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Year 1968From The COUNTY OFOXFORDCourt House Woodstock, Ontario1968PROPERTY OF THECOUNTY OF OXFORDReturn to County Clerk’s Office ■IdTHE KITCHEN family 4^ rounded their father in thvG, RR 4 Woodstock homt^ GV lowing his election asWiYdrn for Gxiobt romdy- lie polled 30 out 01 '!( voles An tW fifth hnllokGordon Aspden and John are: Marjorie, 20, Brian, 19, Hofstetter. Gathered around Mrs. Kitchen, and Dorothy Warden Kitchen from left Jean, 12.County Council To Elect 1968 Worden On TuesdayElection of Oxford Copub . Warden (or if)BB w»U uw as scheduled tomorroMi, viding councillors can 'uuj of their snow dogged fuvm. io coinc to the county hu<Idip<. m Wooditopk.County clerk IreasUH'i I iu Coles, said it's novet happvp cd before, but there is a pus Nihility impaixihle r Q । could cause a pmtpuimioowi in the election."if five or SIX COuMI lUvm hers are unable to get the remainder will huva lw d'cide wMlwr in ahead hhh the eleoiltm m poMiuum d ■ hr slidWith tnnin nrtpiloo id th he upon in iQlllphl U Vn Wilke! v I hr rv Will Id’ * ' fill I |hi d|l<l|tO|||Vlll Hi'With i h<« wui'ihin ■u bundled for a p m,. puixi of thv cowndlloi'N dill likely »ioi< tot WotuMiu'k hi the iniMhinji;V It sinnds, ml choMP in iiinnber of OAtidkl0tvtiM hii* ht*W mdlcHlod, Thba have staled they would try for the position: Gordon Aspden of Blandford Township, John Itofatetter of Blenheim Town ship and Glen Kitchen of East Oxford Township.At 10 a.m., six new coun- dUors elected to county coun oil this year, will receive in at ructions on council proce­dure by Mr. Coles.The first session of council lor IIMW will begin at 10 a.m. on Jan 30 and will continue through unUi I pm. Feb. 1.GORDON ASPDENJOHN 110FSTETTl.lt itchen 1968 WardenWith 5th Ballot LandslideH. K, PARSONlots to make their decision, In "it was a privilege to be atoe order Aspden, Hofstetter, Kit- to contribute at the beginning With 20 out of 27 votes. Glen chen.’ the totals for the five of another 100 years.”By MICHAEL POLLOCKKitchen of RR 4 Woodstock, went: 8. 9, 10; 9, 9, 9; 9 7 Reeve of East Oxford Township, U; 10 6 11; 5, 2 20.was yesterday elected n-uh I Itofstetter began Jading on Warden of Oxford County tor the third ballot linalb finish 19®, He replaces Vernon Cutn wi h two votes, wh le Asp-1QB7 W irrien deu who held 011 Slron2 1,111 1Mr. kitchen won the electton the final ballot, finished with on the fifth ballot, defeating; votes.Gordon Aspden, Reeve of COUNCIL GROWSBland.ord Township and John with the addition to council Hofstetter. Reeve of Blenheim o{ phUip Buckrell, deputy reeve Township. |Qf North Norwich Township.ACTIVE IN AREAWarden Kitchen, a director of the Woodstock Fair Board, once served as secretary to the now defunct Woodstock Milk Pro­ducers’ /Association.He served as chairman of the county roads committee, per sonnel committee, and t w oSpeaking unofficially, Wood stock Alderman William B. Dut­ton said he felt the association of city and comity would bring another great year. He de­scribed construction ol’ the $2,-' 000,000 county home for the aged Sas “one of the biggest things for us,” and predicted many joint projects would fol­low.The 160-bed residence is ex-) pected to be completed late thisSouth NorwichClerk For20 YearsOTTERVILLEHerbertyears ago was chairman of the year, and is a joint project of education committee, the city, county and Ingersoll.education committee.. I AH AlHUl ANVIMr, Kitchen became the first counei1 increased from 23 to 24 Warden from East Oxford since men This ,s the fjrst time since 1936, when William Lampman 1896 that North Norwich has was acclaimed to the position. had a deputv reeve.He also became the 57th war-, Qf Uie Cad Sackridert den elected by the open vote, R^ve Dereham TowfiShip;instituted in 1911.It took councillors five. , Kenneth Webster of Tillsonburg 'and James F. Jones of Till­sonburg. each have two votes, to bring the total to 27.Warden Kitchen has been as­sociated with municipal politics since 1951 when he served as councillor. For the past four years he has been elected Reeve of East Oxford.He was nominated for warden by Bruce .Amos, Reeve o* West Oxford Township, who last year nominated Vernon Cuthbert for the position.Warden Kitchen is the seventh from his township to be elected to the highest post in the coun­ty .In his first address to coun-Following his one year on| township council in 1951. War-) den Kitchen worked as an in -) spector for Canada Packers for 12 years before returning to! work on his farm.Mrs. Kitchen is a teacher at College Avenue Secondary! School. They have three chil-) dren: Mary Jean, 12, a student at East Oxford Central Public, School; Marjorie, 20. a second- year French and politics stu-i dent at Queen’s University; and Brian. 19, a first year agricul­tural student at the University of Guelph. All three were at home yesterday following their father’s election.CONGRATULATEDGordon Innes. MPP for Ox-| ford offered his congratulations; to the new Warden and Gordon) Henry, mayor of Ingersoll, said he was looking forward to a close association with county)more electorsFigures recently released by1 the county clerk’s office shows, a total of 19,023 municipal elec­tors in Oxford County, exclud ing Woodstock and Ingersoll. Last year there were 18,815.Kellett Parson, a life-long resi­dent of Otterville died at his Dover Street home yesterday.He was clerk . treasurer of South Norwich Township tor 20 years before ill health force him to retire in 1966. After serv­ing overseas in World W'ar I, he took up tobacco farming.He was a member of St. John’s Anglican Church, Otter­ville.Besides his wife, the former Pearl Mae Hall, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Harold (Bette) Brick of Toronto: Mrs. Lloyd Barbara) Good of Brant­ford: two brothers. Rev. Ridley Parson of Detroit: Rev, Perci­val Parson of Port Credit; one sister, Mrs. Jack (Dorothy) Forde of New York.The funeral will be held to­morrow at 2 p.m. from the Nel­son F. Gleason Funeral Home, Otterville with Rev. Stanley Uptigrove of St. John's Angli­can Church officiating.Burial in Otter Cemetery, Ot­terville.Race For Warden’s Chairoil as Warden, he said the coun- 'Council in the coming y e a r. । ty had just' closed out 100', Mr. Henry was elected mayorDown To 3 Candidates1 JU&l Ciuaeu UUl IVMIHU. ircuij nao years in its history and thdt of Ingersoll in December.JOHN HOFSTETTERGORDON ASPDENThe race for the position of Warden of Oxford County has been narrowed to three men following the decision of Carl Sackrider, Reeve of Dereham Township, not to run.This cuts down prospectiv candidates to three other com ty reeves.Gordon Aspden of Blandfor Township, John Hofstetter < Blenheim Township, and Gle Kitchen of East Oxford Towi ship have indicated they wi seek the position.Council members will elei the Warden for 1968 on Jai 16 at 2 p.m. at the count building.For the past four years, wa dens have come from Oxford eastern Townships.East Oxford Township h; not had a warden since 193 when W. F. Lampman held tl position. W. A. Chesney repr sented Blandford Township 1955, and Peter McDonald re resented Blenheim in 1963.term of office, wardens have come from the western town­ships in the county. Now all three candidates are from the eastern townships.In 1965, the reeve of Dere-ham Township, Harry A r i strong, was chosen as warde Hugh Munro of East Nissot Township was warden in 19i followed by Vernon CuthbertWestCounty governments should be much relieved when the province folly takes over the cost of administration of justice.In many counties like Oxford, women prisoners are notFollowingMr.GLEN KITCHENGORDON ASPDENtoo plentiful, yet even one incarceration proves to be expense.When one woman is in Oxford County jail, three each working an eight-hour shift, are required. They $10 per shift.quite anmatrons, are paidAs an example, there has been one woman in jail here since Dec. 29, awaiting a preliminary hearing which was com­pleted Wednesday. Her bail bad been set at $1,000 cash.Her trial is Jxpeeted to be held some time In March. Up to Wednesday, she had been in jail approximately 12 days. At $30 a day for matrons, the cost to have someone sitting there Is almost $400.If she is unable to raise bail and has to stay in there until, let’s say the middle of March, at $30 a day, excluding other costs, well — you figure it out.It would seem much more advantageous to find them some type of job, w they could perhaps earn their ball money, even if they were made to return to the jail each evening. At Iwm they could be doing something productive and it would cut down on jail costs which com^ out of the tax dollar.WardenGlen Kitchen elected on fifth ballot. Page 3.STREET REOPENEDDevonshire Avenue, closed to traffic lor some time near Woodingford Lodge, has now been reopened for use.CARL SACKRIDERJOHN HOFSTETTER INTRODUCED TO COUNTY COUNCIL PROCEDUREties by county clerk-treas- lard, James F. Jones and W. Cornwell. William Ducklow, Bruce M. McCall and La-urer, Len Coles. At front Archie Longworth. At rear Philip Buckrell, William J. vergne H. Sibbick.from left are: Kenneth Pol- from left are: Albert E. Martin, Rowland Rutherford.Ten new Oxford County councillors were todaj7 given an outline of council activi-JOHN MCBRIDE, 1968 pre- ing, the Hon. R. M. Granger Henry, Mayor J. F. Hutchisonsidenl of the Ingersoll and of St. Johns, Newfoundland, of Woodstock, Mr. GrangerDistrict Chamber of Com- with a gift of cheese. The and Oxford Warden Glenmerer is seen presenting the group from the left a r c: Kitchen.speaker at the annual meet- John McBride, Mayor G. B. Reeve of East Oxfordnew county wardenJail Control SwitchEncounters No ProblemsBy WAYNE MmFHERSON of The Free PressWOODSTOCK — Reeve Glen Kitchen, 45, of East Oxford Township was elected warden of Oxford County yesterday.The first reeve from his township to become warden since 1936. he is the 114th war­den of the county. He was elected on the fifth ballot.Warden Kitchen polled 20 votes on the fifth ballot, com­pared with five for Blandford Township Reeve Gordon Asp- den and two for Blenheim Township Reeve Jolin Hofstet­ter.He was nominated by West Oxford Township Reeve Bruce Amos. The West Oxford Town­ship representative had also nominated the 1967 warden, former West Oxford reeve Vernon Cuthbert.Woodstock Aid. William B. Dutton, congratulating the warden, described construc­tion of the $2,000,000 county home for the aged, a joint pro­ject of the county, Ingersoll and the city, as a major pro­ject of the municipalities. The 160-bed residence is to be completed late in the year.It is a beginning, Aid. Dut­ton predicted, of numerous joint projects.Ingersoll Mayor Gordon B.Sympathy Messages ArriveFrom Friends, ColleaguesMessages of sorrow and sym­pathy for Vincent Massey, for­mer governor-general who died Saturday at 80, came from friends and colleagues during the weekend.Queen Elizabeth described Mr. Massey as one of Canada’s most distinguished sons.Both the Queen and the Queen Mother sent condolences to Hart Massey, son of the dead states­man, The Queen said: “My bus­band and I both feel that we have lost a very old and valued friend and we join in sending our deep sympathy to you and members of the family.”Governor-General R o 1 a n a Michener said Mr. Massey had such unique attributes of family background, spirit, mind and service to Canada that “we are not likely to see his equal again.’'“My admiration for Mr. Mas­sey’s great gifts and my grati­tude for his exemplary contribu­tion to the best of Canadian life both in public and private are shared. I know, by all Cana­dians”Henry advocated “an even closer Rssocation’’ among mu­nicipalities than in the past.Warden Kitchen is owner of a 240-acre farm at Currie.A director of Woodstock Fair Board and secretary of the former Woodstock Milk Producers’ Association, he for-GLEN KITCHEN - - - Oxford wardenVINCENT MAS8EYHe said it is an “irony of fate” that both Mr. Massey, first native-born governor-gen­merly worked as an Inspector with Canada Packers.He was elected to lbs town­ship council In 1951 as council­lor and returned for the past four years as reeve.His wife is a teacher at Woodstock College Avenue Secondary School. They have three children. Marjorie, 1967 Oxford County dairy princess, is attending Queen’s Universi­ty; Brian, Ontario Veterinary College; and Dorothy Jean, East Oxford Central School .4 Rabies Cases Found In AreaFour cases of rabies have been reported in Oxford county' during the past week, accord­ing to Dr. D. W. Thompson, a veterinarian with the Canad­ian department of agriculture.A steer died on an East, Zorra township farm (lot 4 con­cession 9. East Zorra) Mon­day, and subsequent tests show­ed it to be rabid. A second steer is displaying similar symptoms and is to be de­stroyed this afternoon.Dr. Thompson said two cases of rabid dogs have also been reported this week, one in In- nerkip, and another near the Woodstock Golf Course.Angus Sutherland, owner of the two steers, said he suspects the steers contracted the dis­ease about a month ago after they were bitten by a fox thought to be rabid.Rabies is contageous only if an animal is bitten by an animal with rabies.eral, and his successor, Georges P. Vanier, died during Centen­nial Year. Gov.-Gen. Vanier died last March.Prime Minister Pearson, va­cationing in Florida, called Mr. Massey “a most distinguished Canadian and devoted public servant.”His services to Canada “dur­ing a long and distinguished public career have made a pro­found and lasting contribution to Canada’s growth and develop­ment as a nation.”Louis St. Laurent, former Lib­eral prime minister who recom­mended Mr. Massey as gover­nor-general. said:“All the Canadian people real* ize, as I do, that our three Ca-, nadian governors-general were never surpassed by those who came before them.”Health Minister Allan J. MacEachen, acting prime min­ister, during Mr, Pearson's ab­sence, said Mr. Massey was one of Canada’s “most honored and respected sons.”Unlike employees at the Don jail in Toronto who arc out on strike. Oxford county jalj em­ployees have encountered "no serious problems" since the, provincial government assum-l ed control of jails on Jan I,1 .1908.John Campbell, governor of he Oxford county jail, said this morning the switchover was, made smoothy and that as far; as he knew no serious gripes had developed.A consultant from the On­tario Civil Service Association, to which all jail employees will now belong, Is to meet with jail employees Monday to talk over any problems that may have arisen since the change-1 over, and to clear up any mis-1 conceptions.In Toronto, trouble began; when jail employees were in­formed that they would have to ( join the OCSA, since that as-, sociation is the only authorized bargaining unit for Ontario public servants. They want to remain with the Canadian Un­ion of Public Employees.Mayor Stronach Of London Dies Of Brain HemorrhageLONDON, Ont. (CP) — Gor­don Stronach, mayor of London since 1961 and unsuccessful Lib­eral candidate for London South in last year’s provincial elec­tion, died Monday from a brain hemorrhage and contributing heart condition.The mayor, 59 Dec. 23. died in hospital about an hour after his arrival there unconscious.The cause of death was dis­closed Monday night by Coroner Dr. J. Bev. C. Robinson follow­ing an autopsy. It was first thought the mayor died of a heart attack.His death came exactly seven y^ars from the day he took of­fice as mayor.WORKED IN WESTMayor Stronach, bom in Lon­don, England, came to Craik, Sask., with his mother followingFlu Outbreak Said Slight In Oxford AreaFlu, the affliction of the sea­son, is making its presence felt in Woodstock and Oxford County.But, although the bug is cer­tainly around, it is not as preva­lent hero as in some other West­ern Ontario regions.Oxford County medical offi­cer of health, Dr. G. Q Suther­land, said this morning that while the flu "is quite preva­lent here, I wouldn't say we have an epidemic.”When the province took over the administration of jails Jan. 1, all jail employees automatic­ally became public servants, and all will join the OCSA.This is not a problem in Ox­ford since county jail employ­ees have never belonged to a union before. Mr, Campbell said relations between the county and the jail employees have always been good and that it was felt no union was ever needed.Some of the questions likely to arise between Oxford jaH workers and the Association's representative on Monday will include a change in hospital in­surance plans, and questions of seniority and salary increases.Before taking over the,jails, the provincial government an­nounced that jail workers would receive their present in­come until documentation and classification had been made. After that, salary7 increments and conditions of employment will be those that apply to the present Ontario Public service employees.the First World War. He at­tended school in Craik and then joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police serving at var­ious posts throughout Saskat­chewan and Manitoba for 25 years attaining the rank of ser­geant major.Mr. Stronach retired from the, RCMP in 1955 and became chief , constable of the London Town­ship police department.During his years with the township force, Mr. Stronach formed a police academy fori the benefit of the force in an ef­fort to upgrade the municipal ‘ police service.He was elected mayor in 1961-62, re-elected in 1963-64, in 1965-66 and again for the 1967-69 term.He was defeated in the prov­incial election last October by Conservative John White. KEEPING WINTER OUT-OF-DOORSPity the poor construction worker who has to attend his labors in the freezing temper­atures that have grippedWoodstock this winter? Not so at the construction site of Woodingford Lodge, Oxford County’s new $2-miilion Homefor the Aged on Devonshire Avenue. The tent-like struct­ure. erected before winter’s arrival, protects workers fromthe elements and permits con­struction of home to proceed throughout the season without interruption. The first phaseof Woodingford Lodge — con­taining 160 beds — is expected to be completed by year-end.PETER KRIENAT CITY HALLIt’s a hot, humid afternoon in mid-July and there you are at the office, just wilting away. Suddenly a brilliant thought comes to mind.“What am I doing here,” you ask, “when I could be enjoying a eool dip in the Innerkip quarry?”Being a free agent, you hop into your pale-blue con­vertible, head north on Wellington, turn right at Devon­shire, turn left at the Innerkip Road and proceed until you reach the cool, dear waters of Trout Lake.Cavorting among the little fishes you may not realize. — or care — that to get there you have used three road systems — urban, suburban and county. And while to a slacker like you a road may just be a road, the differences between the three systems are quite apparent to city poli­ticians, particularly at budget time.Their awareness amounts to about $20,000 annually in I he case of suburban roads, which are part of the county roads system yet are partly financed by Woodstock.In our example, Devonshire Avenue from the city limits to the Innerkip Road is a suburban county road, ad­ministered by a three-man Woodstock Suburban Roads Commission. Others in this category are portions of the Innerkip Road, Sweaburg Road, Governor’s Road and part of County Road 30 running past the old county home, west of the city.What bothers many politicians in Ontario cities and towns is that while they contribute financially to the main­tenance and construction of suburban roads — located in county territory — they have little control over them. So local officials have termed the suburban roads system little more than a way of appropriating city funds for the bene­fit of the county.Woodstock City Council this week endorsed a resolution from the Town of Goderich calling for a change in the pro­vincial legislation which requires cities and separated towns to contribute to suburban or county roads.Briefly, under the Highway Improvement Act counties may apply for the appointment of a suburban roads com­mission. Upon approval, the city and the county each ap­point one member to the commission. The two appointees select a third neutral member.The commission then designates certain county roads — usually leading inlo or bypassing the city or town — as suburban roads. City and county governments each pro­vide 25 per cent of the system’s costs while the Department of Highways pays 50 per cent.The city must match, to a maximum of one-half mill, annual county contributions to the suburban roads budget. Although it’s unlikely, the city may, in agreement with the county, raise its contribution to a maximum of two mills. Last year, one Woodstock mill amounted to $39,335.“I can see sense in a county roads system and a city roads system. I can’t see the sense in the suburban sys­tem,” says W’oodstock City Engineer Thomas Jefferson.Adding that suburban roads are no longer valid. Mr. Jefferson, said: “I feel that anything controlled by the county should belong to the county. We pay but have little to say about it.”What about the other side of the coin? Both Cecil Riddle, Woodstock Suburban Roads Commission chair­man, and Donald Pratt, Oxford County’s road engineer, point out that suburban roads are used a great deal by city as well as county residents. So why shouldn’t both contri­bute to their upkeep?In fact, two can play this game. For every urban re­solution like the one from Goderich, there is one from county governments calling for greater financial partici­pation by cities and towns.Mr. Pratt agrees that the system is not perfect and that many suburban road commissions lack effectiveness because of a lack of funds. Yet, he feels the Woodstock board with a budget of about $100,000 van bo considered a going concern. A half mill from Ingersoll doesn t amount to much; a half mill from Metropolitan Toronto is a dif fcrent matter.Perhaps, My, Pratt suggests, the entire method of raising monies for road construction should be re-ex a rained. Why should the non-driving property owner's taxes be used to build roads? Why not gel the greater part of road construction funds through increased gasoline taxes, motor vehicle registration foes, licence plates and so on.Think about that the next time you drive to the quarry Warden Kitchen Has ReservationsOn Regional GovernmentBy MICH A EI POLLOCKSpeaking out against pro­posed regional government. Ox­ford County Warden Glen Kitchen said he would like to see the county unit maintained.Mr. Kitchen, 45, an East Ox­ford Township farmer, said the county unit as such has been working and would continue working well with the amalga­mation of smaller municipalities within the unit.The combining of these muni­cipalities would give a larger unit a greater assessment than each obtained as an individual entity and would give them a stranger political voice."What we have today is work­ing. Proponents of regional gov­ernment want to have a com­pact unit to cut down adminis­tration. In theory, what they suggest should turn out, but the units they suggest seem too big,” Mr. Kitchen said.The assessment in regional government is the important factor and regional government is aimed at a greater equaliza­tion for municipalities, he said.•'However, it’s easy to sit back and criticize. We can’t say what we are now doing is right just because we’ve been doing it for a hundred years.“We should examine the new Ideas thoroughly and perhaps implement them on a trial ba­sis if possible,” Mr. Kitchen said.Local people still want to be a part of things. He said it was true that often the best people are not interested in participa­ting in municipal government because they don’t want tp sacrifice the time.County Council Considers ‘Sports Week* ResolutionOxford County Council has been asked by the council of Belle River in Essex County to consider a resolution passed there for the formation of a Canada-wide Sports Week.The resolution was passed by the Belle River council to bring to everyone’s attention the im­portance of sports and the fur­ther development of sports in Canada.The above will be among sev­eral resolutions to be consid­ered by county council during it’s January session to begin next Tuesday.Several counties submitted similar resolutions regarding the proposed regional school areas. The proposed provincial plan is to take effect Jan. 1, 1969 and the resolutions ask that this be delayed.From the County of Grey is aresolution asking that the Min­ister of Municipal Affairs of On­tario be requested to amend the municipal act allowing munici-; palities to borrow up to 100 per cent of the money needed to fi­nance development road pro­jects approved by the depart­ment of highways.Since I960, the act has limited borrowing to 70 per cent of the revenues receivable except by approval of the provincial gov­ernment.Financing of these roads dur­ing construction falls on the mu­nicipality involved and until subsidies are received for the full cost, the municipalities are forced to borrow large sums of money not included in their cur­rent budget, the resolution said.Several other resolutions will be considered by council before the session is completed Feb. 1.