWO. His topic will be “A Health Sciences Centre Serving Western Ontario.”At 6.30 p.m. they will have a smorgasbord dinner in the Great Hall of Somerville House.County Council Files ResolutionThe education committee of county council decided to take no action on a resolution sub­mitted by the County of Dufferin that the Board of Education be asked to take over the full and complete administration of the teaching profession.A resolution submitted by the County of Frontenac that text books be standardized through­out the province was deferred to the next session of council.Council decided against hold­ing an open season for deer for all residents within the county, but did decide to have an open season should the other counties surrounding, do the same.Council Reads Six BylawsCounty Council gave first and' second reading this morning to six bylaws.Two of these which are of con­siderable importance deal with 'regulations governing the oper­ating and licencing of nursing homes in the county, and a de-, I cision on the Centennial Project. I A decision must be made on ' the centennial project during this session of council due to the fact that the deadline for appli­cation is August 5. ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BENCHThe pupils of SS No. 1, bro, visited the Oxford County East Zorra Twp., accompa- Court house yesterday. The nied by their teacher Mrs 34 pupils sat in the chairs of Alex Henderson of RR 5, Em- the councillors while L. K.Coles, county clerk-treasurer, room. From left on the war- Roth, nine, Larry Steinman, gave them a brief outline on den’s dias, are Wight Zehr, 11,. Vicky Stock, 12 Cathy the history and function of the ag'e 10, Joseph Zehr, age 12, Kaufman, 12, and Jack Zehr, county building and court Cheryl Zehr, age 12, Paul nine.Oxford Council Hears Rural Centennial PlanTen Rural Schools In Oxford Will Shut Down TomorrowFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — A farmstead and rural improvement centen­nial project was explained to Oxford County council yesterday by Don Taylor, Oxford agricul­ture representative.Mr. Taylor said the project may be undertaken by one or more farm organizations or by a special county committee.Department of agriculture grants will be made to each county on the basis of $6 for each of up to 50 completed, entries; $7 each for 51 to lOOi completed entries; $8 each for between 101 and 150 completed entries and $9 each for between, 151 to 200 completed entries,1 with a maximum grant towards the prize money of $1,800.Eight provincial prizes will also be made available, the first being $500 and a championship trophy.The individual projects would be judged out of a possible 1.000 points.Up to 200 points would be given for the attractive ap­proach to the rural property,! roadside fences, entrance, mail­box and farm name and lane­way to buildings.Another 200 points will be! available for improvements, around the house Including lawn, shade trees and wind­breaks, flowers, vegetable gar-! den, fencing, hedges, walks and patios.Conditioning and painting of, the farm house would be worth 250 points.Up to 100 points would bo. given for the yard area around! the bam, fencing, grading, free- d< i from weeds and for the: removal of old scrap and rub-! bish.Another 250 points would be possible for conditioning and painting bams and other farm buildings.Deadline for entries la Sept, 1.1965. Judging would take place; between Sept 6 and Oct. 15 this! year, with the second inspection j planned for the fall of 1966.County CouncilApproves $75,000 For CentennialCounty council passed a by­law during yesterday’s sitting, authorizing the expenditure of $75,000 as council’s share in a project which would be in ob­servance and commemoration of the Centennial.____________Law Library Redecoration To Cost $1,000Close to $1,000 will be Used in the redecoration of the county law library located in the coun­ty building.This recommendation was proposed by the property com­mittee, and approved by county council.A tender has been let to How­ard W. Bruce for the construc­tion of a staff room in the base­ment of the Registry Office, at a cost of $1,490.Construction will have to •wait, however, until unds be­come available. It seems that it is more necessary to convert the heating system in the court house for the present, than con­struct the staff room.The fall session of council will be held October .12, 13 and 14.With the passing of the bylaw, , a committee was set up to de- ; cide upon the location and drawing up of plans for a county library as the project. The pro­ject must be submitted by Aug­ust 5.Yesterday’s sitting of the June session of the council ran into overtime, after it was found that the last item of business, the passing of the bylaws, could not be done by the 5 p.m. deadline.Six bylaws in all were passed, including the centennial project. The other five were as follows:—a bylaw governing the reg­ulations and operations of nurs­ing homes within the county. । —a bylaw accepting the (equalization of assessment as provided by the county assessor in his report.—a bylaw closing roads and through lands owned by the Up­per Thames River Conservation Authority in the Township of East Nissouri, and authorizing a conveyance way to the UTRCA, This bylaw was a confirmation of one passed by the township itself.—a bylaw closing the road on Lot 2 between Concession ll and 12, and a part of Lot 2 itself in the Township of East Nissouri, for the UTRCA.—a bylaw regulating the sala­ries of the officials of county council and county employees.lop School; and No. 1, Cassel's School.More than 200 students will be re-located in the ToUgate and Hickson Schools. Schools 7. 8 and 13, in the township were closed in December.None of the schools in the in­spectorate of A. P. Silcox, Ing­ersoll, will be closed. These schools in the Townships of West Oxford, North Oxford, and South Norwich, have been under town­ship boards for a number of years.Ten rural Oxford County Schools will cease to function as such with the advent of the school year beginning in Sep­tember. Due to the fact that each township will now control the education for the schools in the areas concerned under a board of education for each township, certain schools throughout the county are clos­ing down.In the Township of Blenheim, about 100 youngsters will be shifted to the school in Platts- ville where a two room addi­tion wiU be finished by Sep­tember, with the overflow go­ing to Drum bo.Transportation WiU be pro­vided for aU those who live more than one half mile from their respective schools, W. G. Anderson, County School Inspec­tor said.The schools to be shut down in Blenheim Township are Un­ion 2, Union 6, and Upper and Lower Tenth Concession 8 and 9.In East Zorra. 11 classrooms will be added to ToUgate and Hickson Schools to accommo­date the closing of the follow­ing schools: No. 2 on the Cody Side Road; No. BA, the Junior School in Hickson; No. 11, in Braemar, No. 15 on the Brooks- dale Side Road; No. 16, the Dun­NOTICETHE WEED CONTROL ACT, R.S O. 1960 Section 3 (1)Every person In possession of land shall destroy all noxious weeds thereon an often In every year as Is neces­sary to prevent the ripening of their seeds.RONALD HUTCHESON Oxford County Weed Inspector CEWBINML PLANNING CONFHWERoad Control Budget $9,000 Higher Than’64The county road report pre' i lion of the Oxford - Waterloo between Oxford and Nnrfniir sented at the June session of Greenfield Bridge, and that the from Highway 3 weal to the east county council - the longest to!general contract, for the Oxford-(boundary of Tillaonburu Z be presentedoutlined how ihe Waterloo boundary “Slabtown” half mUe: the urban wnnwt nJ long cold spring causes asphalt Bridge near Ayr was awarded link conalatlng of the extSn roads to show severe wear, A o E. E. Seogmtller Ltd. of !of the above rnnri uzifhu/mm. ?I IS?.®-«™.d wi«S£ONTARIO1966 ANNUAL REPORTtotal of $85,000 in needed for Kitchener, at a coat of $88,810 burg from the east town h 2* patching operations. bound-- - * °f thci (ion‘ ajy to Highway >9 be conalruet-Winter control of roads at a tract 01 $114,662 was awarded to cd;cost of $30,000, was $9,000 higher ]fho Canada Machinery Corp, of I -the roads in Ea> Oxford than 1964. I and West Oxford Twps, connect!rhe lender for the Perth-Ox-1 tag Sweaburg on county road 12 ford bridge in West Zorra was “nd Curries on Highway 59 a let to McLean ■ Foster of St. distance of 2.9 miles;Marys, at a cost of $37,954 with —the road between conces- materials costing an additional dons 6 and 7 of Dereham Twp $7,500 making the total cost from county road 10 to Highway $45,454, 19, for 4.4 miles;Council was also informed thiit tenders will be called July B in Kitchener for the construe-—the road between concea­Tillsonburg Assessment 18.4 Per Cent Of TotalWith an assessment of Sil.- valuations eligible for grants,(the Township of West Oxford 572,060, Tillsonburg leads the $41,140; and the Dominion Gov- surrounding the town to the I assessment evaluation in the eminent valuations eligible for west and south to the Macdon- I 1965 Oxford County Assessment grants; and the grand total of ald-Cartier FreewayReport This figure represents.$62,835,680 is arrived at. However the town w«« nnlv18.4 per cent of the county total. As word of explanation, con- granted 118 acresWhv the On IFred H. Cade. Oxford County corning the increase in the as- Urio Municipal Board and this assessor presented his ninth sessment of West Zorra. that to the west oUhefo ores’ annus; report to County Council township had a large industrial boundaries was suhseoKn? in which he stated there has fixed assessment of $200,000 on fj L to the Town!h n of been a considerable increase in the Canada Cement Co. located assessment and valuations in there. imlh Jthe year 1964 continuing the nor- However, the actual assess- qUenav no If assessment’ ^healthy growth within the ment of 53 of the AssessmentThe increase of 1964 over the committoe recommended an in- ditfons^oropertv Sng to U previous year amounts to $1.. crease of $200,000 to their rate- P3 £ HL °w7 359,695. with the total 1966 Coun- able assessment. ER taxed from S first nfiy assessment amounting to In I960 and 1961, there were the month' following ^he^fans 1 $62,835,680. amendments to the Assessment। mLE of the qs^ ITotal taxable assessment in Act concerning the valuations of ^ ”^1/the nronertv is occu* 1965 was $62,131,095 and as an Provincial. Federal and Ontario S 0^X1 for occSn^v-fe' increase of $500,000 was recom- Hydro Electric Power Commis-' assessment is nlaced on the laxmended by the assessment com- sion properties upon which rS of the currenvear for 10mntee for West Zorra. over its grants in lieu of taxes are paid. ™nthS six mondhs or as theprev ions fixed assessment of These are to be added to the SER -$200,000. this brought the sug- aggregate valuations of each During* 1964 the county's &“SlS^M5U «««’”«"* of this additional revenuefid. rA k thn So? apportioning of County was $3,584.92 which was of bene,Provincial Government valua-! The report contained a note rf^hT assess^ off Fee C°S'‘S tions eligible for grants, $62,-! of the effort of the Town of T * , office 995; Ontario Hydro Commission I Ingersoll to annex all lands in ■ }n conclusion, officials were informed that the assessors mFive Assessors In County Complete Training At Queen'sOxford County are all main­taining adequate records and “keeping them up-to-date thus ensuring that th rough this ef­ficiency of collecting and using the date pertaining to assess­ment a high calibre of assess-Five assessors in the county, were successful in a course for assessors conducted by the In­stitute of Municipal Asses­sors in conjunction with Queen’s University in Kingston.This is a three-year training course, and is aimed at the pro­fessionalism of the assessor in the province, and is maintained at the University level.Results received this Spring showed all five as successful in completing their respectiveCarman Facey, RR 6. Wood- stock, East Zorra Assessor com­pleted his third and final year, as did Cedi Bawtinhimer of Dr umbo, the Blenheim Town­ship Assessor.Completing the second year of the course was Tillsonburg Assessor William Fitzpatrick. The two remaining completed their first year: Grant Hutchin­son of Salford, Dereham Town­ship Assessor; and Floyd Jen- tons. Ingersoll Assessor.r - j , ment is maintained.” The fees for the advanced „ , ,,course of studv are set un at \ Brok!n down, the 1966 county : course or stuay are set up at tax rates wjth pei.centage $150 per annum, and the de- of the total are as follows:partment of Municipal Affairs TownshipAssessment $ 2,182,385 $ 6,436,927re-imburses the municipal stu- Blandford dents to the amount of 60 per Blenheim cent of the course fee in each! Dereham $ 5,814,567 year they are successful. East Nissouri $ 4,850,200Fred H. Cade, Oxford County I 2Assessor stated that regular s 2 sol'sSmeetings w e r e held between;himself and the assessors to ™train them in the use of the new Pa‘+ 7r,rr„1X1 manual assessment values fo ', y. “ released by the Department in 1^^,^ 19M' Beachville"I feel it will take at least;Embro another year of training period j Norwich for the assessors to become con- Tavistock versant in al] phases of the cost I This gives approach incorporated in this1 $62,835,680 as$ 3,086,568 $ 5,488,891 $ 4,519.537$11,572,060 $ 1,329.179 $ 677,304$ 2.073,637$ 1.520,057Pct.3.473 :10.2449.2547,719 ।5.4447.557 ;3.9984.1524.9128.7357.19318.41.62.1151.0783.32.42 ;manual,” Mr. Cade concluded.! 1966 County ratea.a grand total of the total for theSpringbank Snow Countess Promised Face-Liftingls, for 4.4 in Ues;Total amount of money spent boundary road between on the county road system to Blandford and East Zorra from Highway 97 northAs a result of the county roads ford Two a B1,nd‘needs study, certain additions tit .and deletions of roads within rn«ri for J a 1the county were recommended ! to county roid "4*d sm? ~-the boundary road between. ® J. coinclr 01Blandford and Blenheim Twr^ * enhenn Twp to the road be- from Highway 2 to StZZd & ”M1 2 ot29 8 3 miles- aouitn Dumfries Twp-.^the county boundary road "commended by theTotal amount of money spentV<.v vvuuvj avail BJDV 1 June 15 han been $300,900.Higher Taxes RecommendedThe road committee recom­mended, in the light of the road needs found to exist by the county road needs study, that a mill rate of 8.1 mills be adopted to provide money for countv road expenditures for the period 1966 to 1975.The 1965 mill rate for roads is 7.75, up one-quarter mill over 1964. The 1965 county mill rate is 14. up .75 mills over 1964.I —county road 31 in Dereham Twp. from county road 19 to the west boundary of Tillsonburg. 4.4 miles;—a portion of county road 26 between Dereham Twp. and South Dorchester Twp., form the road between Malahide and South Dorchester Twps. north to the road between concessions 10 and 11 in Dereham Twp., 1.2 miles;The road committee recom- mended that the changes in the county road system be made when the bylaw passed by the council at the September coun­cil session is approved by the lieutenant governor in council.MOH Says SouthsideNot PollutedIt looks like there’s going to be swimming in Southside Pond this summer after all.Recent tests made by the On­tario Water Resources C o m - mission indicate the pond is suf­ficiently free of sewage pollu­tion to make it safe for bathers, Oxford County health officer Dr. O. C. Powers revealed yester­day.He said the OWRC considers summer, water suitable for swimming if its contamination level is notfor its June 21 meeting. The board earlier this spring prohibited swimming in the pond because of pollution.Dr. Powers said frequent tests for contamination would be made by the Oxford Health Unit together with bi-weekly exami­nations by the provincial De­partment of Health if swimming is authorized in the pond thisabove 2,500 coli per 100 nun. Tests taken May 27 in four sec-1 tions of Southside Pond showed levels of 200,110, 20, and 16.Sewage seeping into the pond from the septic tanks of homes, to the east via a storm drain have closed it to swimmers for a number of years. The city has been attacking the problem by laying sanitary sewers to re­place the septic tanks.The OWRC findings are to be forwarded to the Parks Board Oxford Prepared to Spend$1,000,000 on County HomeFiw I’wss WootUtnek RurvuUWOODSTOCK — Oxford County council yesterday au­thorised n preliminary study <>f a proposed new county home for the aged to accom­modate up to ISO persons.Council indicated it was willing tn provide for build­ings cosUng $1,000,000. The county's share would be about $300,000.Council authorised Its coun­ty home committee to work With Woodstock and Inger­soll on plans for the home.The committee which In­cludes Warden Harry Arm- stnmg, of Dereham Township, Reeve Peter ’McDonald, of Blenheim Township, a n d Reeve J. C. Smith of Beach- vllle, was asked to obtain all necessary information regard­ing a new home.Warden Armstrong said the building would probably be built iri 1007 or early id 1008.About 50 per cent of the coet of construction would he provided in grants from the senior government, Warden Armstrong said.He said that the services in the area of the present 90- bed county home for the aged, northwest of Wood­stock, would probably rule out construction of the xievr building or an addition at tha afta.OxfordFree Pres?, Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK Construc­tion of a $100,000 Oxford Coun­ty centennial library was ap­proved yesterday by Oxford County council.Request for the approval for the project will be made to the centennial grants com­mittee.Warden Harry* Armstrong,Centennial Library Plan OKdof Dereham Township said that the county may expect federal and provincial grants amounting to approximately $20,000.Grants not used by the townships of West Oxford, East Nissouri and West Zor­ra, and Beachville, expected to amount to $17,700 have been waved by the municipalities, which have no centennial pro­ject of their own.Warden Armstrong said the county may also have the use of the centennial grant of Norwich, with its proposed project being turned down.He said the library would probably not be started until 1966.Facilities of the county li­brary system are now housed in the crowded basement of the county building.He said plans are being made to construct the building on county property on Gra­ham Street.The building committee named by council includes Reeve J. C. Smith, Beachville; Reeve Elmer Karn, West Ox­ford Township: Reeve Hugh Munro, East Nissouri Town­ship; Reeve Harold Kipp, West Zorra Township: Reeve Les­lie E. Force, Norwich; Reeve: Peter McDonald, Blenheim Township; and Warden Arm­strong.Council authorized the ex­penditure of $75,000 of its own funds for the project.Library’s Potential RoleDuring this past week while our children have been trying to forget school books and learning in the first flush of a long summer va­cation, librarians and others inter­ested in the improved use of books and library services have been dis­cussing mutual problems at the an­nual meeting of the Canadian Li­brary Association.The sessions were well timed, for in large measure the libraries take over in real life where the schools leave off. And the growing need and demand for knowledge of all kinds should bring libraries into a position of greater importance than they ever were before.It is because of this new and potential role of the library in our society that makes most appropri­ate the action of Woodstock", Inger­soll and Oxford County in choosing better library facilities as their centennial projects. Earlier an ad­dition to the present city library was decided upon by Woodstock and within the past week the County has decided to invest $100,- 000 in a completely new library building here to provide for the growing needs of the county resid­ents. In addition, Ingersoll has moved to undertake a renovation job on its present library building.The future potential of library sendees was indicated at the meet­ing of the Canadian Library Asso­ciation in an opening address by Dr. Claude Bissell, president of the University of Toronto. He said one mustn’t indulge in science fiction fantasies concerning the abolition of the book. Dr. Bissell contended the book still is the cheapest form in which to store knowledge and is for most reasons the reason why ' libraries exist.But he added this most arrest­ing and pertinent thought which we hope those concerned with the development of libraries and of education generally will accept and act upon.“There is a possibility,” he said, “that those who desire to be taught (in libraries) may swamp those who are able to teach . . .” Was this a direct reference to the fact ! that there are too few who choose library work as a profession? A re- 1 view of the salary schedule of a majority of public libraries may well provide the answer. Bluntly, the pay is far too low.The same situation prevailed in many schools until comparatively recently. But with the need for teachers increasing, authorities at the local and at the government level have brought, salaries up to the point where they now attract I more people.Dr. Bissell said any community | attuned to the time should give libraries priority. In this Wood- stock, Ingersoll and Oxford have, taken commendable steps. Prelim­inary reports indicate that a num­ber of other communities have taken similar steps to improve the physical facilities of their libraries.But in addition to this, greater effort should be made to see that the staff who operate them get remuneration which is in keeping with the increased importance of their duties.——WARDEN, HARRY ARMSTRONG, SCOTTISH VISITOR CHARLES DLGID AND LLOYD JOHNSON OFFICIATE AT OPENING. Oxford's Last Execution 10 Years AgoIt was 10 years ago last No­vember 16 that a person was convicted in Oxford County of an offence carrying the death penalty, and was executed in the couty jail.Residents will remember back to 1954 when a Yugosla­vian by the name of Velibor Rajich was hanged after he was sentenced for stabbing a woman to death in Woodstock.The death sentence has berm carried out many times in this area, right back to the days when the English custom of pub­lic execution reigned supreme.In those days convicted per­sons were hanged in the centre of town to the delight of the onlookers.Within the last 50 years though, only four persons have been executed in the county jail, and this number included Rajich. About 30 years ago, a woman was hanged for the poisoning of her husband, ma­king the hangman’s noose com­pletely impartial as to its vic­tims.Suggestions for Oxford County's centennial cele­brations were made yesterday at a meeting at Branch 55, Royal Canadian Legion, Woodstock. From left: Reeve J. C. Smith, Beachville, chair­man of the county centennial committee; John Brockie, Toronto, director of centennial planning,— Free Press Woodstock Bureau department- of tourism and information; Mayor William B. Dutton, Woodstock; J. R. Croden, Lon­don, field representative, centennial celebrations committee; and Mrs. Eileen Lougheed, Woodstock, an IODE representative, hold the Canada centen­nial emblem.Ontario Centennial Planning Director Says 220 Projects Now ApprovedFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — Civic centen­nial projects with grants are only part of Canada’s celebra­tions, John A. Brockie, director of the Ontario planning commit­tee told an Oxford County cen­tennial conference here yester­day.A total of 582 centennial com-Eight Offer To Design New Homemittees have been formed in the 1,007 provincial municipali­ties and a total of 220 projects have been approved, Mr. Brock­ie said.Woodstock Mayor William B. Dutton said it would be better to exert energy and assist oth­ers through international pro­grams such as the Colombo Plan and locally through so­cieties said scholarships, than to spend money just fox* the sake of "flag-raising.”"Let's use a little caution and be conservative in expenses,” Mayor Dutton said.Woodstock’s planning for the centennial celebrations includes expansion of the Woodstock and Oxford County Fair, Dairy Day program and Commonwealth. Day celebrations.Contributions are already be­ing received toward the city'splanned centennial addition to the Woodstock Public Library.J. R. Croden, London field representative of the centennial celebration committee for Ox­ford, Perth, Middlesex, Lamb­ton and Essex counties urged full participation of all munici­palities in the centennial cele­brations.Christopher George, of To- ronto, tourist development offi­cer said the department of tour­ism and information will inten-j sify its efforts to make 1967tative, said her organization has a $50,000 fund divided equally among the 10 provinces, to be used for educational projects.A Middlesex County centen­nial celebrations conference has been set for today in London. IAnother is scheduled ton County in Samiafor Lamb- tomorrow.NegotiationsFor Home SiteGiven ApprovalCity council last night ap­proved an immediate start on negotiations to buy a site for a new county home by the board of the Oxford County Home for the Aged.Cost of the home is estimated at $1,000,000 of which some §500,000 will be covered by gov­ernment subsidy.The remaining half a million will be split on roughly a 60- 30-10 per cent basis by ■ the countv. Woodstock, and Inger­soll. Woodstock has budgeted: $150,000 to take care of its share of the project expected to get under way in 1967 or 68.It’s hoped the new home will take care of up to 150 patients. It will replace the present home northwest of Woodstock and now considered antiquated by todays standards Next meeting of the home board is July 14.boom year.Lawr en ce Standbridge, of Hamilton, representing the com­munity programs branch, de­partment of education, said that 370 provincial centres have rec­reation directors who will be willing to assist centennial cele­brations.Mrs. Eileen Lougheed of Woodstock, an IODE reprcsen-iFOR DRAINSDereham Establishes$300,000 Loan FundFurther offers on the design­ing of the proposed Oxford County Home for the Aged will not be considered, clerk-treas­urer L. K Coles stated .yester­day.To date, eight architects have notified the county home board that they are interested in sub­mitting designs for the $1,000,000 project, and interviews will be held Aug. 4.Plans for the home, which will probably be built in 1967 or 196&. were announced at the June ses­sion of county council, and War­den Harry Armstrong said that ft would accommodate up to 150 persons.AGGREGATE PRODUCERS' ASSOCIATION OF ONTASIOSECOND QUARTERLY MEETING TUESDAY 15 JUNE 1965THE IVANHOE LONDON, ONTARIO 57_ DINNER TTCKETDEREHAM CENTRE— Three hundred thousand dollars will soon be available to Dereham Township farmers for the con­struction of tile drainage.Township council last night gave third reading to a bylaw which would establish a fund from which farmers may bor­row up to 75 per cent of the j cost of tile drainage.! This is the beginning of such a fund for the township, and is carried out in a relatively simple manner. The farmer ap­proaches the township for a Ioan, and the township in turn sells debenture to the govern­ment at. a low rate of interest. The money is then loaned to the farmer at a low rate of in­terest. Woodstock Council ApprovesHome For Aged Site SearchFtoee Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — The Ox­ford County home for the ngrd board, last night wasat $165,000. Oxford County council is also obtaining in­formation regarding a new home.It. is hoped the new homo will accommodate up to 160 persons.County council said that theservices in the area of the present 90-bcd county homo northwest of Woodstock, pro­hibits construction of I he newbuilding or an addition at th* site.The next meeting (it the home board is July 14.authorised by Woods I oc k council to begin negotiations for a proposed $1,000,000 coun­ty home site.Mayor William B. Dutton said that the city has included the project for 1968 in its five year capital budget. He said it is hoped Oxford County, Woodstock, and Ingersoll can plan together.The city's cost is estimatedNorth Oxford Liquor Vote | Is RequestedINGERSOLL — North Oxford Township Council has requested an Oct. 4 liquor vote for town­ship residents.New Norwich Apartments Opened By Village ReeveWARDEN ARMSTRONG OFFICIALLY OPENS SHOWNORWICH—Reeve Les Force I com plishment, and that Indi- Royal Canadian Lesion v>' pre of the Village of Norwich Satur- redly, what benefits them bene- sent, and he congratulated tht dav afternoon cut the ribbon of-; fits the township. wficlally opening Winston Manor “Some say our area is not as! apartments in Norwich. progressive as some of the'other centres, but if we keep up in this manner, perhaps we will'The low rental apartments which will be occupied by theaged, was built by the Twin Pines Development Co. of Lon­don and Art Hass, a spokesman for them, told those gathered that it was because of the spon­sorship of Branch 190 of the Royal Canadian Legion that the project was such a success.The branch itself had prom­ised $7,000 wnich will be payed into a 50 year amortized plan.Speaking on behalf of the Township of North Norwich, Reeve Jack Lester said, the vil­lage should be proud of their ac-be as much or more so,” he con­cluded.effort and decision of Branch 190| for undertaking sponsorship of the project.The building contains both; one and two bedroom units.done in pleasing colors, and for the women, very modern kitch-1 ens. with plenty of cupboard!Gordon Pit tock, MP P for Ox----- . . .ford remarked that few centres space, and new appliances, the size of Norwich could boast The outside grounds are spa-i a place such as the Winston clous, and plans call for a large- manor, which was named after landscaped area. Trees almost! the war-time Prime Minister of surround the lot.England. i The building itself is built onlyMentioning the apartment on two levels, keeping stair- once again Mr. Pittock said,! climbing to a minimum. “Things like this just don’t hap- In a concluding comment, Mr. pen, somebody has to do the Pittock said that the accommo- work.” dations were excellent and thatGordon Wakefield, president the building would serve those of the Ontario Command of the using it very well.Wanted--Informed CitizenTo Compile Oxford HistorySouth Norwich Accepts Tender For Township Hall ConstructionFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — Oxford His­torical Society is seeking some­one with the time and talent to compile a history of Oxford County.L. K. Coles, of Ingersoll, coun­ty clerk and member of the county history committee, told the society last night that In­gersoll and Woodstock should be approached to take part in the preparation of the history.He said the biggest problem is finding a suitable person to undertake the job.A great deal of the history ofWoodstock and Ingersoll will be collecting of agricultural facts, included in the document, he Aid. Bernadette Smith, ofsaid.Council has set aside money over the past two years toward the project, but has not gone into the details of preparation.Reeve Glen Kitchen, of EastWoodstock, curator of Oxford County Museum, said the mu­seum has a great deal of ma­terial that can be used in the project.She suggested that histories ofOxford Township, suggested the centres within the county and forming of a preparation com- other points of historical inter- mittee to include members of est in the county be forwardedthe society, Ingersoll and Wood- stock councils and the Oxford Federation of Agriculture.Wilfred Bishop, of RR 3, Nor­wich, secretary of the agricul­ture group, said the federation has agreed to co-ordinate thefor study.Oxford’s centennial year passed in 1950 without a centen­nial project, Mr. Coles said. Many counties, he said, have prepared historical books or . booklets.OTTERVILLE - A tender of $27,280 submitted by the Otter Lumber Company of Otterville for the construction of new municipal offices in the village was accepted by South Norwich Township Council at a meeting held yesterday.The present offices are now located in the basement of the community hall. The proposed brick building will have dimen­sions 27 feet by 54 feet and will consist of three offices and a council chamber. It will be built just east of the community! hall.Construction of the offices is expected to start as soon as possible, a spokesman for the lumber company said. |$222,333 Bid Wins ContractThe tender for the Greenfield: bridge between Oxford and Wa-j terloo Counties over the Nith River was let yesterday at a joint meeting of the counties road committees.E. E, Seegmiller Construction Ltd. of Kitchener submitted the lowest bid of $222,333. The con­tract also calls for the removal of a 71-foot bridge which crosses a creek running into the Nith River, south of the Greenfield bridge site.Two other tenders were rej ceived for the replacement of the 310 foot Greenfield bridge from Gaffney Construction of Stratford, and Cun Bridge of Toronto. The Slabtown bridge contract aso on the Oxford-Wa-i terloo county line, was let May 7. ____Planning Area Entry Sought ) By NissouriKINTORE — A request has been filed by the East Nissouri Township Council for entry into the Central Oxford Planning Area.The request was filed on the recommendation of John Peat-j son of the department of muni­cipal affairs, who, at a recent meeting with the municipal of­ficials outlined the plan.East Nissouri is at prescnl without a planning board, but has subdivision control.A county planning area to en­velop the municipalities sur­rounding Woodstock and Inger­soll is currently under the sera tiny of Oxford County Council.)Tentative Nod To East Oxford For '67 ProjectOXFORD CENTRE — East Oxford Twp. council was in­formed at their regular meet­ing tentative approval has been received from the provincial centennial committee for the township’s proposed centennial project.The township wished to con­vert the old school at Oxford Centre into municipal offices and a library. Cost of the pro­ject would be partly paid for by a grant of $5,000. Oxford Centres Planning Own ProjectsI'rec Pre** Woodstock Bureau The Drumbo community ventre.centennial committee, said yes-,pense to il for at lea At a five- \\ ooi iSTOt t\ Drumtw. board asked assistance to build terdny Its solicitor has mailed n riaiiaviBe ano Princeton have .... 