“Last year as Reeve, 1 at­tended .160 meetings, hut I have excellent help al the farm and didn’t mind giving the time. You have to be a little dedi­cated to take an active inter­est in municipal affairs. No one is going to do the amount of time-consuming work at th© sacrifice of their own business.“But it seems to me, by amalgamating the smaller municipalities and closer as­sociation between those mak­ing up a county, the unit would function as a compact entity,” the Warden added.Glen Kitchen, 45-year-old East Oxford Township farmer, elected Warden of Oxford County this week, for 1968, indicated the county would try to continue progressing as much as possible in 1968.Considered by a number ofPlancouncillors one of the most cap­able men on the 24-man county council, Mr. Kitchen said “New ideas are what we need for 1968. One hundred years of Canadian history has been closed out with the completion of the 1967 Cen­tennial Year and it will be a privilege for ub to contribute at the beginning of another 100 years,"Born and raised in East Ox­ford Township, Mr. Kitchen was elected to its council in 1951. Fol­lowing that he worked for 12 years as an inspector for Can­ada Packers.Since this job, which he called, a great experience, involved a good deal of travelling, he did not again become involved in municipal politics until four years ago.In 1963, he was elected reeve of his township, and has held that position since.He is married and has three children, two of whom are, at­tending university.His wife, Jean, is a teacher at College Avenue Secondary School in Woodstock. About her husband’s election to the high­est post in the county, she said, “it would be a great experience for him.”“We know it’s going to be a busy year for us, but we are both looking forward to it.”Marjorie, the oldest of the Kitchen children, is a second year French and politics stud­ent at Queen’s University. She is a graduate of Huron Park Secondary School and last year reigned as 1967 Oxford County Dairy Princess.Nineteen-year-old Brian, who has always been interested in agriculture, is a first-year agri­cultural student at the Univer­sity of Guelph.Dorothy Jean, their 12-year- old daughter, is the only one of the children living at home. She is a Grade 7 student at East Oxford Central Public School.GLEN KITCHENMr. Kitchen is a Past Master J of Blenheim Lodge, AF and AM,; and an active member of Cur-| tries United Church.During his four years on county council he has served on i several committees. In 1962, he was chairman of the education committee. Last year, he was chairman of the roads commit­tee and the personnel com­mittee.He is the first representative from East Oxford Township to i win the Wardenship since 1936 when William Lampman was । acclaimed to the position. In I all, there have been seven 1 county wardens to come out of I the township.Aside from Mr. Kitchen and: Mr. Lampman, none of the War­dens from East Oxford Town-: ship attained office by the | “open vote” method where each i county council member gath-1 ered around the council cham- ' ber table, publicly states his j personal choice for warden.Hie “open vote” was institut- । ed in Oxford in 1911. In that j year, William McGhee of North j Oxford Township became War- | den on the 13th ballot. Two years later, the greatest number of ' ballots needed to elect the War­den in the history of the “open vote” was scored by C. H. Den- ton of Tillsonburg. It took 63 bal­lots to put him in office.5:30?OxfordNewsCounty Council Appoints Members To CommitteesTownship roads, still reeling under effect of storm, may bo blocked lor severail days.Gordon Aspden, reeve of Blandford Township, was ap­pointed chairman of Oxford County’s road committee yes­terday.County council met yesterday to nominate members for vari­ous county committees.Also nominated to the road committee were: Warden Glen Kitchen, reeve of East Oxford Township; Carl Sackrider, reeve of Dereham Township; Allen Littlejohns, reeve of East Zorra Township jStanley Geh­ring, reeve of South Norwich Township and Murray Older, reeve of East Missouri Town­ship.Other appointments for 1968 are;Finance, Reeve Bruce Amos of West Oxford Township, chair man Reeve John Hofstetter of Blenheim Township, secretaryProperty, Reeve Kenneth Webster of Tillsonburg, chair­man; Reeve Alwyn Patience of North Oxford Township, secre­tary.Agriculture, Deputy Reeve Lavergne Sibbick of Blenheim Township, chairman and Reeve Rowland Rutherford of Embro, secretary.Assessment committee, Mr. Gehring, chairman; Deputy Reeve James Jones of Tillson- burg, secretary.Education, Mr. Hofstetter, chairman and Mr. Webster, secretary.Printing and Resolutions, Deputy Reeve Alex Muir of East Missouri Township, chairman and Bruce McCall of West Zor­ra Township, secretary.Hospital boards, Mr* Kitchen for Woodstock, Mr. Patience. Ingersoll, and Mr. Sackrider. Tillsonburg.Children's Aid Society repre­sentatives, Mr. Kitchen. Mr. Amos, and Deputy Reeve Med­ford Clarke of Dereham Town­ship.Library board, Mr. Kitchen, Mr. Older, Deputy Reeve Sib (bick and Deputy Reeve Mac­Kay.Museum, Mr. Kitchen and L. K. Coles, clerk-treasurer ; Board of audit. Mr, Amos and Mr. Coles,Personnel, Mr. Kitchen, Mr I Aspden, Mr. Amos. Mr. Web |ster and Mr. Gehring.The session of county council (will begin Jan. ao’ and through to 5 p.m. Feb 1 Brief Opposes County BoardsOf Educationcounty-sized units of adminis-| tration may cause a deteriora­tion in the quality of education, the brief continues:“Larger school areas and boards with facilities which (sic) go with them, may be able to impart more facts to students, but ... this alone is not educa­tion. The depersonalization that will accompany larger boards and larger schools will fail to educate students in men and their ways.TEACHER QUALITY“Similarly, since the release of the full potential of a teacher is a function of the face-to-face administrative skill of the board, the impersonal contacts of larg­er boards with their teachers will result in teachers produc­ing less than their optimum, and hence a decrease in quality of education.“Smaller boards are more aware of the needs of the stu­dents of that same community.”In discussing the costs of ed­ucation, the brief charges that “centralization, by necessitating the hiring of large numbers of, administrative personnel, invar­iably leads to higher costs, with or without increased efficiency.“We (the members of the de­legation) contend that the cost of operating one large board will surpass the total costs of all the small boards combined.‘Overall costs of teachers’ sal­aries will rise due to their no longer negotiating with boards made up of their own fellow citizens, but rather on a county basis with a board whose mem­bers are virtually unknown to them.”OTHER BOARDSOther school boards and school board officials in Oxford county have also said they will not support the Monday delega­tion.Chairman of the Ingersoll Dis­trict High School Board, Walter Leape:-, said yesterday his board would be represented in the de­legation because trustees had re­servations about the plan.“Although I can see that many, of the benefits may be greater : under larger administrative units,” he said, the board is worried about higher costs, and the danger that large boards will not be able to provide a personal touch.”Chairman of the Norwich Dis­trict High School Board, Mrs. Muriel Bishop said there would be no delegation from that board, although when asked why, she declined to comment.Len Seegmiller, chairman of the combined East Zorra — Blandford public school board, said this morning that there would be no delegation from that board either, but indications are some members of the com­bined board may attend the meeting with Mr. Davis.William Dueklow, reeve of Tavistock and a prime organizer of the delegation, said he had heard from several members of the East Zorra — Blandford board who had indicated will-, ingness to participate, although he did not name the trustees.The delegation will leave the Woodstock fairgrounds at 12:15 p.m. by two buses, and will meet Mr. Davis at 3:30 p.m.By JOHN DAVIDSONA draft copy of a brief that al­most 100 area school board trus­tees and municipal councillors will present to Education Minis­ter Davis Monday, says the for­mation of county-sized school board is a threat to the citizens of Ontario.The draft copy, released yes­terday will be “added to and amended slightly,” before it is presented to Mr. Davis, accord­ing to Ingersoll assessor, Floyd Jenkins, but its “meaning will not be changed."Prepared this week, the brief says county-sized administra­tive units pose a threat to demo­cratic, responsible government; a threat to the high quality of education, and a threat in in­creased costs and taxes.20 MUNICIPALITIESDr. Bruce Halliday, a mem­ber of the Tavistock public school board who helped draft the protest, said yesterday that representatives from about 20 municipal councils and school boards in Oxford, Perth and Wa­terloo counties are expected to join the delegation to Toronto.The protest is in response to a Nov. 14 announcement by Pre­mier Robarts that county-sized units would be created by Jan- nuary. 1969, replacing the smal­ler boards now in existence.Mr. Davis said in Toronto yes­terday he will announce the de­tails of the plan in a government white paper- next week, and en­abling legislation is expected in the coming session of the pro­vincial legislature.Among the municipal councils that will be included in the dele­gation are: Oxford village, Ta­vistock, Beachville, Norwich, Em bro: and townships North Oxford, West Zorra, Blenheim, South Norwich, Blandford, West Oxford, East Nissouri, North Norwich, East Oxford, and East Zorra townships m Oxford county.From Perth county, represen­tatives will come from Southeast Hope. Down’e, and Northeast Hope townships; and from New Hamburg and Wellesley town­ships in Waterloo county.Tavistock Reeve, William Dueklow, who is compiling the list of municipal delegates, said he has not con acted Dereham townah p officials yet.A partial list of school boards that will send delegates in­cludes: West Oxford public school board; Ingersoll District High School Board; Tillsonburg District High School Board; North Norwich Public School Board; West Zorra public school board, and North Oxford public school board.The list is being added to as other school boards notify their intentions.DEPLORE CHANGETh’5 prole I’afted jointly by the avistock Public School Board and the Tavistock muni­cipal council says the “contin­ued trend toward the elimina­tion of municipal government, one of the keys ones of our sys­tem of democratic government as we have known it/' Is de­plored.“T ■ g-adual increase of power and authority in the hands of fewer and fewer elect fd "»p- and in thera ol and more ap-l pr • officials is of grave concern.“ he chntralizaUon of power I and authority will lead to de-l t.ib cn < hi .oi j'nce ho i n gI : • a ii i u1' < inis ra-lther tha; by our elected re-1 presentabves,"ReflecUng concern that the I— Free Press Woodstock. Bureau HOLD STILL — Employees at the Oxford County building at Woodstock re­ceived influenza booster shots yesterday from Dr. G. Q. Sutherland, county medical officer of health. Mrs. A. W. Bickell, secretary, receives her shot while Warden Glen Kitchen waits for his. He said the shots have been particularly successful in Oxford secondary schools, where absenteeism was far less than in neighboring counties during the recent outbreak.Rabies Outbreaks On Upswingbeen infected about a month ago when they were bitten by a fox, thought to be rabid.Thirteen cases were reported in Oxford county in 1967.In neighboring Perth county, 10 head of cattle and four skunks have contracted the disease within the last two months. The rabid cattle were found in the townships of Wal­lace, Mornington. Blandshard, Fullarton and Downie.The latest Perth county case was discovered yesterday, m Downie township.| Two of the skunks were found near Stratford, the other two in Downie township.Other ciimties in the area are 'not experiencing similar in­creases in rabies cases. Reports from Elgin, Kent, Lampton and Huron counties indicate the di­sease is not a problem there.But in Middlesex county, seven cases have occurred since December.In the counties of Hastings and Prince Edward (about 199 miles east of Toronto) the pub­lic has been warned of 8 serious increase of rabies in the area.The alert follows a similar caution issued last week by the federal department of agricul­ture.Dr. J ,F. McCorquodale. dis­trict veterinarian for the de­partment, said there were 84 positive cases of rabies in Hast­ings during 1967. three in Prince Edward county, and 23 in argh- boring Northumberland county.Recent rabies outbreaks in Oxford and Perth counties have been described as “sudden but not alarming,” by Dr. D. W. Thompson, sub-district veterin­arian in Oxford for the Canad­ian department of agriculture.With the discovery of another rabies victim yesterday, the number of rabies cases reported in Oxford county this week is five. The latest case is a rabid steer on an Innerkip farm.Earlier this week, two steers on an East Zorra farm were found to be rabid, and two rabid dogs were discovered, one in Innerkip, and another near the Woodstock Golf course. The two steers were thought to haveRudy Heads Library BoardRobert Rudy of Tavistock was elected chairman of the Oxford County library board yesterday, succeeding last year's warden, Reeve Vernon Cuthbert of West Oxford.East Zorra’s Max MacKay was elected vice-chairman at the first meeting of the new board.Other members are Warden Glen Kitchen of East Oxford, i Grant Smith, Murray Older. L. II. Sibbick and Willinm Suther­land.Chief Librarian Louise Krom-i part, presenting her annual re­port. stated the library’s circu­lation for 1967 was 390,383. up 28,046 over 1966. our Reeves SeekWarden’s ChairFour townships reeves may seek the IMS warden­ship of Oxford County.Tlie election of the ward en will be held Jan. 16,Gordon Aspden of Bland­ford Township, John Hof­stetter of Blenheim Town­ship, and Glen Kitchen of East Oxford Township said they intend to seek the position.Carl Saekridvr of Dore- ham Township said there was n possibility he may consider going after the po­sition. and would make his decision within a week.Two others, Kenneth Web­ster of Tillsonburg and Stanley Gehring of South Norwich Township, rumor­ed as possible candidates,said today they had no in tent ion of seeking the posi­tion.Mr. Gehring said he did not want to try for tho position this year and add­ed he felt others were more entitled to be warden than ho was.Mr. Webster said he felt he did not have enoughtime to devote his full at­tention to the work tho wurdcnshlp would require.Reeve Kitchon was run­ner-up Inst year, placing second to Vernon Cuthbert of West Oxford Township.Warden Cuthbert's term of office ends at the end of this month.Without a doubt the public drinking fountain with the coldest, most refreshing water in Woodstock is the one in the north corridor of the main floor of the County Court House.We're no! certain, but suspect this is due to the constant use this fountain enjoys. Considering that one o( the main functions of the court house is the administration of justice, it is not 5'ir- prising that many people suffer from parched throat and art badly in need of a drink after concluding their business there^And while we're talking of drinking fountains, surely the warmest, most tepid, unrefreshing drinking water in tec c ty issues from the fountains in the halls of Woodstock Collegiate. Thirsty night school students, parched from the over-heating .-nd lack of ventilation, stiff in the joints from sitting in the most <di>, comfortable desks in the world, find the water supplying tee drinking fountains must run close to (or through) the furnace room.GORDON ASPENGLEN KITCHENCARL SACKRIDERl o AHJOHN HOFSTETTERPropose Free Rabies Vaccination For PetsFree rabies vaccination clinics for dogs and cats will be set up in Oxford County if County council ap­proves a proposal by Dr. D. W. Thompson, sub-district vet­erinarian for the Federal Department of Agriculture.The veterinarian has p r o- posed the clinics in the wake of a recent rabies outbreak in the area. Six cases have been reported in the last two weeks including three steers, two dogs and a fox.Dr. Thompson said this morning that approval must be obtained from county council and from each of the mun­icipalities involved before the clinics can become operation­al.He said Ingersoll officials had already approved. Wood- stock city council meets to­night and city manager Robert Morrow said the proposal may be put on the agenda.The clinics would take about two weeks to arrange, and the municipalities would be responsible for clerical help, for notifying owners, and for providing an animal handler to assist in enforcing dog control.This will not be the first time rabies clinics have been held in the area. The last clinic in Woodstock, in 1959, saw 729 dogs and 367 cats vac­cinated, but since that time, the registered number of dogs in the city has increased to a present level of 1,460. There is no record of the number of cats.The reported rabies cases have been in the areas of In­nerkip, East Zorra, and t h e Woodstock Golf Course. Neigh­boring counties, especially Middlesex and Perth have re­ported similar outbreaks in re­cent weeks.The Department of Agricul­ture will supply free vaccine, and free professional help to administer the vaccinations.a- ■.. ,..W1BBl'.J1,. ..........CURRIES HALL RE-OPENEDThe Curries Community Hall was officially re - opened last night with a ribbon-cut­ting ceremony. Participating in the ceremony are, from left: Ken Peers, director of the Curries Community Centre Committee; Len Garner, guest speaker who spoke on the original opening of the hall; Oxford Warden Glen Kitchen; Gordon Innes, MPP for Oxford and son of one of the founders of the hall; Mac Logan, chairman of the Cur­ries Community Centre Com­mittee: Ron Swance. secre­tary-treasurer of the commit­tee; and Jean Edwards and Gerry Row, directors of the committee. cS c o §>© is3 $o« A]£ 3* « *<Std©p5©c<£8* &og-%Z3n "8.733©s-.2c©K© ■o a1S ©© &cccd 02GaCG-s, cd £oi ©'E 01 © 2& 3 £ beG — ©o s ow£©c 7, 3gOo tit £ © ~ -„ K C * < O •©c fee w w© >> o a-G 33 ©S3 C la• fc.g.£§§ 8 &I a x EC cd kJ ©rn PO — £^a*•- a* §5 5?G o .2^ © b© « 2I 22S S| - ©. asG 5W p © X ~ > « - bo 2 35 'C «= - c « « «J g 2 “® 2 p © © ~° jsi of rt ? © « P be * 8 cd Pc £ t 2 2 © E G «O 3 5G u2 s ^2° 2 2 K - « ° © G t *p E© w © thlggpS = « u a:... .. •?3 2 2 01 uSisi« 2(P *-J - I£ s 5 8 O 02 G Q.a-£~©S:gof>.•^4 th•cH w5£ £ © £co © > §« iX I sE o3 5f 8 . .~ e. cn32 £ 5 m © S' s £ uS-E« © Pa *= £ = £ ^3 § 2 3U 2 3 A“to a ©? 3cdg H£ E£ « 3^6 £|;- o — “73 a S«oCDG © o S « © 2 £ 3 W§ § O ^§& © - ~ ©3 CO . '.2 .2 ©X 3 © 5 °© 2 c £ §2- C8 © •£w “ ’H S.23B« £ s11050 <d 2 c © "5§ S © « © r□ *7 ©33 P © ES5 3 c- - 5E, >.3s*No Increase Predicted For County Mill RateBy MICHAEL L. POLLOCKResidents in Oxford County will likely find their mill rate unchanged from the 17 mill levy last year though an esti­mated $21,000 more taxes is expected to be collected.County clerk - treasurer, L. K. Coles said due to a higher assessment this year, it may be possible to maintain the 17 mill rate.Approximately $1,000,000 was raised last year on a total as­sessment of $65,020,644. This year the assessment has risen to $67,436,825.The actual rate will be determined at the March bud­get session of council, Mr. Coles said.County council yesterday authorized borrowing a maxi­mum of $1,300,000 for the 1968 county road bill.The bylaw was passed yesterday during the minutes of the January session.NEW SUPERINTENDENTA bylaw was also passed naming Donald Pratt county road superintendent as of the first of the year. Mr. Pratt re­places J. N. Meathrell who re­tired as superintendent at the end of 1967.The road committee was asked to prepare a program on a maximum of 8.5 mills. The estimated road bill for 1968 is, $571,000.Other estimates for 1968 in- cluded $246,000 for general purposes, $250,000 for welfare services and $54,000 for the county library.From $150,000 to $175,000 will be spent on the county home for the aged out of an accumulated balance.The county surplus for last year was $51,108 of which two main items totalled $37,513: roads, $24,301 and administra­tion of justice and county buildings, $13,212. Added to the accumulated surplus, this gives the county $202,898.It is out of this amount that funds for the county home will be drawn.The Tillsonburg hospital re­quest for $47,000 for renova­tions was approved in prin­ciple, but council decided to wait until the March session to decide how the sum will be raised.It was previously reported to council that Elgin County had approved its share of $19,- 000 and Norfolk County is considering a $28,530 grant.Oxford's share of 50 per cent to be paid by the munici­palities has been based on use. Norfolk's share is 30 per cent and Elgin's 20 per cent.In education, a $5,000 grant to the University of Western Ontario building fund wa» authorized along with $1,000 In bursaries for Oxford stud­ents attending agriculture .schools, $1,800 in bursaries for students attending UWO and $800 for those attending the University of Waterloo.The Victorian Order of Nurses was granted $1,000 plus $1 for every call made to county residents in excess of 1,000 in 1968. The Order had asked for $4,0W.In other business, Robert Rudy of Tavistock was ap­pointed to the' county library board for a three-year term, William Sutherland of West Zorra Township for two years, and J. Grant Smith of North Norwich Township for one year.Lavergne S i b b i c k of Drumbo and Philip Buck- rell of Burgessville were ap­pointed to the Oxford Soil and Crop Improvement Associa­tion for the coming year.The resignation of county weed inspector Ronald Hutch­eson of Ingersoll was accepted as of Jan. 30, and council auth­orized advertisement of the position.COMPLETES COURSEJoseph Griffith, Public Health Inspector' for Oxford Health Unit, was one of the successful candidates in the re­cent Senior Sewage Works Op­erators Course. This course was sponsored by the Ontario Water Resources Commission.Warden Favors County PlanChanging county boundaries to regional areas would cause chaos, Oxford County Warden Glen Kitchen said yesterday.He told county council there are too many county-based ser­vices, such as assessment, land titles and agricultural groups, to be disrupted by a change in boundaries.Local government should be reorganized within existing county boundaries, he said.Warden Kitchen outlined the plan proposed by the Associa­tion of Ontario Counties which would maintain the county unit in a regional government set-up.Separate towns and cities would be included in (he county system and many of the smaller municipalities would be amalgamated.Services, such as assessment, taxation, arterial roads, educa­tion, hospitals and welfare, would be elevated to the county level, he said.Under the plan, police villages would be eliminated and elected heads of villages and townships would be called mayors.The county warden would be­come the chairman and terms of office would be three years, he said.Warden Kitchen said he felt county council should endeavor to have a history of the area written with possible change coming. He said this should be done ns soon as possible.With the takeover of the ad­ministration of justice by the provincial government, he esti­mated a Iwo-lhird-inill rate de­duction may be forthcoming in the county's 1968 tax rate. Taxes should be no higher than last year, he said.ABOUT TOWNYesterday, the department of education released its county-school board plan which, if passed by the next session of the legislature will be in effect by next January. Here is what it will mean for Oxford county:— The fifteen public school boards, district high school boards and boards of education in the county area will be abolished, and will be replaced by one school board, having jurisdiction over all public and secondary schools in the county.— The new board will have 16 members; five from Woodstock, one from Ingersoll, and 10 from the rest of the county area.— Elections will be held every two years and elected trustees will hold office for two years.— Separate school boards will be unaffected, but the new county board will have one elected representative of sepa­rate school ratepayers. This trustee will look after separate school interests in secondary school matters.— The separate school representative will be elected by a general vote of all separate school ratepayers tn the county area.— The county board will have the power to levy and colled its own taxes. In the future, taxes for education will be separated from municipal taxes, enabling ratepayers to know exactly how much money they are paying for educa­tion.