1U. . . ...Informed Blenheim Township”1 Sa5’0W council that it wishesCouncil then gave Dnmibolto go ahead with the project, one-quarter of the grant and!providing the available.He said the sented $10,000council they are still planningcentennial projects.Council sent letters tothree communities. following a(hc Princeton the remainderPlnttavllle’s request. Cor aid inJuly 6 meeting, asking them if a $6,000 picnic pavilion followed,they are still interested in theCouncil then offered to givegrant Is madecummlttrr pre- to the townshlpjyear period,Mr. Entlcktmp said a bunk loan has been approved for the project. He anld the Lions Club and library board an assisting and the bank would be paid fol­lowing a cbnvbiw.Cameron Shanti chnlnmin of r>f their project, a pavilion the Plattsville community park the community [>><fk board, said it has notified court* | Council at its July ft ni '-t- ell it wishes to proceed with Ing decided that, if ’hr tiu<sits project.He said a group has itupplled n guaranteed bond for 25 per! cent of the cost, on approval!were still Interested, n meeting would be held with D J IM', of Toronto, secretary rd *n« centennial branch committee.i«d centennial grants. 36.5 per cent of the grant to councI1 »equcst.Mr. MtttheSon said additionalCouncil asked for replies with- Platteville. 33.3 per cent-b days. Princeton and 30.2 per cent to funds will be raised Aug. 2 at alOriginally council approved « Drumbo.bylaw giving its anticipated $9.- The provincial oi\» centennial grant to thej committee askedPrincecentennial council forparade and beef barbecue.Gerald Entickntip, chairman ofthe Drumbo community centre- -- - ........... .......... . . .. . • . • •« 111 UllIVJ WIIVI •on project, a $28,000 com-1more Information on the pro- board, said it is not in favor!munity hall plannedbyPrinceton and Blenheim lennial committee.thejects following its final request.of having to post a bond ofcen- George Matheson, chairman of indemnification to assure the | the Princeton and Blenheim) township there will be no eX-Exercise yard space at the Oxford County Jail will be cut two-thirds when this wall is moved back 60Free Press Woodstock Bureau feet to allow for construction of the Oxford County centennial library.Wall To FallTo Make Room For A Library" fThe department of reform in­stitutions has given Oxford County permission to remove part of the jail wall located be­hind the county building for con­struction of the $10000 county centennial library.The wall, 12 feet in height, will be moved back about 60 feel. It presently encloses the men's exercise yard, and it is expected to have specifications for its removal and rebuilding ready so that tenders might be called in two weeks.Some $20,822 in grants are ex­pected by the county from the federal and provincial govern­ments towards the library pro­ject. Draft plans are expected to be completed shortly for sub­mission to the centennial grants committee.County council decided to go ahead, with the library as its centennial project at the June session. It is necessary to make application to the grants com­mittee by August 5, the dead­line for such requests.Contract Given For Town Hall In N. OxfordINGERSOLL - A Thamesford[ firm was last night awarded the contract to build the new North Oxford Township Centennial hall at a cost of 822,950.This bid from Wallace Brolh- ers Ltd., was the lowest of four received. Three others submit­ting bids were Ross Kilgour Con-| struction of Ingersoll, C. T.! Bontje Building Contracts of London, and Weleon Ltd. of Guelph.It is expected the 30-by-50 foot | building will be completed by Nov. i, ft will contain a large council chamber and offices for the township clerk and road superintendent. Heating will be by electricity.The hall is to be constructed on the North side of Highway 2,j east of the Log Cabin Road. |86 Legal NoticesTENDERSOXFORD COUNTY JAIL ALTERATIONSSealed Te iders will be re- 1 ceived by the undersigned un­til 4 p.m. E.D.S.T., Wednes­day, August 18, 1965, for the demolition and re-construction of walls and issociated work. ! a the Oxford County Jail, i Woodstock. Ontario.Plans and specifications, pt epared by G. Duncan Black Limited. Consulting Engin­eers. may be obtained from the undersigned upon deposit of ten dollars. Deposit return­ed upon receipt o'' plans, 1 specifications, and a bonafide tender.Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.L K. COLES.County Clerk and Treasurer, 1 Court House, Woodstock, Ontario,29-86OK PlanTo MoveJail WallFree Pr0M Woodtnock BureauWOODSTOCK - Removal of part of the Oxford County 1 Jail wall for construction of the $100,000 county centennial library has been approved by the department of reform in­stitutions.The 12-foot high wall en­closing the men’s exercise yard will be moved back 60 feet.Specifications for the re­moval and rebuilding of the jail wall are expected to be ready for the calling of ten­ders in two weeks.The county is anticipating grants amounting to $20,822 from the two senior govern­ments towards the library project.Draft plans for the library are expected to be completed shortly for submission to the centennial grants committee.County Home Interests8 ArchitectsFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — Eight archi­tects interested in designing the $1,000,000 Oxford County' home for the aged will be in­terviewed Aug. 4.L. K. Coles, clerk - treasurer, said yesterday that the county home committee has decided to consider only the architects who have already contacted the county iiome board. It will not consider further offers.County council announced plans for the home at its June session. Warden Harry Arm­strong said the building would accommodate up to 150 persons and would probably be built in 1967 or in 1968. W-grants is Aug. 5 as set by the formula can be worked out to mmvinAioi /.onfanni nt nnmma.1 split the grant three ways. But,OLD BUILDING, NEW WORKWork began today on the Vance Construction Company began several years ago. This Cleaning and caulking of the Limited of Woodstock is work- is the fourth time repairs have ‘ j 01 *he 73-year- ing on the final stage of the been made in this manner.old Oxford County building, preservation program whichBlenheim Council Deadline Set For Centennial GrantsDRUMBO — Blenheim Twp. Itennial committee in Toronto council decided at a meeting that the centre, would not be- last night to contact the three!come a burden on the commun- poUce viUages of Princeton, I ity. Drumbo and Princeton are PlattsviUe, and Drumbo, to dis-, five miles apart.cover whether or not they ex-| Gerald Fntickmap of Drumbo pect a share in the township’s said that the village is stiU in- cenlemual grant. iterested in a share of the grant;Council wants replies in 10,for its new community hall He! days. The cutoff date for the! said that he is hoping that aprovincial centennial commit-tee.The three villages have been in dispute for over a year on the sharing of the township’she said, this is entirely up to couneU.Drumbo will build the com­munity hall in time anyway, he said, with or without the aid ofI the grant. Without the grant, he |grant. If all are still interested, a meeting will be scheduled in „Toronto with D. J. Date, secre- said, it will take a little longer. Itary of the centennial branch Cameron G. Shantz of Platts-- m. r « m 71116 couW not 116 'reacbed forPrinceton was the first village' 1to plan a centennial project? comment‘ back in March, 1P64. Council at that time turned the whole grant of $9,000 to the village for the construction of a new community hall.t Then two months later Drum­bo decided on a new communi­ty hall as a centennial project' and asked for a part share of the grant to cover the esti­mated cost of the hall of $35,000, Council then split the grant giving Drumbo one-quarter and the rest to Princeton.Then the village of Platts- ville decided to build a picnic pavilion for a centennial project; and asked for part of the grant to help finance the $6,000 this would cost.Council again changed the di­vision and gave 36.5 per cent to PlattsviUe, 33.3 per cent to Princeton, and 30.02 per cent to Drumbo.AU the villages applied to the provincial centennial commit­tee for approval and the com­mittee asked for more informa­tion on the various projects.The letters inquiring into the status of each vilage on the grant question were sent to George Matheson of Princeton, Cameron Shantz of PlattsviUe, and Gerald Enticknap of Drumbo, Mr. Matheson said originally the township council approved the Princeton project. He said the feeling in the village was that two community centres so close together could not survive economically, and Princeton could not guarantee to the cen-•nM5S* iC0PYta?d of Henry John Cod^ a former the unveiling and Dr. Suther-D M. Sutherland study the native of the village who be- land recalled some of theplaque unveiled yesterday af- came one of Canada's fore- memories he had of “Harrv”ternoon in Embro in memory most educators. Mrs. Cody did Cody.//e Xe/ietese /ifiM Centennial Plans Are FormedThroughout Most Of OxfordThursday was the final date for applications to be submitted to the Centennial Grants Com­mittee in Toronto for financial aid in the construction of pro­jects for the Centennial year of .1967.The proposed $75,000 library for Oxford County, is the larg­est intended undertaking in the area, and many of the town-1 ships and smaller communities in the area are contributing their grant to the project.Location of the building will । be in Woodstock almost behind the county building, and to make enough room for con­struction. the wall enclosing the men’s exercise area of the county jail, will be moved back 60 feet. Actual construction is slated to begin in approximately one year.Five municipalities in the county — Beachville, East Nis­souri, West Zorra. West Ox­ford, and Norwich — have pas­sed resolutions donating their share of the gram to the County project On a population basis, upon which the amount of the grant is determined, comes to 10.230. For this, the provincial go\ernment gives $1 per person; as does the federal government. The remaining 11 municipali­ties. excluding Woodstock and Ingersoll which are on their own, are going ahead with sep­arate projects.Plan $213,500School Addition At NorwichNORWICH — A. L. Bushell, secretary - treasurer of Nor­wich District High School last night informed village council that the high school board is planning a $213,500 addition to the school.At present, the school ac - commodates 382 students, but with the planned five-room ad­dition which will include two classrooms, one bookkeep i n g room, and one industrial shopClerk-treasurer. S. J. Currah said the council had passed a by-law authorizing the writing and publication of a historical book as the centennial project. The book was written by the late George Oliver, former clerk of: the township who died in Janu­ary 1964.Mr. Currah said the former, clerk finished the book just be­fore he died. It contains just over 110 pages. The township hopes to secure 800 copies to be । printed and mailed free to all ratepayers who will in turn sell them at cost to others. Cost of publishing 800 copies, Mr. Cur­rah said, would be $1,995.The book, is a History of| Blandford Township. Mr. Cur­rah. said that Mr. Oliver was I born in 1878, and he believed that the author moved to the township shortly after his birth. room, the school population can rise to 520.Mr. Bushell said that increas­ed enrolment necessitated the addition, and council was in-| formed its share would be about 24 per cent, with the remainder a m o u n t i ng to approximate-’ ly $125,000 coming from govern­ment grants.Council passed a resolution to go ahead with the project, though no definite date f o r starting was announced. Arch­itects sketches have not yet been made.In other business, council de­cided to donate their centennial project money to the construct­ion of the proposed Oxford Coun­ty library.A letter was received from county clerk Len Coles, stating that if the village had no plans for a centennial project of their own, the county would be happy to accept their grant on behalf of the project.The Norwich donation amounts to $1,700, with the centennial; commission donating the same amount. The $100,000 to be con­structed north of the registry ( office in Woodstock, will handle close to 45,000 books.WALLAVE NEBDinNesbittCrowned ChiefPARRY SOUND, Ont. —In addition to being the Progressive Conserva­tive member of Parliament for Oxford, Wallace Nes­bitt now is Chief Ogema Kenewh of the Deer-Moose Point Ojibway Indian band.Mr. Nesbitt, former par­liamentary secretary to Op­position Leader Diefen­baker, received his feathers as Chief War Eagle at a ceremony Saturday near this town 60 miles north of Orillia.He was honored because of his help in getting the Indians better housing, school transportation and road improvements.Blenheim Revokes GrantFor Centre at DrumboPre** Woodstock BureauDR U MB O Bien heimTownship council yesterday cut Drumbo off without a cent of the township's centen­nial grant, and voted to split the money between Princeton and Plattsville.The three villages have been competing for shares in the $8,902 township grant since March, 1964.Township council decided yesterday to submit its third application to the federal- provincial centennial grants committee, asking that the committee authorize grants toward a $25,000 community centre at Prinec-Lon and a $(3000 park pavilion at Platte­ville.The five-member council airced unanimously that Drum bo's plan for a $20,000 community centre should be considered no further since the Drum bo committee did not agree to post bond as council requested, guarantee­ing to assume financial re­sponsibility for the commun­ity centre for at least five years.Township clerk I. J. Haines said Ilie Princeton and Platts­ville committees had agreed to post such bonds for their projects.The deadline for applica­tions to the federal-provincial centennial grant committee is tomorrow.Reeve Peter McDonald said the share of the grant previ­ously earmarked for Drumbo would be added to Princeton's share, increasing it to $5,902. Platteville stands to receive $3,000.Before the decision to drop Drumbo from the running, council had planned to divide the $8,902 between the three villages on the basis of popu­lation. Platteville was to have received 36.5 per cent, Prince­ton 33.3 per cent and Drumbo 30,2 per centGerald Entioknap, chairman of the committee planning the Drumbo project, said he would try to meet with his committee some time this week to decide what to do. Earlier he had told township council that his committee had been able to raise $18,200 in pledges towards the $20,000 community centre project, not counting the $3,000 the com­mittee had expected in cen­tennial grants.The pledges included a $9,000 loan backed by Drumbo resi­dents, a $2,000 pledge from the Drumbo Lions Club, $500 from, the Drumbo Agricultural So­ciety, $1,700 from the library board and $5,000 in the form of a community centre grant from the province.Meanwhile, Princeton's com­mittee, which has claimed the full $8,902 ever since the three-way squabble began, continued its stand against division Of the township's grant.George Matheson, chairman of the Princeton committee, said after the township coun­cil meeting that he had no authority to accept anything less than the full $8,903."We had a writ Issued against council, prohibiting the distribution of grants (among the three villages),” he said. "We will have to consult with our solicitor about what action will, result now."Princeton laid the first claim to the township grant and the township council passed a bylaw to give the vil­lage the full amount, on the assumption that none of the other municipalities were in­terested in centennial projects. Council sent a grant applica­tion in March, 1064, to the federal-provincial centennial committee on behalf of the Princeton project.Two months later, Drumbo decided tn build its com­munity centre and demanded a share of the grant. Council rescinded its first, bylaw and: agreed to give Drumbo a quarter of the grant and leave Princeton the restA month later, Plattsville asked for a share for its pavil­ion. Council back-tracked again and decided on tho three-way split based on pop­ulation. A second grant appli­cation was sent to the federal- provincial committee on this basis.Both applications were sent back, with requests for more Information.Township council and rep­resentatives of the three com­mittees provided the added in­formation at a meeting with the federal-provincial commit­tee in Toronto about two weeks ago.The Princeton committee claims township council acted illegally In rescinding the original bylaw which had given the entire grant to Princeton, Flags Flutter In The Fervent Furore11 you can believe the Information in a small Canadian Pocket Encylopedla entitled "Quick Canadian Facts . then a lot ol Woodwtnck businesses and Indus tries are guilty of a lack of "flag etiquette”.The 21st Annual Edition of the booklet contends that "it Is proper etiquette to hoist the flag each day at sunrise and lower it at sunset. The booklet further states that flags are left flying all night only at sea,Judging by the number of Woodstock industries and busi­nesses which leave the national flag flying day in and night out. one would wonder if maybe they are of the opinion that Dundas St. will be part of the middle of the propos'd Wood- Stock lake when the Pittock Dam is finished.One flagrant example of flag abuse is that of the national flag which hangs In front of the county building. Besides hang­ing at night, the flag was observed to be hanging at half-mast last Sunday!As no other flag in the city was also in this state, one might assume that this was the work of pranksters or some­one simply ran out of energy raising the flag to the top of the flag pole.The expression of being "in the pink" to describe some person who is in good health, has almost an ironic meaning when applied to our new national flag. After a year of emo­tional hassels and parliamentary uproar which saw the flag finally passed by invoking closure in parliament last December, our new young flag was officially launched on Feb. 15 this year.Across the country the bright single red maple leaf with red bars standing vertically at each end fluttered in the breeze against its plain white background. Now, six months la­ter the red leaves have faded to pink, the white to grey, and interest in the whole flag issue has faded to nothing.— Free Press Woodstock Bureau SPRUCE UP COUNTY BUILDING — The work of cleaning and caulking the stone to preserve the 73-year-old Oxford County building is to be started today ! by Vance Construction Limited of Woodstock. The southeast and east side of the building will be done in the fourth and final stage of the preservation pro­gram which has been carried out over the past several yedrs.County Building To Get New HeatCouncil Drops Drumbo From Grant SplitConversion of the old coal fed boilers in the Oxford county building to oil is expected to start in two to three weeks.Three invited bids were re­ceived for the job. Winner of the installation was Orchard Fuel and Heating Co. Ltd. of Adelaide St., London. This firm has been in business for over 80 years.Total cost of Ilie job whenNorth Oxford Liquor Vote Set Oct. 4DRUMBO — Back-tracking and indecision concerning cen­tennial projects in the Township of Blenheim have left council members in such a position that “they do not know where they stand”, said township clerk I. J. Haines.At last night’s meeting council decided to cut Drumbo off com­pletely from any claim on the $8,902 centennial grant, b u t what is to , happen ^between Princeton and Plattsvdle, the other two centres claiming a share?Council decided unanimously that Drumbo’s plan for a $20,000 community centre should no longer be considered due to the fact that the committee repre­senting the village did not agree to post bond as council request­ed. guaranteeing to assum2 fi­nancial responsibility for the community centre for at leastpecting any others, passed a bylaw giving them the entire amount.Council, in March of last year, forwarded application to the centennial grants committee on behalf of the Princeton pro­ject, and two months later, Drumbo came up with their plan. Council rescinded its first bylaw, and agreed to give Drumbo a quarter of the grant leaving Princeton the remaind­er.Plattsville followed about one month later with a request for a share of the grant which it in­tended to use for the construc­tion of a $6,000 park pavilion.Deadline for application for centennial grants is tomorrow, and at present, Princeton has is­sued a writ against the council to prevent distribution, of the grant until the dispute is settled.According to Mr. Haines, no decision was made b.y councilas to the final distribution of the grant pending results of legal action taken by Princeton against the council.There is a possibility that the amount may be divided between Princeton and Plattsville, but a decision to do so was not made, nor was any resolution passed to that effect.Chairman of the Princeton committee, George Matheson, said after last night’s meeting, that he had no authority to ac­cept anything less than the en­tire grant.It was the feeling of Princeton in issuing the writ against the township council that council had acted illegally when they rescinded their first bylaw giv­ing them the entire grant.Council is now waiting to see what legal action will result from the Princeton move before a final decision on the grant will be made.JoblessOnly 1.4 p.c. In Oxfordcompleted will be about $4,000. This includes 2,000 gallon stor­age tanks. Completion of the in­stallation of the new equipment is anticipated before the cold weather sets in in the fall.ArchitectFor Home Is NamedThe Oxford County Home Committee of the Oxford County Council has selected G. Dun­can Black, consulting engineer of St, Thomas, to handle plans, specifications, and the supervi­sion of the construction of a new Oxford County Home for the Aged.County clerk L. K C.oles an­nounced yesterday that letters went out Thursday night to the consultant, and to the other two firms submitting tenders.The site will be selected by the consultant in Mhe county. Black and company recently completed the new Home for the Aged in Elgin County.five years.Princeton, with a proposed plan for a $25,000 community centre, was the first to 1 a y claim to the township grant, and at that time .council not ex-Lambton Home Strike Ends, Workers BackUP 25 PER CENTBridge In North Norwich Costs More. Says WardenTenders for the rebuilding of $700 for removing the present a North Norwich Township bridge.bridge were considered yester- The other bid was submitted day by Oxford County. The bid I by McLean and Foster of St. of $19,332 by K and M Contract- Marys. Their tender was for ing Company of Sebringville, j $19,998.36.was accepted. The bridge is on county roadWarden Harry Armstrong of 18 between Mount] Elgin and Ostrander, claimed that the bid Norwich. The work is slated to was 25 per cent higher than the, start shortly. It is to be fin- original estimated cost of $13,-ished on Dec. 15.000.This bid Includes Lhe price of constructing a detour which will cost $1,000. Also included is Workmen from the James Vance Construction Co. clean up after removal of inner wall of the Oxford County Jail. The company was awarded theESCAPE!‘ Let me out!" this fellow seems to say at he apparent­ly attempted to saw bl# way out of the Oxford County Jail early this morning. Further effort i« seen in opposite pic­ture.HARD LABOR IN THE JAIL YARD$27,300 contract for removal of the wall. The wall sur­rounding the men’s exercise yard, is to be re-erected 60 feet back from its presentlocation to allow room for con­struction of the centennial library slated to begin next year The Vance tender was the lowest of three submitted,and was accepted by the pro­perty committee on Aug. 18. The outer wall will be remov­ed next.Jail Wall Contract Is AwardedA Woodstock firm was yester-; day awarded a $27,300 contract’ for the demolition and recon­struction of the Oxford County jail wall in preparation for the construction of the Oxford cent­ennial library.The James A. Vance Con­struction Co. tender, lowest of three submitted, was accepted by the property committee last night.The new wall, which is part of that surrounding the men’s exercise yard, will be construct­ed 6o feet back from the exist­ing wall.Work is slated lo get under way shortly, so that work on the proposed library might begin next vear. County council has authorized the spending of $75,- 000 for the library as a cen­tennial project, and is presently awaiting approval of their ap­plication from the centen­nial grants committee.A BOOST...Well isn't that convenient, he even has a scaffold to work from, and a safety hel­met to protect him. Was ex- cape planned? For further de­tails see picture on Page 9.COUNTY OF OXFORDTENDERSFOR FUEL OILSealed tenders, marked a# j such, will he received by the undersigned until 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 8tb, 1965, for suppling fuel oil to the Court House and one ad­jacent building.Particulars can be obtained at County Clerk's Office, Court House, Woodstock, or will be mailed on request.Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.L. K. COLES, Clerk-Treasurer, Court House, Woodstock, Ontario.28-88County Home ContractorIs NamedA St. Thomas consulting en­gineering firm has been award­ed the contract for designing the proposed $1,000,000 County Home for the aged.Duncan Black Co. Ltd. was chosen over seven other firms interested in the job of design-, ing the building. This same firm; designed the recently completed 91 bed Elgin County Home for the Aged.This is the first step in plan­ning, and the next will be the choosing of a site. From that; point, approval must be ob­tained from the province as to construction, location, and num­ber of beds to be provided.County clerk L. K. Coles, estimated that more than 100 beds would be required.It was also revealed that a London firm was awarded the contract for the conversion from coal to an oil heating system in the county building.. Orchard Fuel and Heating Ltd., with a bid of $3,992, was the lowest of three who sub­mitted bids for the project.It is expected work will get underway by the beginning of September so that the installat­ion will be completed by the time heat is needed.Thre will be a storage cap-: acity of 2.000 gallons, a n d it is expected tenders for fuel1 supply will be called shortly.! As well as this, Mr Coles said the existing stokers will be sold.PRE-NATAL CLASSESIf you are expecting a baby, attend these classes, held in the Oxford Health Unit Office, 3 King St. East, Ingersoll STARTING WED., SEPT. 22,1965 24 P.M.Call Mrs. C. Etheridge, Public Health Nurse, 485-0570, or the Woodstock Office, 537-5711, for further information. Broadening Horizons - Community GelatiFORTY-SIXTH ANNUAL CONVENTION ONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF HOMES FOR THE AGED PROGRAMME SEPTEMBER 13-14-15-16 Nineteen Hundred and Sixty-Five CANADIAN INN FORT WILLIAM/ ONTARIO HOSTS: CITY OF FORT WILLIAM Association Crest PRESIDENT'S WELCOME TO THE 46th ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE ONTARIO ASSOCIATION OF HOMES FOR THE AGED The theme of this, our 46th Convention, is Broadening Horizons—“Community Relations”. To develop good relations among ourselves — between Homes and the Community — this Association and related groups and individuals, is indeed an important, a vital mission — a task worthy of your concerted effort during the next three days. As your President for 1964-65, it is my pleasant duty to bid you welcome to this Convention. I pray your deliberations will be fruitful and rewarding — your stay pleasant and memorable — and the comradie such, that you will return again in 1966. D. C. VanCamp President Ontario Association of Homes for the Aged. 1965 OFFICERS HONORARY PRESIDENT E. Ludlow, Formerly Director of Homes for the Aged Branch Department of Public Welfare Province of Ontario •x 8 PAST PRESIDENT ^2 I. Rapelje, Sunset Haven, Welland County PRESIDENT VanCamp, Greenacres, Newmarket 1st VICE-PRESIDENT 5 Mien, Halton Centennial Manor, Milton g 2nd VICE-PRESIDENT W. Hughes, Rainycrest, Fort Frances SECRETARY ] Lillies, Pleasant View Lodge, Brantford w TREASURER q Ruth, Jewish Home for Aged, Toronto N EXECUTIVE MEMBERS Jerson, Ina Grafton Gage Home, Toronto Cunningham, Carleton Lodge, Ottawa Ol L. Coates, R.N., Fairview Lodge, Whitby I Bruce, Salvation Army Eventide Home, £7 Niagara Falls -Q f. Cazabon, Supt. Villa Maria, Windsor 63 R. Cecil Bint, Oshawa s. »eve Fred Broome, Kahabula Falls CO AUDITORS ieadle & Company, Chartered Accountants :UTIVE SECRETARY TREASURER R. Cecil Bint 127 Celina Street Oshawa, Ontario Association Crest 1965 OFFICERS PRESIDENT'S WELCOME TO THE 46tl CONVENTION OF THE ONTARIO AS< OF HOMES FOR THE AGEE The theme of this, our 46th Convention, Horizons—“Community Relations”. To develop good relations among ourselv Homes and the Community — this As related groups and individuals, is indeed a vital mission — a task worthy of y< effort during the next three days. As your President for 1964-65, it is my to bid you welcome to this Convention, deliberations will be fruitful and rewa stay pleasant and memorable — and the c that you will return again in 1966. D. C. Van President Ontario A of Homes HONORARY PRESIDENT Mr. L. E. Ludlow, Formerly Director of Homes for the Aged Branch Department of Public Welfare Province of Ontario PAST PRESIDENT Mr. D. H. Rapelje, Sunset Haven, Welland County PRESIDENT D. C. VanCamp, Greenacres, Newmarket 1st VICE-PRESIDENT S. A. Allen, Halton Centennial Manor, Milton 2nd VICE-PRESIDENT W. W. Hughes, Rainycrest, Fort Frances SECRETARY J. H. Gillies, Pleasant View Lodge, Brantford TREASURER Sam Ruth, Jewish Home for Aged, Toronto EXECUTIVE MEMBERS L. R. Anderson, Ina Grafton Gage Home, Toronto W. R. Cunningham, Carleton Lodge, Ottawa Mrs. M. L. Coates, R.N., Fairview Lodge, Whitby Brig. A. Bruce, Salvation Army Eventide Home, Niagara Falls Sister F. Cazabon, Supt. Villa Maria, Windsor R. Cecil Bint, Oshawa Reeve Fred Broome, Kahabula Falls AUDITORS Hopkins, Beadle & Company, Chartered Accountants EXECUTIVE SECRETARY TREASURER R. Cecil Bint 127 Celina Street Oshawa, Ontario MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 2:00 p.m. Meeting of Resolutions Committee—Canadian Inn 3:30 p.m. Meeting of Executive—Canadian Inn 2:00 to 9:00 p.m. Registration ($2.00 per person)—Canadian Inn □NOTE: Purchase tickets at Registration Desk for Luncheon, September 14, 12:15 p.m. ($2.40) ^2 si Dinner, September 15, 7:00 p.m. ($3.00) TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 9:00 a.m. Registration—Canadian Inn s8s 10:00 a.m. Opening Session—Beaver Hall, Canadian Inn Chairman—D. C. VanCamp — "The Queen" — Invocation Archdeacon James F. Hinchliffe,y St. Paul's Anglican Church — Civic Welcome 1 His Worship Mayor E. H. Reed V) a o N His Worship Mayor S. Laskin 10:30 a.m. Coffee Break Visit to Exhibits—Colonnade Room, Canadian Inn'Z_O 11:00 a.m. President's Address—D. C. VanCamp — Reading of Minutes of 1964 Annual a c c 0 "O Convention — Treasurer's Report — Introduction of Association Officers and Committee Chairmen — Announce Committee of Nominations o h. CD 12:15 p.m. Luncheon—Uptown Hotel Speaker: Dr. G. O. Rothney, Dean of Arts, Lakehead College Introduction: Mayor E. H. Reed Thanked by: Aiderman R. Philpot TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 2:00 p.m. Beaver Hall, Canadian Inn Hotel Address: Mr. N. Drew, Director, Homes for the Aged Branch, Dept, of Public Welfare, Province of Ontario Subject: Rich and Poor Relations — Entertainment: The Fori William Male Choir 2:35 p.m.Coffee Break Exhibitors' Draw—Colonnade Room, Canadian1Inn 2:55 to 4:00 p.m.General Workshop—All Delegates— Beaver Hall, Canadian Inn Hotel Slide Presentation on Community Relations: "Aging is Everyone's Concern" Welland County Programme: Presented by D. H. Rapelje Address: Mr. Bennett Solway, Administrative Assistant in Charge of Public and Com­ munity Relations, The Jewish Home for the Aged 4:00 to Workshops 1 w C o N ’Z _o 5:00 p.m.(a) Elected Members — Room #15, Royal Edward Hotel. Reeve F. Broome, Gen­ eral Chairman (b) Municipal Homes — Beaver Hall, Cana­ dian Inn. Mr. Walter Cunningham, General Chairman (c) Charitable Institutions — Royal Suite, Royal Edward Hotel. Brig. A. Bruce, General Chairman Those not included in above workshops may sit In an the one of their choice. Ol e ‘c 5:30 p.m.Friendship Hour—Uptown Hotel A special area for coffee will be arranged for the Reverend Clergy and those who do not participate in the Friendship Hour. 0 “O ro o ik- CD 7:00 p.m.Municipal Banquet—Uptown Hotel — Guest Speaker: The Hon. Louis P. Cecile, Q.C., Minister of Public Welfare — Introduction: The Hon. Geo. C. Wardrope, M.L.A., Minister of Mines — Thanked By: Mr. H. Badanai, M.P. NOTE-VISIT MANUFACTURERS AND SUPPLIERS EXHIBITS COLONNADE ROOM, CANADIAN INN NOTE-VISIT MANUFACTURERS AND SUPPLIERS EXHIBITS COLONNADE ROOM, CANADIAN INN WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 - suozuoh Buiuepeoug9:00 a.m. General Workshop for all delegates (a) Elected Members — Room #15, Royal Edward. Reeve F. Broome, General Chairman (b) Municipal Homes — Beaver Hall, Cana­ dian Inn. Mr. W. R. Cunningham, Gen­ eral Chairman. (c) Charitable Institutions — Royal Suite, Royal Edward. Brig. A. Bruce, General Chairman (d) Nursing Supervisors — Salon 'A', Cana­ dian Inn. Mrs. M. Coates, Reg. N., Gen­ eral Chairman (e) Ladies Auxiliaries — Norman Room, Royal Edward. Mrs. H. H. Hendry, General Chairman (f) Adjuvants - Salon 'B', Canadian Inn. Mrs. M. Smith, General Chairman 10:45 a.m. Coffee Break—Visit Exhibits-Canadian Inn 11:00 a.m. Workshops 11:30 a.m. Convention Invitations 1:45 to 2:45 p.m. Workshops—same location as previous day 2:45 p.m. Coffee Break—Exhibition Draws Colonnade Room, Canadian Inn 3:00 p.m. Resolutions—Beaver Hall, Canadian Inn 4:30 p.m. Report of Nominating Committee 6:00 p.m. Friendship Hour—Uptown Hotel A special area for coffee will be arranged for the Reverend Clergy and those who do not participate in the Friendship Hour. Address: Community Relations and the Older Citizen Broadening HorizonsNOTE - VISIT MANUFACTURERS AND SUPPLIERS EXHIBITS COLONNADE ROOM, CANADIAN INN 7:00 p.m. Superintendents, Auxiliary, and Elected Mem­ bers Banquet—Uptown Hotel Guest Speaker: Miss Hope Holmsted, Chair­ man, Executive Committee, First Canadian Conference on Aging 8:30 p.m. Entertainment-Las Vagas Nite THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 9:30 a.m. Report of Workshops Unfinished Business Presentation of Gavel to New President Presentation of Plaque to Outgoing President Adjournment Tour of Fort William, Port Arthur and other Points of Interest LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE 1966 CONVENTION NOTES PAST PRESIDENTS (Preceding 10 Yean) 1955 -Ontario County —Wm. G. Banning 1956-57 —Belleville, Ont. —Kenneth Yorke 1958 -Cobourg, Ontario —Wm. Duncan 1959 -Kitchener, Ontario —Phillip Lovick 1960 -Cornwall, Ontario —S. R. Taylor 1961 -Wellington —W. Roszell 1962 -Eventide Home — Galt, Ontario Brig. A. F. Parkinson 1963 -Prince Edward County —Wm. McWilliam 1964 -Welland County —D. H. Rapelje Association Crest The Crest of the Ontario Association of Homes for the Aged was developed with a symbolic purpose in mind. It is surrounded by the trilUum to denote 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 man­ hood, 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 incor­ poration — A lasting tribute to our far-seeing predecessors. 1 W. B. WALLACE, Pres.PRIZE LIST 1963MAYOR WM. DUTTONWARDEN ARMSTRONGPRIZE LIST 1965Municipal DonationsCounty of Oxford ......„........ $223.00Township of East Oxford 50.00City of Woodstock 225.003Township of Blandford 35.00Township of East Zorra 100.00Township of West Oxford J00 00Attending the County Homes Convention In Fort William thia week were County-clerk L. K. Coles; Warden Harry R Armstrong of Ostrander;; Mayor Thomas J. Morrison of 1ner oli: Blenheim Township Reeve Peter McDonald of*In-Bright; D. E. Knott and Jack Smith of Woodstock; and former manager and matron ol the Oxford County Home for the Aged, Mr. and Mro. R. J. Forbea of Woodstock.-ANNUAL CONVENTIONONTARIO ASSOCIATIONOF HOMESSEPTEMBER 13-14-15-16Nineteen Hundred and Sixty-FiveinCANADIAN INNFORT WILLIAM, ONTARIOaHOSTS:CITY OFFORT WILLIAM1FORTY-SIXTHFOR THE AGEDJ. E. NEPHEW, Sec y-Mgr.2PROGRAMMENOfU Pipeline Costs$24.5 MillionA NEEDLE FOR ME? SANDRA EILEEN MONTEITH SEEMS TO BE ASKING.Small Fry Bear Up Well Under The Needle’s ThreatAbout a -year ago, the Union Gas Company started work on a 36-inch pipeline which will “loop" an already existing 26- inch line stretching from Lamb-1 Lon County to Oakville. The' "‘line’’ connects the Dawn Com­pressor Station to the Oakville' Trafalgar Station.The cost of the project was set at $24.5 million. The con­struction is being done in three! stages. The first stage was com­pleted last year and brought the line from Lambton County to London — a distance of 56 miles.The second stage got. under way late in July this year start­ing at the Innerkip Road just north of that town, and working: west. It runs through Hickson and will join the first stage at a point seven miles north of London. This covers a distance of 30 miles. It is scheduled to' be finished this month.The third stage will run an­other 30 miles lo Oakville when, finished. No date has yet been' set for the starting date for the project. However, Bill Foote., of: the Union Gas public relations department, stated that it could very likely be next summerHELP WANTED1—Male — Custodian • Janitor 11:15 p m. to 7:15 a m., five days a week. (Live in or OUt).— ALSO —1—Female - General hou ekeep- ing duties, 4 p tn.-11:30 p nri , five days a week, (Live in or out).Steady employment,' reason able salary and excellent fringe benefits (including pension), (Good opportun­ity for advancement at a later date) Apply in person toD. F. KNOTT. Superintendent, (The Oxford County Home for the Aged),P.O. Box 308. Woodstock.Telephone 537 2711 for an appointment.22-30INGERSOLL, WOODSTOCK INVITED 1County-Wide Planning Is Object Of MeetingAn invitation has been ex- said it would be necessary to| tended to both Ingersoll and have a full time planning con- Woodstock council officials to suitant and county offices. Mr. attend a meeting Sept 22 with Garner also added that the the Oxford County Council plan-j organization could assist in co-| ning committee to study the for- [ordinating road improvement mation of a county-wide plan-1 programs among the various ning board. ! municipalities.OBITUARIESFormer County Warden Alex McCorquodale. DiesTHE Oxford County Library re­quires a part-Lime librarian for the Burgessville Branch. wlierp a new library is expected, Experience unnecessary. Apply Oxford County; Library. Court House. Woodstock.9/12-37।At the June session, county council had appointed a six-man committee to study the possi­bility of such a boardChairman of the Central Ox­ford Planning Board, Ernest Garner of West Zorra Town­ship, compared this organiza­tion of a county planning unit with the now existant county health unit to which Ingersoll and Woodstock lend their sup­port.Continuing, he said that offi­cials of Dereham Township and a portion of Tillsonburg have not shown too much interest in the formation of such a unit though he added that it is not necessary that all municipali­ties participate.If such a board is formed, heALEC V. D. McCORQUODALEIEMBRO — Service for Aled Vander D. McCorquodale was held at the R. W. Johnson Funeral Home on Saturday. Rev. W. J. Maines, former pas­tor of Embro United Church, officiated.Pallbearers were: Garfield McCaul, Fred Barnett. William! Sutherland, Lloyd Ball, George T. Smith, and Stanley McKay.Flower bearers were: Keith Hutcheson, Howard Griffin, Pryn VanOostveen, Bruce Mc­Williams, Ross McCorquodale, and Bruce McCaul.Interment was in the Norths Embro Cemetery.A Masonic service was held Friday evening with James Thompson officiating and as­sisted by H. F. Walker. A good attendance was at the service.EMBRO — A former Oxford County warden and past reeve of East Nissouri Township died ■at his home today.Alexander D. McCorquodale, lived on the farm, Lot 13, Con­cession 14, where he was bom in 1890. He married the former Etta Skinner in 1923.He was a member of Knox United Church, Embro, Thistle Lodge AF and AM, Embro, and past president of the Zorra Cale­donian Society.Surviving are: his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Donald (Mary) Hartley of RR 3 Woodstock. Mrs. Stewart (Viola) McColl of Peterborough; two sons, Donald of Tilbury, and Hugh of RR 3 Lakeside, one sister. Mrs. And-! new (Johanna) Sutherland of Landfine, Alberta; and 14 grand­children.Services will be held at the R. W. Johnson Funeral Home,J Embro, Saturday at 2 p.m.Interment will be in the North Eimibro Cemetery.A masonic service will be held at the funeral home tomorrow, at 8.30 p.m.West Zorra Will Close 14 SchoolsEMBRO — A new $425,000 14- room addition to Zorra High- land School will close 11 West Zorra one-room schools, Ernest Wood, township clerk, an-! nounccd yesterday.Centennial Farm Project Draws 63 Oxford EntriesA total of 63 Oxford County residents have entered the coun­ty farmstead improvement cen tennial project. The winners will receive cash prizes.West and East Zorra town ships led the county with II entries each. East Nissouri en tries totalled nine. East Oxford and Dereham residents sent in eight and seven respectively.Blenheim and North Norwich each had five. Two entries were received from South Norwich, West Oxford, and North 0 x- ford.Blandford sent in the final jone.Dr. Charles C. Cornish Dies Of Heart Attack CANADIAN G00g. ASSOCIATION^keMONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1965 6:00 P.M. TO 7:30 P.M.Adorn Room ^2 817ENI CANADIAN Eg Eg GOOD ROADS ISSl ASSOCIATIONSESSION TUESDAYCounty To Rule On Deer SeasonAnnual Dinner September 29, 1965Will Oxford County have ader of the council only knows!deer season this falf? Along what is taking place ‘in their wnh hunting enthusiasts., the nu n arpa5 Thic ‘ ic .u™.!1Department ~of Lands and For­ests is asking the same question.A letter was received by theown areas. This tour is designedso that they might have a bet­ter over-all picture of bridgecounty clerk, L. K. Coles, from and road construction.E K Dreyer. district forester: The tour will stop at Salford councillors wm the matter to the October meet- be of Tillsonburg; ing of county council. District Memorial Hospital.At the June session, members agreed to a hunting season pro­vided the surrounding six coun­ties also had one. Three of these.DIAMOND JUBILEEPerth, Waterloo, and Brant, have decided to hold a season., while Norfolk, Elgin, and Mid-i diesex have voted against it.Oxford is in the middle of the six. and the question of whether to hold a season will be put to members • on Tuesday.On Oct. 13, the second day of the session, a county road tour is planned for council members. A bus will be leaving the county building at 9 a.m. and will tour construction sites involving the county.As Mr. Coles noted. “The1905 • 1965county road committee knows what’s going on, but the remain-Expect Pipeline Completion Before The End Of October#6 $;oo -The new Union Gas from London to Woodstock is expected to be completed apd in service by the end of Oct­ober, company officials reported yesterday. This 30-mile stretch of the 34-inch pipe, will cost $5,000,000 of the total estimated project cost of $24,500,000.Completion of the pipeline across the Thames River in Mid­dlesex County by Bannister Const. Ltd, of Edmonton, is expected next week. Installation of pipes at crossroads, and rail­way crossovers, is the next step in the operation. All the lines have been covered, with the ex­pipeline ception of the crossovers, which are yet to be laid.Testing the line for leaks and cleaning out impurities m the | line will be the next step in the operation. This new line will ex­pand the distribution of natural gas in Southwestern Ontario,At the present time the area is fed from the old 20-in ch line 'from London, to Ingersoll. Wood stock and Paris. The new line will have a capacity of 800.000, 000 cubic feet a day.The final stage of the new line, from Woodstock to Traf^?- gar Township station, is still in 1 the planning stage. The com­pany is considering construct­ing the line as far as Hamilton : some time next year, or in the । centennial year, 1967, as the need directs. Celery and Olives* Stuffed Egg FigaroConsomme Double GarniRoast Prime Ribs of Beef Au Jus Chateau Potatoes Broccoli Polonaise*Strawberry Parfait Petit FoursCoffeeSiCHAIRMANHon. Gordon E. Taylor,PRESIDENTTOASTHer Majesty The Queen*AWARDSPresident's MedalQuarter-CenturyDistinguished ServicePublic Relations "Oscar" ★ENTERTAINMENTThe Jeff Howard Group*ADDRESSHon. W. Ross Thatcher,PREMIER OF THE PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN*PREMIERE SHOWING OF PRIZE-WINNING FILMQuote 5,000 Miles Quote BUT THE WALL TOPPLED cement,s tremendousFREE LIBRARY SERVICEFOR ALLOXFORD COUNTY RESIDENTSis valid in allof the libraries.HOURS OPEN:30-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.Tues.7-8:30 pan.,ThamesfordTillsonburgPrinceton TavistockWed.Mon.Tues.Wed.Tues.Tues.Expansion Of Local Plant Will See Output DoubledOttervillePlattsvilleHarrington Hickson IngersollDaily Wed., Mon..2-5 p.m. 12-1:302-5 p.m,7-9 p.mby Canada Cement Co. for its Governor’s Road plant six milei west of Woodstock.The Oxford County Library is pleased to announce that any resident of Oxford County may Borrow books with­out charge from any of the following libraries—-one cardInnerkip KintoreMount Elgin NorwichLIBRARIESBeacdi ville Brownsville BurgessvilleEmbro30-5:39 p.m.7-9 p.m., Tues., Thurs., Fri. Sat., 8-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m., Sat., 2-5:30 p.m.p.m.» Thurs., 7-8:30 p.m.,, Sat., 2-5:30 p.m.., Sat., 2-4 p.m. andand 10 p.m.I.. 3-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.Between 25 and 30 permanent employees will be added toments engineering department and are now nearly finished.Tenders will be called for as soon as plans are off the draw­ing board. Materials for the pro­ject were ordered Tuesday, said T. J. Kennedy, of Montreal, the company’s vice - president and assistant general manager.With the expansion, the Wood- stock plant — built in 1956—will become the second largest of I Canada Cement’s 11 plants in the country. It will be topped only by Montreal.> 8 BBS■temperatures congeal the lime­stone and clay into lumps about the size of a golf ball. These have to be ground to the desired fineness by massive ball mills.The Woodstock firm is slated to get an as yet. undetermined number of new ball mills as part of its expansion program. At the moment, it has six such mills.Mayor W. B. Dutton hailed the announcement as a further indi­cation of continuing expansion in Oxford County.(Yesterday, Hobart Brothers of Troy, Ohio, makers of are- welding equipment, announced construction of a $150,000 sales and manufacturing plant in Woodstock.)Reeve Harold Kipp of West Zorra Twp., where the plant is located, said the expansion will mean much both to the township and the county as a whole.Canada Cement's Woodstock plant is West Zorra's largestpair.Cylindrical brick - lined kilns are the heart of a cement com­pany's production They heal a thick, soupy mixture of lime­stone and clay to temperatures of 2.800 F, transforming it into familiar cement.However, it’s extremely lumpySpecial reference service, by mail from the Oxford County Library, Court House, Woodstock. Ontario.The expansion will boost the plant’s production to fl,750,000 barrels of cement a year—near­ly double its present output of 3,500,000 barrels.Expanded facilities will en­able the plant to keep pace with an anticipated hike in the de­mand for cement throughout booming Southwestern Ontario, a company spokesman said.Tim $20,000,000 will buy Cana­da Cement a 450-foot-long steel kiln grinding machinery, plus an electrical precipitator, and other auxiliary equipment.Construction of the new facili­ties will start early next sum­mer and will take an estimated 12 to 14 months to complete, Plans for the expansion are be-DailyTues., 7:80-10 p.m., Sat.II8« n* §Thurs., Fri., 1-6 pan. and , Wed.. Sat., 10-12 a.m.Wed., 7-9 p.m., Sat., 7-9 p.m.DailyThurs., 7-9 p.m., Sat., 7-9 p.m.Tues., 7-9 p.m., Thurs., Sat.. 8-5 pan. and 7-9 p.m.A vast new $20,000,000 expan [of the plant's two exiMlng kilns, sion program has been unveiled will have n capacity of 3,000,- 000 barrels a year — nearly double the output of the presentTues., Sat., 3-5 p.m. and 7:30-9 pan., Thurs., 7:30-9 p.m.Mon., Tues., Thurs.. Fri., 2-6 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Sat., 2-6 pan. Children’s Department 3-6 p.m. dally, except« > gtaxpayer, last year swelling. — — — ------- __ I township coffers by $34,970 inthe plant’s present staff of 170 taxes. The new expansion pro­as a result of the addition'. 'gram will increase thia sum to 'The new kiln will go up south I around $60,000. —Star-Phoenix PhotoHighways left for huntingTHREE ONTARIO DELEGATES to the Canadian Good Roads Association convention and their Saskatoon host cut across fields for an early morning duck shoot in the Asquith district Tuesday. Elmer Hindmarsh of the city (left), acted as guide for Elmer Karn of Woodstock, F. Perkins of Richmond Hill and J. O. Dales of Newmarket. The outings were arranged for each morning of the four day national convention.COUNTY OF OXFORDTENDERSFOR FENCING AND FENCE REMOVALCONTRACT NO. M-02-29FSEALED TENDERS on form* supplied by the under- signed Consulting Engineer* will be received at the office of the County Road Superin­tendent until 12:00 o’clock noon, E.D.S.T. on 5 October, 1965.for Fencing and Fence Re­moval on County Road No. 29, across Iota 13 to 22 in the Township of Blenheim (ap­proximately 3.2 miles).Plans and Specifications and tender forms may be obtain­ed from the office of the Con­sulting Engineers, Ure and Smith, 35 Springbank Avenue, Woodstock, Ontario, on pay­ment of Five Dollars ($5.00). No refunds allowed.A certified cheque for 5% of the tender to accompany bid. No bid bonds will be ac­cepted.Successful bidder will be re­quired to furnish an addition­al certified cheque for 15% of the tender at the time of signing the contract.The above cheques will be held until 85% of the contract is completed.The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.J. N. HEATHRELL, County Road Superintendent.Court House, Woodstock, Ontario.URE AND SMITH Consulting Engineers Woodstock, Ontario.Canada Cement Expansion Nursing Home Rates Hike Makes Truck Bypass Urgent Endorsed By City CouncilBOARDS, AND COMMITTEES...... WATERING DOWN AUTHORITY?Not Here Say County, City OfficialsA county clerk says municipal Coles feels they have little bear-he said. "And thosegoverhments are watering down ing on county-level government their authority by establishing — at least here in Oxford.loo many boards and commit- “The number of boards and tees. committees appointed by ourGarfield Brown, clerk of Hal- county council is kept well with- fen County, said it is paradox!- reason,” he said. “And those cal that municipal councils that are set up are wholly re­can create committees over sponsible to council.which they have no power. He____ , “They bring all matters be- called for a clarification of the fore council for final approval, Jines of authority in municipal and their budgets, of course, government 1 must be sanctioned by the coun­Mr. Brown was speaking to cillors.”members of the Municipal There are only three bodies Clerks and Treasurers Associa- handling phases of Oxford’s af- tion of Ontario who met last । fairs besides county council it- week at Waterloo Lutheran Uni- self — the county home board, versify. Represented were the the county library board, and counties of Waterloo, Brant, the Oxford Health Unit board, Haldimand, Halton, Lincoln, Mr. Coles said.Norfolk, Welland and Went­worth.Delegates agreed that some, committees — those on parks,! recreation, and cemeteries, for instance — should be combined to avoid duplication of services. Il was noted that some bodies are made up of members who could not qualify for a seat on a municipal council.little BEARING , iCommenting on Mr. Brown's remarks. Oxford* clerk L. K.“Each of these deals with a clcar-cut area of authority,” he added.RESPONSIBLE“And the makeup of their1 membership ensures that they, are fully responsible lo the municipal councils concerned. [ The county home board, for ex-1 ample, consists of three repre­sentatives of county council j plus two from Woodstock and Ingersoll, with all Moving a year's term.many members would want to attend.”Woodstork’s Mayor W. B. Dut­ton echoed Mr. Coles’ conten­tion that fragmentation of muni­cipal authority through prolifer­ating committees has yet. to be a problem here."City council has always striven to keep the number of bodies it sets up to a mini­mum,” the mayor declared. “And when committees to deal with vital matters must be es­tablished, we frequently make them committees of the whole, embracing all members of coun­cil.NECESSARY“Committees are an absolute necessity for municipal govern­ment, So long as full liaison is maintained between them and council, there can be little dan­ger of the latter's authority be­ing undermined.”Mayor Dutton said the city's parking authority is the only municipal body on which the law prohibits any member of council from sitting. "Splendid co-operation” on the part of the authority, however, has pre­vented disputes from arising,” he added.I The mayor stressed that he“In practice, the county’s spokesmen are usually mem­bers of county council while the two municipalities are repre­sented by their mayors. So there can be no question about the qualifications of board mem­bers or their ability to sit on council.“The library board is made up of four county councillors plus three other members who happen to be former county councillors. The Oxford Health Unit board is also closely tied to the county in that three members are councillors. Wood- stock and Ingersoll are repre­sented by Aid. Bernadette Smith and Mayor Thomas Morrison. All serve lor one year.“As well, there is a member representing the province, who is chosen for a five-year term. This post is presently held by James Hartnett of Mt, Elgin," Mr. Coles said he agrees that amalgamation is beneficial — up to a point."You have lo be careful not to make1 one committee respon­sible for too broad an area. This would mean a large, prob­ably unwieldy membership as <ell as more meetings than has no qualms about the caliber of individual sitting on Wood­stock’s municipal boards and committees.। “There are a great many members who would make ex­cellent councillors. In fact. I’ve been doing all 1 can to per­suade some of them to run.” NO DUPLICATIONDuplication of municipal ser­vices is definitely not a prob­lem in Woodstock, Mayor Dut-| ton asserted.“The only groups that might in time benefit from amalga­mation would be parks board and recreation committee.” he said. “At the moment, however, they're working very well as separate but closely co-opera­ting bodies. A committee set up to study the possibility of com­bining the two recommended i that they be left as is for the time being."Certainly we're not running into any duplication between them. The parks board looks after the physical well-being of the city's parks, while the re creation committee, of course, concerns itself with recreation."These are related but still two separate areas of respon­sibility?’ REEVES ASSOCIATION ELECTS — The Oxford Countv Reeves ond ex-Reeves Association held its annual social evening last night at the Oxford Fish ond Gome Protective Association building in East Oxford Township. From left, L. E. Curtis, post— Free Press Woodstock Bureau reeve of Dereham Township, secretary-treasurer of the association; Hilton Virtue, past reeve of East. Oxford, president; Warden Harry Armstrong; Reeve | Glen Kitchen, of East Oxford Township; and Fred, Slater, East Nissouri Township, first vice-president.ABOUT TOWNBook Ends Perhaps?It is interesting to know that Woodstock Librarian Mrs, Edwin Bennett has been appointed to the regional committee on centralization of libraries. Chie! job of the committee is lo explore the possibilities of increased co-operation between exist­ing libraries, to better use of the material and books contained in them.We wonder If perhaps, some of this idea might rub off right here in Oxford County, where two separate libraries, totalling in value more than $100,000 are being built within half a block of each other as centennial projects of the City of Woodstock and of Oxford County Council.Committees might ponder that one.TR AIL BRIDGE IS GONEOxford Mobile Library Continues Ingersoll VisitsWhere trains once chugged, outdoor enthusiasts may soon be hiking. Above is a section of the CNR line between Woodstock and Hickson. Splintered boards and weed- choked piling are all that's left of the eight miles of tracks. They were taken out last week — a casualty of the $4,000,000 Pittock dam pro­ject now under way north of Woodstock. City council has adopted a resolution advanced by Aid. Bernadette Smith call­ing for the conversion of abandoned railway lines like this one to nature trails. The proposal is now being consid­ered by railway and senior government officials.INGERSOLL — The Oxford County Bookmobile continues to make quarterly trips to the In­gersoll Public Library, thanks to an arrangement between the library boards concerned.At the beginning of the year when the Oxford County Library was formed it was feared that Ingersoll, being a separated town would be cut off from this supplementary supply of books. However, when Ingersoll agreed to make its services free to resi­dents of Oxford, outside the town limits, the Oxford Library agreed to supply books and ref­erence service as usual.i The Bookmobile made its visit early in September so with books from it and new books be­longing to the Ingersoll Library there is. good reading to be found for the fall season.May Go Hungry In BrantSeveral representatives of county councils, outside Oxford, were invited to lunch by Oxford County Council on the final day of its fall session last week.Among them was Jim Howell, Warden of Brant County. After lunch, the visitors gathered in the council chamber of the County building, and each expressed his thanks to the Oxford Council for having extended the invitation.Warden Harry Armstrong asked Mr. Howell if there was anything he would like to say, and he repllied, “I would like to thank the members of council for inviting us here, and the lunch was excellent. I would like to extend an invitation to you to come and visit us at a future dale; however, I hope you remember that Brant County is considered a depressed area.’*County Officers Group To Study Pension PlansFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK The On­tario County Clerks and Treasurers' Association will study pension plans and mu­nicipal employees' pensions at a svini-annunl meeting here Monday.John McKeroher, supervisor of administration of Hamilton district taxation office, willGroup Entertains At County HomeA program of entertainment' was1 staged Sunday for resi­dents of the County Home.The program was arranged by Herb Tripp. Les McKerral acted as master of ceremonies. Others taking part in the nro- gram were Mr. and Mrs. Law­rence McKay, Harry Webster, Mary Glaves, Joseph McKerral, Harry Whitehead, Ben Holland, Harvey Whitehead and Mrs. Blanch Glaves.speak on the Canada Pension Plan as it affects municipal employees and council mem­bers.Harry Henderson, of Owen Sound, clerk-treasurer of Grey County, is president of the as­sociation.Approximately 50 municipal officials are expected to at­tend. Up until a few weeks ago, all the demolition used to take place under this bridge, but.r ■ . iDEMOLISHING THE DEMOLISHERthis is now a thing of the past. 53 east of Woodstock. The Workmen are shown removing railway tracks (not shown m the low CNR span on highway the picture) have been movedto the north of the old bridge that literally trapped dozens of tall trucks under its centre.Joint City, County Library “Gummed Up" By Red Tape?As workmen moved to the site of the Woodstock Public Library this week to begin a new $66,000 addition which is to be the city’s project in Canada's Centennial Year, a paradox has been created. This stems from the fact that al­most across the street, on grounds belonging to Oxford County, prep­arations are under way to erect a $100,000 building to house the County Library.Was this an oversight on the part of both city and county lib­rary officials? We are informed it was not. Some months ago when plans were announced for the city’s centennial project, and it was known that the county library would shortly get new quarters, the possibility of a joint effort be­ing undertaken was discussed.Both city and county officials concerned were wholeheartedly in favor. But as the matter was ex­plored they ran into opposition from the province, under whose jurisdiction library service comes. The two library operations func­tion differently, officials here were told, and the province isn’t ready to see them combined, as yet.This is a most shortsighted at­titude on the part of the provincial government—or at least the appro- Sriate department concerned with brarv expansion. It is particularly so in the light of recent suggestions by Premier Robarts and some of his ministers that regional govern­ment is a coming thing.Only this week, in Hamilton, at a meeting of the Ontario Counties Association, Municipal Affairs Min­ister Spooner reiterated this theme. “In these days of rapid growth,” he is quoted as saying, “it is no longer realistic to separate areas in terms of town, country, urban or suburban.” He pointed out that there is much existing legislation permitting joint programs and he urged municipalities to take advan-| tage of it, adding that a proposed expansion of the Municipal Act in this regard is being studied. IIn the light of this new policy of the government it is deplorable that someone who is not in the know at Queen’s Park apparently “gummed the works” for the local proposal concerning the library.The only bright spot, as we see it, is that the two buildings con­cerned are so close to one another.1 This makes it possible that in future both buildings will be used by the people of the city and county alike. Perhaps the two buildings might even be linked by an underground passage, although technical difficulties might rule this out, for the present, at least.Yet whether there will be one building or two, the need for ex­panded library services for both Woodstock and Oxford has become increasingly evident. The facilities at the city library are almost the same today as they were when it was erected in 1909, with a popula­tion only about one-third what it is now. Likewise, the. growth in popu­lations has been accompanied by an increased interest in the value of education for both young people at school and those who are older who face new or different jobs or retirement. A similar situation ap­plies to the county residents.We trust that whichever way the projects develop they will pro­vide adequate service for our people, not only in the immediate future but for long years to come. But it is unfortunate that the ideals of local officials were snarled by red tape.MEMBERS OF Oxford County Council, gathered tor the Fall session which began today, look over the county budget. From left are: War­den Harry Armstrong; J. C. Smith, Reeve of Beachville, and chairman of the centen­nial committee; Leslie Force, Reeve of Norwich and chair­man of the property commit­tee; and Percy Wetdaufer, chairman of the roads com mittee. PROGRAMME Sixth Annual Convention THE ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO COUNTIES "THE MODEL COUNTY — THE FRAMEWORK FOR REGIONAL GOVERNMENT" Held at The Sheraton-Connaught Hotel Hamilton, Ontario October 24-27, 1965 Host Municipality - The County of Wentworth SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24I.. I ■ ■ ■ ■ 10:00 a.m. - Resolutions Meeting, President's Suite. Members: Mayor P. F. Morand, Ojibway, Chairman Warden John Snobelen, Kent County Reeve Grant Stirling, Goderich Twp. W. R. Johnson, Clerk, Leeds 6. Grenville Counties Reeve Douglas McMaster, Murray Twp. Delby Bucknall, Honourary President Reeve John Graham, Streetsville, Resolutions Session Chairman Mrs. Vera Myers, Clerk, Wellington County, Resolutions Secretary. 2:00 p.m. - Executive Committee, President’s Suite. 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. - REGISTRATION - Convention Floor Foyer. (Delegates §10 - Guests $5) Sunday Delegates' Program Chairman - Craig Switzer, Chairman, Wentworth County Legislation & Reception Committee. 7:00 p.m. - Tour of Wentworth County Court House and Hamilton City Hall. 9:00 p.m. - Film - "Growth of a City" Sheraton Room. 10;00 p.m. - Refreshments - Host: Sheraton-Connaught Hotel. MONDAY, OCTOBER 25 8:00 a.m. - REGISTRATION 9:00 - 12:00 noon - Program Sessions - Sheraton Room. Session I - GENERAL MEETING Chairman - Dr. W. A. Taylor, Warden, Carleton County - President. Secretary - Mrs. Caroline Ion. Invocation - Canon W. J. Robinson, President, Hamilton Ministerial Assoc. Welcome - Mayor Victor Copps, City of Hamilton and President, Canadian Federation of Mayors i Municipalities - Warden Murray L, McKnight, County of Wentworth. Presidential Address - Dr. W. A. Taylor Association Business & Reports. Session II - KEYNOTE ADDRESS Chairman - Mrs. Tessie Greig, Warden, Bruce County. Secretary - C. A. Keeley, Clerk, Essex County. "Political Framework for Regional Governmentn Speaker - M. L. Swart, Past Warden, Welland County. Session III - RESOLUTIONS Dutch Bar - Oriental Room 1:00 p.m. - LUNCHEON - Crystal Ballroom "A New Look in Municipal Government" Speaker - Alfred Cowling, M.P.P. 2:30 - 5:00 p.m, - Program Sese Sheraton Eoom. Session IV - /I MODEL COUNTY Chairman - Howard Ziegler, Wati County, Past President. Secretary - William Manning, C Treasurer, Ontario County. Executive Committee Report - Presented by Robert W. Speck, Vice-President. Session V - REGIONAL FINANCE Chairman - Bert Logan, Warden, Lambton County. Secretary - D. Perry, Clerk, Lennox & Addington Counties. Speaker - Joseph Eakin, Commissioner of Finance, Metropolitan Toronto. Session VI - REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Chairman - Rudolph Bauer, Warden, Perth County. Secretary - W, D. Foulds, Clerk- Treasurer, Brant County. Film: "Strategy for Change" - Department of Economics A Development. 