— Students who live in one county and go to school in another will continue to do so, until the boards concerned make other arrangements for their accmmodation.— The new board will assume control of ail the ;moper- ty, assets, liabilities, contracts and agreements of the exist­ing boards.— The net cost of education will be shared among all the municipalities in the county, on the basis of provincial equalized assessment.— Heading the administrative staff will be a Supehnten dent of Schools, whose duties will be similar to those of ■ Director of Education. He will he chosen by members of tho new board and will supervise school administration. ^811O EM r- " E h'5Q c’ E■ B BB'SB E= Ui5E .2 Su 5>ou:::£PROFESSOR COLESEBXJ "2 <V -*-* c—•— a>5^<~ c RS 553J F-•u c~ ~ ro5^ £8 °§h § oa .3c£a> 5ao 2« 8OX _ 5O vi CJ.£5Z155BSis E5E»«&05 o0 i-WWWEftH % 8ithink, in“1 act as Director 01“•3 “EcS E-'ftSS^Eg E 5 U ° w £ mC ~w 55VM 3OS Q c o aon in w■§1S’9MlIl 8 ■ 3 P 2 “ S |£ 5! o o xi $ 3 g p _ „ ft w w 'K « "O u «o> y ™i - *■Sw1 tU^£?§8 3 ±3 ftaelogical objects and human> ~W ei:■ xE2Xft■wconductedthree sub-social an-zS'tn<D£EE£8E a,.-from the seminar idea, used IE-IXcsL QE ffl0J twSft£Sj.! Sf.SE ••■Ift 015-ife--■oft SV31 CjFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — Rabiesclinics for free vaccination ofdogs and cats have been pro­posed for Oxford County byDr. D. W. Thompson, sub-dis­trict veterinarian of CanadaDepartment of Agriculture.Dr. Thompson said OxfordCounty was approached yes­terday and Woodstock will biadequate facilities for the clin­Six eases of rabies havew> n ”5Z =*«k,h g EEWOODSTOCK — Reeve Gor-BlandfordAspden ofdonTownship was named chair­theroad committee.Thehighest spending county eoun-■£ := ° s=a E.- o c —jvisors for each man acuss the lecture coina o c>. oj ca ca a n£ £K K ;2.'-5EE E5r r. >5 E S5_ u• 5 ci «Q Sjects the Prince is studying.andand he is considered one of Can­manyB others Ltd. firm of real Estateand insurance.tinel-Review wrote to him in­ing:'The Cambridge academicto June.which» S E k -3Is5O’S s■ft5 Sx1g "I s Pte-on « e5 8’2IbeenconfirmedInOxfordwithin the past two weeks. Dr.Thompson said.The municipalities, he said.would be responsible for cleri­cal help in notifying owners,having an animal handler toassist and enforcing dog con­trol.The department of agricul­duct the vaccination as wellas free vaccine.The last rabies elinic inWoodstock was held in May,1969 when 729 dogs and 367were vaccinated,Dr.catsThompson said.for Prince Charle8other menUi 'Fitzwilliam Colle,task (o arrangeS c2 -*“ aWarden Glen Kitchen, freeveReeve Carl Sackrider. Dere­ham Township; Reeve AllenReeve Murray Older, EastNissoun Township.Other appointments were:Reeve Bruce Amos, w estOxford 1 o w n s h i p, nuancechairman.BlenheimTown-Hofstetter,ship, secretary: TillsonburgReeve Kenneth Webster, pro­perty chairman: Reeve AlwynPatience, North Oxford-Township, secretary; Deputy-Reeve Lavergne Sibbick, Blen­heim Township,agricultureGehring assessment commit$eeretary.Reeve Hofstetter educationcommittee chairman, andReeveWebster,andresolutionscommitteechairman.and West ZorraE “> S c S 5 *o ° neach person.“Last term’s thr ors arc being replaced by three [Other supervi this ten! term, as is the customsu per v i» 111 a ho'Prince Charlesthe Lent and Easter terms.Th if.41 -QU13 2ftIt 1myM Uis?$-9 «S a 2 £ XI «City Native At CambridgeDirects Studies Of PrinceA Woodstock native, who is director of studies for P T i n c « Charles al Cambridge University in England, tells in a letter to The Sentinel-Review, what isentailed in his work and the subProf. Coles, son of Mr.Mrs. John L. Coles of 164 BealeSt., heads the department of archeology and anthropology atTrinity College, and has person­al direction over the studies ofPrince Charles at Cambridge.He graduated from WoodstockCollegiate Institute and later wenl on to studies at the Univer­sity of Toronto. His subsequent career has been distinguished 5 S Ec ftada’s leading archeologists.His father has been associated foryears with ColesProf Coles is also a nephew of Leonard K. Coles, clerk-trea­surer of Oxford County.The following letter was re­ceived from him after The Sen­quiring of his work and the courses Prince Charles is study­year consists of three terms,Michaelmas, Lent and Easter, ed one term’s work,consists of 10 lectures weekly,plus two hours’ practical work(looking at and handling arch-running from October to Decem­ber. January to March and April‘Prince Charles has complet­5 E52^a. ro je E"E„ 5man of Oxford County s road committee yesterday.Six cases confirmed.rabies clinics urgedr U r* w° O S =requested today to provideE ° ft^5 £5§? I Eics. Ingersoll ofticials, he sulci, have already approved.The clinics, he said, wouldtake two weeks to arrange.■O T5 Pth c ” ftR-Sbones), plus three hours sup- ervision weeklySupervisions areby lecturers in hisjecls, archaeology,thropology and physical anthro­pology. Most undergraduatesPrince Charles included, write an essay for each supervision at which only the undergraduateand the supervisor are present.Ini sssytem is rather differentOxford appointscounty committeesture, he said, would supply free professional help to con­[ undergraduates in theiryear.have an opportunity to go op an archeological excavation i wishes and will visilprehistoric and early histone monuments m England uftdc the guidance of lecturers.”He is now on a leave oP ab seuce from Cambridge during though he is continuing to direct studies for the colleges.summer, he is planning to bring his family to Canada.cil committee, also includesLittlejohns, East Zorra Town­ship; Reeve Stanley Gehring,South Norwich Township; and and Reeve Johncommittee c h a i r m a r. and Reeve Rowland Rutherford,Embro. secretary: Reevetee chairman, and TillsonburgDeputy-Roove James Jones,secrecarjEast Nissouri Township Depu ty-Reeve Alex Muir printingBruce McCall, secretary; Warden Kitchen. WoodstockGeneral Hospital board, repre­sentative; Reeve Patience. Al­exandra Hospital board. In­gersoll. and Reeve Sack rider,Tillsonburg Hospital board representatives;WardenKitchen, Dereham Township deputy-reeve Medford Clarkeand Reeve Amos, Childrens Aid Society representatives; Warden Kitchen, Reeve Older Deputy-Reeve Sibbick and Deputy-.Reeve M a c K a y. brary Kmrd represents livesThe opening January session is Io continue Jan, juj 31 and Feb. 1 Area School Boards To Help Plan Own FuneralBy JOHN DAVIDSONOxford county school boards received their death notice this morning.The long-awaited rcnorl from the department of Education, which calls for the "bolilion of 15 school boards in the county Iby January, UMiii and for one county board to replace them, Will be received with mixed feelings.Most rural boards in the county have been bitter about the proposed county board plan even before the details were made known.Seven cases confirmedAnd in Woodstock, although!bars is baaed on the popula-,them by "too small a student there has been no outright op- t’on ^hc county. If popula population, too HrnaJl a gc-ogm position to the plan, there has figur^ /elow WW, Phic too narrow a tax been doubt mid uncertainty ini hcre T™*® recent months over th? changes1 twe®” Tbe report claims that thethe new system will bring. j would be 16; IGO,0(X) to 140.W9. larger school Itoard will permit The new board in Oxford members; abo.c 1^0.000 a comprehend * ran-e of pro- county will have 16 members, “ J members. I he population grains Including kindergarten. (The number of board mem- t i '"C U(Jln^ music, art, guidance, physicalWoodstock and Ingersoll is ap- education, science home econo proximately 83,400. |micSj and industrial arts at thet6 MEMBERS elementary level.Oxford rabies clinics slatedhope to process 5,000 petsFree rrt^s Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCKRabiesclinics are being arranged for late February in Oxford County, Dr. D. W. Thompson, sub-district veterinarian for the Canada department of agriculture said yesterday.Clinics, he said, have been planned for each township, most villages, Ingersoll, Till­sonburg and Woodstock. One- half day would be spent at the smaller clinics and a full day at the larger centres, he said.Dr. Thompson said he is hoping 5,000 dogs and cats will be vaccinated at the free clin­ics. A total of 2,622 dogs and 1,543 cats were taken to simi­lar clinics last held in Oxford in 1959.Dr. petsThompson said many have been vaccinatedprivately, but the shot s are required each year. The vaccine, he said, would be ef­fective for the animals three months or more old.Dr. Thompson recommend­ed pets be tied up.Keep away from any animal which behaves in an unusual manner and report unusual in­cident to the nearest veterina­rian, he said. If bitten by a dog or other animal, he said, secure medical attention with­out delay.The seventh rabid animal tobe. reported within two weeks in Oxford, a cow, was found yesterday near Innerkip. A heifer, two steers, a fox andtwo dogs are firmed cases,casses and a now.Theof two cat arethe other con- he said. Car- skunks, a fox being checkedOf the sixteen trustees, five "To meBt the needs of aty- will come from Woodstock, one dents at all levels, it possible from Ingersoll, and the remaind- to provide the special services er from the rest of the county of Qualified personnel in the area. areas of audio-visual, libraries,(The number of members f^Ld?,nce' and *PecbJ ediI':j; from Woodstock is based on the uo”'ratio of farm and residential as- Among other advantage-. of sessment in Woodstock and In- larger school boards, 'he report gersoll to that of the rest of the states is greater planning abil- county. Figures used were com- “3b and more equitable distribu- piled by The Sentinel-Review t»on of educational costs.and are unofficial). ' “At the present time the manyThe new board will have the (and extreme variations in local power to levy its own taxes and tax support for education re­set its own mill-rate. Once «ie Quire a complex and highly so- board is established, taxes willi PhistiCated grant structure to be collected separately from try and compensate for these in- municipal taxes. equalities. Within the new schoolAccording to the department of education, the miin reasondivisions the local costs of edu­cation will be supported by a broader tax base of reasonableconfirmed cases, Dr.Thompson said, are in the In­nerkip and Woodstock area. Unconfirmed cases, he said, have been investigated in the Curries and Holbrook 'areas south of Woodstock.opportunity for -every ehiid h,the Province of Ontario.” “Inherent in this objectiveis , SEPA RATE SCHOOLSthe necessity to offer a total Under the new system, sepa- school program to meet the rate school boards will continue needs and interests of the stu- to operate as they always have, dent and to provide for the In Oxford county, there are four great variety represented by in- separate school boards in Wood dividual differences in ability, stock, Ingersoll, Beachville andOxford agrees to sharingbackground and experience.” j Tillsonburg.LIMITED AREA ' however separate school sup-It contends that some school'elect one represent­ative on the county board. Hehospital renovation costsFree Press Woodstock Bureau.WOODSTOCK — Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital re­novations were approved by Oxford County council yester­day. zCouncil agreed in principle but decided to wait until March meeting to decide how to finance its $47,500 portion of theu $223,100 project.George Stevers. superintend-ent-administrator of the hospi­tal, told council Tuesday that Elgin County has approved its $19,000 share and Norfolk is considering a $28,530 grant.County clerk-treasurer L. K. Coles estimated council will have to raise $1,021,000 through taxes for 1968.Expenditures include $550,- 000 for general purposes,welfare and county library, and $571,000 for roads.A surplus of $51,104 for 1967 was announced, increasing the surplus to $202,898. Mr. Coles said $150,000 to $175,000 has been earmarked for construc­tion of the $2,000,000 Wooding- ford Lodge, county home for the aged, to be completed in December.Council granted $5,000 to theUniversity of Western Ontario i building fund; $1,800 for bur­saries for UWO students; $800 for University of Waterloo stu­dents and $1,000 for Oxford students attending agricultureschools.The Nurses plus $1Victorian Order of was granted $1,000 for each call in theWoodstock approves risein ambulance service grantFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — An in­crease from 35 cents to 50 cents per capita in the grant paid Woodstock Ambulance Ltd. in the last three years of a five-year agreement was ap­proved last night by Wood- stock council.Council also authorized an increase to $12 from $10 in rates charged for calls in the city.The ambulance firm will re­ceive $12,173 from the city in 1968, based on the population of 24,246 persons, compared with a grant of $8,500 in 1967.A motion by Aid. Philip Poole and Aid, Violet Adams to grant the 50 cents per capi­ta payment and increase to $15 the maximum amount the firm can charge, as requested by the company was amended to $12 a call by Aid. Clarence Chattington and Aid. William B. Dutton.Mayor James F. Hutchinson said the firm is receiving 50 cents per capita from Oxford County for the area it services in the county and approxi­mately 54 cents per capita from Ingersoll.Council, in other business, agreed to rent two rooms in the old city hall to the Wood- stock Chamber of Commerce, starting April 1, when city of­fices are moved to the former federal building.Council also agreed to allow the Oxford Museum to use the remainder of the first floor of1 the city hail. The museum is now using the second storey of the old city hall.Council referred to its budg­et sessions a request for $26,606 from the Woodstock and District Association for the Mentally Retarded to help pay for a $130,000 addition to Blossom Park School.The amount sought from Ox­ford County is $25,000 and In­gersoll, $13,334. Three class­rooms, a music room and a gymnasium are to be added to the two-classroom school in the northeast of the city.county over 1,000 in 1968.Council granted $1,000 to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and $1,200 to the Salvation Army.Membership in the Lake Erie Regional Development Council was approved at a I cost of $2,607.Warden Glen Kitchen, reeve' of East Oxford Township; Reeve Bruce Amos of West) Oxford Township mid Mr. Coles were named to a com-1 mittee to investigate compil­ing of county history.Robert Rudy, Tavistock, was appointed a. member of the county library board for three years, William Suther­land, West Zorra Township, for two years, and J. Grant Smith, of North Norwich Township, for one year.boards are unable to do this be-] cause of limitations .mposed on of aU separaU ers in the county, and will look after the interests of his electors on secondary school matters.The department has allowed only two weeks before the first of the many transitional meet­ings will be announced.will be elected by a general voteTo make the transition as smoothly as possible it has been proposed that each county board area set up an Interim School committee, consisting of one representative from each of the existing public school boards, high school boards and boards of education.Notice of the first committee meeting will be announced be­fore Feb. 15 by the Regional Superintendent of Education.The report has come at an in­convenient time for some area boards. For most school boards. February and March with its budget preparations and salary negotiations is the busiest time of the year.Now, preparation for the board changes can be expectedto take considerableeffortespeciallyadministrative staffsThis Ticket Valid Only on Date oL IssueLiquorService402time and from the concerned 16 Locations Are PlannedFor FreeFree rabies vaccination clinics will be set up at 16 locations in Oxford county within the next three or four weeks. Dr. D. W, Thompson, sub-district veterinarian with the Canadian department of agriculture announced this morning.The announcement follows t approval of the clinics by Ox­ford County council, Wood- stock city council and Inger­soll municipal council last week. The clinics will be for the vaccination of dogs and cats in the county.With the discovery of a rabid skunk over the week­end, the number of rabies cases in the county has reached seven in the past three weeks.Dr. Thompson sought ap­proval for the clinics last week in view of the rabies outbreak. It is the first time free clinics have been set up in the Woodstock area since 1959.Oxford mulls hospital grant requestFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — A request by Tillsonburg District Memo­rial Hospital for a §47.500 grant toward a 5223,100 im­provement project was de- ferred bv Oxford Countv coun­cil yesterday for decision to­day or tomorrow.George Stevens, superin­tendent-administrator of the hospital, said Elgin County has approved its S19.000 shai-e and Norfolk is considering a §28,530 contribution.Oxford, he said, has been assessed 50 per cent of the share to be paid by the munic­ipalities, based on use. Nor- i folk’s is 30 per cent and EI- I gin's 20 per cent.Dr. Elmer Quintyn, hospital board chairman and chief sur­geon. said bricking in or win­dows in the operating room and obstetrical suites and air conditioning have been planned.New conductive floors to cost §10,000 in the two depart­ments, he said, will be fully paid by the Ontario Hospital Services Commission.Mr. Stevens said covering of exterior fire escapes from the two depa-tments is also re- oulred under new fire mar­shal's regulations.County clerk-treasurer Leo­nard K. Coles said the county will be contributing a total of §80.950 each year over the next four years to Ingersoll f and Woodstock hospitals.(Rabies ClinicsThe veterinarian said the clinics will be set up in the 16 areas in order that people will not have to travel too far. The hope is to vaccinate every dog and cat in the county to prevent further out­breaks."Since the clinics will be free,,' he said, "I expect the turnout will be good."Cases in Oxford county so far include three rabid steers, a fox, Iwo dogs and a skunk, and have been reported in the Innerkip and East Zorra township areas.ATTEND CONVENTIONTwenty members of Oxford County Council will be attend­ing the Association of Rural Municipalities Convention being held in Toronto Monday.Curator, Aid. Bernadette Smith, stands surrounded by some of museum’s displays.Museum Marks Its BirthdayTomorrow is the 20th anni­versary of the Oxford Mu­seum at its present location above city hall.It was formerly located in a basement room in the county court house, Curator was Miss Louise Hill, a well - known historian who gathered pio­neer articles for many years which are presently on dis­play in the museum.The second curator of the museum was Miss Effie Nes­bitt. Upon her death in 1956. the present curator Mrs. Ber­nadette Smith took over.The museum has a unique collection of pioneer t o o o) s, clothing and farm imple­ments. There are enough arti­cles to actually tell the his­tory of the county.Cornerstones from various industries, some now defunct, are on display including one from Hay and Company which al one time was a head­stone for an early settler.Two interesting replicas of famous buildings are housed in the museum. A miniature of the Mohawk Church in Brant­ford, the oldest church in Can­ada and a replica of the Par­ker House on Vansittart Ave­nue. This is all formed out of sea shells.A piece of fire • fighting equipment from Woodstock's early fire department is one of the largest items on display.The museum is open daily for visitors at a nominal fee.Operating expenses are taken care of by grants from the city, county and province. n-a gp giimp£ ao§« © =3■aO «> ® S “c-X5 ^-0.28* c « ° -I - 2 3Natural Gas Well Drilled5s. ©c§'c ci - £©13:3 o w 8^ Jq £ « © 8 >E s 8 w s 8 2 Sasire© Cd COd asre i £© * uh,^rS3©a83§ £E c£05 ©353©£OSS s reEreE © . aM 0 .5 5' o re « 5e o•8tn© cuo© u©aa £S3Q02ta 5 ©I7TJ 3 Q5 Ew og5o8&s ©& »-xre-c re O©£ © 6c3s X3 E 3 e©§O n§re3§5 > ©§ a■g & « a I a&sI fI©s 58,oS ©a 0 EIn Blandfordsa £30rereaE 5I © © ei■gU2 Ed Q s©=3 o tn35S ©3o E© ©re53©§©© ©©Bt aSS©a§©©aOS■ ©E0 0© re5 -2© s« .0 re©I©CO G ©E3£©2re tn 3© E 8 © re © © 5© to ©re h<ng g-0 CO3© uc- © re3 © E tCicre©reas ©© a©II© re J3 VI>. © E^© >o’ «E £gre ©IE !©c0 © s o& © jh©3•!e© o T3 CO« -bM >»s E © 2"Ex?rere P, M'S ts. 30 ’ * tec S ~ &© re t_ © m P* 23 © « © - « B3 -tsIelie0 — 0© X© «nv. re'J; •*- X r re » J = r - © w 8- — . © &© o i 8^2.^V ” ©E-p^ «'AE2 8 ? ga©33^ . l. Z* - n fl!© > re —C — r-o acg © © o5 « ES®re 2 -re ©re-2-5 0 o-.E Bs O tn a -S .S“’I © re|6F^i“ £ § 8 « $Es0H re E ©^ES-S'S w © 8, re s cS-■ E ©,o3 E© .0 «° M -3 Sisp:|^'S'S-sco 6- 6 © -of-i«re © -0 -g « re— © c.0 © . © © -c .t g-aS2re re ©0 c ©xs ©42re = g -a s & « 22 S £ v*2e 2 *• £ E '3 38 §7.ft e*sw© 3aS E 20M re< co SI grcs’ 3 © 1 w82-° s X fe ©.“ © c« 3 f"J3'§1BRIGHT- A gas well with a potential volume of 100 mil­lion cu. ft. a year has come into production in the Bland­ford Township.An earlier well at Innerkip had been capped since it was drilled by the Barnett Oil Co. of Wichita, Kansas in 1961 on the Jacques farm, lot 2, con­cession 7 of Blandford, as ■there was no market for gas at that time.Further explorations has in­dicated that the Innerkip area is the site of a potenial 40,- 000 acre gas field.A second well, known as the Nith River Innerkip No. 1, was started in October and on January 19 at a depth of 1,100 feet gas was struck. The En­ergy Board of Ontario consi­ders it to be one of the big­gest strikes to date in this I part of Ontario. The poten­tial for the area being 4 bil­lion cu. ft. of gas a year.Today surveyors are at work planning the site for the Nith River Innerkip No. 2 well to be located on the farm of Earle Chesney, lot 3 conces­sion 7 of Blandford.The natural gas from these wells is being piped directly into the eight inch pipe Jine of the Union Gas Company which runs between Bright and the Gobles field. The com­pressor used for this purpose runs on natural gas. It was designed in Texas but was built in Woodstock by the Gardner-Denver Co.The high grade of natural gas found here is superior to that of Western Canada as it does not contain impurities and therefore does not require any filtering before being put into the line.The future of the field is considered exceedingly good. The farmers whose farms are under lease will receive a roy­alty on the gas amounting to 2 cents per thousand cu. ft They also receive gas for then- own use.The Blandford Township clerk, Stuart J. Currah of Bright could see no great as­set to the township, as a coun­ty agreement for assessment purposes was set which amounts to each well being taxed for $166 a year.Education Plan Requires Local Criticism: PrincipalI A government plan to create i county sized school boards 1 will be implemented without local consent, unless the de- । partment of education recei­ves suggestions and construc- i five criticism from the local level, a London School prin­cipal and aiderman warned last night.Speaking at the Oxford zone meeting of the Lake Erie Re­gional Development Council, Terry Ferris urged Oxford county school boards, munici­pal officials and teachers to | make their ideas and reserva- | tions about the plan known "before it is too late.”The London Aiderman । stressed that the government ; plan, released last week, is only a guide and that the de­partment of education is open to suggestions concerning its implementation.COUNTY BOARDSThe plan calls for a county- । sized school board of 16 mem- I hers with the power to levy its' own taxes to replace existing public school boards, high school hoards, and boards of education by next January. . But a group of Tillsonburg !teachers argued that a series iof questions and suggestions they had addressed to the pro­vincial government t h r e e weeks ago "have not been an­swered or even acknowledged.”STANLEY GEHRINGWILLIAM DUCKLOWW. J. Hart, representing the Tillsonburg group said teach­ers questioned the govern­ments basic premise in crea-ting larger units of education­al administration — thatofproviding more equality of ed uca tional opportun ity.NO ANSWERSSimilarly, members of are-cent delegation to Queen’s Park said they got no satis­faction from the department of education on questions and criticisms of the plan Oue member of ‘said the wholetreated fools."Mr."likeFerristhe delegation group had been a bunch of... was unable to shed much light on the provln vial government's position,apart from outlining the de­tails of the plan, which most school board trustees have al­ready seen."Questions on the details of the proposals should be direct­ed toward the Regional Super­intendent of Education,” he said.Four directors for ‘the Ox­ford Zone of Hie Economic Council — Erie Region were nominated at the amXml Ox­ford county zone meeting in Woodstock last night. They are: Dereham Reeve Carl Sackrider. Reeve of East Mis­souri Murray Older, Tavistock Reeve William Ducklow and Reeve of South Norwich Stan Gehring.Nominations must h< tied at the annual meethe Erie Regionin Aprilran- ng of Newly elected officers of the Oxford County Junior Farmers are congratulated by Glen Kitchen, Warden of Ox-OXFORD COUNTY JUNIOR FARMERSford County, From left: Alex Steele, RR 2, Thamesford, 2nd Vice-president, John McMil­len, RR 1, Norwich, 1st.Vice-president, Ross McCor- quodale, RR 3, Lakeside, Pre­sident. and Mr. Kitchen. Oth­er officers are, Nancy Alser-son, Thamesford, Secretary, and Fred Hearfly, Norwich, Treasurer.Health unit budget rises in OxfordFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK - The per capita gross budget of the Ox­ford health unit has increased 25 cents to $2,50. Oxford Coun­ty clerk-treasurer Leonard K. Coles announced yesterday, following the inaugural meet­ing.He said the budget has in­creased from the $170,345 spent in 1967 to $191,762 due to additional staff and equip­ment. Woodstock's share of expenses has been set at $30,403, Ingersoll, $9,062, and Oxford County, $54,815. Fifty per cent of expenses is paid by the province.James Hartnett of Mount Elgin, the provincial appointee to the board, was elected chairman.Lower Standards Feared,Oxford ContainsUnder County Education43,852 PersonsThe President of the Ontario Teachers’ Federation, Harvey Wilson said there is a fear among teachers that educational standards may become lower under county-sized school boards.In a press release, he said the teachers’ main fear is of a “levelling down of educa­tional standards in some of the larger units, instead of equalization of education on a higher level.The Federation has launched a four- phase program to investigate the effects of the government’s plan to create county­sized school boards on the quality of edu­cation.The OIF is organizing teacher groups throughout the province to study the gov­ernment’s proposed reorganization in their regions. The groups are to inform the Fed­eration of what difficulties may arise as a result of reorganization, and to recom­mend alternatives. ।