6:15 p.m. - RECEPTION - Sheraton Room * —— 7:00 p.m. - CIVIC DINNER - Crystal Ballroom Host - City of Hamilton. Chairman - Aiderman James MacDonald, City of Hamilton Legislation 6 Reception Committee Chairman. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26 8:00 a.m. - Breakfast for 1965 Wardens - Oriental Room. Host: Capital Construction Equipment Ltd. Chairman - Warden. Murray L. Mcknight Speaker - Joseph R. Sams, Past Warden, Wentworth County 6 Charter President. 8:30 a.m. - REGISTRATION 9:30 - 12:00 noon - Program Sessions, Sheraton Room, Session VII - RESOLUTIONS Session VIII - COUNTY ASSESSMENT Chairman - F. L. Weldon, Clerk- Treasurer, Victoria County. Secretary - C. E, Bateman, Clerk- Treasurer, Hastings County. Moderator - Herbert Hughes, Warden, Simcoe County. PANEL - Patrick Gillis, Director, Assessment Branch, Dept, of Municipal Affairs. Peter McConnachie, Chairman, Assess­ ment Committee, Renfrew County. Ralph Wilson, Assessment Commissioner, Waterloo County. Dutch Bar - Oriental Room 1:00 p.m. - LUNCHEON - Crystal Ballroom Host - Flintkote Co. of Canada Ltd. Chairman - John Snobelen, Warden, Kent County. "Regional Resource Development" Speaker - William Cranston, Chairman, Ontario Economic Council. Entertainment - Hamilton Police Male Chorus. 2:30 - 5:00 p.m. - Program Sessions - Sheraton F.oom. Session IV - A MODEL COUNTY Chairman - Howard Ziegler, Waterloo County, Past President, Secretary - William Manning, Clerk- Treasurer, Ontario County. Executive Committee Report - Presented by Robert W. Speck, Fi rs t jZ- Vice-President. , Session V - REGIONAL FINANCE 'I, ' Chairman - Bert Logan, Warden, Lambton County. , 'll Secretary - 0. Perry, Clerk, Lennox & Addington Counties. Speaker - Joseph Eakin, Commissioner of Finance, Metropolitan Toronto. Session VI - REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Chairman - Rudolph Bauer, Warden, Perth County. Secretary - W. D, Foulds, Clerk- Treasurer, Brant County. Film: "Strategy for Change" - Department of Economics & Development. 6:15 p.m. - RECEPTION - Sheraton Room * 7:00 p.m. - CIVIC DINNER - Crystal Ballroom Host - City of Hamilton. Chairman - Alderman James MacDonald, City of Hamilton Legislation 6 Reception Committee Chairman. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26 8:00 a.m. - Breakfast for 1965 Wardens - Oriental Room. Host: Capital Construction Equipment Ltd. Chairman - Warden. Murray L. Mcknight Speaker - Joseph R. Sams, Past Warden, Wentworth County & Charter President. 8:30 a.m. - REGISTRATION 9:30 - 12:00 noon - Program Sessions, Sheraton Room. Session VII — RESOLUTIONS Session VIII - COUNTY ASSESSMENT Chairman - F. L. Weldon, Clerk- Treasurer, Victoria County. Secretary - C. E. Bateman, Clerk- Treasurer, Hastings County. Moderator - Herbert Hughes, Warden, Simcoe County. PANEL - Patrick Gillis, Director, Assessment Branch, Dept, of Municipal Affairs. Peter McConnachie, Chairman, Assess­ ment Committee, Renfrew County. Ralph Wilson, Assessment Commissioner, Waterloo County. Dutch Bar - Oriental Room 1:00 p.m. - LUNCHEON - Crystal Ballroom Host - Flintkote Co. of Canada Ltd. Chairman - John Snobelen, Warden, Kent County. "Regional Resource Development" Speaker - William Cranston, Chairman, Ontario Economic Council. Entertainment - Hamilton Police Male Chorus. 2:30 - 5:00 p.m, - Program Sessions, Sheraton Room. Session IX - LOCAL GOVERNMENT REPORT Chairman - E. M. Fraser, Clerk-Treasurer Renfrew County. Secretary - Garfield Brown, Clerk, Halton County. "Local Government Reorganization in the Ottawa-Carleton County Area" Speaker - Murray Jones, Urban i Regional Consultant. Session X - NEUS MEDIA RELATIONSHIPS Chairman - E, Cadwell, Warden, Wellington County. Secretary - Harry Henderson, Clerk-Treas Grey County. Moderator - Thomas Beckett, Solicitor, Ancaster Twp. PANEL William Hall, Station Manager and Program Director, CHML Radio Station, Hamilton. Robert Trotter, County Council Reporter, Kitchener-Waterloo Record. Richard Melville, Editor, Port Credit Weekly. Joseph Dales, Reeve, North Gwillimbury Twp., York County. H. C. Merry, Warden, Halton County, ten Coles, Clerk-Treasurer, Oxford County. Session XI - RESOLUTIONS 6:15 p.m. - RECEPTION - Sheraton Room * 7:00 p.m. - ANNUAL DINNER TUESDAYA OCTOBER 261 cant’d.Host - County of Wentworth. Chairman - John Milne, Special Wentworth Convention Committee Chairman."County Government Faces a Challenge" Speaker - The Honourable J. W, Spooner, Minister of Municipal Affairs.WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 279:30 - 12:30 p.m. - Program Sessions - Sheraton Room.Session XII - REGIONAL PLANNINGChairman - A. L. Blanchard, Warden, Northumberland & Durham Counties. Secretary - K. C. Emerson, Past Warden, Elgin County. "Will Counties Plan?" - A Survey Technique to Find Out. Speaker - John Pearson, Chief of Extension Services, Community Planning Branch. Session XIII - REGIONAL POLICING Chairman - J. Marcel Jelineau, Past Warden, Prescott a Russell Counties. Secretary - Mrs. J. A. Spurway, Clerk- Treasurer, Peterborough County. Speaker- Percy Milligan, Chairman, The Ontario Police Commission. Session XIV - GENERAL MEETING Chairman - Dr. Taylor Secretary - Mrs. Ion *Co-hosts of Monday 4 Tuesday evening Receptions:- Hamilton Independent Insurance Agents Assoc. Canada Crushed & Cut Stone Ltd. Consolidated Sand 6 Gravel Limited Newsome & Gilbert Limited 1965 ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE Hon. Presidents: J. R. Sams, Wentworth County D. J. Bucknall, Lincoln Past President : Howard Ziegler, Waterloo " President: Dr. W. A. Taylor, Carleton " 1st Vice.-Pres.: Robert Speck, Peel 2nd Vice.-Pres.: W. H. Gould, Ontario Secty.-Treas.: Mrs. Caroline Ion, Simcoe " Directors: W. R. Johnson, Leeds A Grenville John Snobelen, Kent Douglas McMaster, North. & Durham Philip Morand, Essex Grant Sterling, Huron " Programme printed courtesy of W. L. Griffin Printing Co. Ltd. Association Business and ReportsReport of Nominating CormitteeElection of OfficersSummation.12:30 p.m. - RECEPTION - Oriental Room1:30 p.m. - LUNCHEON - Crystal Ballroom Host (Reception 6 Luncheon) - Canadian- Imperial Bank of Commerce.Chairman - Dr. Taylor.ADJOURNMENT - 3;30 p.m.4:00 p.m. - New Executive Meeting, President's Suite.LADIES' PROGRAMMEMONDAY, OCTOBER 2511:00 a.m. - Buses leave John St. entrance of Sheraton-Connaught Hotel.Scenic drive via York Blvd, to Royal Botanical Gardens Headquarters Bldg.Mr. Leslie Laking, Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, will speak to the ladies regarding the programs of the Gardens.12:30 p.m. - BUFFET LUNCHEON Host: S. R. Hart a do. Limited.2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - free time to shop and browse among the many stores of The Greater Hamilton Shopping Centre. 3:00 p.m. - Fashion Show - Millinery 4 Accessories- courtesy of Henry Morgan & Co. Ltd. (The Morgan Roos, 2nd Floor). Tea 6 Cook Books courtesy of United Gas Limited. 4:00-4:15 p.m. - Arrive back at Hotel. 6:15 p.m. - RECEPTION - Sheraton Room 7:00 p.m. - CIVIC DINNER - Crystal Ballroom Monday chartered buses courtesy of Merchants' Association, Greater Hamilton Shopping Centre. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26 11:00 a.m. - Buses leave John St. entrance of Sheraton-ConnaughtHotel. Scenic drive via Stoney Creek and Mountain brow to Ancaster. LADIES' PROGRAMME (cont'd) 12:30 p.m. - LUNCHEONHost - Flintkote Co. of Canada Ltd.2:00 p.m. - Tour of Veldhuis Greenhouses, Dundas.3:15 p.m. - Great Hall, Alumni Bldg., McMaster University.Tea courtesy of the University. Talk by Mr. Geoffrey MacGlbbon, Information Officer, about the University.4:00 - 4:15 p.m. Arrive back at Hotel.6:15 p.m. - RECEPTION - Sheraton Room7:00 p.m. ANNUAL DINNER-Tuesday chartered buses courtesy of Aidershot Contractors Equipment Rental Ltd. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27 12:30 p.m. RECEPTION - Oriental Roca 1:30 p.m. LUNCHEON -Crystal Ballroom Ladies are welcome to attend any of the Sessions of the Convention. Convener of Ladies' Activites-Mrs. Ada Bland, Special Convention Committee. Displays courtesy of Dept, of Municipal Affairs; County of Wentworth; Hamilton- Wentworth Planning Bd.; Wentworth County Health Unit; Wentworth County Welfare Dept.; Wentworth County Library Co­ operative (bookmobile also on display). Wentworth County Legislation and Reception Committee: Chairman, Craig Switser; Warden M.L. McKnight, Ada Bland, W. L. Freeman, 1 Goodbrand; John Milne, Chairman,Special Convention Coamittee, OXFORD COUNTY NEWSBRIDGES OF SIGHS-FOR TAXPAYERSShown at left is the bridge on the Waterloo-Oxf rd boun­dary in Blenheim Township. This bridge, called the Green­field bridge joins the two counties, and Oxford's sharefor its construction — it is nearly completed — comes to §111,166. The construction on the right shows the completed substructure of the Slabtown bridge. This is also located inBlenheim Township — just south of the Greenfield Bridge — and joins the County of Wa­terloo to the County of Ox­ford. Cost to Oxford will bean estimated 4101.800. This project will not be com­pleted before 1966. Both con­tracts were let to E. E., SeegmiUer Ltd. of Kitchener.Tillsonburg Asks Bridge ConstructionThe Oxford County Council, heard a request from the town of Tillsonburg today asking council to proceed with the con­struction of the Baldwin Street bridge.Baldwin Street, of which the bridge is an integral part,is pro­posed as a main arterial road in the official plan of the town, and Tillsonburg wants to have the bridge completed as soon as possible.Baldwin Street connects the Quarter Line Road of Dcreharn Twp. and Highway 3. west of Tillsonburg.Some of the land, engineer­ing drawings and estimates have already been acquired, and the town is recommending an early start on construction of the bridge.County To StudyFive ResolutionsOxford County Council was suitable for agricultural pur­asked today to consider a re so- poses.” lution from Essex County calling------------------------- . . At present, the restriction is for the inspection of amusement' such, that reforestation can equipment and rides. 1 only be carried out on fiveThis resolution was one of acres or more “for every 100 five on the agenda as the coun- acres belonging to the owner.” cil opened its three-day fall ses- Council will review the five sion. resolutions in committee, andThe Essex County proposal fjye their opinion on them asked that the minister of labor | Thursday, the final day of the enact legislation for inspection session.of amusement rides and equip- Tomorrow, members leave atment.9 a.m. from the county buildingAt present, no such inspection on a bus tour of roads through- is carried out, and there is no out the area They will stop in requirement for operators to Salford for lunch, and will be carry insurance. The resolution Ple_S!ies^s. lo? hospital board asked that owners “be required imto carry adequate insurance coverage at all times.”Frontenac County submitted a resolution asking council to en- seeondary school text books. A public school inspector will dis­cuss this topic at the afternoon session.ASK SPEED CHANGESThe Township of West Oxford asked council to consider a resolution dealing with the dorse the standardization of placing of 40 mile per hour speed limits at two locations in the township.The township suggests the lim­it be placed from Highway 401 on she Culloden Road into Inger- sol1 and on the Sweaburg Road through Foidens Corners and Sweaburg. The speed limit is now 50 m.p.h.From the County of Huron came a resolution asking the minister of highways “to re­view the department require-' meats and forms for annual re­turns” — a report on road ex-: penditures is required from municipalities which receive a subsidy on such — “and revise them so they might provide more useful information to the municipality.” The county is of the opinion that the forms would be easier to fill out if they were updated and simplified.TREES ACT PROPOSALFinally, Huron County has asked that all counties petition the Department of Lands and Forests to consider amending the Trees Act,Huron County Council feelsTillsonburg for supper.id Hillonfor permissive smaller parcels eforested under properties notApproval Unanimous For Draft Of PlanningCentral Oxford Planning Board last night unanimously approved the draft of the offi­cial plan of the Central Oxford Planning area.In a meeting after a special public meeting, the board, com­posed of representatives of the nine member municipalities, ap­proved the plan, prepared first in 1961. The plan was revised in March this year, and since then had had some changes.The public meeting, held in the Oxford county council chamber, opened with Derek Little, of Toronto, planning con­sultant, giving a brief history of the development of the plan­ning area.In 1958, Woodstock and the surrounding townships formed a Woodstock area planning board. Since then it has been renamed and is now the Central Oxford Planning area, with, Woodstock a member.Present members of the area are Woodstock, Ingersoll, Beachville, and the townships of Blandford, East Zorra, West Zorra, East Oxford, West Ox­ford, and North Oxford.Applications to join the areal have been received from North iNorwich Township, the village of Norwich, and most recently, I East Nissouri Township. All are;now being considered by the and a larger parcel of landmember municipalities.south of the Highway in WestAn official plan, Mr. Little Oxford Township, 105 acres in said, was a statement of policy• - - - - The draft of the official planas to what people feel today is x . . ■. ,the best use of specific areas W,H now go to the designated within a planning area. The plan municipality, North Oxford will attempt to direct demelo- Township, for adoption by a by- ment within the area in a logi- law. The township was given cal and orderly manner. A this authority by the Minister of sound growth pattern will result Municipal Affairs, to pass the benefiting all persons working, bylaw for the whole of the plan­living. and playing in the area, ning area.A public meeting was held Tuesday night in Ingersoll for the general public in the west end of the planning area.One major change by the board increases the quarry area in the draft plan, at the request; of the Steel Company of Canada. The enlarged area will include a small parcel of land just east of Ingersoll, north of Highway 2,1TO MEET SOONPossible Boost In Rates For Indigents ConsideredLet's Draw The LineYou’re heading east along the Governor’s Road late at night. A meandering moon together with wisps of mist floating in your headlight beams make vision less than ideal.You roll down a final hill, pass a sign pointing out that you are now entering Woodstock — and suddenly the white centre line which you've been homing in on disappears.A rather disconcerting experience, to say the least.Fortunately, you soon sweep under the CPR overpass and the bright lights of Woodstock pop up to provide much appre­ciated illumination.Still, a familiar white strip along Governor’s Road from near its juncture with the Thames River to Dundas Street and thence to Ingersoll Road would undoubtedly be a wise invest­ment.Speaking of road matters, what would you say is the worst etretch of dirt road in the area? Before bestowing the honor on your own nominee, try bouncing along a crater-marked track that links Tower Line Road with Highway 2 east of Springbank Avenue.All we can say is, if army or militia men ever need a local testing ground for tanks, halftracks, and other hardware, here it is.Representatives of Woodstock, Ingersoll and other Oxford muni­cipalities will meet shortly to discuss a possible boost in rates paid to private nursing homes for the care of indigent patients.Woodstock's welfare adminis­trator Gerald MacKay is com­piling the results of a survey of present indigent rates in 25 Ontario municipalities which he recently conducted.Representatives from around Oxford will undoubtedly keep in mind the average indigent rate in effect elsewhere when they consider a rate change for county municipalities.Ontario’s nursing home opera­tors are pressing for an in­crease in indigent, rates in the face of stiffer provincial regu­lations governing the operation of nursing homes.The new regulations — which cover everything from room temperature to bathroom faci­lities a nursing home must have — were introduced by Queen's Park earlier this year in the form of a model bylaw.The bylaw — or modificationsof it — was passed by com­munities throughout Ontario. Woodstock passed its new nur­sing-home bylaw last June, as did Ingersoll and county coun­cilMr. MacKay’s questionnaire asked the municipalities con­tacted:—Have you passed a new nur­sing,home bylaw?—Have you been requested to increase indigent rates by nur­sing-home operators because of the new regulations?—What are your rates for shel­tered care and nursing services care?—How many patients are in the nursing homes with which you deal? ‘AThe current indigent rale for Oxford municipalities is $5 38 a day or $163.75 a month. Of this latter sum. the municipalities’ contribution is actually only WO- with the province paying $80 and the patient $63.75.The meeting to discuss a rate boost here will likely be held in Woodstock at the city hall, although no place or date has yet been set. $500,000 ExpansionFor Golspie BusinessCouncil Deals With Many Othef County R&olutionsFree Press Woodstock BureauWardens and other officials of Elgin and Brant counties visited their Oxford County counterparts yesterday during the final day of Oxford County council's fall session. From left, seated: Donald Leitch, Elgin County Warden; Harry Arm­strong, Oxford County Warden; J. W. Howell, Brant County Warden. Standing: Harley Johnson, Elgin County clerk-treasurer; L. K. Coles, Oxford County clerk­treasurer; and W. D. Foulds, Brant County clerk treasurer.Several resolutions submitted to the Fall session of Oxford County Council by other coun­ties and municipalities, were dealt with yesterday, the final day of the session,The request by Tillsonburg for the construction of the Bald­win Street Bridge is to be acted upon in that the road com mittee asked that a construc­tion agreement between the town and the county be drafted and presented to the December session.Tillsonburg claims that the bridge is an integral part of I the street which is designed as a main artery through the town in their official plan.A request from West Oxford Township that the speed limit< of 40 m.p.h be placed from' Highway 401 on the Culloden Road into Ingersoll and on the Sweaburg Road through Foldeng, Corners and Sweaburg, was en-! dorsed by council.It was decided to ask the de­partment of highways to make a survey in the 50 m.p.h area, and that a bylaw be prepared, on their recommendations for passing at the December ses­sion.No action will oe taken on the resolution by the County of Frontenac asking council to en­dorse the standardization of pri­mary and secondary school texts.However, council did endorse the resolution by Huron Coun­ty. asking that all counties peti­tion the Department of LandsApprove 14-Mile AdditionTo Oxford Road SystemFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — Addition to the Oxford County road system of 14.35 miles was ap­proved yesterday by Oxford County Council.The adding of 20.3 miles to the system and the deletion of 5.95 miles — leaving a total of 230.35 — is subject to approval of the minister of highways.The recommendations were made in a county road needs study prepared by Vance, Needles, Bergendoff and Smith, consulting engineers, of Wood- stock.Planned additions include:County Road 5, the assum­ing of the Blenheim Township and Blandford Township lineroad north from Highway 2, a distance of five miles;County Road 5, the Bland­ford and East Zorra township line north 3.5 miles from High­way 97;County Road 8, the bound­ary road between East Zorra and Wilmut Township in Wat­erloo County, a distance of 2.9 miles, in conjunction with Waterloo County;County Road 11, south fromCounty Road 12,Sweaburg inTownship, aEastsouth ofOxforddistance of 2.7miles as an industrial road;County Road 5, the south east section of the BlenheimTownship boundary miles.County— Brant Township road, north for 1.2Road 27, extensionof the present County Road I 27 by 4.4 miles in Dereham Township, through Dereham Centre.County Road 31, in Dere­ham. Township, from Tillson­burg for .6 miles to Highway 3 as a Tillsonburg industrial traffic bypass.Council approved the dele­tion of County Road 26, the Dereham Township - South Dorchester boundary line road, a distance of 1.25 miles, and 4.7 miles of County Road 31 from Tillsonburg west to Del-' mer.Of the 216 miles now in the ’ county road system, 166 are paved. The additions would Increase the length of paved county roads in the) system by two miles.TWO-TIME WINNERand Forests to consider amend­ing the Trees Act.Huron County feels thU would allow for permissive legislation :"for smaller parcels of land to I be reforested under agreement on properties not suitable for agricultural purposes,”At present, the restriction is such, that reforestation can only be carried out on five acres or more "for every 100 acres be­longing to the owner.”The final resolution to be en­dorsed was that put forth by the County of Essex. Council there is of the opinion that in­spection should be carried out by a representative of the of fice of the minister of labor on amusement rides, and that own­ers of such equipment be re­quired to carry adequate insur­ance against injuries to patrons.Oxford Library Gets ApprovalWOODSTOCK — The $150.- 000 Oxford County centennial library has received final ap­proval from the centennial grants committee, County Clerk L. K. Coles announced yesterday.Specifications will be pre­pared to have tenders called in February. The site is onGraham Street adjacent to the county jail.Grants totalling $22,274 have been approved including con­tributions from Beachville, East Nissouri Township, West Oxford Township, West Zorra Township and Norwich.Two West Zorra Students First In Library ContestTwo students at the Highland Park School, in West Zorra Township, Peter Fleming, and Marlene Piett, were first prize winners of the Oxford County Library book review contest held recently.Winning under the fiction and non-fiction categories respecti­vely, each received cash prize awards of $5.The contest was held in con­junction with Young Canada Book Week, this year is Nov. 15- Nov. 22. There were 115 county:tion book review was won by Juha Entz, a student at Com­munity Farm School, Brighttfurd Prize went to Karen Kitehen of Blows School in East Oxford Township.Honorable mention goes to PnL. sT0? J? TTiamesford Public School, Flora Henderson ^cj£sqn, Bob Hilderly of Inn- e?Jap Linda Hill of Burgess- vUIe Heather fanes Of Highland land P??^ ofstudents entered in the contest Bill Philip of Mt Elgfa Hilda Second prize winner for a fic-|Pfleger St. Franc^sS e-*!' in f* a! on _Princeton’s Charles Bonney Canadian Plowing ChampF^Cetcn’ Cmdy Prouse Of Mt. FJgm, Susan Smith of Highland Park, Betty Walton of Innerkip. Louise Stoakley of Mt Ficin Ellen Way of Boldens' Sc& and Anne Weir of Thamesford! Mn r°Fd pn?e wulner in the Bob Dawson, and third prizeDennis Clifford of Burgess ville.Honorable mention goes to Rocky Banbury of Mt. Elgin pale Baskett of Mt Elgin Ja™ BuUard of Thamesford. Gabriel Dubois of St. Francis, Joene Evans of Highland Park Tnhn Ooflpn IC aIzIjav, c*, ' EByOpden Kelder of St. Francis P S8 1 m e r of HighlandFSl!5antr Macintosh of Thamesford, Hanne Nielsen of Thamesford, Brenda Otto of Thamesford, Irene Phipps of Mt .EJP". Thomas Swavey of High­land Park. Marv Wright of Highland Park, and Philip park. mg of Oxford Centre.Patron of Young Canada Book Week is Dr. w. KavJ Lamb, librarian of the National Library ln Ottawa. Dr Lamb has worked expensively editing Canadian historical books and has been the author of numer­ous Canadian articles. PROGRAMMESixth Annual ConventionTHE ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO COUNTIES"THE MODEL COUNTY THE FRAMEWORK FOR REGIONAL GOVERNMENT”Held atThe Sheraton-Connaught Hotel Hamilton, OntarioOctober 24-27, 1965Host Municipality—The County of WentworthConstruction Safety Inspector (PART TIME)Required by the County of Oxford to enforce the regula­tions of the Construction Safety Act, within the County of Oxford.Written applications for the position will be received by the undersigned until Monday, November 29th, 1965. Write word "Application" on envelope.Qualifications: Over 25 years of age — at least four years experience in making inspections or supervising construc­tion or alterations of buildings or other structures or, one year experience as a registered Professional Engineer. Du­ties to commence January 1, 1966.L. K. COLES' County Clerk, Court House, Woodstock, Ontario.9/11/13-38Oxford to Hire Safety Inspector WOODSTOCK — Oxford County yesterday announced approval of hiring a part-time construction safety inspector.County Clerk L. K. Coles said plans arc to engage a part-time office for the work, made mandatory by the de­partment of labor under the! Construction Safety Act.Mr, Coles said that Oxford lx one of the last five of 112 municipalities to approve the system, IPUBLIC NOTICEAs laid down by the Planning Act in section 10 ( I ) (C) one of the duties of a Planning Board is to prepare an Official Plan for the Planning area and as provided in sec­tion 10 (I) (B) it shall hold public meetings in order to obtain the participation and co-operation of the inhabitants of the area.The Central Oxford Planning Board has prepared such a proposed Official Plan and copies are in the hands of all Clerks, and Councillors of the member municipalities. It is the Board's intention to hold two public meetings to discuss the plan with all interested residents. One meeting will be held in Ingersoll and the second in Woodstock.Residents of the Townships of EAST ZORRA, WEST ZORRA, BLANDFORD, EAST OXFORD and CITY OF WOODSTOCK are asked to attend the meeting to be held in theCOUNCIL CHAMBERSCOUNTY COURT HOUSE 8.30 p.m.Wednesday, October 20, 1965Prior to this meeting a copy of the proposed Official Plan is available for inspection and study at your Municipal Clerk's Office.Please plan to attend this public meeting, to hear the plan explained and to have your questions answered.Central Oxford Planning BoardErnest F. Garner A. R. GillottChairman SecretaryAnnounce Plan To Engage Oxford Safety InspectorMining Act applies; or to a pro­ject situated on a farm to be used only for farming purposes.Oxford is among five counties in the Province which have not yet appointed the inspectors.Oxford County is 'planning to hire a construction safety in­spector, L. K. Coles, clerk of Oxford County announced yes­terday.The inspector, who will be hired part-time at. first, will check all construction sites in the county.The inspector will follow the rules outlined in the construc­tion Safety Act., which was pro­claimed in force Aug. 1, 1962. In general he will be responsible for checking to see that all safe­ty precautions in the act are carried out by both employer and employee.The regulations of the act do not apply to a project being done solely by the owner in per­son; to a project to which theThe others are Bruce. Dufferin, Haldimand, and Wellington.Ontario has 112 municipalit­ies which were required under the terms of the act to appoint a construction safety inspector.Warden Harry Armstrong Visitor To West OxfordWarden of Oxford County, Harry Armstrong, visited West Oxford council meeting Friday last, to discuss problems of in­terest to the township and the countv. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, cant'd.Host - County of Wentworth.Chairman - John Milne, Special Wentworth Convention Committee Chairman."County Government Yanes a Challenge"Speaker - The Honourable J. W. Spooner, Minister of Municipal Affairs.Association Business and ReportsWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 279:30 - 12:30 p.ta. - Program Sessions - Sheraton Roesa.Session XII - REGIONAL PLANNINGChairman - A. L. Blanchard, Warden, Northumberland a Durham Counties.Secretary - K. C. Emerson, Past Warden, Elgin County."Will Counties Plan?" - A Survey Technique to Find Out.Speaker - John Pearson, Chief of Extension Services, Community Planning Branch. Session XIII - REGIONAL POLICING Chairsan - J. Marcel Jellneau, Past Warden, Prescott & Russell Counties. Secretary - Mrs. J. A. Spurway, Clerk- Treasurer, Peterborough County. Speaker- Percy Milligan, Chairman, The (kitario Police Commission. Session XIV - GENERAL MEETING Chairman - Dr. Taylor Secretary - Mrs. Ion Report of Nominating CoimitteeElection of OfficersSummation.12:30 p.m. - RECEPTION — Oriental Room1:30 p.m. - LUNCHEON - Crystal Ballroom Host (Reception 6 Luncheon) - Canadian- Imperial Bank of Commerce.Chairman - Dr, Taylor.ADJOURNMENT - 3:30 p.m.4:00 p.m. - New Executive Meeting, President's Suite.*Co-hosts of Monday 6 Tuesday evening Receptions:-Hamilton Independent Insurance Agents Assoc.Canada Crushed & Cut Stone Ltd.Consolidated Sand i Gravel LimitedNewsome & Gilbert Limited 1366 ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE Hon. Presidents: J. R. Sams, Wentworth County D. J. Bucknall, Lincoln " Past President : Howard Ziegler, Waterloo " President: Dr. W. A. Taylor, Carleton " 1st Vice.-Pres.: Robert Speck, Peel " 2nd Vice.-Pres.: W. H. Gould, Ontario " Secty.-Treas.: Mrs. Caroline Ion, Simcoe " Directors: W« R, Johnson, Leeds ft Grenville John Snobelen, Kent " Douglas McMaster, North. & Durham Philip Morand, Essex Grant Sterling, Huron " Programme printed courtesy of W. L. Griffin Printing Co. Ltd. LADIES* PROGRAMMEMONDAY, OCTOBER 2611:00 a.m. - Buses leave John St. entrance of Sheraton-Connaught Hotel.Scenic drive via York Blvd, to Royal Botanical Gardens Headquarters Bldg.Mr. Leslie Laking, Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, will speak to the ladies regarding the programs of the Gardens.12:30 p.m. - BUFFET LUNCHEON Host: S. R. Hart CofTlmlted.2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - free time to shop and browse among the many stores of The Greater Hamilton Shopping Centre.3:00 p.m. - Fashion Show - Millinery & Accessories - courtesy of Henry Morgan ft Co. Ltd. (The Morgan Room, 2nd Floor).” Tea ft Cook Books courtesy of United Gas Limited. 4:00-4:15 p.m. - Arrive back at Hotel. 6;15 p.m. - RECEPTION - Sheraton Room 7:00 p.m. - CIVIC DINNER - Crystal Ballroom Monday chartered buses courtesy of Merchants’ Association, Greater Hamilton Shopping Centre. TUESDAY' OCTOBER 26 11:00 a.m. - Buses leave John St. entrance of Sheraton-ConnaughtHotel. Scenic drive via Stoney Creek and Mountain brow to Ancaster. LADIES’ PROGRAMME (cont’d)12:30 p.m. - LUNCHEONHost - Fllntkote Co. of Canada Ltd.2:00 p.m. - Tour of Veldhuis Greenhouses, Dundas.3:15 p.m. - Great Hall, Alumni Bldg., McMaster University.Tea courtesy of the University. Talk by Mr. Geoffrey MacCibbon, Information Officer, about the University.4:00 - 4:15 p.m. Arrive back at Hotel.6:15 p.m. - RECEPTION - Sheraton Roon7:00 p.m. ANNUAL DINNERTuesday chartered buses courtesy of Aidershot Contractors Equipment Rental Ltd.WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2712:30 p.m. RECEPTION - Oriental Room1:30 p.m. LUNCHEON -Crystal Ballroom Ladles are welcome to attend any of the Sessions of the Convention. Convener of Ladles' Activites-Mrs. Ada Bland, Special Convention Committee, Displays courtesy of Dept, of Municipal Affairs; County of Wentworth; Hamilton- Wentworth Planning Bd.; Wentworth County Health Unit; Wentworth County Welfare Dept.; Wentworth County Library Co­ operative (bookmobile also on display). Wentworth County Legislation and Reception Consnittee: Chairman, Craig Switaer; Warden M.L. McKnight, Ada Bland, W. L. Freeman, I, Goodbrand; John Milne, Chairman,Special Convention Committee. ROGRAMMESixth Annual ConventionTHE ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO COUNTIES"THE MODEL COUNTY — THE FRAMEWORK FOR REGIONAL GOVERNMENT” Held at The Sheraton-Connaught Hotel Hamilton, Ontario October 24-27, 1965 Host Municipality-The County of Wentworth Approve $80,000 Rise In Oxford Library CostFror Prm WnndMork BureauWOODSTOCKOxfordan additional wn.nw torCounty council hns approved centennial library project.County Roads Cost, $709,700 With Another $250,825 OwingMore than $709,700 has been dilure has been for the building;Oxford County $101,800, is lo- spent on the county road system: of Iwo bridges over the Oxford- rated at Slabtown. This bridge for this year, io Oct. 1, mem-J Waterloo boundary. is also being constructed by E.bers of Oxford County Council Nearing completion, is the E. Seeginiiler, and it is located$111,166 — Oxford’s share — Greenfield Bridge. This bridge unites Oxford County al Bien-were informed yesterday.Not including this amount, some $250,825 is still owing for projects under way. The figures wore released in the road re­port presented by J. N. Meath- erell. county road superintend­entA good portion of this expen-heim Township, several miles outside of Drumbo, with Water­loo County. It is being con­structed by E. E. Seeginiiler Ltd. of Kitchener.The second, which is costing Votes Another $80,000 For Centennial ProjectAn additional $80,000 was > construction of the county jail voted by members of the Ox- wall.f ,kn I The contract for demolishingford County Council to thel^ waj[ — pai-t yie perjmtter county centennial project. of the former men’s exerciseAt the June session, council yard — and rebuilding it 60 feet decided to allot $100,000 for the'back, was awarded to James construction of a county library! Vance Construction Co. Ltd. of as the centennial project. This , Woodstock.added to 820.000 which would Council had set the $100,000 be forthcoming from the com-!for the library in reserve, and bined provincial and federal! had originally expected to government grants will now spend — not including govern- bring the total to $200,000. !ment grants — around $75,000.Of this, $27,300 has been al- However, after consideration, it lotted for the demolition and re-। was decided the additional sumGood News For Hunters, Open Deer Season Decideddecided not to hold a season if the surrounding counties did not do so.I As it turned out, the three to the north — Brant, Waterloo and Perth — decided to hold a sea­son. while the three to the south- Elgin Norfolk and Middlesex- decided against it.Mr. McGregor told council that all counties in the Lake Huron area had decided to hold a season, and that one should be encouaged in Oxford.No date was set by council as to when the season would begin, and county clerk, L.K. Coles in­dicated that it would not be re- ! leased until just prior to the 1 opening.: This is being done primarily :for the reason that it would !tend to eliminate outside hunt­ers from the area, and more or less restrict it to local persons. A deer season will be held in Oxford County this year, county council decided yester­day.After a unanimous vote, it was decided, for the first time in several years, to hold an open deer season in the county.On Tuesday, members heard Donald Johnson, a representa­tive of the department of lands and forests, working out of the district office in Hespeler. ex­plain the advisability of holding a season.The climate in this part of the province is not as severe as that in the north, he told coun­cil. For this reason, deer multi­ply and have to be hunted oc­casionally to keep their numbers under control.The subject was brought up during the June session of council, and at that time it wasjust south of the Greenfield bridge, again joining Blenheim Township to the Waterloo Coun­ty.Another big project which should be completed by Dec. 1, is the grading and granular base construction of County Road 14. This is Concession 5 would be needed to provide a suitable building.As yet, approval for the pro­ject has not been received from the Centennial Grants Commit­tee, nor have plans been drawn. However, the jail wall project is nearing completion, and there is now space beside the Regis­try Office on Graham Street for the construction of the library.L. K. Coles, county clerk, said that even with the increased amount being set aside for the project, it does not allow for in­side furnishing. Should there be monies remaining, it was indi­cated during the June session that this would be used for furnishing the building.It is expected; however, that the council will have to come up with more money for this part of the work.Grants for centennial projects are granted on a per capita, basis — $1 per person. With several municipalities indicating they would contribute their share, there are approximately 10,000 people eligible.The provincial government contributes $1 per person, and the federal government matches this, which brings the total to $20,000.Mr. Coles said that architects, will be invited to submit pre­liminary plans in the near fu­ture. No date has been set yet, as approval for the project has not been received.J. C. Smith, reeve of Beach­ville, and chairman of the coun­ty centennial committee, told, council that details on the addi­tional $80,000 requested, would be forthcoming at the December session.Oomi of the building ria* to $1M.7M,willR««ve J, C. Smith, nf Reach-in the Township of East Oxford, Lewis Construction Ltd. was awarded the contract, and the cost to dale, has been $31,000. The estimated total cost of the project is $119,648.Due to the fact that projects in the county road program are exceeding their original esti­mates, the road committee has found it necessary to curtail proposed work on County Road 28.Other projects are as follows — bridge on the Brant-Oxford boundary al Puttown, in Blen­heim Township, Oxford share for completion of 1964 contract, $2,970 — County Road 29, Drum­bo westerly to Homer’s Creek. The right-of-way has been pur­chased along this 2.35 mile stretch of road, and a contract for fencing has been let to Ryan Hi-Way Fence Ltd. This fen­cing project, to cost $7,500, is expected to be completed this year. — Brant-Oxford boundary bridge. Construction is being done by Mike Donn Construc­tion, and Oxford’s share is $10,- 918.County Bridge 243 located on County Road 18, Lot 24, was just begun, K and M Contract­ing doing the work. This bridge is located in North Norwich Township, over Spittier Creek. The $24,500 job is expected to be completed by November. — Grading which is taking place on County Road 31, with a cul-! vert and a granular base being added, is being carried out by county employees at a cost of $33,197. It was reported that this task is almost completed.WALLACE NESBITT ... Chosen AgainDeer Season Approved For OxfordFree Press Woodstock Bureau'WOODSTOCK An open deer season in Oxford County for Nov. 8, 9 and 10, requested by the department of lands and forests, was approved yesterday by county council,Donald Johnston. nf Hespel­er. fish and wildlife supervi. sor for the lands and forests department's l^ake H u r o o district, had told council Perth, Waterloo and Brant county councils had agreed to the three-day seasonHe said it was unlikely an open season would be held in Middlesex, Elgin or Norfolk counties this yearI villa, chairman of th* centen- nlal rommltte*. an Id detaJh of i the building’ will he presented al the next Mwxlon of council, Dec, 14Council approved $100,000 for the project in June, $20,- ooo in antieipnted centennial grants.Grants not used for centen­nial projects In Went Oxford, East Nfjjsourf, and West Zor­ra townships, Beachville and Norwich, are expected to be eligible io be available for the project.Official approval from th* centennial grants committee has not yet been received.Construction is not expected to start until early next year.OxfordRoad Work DeferredFro* Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — Improve- mentB on County Road 28 in the northwest section of Ox- | ford County, including con­struction of a bridge, were de­ferred until next year, yester­day by county council.Th* rotid joins Uniondale, Harrington and Maplewood and extends from Highway 19 to Highway 59 in East Nisaou- ri. West Zorra and East Zor­ra townships.Reeve Percy Wettlaufer. of East Zorra. chairman of the road committee, said contracts for all other construction work have been awarded.Grading and base course construction on Road 13 be­tween Salford and Holbrook is nearing completion. Grad­ing and base courses on Coun­ty Road 14 In East Oxford Township is scheduled to be completed by Dec. 1.Expenditures on the road system for the first nine months totalled $709,743. with an additional $250,825 for boundary line road improve­ments.Oxford Re-Elects Nesbitt For 6th Consecutive TermBy Majority Of 7,439 Ontario Counties Group HesitatesOn Restricted Appointment BidHamilton Member? of auburban road commissions should bv appointed from city and bounty councils* a Wentworth County resolution to the Association of Ontario v til tvjji ■iJ'iVyX.It asks that the Highway I tn provcm c n t Act be so amended. At present commis­sioners are appointed from outside the county and cityNo decision was reached after more than a half-hour of debate at yesterday’s ses­sion, Delegates decided to secure additional information and resume debate on the subject m one Of today’s ses-I'crth council committee meet­ings on the understanding that nothing will be written about such sessions until the matters come before open council sessions, unless other­wise authorized,“This way reporters know all the background of what the council is trying to do, and therefore write a much better story of council's de­cisions than if they had to depend on the reports finally presented to council — which often were adopted with little or no further discussion, he said.An Essex County resolution asking for legislation making it mandatory that amusement equipment and rides be regu­larly inspected by competent authorities and that operators carry adequate Insurnnce was unanimously endorsed.The resolution stemmed from from an aeeident nt the Bob-lo amusement park nt Windsor, in which one person was killed and several Injured. An inquest revealed lack of equipment inspection, and later it was found that the operator did not carry ade­quate insurance.A Halton County resolution asking that an emergency radio frequency be installed in police departments in coun­ties where the emergency measures organization oper­ates, was endorsed.A Renfrew County resolu­tion asking for a SO per cent subsidy on the cost of estab­lishing and operating county assessment departments was endorsed with virtually no dis­cussion.Lifting of the $2,000 celling on annual county entertain­ment costs ns urged by Wentworth County was also approved by the delegates. If the proposal is enacted, such entertainment costs would be geared to a county's popula­tion and financial posltkrfi,A change In the basis for business assessment sought by Renfrew council also received delegates* approval. Renfrew delegates claim the present basis, whereby business as­sessment ranges from 25 to .15 1 per cent of the property as­sessment. depending on the size of the municipality, is un­fair. The resolution as adopt­ed seeks the same basis for all such assessment.County Awards Tractor ContractBeckham Farm Equipment Ltd. of Woodstock, has won a contract to supply Oxford Coun­ty with two new tractors. Beck­ham’s tender was the lowest of seven received by Nov. 5, which met all the required specifications of the county.Cost of the two new vehicles, one equipped with a backhoe, and the other rigged with a post hole digging attachment, will be $16,583, plus two trade-in vehi­cles. Delivery will be in two weeks.Tractor tenders were received from seven equipment dealers. The other six were received from Buchanan Farm Equip­ment Ltd., of RR 8, Woodstock;Hilderley’s Garage of Innerkip; 'Highland Equipment of Eridgc- 1 port; Lyle Buchner of TUlson- Iburg; and Gourlay EquipmentCentre of RR 1, Woodstock.Lorne Freeman, of Went-, >rth. sponsoring the resolu- i m, said present personnel of suburban road bodies were in­clined tn be autocratic and • operated without Sufficient1 communication with their ap- pointing councils.A panel discussion dealt with county council relations with news media.The panel included Robert Trotter, county council re­porter with the Kitchener Record. Lett Coles, clerk - treasurer of Oxford County, representatives from radio and weekly newspapers in the Hamilton area and county councillors from Halton and York counties.News media charges that J county council meetings were | dull and that the image of emlntv councils needed to be polished were changed for council claims that news media too often misquoted statements or distorted the picture of council activities.Warden Rudolph Bauer, of Perth, explained the good re­lations that have been estab­lished in his county between the press and county council. Representatives of The Lon­don Free Press and the Strat­ford newspapers attend allTwo Librarians To Retire After Serving 16 YearsTwo Burgcssville librarians, Mrs. Emmerson Chant and Mrs. J. A. Dickinscn will retire from their posts as librarian and sec­retary, respectively, after more than 16 years of service to their community.The retirements were an­nounced recently at an Oxford County Library workshop with 25 librarians and library as­sistants present.Libraries were represented from Beachville. Embro, Hick­son. Ingersoll, Innerkip. Tavis­tock, Kinlore, Mt. Elgin, Nor­wich. PlattsviUe, Princeton, Thamesford and Tillsonburg at the workshop.“Enthusiasm and an interestin people and books are im­portant attributes for good li­brarians and Mrs. Chant and Mrs. Dickinson were well equipped with these qualifica­tions,” said Mrs. S. L. Krom- part, Oxford County Librarian.Both ladies attained an “E” Cert ificate in Librarianship,। which is a month-long course for librarians from small cent­res.The morning workshop dis­cussions centred around advis­ory and reference sevice in the I branch library. Aso discussed was the use of different types of ireferen.ee material suitable fori answering the many questions .encountered in libraries.The afternoon session was de­voted to library work with boys and girls. Reference was made to Young Canada Bood Week) Nov. 15 to Nov. 22. Discussions) were led by Mrs. Krompart and: Mrs Arthur Webb, assistant county librarian.28 DeerIn OpenOxford County Conservation officer H. W. Clark said today that 28 deer have been reported bagged during the three-day open season this week. Reports from all sources have not yet been received, so the final count will be higher.Hunting licence vendors in Woodstock and Ingersoll report­ed that a total of 410 deer li­cences were sold to residents of the county. Farmers in the county bought 75 deer licences.Mr. Clark said that hunting started off slowly Monday with the bad weather, and many hunters who went out into the field early, returned home in the morning.Bagged SeasonTuesday and Wednesday were I better days for hunting, but the deer were hard to drive out into] the open. The bag of 28 reported । came from 154 hunters con­tacted.! Hunters are asked to turn inI the lower jaw of all deer taken, | unless the hunter plans to mount I the head. Mr. Clark said that the jaws would be used in re­search at Ontario Agricultural College, of the University of Guelph. The study involves re­search into the aging of deer.Mr. Clark also reported that most of the hunting “pressure” in the three day season, oc- , curred in the Townships of Blen- iheim and Blandford.Blenheim Tp. Seeks Talks On GrantFour Projects For Centennial In Oxford County ApprovedApproval of grants for Cen- { pality providing $6,638, aided by iennial projects by Oxford equal provincial and federal County and three other com- gifts of $6,581.munities in the county were ap- The Township of North Nor­proved today by the Ontario wich plans construction of a and federal governments. municipal library as its Cen- In addition to the county’s ^nntal project. The> outlay of library project, approval was i?1*.975 to be carried by dupii- given to projects by Blandford cate grants of $2,300 from the Township, Tillsonburg andilw senior governments and North Norwich Township. >$7,315 from the municipality.The Oxford County library.project will cost $75,000 with theOntario and federal govern­ments each giving $11,137, the remainder borne by the muni­cipality.Blandford Townshin’s historybook project is to be 88 printed pages, plus photographs, docu­ments and maps. The cost of $1,995 will be shared equally by the three levels of govern­ment.Tillsonburg plans restoration of its town hail at an expen­diture of $19,800, the munici-Dispute Over Grants Seen Election IssueFree Press Woodstock Buren uDRUMBO - A "hot elec­tion" in Blenheim Township in December because of Hie centennial grant dispute was forecast last night by George Matheson, of Princeton, chair­man of the Princeton and Blenheim centennial commit­tee.Mr. Matheson hinted that his committee might hold off its planned legal action against township council "to see what happens" at the township nomination meet­ing.Yesterday, township council decided not to reconsider changing Its $8,902 centennial grants allotment in spite of a letter from Mr. Matheson's committee asking for more money.Council has allocated $5,902 to Princeton and $3,000 to PlattsviUe. Originally, council planned to give Princeton $7,102 and PlattsviUe $1,800Free Press Woodstock BureauDRUMBO—Blenheim Town­ship council and representa­tives of the township's three centennial committees have requested a meeting with D. J. Date of Toronto, secretary of the centennial grants com­mittee.Reeve Peter McDonald of Blenheim Township said yes­terday he expects n meeting would be set up shortly in Toronto.He said the grants commit­tee has not said whether it will approve any of the three centennial projects planned for the township and has re­quested more information on the projects.The Drumbo community centre board is planning a $25,001) community centre: the Princeton and Blenheim cen­tennial committee n $25,000 community hall at Princeton, and the PlattsviUe community park board a $6,000 picmo pavilion. another meeting tonightCounty Committee Sets New Oxford Nursing Home RatesSeparate nursing home rales were sei last night by a com mittee of county representatives meeting in the council chamber at the county courthouse in Woodstock.The proposed rales are $5 35 for sheltered care, and $6.50 foi nursing care.The rates haw yet to be ac­cepted by the municipalities, and the rates, then, become el fective on Dec, 1. The difference in the rates varies to the differ­ent needs of the patients. Sheltered care includes board, lodging, and personal care under the supervision of a registered nurse or registered nurses' assistance.The nursing care also includes physical and medical care underTo keep on an even keel, the, committee decided it best to Say the same rate, to avoid the omes grabbing up all OH pa- tienta.The sheltered home rale was determined from a survey con­ducted foi the committee of sur­rounding municipalitiesThe average rate was $5.88 per day. The rate of the commit­tee gives the homes an average rate in round numbers.AVERAGE RATE $647The average rate for nursing care homes in the same cities was $6.17.Mr. Dutton and L. K. Coles, county clerk, reminded Ilie com­mittee that Oxford County has ai unique problem. Unlike most;the supervision ot a registered other counties, Oxford does not nurse- J yet hare a County Home.TWO CLASSES OF HOMES “This must be taken to light' The new by-law. which was "hen dealing with rates for accepted earlier by the commit- these homes." Mr. Dutton com- tee. divides the County nursing mented. "We need them.’* homes into the two classes. Mr. Coles said that the oldAn inspection, recently, by Di rate was a flat 8163.75 per "oners, medical officer of month (about $5.38 p^r day—just: health, disclosed seven of the 16 one rate).homes as possible nursing care However, the committee re­homes. ported that many patient*They are: Millway Nursing1 couldn't be committed to one of Home of Woodstock. Bonnie,these homes because the rates Nursing Home in Norwich. Faith weren’t acceptable by them.Haven Nursing Home in Inger-soil. Bonnie Brae Nursing OLD RATESHome in Tavistock, Maple A discussion proceeded the Manor Nursing Home in Tillson- motion and in defence of the old j burs. Stonecrest Lodge Nursing sin§le rate, members of the Home in Tillsonburg. and Laurel committee saw that a majority Nursing Home in Woodstock. of,the cities in the survey hadIn his comments Dr Powers °my one rate-c,;j (k-t iKz, r The committee also fell, theX Li L !ale wa* easier to keep tabs I_ ' nnL ’ a on- ft avoided chasing the doc-rec-Lri-n'nLOr n'a their tors to check for changing of a n cords were m poor order. patient's status. It would allowfor the different opinions of doc-WILL REVIEW TONIGHTTWENTY-THREE members county road projects. Shown of Oxford County Council left from left looking over the this morning on a tour of route, are: T. J. Comiskey,DECISION TOMORROWCounty Council Ponders ’Open' Season For DeerReeve of North Oxford Town­ship; J. N. Meathrell, county road superintendent and Har­ry Armstrong, warden of Ox­ford County. The tour is de­signed to give members an overall picture of road and bridge construction through­out the area.At the Health Board meeting tonight the recommendationstors.—^uuucuu^ ? favour of.4the ^parate by Dr. Powers will be reviewed rates- the committee saw them pr0. as an enticement for the homesand accepted or rejected. Pro- as .an enticement for the homes vincial inspectors then check the i®Prove their standards, homes and give the final appro- , , e rate was high for the val for the licences. sheltered care, but not highThe seven mentioned will f?ou5h for nursing care. Also, probably be issued nursing home . homes have to "buy ’ Reg­licences while the rest will ob- ,s^ere^ nurses Irom hospitals.tain sheltered home licences.The committee n o t ed a marked improvement in the homes since the new act wasissued. These homes account for 291 approved bods.The motion stating the new1 rates was made by William Dul- ton. mayor of Woodstock, and accepted by the committee.The rate for sheltered care costs 5375.50 a month. Of this! $63.75 is paid by the patient's pension, dropping the cost to close to $112. The Ontario Gov­ernment pays 80 per cent leaving the municipality $20 to pay.RATES SLIGHTLY HIGHERThe nursing care rates arc slightly higher per month for the province and municipality, How-i ever, if the patient i:- not aided by a pension, then the munici­pality must pay the excess.The rates were obtained through two means. First, the nursing care rale was deter­mined in light of the fart that Ibe Ontario Hospital pays $6.50 per day for any of its patients that must enter a nursing home. <Deer Season Opens Monday, 3 Days OnlyAn open deer season for Ox­ford County is now official I Herb Clark, Oxford County Con­servation officer reported yes-1 terday.The open season will be Nov.: 8 - 9 - JO. Only shot guns may be used loaded with ball or shot, The use of dogs is prohibited.Any person hunting during the open season for deer must not have shells in his possession, loaded with shot larger than number 2, unless he holds a deer licence.The deer licence costs $5. Farmers in Oxford may buy a licence for deer (or $2. but it is good cnly in Oxford County.A representative of the De­partment of Lands and Forests spoke to members of Oxford County Council, now in its Fall session, on the advisability of having an open deer season this year.L. K. Coles, county clerk, said it has been several years since one was held in Oxford.Don Johnson, working out of the district office in Hespeler, explained that it is advisable to hold a season every few years in order to keep the deer popu­lation under control.He said the winters in this area are not as severe as in the north country., and as a re­sult the animals thrive and in­crease in number.The remainder of the counties in the Lake Huron district, he said, plan to hold open seasons.At the June session of coun­cil, it was agreed to hold a season if surrounding counties did the same. However, of the six counties surrounding Oxford — Perth. Waterloo, Brant, Nor- folk, Elgin, and Middlesex — only the first three have de­cided to do so.Council met in committee most of yesterday, and dis cussed the possibility of holdinga season. Their decision will be known tomorrow. Mr. Coles said, that should one be held, the date of its commencement would probably not be made known until two or three days before it is slated to begin.“The reason for this,” he J said, “is to try and have local! hunters in the majority, with as few from outside the county as possible.”Twenty-three council mem- bers left this morning on a tour of the county road system to view road and bridge construc­tion. Mr. Coles said this isj done so that they might have a better idea of what is being done throughout the county as well as their own particular areas.Council will resume again to­morrow at 10 a.m. with resolu­tions to be read in the after-ComplimentaryTavistock Fall FairTAVISTOCK, ONT.Friday^ Saturday, Sept. 10th & 1965ADMwZKP. J. WettlauferPresidentreferable, RudySecretary Former Upper Thames River Conservation Author­ity chairman Gordon W. Pittock was honored by the authority yesterday and presented with a paint­ing of the Woodstock dam named for him. From left, Robert Rudy, UTRCA vice-chairman; Mr. Pit­tock; James Lind, finance chairman; Norman Brad­ford, UTRCA chairman. Mr. Pittock retired in March after 10 years as chairman.UTRCA Members Clash Over Policy During Meeting Honoring PittockBy BILL STEWARTFree Press Staff ReporterA verbal exchange between two members of the Upper Thames River Conservation Au­thority erupted at a meeting yesterday that was called main­ly to pay tribute to the authori­ty’s past chaiman. Gordon W. Pittock, of Ingersoll.London Township's represen­tative, William Goddard, started things off by saying that the general public is becoming to look on the UTRCA's executive as an “ivory tower.”He said the only time when members find out what the authority is doing is when they read the minutes.Referring to problems en­countered in expropriation for the Pittock Dam project at Woodstock, Mr. Goddard said the executive put the whole burden on itself when in fact, the entire authority should have been involved."There are good brainsiPittock. don't ever think that,’ around this room that are nev-retorted Mr. Goddard.Mr . Pittock, the past chair­man. is the Progressive Con­servative member of the legis­lature for Oxford County.When Mr. Rudy was asked after the meeting what he meant by “protecting our mem­ber of Parliament,” he said he thought Mr. Goddard's remarks inferred that Mr. Pittock re­signed the chairmanship be­cause other members of the ex­ecutive would not go along with his ideas. He said this was not so and Mr. Pittock had the full support of the executive.Mr. Pittock was presented with a painting of the dam at Woodstock that carries his name. The dam is not completed and the painting was done from architect's drawings.James Lind, of London, paid tribute to Mr. Pittock for put­ting forth a "tremendous effort” in the field of conservation. Heer used," said Mr. Goddard.Vice-chairman Robert Rudy, of Tavistock, answered that even the executive was too large a body to settle all the prob­lems encountered at Woodstock. For this reason, a small com­mittee from the executive was set up to work with a special tribunal appointed by the pro­vincial goverment that is work­ing to settle grievances of prop­erty owners involved in the dam project."We needed someone who had the background of the situa- ation,” said Mr. Rudy. “Every­thing we have done has been to protect our member of Par­liament. We did not want to cause Mr. Pittock any ember- rassment. There was no sense in bringing on green men who knew nothing of the back­ground.”"We are not protecting Mr.said Mr. Pittock has looked after the interests of each mem­ber municipality. He said much of the credit for making th* Upper Thames "the best au­thority in Ontario" belongs to Mr. Pittock.Mr. Pittock resigned after 10 years as chairman.In his first report as chair­man, Norman Bradford, of Lon­don, said the authority's 10-year flood control scheme has reach­ed the point where more money must be found. He said al­though the $10,000,000 program over 10 years is only about five ( years old, all money will be de- । pleted from the fund when ■ Wildwood and Pittock dams and ' Cedar Creek channel improve­ments at Woodstock are com­pleted.“The program must be up­dated before another project can be. started," he said. "I un­derstand the conservation au-, thorities branch has made some submissions to Ottawa on our behalf to continue our work."Says Study In Oxford Under Wav•I' rDr. Oscar C Powers, medical officer of health for Oxford County has disclosed that a number of plastic water contain­ers are presently under study by the Oxford Health Unit in the laboratories at the Ontario Hospital here to check out a re­port that the water may be con­taminated.The articles, such as baby teething rings and ice balls for cooling drinks, are sold in var­ious stores in the city. Dr Pow­ers said that the report would be available in about two days.Junior Red Cross Holds Program fit County HomeThe Huron Park Secondary School junior Red Cross club presented a Christmas program at the County Home last week. —Free Press Woodstock Bureou jSupport of o proposed three-day deer season for Oxford County was urged byDonald Johnston, of Hespeler, fish and wildlife supervisor of the Lake Huron district, department of lands and forests, at the opening of the fall session of Oxford County council yesterday. From left are: Reeve Glen Kitchen, East Oxford Township; Warden Harry Armstrong, Mr, Johnston and Deputy Reeve Vernon Cuthbert, West Oxford Township. .Defer Decision on Deer SeasonEaton Store Here Sold To BeamishFree Tress Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — OxfordCounty council deferred de­cision yesterday until tomor­row on a request for a three- day open deer season in the count}'.Council earlier decided to wait for reception of the re­quest by the department of lands and forests.be allowed in certain town­ships.Reeve Peter McDonald, of Blenheim Township, said he would support the open sea­son.Council also deferred action op a request from Tillsonburg council for construction of a bridge on Baldwin Street un­der the county connecting link agreement. The street and the Quarter Line Road in Dereham Township appear on the town's official plan as an arterial road to Highway 3, west of Tillsonburg.A tour of the county road system is planned for council today.Completion of an agreement| under which the Woodstock store of The T. Eaton Co, Ltd. is to be sold to R. A. Beamish Stores Ltd., of Ottawa, was announced today by David Kinnear. Exec­utive Vice-President of Eaton’s, and Harold Flagal. President of R A. Beamish Stores.Mr. Kinnear said the Wood- stock store will be sold to the Beamish organization “as part of a transaction which also in­volves the sale of Eaton stores in Ottawa, Pieton, Napanee.i Hanover and Stratford to R. A. Beamish Stores Company Limit­ed.”Mr. Kinnear then explained that this is part of the major redevelopment program being carried on by Eaton's across Canada. It involves a large in­vestment in urban renewal pro­jects in major centres, new stores in shopping centres, con­tinuing expansion and modern­ization of store outlets and cat­alogue sales office operations.PLAN ORDER OFFICEMr. Kinnear stressed that Eaton's is not vacating the Woodstock market. “We will continue to serve customers in this important market area through a modernized and ex­panded catalogue sales office,” he said. “This service will be backed by up-to-date commun­ications methods which will, quite literally, put a department store at our Woodstock custom- •rs’ finger tips.”Mr. Flagal, Raid that Eaton's had agreed to vacate the Wood- stock store early in 1066 and that his company would reopen it in March.Mr. Flagal said that the ac­quisition of the six Eaton stores is "part of a general and con­tinued plan of expansion of our organization in the retail mark et.RETAIN EMPLOYEES“We intend to retain within our organization as many of the Eaton’s staff as possible and to give recognition of their years of service with Eaton’s in mat­ters of holidays, wages and staff benefits.”“’Beamish Stores have been serving customers in Eastern Ontario and Quebec for two generations and with the ad­dition of the six Eaton stores, this modern and progressive retail organization will have 45 outlets in the two provinces. We intend to bring to Woodstock ex­cellent values at popular prices supported by our well - known money back guarantee policy.” Mr. Flagal said.Gerald Morrison, manager of -the Eaton store in Woodstock, took over the post two years ago when he transferred from Pict­on.There are 35 regular staff members at the store, and 15 part-time workers. No location has yet been selected for the Eaton’s order ofice in the city.)Donald Johnston, of Hes­peler, fish and wildlife super­visor for the lands and forests Lake Huron district, said Perth, Waterloo and Brant Count}’ councils have agreed to the three-day season.Middlesex. Elgin and Norfolk counties are unlikely to sup­port it, he said.Mr. Johnston said the hunt is needed to “harvest the deer” to keep the numbers i down.Reeve Thomas J. Comiskey, of North Oxford Township, said hunters he has contacted in his township feel that the open season would be "a slaughter” and don't want it. He suggested the season couldCOUNTY CLERKS and trea­surers from throughout the province gathered here yester­day for the semi annual meet­ing of their association. Shownfrom left are: Derek Newton, treasurer of Middlesex Coun­ty: Harvey Johnson, clerk­treasurer oLjUginCoimty; L. K .Coles, clerk-treasurer ofOxford County: and Harry an explanation by federal uf- Henderson, clerk-treasurer of ficials of the proposed com- Grey County, and chairman pulsory Canada Pension F’lan for the meeting. Of special „ which comes into interest to the gathering was ^Tan. 1. 