Mr. Wilson said the Federation wel- comed and accepted the principle of larger school boards where they can be shown to be viable.But he said the Federation has reserva­tions about the effect of reorganization on the welfare of teachers and children, andthe speed at which the government is carrying out its program.Meanwhile, a group of Tillsonburg teachers have said they deplore the “secrecy and incomplete knowledge which surrounds the subject (of the reorganiza­tion plan).”Although details of the basic format of the new administrative units have been re­leased the teachers say many questions are still left unanswered.Among them:— How much change will there be in the present demands for curriculum stand­ardization?— How will a teachers’ tenure of office be safeguarded?— Why has the proposed plan almost reached the enactment stage without prior consultation with teachers?— Has there been any effort to indicate that a county system of school administra­tion will be more economical than the present system?Arnold Stover, a representative of the Tillsonburg group has indicated that infor­mation in many areas is necessary im­mediately “in order to avoid problems which might arise if full and open discus­sion of the proposed plan is not allowed.”Oxford county has grown by 390 persons during 1967, plac­ing the county’s present popu­lation at 43,852, according to county assessment figures an­nounced today.In a township by township breakdown, the largest popu­lation increase was in East Zorra, which recorded a growth of 110 persons during the 12 month period to 4,249.County figures do not include the city of Woodstock or the town of Ingersoll.In other townships, D e r e- ham increased its population by 105 to 4,762; Blenheim by 1 57 to 4,505; East Missouri by 67 to 3,314; Blandford by 16 to 1,422; West Zorra by nine to 2,172; South Norwich by eight to 3.202.Several townships recorded population decreases. East Oxford was down bv two per- ; sons to 2,154; North Norwich by seven to 2.416; West Ox- ; ford by 12 to 2.816; North Ox­ford by 34 to 1,706.All towns and villages in | the county showed population ,increases except N o rwich, which was down bv 29 to 1,643.Embro’s population in­creased by 41 to 649; Beach-ville by 28 to 961; Tillsonburg by 25 to 6,612; and Tavistock by eight to 1,269.Woodstock is creeping steadily closer to the 25,000 milestone as a 461 person in­crease has boosted the total to 24,355. Ingersoll increased by five during 1967 to 7,250.Increase InRabies Noted,MOH Warns PetOwnersDr. G. Q. Sutherland, Ox­ford Medical Officer of Health said the increase of rabies in the county should concern all pet owners.A rabid skunk discovered in Norwich last week has brought the total number of eases reported within the last month to nine Dr. D. W. Thompson, sub district veter­inarian for the Canada de­partment of agriculture said this morning another suspect­ed ca,?e is being checked mu.An ope ration to give free rabies vaccination shots to all dogs and cats In Oxford county in currently in prog- reas. Clinics are io be set up Feb 26 M 16 locations in Ox ford county and will be open for a week.The •chcdule for the clinics h as follows:—Feb X 9 a.m, to imi- Bright Fire Hall, Innerkip fire hallFeb 26. 2 p m. fo 5 p.m - bo Township road de*I’ abed. HteUoo fire—Feb. 27, 9 a m, to noon— Embro fire hall, Monteith store in Uniondale.—Feb. 27, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Beachville fire hall.—Feb. 27, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thamesford fire hall.—Feb. 28, 9 a.m. to noon and 3 p.m. Io 8 p.m. Woodstock Fairgrounds.—Feb. 29, 9 am, to noon Ox ford Centre township hall and Foldens Corners township hall.—Feb. 29, 2 p.m. to 6 Norwich Fire—Feb. 29. 2 p.m. to 7 Ingersoll firehall.March 1, 9 b m to noon.p.m.p.m.otter-ville fireball Defehan) Centra township hall,March I. 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. 1 J11 h u 111 n i r i. fireball.Dr. Thompson has urged all pet owners to take advantage of the free vaccination shots. County veterinarians have been asked io assist with the clinics in individual munici­palities.Municipal council# are pro­viding aecommudation andI>R G. O. SIIWRLANDHealth Unit May Share PsycholoaistThe Oxford Health Unit and the Woodstock Board of Educa­tion may share the services of a psychologist if an agreement can be worked out between the two bodies.In a presentation to Board of Education, Medical officer of Health G. Q. Sutherland said the health unit has already re­served funds for a psychologist but that he did not feel they needed full-time services.He asked the board of educa­tion to consider sharing the ser­vices of a psychologist. Board chairman Bernard Calder told Dr. Sutherland the board will consider the request after a written report has been re­ceived and studied.Dr. Sutherland said a psycho­logist would be of value in the school system to treat emotion­al problems and personality dis­orders of students, and that the Health Unit would benefit from a psychologist by using his ser­vices for people outside the school system.He said in Guelph (pop. an. 000) two full time psychologists arc employed for similar pur­poses.The gross budget of the Ox-! ford Health Unit has increased from $170,345 in 1967 to $191 w: this year. Woodstock's share to be $30,403; Ingersoll and Oxford county $54 sis vincial grants amount to 50 uer cent of the budget. 1 rclerical aaahtaucn, and the Canada department of jigtlcuL tore Is supplying the vaccine and the fltaff. Future Expansion Of City Seen Swallowing East OxfordBy PETER KRIENIf Woodcock envisions any future eastward expansion, it should consider annexing all of East Oxford Township, municipal consultant Derek Little told Woodstock planning board last nightMr. Little made the comment dur­ing a wide-ranging discussion of urban- rural relations which arose during the planning board’s consideration of t h e proposed official plan of the Oxford County Planning Board.Toe next annexation the. city is, “go­ing to have to think of taking the whole of East Oxford,” the consultant said.“Their tax base is getting so small they are having a rough time getting along,” he added.ASSESSMENT SHRINKSWhen land is taken away from town­ships, in essence their tax rate has to go up because they still have to uphold the same public facilities with less as­sessment, he said.L&st. annexation of township land by the city officially went into effect Jan. 1, 1957, after what was hailed by all parties concerned as a peaceful nego­tiation.As a result of that annexation the city gained 646 acres of land from the town­ships of East Oxford and Blandford.Mr. Little suggested as an alternative solution to their tax problems, some townships might consider amalgamating into larger bodies, either by themselves or with the city.“It is my belief that East and West Oxford should join together,” Mr. Little said. He admitted, however, that such a move would run into problems as far as history and tradition are concerned.SUPER • CITY(Sarnia City Council Monday night unveiled a proposal for the creation of a ‘super-city* involving the amalgama­tion of four neighboring townships. The proposed city would cover 183 square miles and include nearly 75,000 persons compared to Sarnia's present size of 18.2 square miles and a population of 56,- 000.)The discussion arose while the board was considering so-called suburban rings around a number of Oxford municipal­ities in the county planning board’s of­ficial plan.The rings allow for future estimated urban growth. The maps accompanying the county’s official plan indicate no sub­urban ring around Woodstock.REACHING OUTWARDMr. Little, who is also the consultant of the county planning board, explained that the city had already expanded into its estimated boundaries through prev­ious annexations.It was suggested by the city plan­ning board that the text of the county of­ficial plan be altered to provide that any lands annexed in future automatically fall under the jurisdiction of the urban municipality’s official plan.The text of the county plan might be amended to provide that the urban area may be extended from time to time as the city boundaries change, it was suggested.ELIMINATE AMENDMENTSThis provision would do away with the necessity of amending to county’s of­ficial plan every time the city expanded its boundaries.The city planning board decided not to object to the commercial and indus­trial uses that are permitted in the rural land classification of the county’s official plan.The plan would allow, for example, the establishment of shopping centres or industries in designated areas of rural land.Planning board member Charles Tatham said he could only concur with the thought of rural municipalities in at­tempting to increase their assessment.He added he hoped in future the com­petition among municipalities for assess­ment would decline.LEVELLING COSTSPointing out that next year, with the formation of a county board of education, all Oxford municipalities will contribute financially to education costs regardless of municipal boundaries, Mr. Tatham suggested this step would do much to temper the competition for assessment among municipalities.Both Mr. Little and A. M. MacKenzie, the city’s representative to the county board, pointed out that this clause in the plan was a critical one and that some of the member municipalities were ad­amant that it remain unchanged.Without the provision for industrial and commercial growth in the rural areas,” there would be no plan,” sug­gested Mr. MacKenzie.GIVE A LITTLE“It appears there is going to have to be some give and take and if it is that critical, it looks as if we have to give on this point,” said Dr. R. J. Thompson, re-elected chairman of the p 1 a n n i n g board.Aid. William Dutton suggested the rural municipalities be encouraged to im­plement zoning bylaws to protect against improper land development.(Zoning bylaws implement the gen­eral planning principles contained in an official plan. A number of Oxford mun­icipalities are in various stages of im­plementing zoning bylaws while others have made no moves in this direction as yet.)Woodstock planning board also sug­gested that a provision in the county plan calling for complete services in urban developments be changed to requiring adequate services,It is the city's present policy that industrial development can proceed with­out complete services being required im­mediately.Comments on the plan by planning board were requested by City Council.The Department of Municipal Af­fairs, to whom the plan has been sub­mitted for approval, requested the city's comments on it.REVISED OFTENThe first draft of the plan was pre­pared in 1961. It has been revised a num­ber of times, the last revision being made in October, 1965.It was submitted to the department for approval in December, 1965.The Oxford County Planning Beard is a recent outgrowth of what used to be known as the Central Oxford Plan­ning Board, which was the direct de­scendant of the Woodstock Suburban Planning Board.Most Oxford municipalities, includ­ing Woodstock, are members.Nancy Greene celebrates giant slalom win.Nancy Greene, the tiger of the slopes, macle herself heard ’round the world with a performance yesterday that gave Canada its first gold medal of the Winter Olympics at Grenoble, France.Supporting Miss Greene’s dramatic triumph in the giant slalom was a 3-0 victory by Canada’s national hockey team over Sweden.(Olympic hockey report is on Page 12. Miss Greene’s story is on Page 13).The Canadian hockey win, coupled with Czechoslo­vakia’s stunning 5-4 upset of mighty Russia, sets the stage for another possible Canadian gold when Canada meets Russia in the tournament windup tomorrow.Canada is virtually assured of a bronze medal butin Grenoblemust beat Russia to take a gold. Canada, Russia and the Czechs are tied for the lead with five victories and one loss each.Russia’s loss was the first for a Soviet team in 38 World and Olympic tournament games dating back to 1963 when the Swedes last beat Russia.Canada now has two medals, thanks to Miss Greene. 1 he other was a silver for a second place finish in the special slalom.In another development, South Africa was re-ad­mitted to the 1968 Olympics by a majority vote of the International Olympic Committee, raising the possibil­ity of a boycott of the Summer Games at Mexico City by other African countries and perhaps Russia. Tillsonburg assessment regains leadFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — Tillson- burg, the leader in Oxford County assessment increases in recent years until 1967. has re gained its position.County assessment figures released yesterday showed Tillsonburg has increased its assessment bj $298,380 to $13,441,210, the largest assess­ment of any member munici­pality, It had the second larg­est increase a year ago.Taxable assessment has in- creased $1,131,704 to $68,389,467 within the county. Provincial. Ontario Hydro and federal government properties have yet to be added before the assessment figures are completed for the 1969 county rates.West Zorra Township, which showed the largest increase a year ago, dropped $48,914, the most of any municipality, to $5.151.900. A year ago its as­sessment jumped $1,156,567. while county assessment in­creased close to $3,000,000, an unusually high increase.Blandford Township also had a decrease in assessment by $17,454 to $2,198,800.Dereham Township had the second largest increase in as- sessment, $156,025 to $6,412,872.East Oxford Township had an increase of $143,764 to $2,711,527; South Norwich Township. $109,266 to $4,978,719, and North Oxford Township an increase of $95,079 to $2,783,526.East Nissouri Township in­creased its assessment by $71,820 to $5,195,885; West Ox­ford Township $71,542 to $3,291,528; and North Norwich Township $61,389 to $3,582,166.Assessment in East Zorra Township was increased $54,468 to $5,902,421; in Tavis­tock by $39,192 to $1,680,758 and in Blenheim Township by $36,012 to $6,763,870.Beachville increased its as­sess r*nt $23,896 to $1,398,787: Embfo $19,551 to $760,444. and Norwich $17,748 to $2,104,964.Carl Sackrider with bagged wolfONTARIO GOOD ROADS 1894 ASSOCIATION 1968L. K. COLES OXFORD1968CONVENTIONHunters Seek 2 More Wolves At Mt. ElginBy JESSIE ROBINSMT. ELGIN — With three game wardens hoi, on their trails, those wolves didn’t have a Chance. Two bit the dust — or snow would be more apt — and a third ran in front of a car and was killed, perhaps in a suicidal protest. Two got away — for the present.Five wolves have been mak­ing their marauding, howling way around Mt. Elgin recent­ly. On scavengei hunts in barnyards they have killed un­wary geese, Two cubs were ■shot last August and the five grown wolves are presumed to be the balance of the ori­ginal den of seven.Oxford County game ward­ens Carl Sackrider and Ross Albright of the Mt. Elgin area, accompanied by other local men, went on the wolf trail early last Saturday morn­ing. By 10.30 they found the wolf pack and alerted Hugh Gordon of North Oxford, an­other game warden. Mr, Gor­don and a hunting party soon joined forces with the Dere­ham hunters.TRAIL FRESHThe biting winds of Satur­day were almost too much for the hunters but the wolf trail was fresh so they kept on, By mid afternoon Mr. Sackrider shot one animal and John Ju­lien of the Beachville area downed another.Saturday evening Mr. Sack­rider received a call from a motorist from Lindoch who said a wolf had run in front of his car between Salford and Mt. Elgin. It was badly injur­ed, and he wanted the game warden to finish it off and he had left it beside the road in the care of the occupants of another car.When Mr. Sackrider and the caller arrived at the accident scene, wolf and automobile and “caretakers” had disap­peared. It is doubtful if the injured wolf was able to carry the car and its occupants to its den so it is presumed the , “caretakers” took care of the wolf by removing it.There is a bounty of $25 on wolves. Mr. Sackrider said that if the disappearing wolf is turned in for bounty it un­doubtedly will be easy to iden­tify for a number of reasons. ' Mr. Julien and Mr, Sackrid­er plan to take their wolves to Hespeler; to the Game and Fisheries headquarters early in the week.ANOTHER HUNTA second hunt to track down the remaining two wolves has been called for this Saturday morning to begin at the Sack­rider farm. Volunteers are be­ing sought for the hunt in or­der that a big enough drive may be made to surround and trap the creatures.Mr. Sackrider pointed out that the two wolves shot on Saturday were females. With wolf cubs normally due in about a month and the possi­bility that others in the pack are potential mothers, the j wolf population of the Salford- Mt. Elgin area could have risen to 30 or 40 animals.For this reason it is vitally important that the rest of the pack be hunted down and kill­ed before more cubs are born.Province to drop fox bounty WOODSTOCK - A provin­cial bounty of $2 a fox will end Feb. 29, the department of municipal affairs has an­nounced.Oxford County clerk Leo­nard K. Coles said the county is going to continue with the present $4 payment for March.Mr. Coles said 342 foxes were shot in the county in 1967.He said dropping the bounty was recommended in the Smith taxation report, which also recommended a halt to the wolf bounty. No announce­ment has been made about the wolf bounty.Mr. Coles said Oxford marksmen shooting wolves are paid $25 including a $10 provincial grant. Claims. Mr. Coles said, were paid for two wolves Iasi year and two so far this year.Will Blaze Trail For County School BoardBy JOHN DAVIDSONRepresentatives from every school board in the county will meet Thursday at Toll­gate School, East Zorra, to plan the formation of a coun­ty-sized school board.Although similar meetings are planned in other counties lhi« month, few will be as significant as the Tollgate ses­sion.For one thing, there has been more dissent over the proposed county-sized board from Oxford than from any other county in the province. The dissent culminated in a 120-man delegation to Queen'sPark last month, led by Trus­tee Dr. Bruce Halliday.WON SUPPORTOther delegations from oth­er counties have sought an audience with education minis­ter William David as well, but none had the spirit and sup­port that the Oxford delega­tion could boast.What the trustees were pro­testing was that the county board, because of the size of its jurisdictional area, could not effectively tend to the day- to-day minutiae of school ad­ministration as effectively as could individual, autonomous hoards. Centralization, it was argued, would destroy rapport between board and teachers.What, the delegation found, however, was that the govern­ment intended to remain firm on the county-board issue. Within five days of the dele­gation’s visit, the Department of Education issued its reor­ganization plan.STRONG SUGGESTIONAlthough the department stressed the report was only a suggestion, it left little doubt that the main clauses of the report, will eventually be made law,In the recent Ihrone speech, the county board plan was listed as one of the major legislative programs planned for this session of the Ontario Legislature.COLLECT TAXESThe plan, for Oxford, calls for a 16-member board, with five members from Wood- stock, one from Ingersoll, on separate school ratepayer rep­resentative, and nine from the rest of the county. The new hoard will have the power to raise and collect its own taxes.The Tollgate meeting will be the first of many attempts to bring existing school boards together to chart the road to a county board, in a way, the representatives there will be planning their own funeral.A mass of data must be fath­ered, sorted and evaluated by an interim committee com­posed of trustees from all ex­isting boards. The co-opera­tion of boards in this respect will partially determine the smoothness of the transfer from existing units to a single county school board.The data to be gathered in­cludes the assets and liabili­ties of each board, an Inven­tory of buildings and equip­ment, salary information and bus routes. The first meeting will lx, mainly an organization­al session to plan courses of action. Anniversary ConventionONTARIO GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION + TORONTO+ February 26th, 27th and 28th 1968DIRECTORTHE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTORS OFREQUEST THE PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANYAT THEIRl/^ancfbietON WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY THE TWENTY-EIGHTHNINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHTAT SIX-THIRTY O'CLOCK P.M.AT THE ROYAL YORK HOTEL. TORONTOGUEST SPEAKER:THE HONOURABLE C. S. MacNAUGHTON TREASURER OF ONTARIOGUESTS MEET IN THE TORONTO ROOM 6:30 P.M.R S.V.P.THE SECRETARY354 TALBOT ST.ST. THOMAS, ONTARIODRESS OPTIONALxj WEEDINSPECTORApplications for the position of Weed Inspector, to administer the Weed Control Act and to spray! where required in the County of Oxford, will be received by the undersigned until February 29th next. State age and previous em­ployment. Applicant to drive own car or light truck. Hourly wage and mileage allowed. Employment late April to October.Court House Woodstock, Ontario.L. K. COLES Clerk-TreasurerOF THE'irectorsssociati onrequest the pleasure of your companyATeception^WeclnesJay, ^Jehruary 28th, 1968FOLLOWINGTHE ANNUAL BANQUETROYAL YORK HOTELMANITOBA ROOOXFORD JERSEY BREEDERS(Sancpiet & 2)ance| Tavistock Memorial HallFriday, March 8, 1968 at 7:30 p.m.Adulta $2.50 Children $1.25ATTENDS WORKSHOPMurray Crawford, CPHI In­spector for the Oxford Health Unit, recently attended the .TV Radio Workshop at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto.Extra rabies vaccine neededFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK - A second extra supply of rabies vaccine was sent from Toronto yester­day to enable the federal de­partment of agriculture to complete its one-week series of free anti-rabies clinics in Oxford County.Dr. C. R. Craggs of Scot­land. acting veterinarian in charge of the Wood Mock area for the department, said an extra 1,500 doses of vaccine were sent to Tillsonburg.Early estimates were that the clinics would require vac­cine for 5,000 pets, so 6,000 doses were ordered. Extra vaccine for 2,000 more pets was sent Wednesday.Dr. Craggs said 8,005 pets were vaccinated, compared with 4,219 when the last clinics were held, The week's total in­cluded 5,475 flogs and 3,290 cats.Dr. Craggs said he was dis­appointed only 675 pets were vaccinated a I Tillsonburg, adding however, that rabies cases have not been reported in that area.Clinics at Dereham Centre and Otterville attracted 365 and 336, pets yesterday. Thursday, 1,097 pets were vac­cinated at Ingersoll; 725 at Norwich, 472 at Oxford Centre and 338 at Foldcn's Corners.In the