1966 ARCHITECT’S DRAWING OF PROPOSED OXFORD COUNTY LIBRARY TO BE LOCATED ON GRAHAM ST. IN WOODSTOCKCounty Okays Library Design Architect Given Green Light>JOOO terior furnishing. However, at the time the project was passed in council it was fully realized that the county might have to be asked for more money to | equip the building.It is intended that interior construction will include wall [ bookshelves and the main coun­ter or desk, but the stacktype shelves and other furnishings would be additional.The building as drawn in the preliminary sketch, is a one- storey structure, with a base­ment. To the rear, opposite the county jail wall, will be an en­closed garage for the book­mobile and a platform leading from the main floor to facili­tate loading of the vehicle.It is not expected the library will be used at first as a place for recreational reading; how­ever, space at the front for an adult, reading room has been al­lowed for.This will not be furnished un­til its use is called for, though it is expected county residents will take advantage of the area when they visit the library.Headquarters for the library,Approval has been received! by Oxford County from the cen-1 tennial grants committee for' the proposed §150,000 county centennial library to be located in Woodstock.A preliminary design for the i building, located on Graham i Street beside the registry office, has been accepted, and the ar­chitect has been told to go ahead with plans for the struc- i hire.It is expected specifications । will be prepared so that ten­ders for construction will be called in February. Included in the $150,000 figure is $22,274 in centennial grants; however, it, does not include cost of interior furnishings.Last June, when council ap­proved the library as its cen­tennial project, $75,000 had been estimated as the cost. At that time, council members visited Kent County where a similar project had been completed, and had at first thought a structure of the type found there would be suitable.However, after deliberation, the county centennial committee decided they would like a build- ; ing more in keeping with those which would surround the new structure, and which would be built with the future in mind as well as the present.FURNISHINGAs a result, an additional $100,000 was alloted for the project with the feeling that monies remaining — if there are any—would be used for in­now located in the basement of the county building will be moved to the new location as soon as it is constructed. At present books are distributed throughout the county via the bookmobile. This will be con­tinued; however, lending will also be done on location.The basement in the proposed building is being constructed in such a way that it can be fin­ished to be an additional room for book storage, and this will be completed as the need arises.Offices and a board room will be located on the main floor as well as the reading room, and bookshelf area, while the exter­ior has been designed to com­pliment the registry office, county jail, and the county building itself.Council applied to the centen­nial grants committee for funds on July 28. and provincial appro­val was received Oct. 4, with federal approval coming on Oct. 13.GRANTSBoth the provincial and fed­eral governments will each con­Brant Deputy Clerk In Ancestors' Holetribute $11,137 under the cen­tennial agreement. This includes contributions from county muni­cipalities — Beachville, East Nissouri Township, West Oxford Township, West Zorra Town­ship, and Norwich — as well.Additional funds may be forthcoming if other area muni­cipalities decide to contribute their share of grants available to them, and some have indi­cated they would contribute any excess remaining after their in­dividual projects have been completed.County clerk, L. K . Coles, said the original $75,000 which it was thought the project would cost, was merely an estimate; however, the additional amount allotted will not change the grant available as it is given on a per capita basis.“We have designed a build­ing,” Mr. Coles said, “which will be just as practical 20 years from now, and we are very- pleased with the design submit­ted by G. Duncan Black, con­sulting engineers of St. Thom­as.”SASKATOON 1965BRANTFORD — Robert H. Foulds. 21, of RR 1, St. George, is carrying on with what is becoming a family tradition. Brunt County coun­cil has appointed him deputy clerk-treasurer of the county.This makes him the third generation of his family to make a career of municipal affairs. His father William Foulds is present county clerk-treasurer. Hr was for 17 years clerk-treasurer of South Dumfries Township.Robert’s grandfather and namesake was clerk-treasurer of South Dumfries township from 1922 to 1936.Robert, who Ims been as­sistant clerk and bookkeeper! in the county clerk-treasurer s office for 15 months, is a graduate of Paris district high school and spent one year at the Ontario Agriculture Col­lege In Guelph. Among his hobbies is farming tlie fam­ily's 100-acre farm in the St George district. Pension Plan Details Explained To ClerksClose to 05 representatives of I trlbution is 1.8 per cent. There- counties from throughout On-1 fore the maximum deduction in “ a year from any of your em-tario were given an opportunity yesterday to clear up misun­derstandings of the proposed Canada Pension Plan which is to take effect Jan. 1, I960.ployees is $79.20.“The amount of $79.20 is sig­nificant only in relation to em­ployees to whom you pay 85,000 or more in a year,”John McKercher, a represen­tative of the Federal Income Tax Bureau, explained that the plan will apply to all employees in all provinces excepting Que­bec, and that if any province decided it did not want to take part now, representation would have lo be made two years in advance.As of Jan. 1, all employees will contribute 1.8 per cent — $79.20 is the maximum — of his gross earnings minus the annual basic exemption of $600. of his wages.The arrival at the $79.20 figure was explained to the delegates attending the semi­annual meeting of the Associa­tion of Clerks and Treasurers thusly: “The maximum earn­ings of which contributions must be made is $5,000 minus an an­nual basic exemption of $600, that is, $4,400“The employee’s rate of con-Two Clerks Are HonoredTribute was paid to two re­tiring county clerks at yester­day’s meeting of the Associa­tion of County Clerks and Treas­urers held here yesterday.Harry Henderson, clerk-treas­urer for Grey County, and chair­man of the meeting, received approval from the group to con­gratulate clerks W. H. Hunter and Charles Daker.Mr. Hunter has been clerk of Dufferin County for the past 40 years, while Mr. Daker. clerk, of Waterloo County, has decided to retire for personal reasons. | Board Honors LibrariansBURGESSVILLE - Mrs. Ar­thur Dickinson and Mrs. Emer­son Chant were honored for their 16 years of service as IN brarians at the final meeting of. 1965 of the Burgessville Li­brary board.Both were presented with a; silver tea service and a tray' by Martin Buchan. They also received a bouquet of roses, presented by Mrs. Gordon Emigh.A motion by Dalton French, that any money on hand or fur­ther donations received be left with the present secretary-treas­urer, Mrs. Dickinson, to be used as directed by the village trustees for the new library, was approved.The retiring committee for 1965 was composed of Mr. Buch.: an, Mr. French, Mr. Stoakley, Charles Bright and Mrs. Emigh.ALMOST ALLThe CPP will apply to every employee who has reached 'he age of 18 and Is under 70 the gathering wag told, and it was stressed that all must have a social security number. If any­one does not havt one now, he will have to obtain one by the time the plan comes into effect.Questions arose concerning part time help, and the mem­bers were told that tables will be available which will break payment to the plan down to an hourly basis.It all depends on how the em­ployee is paid. If he is paid hourly, daily, or weekly, the tables will apply. However, if he is paid monthly, he is allowed to deduct a basic exemption of $50. Should there be no excess after this is deducted, there will be no payment.On the other hand however, if there is an amount remaining, the 1.8 per cent must be de­ducted.Under the plan, employers match payments paid by their employees, and Harry Hender­son, clerk-treasurer of Grey- County and chairman of the meeting, along with several other members, expressed dis­satisfaction when the question of employee and employer re­funds was explained.PAY TWICEShould an employee change jobs during the year, his second employer as well as the first, will have to match his 1.8 per cent contribution which will have been made at both jobs.However, the employee is en­titled to a refund of the second 1.8 per cent, while neither of ‘he employers may claim such. The only time an employer is en­titled to a refund is if he acci-for the coming tasks, though al­most all of the work will be done b.y computers, and these are visiting the 400,000 employ ers throughout the country with with some 200,000 having been visited to date,” Mr. McKercher said| Clerks asked a variety of questions dealing with problems they might encounter with part time help, and as well, the .question of uniforms came up They wanted to know if the supplying of uniforms to em-, ployees such as jail help was considered as 3 benefit, and thereby liable to deductions un der the plan.The answer to this was con­cise. If the uniforms are sup plied, this is not considered as a benefit. On the other hand, if an allowance for such is given, this would be considered as a benefit, and liable to the 1.8 per cent deduction.MARRY PLANS। John Millman, a representa­tive of OMER — Ontario Muni­cipal Employees’ Retirement plan — was on hand to explain the integration of this pension plan with the proposed Canada Pension Plan.By the start of the CPP. he said it was expected that some 800 employers with close to| 30,000 employees would be con­tributing to their plan.To date, the rate of contri­bution has been 5.5 per cent of gross income; however, with the institution of the CPP. this would be cut to 4 per cent for the first $5,000 ,of income with he 5.5 per cent continung over this amount.Employees earning $5,000; would then pay 4 per cent to | OMER, and the compulsory 1.8 ; per cent to CPP. However. the rate of pension per $1 contri­buted would remain the same — 36 cents for every SI put । into the plan, to be received af­ter age 65.Some of the clerks objected to this and felt that the 1.8 per cent should be paid over and above the 5.5 per cent to the plan. "Industry,” some said, “does this, and we should do the same.”DISAGREEMENTOther clerks objected to this idea with the explanation that some of their employees may not be able to afford such con­tributions and that a decision on such should be discussed with them.Derek Newton, of Mid­dlesex. felt a letter should be sent to OMER asking that-‘.his over and above figure be given consideration. However, the con­census was contrary, and the ■decision — since nothing could be done anyway prior to the j implementation of CPP — to bring the matter before county councils for study, was made.A W. Blowes. clerk of Duffer- i m County, and one of the dele­gates in favor of Mr, Newton's . suggestion, volunteered to send a letter to all counties in the province asking them to look into the matter.All voiced their approval, and the matter was ended with some hoping to have the OMER plan, remain at the 5.5 per cen con- i trlbution, and some certain that their employers would be. ' against such a move.dently makes a mistake and pays more than his share to the plan.Even is an employee has numerous jobs at the same time, all of his employers must pay the 1.8 per cent, while in his case, only one payment is necessary.During the discussion, Mr. McKercher remarked that the 1.8 per cent figure would not be stationary for all time, but would be subject to automatic adjustment.“Failure of an employer to' deduct from an employee, makes the employer liable for the total amount — that is. both the employee's and employer’s contribution.” he said.Overpayments will be re­fundable to employees through the regular T1 form filled out for basic tax exemptions, or on special application forms which will be made available when the plan comes into effect. De­ductions will be listed on the T 4 forms, and It is expected the government will have some 15,000,000 of these to be key punched in 1966.TASK FORCE••More than 250 payroll audi­tors had to be specially trained Problems of making the Canadian Pension Plan a supplement to the municipal employees' pension plan were studied yesterday by 65 officials at the semi-annual Western Ontario branch meeting of the Ontario Association of County Clerks and Treasur­County Clerks Reject Bid to Add National Pension to Own Group PlanFree Press Woodstock Bureau municipal employees pension plan."tJODSTOCK - The Ontario The resolution was presented Association of County Clerks.by Middlesex treasurer Derek and Treasurers’ Western On tar- Newton and Mrs. Vera Myers, io branch vesterday rejected a clerk of Wellington, at the semi- resoluuon asking that the of the group.Huron County clerk-treasurer ada Pension Plan be added to- John Berry said, despite the not made part of — the existing resolution’s rejection, he wouldEmployers Won't Get Rebate For Overpayment to Pension Plancontribute 5.5 per cent of their income to a pension fund. When the national plan becomes ef­fective next year, their contri­butions would still be 5.5 per cent of their income, but 1.8 per cent will go to the national pen­sion plan and 3.7 per cent to the OMERS plan.Free Press Woodstock Bureau ’and deductions would have tobe made if they earned more than $600 a year or S50 a month, he said. The councillor and the county would each pay 1.8 per cent of the councillor's annual civic earnings.Frank Weldon. Victoria coun-WOODSTOCK — Employers cannot get rebates on overpay­ment of Canada Pension Plan contributions made for part- time employees. 65 county clerks and treasurers were told yester­day.They were attending the semi- t.y clerk-treasurer, said deduc- annual meeting of the Ontarioj tions might have to be made Association of County Clerks I for part-time employees such as and Treasurers, Western Ontario doctors who act as coroners and branch.J. A. McKercher, of Hamilton, administrative supervisor for the district taxation office, said thatjurors and witnesses in long county court trials.Mr. McKercher told the group the decision that rebates onif a part-time employee has overpayment of employers’ con- made his maximum annual con-jtributions would not be made tribution of $72.20 while work-was Introduced to reduce "ad- ing for someone else, he has to'ministrative difficulties.” pay Into the plan again if he U K. Coles, Oxford clerk­goes to work for a second em­ployer within a year.At the end of the year, the employee can apply for a rebate but employers such as munici-treasurer, said county council members could be paid a maxi­mum of $48 a month or $576 a year to avoid the problem of the county having to pay pen­pah ties cannot, Mr, McKercher sion plan contributions.said.Mr. Berry said he felt the idea of the two pensions was a good one, but the decision to ask for it should come from all muni­cipal employees, not just clerks and treasurers.Allan Stewart, Wentworth County clerk - treasurer, said the issue was a matter for elected representatives to de­cide, not appointed officials.Harry Henderson, Grey County clerk-treasurer, said some coun­ties would hesitate to pay the extra 1.8 per cent of an employ-! ee’s income that they would have to pay to match extra con­tributions that would be made by the employee if he paid a full; OMERS pension and the na­tional pension.L. K. Coles, Oxford clerk- treasurer, said many councils would balk because of problems involved in making con tri bu- butlons for part-time workers.Kent County clerk-treasurer Sherman. Brown said hired mu­nicipal officials would have; more difficulty selling the idea to employees that councils would.County counci Hora would be considered part-time workersBlenheim Ratepayers Seek Improvements In County Roadsers at Woodstock. From left, Harry Henderson, clerk­treasurer of Grey County, president of the associa­tion; Harley Johnson, Elgin County clerk treasur­er; L. K. Coles, Oxford County clerk treasurer; and Derek Newton, Middlesex County treasurer.ask his council to study keep- pension, municipal employeesing the full Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement Service pension and adding the national pension to it.Mr. Berry said results of the study would be sent to other counties.Under the existing OMERSMr. McKercher said he would notify the association when a government decision is made on having mileage paid county of­ficials for use of their own cars added to salaries as income on which pension plan contri­butions would be made.Grey county clerk-treasurer Harry Henderson said about half the counties represented added mileage to salaries for income tax purposes.Mr. McKercher said housing supplied to employees without charge, free meals, and similar benefits given by employers would be included with salaries to get a total for an income on which pension contributions would be based.He said he would check to see if uniforms or uniform al­lowances would also be added to salaries to calculate total ln-1 come.Oxford CAS Director Speaks To County ClerksMembers of the Association of County Clerks and Treasur­ers were yesterday given some insight into the new child wel­fare act by Mrs. Jean Deans, executive director of the Oxford County Children’s Aid Society.“The new act will now put more teeth into child welfare legislation,” Mrs. Deans said, “and for the first time, preven­tative services will now come under the care of the society.’'Continuing, Mrs. Deans told the more than 60 members wh< gathered for the semi annual meeting of the association, that the former rate basis for the, care of children has been elim­inated, along with necessity to determine residence.With the old act, it was nec­essary to determine where a child came from, so that the municipality concerned could be assessed for his care. Now, the assessment wUl fall on the mun­icipality where the child is taken into care.Estimates of child care are to be submitted by the director or board of the society concern­ed, to the municipality concern­ed, and any disagreements on expenditures may be referred to the Child Welfare Review Board.“Under the new legislation’’, Mrs. Deans said, “municipal­ities must have at least one protection worker for every 15.- 000 of population. Many socie­ties will haxe to expand, and complaints must be registered and acted on within 48 hours.“We have always felt that the best place for any child is in the home, and now with the increased funds, it will be pos­sible to give more direct aid to families than have to take the child out of the home.“More effort will be made to have permanent wards placed in permanent homes for adop­tion— the age limit for a per­manent ward of the society has been increased from 18 to 21,” she said.Many societies have appar­ently felt for some time that the 18-year limit was not ap­plicable in many cases as the youngsters are often not prepar­ed to go out on their own.“Our biggest problem”. Mrs.Deans concluded, “is help.” “Social work is a professional job, and it is difficult keeping qualified persons. We train them for a year, and in many cases, they leave to seek higher wages.”Safety Inspector Sought By CountyApplications are being opened by Oxford County officials in quest of a constructon safety in­spector.It is intended to hire the in­spector, who will check all con struction in the county according to the Safety Act which was pro­claimed in force Aug. 1, 1962— excepting projects being done solely by Ihe owner in person: a project lo which the Mining Act applies: or to a farm pro­ject to be used only for farming purposes—on a part time basis at first.Oxford is one of five counties— Bruce, Dufferin. HaWinland anil Wellington—which have not yet appointed an inspector.There are 112 municipalities in the province which were re­quired under the terms of the act to appoint a construction safety inspector. WARDEN'S BANQUET — Re­tiring Oxford Warden Harry Armstrong, had a big smile forthe crowds as he introduced members of his familv at a ban­quet in his honor held Thursdayevening at St. Pauls United Church. Beside him stands his wife, Emma. Photo on the riehtshows Bill Brady, CFPL announ­cer, who was guest speaker.WardenHonoredA banquet honoring retiring <J‘- lord warden Hurry A rmArong. nerve u( Dr.rrham Township, OVt'r .150 gui'hts -rated :d St. i'auk < hnf'Hi hall Thursday evening( liairmanLen K,/ the county, lesK includedCdm.BM.I\W.P.ltoc'k, ML.A., T ilLntdiitrfr Mayi.r Clare I L Esseltihc, Vton, mayor of Woodstock, ) huma-J. Morrison, mayorJudge Kenneth 5of Irigtriotl, । Dick, Wood-stock, Fred Harris, clFrk-treasurerof Dereham,sister pt speaker London.(irace Hilburn.Mrs. Clifford Ha by. warden; and guestBill Brady of CFPL-TV,was ottered by Rev John Warden .Armstrong intro-Warden Armstrong Greets 300 At DinnerTILLSONBURG — Close to and we could certainly use the complished this year, and ex-300 persons attended the annual money.”Warden's dinner held here at St. Paul's United Church last night.The dinner is called each year towards the end of the term of the presiding warden, and is the one time of the year when offici­als from throughout the county gather together for a social func­tion.This was the third year in the last five that the event has been held in Tillsonburg.pressed the hope that the CountyMayor William B. Dutton of Home for the a§ed will be well Woodstock, who will be leaving on its way before his term IS; public office next month, after over.three years as mayor, said, “I Congratulations were also, have enjoyed the associations forthcoming from Mayor Thom- and friendships with the people as Morrison of Ingersoll. In in- of the county, and it has been a troducing him. Len Coles, coun-Neighboring Dereham township the home of 1965 warden. Harry Armstrong, has been the home of 11 wardens in the past 166 years.Wallace Nesbitt. MP for Ox­ford. and one of the head table guests said after complimenting the County Units progress that it is at the local government level that personal contact with the people is made.Gordon Pittock, MLA for Ox­ford. and another special guest congratulated the county council on their work throughout the past year, and said. “I think it has been an oustanding .yearpleasure working with them ty clerk, and chairman for the whenever the occasion arose.” evening said, “He has been in- He congratulated Warden; volved in civic affairs of the Armstrong for the work he ac- town for 33 years, five of which he has served as mayor, havingWarden's Dinner Set For TomorrowAn event which has become the highlight of the social scene1 for county officials and wives will be held in Tillsonburg to­morrow evening.Close to 300 people are ex­pected to attend the annual Warden’s dinner being held this ear in St. Paul’s Parish Hall.chired head table guests.Chairman Coles, in his introduc- to y remarks, traced some of the history of Oxford County, which was formed in 1850. First warden, Benjamin Van Norman, was from Dereham, and, in all, 11 Dereham reeves have served as warden.Brief congratulatory addresses were given by Mr. Nesbitt, Mr. Pit­tock, and Mayors Esseltine, Dutton and Morrison.Bill Brady, who spoke on "com­munications," was introduced by Chairman Len Coles. In his witty address Mr. Brady spoke of the field of radio and television as a communications medium, and said their prime function is to entertain and inform. "The knowledge of the world around us is vital to us," he said.Recalling the coverage of the President Kennedy murder thespeaker said it suddenly madeusas far as the county is concern-Speaking on behalf of the town of Tillsonburg, Clare Essel- tine, who was Wednesday ac-l claimed mayor for another term, invited all those present andi their friends to return to Tillson-1 burg—“Especially on a shopping spree. We have an excellent shopping district; no parking meters; our police are obliging;been recently acclaimed to the office for another term.”Around 12 former Oxford County Wardens were also pre­sent at the dinner, and along with them were the wardens of Brant. Waterloo, Middlesex, Perth, and Elgin counties.COUNTY OF OXFORDYOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE'innerTHURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 25th, 1965 . . . at . . .ST. PAUL’S UNITED CHURCHRecreation Hall ■ Bidwell Street Entrance Tillsonburg, OntarioAT SEVEN O'CLOCKHARRY R. ARMSTRONG, ___Wardenbelieve that anything can happen.“We are there to serve in many avenues," he concluded. “There is no other medium where so many things- are available to you by just turning a switch.”Vocal solos were presented by Grant McDonald, accompanied by pianist Mrs. Doris Rohrer.The toast to the ladies was ably presented by Dereham clerk-treas­urer Fred Harris. The reply was by Mrs. Clifford Haley.Warden Armstrong, in his ad­dress, thanked all who had served with him on county council. IL. in- ireduced the members of Dereham council, and members of his family. ; Mr. Armstrong said during his year he had attended all municipal councils while in session, and in all, had attended 235 meetings.“There will be many to follow us, arid when it comes their turn to leaxe, may they be just as sorry.”Thanks to the ladies of the U.C.W. for the splendid meal were expressed by Mr. Coles.Of UM to alttnJ, UfOu/J you pltMM ropty toO^raniLr, Ontarioor tho (..ounly397, Hhxhtocl, Ont. MAYORS, EX-WARDENS, among the close to 300 persons are: L. K. Coles, clerk of Ox- ford County Harry Armstrong; Thomas Marrison. mayor ofmembers of county council who gathered fpr the annual ford County, and chairman for Mrs. Armstrong; Clare Easel- Ingersoll, and William B. Dut-and wardens from throughout Warden’s Dinner held in Till- the evening; Warden of Ox- tine, mayor of Tillsonburg; ton, mayor of Woodstock,the surrounding counties were sonburg last night. From left,WARDEN'S DINNER — About 350 persons attend­ed the annual Oxford County warden's dinner last night at Tillsonburg. From left: Warden Donald Leitch, of Elgin; Mayor Clare Esseltine, of Tillson­burg. CFPL Radio disc jockey Bill Brady, of London,guest speaker; warden rfarry Armstrong, or Ox­ford; Warden Rudolph Bauer, of Perth; Warden, Ivan Hearn, of Middlesex; Warden J. W. Howell, of Brant; and Warden Clarence Diamond, of Water­loo. (Photo by June Boyd).EFFECTIVE DEC. 31Dr. 0. C. Powers Retires From Health Unit PostThe retirement of Dr. 0. C Powers as medical officer of health for the Oxford Health Unit was announced today.Dr. Powers began as MOH 20 years ago with the inception of the then called Oxford County Health Unit. At that time, Inger­soll and Woodstock were not in­cluded.He received his primary edu­cation in Norwich and continued his secondary education in Woodstock at Woodstock Colleg­iate Institute,Following this, Dr. Powers be­came a teacher, and taught for one year before enrolling at the University of Western Ontario in medicine, graduating in 1927. He practiced in the village of Bur­ford for some 14 years, and then enrolled in the public health course at the University of Tor­onto.He worked for the departmentOxford County MOH Quits Couldn't Agree on Salary'DR. O. C. POWERS ... 20 Years Serviceof health there for 4 years, and in 1943, was the acting MOH for the Rockefeller Health Unit in East York.In 1945, Dr. Powers applied for the position of MOH for the newly formed Oxford County Health Unit which in subsequent years has included Ingersoll and Woodstock within the unit.Dr. Powers lived in Wood- stock for several years before moving to a farm just outside of Thamesford, and his resignation becomes effective Dec. 31.Free Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — Dr. O. C. Powers, Oxford County medi­cal officer of health for 20 years, announced his resigna­tion yesterday.'•We just couldn’t get to­gether on salary.” Dr. Pow­er?. said. "I felt I was under- paid. The board felt different­ly and accepted my resigna­tion," lie said,"They didn’t make any of­fer to change the schedule,"He would have received a $400 increase next year. Dr. Powers said, but all other medical officers of health re- '-eire annual increments of $500 or better. Present salary for the position l» $11,GW.Dr. Powers moved to Ox­ford County in 1945 and pur­chased a 200 - acre cattle farm just west of Thames­ford.He took over as medical of­ficer of health when the unit was formed in September of that year.Ingersoll joined the county unit in 1947 and Woodstock in 1950.Dr Powers served 4’4 years as a medical < flic -r of health In East York Town­ship, a part of Metropol it n Toronto, before moving to Woodstock.He had a medical practice in Burford for 14 years be-DR.O. C. POWERS- - - MOH for 20 yearsfoie he Look a post graduate course and earned his dip­loma in public health.Warden Harry Armstrong, a । member of the Oxford County health unit, said the resigna­tion was a surprise. He said a wage scale was set up a year ago for two years.Dr. Powers said that he has no immediate plans. His res­ignation will take effect Dec. 31. County clerk L. C. Coles said plans are being made to advertise for a replacement.The resig nation of Ivan Charlton, a public health In­spector with the unit, also was announced. He will join the Elgin - St. Thomes health unit.Health Unit Inspector Resigns PostThe resignation of public health inspector for the Oxford Health Unit, Ivan Charlton, was announced at a board meeting last night.Mr. Charlton, who lives in El­gin County, has worked with the Oxford Unit for the past 10 years, and has recently been of­fered a position with the Elgin- St. Thomas Unit.As well as the unexpected resignation of Dr. O. C. Powers, the medical officer of health for the county, the re-appointment of James Harnett of Mt. Elgin for another three - year term, was announced by the unit. I. I THE TILLSONBURG NEWS November 26, 19C5Town Business Aired(Cent nurd from Parc One)annexation procfuturtilltrvatmeni plant and ih< not oct- completed waterworks reservoir were pelleted in the reports of councillor \ndy Bala/., and P.U.C commissioner George Barrie.Councillor Balazs, chairman of the sewer comm,tier, said that the $Nk8,()U0 sewage treatment plant was designed for a population of 7'000 people and a daih flow of (>50,000 gallons.I he p esent average daily flow is 6(X).OOO gallons, he said, or about 90 per rent, of capacity.Three local dairies, which are nit yet connected to the plant have an average daily flow of 50,000 gallons and would bring the plant up to capacity when connected.In addition, industrial expansion at the north end of town and in the I’Orest Hill subdivision, present new homes and the town's anticipated growth will soon tax the capacity of the present plant.- something to offer Reporting on thts were io |>c 'we will haveactivities of theI'ublic I'tilities Comm.scion George Barrie described the town's new million dollar water System, and pointed out that when Completed, water for domestic purposes and water for fire protection would both be in one system with adequate pressure to serve the whole town. He said that despite the expense of the installation it would not af­fect taxes al all as the whole pro­ject would be financed by the water rates. He said that it would bring the total minimum hi.'l up to $36 per yearMr. Barrie paid iribute to the late Dr. R. E. Weston, who was chair­man of the P.U.C. for many years.Another member of the P.U.C., William Pollard, pointed out that even though TillsOnburg's water rates are up, they compare very favorably with those of other inuni-,, , cipalities in the area.•dr Balazs said that on top of al$> Reporting on Oxford County Council Reeve Bryan Jones- ex­pressed dissatisfaction with thethis there have been applications irom adjacent areas outside themunicipal boundaries to be taken in on the sewage line.The possibility of expanding the plant's facilities will be one of the problems facing next year's coun­cil,Mr. Balzas also reported that an engineering survey was being un­dertaken to make sure that the storm sewer system was separate from the sanitary sewer system. At present large amounts of rainwater get into the sanitary system during thunderstorms, so that the sewage treatment plant cannot handle the volume.Mr. Balazs also noted that the new $110,000 sewer system that runs by the hospital will be large enough to serve that section of town fortreatmentfrom years.theTillsonburg has received county body over the“If any to support es in the municipal structure, it Is Tillsonburg.” He mentioned discus-municipality has reason the advocates of chang-the next 50 years. Hesaid that ifsions on such changes that have been proposed in municipal organ­ization.“Almost any change would be a change for the better,” he said. ‘.And as far as Tillsonburg is con­cerned, the sooner, the better.”He pointed out that 18 per cent, of the county's finances come from Tillsonburg, and said, “It might be assumed that because Tillsonburg is the largest municipality in the county and contributes the largest portion of county finances, that the town would receive corres-Says MOH Quit Over SalaryMayor Thomas Morrison of Ingersoll, chairman of the board for the Oxford Health Unit, said today the resignation of Dr. 0, C. Powers as medical officer of health for the county was tendered because of a salary dispute.He said that a schedule to run for a two-year period for em­ployees of the unit was set up last year, and “everybody seemed to be happy.”