first three days, there were 4.952 pets vaccinated, in­cluding 2.003 at Woodstock Wednesday.Dogs should not be allowed to run free, even after the shots, Dr. Cragg said, until the incidence of rabies drops. He said there were negative reports yesterday on the last five suspected cases.Ten rabies cases were con­firmed in the county during the first two months of the year, the highest rate in re­cent years.Fox Bounty To Be DroppedThe Department of Municipal affairs has announced that it will drop the provincial bounty of $2 for foxes on Feb. 29.According to Leonard K. Coles, Oxford County clerk, the county is planning to continue with the S4 present payment un­til the end of March.Dropping the bounty was rec- commended in the Smith report on taxation. The rapon also suggested a halt to the wolf bounty, but to date no announce­ment has been made.Anyone shooting a wolf to Ox­ford County receive? a $25 bounty fee and a $10 provincial grantLast year two wolves wero shot as well as two this year. County Schools Seen ImprovingNOTICEFREETh? chairman of the Wood- stock Board of Education said yesterday education will bene­fit from the county school system, scheduled to be in­troduced next January.Bernard Calder, in an edu­cation week speech to the Ro­tary Club, said once the boards are operational, "slowly, surely the educa­tional advantages of the new system will be felt.”The county board system will amalgamate all existing public school boards, high school boards and boards of education in Oxford, and re­place them by one 16 mem­ber board. On the new board, five members will come, from Woodstock, one from Inger­soll, one as a representative of separate school ratepayers for secondary school pur­poses, and nine from the rest of the county.SOME OPPOSITIONIn Oxford county' and in other parts of Ontario, there has been opposition to the scheme, especially from rur­al areas.Arguments against the plan include fears that the new board will be more imperson­al in its relations with its staff than smaller units are, tad that as a result, educa­tional quality will suffer.But Mr. Calder said it has not always been the case that small boards, covering small areas of jurisdiction, give better quality education.Tn the early days of edu­cation, four or five trustees had jurisdiction over a one- room school, hired its teach­er, selected the texts, and carried out on-the-job inspec­tions.”"But a 1938 provincial com­mittee found many schools being operated by small boards were lacing in facili­ties. he said.The committee found that the best of these schools cofld be very good, but the worst could be very bad, heJmt. Calder told the group thn there seems to be a con-BERNARD CALDER sensus, not unanimous that one board should operate both elementary and secondary schools in an area. In Wood- stock, this system has been in effect since 1908 when the Board of Education was form­ed.Despite the localized oppo­sition to the county board plan, Mr. Calder said that larger units of administration are desirable.Education minister William Davis will meet Oxford coun­ty trustees in Tavistock this Friday to discuss the county board plan. Mr. Calder, who said he plans to attend the meeting, said the education minister “is highly regarded in trustee circles.”ANTI-RABIES VACCINATION CLINICSAnti-rabies vaccination clinics are being conducted by the Health of Animals Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture, in co-operation with the County of Oxford, City of Woodstock and Towa.of Ingersoll, for the vaccination of dogs and cats at the following centres:MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26th, 1968.. .BRIGHT INNERKIP DRUMBO HICKSONFIRE HALLFIREFIREFIREHALLHALLHALLTUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27th, 1968 . .EMBROFIRE HALLWEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28th, 1968 . . .9 A.M. to 12 Noon9 A.M. to 12 Noon. 2 P.M. to 5 P.M.. 2 P.M. to 5 P.M.9 A.M. to 12 NoonWOODSTOCK — Recreation Centre, Fairgrounds9 A.M. to 12 Noon and 3 P.M. to 8 P.M.THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29th, 1968 .. .OXFORD CENTRE - TOWNSHIP HALL - 9 A.M. to 12 NoonOwners are urged to bring their Dogs and Cats to a Clinic. Dogs to be on a leash, accompanied by an adult. Cats to be properly restrained-----Keep Your Dog Tied Up and Confined At All Times ------CANADA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURECOUNTY OF OXFORD CITY OF WOODSTOCK TOWN OF INGERSOLLPlease Cut Out For Future ReferenceEast Oxford Seeks $39,000 PaymentOXFORD CENTRE —A re­quest by East Oxford for a $39,000 compensation payment from Woodstock for lands an­nexed in 1964, will be consid­ered at an Ontario Municipal Board hearing in April.The hearing will be held at Woodstock City Hall, com­mencing on April 17.Township clerk - treasurer N. M. Holdsworth said the township is asking for about $39,000 to compensate for the “undue burden” placed on the remaining assessment of the township following the 1964 annexation.CLAIM BURDEN UNDUEA request for compensation payment can be claimed if the annexation results in the lossWoodstock Newsof more than 15 per cent of the total assessment, or in an undue burden on the taxpay­ers.East Oxford, Mr. Holds­worth said, lost about one- third of its assessment as a re­sult of the 1964 land exchange.“We still have to support the same service we had before the annexation,” he said, add­ing that the township has not returned to the level of assess­ment it had prior to the loss of land.Woodstock lawyer W. B,Calder will represent the township at the hearing.1,600 ACRES TAKEN INThe annexation, which be­came official Jan. 1, 1964, re­sulted in the acquisition of a total of 1,600 acres from East Oxford, East Zorra, West Ox­ford and Blandford by Wood- stock.The annexation, approved June 21, 1963 by the 0MB, swelled city assessment by $1,380,000 and added 561 per­sons to the population.Woodstock City C o u n cil placed a $20,000 East Oxford annexation claim contingency fund in its capital budget last year.NOT UNDUE?The city’s case will be pre­sented by City Solicitor John Burridge who said this morn­ing he will attempt to show that no undue burden was placed on the citizens of East Oxford."It has to be au undue bur­den, not an ordinary burden to qualify for compensation,” be said.Both parties have engaged chartered accountants to testi­fy at the hearing.451-ACRE DEALIn 1966 the city annexed a total of 646 acres from the townships of Blandford and East Oxford. Of this total, 451 were acquired from East Ox­ford.This amount, however, re­sulted in less than the 15 per cent loss of assessment re­quired to make the township eligible for a compensation grant.However, under a private member’s bill passed in the provincial legislature early last year, the city agreed to make five annual payments to both townships to compensate for the loss of assessmentPAID $22,500Under the bill East Oxford will receive a total of $22,500 and Blandford will get $8,000 from the city.At the February meeting of the Woodstock planning board, municipal consultant Derek Little said if the city envisions any future eastward .expan­sion, it should consider an­nexing all of East Oxford.The next annexation the city is “going to have to think of taking all of East Oxford. Their tax base is getting so small they are having a rough time getting along." the con­sultant said at the time. James (right) is escorted along court corridorWilson Case Witness Arrested, TestifiesHome For AgedWill Be OfferedTo Fanshawe CollegeInvite Fanshawe board consider Oxford homeFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — Fanshawe College board of directors has been invited to visit Oxford County Home for the Aged to investigate the possibility of using the 75 year old building which will become vacant at the end of this year.The building on a 7% acre site just west of Woodstock, has a meeting room for 50 persons, dining room, living room, and bedrooms to ac­commodate 45 persons.The 30 residents will move to the new county home forthe aged being constructed on Devonshire Avenue in Wood- stock.George Simmons, Wood­stock's director of education and a member of the boat'd of' governors, said county council I told him of the building when he explained plans for the ag­riculture division of the col­lege established in Woodstock last fall.A class of 21 agriculture stu-1 dents started a two-year-diplo­ma course last October al Woodstock YMCA and a sec­ond class is to start this fall.By PETER KRIENA permanent affiliate of London’s Fan- shawe College of Applied Arts and Tech­nology may be located just west of Wood- stock in the near future.If negotiations now under way bear fruit, the Fanshawe affiliate would be lo­cated in what is now the old ’ Oxford County Home for the Aged on the 11th Line in East Zorra Township.The old home is to be vacated after the firsi stage of the new home for the aged— Woodingford Lodge — is completed.Completion of the new $2-milIion home, now under construction in Wodstock on the north side of Devonshire Avenue, is ex­pected by tlie end of the year.The Oxford County Home Board, com­prised of representatives from Woodstock, Ingersoll and Oxford County, last night ex­pressed by resolution its willingness to pro­vide facilities for courses that might be offered here by Fanshawe in the future.A committee of Fanshawe’s Board of Governors will be invited to tour the old home and the 7’^ acre property that sur­rounds it.FAVOR SCHOOL USEAll three municipal councils, according to a member of the home board, have turned over the disposal of the home to the home board and favor the proposal that it continue as an institutional use bene­ficial to the citizens of the municipalities.If the college decides in favor of the home, the property will be sold to Fan­shawe at a nominal sum. An undisclosed source said the asking price for the build­ing and property would be $7,500.NO OTHER OFFERSOxford County clerk - treasurer Leonard Coles said today no offers for the home have been received from other parties.If the college finds the site to its liking, it is expected the courses offered there would be a continuation of agricultural courses already available here through Fanshawe College.However, one spokesman said, the em­phasis need not be on agriculture only, adding that the site could become the nu­cleus of a future college here.PILOT PROJECT HEREWoodstock was chosen last year as the location for a pilot Agricultural School af­filiated with the college.The two-year course — officially termed the Agricultural Course of Fanshawe Col­lege — began last October in temporary quarters.If it proves successful here, similar agri­cultural colleges are planned for the coun­ties of Middlesex, Norfolk and Elgin.HELD AT YMCAMost classes are being held at the local YMCA, but the Woodstock Board of Educa­tion has made facilities available for some of the science courses.The course offers low-cost tuition train­ing in agricultural specialities, taught by experts, and is designed specifically for students committed to work on the farm but wishing to further their education.Students entering the course are re­quired to have a grade 12 education, but may attend classes on a day' basis, elimi­nating the necessity of residing at the school as is customary at Ridgetown and Guelph.22 TAKE COURSEThe Woodstock course has an enrolment of 22 students at the present time. The course, open to both young men and wom­en, is sponsored jointly by the Ontario De­partment of Agriculture and Food and Fan- shawe College, one of 19 community col­leges established in Ontario by the provin­cial government.Subjects covered in the Woodstock course include farm business management, agri­cultural engineering, financial management, livestock, soils and crops, English and mathematicsIn announcing the course for Woof stock last year, George Simmons, a member of Fanshawe’s Board of Governors, said: "We hope to reach students all around the peri­meter of Oxford and would welcome them from other counties.”Plan Extra Clinic In PlattsvilleAn extra free rabies clinic will be held in Plattsville next Thur- »day, it was announced to-day.Dr. C. R. Craggs of Scotland, acting veternarian in charge of the Woodstock area for the fed­eral department of agriculture said the additional clinic was acheduled as a result of in­quiries.Free clinics were held in 16 centres in Oxford County last veek, and the closest to Platts- 'ille was Drumbo.Dr. Craggs said many Platts- 'Rte pet owners were unable totake their animals to the clinic in the afternoon.Two cases of rabies were! found in Blenheim Township last December, he said.The Plattsville clinic will be held between 4 and 8 p.m. m the village hall.The department set up the free clinics after IO cases of rabies were discovered in the county between January and! February,A total of 8,665 animals were vaccinated during the week, 5,-1 375 dogs and 3,290 cats.More Than 5,000 Pets Get Free Rabies ShotsBishop, Wife Guilty Of Fraud, Court Rules Built in 1892, House of Refuge will be offered to FanshaweHouse Has Been Refuge For More Than Just AgedLIVELY SESSION LIKELYDavis To Meet FridayWith Area Rural TrusteesFrom House of refuge to seat of learning may be the future course charted by the old Oxford County’ Home for the Aged.Due to be retired when the new home for the aged — Woodingford Lodge — is com­pleted. the old home may be­come a permanent affilitate of Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology.That's in the future, but what about the past.According to a short history prepared by Oxford County clerk treasurer Leonard Coles the story of the home began on the afternoon of June 6, 1889. when James Anderson, then reeve of East Zorra and warden of the county’, an­nounced to County Council, "that he had been requested to grant a hearing to a deputa­tion of a House of Refuge.”On June 7th, a deputation consisting of Rev. Dr. Mc­Mullen of Knox Presbyterian Church, Woodstock; Rev. Mr. Farthing of New St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Woodstock and Rev. Mr. Wade of Old St. Paul's .Anglican Church, Woodstock appeared before Council and presented a peti­tion from John White and up- ards io 450 others praying for the establishment of a House of Refuge for the Coun­ty of Oxford.“It was moved, seconded and carried that this petition be referred to a special com­mittee to enquire into the ad- visability of erecting a House of Refuge, and that said com­mittee be requested to pro­cure all the information pos­sible relating to Houses of In­dustry and to report to this Council.”“A full report was present­ed at the December 1889 Ses­sion and it recommended the establishment of a House of Refuge and Industrial Farm. The report was not adopted at that time, but held over for further discussion.”CLOSE VOTEThe matter was finally put before County’ Council on Jan. 30, 1891, when it was decided by a vote of 18 to 17 to pro­ceed.In the summer of the same year, the Council, on the 14th ballot, selected from a total of 59 offers of farms, the 100 acre farm Mr. J. Virtue, lo­cated on the east half of Lot 3, Concession 10 in East Zor- ra for $6,000.When plans for the home — to accommodate 100 inmates — were completed, the build­ing contract was awarded to Thomas McClay of Wood- stock, who submitted the low tender of $11,977.“The salary of the Man­ager and Matron combined was set at $400 a year, Surg­eon $100 and Inspector $100, payable quarterly.“There were 21 applications for the position of manager and matron. One energetic ap­plicant had a Member of Par­liament and a petition contain­ing 422 names recommending him for the job. He did not get it. The first manager and matron were Mr. and Mra. Robert McDonald and their appointment took effect on Jan. 1, 1893. Mr. McDonald died on Jan. 27, 1893. He was originally appointed on the 11th ballot of County Council.”The final cost of erection, including drainage, fencing, well, windmill, architecture, farm implements, stock and furnishings, was $22,500.On March 13, 1893, its first resident, J ames Leek of North Norwich Township, was ad­mitted.REFUGE FOR ALLFor many years, accommo­dation in the home was not confined to the aged. On Dec. 10, 1895, Mary McLeod, 31, of East Oxford was admitted and lived there continuously until her death in 1950.Mr. Coles Writes:“There is also an interest­ing story of another family. On Aug. 15, 1895 a man age 44 was admitted. He died on Aug. 31 of the same year. In 1896 three of his children, ages 8, 10 and 11 were ad­mitted, but taken out the next year by their mother.The older child, a daughter came back in 1919 at the age of 35 and brought her 20-year- old son with her. The wife of the man who entered the home -in 1895 came into the home on Mar. 16, 1928, and died on May 25, 1928. So we have a family picture ofmother and father, - daughter and grand­son, all being residents in the Oxford County Home,” writes Mr. Coles. >Trustees from five counties will converge nt Tavistock 1 Memorial Hall, Friday to meet with Education minister Wil­liam Davis, and the meeting promises to be a lively, crowd­ed session.Although invitations were sent to school boards in Ox­ford county and a few in . Perth and Waterloo counties, school trustees from as far away as Norfolk and Elgin 1 counties have asked to be in­cluded. The school board members are assembling to discuss the implications of county school boards with the education minister.Tavistock clerk - treasurer Robert Rudy said this morn­ing that by all indications, at­tendance will be high.The meeting was promised by deputy Minister of Ed­ucation Jack McCarthy, after a Jan. 29 delegration to Queen's Park protesting the formation of county - sized school boards failed to meet the minister.The delegation, led by Tavi­stock trustee Dr. Bruce Hal­liday, deplored the centraliz­ing trend in local administra­tion, and contended that coun- ty-.sized school boards would lower educational quality, and be detrimental to board-staff relations.Education minister Davis ---- 'abound in New York the day the delegation arrivedCORRECTIONAL OFFICERS REQUIREDlocal area, minimum Grade 10 and must be 5' 9” in height. Good health and good recommendations. Apply toBOX 31. SENTINEL-REVIEW13-38 PETER KRIENAT CITY HALLat Toronto, and it met, instead with the deputy minister.The Friday meeting is at 3:30 p.m.County boards of education will be introduced in January, and will replace all existing high school boards, public school boards and boards of education in the province.16 ON BOARDFor Oxford, a sixteen mem­ber board will be created, with 5 members from Woodstock, one from Ingersoll, one as a secondary school representa­tive of separate school rate­payers, and nine from the rest of the county.The board will have the pow­er to levy and collect its own taxes.Opposition to the county board plan has resulted in five delegations to Queen’s Park, the largest of which has been the 120-man delegation led by the Tavistock group.NOTICEAll other things being equal and satisfactory, it would be surprising if Fanshawe College of Applied Arts andANTI - RABIES VACCINATION CLINICS FREETHURSDAY, MARCH 14th at the PLATTSVILLE TOWN HALL4 P.M. To 8 P.M.OWNERS ARE URGED TO BRING THEIR DOGS AND CATS TO THE CLINICDOGS TO BE ON A LEASH, ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT — CATS TO BE PROPERLY RESTRAINED — Keep Your Dog T)«-d Up And Confined At All Time# —Technology did not leap at the it by Oxford County, Woodstock Lish a permanent affiliate here.The board administering Ilieopportunity afforded to and Ingersoll to estab-home for the aged inCANADA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTl RECOUNTY OF OXFORD CITY OF WOODSTOCK TOWN OF INGERSOLLvited the college's board of governors to inspect the old county home and its seven-and-a-half acre site to deter­mine if it would be suitable tor this purpose.If the college is agreeable, the three municipalities have indicated they would be willing to sell the home and grounds to Fanshawe for $7,500, in the interest of establishing a higher seat of learning in the county, just outside Woodstock.Considering that the cost of the original 100-acre farm in 1891 was $t».0()0, and that the total cost of erecting the structure in 1893 was $22,500, Fanshawe would be getting the bargain of this or any other year to come. Ontario Education MinisterDefends County Boards PlanBy JOHN DAVIDSONEducation minister William Davis met with more than 500 school board trustees, munici­pal councillors and teachers in Tavistock yesterday in a hassle over the pros and cons of a gov­ernment plan to create county school boards by next year.The plan, which will abolish Ifi school boards in Oxford Coun­ty and create a IS-member board serving the whole Oxford county area, was announced last fall and there hits been op­position to the scheme from some area trustees ever since.LITTLE DONEBut little was accomplished during the two hour meeting. Mr. Davis announced that legis­lation creating the county board system will be brought into the legislature within a week or ten days.And Tavistock trustee Dr.Bruce Halliday said he would probably continue to oppose the plan actively — perhaps by pre­senting a brief to the education committee of the legislature, after second reading of the bill.But the confrontation was a frank one.The education minister told the crowd that the purpose of legislation was not designed to help trustees or municipal coun­cillors. “Our sole interest is in the education of the individual youngster. That is the purpose of the legislation.”“I shall not continue marking time by not recognizing that we do not have equality of educa­tion. and I will not be satisifed until there is equality ... If any of you here today says there is equality of education in this province now, then your infor­mation is incorrect.”Mr. Davis stressed one of the main reasons for introducing large administrative units was to make -more economically fea­sible, the provisions for special classes.“A township area school board cannot develop classes for the handicapped, or for the emo­tionally disturbed, or for chil­dren with learning disabilities simply because the size of the area is not large enough and because of the economies in­volved.”Dr. Ronald Fuller of the Tavi­stock school board, who shared the podium with Mr. Davis, ask­ed the minister if the small board could not provide classes for special education if there were a change in the grant structure.But the education minister said it would he highly unlikely many boards would take advant­age of this. “Furthermore,” he said, “a request for more money from the povincial gov­ernment runs counter to the ar- guements in your protest brief which deplored the centralizing trend of administration.”But where Mr. Davis put most of the emphasis of his state­ments was in explaining the ad­vantages of the new administra­tive units to rural children.“The prime beneficiary of this legislation will be the young people in the rural areas. The changes will mean little to chil- den in Toronto, or London, and it is being developed to'help the education of rural children.crowd to answer opposition to the government’s county school board plan.sy, Mr. Davis was questioned about the exclusion of separate schools in the county board plan.