“We received a request from the doctor for an increase which was beyond our ability to pay,” he said.In an interview this morning, Dr Powers said. “I felt I was underpaid. The board felt dif­ferently and accepted my resig­nation.”Dr. Powers, whose present salary as MOH is $11,600, was to receive an increase of $400 4exl year, .. II “We tried to attempt a com­promise,” Mayor Morrison said, “but the doctor was not inter­ested. A heavy increment at this time would have upset our entire wage scale, and we just could not afford it.”He said there was no ill will, but that the board was sur­prised and sorry that the doctor decided to resign.Dr. Powers, who has been with the unit since its inception, m 1945, said that all other medical officers of health re4 ceive annual increments of $500.When asked what he intended! to do now that he has resigned,, he commented that he had no definite plans. “I think I’ll just take it easy for a while, and maybe 1’1] do some farming,” he said,Dr, Powers, 68. lives on a 200;acre cattle farm just west of Thamesford.ponding brmTits, Hut |‘m afraid our benefits are nut that apparent “iHr said that a TilUonbnr,sentHtivc hud never in ofy sat oft the county mil tee, which spends atty other commi’it-rcouncil and last year half a million dollars.g repreliving mem • ,morec>nii- thanof county । spent over!lie noted that there were over 230 miles of county roads maintained by the'county, and that Ti|J«onbnrg\ ’ share of this was under eight miles.The mill rate for county roads is I 7.77 mills, and for Re:HT:.l purposes, 6 33 mills, making the total rate forthe county 14 mill...pays 13.5 mills, ; rot contribute to rary.TilljiCtHburgja? the town floe?. > the county lib-;Mr. Jones.said that Oxford Coun­ty and the independent municipal-I hies of Woodstock and Ingersoll will soon construct a new county home for the aged. He said that' it would almost certainly be built it Woodstock and would be of very little value lo the people of Tillsonburg.He noted that the county's cen­tennial project is to be a new county -library and that this too would likely be built in Woodstock, so that its usefulness lo Tillson-: burg was very doubtful.He further noted that Tillson­burg, as part of the county, is con­tributing for hospital construction in Woodstock and said, “This will benefit Woodstock. The benefits to Tillsonburg are doubtful.”On the other hand, the countyl is contributing to the construction of the hospital in Tillsonburg. “But this is a tri-county hospital, and; not really a Tillsonburg hospital at all,” he said. “The taxpayers of Tillsonburg have recently install­ed a new sewer for the tri-county hospital.”He said that the town had re­ceived favorable consideration on.a request that Town Line Roadbe,taken over as a connecting link between Oxford and Norfolk Coun­ties but that Oxford County had dropped the Hickory Hid sectionof Baldwin Street as a county con- rcrting link. He noted that there we indications that the Raidwin Street bridge ni ght be !> li t and construction of the street com­pleted under crimtv jurisdiction.On a lighter note, he said that the county had paid bounty on 260 foxes. “None of them came from Tillsonburg,” he said.New Church Takes Lease From CountyWoodstock’s newest church, the United Pentecostal Church,! will be officially opened on Dec. 12 at 2:30 p.m.The United Pentecostal church organization, which has some 30, churches throughout Ontario, will be represented in Wood-j stock by Rev. Pastor Rankin Porter of 20 Delatre St. Rev. Porter, his wife Patricia and their daughter have recently ar­rived in Woodstock from HamiL ton, where Mr. Porter was as­sistant pastor to Rev. Pearlay Hathaway.Rev. Porter officially took of­fice in Woodstock on Oct. 8. The church is presently housed in the old Lutheran Church on 62 Graham St., which the United Pentecostal Church has rented from the county for a year and a half.Newest Church Is DedicatedDedication of the newly formed Woodstock United Pente-. costal Church was held yester­day in it* first church building to be located here.Until now, the closest United Pentecostal Church for Wood­stock members, has been in Brantford. Rev. Rankin Porter, pastor of the church said that the congregation has an 18 month lease for the former Bethany Lutheran Church build­ing on Graham Street, pur­chased two years ago by Oxford County council.He said if the church cannot buy the building, they will try to obtain another. Mr, Rankin came to Woodstock from Hamil­ton, where he was assistant pastor of the East United Pen­tecostal Church, and is a grad­uate of the United Pentecostal Bible School, Marysville, N.B.Guest speaker at the dedica­tion was Rev. J. 0. Moore of Picton, district supervisor of the church in Ontario18 Seeking Safety JobEighteen applications for the position of construction safety inspector for Oxford County have been reviewed. L. K. Coles county clerk, said today.Appointments with five of the applicants for interviews are be­ing arranged and more definite word on the matter should be available by the end of the month, he said.When engaged, the inspector will work on a part-time basis at first, and will check all con­struction, covered in the Safe­ty Act in the county.The regulations of the act do not apply to a project being done solely by the owner in person; to a project to which the Mining Act applies; or to a project sit­uated on a farm and is to be used only for farm purposes.Oxford and four other count­ies in the province — Bruce, Dufferin, Haldimand, Welling­ton — have not yet appointed inspectors.County Roads System Ready With 315 (or more) Tons Of SaltThe heavy artillery for Oxford County’s winter program is now- rolling into action to prepare for the oncoming season.J. N. Meatherall. county road superintendent, said yesterday, that the county has 9,000 cubic yards of sand and 315 tons of salt ready to cover the roads. Eight county trucks will handle the task of covering the 215 miles of county roads.Additional salt is added throughout the winter, he said, depending upon the severity of the season. This additional salt usually averages about 150 tons a year.The county roads start calling for salt about the first of;December and continue their de­mand until the first of April.However, in 1951. Mr. Meath- erall recalls sending his trucks out on the first Sunday of No­vember to combat the slippery roads.The county uses highway coarse salt to mix with the sand It costs about $1.50 a ton more, but it does not form lumps when moist.The lumps can be a headache to the road maintenance crew, he said.The idea of salting roads has been developed 100 per cent in the county in the last 10 years he stated. “Prior to that, we just had sand piles at intersec­tions, and used salt in emergen­cies.”Mr Meatherall went on to say that one of the worst areas in the county is just south of Woodstock. It is noted for heavy sleet during the winter, he said‘'There are also five distinct snow belts m the county,” headded Oxford Reports Taxes More Than Half PaidI'w Th-ss Woodstock Bureau North Norwich, West Oxford WOODSTOCK Moro than and West Zorra townships.60 per cent of Oxford tax lev- Mr. Coles said the county ies from 16 member munici- pays the munleipulitioH five palities have been paid for per cent interest on money 1963, with the Dec. 20 deadline paid In advance, still nine days away.County clerk treasurer Leonard K. Coles said $480,(MIO . of the $866,194 to be colled ed has been received.Tillsonburg, the largest Ox- 1 ford town, paid in full June 25, the same day Blandford Town­ship, largest rural municipal­ity paid part of its share. The township completed its pay-, ment July 16.North Oxford Township, East Zorra Township, Beach­ville and Tavistock have also paid their full levies. Partial payments have been made byCounty Home MovesAnother Step F orwardPlan Tri-County JailNear Norwich: ReeveNORWICH — A new regional : said Mr. Force, wis within three1 jail to serve the counties of! or Jour inUe? J„ , x- f n ___ He assured the gathering ofBrant. Norfolk and Oxford ma? ratepayers that such a jail near be built here. Reeve Leslie । Norwich would not endanger Force told the nomination meet- the residents of the area, sin.ee ing last night. only those sentenced to three orMr. Force lold the meeting four months at the most — us- that although nothing yet is ually the minor cases — would,A proposal for a new 150 - hod ; Oxford County home lor the aged, approved yesterday by the county home board, will be sent for approval today to the partici­pating councils ol Oxford Coun­ty, Ingersoll and Woodstock, ac­cording to Leonard Coles, coun­ty clerk ■ treasurer and secre­tary • treasurer for the home for ■the aged.Mr. Coles added that if the councils approve the prelimin­ary plans, the board, in conjunc­tion with the provincial depart­ment of welfare and Duncan Black Consulting Engineers Ltd., of St. Thomas, will com-, mence drawing up plans for the proposed home, in earnest next year.The board recommended yes­terday that the cost of the pro­posed project be shared by the, three councils involved accord­ing to their projected population figures for 1968.Under this plan Oxford County would pay 58 per cent, Wood- stock 32.5 per cent and Ingersoll 9.5 per cent of the construction costs.Noble Drew, director of the home for the aged branch of the department of welfare, who1 was present at yesterday’s meeting, said that the maxi-! mum capacity homes the de-; ment is approving is 250 beds.definite about the regional jail, be housed in the jail.he assured them that all three) The Norwich site has been counties had jails over 100 considered the most logical be-'years old. and that each would cause it is central to all three need new facilities in the near counties.future. The three counties have beenThe government grant on a meeting in committee on the regional jail would be 55 per matter, and although nothing cent, he said, but if each coun- yet was definite. Mr. Force im- ty builds separately, the grant plied that with approval from in each case would only be 33 Norfolk county, the plan could per cent. be implemented.“The site which has been; Oxford County jail, in Wood- mentioned most for the jail,” stock, is 111 years old.2.9 — Approval was given for a new 150-bed Oxford County Home at a cost of more than $1,000,000. Oxford County ap­pointed Dr. Allan Webb as ac­ting Oxford Health Officer re­placing Dr. O. C. Powers who has resigned.Mr. Coles said today that: plans for 150 - bed capacity had definitely been approved. He added that the new building will very likely have enough space available to facilitate future ex­pansion to 250 beds if necessary. The new home, if approved by the councils, could cost between $1,000,000 and $1,250,000.Mr. Drew stated that about 50 per cent of the facilities should bo used for patients requiring bed - care with the remainderThree Join Oxford Area PlannersThe Central Oxford Planning Area now officially includes 12 municipalities of the county.The representatives to the Central Oxford Planning Board were informed last night by sec­retary Arnold Gillott that the Department of Municipal Af­fairs has officially approved the applications of East Nissouri and North Norwich Townships, and the village of Norwich.This represents an increase of four municipalities this- year. Ingersoll was accepted into the area in May.The other eight municipalities are the townships of Blandford, East Oxford West Oxford, North Oxford, East Zorra and West Zorra. plus Woodstock^ and Beachville.The board approved the of­ficial plan last month and re­quested all members to approve the plan in council by bylaw. These bylaws were then to be forwarded to North Oxford Township for subsequent sub­mission to the department.Planning consultant, Derek J. Little of Toronto was retained for another .year by the board.Thomas J. Comiskey, reeve of North Oxford Township in­formed the board last night that all the bylaws have not been re­ceived from the members.being used for normal and spe­cial care.He added that most new homes being built do not in­clude apartment units because It had been found that married couples tend to isolate them- selves in the coniines of the units.He added that in the future the homes will become self-suf­ficient. He said that right now about 15 per cent of the resi­dents are paying the entire cost of their stay and many more paying a good portion of it.If the councils agree to the proposal, construction will prob­ably be started in 1967 with par­tial or total completion expected in 1968. Mr. Coles said that al­though the site had not yet been definitely chosen he expects that the board will make its choice within two or three weeks.Mayor Thomas Morrison of Ingersoll asked Mr. Drew if the construction of the home would have a detrimental effect on pri­vate nursing homes. Mr. Drew said that the business of private nursing homes in other areas had not been adversely affected by such projects.In other business, Mr. Drew said that bulk buying for 150 homes for the aged and charit­able homes throughout t h e province could go into effect within six months.The Oxford County Home ap­proved the plan, which has been approved by over 90 per cent of the homes for the aged in the province, in principle.Under the plan the homes, rather than making their purch­ases individually, could buy to­gether thus receiving better rates. The plan would result in big savings on such necessities as drugs and canned goods.NORWICH PLANT HINTS MOVEReeve Denies Industries OvertaxedNORWICH — The reeve of I Norwich today termed as “ridi­culous” accusations by the gen­eral manager of West Taylor Bickle and Co. Ltd. broom fac­tory that the assessment in the village is “unreasonable.”Les Force said that taxes are no higher in the village than in other comparable places in the district. He said that they com­pare favorably with other cen­tres, and that they were lower than those of the township.“We have received terrible publicity from this incident,” he [ said, “and the village doesn’t de- i serve it. There were only two complaints heard at the court of revision; one was from a householder and the other from the factory, so it is not difficult | to see there cannot be much wrong with the assessment.”Hubert Hodges, said during the village court of revision the; company owned by Stuart House , International Ltd., with its base i in Weston, will consider moving to Burlington where another plant is located, due to what he termed "an unreasonable as-; sessmenU'. 1A truck is sent each day from the head office in Weston to pick up manufactured goods from the Norwich plant. He said it would be more feasible for company trucks to travel between the head office and Burlington than to send a truck here.“I feel that unless we obtain a reduction in our assessment by the court of revision, the company has little alternative but to seek a more favorable lo­cation,” Mr. Hodges said.He told council that the com­pany’s taxes have climbed 385 per cent in the past 15 years. The firm’s taxes in 1950 were $545 while this year they were $2,650.“Since 1955, consumer prices have risen 39.3 per eent and manufacturing wages 104.8 per cent. Our own production has only increased 19.58 per cent during this Lime,” he said. Mr. Hodges said that the Norwich plant was paying the same wag­es to piece - workers as the Bur­lington workers were being paid.The Norwich factory, with 25,-000 square feet of warehouse, production and office space, was founded in 1905. Mr. Hodges cit­ed the building’s condition as an­other reason the move might be made. In addition, he said the building, located on Main Street, was becoming too old for furth­er use, and that perhaps rather than construct a new one, it would be wiser to relocate.DECISION IN 2 WEEKSThe court of revision has indi­cated a decision will be handed down on the company’s applica­tion within 14 days.Fred Cado, Oxford county as­sessor, said today that the Nor­wich mill rate compares favor­ably with communities of com­parable size.Ho said that uncontrollable factors such as education and welfare raise taxes, and there is nothing municipalities can do about it.“In my experience taxes never drove an Industry out of anywhere. If a company decides fo move, it will do so. The tax they pay is a small portion of I their actual costs,” he said.“Some areas may be a little Mr. Hodges said that Norwich more favorable, but this is only lacked industry, and that there because they have a better bal- was not enough to carry the lax ance.of commercial and. indus- burden “Many people live here rial enterprises. Taxes are con- and work in Woodstock. The bur- tinuously increasing, and as the den is on what is here,” he said.cost of education goes up so does the mill rate.” !ally checked the mill rates ofMr. Hodges said buyers place other comparable centres, and a very low value on properties) the one in Norwich was not out in the village, and if Norwich of line. “Anyone who wants to can’t keep its taxes in line with take time out to check the other communities, it will be!manua|, will see so for himself.'’ losing a good opportunity to at- hc sajdtract new industry. I „W(, aM nM concerned 0¥„:The Burlington tax rate is 66.2 the matter." he continued,Reeve Force said he person-miUs m the outlying areas and -lhough we WOuld like the plant 75.3 mills m the citv, while the t remain herc If they have de- 1 Norwich commercial rate is 78.5 cidcd t0 move lhay will do 50 mills, he said. regardless of what the mill raleMr. Hodges commented that '|’he only place we could I Norwich could easily become a make a reduction is on the dc- । depressed area if its policy of predation of the building. It is high taxes on. industrial and aroumi so wars old, and actual­commercial land continued. iy a ncw One should be built WeAs an example, he cited the I h®ve tdd the company that we assessment of the Canada Vine-| would like them to do this here, gar Co, — village council placed ^ut it is up to them.a value of $31,900 on it — which' The Norwich plant of West he said he understood was sold Taylor Bickle employs about 50I for $4,000.I men and women. OXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS GATHERED TODAY FOR THE DECEMBER SESSION — THE LAST FOR 1965Centennial Plans Are OutlinedCounty Council BeginsFinal Session For 1965Members of Oxford County | joyed the annual “Ladies Day | Council today were given some sponsored by council. while indication of the type of cele- members were in committee, brations being planned by cen- the women were taken on a tour tres throughout the country in of the county jail, and then honor of Canada’s centennial, joined their husbands for lunch at the New Commercial Hotel.J. Russel Croden, a repre­sentative of the centennial com­mittee spoke to the councillors this morning, outlining possible celebrations.He is touring the area in an effort to obtain some indica­tion as to what the separate municipalities are planning.A Christmas gift draw was held in the county building fol­lowing lunch, and council ad­journed shortly after.Most of today was passed in committee, and Warden Harry Armstrong indicated that it may be necessary to call council to-Yesterday, almost 60 persons, councillors and their wives, en-,, gether for one day next week h i to complete any unfinished busi­ness.Council was scheduled to be­gin Tuesday, but was unexpect­edly postponed for one day, cut-i ting the business session to a two-day period. As a result an extra day may be required. Ifj so, it is likely to be held next week.January 18, is set as the in­augural meeting of council, and it is at this time when new members take their seats, and a new warden is chosen for the coming year.It is interesting to note that Warden Harry Armstrong set a precedent during his term of office this year, by paying at least one visit to every council meeting in the county.Letters of appreciation for his interest were sent by many, as well as thanks for filling, them in on details of county projects taking place in other centres.Oxford County Council began its December session this morn­ing with a light agenda scheduled for the first day.Members will discuss four resolutions forwarded by three other counties, and at noon will break off for lunch, to which their wives have been invited.This is an annual event, taking place prior to Christmas, and carries into the afternoon, in­cluding a gift draw.A resolution forwarded from the County of Simcoe asked that the Minister of Justice be peti­tioned to stop any illegal sale of master keys for all makes and models of cars in Canada. They also asked that a heavy penaltywould at least make them aware: their decisions will be madeof the processes of government.In their second resolution they asked that the Federal Govern­ment be requested to reinstate a 25 per cent grant on vocational additions.known tomorrow.The December session was to have started yesterday, but was postponed one day. As a result, a day may be allotted next week to complete any unfinished busi-Presently, the federal govern- ness.ment pays 50 per cent and the A jate arriVing resolution was provincial 25 per cent. Previous- received from the Town of Till- lv, 75 per cent was forthcoming sonburg adopting in principle, from the federal government. council’s proposed plan for the Members of Oxford County westward extension of Baldwin Council will discuss these resolu- street in the town.Hons along with other business At nt there is a narrow in committee meetings, a nd|bridg^ oyer lhe in ques. tion, and council in a previousbe administered to anyonecaught in possession of such a key without being able to pro­vide a permit for such.From Bruce County came a resolution asking the Ontario; Department of Welfare and the Ontario Hospital Services Com­mission be urged to make cover­age of child welfare cases effec­tive at once in the case of dis­abled and needy persons instead of having the three - m o n t h waiting period as is in effect now.Under the present system, the counties are charged with the care of these people for the 1 waiting period.Two resolutions were submit-ted by the County of Huron. The first asked that a request be sent to the Minister of Educa­tion requesting a course of study of government procedure a t all levels of government he add­ed to the present school curricu-. lum.County council there contend-1 ed that interest in civic affairs! at both the elementary and high! school level is lacking, and thall the addition of this type oil course would be beneficial fol students ax they progress and! perhaps lake an active rule ini I civic tUuirs. Such knowledgesession, decided to wait until next year before a decision as to its improvement is made.Council Session Open WednesdayThe December session of Ox­ford County Council has been postponed one day, clerk L K. Coles said today.Scheduled to begin tomorrow and continue Wednesday, the session will now be held on Wednesday and Thursday. Interest For Early PaymentCounty Council Begins Final Session For 1965Will Send $10,000 To TownshipsMore than $10,000 will be paid (bridge In TH I.ion burg will begin to municipalities in the county1 early in 19W, council decided.as interest for early payment of j The town council had asked the rates. county to widen the rond In anwiden the rond In anOxford County Council began would at least make them a ware i their decisions will he made jU December session this mom- of the pro™... of «^nment. known tomwrow b' m ‘ - ? j"? j » * s.1' } agenda in their second resolution they Thr nnr,.mi.«..- scheduled for the first day. [asked that the Federal Govern- i 1 DecamhnrMembers will discuss four went be requested to reinstate a pSs\pmwd^ resolutions forwarded by three 25 per cent grant on vocational '!ni W: a result,other counties, and .at noon will additions, break off for lunch, to which1 Presently, die federal govern­or wives have been invited, went pays 50 per cent and theThis is an annual event, taking provincial 25 per cent. Previous- place prior to Christmas, and I,v- 75 Per cent was forthcoming carries into the afternoon, in-i^01 ,lu’ federal government, eluding a gift draw. Members of Oxford CountyA resolution forwarded from!the County of Simcoe asked that; • on® aM. Wlth busmess the Minister of Justice be peti­tioned ta stop any illegal sale of master keys for all makes and models of cars in Canada. They also asked that a heavy penalty be administered to anyone caught in possession of such a key without being able to pro­vide a permit for such.The December session was to have started yesterday, but wasa day may be allotted next week to complete any unfinished busi­ness.in committee meetings, andA late arriving resolution was received from the Town of Till-, sonburg adopting in principle, council's proposed plan for the1 westward extension of Baldwin Street in the town.At present there is a narrow! bridge over the section in ques­tion. and council in a previous! session, decided to wait until1 next year before a decision as toj its improvement is made.These were to be submitted by offorl to eliminate the narrow Dee. 20, and those municipalities j bridge there, submitting them early in the Due to the heavy road con year receive interest al the rate structlon schedule, council had of five per cent. fell this would be Impossible inThe Township of Blenheim is I865- an£l 8a^ M would be cen­to receive $2,038.49, North Nor- sidered for the following year wich Township $685.62, North This decision was accepted by Oxford Township $742.65. West ’ ‘From Bruce County came a resolution asking the Ontario Department of Welfare and the Ontario Hospital Services Com­mission be urged to make cover­age of child welfare cases effec­tive at once in the case of dis­abled and needy persons instead of having the three -month waiting period as is in effect now.Under the present system, the counties are charged with the care of these people for the waiting period.Two resolutions were submit­ted by the County of Huron. The first asked that a request be sent to the Minister of Educa­tion requesting a course of study of government procedure a t ail levels of government be add­ed to the present school curricu­lum.County Warden Returned To PostAs Dereham ReeveHarry Armstrong has be e n elected reeve of Dereham Town-County council there contend­ed that interest in civic affairs at both the elementary and high, school level is lacking, and that the addition of this type of course would be beneficial to students as they progress and perhaps take an active role in civic affairs. Such knowledgeOxford Township $334.25. West Zorra Township $536.99, East Zorra Township $1,494.56, T 111- sonburg $3,600.81, Beachville $336.57, and Tavistock $439.17.Council also decided to trans­fer $80,000 from the Woodstock General Hospital reserve to the county centennial project.L. K. Coles, county clerk, said that it is likely tenders for the $165,000 proposed library, ■will be called in February of 1966.The county contributes $250,- 000 to the hospital at the rate of $50,000 a year for five .years. “Since they haven’t done any building, Mr. Coles said, “we de­cided to transfer the money. It is purely bookkeeping.”In a similar move, council transferred an additional $20,000 from the hospital fund to be used for the proposed new county home. Also any surplus remaining after 1965 — and Mr. Coles indicated there was a pos­sibility several thousand dollars would be remaining — would go to the county home project.By the end of 1965. the road committee estimated $1,185,318 would be the approximate ex­penditure on county road pro­jects for the year.J. N. Meathrell, county road superintendent said there would be no surplus in the budget this year, and in the report submit­ted by the road committee it was noted that some expendi­tures slated for bridge construc­tion were transferred to roads— $98,000 less than the originally estimated $418,500.Work on the Baldwin Streetthe town in principle, and nowplans for the improvement will be made.County Council Resumes Sitting TomorrowThe final day of business for the December session of Oxford County Council resumes tomor­row morning, with business ex­pected to be cleared up by the early afternon. L. K. Coles county clerk said.On the agenda will be the ratification of salaries for vari­ous county employees for 1966. as well as third reading for a bylaw concerning the lowering of speed limits around the Fol- dens Corners area.Council will also voice its de­cision as to whether several resolutions submitted by sur­rounding municipalities should be approved or not.Members met Wednesday and Thursday of last week, and as the session was postponed one day — session was scheduled to begin last Tuesday — it was necessary to hold the final day this week.As is customary, council bid farewell to the Warden, who will have completed his one- year term of office at the com­pletion of 1965. Harry Arm­strong was presented with a stereo record player in appre­ciation for his service for the past year, and each member of­fered his personal congratula­tions for “a job well done.”The inaugural meeting, dur­ing which the warden for 1966 will be chosen, is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Jan. 18.County Seeks LowerHighway Speed Limithim on the trip, all expenses paid, in appreciation for his efforts over the years.A bylaw passed yesterday by । Oxford County Council on the! final business day of the De­cember session, and the last session before 1966, will, pend­ing approval of the department of highways, reduce the speed limit on three sections of high­way in the county.The speed limit in these for­mer 50 m.p.h. zones will be re­duced to 40 m.p.h. Included are! County Road 10 between High-, way 401 and the southern bound­ary of the Town of Ingersoll; County Road 12 through Fold-, ens Corners; and County Road 12 through Sweaburg.AU of the areas in question are located in the township of West Oxford and the changes will nof come into effect until approval is received from the department of highways. Council decided to endorse a of paying 75 per cent of the cost of vocational additions to schools.At present this senior level of government is paying 50 per cent of the cost with the pro­vincial government paying 25 per cent. The municipalities concerned are paying the re­maining 25 per cent.At one time it was the policy of the federal government to pay 75 per cent of the cost.Members decided to take no; action on a second resolution!COUNTY COUNCIL yester- I day voted unanimously to al- । low Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Meath­rell to attend the Internation­al Road Federation Confer­ence in London. England. Mr. Meathrell, road superintend­ent, has given more than 30 years of service to the county, and council decided to send(resolution from the County of Huron asking that the federal, (government reinstate its policy from Huron County asking that' the Minister of Education be asked to add a course of gov-i ernment proceedings to the' school curriculum.Council endorsed a resolution from the County of Simcoe1 restricting the sale of master! keys for automobiles. The reso­lution asked that the Minister of Justice be petitioned to re­strict the sale of these keys and1 that anyone being found with one who does not hold a permit for such should be penalized.MRS. E. J. COLESMrs. Mary Lucy Coles, 92, died yesterday at her home 42 Ridden St.She was daughter of John Morton and Margaret Powell Keeler of Greenbush and Brock- ville. Ont.On her marriage to Edward J. Coles in 1896, she came to live in Woodstock, and entered into church and community' work. She was a member of Central United Church, and a life member of the Women's Missionary Society and the Women’s Association; a charter member of Woodstock YWCA, and an active member of Have­lock Chapter IODE, and the Grenfell Society.For many years Mrs. Coles was a member of the Saturday Reading Club and the Women’s Auxiliary to the General Hos­pital.Mrs. Coles’ husband prede­ceased her in 1951. She is sur­vived by three sons. John of Woodstock, Leonard of Inger­soll and Gerald of Welland. There are eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.Friends will be received at the F. E. Rowell Funeral Home 134 Riddell St., from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today The funeral service will be held on Tues­day at 2 p.m. from the F. E. Rowell Funeral Home, with Rev. A. E. Eustace of Central United Church officiating. In­terment will be in Hillview cemetery. Expressions of sym- Ipathy may be made by contri- I bullous to Woodstack YWCA, through the funereal home. ^5unaan miaali doniul.tln<i £n$lnttuaoxdiady invite, you to attend theitOpen. cffouu.i^Jhu'tiday, tfie ninth of ^eaembe’ibetween tAe fioun of 2:00 p,m. and Q:OO p.m.at theii near Coaation55 Puttie dSbteetcSt. ^homat, Gntaiioc^epe^Ament^ will be ^zwed ♦ ♦ELMER KARN PRESENTS GIFT TO WARDEN ARMSTRONG AS JOHN LESTER LOOKS ONRetiring 1965 WardenLauded By CouncillorsOxford County Council Is Told Of Centennial Caravan PlansSpeaking on behalf of the cen-1 request from municipalities de-jtennial committee, J. Russel Croden of London, outlined pre­parations to members of Ox­ford County Council which municipalities may make in or­der to help celebrate Canada’s 100th birthday.In a preliminary talk yes­terday, he told the members that it was hoped each muni­cipality would take an active role in festivities for 1967.called' students.An eight-coach train, the Centennial Caravan, will be siring such.“We would also like Oxford County to choose 24 students from Grades 11 to IX, who would, along with two chaperons.; make an interprovincial visit,1’ he continued.All expenses would be paid! for by the centennial committee,! and a return visit would be made by students from the lo­cal being visited by the Oxfordin the county during October of that year, he said, and the com­mittee is anxious that as many school children as possible are able to see it.This caravan will show in re­lief, the history of the country starting from the Ice Age, and progressing to present time. “There wifi even be a model of the first canal built in Welland,” Mr. Croden said.Organization for activities is of the utmost importance, he said, and committees must be set up for each type of project. One of the committee sugges­tions is that municipalities plant gardens to make entrances to their locals more attractive, and Mr. Croden added, that plant­ing trees with small plaques afixed denoting the fact the planting was done in the cen­tennial year.