(Separate school boards will remain unaffected by the county board plan and will continue to operate as before.)But Mr. Davis said the reason the separate schools were not included in the county board plan is because of some legal and legislative problems that exist. One of these, he said was that separate schools are at pesent set up on a zone basis, rather than a township basis, as are public school areas.CALM AND CONFIDENT Education Minister William Davis confronts a Tavistock“An increasing percentage of young people will be moving to urban areas to find employment. Our responsibility is to see these children have the same educa­tional opportunity as others.”Dr. Halliday, who has spear­headed most, of the local opposi­tion to the plan, including a pro­test delegation to Queen’s Park six weeks ago, said he respect­ed the minister's fankness. Asked after the meeting if his position had changed, he com­mented only that there had been a “good” airing of views.”Dr. Halliday said he agreed with at least two of the propos-’ als outlined in the government plan to reorganize school juris-dictions. First, the desirability of having one administrative ■body for both high school and public school purposes, and sec­ondly, the desirability of having! school boards raise their own taxes.But there was opposition to al­most every other point in the government’s county board plan.Dr. Halliday charged the, trend toward centralization will cause an erosion of democratic principles.ELECT OFFICIALSMr. Davis replied that be­cause all officials will be elect­ed, and because the boards will be held fiscally responsible, the new system will be more demo­cratic than has been the case in the past.In another area of controver-Tavistock Council Votes For Two-Year Term By ’69COUNTY OF OXFORDTenders for Supplies, Materials and Maintenance ServicesSEALED TENDERS, plainly marked as lo contents, will be re­ceived by the undersigned until 12 o'clock NOON, THURS­DAY, APRIL 4, 1968, for the following:HIGHWAY MATERIALS:1. Emulsified asphalts and cutback asphalts.2, Premixed bituminous patch.3. Crushed stone and gravel.4. Corrugated culverts.5. Concrete Pipe.6. Highway signs and steel posts.7. Guide rail cable and hardware; deep beam steel guide- rail.8. Calcium chloride9. Highway salt.10. Chemical brush and weed killers.11. Paints.12. Wire fence, staples, brace wire, gates.13. Steel fence posts.14. Wooden fence posts and guiderail posts-AUTOMOTIVE AND MISCELLANEOUS SUPPLIES:15. Gasoline and Diesel Fuel, Grease and Oil.16. Grader, Truck and Tractor Tires and Tubes.17 Oil filters and Batteries.18. Furnace Oil.19. Grader Blades (FOB plant or FOB Woodstock, lots of 25).MAINTENANCE SERVICES:20 Gravel resurfacing-supply, crush and haul, 9,000 tons- 21 Surface treating-approximately 36 miles.22. Slurry Seal-approximately 70,000 sq. yd.23. Supply and apply Calcium Chloride — liquid or flake, approximately 580 tons.24. Supply and apply reflective traffic paint — 180 miles.MISCELLANEOUS:25. Supply and instal gasoline storage tank and pumprCounty tender forms will be supplied for all items Request tender forms by number of item on which you wish to quote.The low tender received on any or all items listed above will not necessarily be accepted.DONALD L PRATT, COUNTY ENGINEER, COUNTY COURT HOUSE, P.O. BOX 397, WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO.Gas Leak Taints Wells At InnerkipINNERKIP — Several local water wells here may be tainted I with gasoline for weeks follow- ing discovery of a leak from a; 2,500-gallon tank at the John! Jacques’ Sunoco Service Station.Oxford County medical offi­cer of health. Dr. G. Q. Suther­land said, ‘‘It might take weeks before traces of gasoline arc gone.”The tank may have been dam­aged before or while it was be­ing installed, he said.The tank has now been re­placed, Mr. Jaques said.Residents with tainted wells may have to get their water from neighbors, Dr. Sutherland said.Several neighbors about two blocks southeast of the station reported having trouble with their wells.According to Dr. Sutherland, the fire hazard is not very great at the moment and water samples are being tested by the Ontario Department of Hvaith to determine if there are con Laminating organisms. di in.•cl, Solicitor or Agent, any who chime that hi«f>ATD at Jngeraol, Ontario, Febrlary Mh ][»8.L B CURRY.nR 1, Woodstock. Ontario, Townchip of Weal Oxford. 29/7/I4/Z1Mof Ingersoll inall that portion atcontaining 0.237 acreBated as Port I on said Plan, all that portion of the exist­ing road from Hamilton Road to the River Thames abut ling on the east of the road in its new locationAND FURTER TAKE NO­TICE that said Cwoeil will.ian*i win be prejudicially af farted by the oald By-law and who applies Io be heard. Ask City Again To Aid Blossom Park ExpansionThe Woodstock and District Association for the Mentally Retarded has again requested Woodstock City Council to in­dicate its willingness to pay a portion of the costs of the proposed expansion of Bloss­om Park School.An earlier request by the association was referred by Council to its capital budget sessions — still to be held.The proposed $130,000 ex-i I pansion would add three classrooms, a music room, and gymnasium. The school is located on the north side of Devonshire Avenue, east of Leinster Street.In a letter to council this ! week, association secretary 1 Leslie Cook states that the Department of Education will not approve its share of the cost until Oxford County Coun­cil and the councils of Wood- stock and Ingersoll have giv­en written indication of their support.Consulting Engineer Dunc­an Black of St Thomas esti • mated the province would pay 50 per cent or $65,000.The balance, it is proposed, will be paid by Woodstock $26,666), Ingersoll ($13,334) and Oxford County ($25,000).CountyOxford County has been ask­ed for $13,320 by the Oxford Children’s Aid Society, $1,179 more than the 1967 estimate.A a letter to County Coun­cil, the society stated its esti-Sharemated budget for 1968 is $183,693, compared to the 1967 estimate of $158,525.Of the amount, the province pays $125,677, leaving the re­mainder for the county, Wood-Ten-year roads study approved for OxfordFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — A new 10- year needs study of Oxford County roads and bridges was authorized yesterday by coun­ty council.County road engineer Don­ald L. Pratt, said cost of the study is not yet known. A con­sulting engineer has yet to be appointed.The study is expected to be completed by April, 1969, and ready for council approval by tire fall of 1969. he said.A new study was recom­mended by the department of highways last December.Council’s previous study be­gan in 1964, was completed in 1966, and was a guide untilOxford jCounty NewsCAS Budget $183,6931974. The $42,000 study was subsidized 50 per cent by the department of highways.Dr. G. Q. Sutherland, medi­cal officer of health, in his an­nual report to council said, "one of the un-met needs of tire county is a home care pro­gram."This type of service would both reduce the number of pa­tients going to hospital and al­low earlier discharge, thus making available more hospi­tal beds.”Provincial financial support, through Ontario Hospital Serv­ices, is available to areas which need and will set up this service, Dr. Sutherland said.He said poor mental health is one of the pressing public health problems today. Early detection plays a major part in keeping patients from be­coming cases necessitating in­tensive care and supervision.A psychologist working with the health and education sys­tems could be of value in this field, he said."Although communicable diseases should, by regula­tions, be reported to the health department, only a small per­centage are reported. Statis­tics are thus totally unreliable for the county,” Dr. Suther­land said.Information from p h y s 1- cians, school records and clin­ics, he said, would indicate that measles, mumps, and chicken pox were quite in evi­dence during the year.$13,320stock ($23,076), and IngersoH ($5,156),As a comparison, the 1967 estimated budget assessed Woodstock at $15,467 and Ing­ersoll at $2,744. Woodstock ac­tually paid $10,978 last year and Ingersoll, $2,481. The total for the three areas in 1967 was $27,446.Council was also asked for $54,815 from the Oxford Health Unit. The estimated budget of the unit for this year is $188,562, of which the prov­ince pays 50 per centMunicipalities are assessed $2.50 per capita. The remain­der of the $94,281 remaining after provincial grants and the county share is divided be­tween Woodstock ($30,403) and Ingersoll ($9,062).The council also received a letter from the department of health noting provincial ap­proval of a $21,731 budget for ambulance service.Several other county associa­tions asked to be remember­ed when councillors decide to whom (and how much) money will be doled out this year.AT CITY HALLOne pleasant afternoon in the summer of 1966 — , while we were covering a session of Oxford County Council — J. N. ‘Nick’ Meathrell, at that time the county's road superintendent, walked up, smiled Like someone about to relish another's discomfort and pre­sented us with a massive document entitled ‘County of Oxford — Report on County Roads Needs Study.”Authorized by the County Council in 1964, the report was the culmination of two years of effort by two local engineering firms and a lot of other people. A kind gentle­man, Mr. Meathrell gave the report to the news media a few days prior to its official release so that we might have an opportunity to study it and report on it with accuracy.Our first impulse on perusing the highly technical data was to throw in the towel and investigate other fields of employment. 'They never told us there would be days like this at Journalism School. Nevertheless, we per­severed and, with the aid of Mr. Meathrell and his assist­ant and erstwhile successor Don Pratt, managed to come up with a story.The County Council received the report in the June session (1966) and approved it the following September session. After that, we filed the needs study under “Oxford County”, and prayed that any future reference we would have to make to it would be a passing one.It was not without some surprise then that we noted in last Thursday’s Sentinel-Review a report that County Council had approved a second 10-year roads needs study, less than two years after receiving the first 10-year needs study — a study, incidentally, which cost $42,000. half of which was paid for by provincial subsidies.Our curiosity aroused as we assume is that of Oxford County taxpayers, we decided to investigate. After all, it does state in the synopsis: "In this report, the total future money needs required to eliminate all critical de­ficiencies and certain other deficiencies in the Oxford County System and operate the County Road Department over the next 10 year period (to 1974) ... are determined.’Similar studies, by the way, were carried out by 36 other Ontario counties as well at the request of the Ontario Department of Highways. All of them along with Oxford have been asked by the department to revamp these studies and bring in new reports.But first some history. In 1957-8 the DUO carried out a study of provincial needs for highways, roads and streets over the 20 year period 1958-77 to provide a factual basis on which planning and policy development could take place. However, according to the DHO, the value of tins study could only be preserved if periodically up­dated.Subsequently, the then Minister of Highways C. A. MacNaughton, in June, 1963 invited each county council to participate in a new study, which resulted in the report approved by Oxford County Council in 1966.On the basis of these county studies, the DHO then prepared and published in 1966 a five-year program for county roads in Ontario, until the end of 1969. With 1969 not that far off, it appears the department wants to hegin preparing for its second five-year program for the period 1970-74. It also appears that for every five-year program of the department, the counties will have io come up with a new 10-year needs study.Asked why the province wants new reports now, Mr. Pratt said that although he was not completely certain, apparently the original need studies did not provide the DHO all the information it needs. A major reason, he added, is the inflation of construction costs.In the county studies the total costs of construction required to correct deficiencies in the road systems were estimated. In addition, the counties were asked to esti­mate their operating needs in two five-year forecast per­iods: 1965-9 and 1970-4. In arriving at these estimates, 1964 unit cost data were used — that is, no allowance was made for rising costs in the ten-year period covered by the studies.The formula employed to off-set the inflation factor was apparently knocked for a loop by subsequent in­creases in construction and operating costs. A department official whom we talked to after telephoning Queen's Park — an experience worth a column in itself — couHrmed that the necessity for new financial estimates and the need for sufficiently accurate data for the 1970-t period were among the main reasons for the new studies, al­though he preferred to call them complete reviews of existing need studies. This is a continuing process, he said.Whether its to be an up-dated review or a new study .seems to be a matter for interpretation. Certainh, Mr. Pratt reported, the frame of reference — supplied by the department — for the review or new study is considerably altered from the previous one For one thing a new in­ventory of the county road systems — the basis for all the data that follow — is to be taken. Norfolk County road superintendent William McDowell agreed the review will in effect be a new report.His initial reaction to the department's request could not be described as enthusiastic. Mr. Pratt said However, considering the immensity of the DHO undertaking, he added. "I’m not surprised it turned out lo be less than perfect. Now they are going to refine it . . . who knows, maybe it will be perfect this time, if that’s possible," Oxford budget $1,133,208,tax rate unchanged at 17 millsThe county has assumed Jul!Free Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — Oxford County council yesterday set a 1968 tax rale of 17 mills, un- ihanged from last year.Warden Glen Kitehen. reeve of East Oxford Township, said he was pleased council had held the line.*'I don't think we can take credit." he said referring to the province taking over ad­ministration of justice costs, “but it is nice to say there willCounty administration of justice costs this year have been set at $2,149, compared with $76,967 in 1967.Clerk-treasurer L. K. Coles said the county was able to pay for its share of renova­tions to Tillsonburg hospital in one year, rather titan over several years, and was able to contribute $25,000 towards construction of an addition to Blossom Park School of Wood-stock District Association for the Mentally Retarded.He said by paying the $37.- 5(H) hospital grant in one year, the county will save $10,01)0 in interest.Council authorized payment of $25,000 for the Woodstock school’s $130,000 addition of three rooms, music room and gymnasium, providing Wood- stock and Ingersoll assume their shares.Council also budgeted $91, 000 towards construction of the $2,000,000 Woodingford Home for the Aged, now in progress, from this year’s budget and authorized the use of $175,000 of accumulated surplus.The second of council’s six annual payments of $47,200 to Woodstock General Hospital and the first of four $33,750 payments to Alexandra Hospi­tal, Ingersoll, were included in the budget.Also budgeted: $4,000 grant to Stratford General Hospital; $13,320 for Oxford Children's Aid Society; $2,5(H) for Oxford County museum; $10,865.50 for ambulance service; $1,000 for University of Waterloo capital needs fund, the first of four annua) grants to be made to the university.An agriculture budget of $9,725 was approved including $1,400 for fox bounty com­pared with $674 paid in 1967.$4 payment since the provm*. cial government dropped its $2, grant for each fox at the end of February.Agricultural grants include $900 for Oxford County 4-11 Club leaders; $650 for County Plowmen's Association; $500 for Oxford Soil and Crop Im­provement Association; $450 to Oxford Junior Farmers As­sociation and $250 to Oxford Farm Safety Council.be somethiing that won't go up this year.”The county will raise $1,« 133.208 from its 16 membermunicipalities.Last year’s$1,097,652 budget wasthecounty’s first in excess of $1,- 000.000.This year’s budget includes $573,213 for county roads (8.5 mills); $276,490 for welfare sendees (4.1 mills); $229,258 for general purpose (3.4 mills); and $54,219 (excluding Tillsonburg) for public library sendees (one mill).The rate for Tillsonburg— which doesn't participate in the county library system— was set at 16 mills, down .4 mills from last year.Assessment of individual municipalities are:Townships: Blandford, $37,- 685: Blenheim, $114,702; Dere­ham, $106,380; East Nissouri, $87,124; North Norwich, $59.- 913; South Norwich, $82,865; East Oxford, $44,413; North Oxford, $46,292: West Oxford, $54,809; East Zorra, $99,522; West Zorra, $88,415.Villages: Beachville, $23.- 373: Embro. $12,607; Nonvich, $35,690; Tavistock, $27,933.Town: Tillsonburg, $211,479.Million-dollar-plus budget approvedfor road maintenance, constructionFree Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK -A $1,331,700 roads budget approved yester­day by Oxford County council includes $917,600 to be used for construction and $414,100 for maintenance.The county has set an 8.5- mill tax rate to raise $573,213. The remainder, more than$750,000, is covered by provin­cial grants.Major projects this year will be reconstruction of a three- mile gravel section of County Road 20 from Springford south to the Norfolk County line. This, along with work on Road 19. which extends west to Till­sonburg, is expected to cost $338,000.Another $80,000 will be spent for a new bridge over Otter Creek on Road 19, with work expected to proceed by June or July.Also budgeted for bridge construction is $84,000 for the John N. Meathrell bridge, nowunder construction over the Thames River at the North and West Oxford townships boundary, and $60,000 for a bridge on tire Blandford and East Zorra townships bounda­ry.A total of $4,000 was includ­ed for planning and designing of four bridges.Claim Not All Diseases Are Reported To MOHReports on cases of vernal di­sease in the county are low, Dr. G. Q. Sutherland, Oxford medi­cal officer of health said.In the annual report of the Oxford Health Unit, Dr, Suther­land said the low number of re­ported eases does not necessar­ily indicate a true statistical picture.He said that although by regulation communicable di-! seases should be reported to the health deparment, only a small percentage are in fact reported.Information from physicians, school recorts, clinics, etc,, would indicate measles, mumps, chicken pox were quite in evi­dence during the year, lie said.Dr. Sutherland said that dur­ing the late fall of 1967 an influ- cnza-like infection was preva­lent in the county but vaccine given in the secondary schools seemed to have been of value. Absentee rate was much lower than reported in surrounding counties, he said.BISHOP TRIALCOST $2,000A postscript to the February fraud trial of Bishop Freder-ick:Witness fees for the trial and the preliminary hearing came to more than $2,000 which, according to County Clerk Len Coles, is more than the entire cost of witness fees for all the trials held in the county during 1967.But taxpayers take heart. If legislation is passed, the province of Ontario will as­sume the cost of the adminis­tration of justice — which lets Oxford county ratepayers off the hook.A total of 93 witnesses were । called in the trial. Defence called 11 witnesses to the stand and the crown called 82.Mr. Coles said $1,519 was paid out in witness fees for the trial and more than $500 in fees for the preliminary hearing in magistrate’s court. Total witness fees for all trials in 1987 were $1,670,John Wilson, also known as Bishop Frederick, was con- j victed of defrauding the public ; by soliciting funds for the op­eration of a Boys School in ( Tavistock.5-R00M EXPANSIONPlan $130,000 Addition At Blossom Park SchoolA $130,000 expansion pro­gram is planned for Blossom Park School for retarded chil­dren. The school is located at 835 Devonshire Avenue.Half the amount will ap- parently be paid by the de­partment of education if lo­cal municipalities come up with the other half.Expansion plans include three additional classrooms, a music room and a gymnasi­um.Thirty-nine students ' are registered at the school,) 16 from Woodstock, 15 from the county, and eight from Inger­soll.The $65,000 share for the municipalities would he divid­ed: Woodstock. $26,666; coun­ty. $25,000; and Ingersoll, $13,- 334.The school was first built in 1961 with two classrooms.Applications almost doubled each year for the first lew years the school was in oper­ation, and staff found it nec­essary Io set up a classroom io the basement and use the combined nurse's room and library for another.Larry Ross, who recently (began as principal, said, thsschool teaches trainable re­tarded children from six to 17 years of age. In addition to Mr. Ross, the school em- j ploys three full-time teachers, I a -music teacher who comes twice a week, a .speech thera­pist who comes half days, and a relief teacher for one and a half days a week.Mr. Ross said projected figures show attendance at the school could easily reach 50 in the next five years.“We have a waiting list now,” he said.The purpose of the school is to make the children more self sufficient. Some go on to the Advanced Training Centre, but manv who hae reached the limit of their ability re­turn home, Mr. Ross said.The road program includes one-half-mile of grading and paving on County Road 31 east of Tillsonburg, at a cost of $36,000; grading and pre paring of granular base oi County Road 10, 4-10 of a mile in Dereham Township at < cost of $31,000; grading anc paving County Road 29. com pletion of one mile, 1967 con tract, west of Drumbo, at ; cost of $10,400.A $3,500 intersection im provement for County Road 1 and Concession 4. East Oxfon Township, east of Oxford Cen tre, is also included.A double surface treatmen of gravel and oil has beei planned for Suburban Roa< 35—Woodstock’s Devonshir Avenue extension to the Inner kip Road—a distance of 1. miles, at a cost of $4,000. Pax ing of the road is planned fo 1969.Gravel and oil treatment i planned for 41.1 miles of cotin ty roads at a cost of $82.00(1.Roads to receive the treat rnent are: County Road I Drumbo to Washington, fiv miles; Road 4. Highway 2 t Concession 8, Blandford Towr ship, 5.5 miles; Road 6. Cody’ South. 1.1 mile; Road 1‘ Highway 401 to Highway 5 and Highway 58 north. 6. miles; Road 16. Kintore wes 2.6 miles; Road 17, Golspie t Cody's, 2.6 miles; Road 1 Mt. Elgin west, 7.7 miles Road 19, Highway 19 west I Elgin County boundary. 7 miles; Road 22, Bright uort 3.4 miles. County Avoids Increase In TaxesOxford county council has proved that yearly tax in­creases are not necessarily a product of modern life.After a three-day budget session, council announced yesterday it has been able to hold the 1968 mill rate at last year’s level of 17 mills.Council has been able to hold the level of taxes part­ly because it no longer is re* sponsible for the cost of ad­ministration of justice. The province is expected to take this over this year.Last year, justice costs amounted to $76,966.Also, assessment in the county is up to $67,435,825 in 1968, compared with $65,020,644 last year, pushing up the val­ue of a mill to $54,219.SHARES CREDITWarden Glen Kitchen said he was pleased that council had been able to hold the line, but said it could not take all the credit since it is no longer responsible for justice costs.The 17 mills will raise $1,- 133,208 this year, up $35,556 from 1967.Road construction and im­provement have taken the biggest bite out of the 1968 budget with $573,213 (8.5 mills) alloted for this purpose.Welfare accounts for $276,- 412 (4.1 mills) and the gener­al purpose budget is $229,258 (3.4 mills).One mill has been budgeted for the Oxford county public library, but since Tillsonburg does not participate in this, taxpayers in that town are ex­cluded.The mill rate for Tillson­burg is 16 mills, down from 16.4 last year.This is the second year the county tax levy will yield more than one million dollars. Taxes in 1966 amounted to $941,186.TOWNSHIP ASSESSMENTBreaking down the indivi­dual township and municipal assessments, the town of Till- aonburg has the highest as­sessment — $211,480.The village of Beachville has an assessment of $23,373; Embro $12,607; Norwich $35,- 691; Tavistock $27,933.Township assessments are as follows: Blandford $37,685; Blenheim $114,702; Dereham $106,380; East Ni&souri $87,- 124; North Norwich $59,914; South Norwich $82,865; East Oxford $44,413; North Oxford $46,292; West Oxford $54,810; East Zorra $99,522; and West Zorra $88,415.The council has budgeted tor a $25,000 grant to the Wood- stock District Association for the Mentally Retarded to­wards an addition to Blossom Park school.HOSPITAL GRANTSAlso budgeted was $91,000 for the construction of the Woodingford home for the aged, $47,200 to the Wood- stock General Hospital, and $33,750 to the Alexandra Hos­pital, Ingersoll, $4,000 to Stratford General Hospital, $13,320 to Oxford Children’s Aid Society, $10,865 for Wood- stock Ambulance Service, $2,- 500 for Oxford County Mus­eum and $1,000 for the Uni­versity of Waterloo.On a recommendation from the council’s agriculture com­mittee, grants to the follow­ing associations will be paid by council in 1968:Oxford soil and crop im­provement association, $500; Oxford county farm safety council, $250; Oxford county junior farmers association, I $450; Oxford County 4-H club leaders association, $900; Ox­ford county Plowmen’s assoc­iation, $650; Blenheim Plow­men's association, $150; North Blenheim Horse Breeders Association, $150; Dairymen’s association, $25; and Oxford Poultry and Pet Stocks As­sociation. $25.Also, a grant of $225 has been budgeted for each of the following fair boards: Tillson­burg, Tavistock, Embro, Drumbo and Woodstock.The total agriculture budget is $9,725.PREPARE COUNTY TAX RATEThe Oxford County Council finance committee was hard at work yesterday compiling figures for the 1968 budget.The 1968 tax rate should be available tonight. At back, left: L. K. Coles, county clerk- treasurer; J. F. Jones andM. L. MacKay. Front, seated: John Hofstetter; Bruce Amos and Bruce McCall.Road NeedsStudy ApprovedCounty council has ap­proved a second 10-year roads needs study, road superinten­dent Donald Pratt said.The first study approved by council June 18, 1964 was completed in 1966 at a cost of $42,000 of which the county received a 50 per cent sub­sidy from the province.The study was supposed to have served the county from 1964 to 1974. The new one is expected to be completed by April, 1969.Reasons for the new study are not exactly clear, Mr. Pratt said today.Apparently monetary values contained in the report are outdated and the departmentWoodstock School BoardErased By New ProgramCentennial year was the year] No sooner was the plan an- 16 school boards in Oxford nouneed than opposition to the county — including the Wood- proposed administrative chan­stock Board of Education — got ges began sprouting up among, their death notices. trustee groups and teachers.administrative chan-trustec groups and teachers. Premier John Hobarts an-; The plan, according to the nouneed on Nov. 14 that by Jan- protest' groups, would result in uary, 1969, 1,500 school boards a poorer quality of education, would be replaced by county- would be undemocratic, and was' sized boards of education. IIn Oxford County, the new board will have jurisdiction over all public schools and second­ary Schools within the bounda­ries, will consist of 16 elected trustees, and will have the power to raise taxes for educa­tional purposes within its juris­diction-being implemented without con-sultation with those most inter-1 esled.Opposition to Hie county board plan culminated in a 120 man protest delegation to Queen's Park in January, attended by trustees from most of the rural: boards in Oxford and neighbor-1 ing counties.of highways feels it cannot budget or forecast accurately the amounts of money it will have to spend in succeeding years.The new study will be a little more advanced in that the assessment of certain streets in separated munici­palities are to be included with an eye towards regional gov­ernment.Originally, the 1964 study expected to cost around $23,- 000. But the time it was com­pleted, the cost was almost doubled.A consulting engineer has not yet been appointed, Mr. Pratt said.Led by Tavistock trustee Dr. Bruce Halliday, the protest dele­gation sought to pursuade the Department of Education to limit amalgamation to the size of existing High School areas and to postpone the move for a few years.Talks with department offivi- inls, and later with Education Minister William Davis, re vented that the government was firm in its intention to go ahead with the changes.If legislation is passed, elec­tions for tho 16 board members will take place the first Monday in December.Based on an equalised assess--, ment ratio, five trustees will j come from Woodstock, one tron Ingersoll, and nine from wards in the rest of the county, The wards will be determined by County CouncilEducation Minister Davis has said the main advantage of the county board system is to pro­vide equality of educational oo- port init) to rural school chil­dren. Larger units of adminis tratfon, he has said, will mean for special education, kinder­garten. art, music, home eco­nomics. industrial arts <nd other programs that many of the smaller boards now cannot provide. MIKE KNOTT, Superintend­ent of the County Home is seen pointing out the many advantages incorporated intoWoodingford Lodge, the new County Home under construc­tion at Woodstock. Looking onare members of the Ingersoll and District Community Ser­vices Association who heardMr. Knott speak on “Broad­ening Horizons for Senior Citizens.”< ■■5?Pioneer-Age Village Urged For NorwichThe Norwich area, centre of a sizable Quaker settlement in Southern Ontario, has been suggested as the sight of a sec­ond pioneer village in Ontario along the lines of the Upper Canada Village on the shores of the St. Lawrence River.The suggestion was made by Art Williams of Embro, a local historian, in a speech to the Norwich Couples Club.Expo Film To Be Shown At City SchoolCollege Avenue Secondary School students will see On­tario’s award winning Expo film “A Place To Stand” at an assembly next Wednesday, prin­cipal Paul Blake said this morning.On the same program, county clerk Len Coles will show his color slides of Oxford county, i and provide a commentary.The assembly is arranged by the Ontario government Depart­ment of Tourism and Informa­tion as part of its school infor­mation program. CASS is the only school in Oxford county to carry the program this year,” Mr. Blake said.Ingersoll Community Group Hears County Home OutlineINGERSOLL — Continuing their program of continuing to study all aspects of services available in this area, the members of the Ingersoll Com­munity Services Association heard an address by Mike Knott, superintendent of the County Home, Woodstock.Speaking on the topic of “Broadening Horizons for Senior Citizens/’ Mr. Knott traced the development and improvement of homes for the aged from their local incep­tion in 1871 to today’s large and comfortable dwelling un­der construction..The original House of Ref­uge and Insustrial Farm for the court? planned to accom­modate 100 inmates and built for something over $11,000 re­ceived its first elderly dwell­er in 1873, At th nt time, ad- miUees were those without means of support or thole able to work who would not do so, and the mentally imlncr.noOORHOUSEThe early Houses of Refuge3/j a charitable munition of Wod, dcanlinewa care, and while orboyse” had a of their old or persons not providing for their old age.With the combined salary of the matron and superinten­dent of 100 years ago set at $400 a year, frugal meals and hard work were the life of in­mates who broke stone, cut wood and did household tasks.Feeding cost a day for an inmate was once 18 cents and today it is 93 cents with staff and inmate eating the same meals — unlike 100 years ago.In time the attitude and pur­pose of Houses of Refuge changed in relation to the aged and the trend moved to a comfortable life but it has taken many years for the “poorhouse" stigrna to be overcome.ALL QVER 60Woodingford Lodge, owned and operated jointly by the county, Ingersoll and Wood- stock will provide the most modem, dignified care and accommodation for over HO and will he anyone over the age ----this of persons open toor m, mof incomeThe new ledge wilt provide " fgregwted care with separateandmentally beness. Hobbies will be en­couraged.The lodge will have a chap­el, auditorium, hobby room, beauty and barber shops, lounges, tuck shop, television rooms and many other fea­tures for the comfort and en­tertainment of its guests.AUXILIARY AH)Mr. Knott, commended the Auxiliary which presagfly works with the County Home and whose work will broaden when Woodingford opens as many patient comforts, activi­ties and needs are looked at ter by this body.Staff in the new lodge will go from the present nine to 60. Many enquiries have been received already but no ap­plications are being taken as yet. Enquiries are kepi on fib and persons will be con tacted when the time of ap­plication arrives, possibly next December.The first phase of Wooding- Idrd will have 160 beds, with 99 for bed care, 48 for spe­cial cases and the balance for nix and marriedSecond phaseafternoon with a prospective guest in order that when he or she does become a resi­dent the place is not strange,” said Mr. Knott.Mr. Knott was introduced by Gordon Pittock and thank­ed by Miss Anna Neilson.A reminder to the organiza­tion representatives in Com­munity Services was of the Blood Donor Clinic ou April JO.A request was received for drivers to take persons to the Golden Age Club.A need for persons to work as Homemakers on behalf of ■the Children’s Aid Society, in Ingersoll, was discussed as well as the need for “interim mothers” who would be avail­able to families when the mothers are ill or hospital­ized Any persons interested in this work were asked to contact the CAS or Mrs. John Mitchell of Community Ser­vices.Mrs. Mitchell reported that members had visited Day Caro Nurseries in their inves­tigation of this subject with the view of starling in Inger­soll.THOMAS PYEThomas Pye, 60, of 78 Light St. died yesterday in Woodstock General Hospital, after an ill­ness of two days.Born in East Zorra, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Pye, he resided at Eastwood before coming to Woodstock in 1939. Since then he has worked as custodian of the court house;He was a member of Old St. Paul’s Anglican Church and a former member of the Board of Management and the Broth­erhood of Anglican Churchmen. He was also a former warden of St. John's Anglican Church, Eastwood.Besides his wife, the former Ann Hurley, he is survived by two sons, Robert of Hickson and Howard of Woodstock; three sisters. Mrs. Wray (Annie) Leach of Bright, Mrs. Ray (Dorothy) Palmer of Brant­ford and Mrs. William (Alice) Cook of Innerkip; two brothers, John of Brantford and Joseph of Woodstock; four grandchil­dren.The body is at the M. D. (Mac) Smith Funeral Home, 69 Wellington St. N. until Wednes­day noon then to Old St. Paul’s Anglican Church for service at 2 p.m. with Rev. G. C. Pearce officiating. Burial in Innerkip Cemetery. Ouch!ThatSmartsHuron Park Secondary School student Sue Watts winces as her arm is punc­tured by the first of two TB test needles. Oxford Medical Officer of Health (right) Dr. G. Q. Sutherland is adminis­tering the tests to students in Grades 9, 12 and 13 at all schools in the county this spring.Mayor William Dennison and the Council of the Corporation of the City of Toronto request the honour of your presenceat a Receptionin the Great Hall of the Restored St. Lawrence Hall, King and Jarvis Streetson Wednesday, April 3rd, 1968, 5 to 6.30 p. m.in honour ofRepresentatives of Municipalities Attending Mid-Term Meeting of the Ontario Counties AssociationR.S.V.P. City ClerkCalder ElectedInterim ChairmanBernard Calder was elected । for the collection of informa-; chairman of the Oxford Interim .tion from each of the individual School Education Committee at hoards of education through- tfae second meeting of the com- out the county and these are to mittee held yesterday at Toll- distributed, Mr. Calder said, gate School. | He said the 24 individualForms have been designed | ^*1 a7 ^igne$® I statistical information for the department of education in pre­paration for a proposed county-; wide school board,A meeting has been called by the department in Toronto for April 10, and will include the chairmen of interim com-i mittees from the province,The local committee will med again on April 22. Mr. CaMcr is also chairman of the Woodstock Board of Education,The proposed urea School boards are expected to take effect at the first of next year.^Jhe preside nt and ddoard of d^irectori of theChifden a ^did Society Oxford (bounty cordially invite you and your friends to attend the^4nnuaf ^&innerat theSauUtock anJ WUoriat JJaffTavistock, OntariolUednenday, l^arck 27tk, 1968, at 6:45 pan.Speaker: Dr. Benjamin Goldberg, C.R.C.P.(C) Topic: “The Battle between the Generations”Tickets $2.50R.S.V.P. by March 18th cna o£«H S ©3 i W'i£iiM•*3.23 8sTO 1 h 5>S 2'ra«O © Q X 3 © g es 2SO§^f ©^ «3 « «■© °P1^■gg-o-g*^ S n'^’9X?-e © u 8 © re g M © > x--£cqlc.n2© x S 'S * £ *• o 3 o §5 o 5OH-a a .Si ~ E 2 a -Q p o re8 u .5S-S-3e J, Al w^■g I © « © « a© - 8 v S .re s t; » 8 E a i j 0 3 E ,2 h-©K©•CHgs do S©a> •a re E&oB M03M 3E— o EO E« siE 1« E © 3© 25-d£ -a © ’S Il:i X! ©"3 £O §•» g3 S3§2S6 DeathsPYt'J ■ Ai WooOfftock Gen'•th I Hoft- oltal on Sunday. Mxtrch Ki. 11S58, Tbwnn-- Pye, bu«-b»'i<l ofAnn Munirs <,f 1* hl^hl Surest, woodcock, in bU rtlwt y(_.«r. faUvr al, Robert. Hlokaon: Ho? Aid. yVpOd0t<>k. hrolli' r of Mr". Wray i Amite) Leaci’i, Bngi>t;; Mr.1 Kay j DoriHiiyi Pulmci', r.ra it ford: Mm, Wlll'iam (Allcei Cook, fnnerW: John, Branffoi d; Jok* i»h Wood- tilock: four grandvhtldren »J#o sur­vive Mm.FrlondB will ho received tit the ,'.M. D (Mad Smith PuneraJ Home, *W Wi illinfion North. Wood* Block, until Wdnesduy noon P'un- ] ora) from Old St. Paul's Angiican pChurch, Woo«h4ock. on Wedn^day.April 3 ait 3 P.m . with Rev. G. C.Pearcr' <jrn«!ln.tun«. Intom|enl m । Innerkip Cemetery. 3-6£5-Ji a ra5 tj cito 2 -p'"Q “6§©56*8-E DOS E£ ©E§^S© © o X ■3 ro — O-J mEco « «© & &E65 ©3© § © gisi ' ^2OQ» tG 4)= 0'3■5^© ©t- W M35 a 5 2 °•= >?■fa E 2e > oasc® -2aVJ§SH 2oj re JP * ->32^3_2 c u> ^■22 © =3§ « ~ <y 5.2 £ T! > tn 5 "rc 5 2§.E o M6-8H <U s«Q.<unojDC Pc 2© aW SH.S2rJ52 »hiS!; i Q a « *} +□= , -a a tT* £ •= M © s p 2 2 ■ s c 3cp«.shu?*- gjXi^2-2^3 E-< o ® re cc। Is.elL XS w eo g a*8S .Ea Ml <U .5 8ra Xa-X o ° -8’S tn O.J3= 3 3 «.g re 2 _° « 3',M OOJ fa ra2O . n v> X 2* Q 5T" •*1 ha<uConstruction schedule of Woodingford Lodge has a target date of Dec. 1.i !e4 EFh C> « * I 32rifa CC «c^go.2©8 , E © e « 8*^ t:g-^.s “.2-a if jS 8 »re M M ©§©^2^C = = = 3.E 86°--i § w© U.— DOJS -fa« Ji « fc,-E 8 2X2$^Mli’iJ2 3 ©VI© >.5 w - — _ «L f sj-^.E.E ,©w re , © E J5 re E-b(j x: ? i"' 3It IKII h ©s§l^W 2t,. w -5«>8 ° 28e8•11'J fa W p1 C S* « '2i 5 o.x>cm aj «s -fa = <o v-. © a, £3 ©w • £ 50 8la■Sjis■^.2 «Pw82&-VCare Of Chronic Cases A Vital Role For Home“Thy're shooting for com­pletion by December 1," says D. F. Knott, describing con­struction progress on the new County Home for the Aged. To be known as Woodingford Lodge, the home is being built on the old greenhouse property on Devonshire Avenue, oppo­site Graham Street.The construction site has been a hive of busy workmen even through the cold winter. • Most of the concrete founda­tion work was completed late in the wet fall and a shell of plastic sheeting enabled the men to continue a good part of further construction through the severe winter months.CHRONIC BED-PATIENTSThe $040,000 building is to have an initial capacity of about IGO beds. An important feature is that it will be able ito provide care for chronic bed- patlenls. This is a serious lack ■in facilities at the present home located outside the city, where ,30 citizens are now in residence.Only ambulatory residents ICQuld be taken at the old homo and this left a hardship gap for numbers of older people who .needed bed care.Mi. Knott, superintendent at Hit' present home, says he has received about 75 enquiries 2 citizen.-, seeking adinH-l.o Woodinafofd Lodge but Cations arc not being ac­cepted until the home is closer to completion. A file is now kept on all applications and those interested will be contact­ed later.Present hopes are that the building may be completed by the end of this year and the official opening is tentatively scheduled for the spring of 1969.IN TWO PHASESConstruction is planned in two phases with provision made now for an addition in future years to bring the bed capacity to 260 or more. Plan­ners of I he project feel consi­derable savings will be made in thinking ahead in this man­ner.The capital construction costs are being shared by Woodstock, Ingersoll and municipalities in Oxford County on the basis of population figures for 196S. The province is also paying 50 per cent of costs.A whole new program of liv­ing will emerge for the senior citizens in the new home. With an eye to the future, a number of Oxford Comity residents last year formed an auxiliary to the Home for the Aged and early programs are already well es­tablished at the old home ini East Zorra.Foremost has been a visita­tion program and birthday par­ties for the residents. A craftprogram is being conducted one day weekly and will soon be extended to at least two days.Auxiliary members will have ample facilities in Woodingford Lodge and plans are going ahead for library operation, as­sistance with Sunday morning devotions, weekly bingo and card parties, and tuck shop op­eration.The new home is to have a 160-seat auditorium, a chapel to seat 60 with room for 15 wheel­chairs. a beauty parlor, barber­shop, library, craft room, pool room, dining rooms and living rooms. With preferences of senior citizens in mind, the de­sign of the interior also calks for three fireplaces.IN GOOD WEATHERResidents confined to wheel chairs will be able to take in the good weather in solariums or on roof decks located on top of the main and other entrances to the home.There will also be a special training room where those suf­fering from a physical disabi­lity will receive therapeutic treatment. There will be s ratio of about two staff members to every five residents.The whole concept behind I Woodingford Lodge will bo to do more than provide mere shelter, but to give scope for the care and expansion of the whole per­son in his senior years. Kiwanis Club Meets TonightINGERSOLL - Len Cole, County Clerk of Oxford will be the speaker tonight when the Kiwanis Club observes Past Presidents night.Chaiman for the program will be Ross Fewster and Mr. Cole will be introduced to the gath­ering by R G. Start.This meeting will mark the 47th anniversary of the forma­tion of the Ingersoll Kiwanis Club.Dates set for county school planFree Press Woodstock Buroan WOODSTOCK — OxfordCounty council has until June 30 to divide the county into voting areas for the new Ox­ford County school board. W. B. Calder, chairman of Wood- stock board of education and of the Oxford County interim school organization commit­tee, said last night.Mr. Calder said if county council does not complete the division by the time, the coun- । ty clerk then has the right to designate the areas.Election day has been set for the first Monday in De­cember. for two-year terms , for board members.The first meeting of the Ox­ford board, he said, will be held the second Monday in De­cember.Woodstock board of educa­tion will be dissolved Jan. 1, 1969, Mr. Calder said.Prince Charles Cuts City TiesPrince Charles is changing his courses at Cambridge and, it may mean less contact with] the Woodstock native who has personal direction over the studies of the Crown Prince.Professor John M. Coles, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Coles of 164 Beale St., heads the depart­ment of archeology and anthro­pology at Trinity College. Prince Charles has decided to change his studies in this course and to concentrate on history.The change is considered ap­propriate for the 19-year-old heir to the throne by the master of Trinity College, Lord Butler.Professor Coles, director of the Prince's studies, is a grad­uate of local schools and the University of Ontario. He is considered one of Canada's leading archaeologists, His fath­er has been associated for many years with Coles Brothers Ltd. firm of real estate and in­surance.Professor Coles j» planning a summer trip to Woodstock,, bringing his family here for an extended visit thia year.Martin Luther King Murdered In MemphisFrom AP ReutersMEMPHIS. Tenn, (CP) - Widespread Negro violence in­cluding arson and shooting broke out in several American cities as a convulsive wave of reaction followed the assassina­tion Thursday of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.King, 31), died in a Memphis hospital Thursday night less than an hour after he was shot in the neck by a white gunman while standing on the balcony of his motel here.Police said a white man was stabbed to death during violence in Washington. A Negro died of stab wounds in Harlem although it was not known if his death was related to disturbances there.Police in Memphis shot and critically wounded one man after they said he opened fire on them. Two Detroit police of­ficers were shot and wounded while patrolling in a predomi­nantly Negro neighborhood.Widespread looting and arson struck Harlem and Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant section. More than 90 persons were ar­rested and scores injured.Angry crowds burned and loot­ed stores in a Negro neighbor­hood just two miles north of the White House in Washington. Some 50 persons were injured and 167 arrested.Police in Jackson, Miss., fired tear gas at groups of Negroes on the Jackson State College campus. A white-owned super­market in a Negro section was firebombed deSpite a Negro leader’s pleas for non-violence.Disturbances were reported ip Nashville, Newark, Boston and a number of smaller cities and towns.The violence that swept some MISS ANNIE SELDONFormer Clerk North Oxford Dies SuddenlyINGERSOLL — Miss Annie I Seldon, 85, North Oxford town­ship clerk for 38 years, died suddenly at her residence, 36 Tillson Ave., Tillsonburg1 on Monday.Miss Seldon's father was clerk until she was appointed to the position on May 6, 1929, which she held until she retired last year on June 8. Her nephew, Richard Seldon now holds the position.A native of Exeter, Miss Sel­don moved to lot 7, concession 3, North Oxford Township when she was young and received her education in Ingersoll where she graduated from normal school and then taught for a number of years at Sombra and worked as a supply teacher in Ingersoll for many years.She was a member of Trinity United Church and the Nors­worthy Chapter of the 1ODE.Surviving is one sister, Mrs. John (Emma) Wilkinson of Till­sonburg and one brother, Dr. George Seldon of Vancouver.The funeral will be held to­morrow at 2 p.m. from the Me- Beath Funeral Home, 24G Tham­es St. S., Ingersoll with Rev. Stanford Lucyk of Trinity United Church officiating.Burial in Ingersoll Rural Cemetery.city streets accompanied the na­tional outpouring of grief and sorrow that followed ra'e death of King, a leading advocate of non-violence and the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize whiner.President Johnson led the mourning and tribute, In a tele­vision and radio appearance he called upon “every citizen to re­ject the blind violence that has struck down Dr. Martin Luther King."But the violence flared despite his plea.Gov. Buford E 11 i ngton of Tennessee placed the state's army and national guard on the alert and ordered 4,000 troops into Memphis and the same number into Nashville. A cur­few. first clamped on Memphis after a King-led march turned into a riot last week, was reim­posed.King was in the city prepar­ing to lead another march in support of the city’s 1,300 strik­ing garbage collectors, most of whom are Negroes, who are seeking union recognition. His party was about to go out for dinner when King walked onto the motel balcony.“And then we heard what sounded like a shot,” said Rev. Andrew Young. “I thought it was a firecracker.”Rev. Jesse Jackson, who was. standing beside King, said the civil rights leader’s only utter­ance after the shot was, “Oh!”“The bullet exploded in his face,” said Ben Branch. ‘It knocked him off his feet.”Solomon Jones, King’s chauf­feur, said a ‘'man in white clothes" ran from the. scene. Police in Tennessee and Arkan­sas were looking for a young white man, who, witnesses said, was dressed in white and wa.s driving a late model white car.DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. 1929-19682 KITCHENER-WATERLOO RECORD, Frl„ March 2% 19MOxford Retains 17-Mill Tax RateBy Record CorrespondentWOODSTOCK - Oxford Coun­ty’s tax rate was set at 17 mills by county council Thursday. The budget is $1,133,208.While the rate remains the same as in 1967, the rate for the town of Tillsonburg will be low­ered from 16.4 mills to 16 mills.Council was able to maintain the rate because the provincial government has assumed the cost of justice with a direct sav­ing of more than $76,000.The 17-mill rate will be levied in the following manner: gen­eral purposes, 3.4 mills; wel­fare, 4.1 mills; roads, 8.5 mills; and county library, 1 mill.HOSPITAL GRANTSThe following expenditures have been approved by council: county home, $91,000 plus $175,- 000 from the surplus fund; Wood- stock Hospital, $47,200; Till­sonburg Hospital, $37,500; Strat­ford Hospital, $4,000; Ingersoll Hospital, $33,750: Blossom Park Retarded C h i 1 d r en’s School, $25,000; and a grant of $1,000 to the University of Waterloo.Grants were authorized for the following organizations: 4-H Club Leaders Association, $900; County Plowman’s Asso­ciation, $650; Oxford Soil and Crop Improvement Association, $500; Junior Farmers Associa­tion, $450; Farm Safety Council. $250; Blenheim Plowman’s As­sociation, $150; and North Blen­heim Horse Show, $150.In addition, grants of $225 will be given to the fair boards in Tillsonburg, Woodstock, Tavi­stock, Embro and Drumbo.The Children’s Aid budget was approved at $13,320 from the county with $183,693 from other sources and the health budget was approved at $54,815 from the county and $94,281 from other sources.$573,213 FOR ROADSThe roads budget of $573.213 will be supplemented with $13.