“This could be done outside of municipal offices, and as a project at each of the schools,” Mr. Croden said.He also mentioned that the armed forces are taking an ac­tive part in the celebrations and that they would send a con­tingent be it a precision drill unit or an athletic group, uponFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — J. N. Mea- threll, Oxford County road superintendent for almost 37 years, has been given appro­val of county council to at­tend, with his wife, at the In­ternational Road Federation conference in London, Eng­land, Sept. 15 to 25, 1966. The county will pay expenses.Members of Oxford County Council paid tribute in tradi­tional manner to the efforts of the past year’s retiring Warden Harry Armstrong.After the presentation of a stereo record player by council­lor Elmer Kam, reeve of West Oxford Township and the offi­cial speech by retiring reeve John Lester of North Norwich Township each member took his turn in offering personal congratulations.Mr. Lester touched briefly on some of the projects which were begun under Warden Arm­strong’s leadership, such as the removal of the jail wall to make way for the county centennial project, and the project itself— county library.Merle Coleman, deputy reeve of Blenheim Township thanked the warden for a successful year and said, “If we approach the coming year as we have done in the past, I have no doubt it will be as successful as ever.”Succeeding remarks from oth­er members were unanimous in congratulations and apprecia­tion for the work Mr. Arm-Oxford Road Superintendent Gets OK for England ConferenceThe last meeting of the feder­ation was held five years ago in Madrid, Spain.Warden Harry Armstrong said council has appreciated the efficient operation of the road system over the years.Mr. Meathrell reported to council yesterday that the county's share of road expens­es planned for 1965 will be the same as esti mated, $510,- 784.41.A total of $87,000 less in the northeast section of the county.Council also established a salary schedule for jail guards. The guards are to start, at $4,000 and work up to $4,600 In three yearsgrunts will be received, he aald. Not all the road work budgeted for has been com­pleted.A surplus of $98,000 will show at the end of the year in the bridge and culvert ac­count, but it will be used early next year on comple­tion of the Slabtown andGreenfield county bridges in। strong has put into his term of (office.Harold Arthur, reeve of South Norwich Township offered con­gratulations and said that through his tireless efforts and accomplishments, Mr. Arm­strong “has brought honor to himself and Dereham Town­ship.”The Warden lives in the Vill­age of Ostrander, in Dereham Township.Les Force, reeve of Norwich village, said he has served under six wardens, and found “Harry Armstrong to be outstanding. We have had nothing but good relations, and he carried on the traditions of the county excell­ently in every way.”Glen Kitchen, reeve of East Oxford Township, said, “It has been a pleasure working under Harry.”Harold Kipp, reeve of West Zorra Township, said “I have enjoyed the past year working under Harry, and I feel he has done a wonderful job.Jack Smith, reeve of the vill­age of Beachville, said, “It has been a pleasure to work with you over the past year.”Vernon Cuthbert, deputy reeveof West Oxford Township said. “His was a job well done,” and Elmer Kam. Reeve of West Ox­ford Township, said, “He really filled the position well.Members will reassemble Tuesday to finish the business portion of the session. A delay was caused when the Dec. 14 starting date had to be postpon­ed one day. Sessions are nor­mally three days in length.: The inaugural meeting will be held Jan. 18 at 2 p.m., and at this time the warden for 1966 will be chosen.In other business yesterday, council made its appointments for 1966 to district high school boards.Ralph Sparks of Blenheim Township was appointed as rep­resentative on the Paris District High School Board.“This particular appointment is -made each year at the re­quest of the Paris board,” L. K. Coles, county clerk said. “We don’t make appointments out­side of the county unless we are asked to do so, and the Paris board does request it each year.”Frank Benner of Dereham । Township was appointed as rep­resentative to the Tillsonburg board. David Chambers of Nor­wich as representative to the Norwich District High School Board, John W. Oliver of Thamesfogd as representative to the Ingersoll District Coll­egiate Institute Board, and Ed­ward Kennedy of East Oxford T»wnship a<s representative of the Woodstock Suburban District High School Board.As well, first and second read­ings were given to a bylaw limiting the speed limit on the Sweaburg Road south of Inger­soll, County Road 12 at Folden’s Corners, and County Road 12 at Sweaburg, to 40 m.p.h.The third reading of this by­law will be given on Tuesday, the final day of business for the December session. Pensions Mesh Experience Carries^Without HitchNo problems are anticipated] Toronto Is faced with strike by city or county officials in the notion by some 20,000 munici- rnatter of integration of em- pal employees who are asking ployee pensions plans with the for ‘slacked’ pensions whereby Canada Pension Plan. No de- CPP contributions would be de­mands have been made for ducted from employees pay ’stacked' pensions. cheques in addition to existingCity employees contribute to I pension plans, the Ontario Municipal Employ- At retirement this would ees Retirement system, which mean up to $104 a month extra from the outset of negotiations for employees earning up to has been planned to integrate, $5,000 a year.with the CPP. Premier Robarts has statedMayor W. B. Dutton says he | that municipal pension schemes "never contemplated any ob- will be integrated Jan, 1 with jection to integration” and be-1 the CPP. He has noted that if Beved it to be an automatic,'stacking' were allowed, em- action. City manager R. G. iployers would have to match Marrow concurred, a d d i n g 'employees contributions of 1.8 'There are no problems here.”! per cent of wages, and the gov-lCharles Collins, president and ernment decided neither the Harry Roth, vice president of municipality nor the employee the municipal staff association could afford this amount in ad- both say there have been no dition to other pension contri- complaints from any member butions.regarding integration with CPP.County employees pay into, two pension schemes, OMERS and the Public Service Super­annuation Fund. Leonard J. Coles, county clerk, explains that staff at the county jail pay into the latter with all others contributing to OMERS.He states that there have been no comments at all from employees on the matter of in­tegration of OMERS with CPP, but adds that to date no infor­mation has been received from1 the province on PSSF. either for integration or otherwise. “I am presuming wre will get tables before deductions are due on Jan. 15.”To Break Vote TieHARRY NUTTALL .. Wins Clerk’s VoteTests Show CubesClerk Rudy Casts Ballot For NuttallTAVISTOCK - Harry Nuttall will sit as the fourth member of the Tavistock council in 1966 an a result of a tie - breaking vote cast by Robert Rudy, clerk- treasurer of Tavistock.Mr. Rudy's vote was necessi­tated by an official recount held yesterday in the judge’s cham­bers in the Oxford C unty Court­house in Woodstock, where it was found that both Mr. Nuttall and Stanley Roth had received 231 votes in the Dec. 6 municipal elections.Mr. Nuttall had demanded the recount when an earlier count in Tavistock gave him 228 votes to the 229 votes of Mr. Roth.Mr. Rudy, in an official state­ment explaining why he decided to vote for Mr. Nuttall, said:“Having been placed in this position I have used the follow­ing considerations as a basis in making my decision.“One; assessment; Mr. Nut-, tail’s assessment is double to Mr. Roth’s. Two; municipal experience; Mr. Roth one year on council: Mr. Nuttall, 10 years on the schoolboard, 14 years on the Public Utility Commission and one year on council; Three:; in the 1964 election Mr. Nuttall polled six more votes than Mr. Roth.”Are ContaminatedDr. Oscar C. Powers, Oxford । County Medical Officer of Health in Woodstock, has dis­closed that the water in plastic teething rings and ’ice balls’ is definitely contaminated.Dr. Powers said, ‘the water in both samples tested by the bacteriologist,” Robert Kam, of the Ontario Hospital, “is not sterile”. He added that he con­sidered the teething rings the more dangerous of the articles in question and urged parents not to make use of them.Dr. Powers stated that it was too soon to identify the bacteria involved at this time but a writ­ten report would be issued as soon as this information is avail­able.It was reported earlier this week that six American cities and a number states had banned the reusable plastic ice cubes, j Analysis by state health depart­ments in Wisconsin and Arkan­sas turned up the bacteria sta- phyloccoccus aureus and pseud­omonas in the water inside the plastic ice cubes.In Toronto Dr. A. R. Bovd. Toronto MOH said Monday that the plastic ice cubes, “have been on sale here for at least three years and we have never received any complaints about them”.A number of stores in the city who are carrying or have carried the articles have indi­cated that they would be or have already been pulled off the coun­ters.Some of the articles tested by Ontario Hospital lab were of a foreign origin and some of themwere not marked as to their place of manufacture, indicat­ing that they could well have been manufactured in Canada. Dr. Powers said that his de­partment did not have the au­thority to have the articles ban­ned from stores. He added that this action would probably have to be initiated by the store own­ers themselves.He added, “Using these points as a basis, I feel I can do nothing more than cast my vote for Mr. Harry Nuttall as a mem­ber of the 1966 Tavistock coun- cU.”Both Mr. Nuttall and Mr. Roth are members of the 1965 council. The other members of the 1966 council are William Ducklow, Clarence J. Steinman and Dr. Donald Fuller.Mr. Rudy stated yesterday1 that this was the first time there had ever been a tie vote in Tavi­stock. Over 60 per cent of the 760 eligible voters turned out at the polls this year.MOH Asks Stores To BanAll Types Of Cooling CubesDr. Oscar C. Powers, Medical ities of the county had been very Officer for Oxford County, said co-operative.today that his department is,L Murray F. Crawford, sanitary asking stores in the county to inspector of the Oxford unit said halt, the sale of all types of, that fhe coolers and other items water - filled plastic ice cubes were no longer being sold in and teething rings, ........................This action follows a recom­mendation by Ontario Health Minister. Matthew B Dymond, (bat the sale of water - filled drink coolers from Hong Kong be discontinued as they consti­tute a health hazzard.Commenting on the ban. Dr. Powers said he did not knowWoodstock stores when checked them yesterday.Dr. Powers added that though the. ban is not legallyheal-en-forceable, he anticipated no dif­ficulty in having plastic articles banned from the county.He also reiterated his earlier statement that in his opinionw.,y uuc ’he teething rings were morewere banned and not those of I dangerous than the drink cool- other origin as well as the plas-iers-tic teething rings. A study carried out by RobertHe added that in Oxford! Karn, bacteriologist at the On- County he was seeking to have tario Hospital, showed the water them all removed from the In the plastic teething as well as shelves and added the stores in that In a number of drink cool-why only the Hong Cong coolerstime Dr. Powers urged parent! not to make use of the rings.Some of the articles tested at the time were of a foreign origin and some of them were not marked at all indicating that they may well have been manu­factured in Canada.Dr. Powers said today that no recommendations were made by Health Minister Dymond on drink coolers made in Japan and packaged in Canada or a type produced in Quebec.A number of stores contacted earlier after the Oxford study was made public, indicated that the articles would be or had al­ready been pulled off the shelves. Some added that no one would buy them anyway be­cause of the widespread and ad-shelves and added the stores in that In a number of drink cool-.verse publicity they had been Woodstock and other municipal- ers to be contaminated. At that I given. ONTARIO GOOD ROADS 1MA—ASSOCI ATION 1965L. K. COLES OXFORDChurch Dedicated By Woodstock Pentecostal Group71st Anniversary Convention71st anniversary inventionONTARIO GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATIONFree Press Woodstock Buren uWOODSTOCK The congre­gation of the Woodstock Unit­ed Penticonbil Church formed Nov. bf dedicated its first church building yesterday.The group Is using the former Bethany Lutheran Church, pur- chased by Oxford County council. The church is across Graham Street from the coun­ty buildings.Rev. Rankin Porter, pastor of the church, said his congrega­tion has offered to buy the building from the county. The group now has a one and one- half year lease.Mr. Porter said if hjs congre-igatlon cannot buy the building; lit will try to buy another church, lor build its own.He said the closest United! Pnnllcostnl Church for Wood­stock members, until now has been Brantford.Mr. Porter came to Wood­stock from Hamilton where he was assistant paster at the Hamilton East United Pcnti-i costal Church. He is a graduate) of United Penticostal Bible' School. Marysville, N.B.Speaker at the dedication was Rev. J. O. Moore, of Picton/ district superintendent of the United Penticostal Church in Ontario.MOH Appointed For OxfordWOODSTOCK IT G A. C. Webb, of Woodstock, ban hern apppinted m«lica.| offi­cer of health and director of tlu* Oxford County Hedth Unit, subject to the apprcrval of the Ontario department of health.TORONTOFebruary 22nd, 23rd and 24th 1965IRECTORI County of Oxford HANDBOOK 1965 HARRY R. ARMSTRONG WARDEN Township of East Nissouri Population — 3157 Clerk-Treas.--------G. L. Gregory, R.R. 2, Lakeside Office: Kintore 283-6475; Home: Medina 5-R-17 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 Tax 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 G. L. Gregory Date of Meeting — First Monday of Each Month Township Office, Kintore Township of North Norwich Population — 2360 Clerk-Treas. —------------Robert C. Watkins, Norwich Office: Norwich 863-2646; Home: Norwich 863-2238 Road Supt.----Albert Freeman, R. R. 2, Norwich Office: Burgessville 66-W-l; 143-J-l Assessor---------Harvey Thompson, R. R. 2, Norwich Home: Burgessville 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 South Norwich Population — 3106 Clerk-Treas. H. K. Parson, Otterville Office: Otterville 879-6568; Home: 879-6585 Road Supt.-------------------Elmer Almost, Otterville Home: 879-6515 Assessor----I. D. Wrigglesworth, R. R. 1, Otterville Tax Collector----------------------_ I. D. Wrigglesworth Building Insp.------------------------I. D. Wrigglesworth Relief Officer H. K. Parson Date of Meeting — First Monday Community Hall, Otterville — Office: 879-6568 Township of East Oxford Population — 2138 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 — 1655 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: 485-2448 Tax Collector ------------------------- Miss E. A. Seldon Building Insp.Wallace Baigent Relief Officer —_ Henry Finlayson, R.R. 2, Ingersoll Phone: Beachville 423-6673 Date of Meeting — First Monday 305 Oxford St., Ingersoll Township of West Oxford Population — 2791 Clerk-Treas. __ . L. B. Curry, R. R. 1, Woodstock Horne: Woodstock 539-2874 Road Supt.__Charles Williams. R. R. 1, Woodstock Home: Woodstock 537-8S28 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 Corners 4 Township of East Zorra Clerk___ Treasurer Population — 4111 . H. J. Hallock, R.R. 6, Woodstock Home: Woodstock 537-8746 _________ Clarence Parker, Hickson Home: Hickson 462-2444 Road Supt._____James Chesney, R. R. 1, Innerkip Home: Innerkip 469-3634 Assessor Tax Collector — Building Insp. Relief Officer Carman Facey, R. R. 6, Woodstock Home: Hickson 462-2294 __________ Earl Hostetler, Hickson Home: Hickson 462-2364 __________________Carman Facey _________________H. J. Hallock Date of Meeting — 1st Monday, Township Hall, Hickson — Hickson 462-2697 Township of West Zorra Population — 2152 OFFICIALS of TOWN and VILLAGES Town of Tillsonburg Population — 6795 Clerk-Treas. ___ Burt Neale, Town Hall, Tillsonburg Office: 842-5252; Home: 842-2269 Deputy Clerk-Treas. — K. E. Holland, R.3, Tlsnburg Home: 842-8127 Road Supt. _ James Hornsby, 52 Ball St., Tillsonburg Office: 842-4812; Home: 842-4657 Assessor __ Kenneth R. Watts, 75 Lisgar Ave., Till’g Office: 842-5149 Ass’t Assessor--------------------------Wm. E. Fitzpatrick 21 Glendale Dr., Tillsonburg Tax Collector _ Kenneth E. Holland, R. R. 3, Till’g Office: 842-5252; Home: 842-8127 Building Insps. ___ K. R. Watts, Wm. E. Fitzpatrick Relief Officer------------------------------------Burt Neale Date of Meeting — First Tuesday Council Chamber — Town Hall Clerk-Treas.________Ernest Wood, R. R. Home: Embro Road Supt._______Wm. D. Smith, R. R. Home: Embro Assessor________Chas. H. Foster, R. R. Home: Embro Tax Collector____________________Chas H. Foster Building Insp.----------------------------------Ernest Wood Relief Officer_______________.______Ernest Wood 4, Embro 475-4440 4, Embro 475-4274 4, Embro 475-4487 Date of Meeting — First Monday Township Hall, Embro Phone Embro 475-4140 Village of Beachville Population — 903 Clerk-Treas.A. Douglas Watson, Beachville Home: Beachville 423-6350 Road Supt. _________ J. C. Smith, Beachville Home: Beachville 423-6391 Assessor............ A. D. Robinson, R. R. 4, Ingersoil Home: Ingersoll 485-2941 Tax Collector A. Douglas Watson Building Insp.A. D. Robinson Relief Officer ______ Frank Harris, Beachville Home: Beachville 423-6497 Date of Meeting — First Tuesday Evening Beachville Municipal Office 4 Clerk-Treas. Assessor Tax Collector Building Insp. Relief Officer Village of Embro Population — 599 _____________Ross T. Smith, Embro Home: Embro 475-4086 ____________Wm. A. Murray, Embro Home: Embro 475-4188 ______________________ Ross T. Smith ______________________The Council _____________________ The Reeve Date of Meeting — First Monday Evening Council Chamber — Village Hall Cle> k-Treas. Village of Norwich Population — 1662 _____________W. F. McKie, Norwich Office: Norwich 863-2435; Home: Ass’t Clerk-Treas.-----------Robert Office: Norwich 863-2435; Home: Road Supt Norwich 863-2848 P. O. Box 460 Bucholtz, Norwich Norwich 863-2181 Williams, Norwich Norwich 863-2944 Harold Home: Assessor Tax Collector Building Insp. Relief Officer _ John E. Young, Norwich Home: Norwich 863-2714 _____________W. F. McKie _______B. Baines, Norwich Home: Norwich 863-2243 _____________W. F. McKie Date of Meeting, First Monday of each Month, 8 p.m. Public Utilities Building Clerk-Treos. Road Supt. Asscssoi — Village of Tavistock Population — 1235 _____________Robert Rudy, Tavistock Office: Tavistock 655-2315 _____________ Robert Rudy, Tavistock Tax Collector Building Inspector---- Relief Officer---------- __ Charles Quehl, Tavistock Home: Tavistock 655-2257 __Walter Schaefer, Tavistock Home: Tavistock 655-2962 _____________Charles Quehl , . _ Robert Rudy Date of Meeting — First Monday of Each Month Public Utilities Office PHONE NUMBERS WARDEN—Harry R. Armstrong, Tillsonb’g 842-3751 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____________________________ 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 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 Diana Sinclair, Mrs. J. M. Mason, Mrs. S. Graham, Miss G. Peppinck. Clerical Staff—Mrs. A. Ellerby, Mrs. J. Orton, Mrs. J. Box, Mrs. J. Knaggs, Mrs. A. Starr. Woodstock Office_____Phone Woodstock 537-5711 Ingersoll Office________________Ingersoll 485-0570 Norwich Office .....--------------------Norwich 863-2330 Tillsonburg Office ...... Tillsonburg 842-297$) Embro Office .......... Embro 475-4140 Drumbo Office ..............,............... Drumbo 463-5487 COMMITTEES OF 1965 FIRST NAME, CHAIRMAN LAST NAMED, SECRETARY ROAD — Wettlaufer, Arthur, Kam, Lester, Muro, Armstrong, Meathrell. FINANCE — Demeyere, Coleman, Gehring, Kitchen, Cuthbert. PROPERTY — Force, Littlejohns, Wilker, Jones, Pressey. AGRICULTURE — Aspden, Kipp, Caddey, Comiskey, Older. ASSESSMENT — Cuthbert, Demeyere, Wilker, Cad­ dey, Gehring. PRINTING & RESOLUTIONS — Coleman, Older, Kipp, Littlejohns, Jones. COUNTY HOME — Armstrong, McDonald, Smith. HEALTH — Armstrong, Aspden, Force CONSULTATIVE & EDUCATION — Lester, Kitchen, Pressey, Armstrong, Wilker. CENTENNIAL — Smith, Armstrong, Kam, Wett­ laufer, Munro. LIBRARY: McDonald, Armstrong, Smith, Littlejohns. PERSONNEL — Cuthbert, Demeyere, Wettlaufer, Force, McDonald. CHILDREN’S AID SOCIETY — Armstrong, Cole­ man, Jones. JUVENILE COURT — Armstrong, Coles. MUSEUM — Armstrong, Coles. BOARD OF AUDIT — Demeyere, Coles. W’OODSTOCK HOSPITAL — Armstrong. INGERSOLL HOSPITAL — Comiskey. TILLSONBURG HOSPITAL — Arthur. TREE CONSERVATION COMMISSION Roy Hughes............ 185 Bidwell St., Tillsonburg Phone Tillsonburg 842-2124 Ross Calder ___ R. R. 2, Thamesford Phone Kintore 893-6254 John Mitchell, Jr. _ ---- ----- — R. R. 2, Innerkip Phone Innerkip 469-3362 COUNTY WEED INSPECTOR Ronald Hutcheson_____120 Francis St., Ingersoll Phone Ingersoll 485-0895 OFFICIALS — 1965 Harry R. Armstrong_____________________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 Mrs. Sylvia Reid —-------------- Juvenile Court Clerk Ross V. Tuck Registrar Wm. L. Harrington —Deputy Registrar P. R. Farnum Deputy Registrar MacDougall & Carnwath ________ 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, W. T. Humphreys, P. Janssen. 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 T. Griggs-------------------------------Probation Officer Fred H. Cade -------- _ _ Count)- Assessor J. N. Meathrell ------- County Road Superintendent D. L. Pratt — Assistant County Road Superintendent Thomas Pye .... _ Court House Engineer L, K. Coles-------------------------Clerk and Treasurer McCready’s Printing Company, Tillsonburg Th- YEARS AGO1 ne roads committee of Ox­ford County, the road superin­tendents, and the county clerk went to Banff, Alberta’ for a conference of the Good Roads Association.The northwest corner of the county courthouse received $25,- W) damage when fire ripped through that section. As a re­sult of the blaze, two firemen were injured but not seriously, '15 YEARS AGO I County clerk and treasurer l„ I K Coles, of Ingersoll informed j council members that the re­port of the provincial leciwla-1 lure’s select romnvtfce on con­servation had becu received and was available fm inspec* tion.The Oxford Health Unit board; was considering the purchase of a camera to lake photos of unsanitary conditions investi­gated by the unit In accompany their written reports.County Council turned down a request by Welland C o u n I y Council Cor endpreemont of a resolution asking the Dominion Government to legalize sweep- stakes in Canada to meet the increasing costs of hospitalizat­ion.Several members of Oxford County Council were on hand for the official opening of St. Marys Memorial Hospital. In­cluded in the delegation were deputy-reeve .1. K .McLeod, council’s representative on the hospital's board of directors.The students and teachers of the Tillsonburg High Schools re­ceived their anti-flu vaccina­tions. which were administered by members of the Oxford! Health Unit.Members of county council! road committee held their regu-1 lar meeting at the county court house. Routine business of the committee’s activities was on the agenda.Officers of (he Oxford Health Unit Board were immunized' against the flu dining their regular meeting by Dr. 0. C. Powers.Members of the Oxford Health । Unit staged a complete physi­cal check-up for the students of Blenheim Township schools number eight and nine. jMembers of the Oxford Health Unit administered vaccine shots for the flu to students and teach­ers of the Ingersoll District Col­legiate Institute.Oxford Health Unit sanitary inspectors were authorized by the unit's board to attend the | 116th annual national conven­tion of sanitary inspectors in Montreal. The inspectors from Oxford County were J. L. Grif­fith and Glen Crandall.Three hospitals in Oxford county expressed their appre­ciation by letters to the county council for grants which they: received. The grants totalled to' $12,000. The hospitals were Woodstock General Hospital, Tillsonburg Soldiers’ Memorial' Hospital, and the Alexandra! Hospital in Ingersoll. . jDr. L. E. L. Taylor, food and I •milk inspector of Oxford County Health Unit, resumed his duties after a holiday trip to the South­ern United States.R. J. Forbes, superintendent of the Oxford County Home. Mrs. R. J. Forbes, Oxford County Home matron, and L. K. Coles, county clerk and treas-! urer, were the three delegates. from Oxford County who visited the annual convention of Homes for the Aged and Infirm As-i sociation held at Sault Ste. Ma­rie.ID Yearn AimCharges of "railroading ln< tics unparallch-d in the hudoi v nt Oxford County were level h I Hgains* Tavistock Council in a latter from Tavistock citizens conimill.no read at Ilir opening Ion f county coun ell.The letter deplored the de cision of ',av; nek >uncll in approving the dosing of the village continuation school.A total of 3,218 visits were I made in the county in 1954 by the sanitation division of the Oxford Health Unit. The figures were revealed to county council by J. L. Griffith, the unit’s sanitary inspector.R. G. Clowes, director of the; Children's Aid Society. Oxford County, resigned as clerk of, juvenile court.Oxford County Council finance committee recommended that a grant of $5,842.50 be given to Ingersoll hospital to make up for the 1954 deficit.Gordon W. Pittock, Ingersoll, was elected chairman of the! Upper Thames River Conserva­tion Authority at a general meeting of members of the authority at Fanshawe Dam.Dr. 0. C. Powers, MOH fori Oxford administered the first I Salk polio vaccine injections j given in Oxford County. One; of the first boys to receive the, shot was Teddy Molyneux.Oxford County weed inspector,1 Ed Thorton, and Robert BeU,i agricultural representative for| the county, were out in West] Oxford township talcing prelim­inary surveys of the Buckthorn control program.Oxford County Clerk, L e n Coles reported that 244 fox bounties had been paid during May with 220 bounties paid for fox pups. The high number of bounties brought the years total at that time to 552 as com­pared to 503 for the previous year.The four day June Session of Oxford County council opened at the County Court House ini Woodstock, with Warden Wil­liam Chesney presiding.The reading of communica-1 tions by L. K. Coles, county clerk and treasurer, dominated the morning session of Oxford County Council at the court house in Woodstock.Farm land in North Oxford township had been optioned and drilling for undisclosed purposes had begun. Hope of discovering j a high quality lime rock like that in the Beachville area was thought to be the purpose.The possibility of further lime­stone development in North Ox­ford township and the eventual erection of a cement manufac­turing plant in the area was j seen as test drilling in the area continued.Reeve of East Oxford Iwp. for six years, Murray V. Logan, 56,1 of Curries, died in Woodstock General Hospital.N. M. Holdsworth, clerk of East Oxford Township said to­day that the township council would meet this Friday evening and would probably discuss the need to fill the vacancy created, by the sudden death of the late Murray Logan, reeve of the township for the past six years.A veil of secrecy shrouded the area between the Governor's Rd. and the Cody sideroad where extensive drilling operat­ions were being conducted. It! was believed that the drilling was in conjunction with recent announcement by Canada Ce­ment and the Associated Port land Cement of England. Both had earlier announced intentions of expanding in tills area.Melvin D. Hamilton, a recent­ly appointed governor of Ox­ford County jail died suddenly at his residence. Prior to the ap­pointment he had been c hi e I turnkey at the jail for many years.15 YEARS AGOA motion to support a plan for the X ray examination of all food handlers in Oxford County was approved by the Oxford County TUbercutoaii Associa­tion.Robert Rudy, reeve of Tavl- stock spoke to the Tavistock Rotary club on how Oxford County Council works.Woodstock city council ap - proved the city’s entry into (he Oxford County and Ingersoll Health Unit.Road restrictions tor trucks were in effect on all roads in Oxford County as a result of an announcement by county road superintendent, J .N. Mea­threll. The county can put load restrictions into effect as pre­scribed toy the Traffic Act,Oxford County Warden, Ro-1 bert Rudy of Tavistock, gave his endorsation to the com­bined fund to aid flood victims in Manitoba and the victims of fire in Rimouski and Cabano, Quebec.Oxford County’s tax rate for 1950 was set at 10.1 mills by County Council. This was an increase of one-tenth of a mill over the rate set last year.Aid A. V. Downing was unani­mously elected as the city's representative to the Oxford Health Unit by members of city council. /J. N. Meatherall. county road superintendent reported that roads in Oxford County were still in generally bad condition. ° Twenty-six fox bounties were paid during the month of Feb. Len Goles, county clerk and treasurer announced.Ross V. Tuck was appointed Oxford Deeds Registrar by At­torney - General Dana Porter.1 Mr. Tuck succeeded W. L. Mac- Whinnie in office who had ser­ved 40 years in the Registry office, During that time M r. MacWhinnie had been 28 years as registrar.John C. Blair of West Zorra was appointed Deputy Regis­trar of Deeds for Oxford County, succeeding Ross V. Tuck, who was appointed Registrar follow­ing the retirement of Wallace MacWhinnie.Gordon Ross, a prominent re­sident of East Zorra and an ex-i warden of Oxford county for 1948, died at Woodstock General Hospital.City council refused the use of the council chambers for a city police court. An informal discussion between Mayor Wil­son Milburn, Warden Robert Rudy and magistrate R. G. Groom was planned on the mat­ter.Oxford Coun Council ap- i proved a bill giving county em­ployees a -ension plan by a slim majority of 11 to 10.William Agur, assessor for Tillsonburg. was elected presi­dent of the Oxford Clerks, Trea­sured and Tax Collectors As­sociation at the 58th annual meeting of the association.J. N. Meathrell said that all phases of road building in this dstrict were well under way. .Wallace L. MacWhinnie, 81, retired Registrar of Deeds for Oxford County died after an ill­ness of a few months. Mr. Mac­Whinnie was a native of Wood­stock, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert MacWhinnie. His grandfather, the late John MacWhinnie, was one of the original Scottish settlers o£ Woodstock, coming out of Glas­gow and founding the Sentinel, a weekly newspaper in Wood- stock. This was later sold to the Pattullo Brothers, publishers of the Review, another weekly. The two papers were combined and became The Sentinel-Re­view.Do You Remember?(From Srntlnei Rcvmw Files)25 YEARS AGOMedical inspection of Oxford school children was tn start soon, the health committee of Oxford County round! an­nounced. Miss M. Grieve wag appointed senior public health nurse tor the county.The Health Committee of Ox­ford County Council decided to engage two public school nurses to work among the country school pupils.Many roads in Oxford CounIy were still blocked with snow and even teams were unable to get through.Hon. Eric Cross, Ontario Min­ister of Municipal Affairs, an-1 nouneed that Woodstock was one of six cities which had! greatly reduced their relief costs.Oxford County Council decid­ed to discontinue the post of county traffic officer, which would terminate the duties of Constable Roy E. Cully at the encl of April.Oxford County Council as­sured the Oxford Rifles of its support financially and other­wise in forming a home guard through the militia unit.The staff of the county court house presented the deputy sheriff, John B. Martin, with a livingroom table in honor of his approaching marriage!The Ex-Wardens of Oxford an­nual banquet was held at the New Commercial Hotel with 28 present. The president, John Campbel) presided.Warden Hugh Harris of Ox­ford County, became a mem­ber of the Woodstock Lions Club.Oxford Children's Aid Soci­ety moved its offices to t h e court house from the children's shelter on Park Row, which was discontinued as a child­ren’s home. A 25-bed military hospital was reported being planned at the shelter.Game Overseer Ed Meadows announced that the largest num­ber of deer in many years had been shot in Oxford County on the open days.Cost of the meals served at the Oxford County jail were figured out at a fraction over 10 cents per day per person, the lowest rate in Ontario. _ Rooms tn the courthouse oc­cupied as Red Cross work rooms, were taken over by the Children’s Aid Society and the Red Cross moved to other rooms in the building.Kenneth Roth, acting county clerk during the illness of ms father Adam Roth, was ap­pointed a justice of the peace.Citv of Woodstock and county of Oxford Health Boards were planning to confer to a joint health unit plan.Warden Hugh Harn, was pre­sented with a clock alAbe do^e of the final session of Oxiora county council.