- 994 from Woodstock. $6,207 from Ingersoll and $738,285 from the provincial governmentThe budget calls for the con­struction of new bridges at the Blandford and East Zorra Boun­dary on Concession 9, at the North Oxford and West Oxford boundary on concession 5, on Road 10, concession 6, in Dere- ham Township and on Road 20 at Rock’s Mill.Burnice McAllister, of Dere- hnm Township was appointed county weed inspector and Cecil Riddell, of North Oxford was re-' appointed to the suburban road committee for a five - year term. A meeting of area assessors was held at the Oxford Coun­ty Courthouse yesterday.AREA ASSESSOR S MEET IN CITYFrom left: Gerry Dunlop of county assessor; C. C. Brick- deputy assessor and ehair- Woodstock commission- net of Waterloo, commission- man; and J W Kehn of Kit- er; Fred Cade of Woodstock, er; J. J. Fejes of St. Thomas,chener, assessment commis­sioner.Explains Problems Facing New County School BoardsINGERSOLL — Leonard Coles, Oxford County Clerk, ex­plained to Kiwanis members how the new Counts’ Board of Education will affect various municipalities. He also screen­ed many of his excellent slides taken in Oxford County.County boards will be elect­ed and not appointed and will be known in this district as the Board of Education for the County of Oxford. Covering 725 square miles of school division, the Oxford board will come in­to being at the beginning of 1969.The sixteen-man board desig­nated for Oxford will draw its trustees from the various muni­cipalities or areas based on resi­dential and farm assessment. A •‘provincial equalized fac­tor” is used in determining the ratio of representatives with the factors in the county going as low as 25 and as high as 36. Ingersoll's factor is 34.Some municipalities will have to combine with the municipali­ty of highest assessment hold­ing the nomination meeting.Ingersoll will have a consi­derable expense in conducting a special vote for its representa­tive, it being an off-election year municipally.Mr. Coles observed that municipalities undoubtedly will move toward making their elec­tions coincide with county board elections for the sake of eco­nomy.Students will attend their present schools until otherwise arranged.Mr. Coles pointed out the switch to county boards will mean a big task for the men elected to this board. During the transition period the pres­ent local boards may be re­appointed as committees until March 1 of 1969.Taking his audience around the county by means of slides, Mr. Coles illustrated the de­velopment of the limestone in­dustry, said to produce possibly the purest lime in the world and accounting now for an ann ual payroll of |3 million.Mink farming, once profitable in the county and now on the wane, was pictured. An inter­esting point in the feeding of mink was that food is placed on the top of the cages so that the mink have to stretch to eat. The more stretching, the longer the ■pelt is the reasoning. The dis­posal units for spilled food around the mink cages are geese. Chickens are not used because they would fly onto the cages with the result that beaks and toes would be snipped off by the mink.County and township bridges were given a screen visit. The county is responsible for 202 bridges and the township for 320.Other photos showed the pheasant raising in the county, the haunts of the partridge and the West Zorra location of the great blue herons which nest in trees in colonies.County forests, the dairy herds, the court house and the monument of Fenian Raids cas­ualty Malcolm Mackenzie in a Woodstock cemetery were among the fine display of slides.Mr. Coles was introduced by R. G. Start and thanked by Jack Hunsberger. Chairman for the program which marked the 47th anniversary of local Ki­wanis was Roy Kingdon with George Clifton in charge of the general meeting honoring past presidents.Psychologist Will Serve Two BoardsBoard of Education will hire a psychologist but his time will initially be shared with the Ox­ford Health Unit, trustees de-i cided last night.•An agreement has been work­ed out between the board and the health unit and advertise­ments for the position are ex­pected to be issued soon.Area Assessors Meet TomorrowWoodstock will host some 95 members of the Association of Assessing Officers of Ontario when District 9 holds it annual meeting at the County Building here on Wednesday.The district covers cities from Waterloo to St. Thomas and the assessors will meet here in the council chambers to study reso­lutions and assessment changes.LAST LOAD—Burnice McAllister of Solford hoists a bag of grain on his shoulder for the last time after selling the Salford Feed Mill which he started 31 years ago yesterday on April 10, 1937. Mr McAllister is now part-time weed inspector for Oxford County. Former City Mayor Named To PostTrevor Slater, a former mayor of Woodstock, has been appointed to five-year term as the city’ representative on the Woodstock Suburban Roads Commission by City Council.Cecil Riddle was reappointed by Oxford County as the county's representative.Mr. Slater and Mr. Riddle Will chose the third and neutral member of the commission.V)£ c g H P.bS < isa. -£ 2£ § cI w*a 8.2 U u 6 O 5CJ o aw S o .S32 2O, , j— A C o . a -. a 5 " x; "hn W> “£2 g Im*s**FI « S M £ O a pS -g .2 -g £East Oxford loses in bidfor annexation compensationFree Press Woodstock Bureau.WOODSTOCK - An East Oxford Township application for a $39,952 grant to compen­sate for the 30 per cent of its asscssemeat a n n e x e d by Woodstock Jan. 1, .1964, wasdismissed yesterday by the Ontario Municipal Board.R. M. McGuire, hearing chairman, said there was not sufficient evidence to show there was an undue burden on remaining taxpayers in the township.The township requested $24,347 for secondary school purposes, $13,202 for general purposes and $2,343 for public school purposes.East Oxford Township as­sessment decreased $981,584 to $2,438,043 with the annexation,—Free Press Woodstock BureauAttending a spring meeting of assessors from five counties at Woodstock yes­terday were, from left, Jack Lettner, Toronto, secretary, Ontario Association of Assessing Officers; Richard Yeoman, Woodstock; J. J. Fejes, St. Thomas, and Fred Cade, Oxford County assessor, past-president of the provincial association.Brief urges no exemptionsin municipal assessmentFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK - Recom­mendations that there be no tax exemptions and that mu­nicipal buildings and church property come under tax leg­islation are included in a brief endorsed by the Ontario Asso­ciation of Assessing Officers, assessors from five counties were told here yesterday.Association secretary Jack Lettner of Toronto, speaking to more than 90 municipal as­sessors from Oxford, Middle­sex, Elgin, Brant and Water­loo counties, said the brief is the association’s response to the Smith committee report on taxation, which was released last fall.It was mailed yesterday to Provincial Treasurer Charles MacNaughton and will be made public during the asso­ciation’s annual meeting May 27-29 at Sault Ste. Marie.Mr. Lettner indicated, how-> ever, that the brief opposes municipal costs for assess- 1 ment appeals considered "frivolous,” although he ad- , milted it would be difficult to define the term.He said the association re­commended one-man courts of revision to deal with assess­ment appeals. A second ap­peal against assessment would be dealt with by a three - man body whose chairman is a, lawyer, and a third and final appeal by a judge.Richard Yeoman. Wood­'S tock’s deputy assessment | commissioner, was elected chairman, succeeding J. J.1 Fejes, d e p u t y assessment commissioner for St. Thomas.Donald Riddell, assessor for Waterloo County, was elected district secretary-treasurer.THE OLD CITY HALL. . . 116 Years, Non-Stopwhich included Overland Ex­press Ltd. and Link Belt Speeder (Canada, Ltd. f’opti- lation in the township de­creased 420 to 2,067 persons. Secondary school student po­pulation decreased 26 to 274.A study by an accounting firm entered by city solicitor John W. Burridge, stated the townships increase in tax rates in 1964 was less than the average increase per year from 1960 to 1963 inclusive."Thus it can be generally concluded that such remnant taxpayers did not. incur any undue burden as the result of annexation,” the report com­mented.The residential tax rate in­creased 2.14 mills from 1960 to 1963 and 2.63 mills from 1963 to 1964.Undue burden due to loss of assessment, is normally dem­onstrated by a remnant town­ship being forced to defer a portion of the tax levy and ob­tain special borrowing power from the Ontario Municipal Board to raise the required funds by a bank loan.The accountants’ report said the township did not defer any of its tax levy in 1964.East Oxford Township clerk M. N. Holdsworth said council reduced expenditures in 1964 in an effort to reduce the bur­den on taxpayers. Road work, he said, was cut down consid­erably.Mrs. M. N. Holdsworth, dep­uty clerk, said a plan to pave one mile of township roads each year was halted bv coun­cil after 1963. "It had to be dropped with annexation be­cause we didn’t have the tax base to work on," she said.Moving Day MondayIt was hail and farewell . Thursday night ... a time of mixed emotions for members of City CouncilAn era in Woodstock muni­cipal government came to an eud that night, the last time City Council would meet in an official capacity in the old City Hall that has stood silent wit­ness to 116 years of uninter­rupted local government,For 116 years the town’s — and later the city’s—business has been conducted in the old hall, which only last year re­ceived an extensive faeedift- ta-Woodstock councils have met in the building > main clumber since 1852. although the hall itself was not twn- pleted until one year later. 0Sao oOpre J3 “T -o V h:^P U <S «> 9 ‘43 ^2 £3 Eg it g£re§ «’8_ 5gs-o a re w rea »*RS at u = « 4>K reg32WO1 sME*gE8- R I°-sgRassa8 SA S'® g $5hgwt§ *■2 >> § t a8££ at *Jc KS ©.Eg3 Tlre£ojS.eax - .S x rj rzf#•§£ g«a.IL(D C a — w re x iA. w *at t- Sag ^g-238u«S |OMs|.a “HM. 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A tour of the Oxford County building last night was headed by county clerk­treasurer Leonard K. Coles, right, who explains the painting to, from left, Rob­ert Duivenvoorde, 13; Bradley Watling, 11, and Danny Hutchinson, 12.■■■ V/> A 19 Ph4-Year-OldsTo Get VaccineA measles vaccine clinic will be held Saturday at the Oxford Health Unit offices from 10- 12 a.m. Oxford Medical Officer of Health Dr. G. Q. Sutherland said today.The clinic will be restricted to children 4 years old. A clinic for younger children will be held at a later date, Dr. Suther­land "aid. Kindergarten child­ren in the area have received the vaccine at school.ONTARIO SCHOOL TRUSTEES; AND MUNICIPAL COUNCILLORS' ASSOCIATION, INC.31 fGIINTON AVE, E„ TORONTO 12. ONT.THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAI.County of Oxfordis A MEMBER OFONTARIO SCHOOL TRUSTIES' & MUNICIPAL COUNCILLORS' ASSOCIATION. INC QFOR THE YEAR 196 Jc<lH M. II tllSOIl, huMimo$"lilialJ•2 2 * * 2 $® g » O-2 0-3 «sjspi?ag§Os§9I ®P's3si»8S“ssIss' .-..gSif = "|siIegg Sang ■ol«,.a8»aEI -g C^£ s£?6^M CrC5=COUNClU.«« Boost late tax penaltyto cut borrowing costscounty treasurersFree Press Woodstock Bureau.WOODSTOCK — Increasing penalties on tax arrears was recornrhehded to a group of municipalities yesterday as a means of cutting down on short-term borrowing.D. L. Morris of London, mu­nicipal organization and ad­ministration director for the Ontario department of munici­pal affairs, told clerks and treasurers of 11 Oxford County townships the step would in ef­fect be a money-saving opera­tion.He advised municipalities to increase the penalties for taxes in arrears after Sept. 15 to four per cent for the period from Sept. 16 to Doc. 31.Most Oxford municipalities now assess a penalty of less than one per cent, although South Norwich Township has been utilizing the four-per-cent charge.The penalty after the end of the year, he said, would change to one-half of one per cent per month, or six per cent over the second year.High tax arrears usually means a municipality has to embark on short-term bor- rowning to raise funds and the process can absorb one or two mills of tax dollars, the group was told.Simply, it means delinquent taxpayers are being subsi­dized by those who meet the billing deadline.D. J Date, a municipal ac­counting adviser with the de­partment. told the group tax arrears was the major prob­lem facing 67 Western Ontario townships.Arrears range from as low as 8.3 per cent in the case of Metcalfe Township in Middle­sex County to a high of 48 per cent in Sandwich West Town­ship in Essex.j. Sandwich West, however. Ls currently negotiating with the city of Windsor for compensat­ing' grants.For Oxford townships, he said. East Zorra has nine per cent arrears: Blenheim, 10; South Norwich, 12; North Nor­wich. 13.5; West Oxford. 16.5; 1968 Tobacco Acreage Quotas9 p.c. Less Than ‘67 AllotmentsWest Zorra. 17.5; North Ox­ford. 19: East Nissouri, 22; Blandford, 23; East Oxford. 26; and Dereham 28.Another common reason for unnecessary short term bor­rowing is late tax due dates, some as late as December, Mr. Date said.Mr. Morris suggested ad­vancing the final payment date at least one month to get away from the financial in­roads of Christmas.Oxford County's township clerks and treasurers met yesterday for discussion at Woodstock. Left to right are I. J. Haines, Blenheim Township; L. K. Coles, county clerk-treasurer; Mrs. N. M. Holdsworth, East Oxford; D. J. Date, Lon­don, municipal financial adviser, Ontario department of municipal affairs, and Mr. Holdsworth,South Norwich Township, Mr. Morris said, is using the four per cent penalty and has a 12 per cent arrears figure. Blandford, he said, has the one-half per cent penalty, and 23 per cent arrears.Temporary borrowing within .six Western Ontario counties in 1967 cost 8302,000, of which 8268,000 was paid out to the banks and $34,000 to the town­ships in discounts, Mr. Date said.toldOxford, he said, paid $12,500 to Ilie bank and $13,000 went back to the municipalities fori discounts on early payment.Middlesex paid out more than $90,000 in borrowing more than five per cent of ils total budget, and gave $4,000 to its municipalities for dis­counts,One-half of I he $268,000 could have gone back Io the ratepayers rather than be paid to the banks, he said.Health UnitNames Two New Health InspectorsDan MacMillan and Mikel Bragg, both of Woodstock, have joined the staff of the Oxford] Health Unit as Public Health Inspector*.Both spent a year in training with the unit before attending Ryerson Polyteehnical Institute, Toronto, last September.Mr. MacMillan wiH be respon­sible for the south part of the County, Tillsonburg, Norwich and Oxford Townships, while I Mr. Bragg will cover Wood-| stock, Blandford and Blenheim Townships.Joseph Griffith, who has been with the unit for a number of years, completes the staff and! covers the balance of the coun­ty, including Ingersoll, Oxford,, Zorra, and Nissouri Townships.]Secondary School Tuberculin Tests Now CompletedThe tuberculin testing in the seven secondary schools of the county has now been completed.This test is done to deter­mine if the student has been in contact with the tuberculosis germ. If a reaction is positive, as indicated of a reddened area at the site of injecion, the stu­dent and his family and house­hold contacts will be x-rayed. This will rule out possible insipi- ent infection.The tests were done in grades 9, 11, 13 and some 2,424 students tested. The number of new re­actors found was quite low. in­dicating that the incidence of infection amongst this segment of the population is quite low. Reactions were slightly over 1 per cent of those tested.55 On Job fit PlattsvilleBy SARAH DAVIDSONPLATTSVILLE — Approxi­mately 55 workers have return­ed to work at Canada Sand Papers following Saturday’s set­tlement of the two-month strike.Vice - president and general manager G. E. Best commented “We are happy the strike is ended and look forward to call­ing back the workers as quick­ly as possible. We hope to be in full operation within two or three weeks and call back will be commensurate with busi­ness."Settlement of the dispute be­tween Canada Sand Papers and Chemical Workers Union w a a reached after a marathon ses­sion of talks between manage­ment and union convened b y Ontario Department of Labor mediator William McGuire of Toronto^ A FLEDGLING PAVES THE WAYCommittee Guides Unborn County School BoardBy JOHN DAVIDSONAfter three meetings, theInterim SchoolCommittee still Organization finds itself ina dilemma.It has been set up to study the implications of the county school board system in Ox­ford County but is in the odd position of having no power and no authority. Any recom­mendations it makes need not be heeded and none of its de­cisions are binding.But in spite of these difficul­ties. the committee is making progress.The ISOC is composed of representatives from each existing school board in the county and is gathering infor­mation and data that presum­ably will be of use to the coun­ty school board, when the new body takes over school admin­istration in Oxford early in 1969.Fonns will be sent out shortly to various school boards in the county re­questing information on such things as teacher salary and payroll arrangements, bus routes, and finances.From this raw data, the committee hopes to be able to pre pa it a report that will recommend certain courses of action to the new board.But some members are still plagued with the feeling that their work on the committee may come to naught. For the new board, when it is organ­ized. will have the power to brush aside the ISOC's rec­ommendations or implement them, whichever it chooses.HAS POTENTIALIt is obvious from a meet­ing last night, however, that committee members are be­ginning to realize the poten­tial value of ISOC.As some members said last night, the new county board will almost have to follow some of the recommendations of ISOC for two reasons:First it is almost a certainly that many of the committee members will stand for elec­tion in December and will be on the 16-mcmber school board next year.Secondly, there is a grow­ing feeling that it would be political suicide for the new board to disregard the com­mittee’s recommendations be­cause of the adverse public opinion this may create.The county board in Jan­uary will be placed in the pos­ition of having to run every public and high school in the county with no prior exper­ience.GUIDELINESAnd by that time, the ISOC’s report and recommen­dations, if carefully prepared will become an extremely im­portant working document for the new administrative body.It is with this new feeling of purpose that the committee is forging ahead with its work, although there are one or two members who are still grumbling about its ultimate effectiveness.The committee's next stop is to call on all interested persons to make their views known on the county school issue.Committee chairman Bern­ard Calder said he expects he will hear from teacher groups, principal’s associa­tions and bus line owners since all these people have a definite stake in any adminis­trative changes.Bui there may be other groups or individuals who will find their interests affected by the. county school board.DUPLICATION POSSIBLESome of these could be school administrators, many of whose positions may be redundant when the new hoard comes into being.These groups will have the opportunity to comment be­fore the committee at iU next meeting. May 30, and the committee secretary, George Simmons, has requested that. ,any group or individual that intends to appear at that meeting notify him first.Mr. Calder said he hopes that many of these views will be incorporated in some way in the ISOC's final report.Committee member Dr. Bruce Halliday of Tavistock said the idea of giving inter­ested people a chance to air their views was a sound one. He added that the government may have been wiser if it had granted similar concessions to trustee groups before the county board legislation was brought down.Dr. Halliday has been active in the past in opposing the county board concept and one of the reasons for the protest was that he felt the govern­ment had not consulted a de quately with trustees.The decision to actively cal groups to air their views ii accordance with the Minute; of Education's Wish that a: many people become as active as possible in the change t< the county school board ays tern. At a meeting of al ISOC chairmen in ToronU two weeks ago, Educalior Minister William Davis saic he is looking forward to th« involement of teachers, trus tee groups and others in the work of ISOC.In any case, ISOC commit tee members will have their work cut out for them if the response to this invitation is greater than expected.But one committee member muttered at the end of last night’s meeting: “We are like a Royal Commission. We are here to gather facts, arid make recommendations, but no one has to listen to ns.”Strikers Halt Woodingford Lodge ProjectFour striking sheet metal workers have brought a halt to construction of the $2,000,000 Woodingford Lodge, Oxford County’s Home for the aged.Almost 60 workers represent­ing the various trades involved in the construction of the home have refused to cross the picket line.The strike, now in its second day, has -shut down about $50,- 000,000 worth of construction in the London area with some 5,000 construction tradesmen honor­ing the sheet metal workers pic­ket lines.North Oxford Residential Taxes DipWoodingford Lodge, located north of Devonshire Avenue near Vansittart Avenue, was slated for completion in Novem­ber or December of this year.“If the strike keeps up for any great length, it likely won’t be completed until the spring now, Len Coles, county clerk-tre a sur­er said today.Wallace Tovey of London, bus­iness representative of Local 473, International Sheet Metal Workers, said yesterday the union is prepared to talk to the sheet metal contractors’ associ­ation or to the contractors indi­vidually.The first phase of the county home here will have 60 beds and facilities for expansion to an ad­ditional 100 beds.In the city, construction of the 66,000 square foot addition to the Standard Tube and TI plant has been affected.James A. Vance Construction, contractors for the addition for which a $323,000 building permit was issued in February, said the project “has been affected.”A spokesman for the con­struction company said sheet metal workers were putting sid­ing on the addition.TWO OF the four sheet left and Joe Carroll, both of down more than $50,000,000 County Home for the Aged aremetal workers striking Wood- London, are members of Local worth of construction between honoring the picket line. Al-mgford Lodge arc on the pic- 473, International Sheet Metal St. Thomas and Kitchener. All most 60 men were working onket line today. Ted Benton, Workers. The strike has closed trades working on the Oxford the $2,000,000 project.West Oxford Rejects IDCI ExpansionWest Oxford Township Coun­cil turned thumbs down yester­day on the proposed SZ'/u million addition to Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute.Tavistock Council To Hold Taxes To ‘67 Levy Of 80 Mills 5 Municipalities Vote Against IDCI AdditionBy JESSIE ROBINS IINGERSOLL - Councils of ’ municipalities within the Inger- 1 soil Collegiate district voted five to two against the new addition and renovations to the school, it was announced by building chairman Jack Warden at the meeting of the IDCI Board.Approving the project were Ingersoll and North Oxford. ■Turning it down were West Ox- iford, East Nissouri, West Zorra, Dereham and Beachville.Letters to the. Board from the various councils stated they felt the building program was pre­mature in view of the County School Board coming into being soon and East Nissouri simply stated they did not approve the addition in 1968.REPORT TABLEDIn tabling the report, Mr. Warden stated he felt the muni­cipalities which voted against the addition will have to assume the responsibility for denying' children of these districts what is available to them in other towns and added, “These five municipalities must bear the re-1 sponsibility of the increased costs when the addition eventu­ally has to be built.”Mr. Warden said he did not think it fair that municipalities with an aggregate assessment of $8% million should be able to out-vote the two assenting com­munities with their $13% million assessment.Board member Dr. Barry-Hunt described the alterna­tive of portable classrooms as a poor substitute and observed the first to suffer from the addi­tion refusal will be the students and teachers and secondly the taxpayers “who will have to stand the cost of building within three years anyway, as sure as we are sitting here”.Mr. Warden pointed out that with the decision to use portable classrooms, the building com­mittee’s existence was at an end and the portables would be the responsibility of the committee in charge of supplies.Board member Howard Cook of Beachville stated be did notREEVE WILLIAM DUCKLOW . . . Extends Welcomeagree with his home municipal­ity’sTOURIST PROMOTION — A department of tour­ism and information assembly was held yesterday at Woodstock's College Avenue Secondary School. From left ore Chris George and F. J. Martin of Kitchener, department of tourism and information—Free Press Woodstock Bureau representatives who presented Ontario's Expo film A Place to Stand, principal Paul Bloke and Oxford County clerk-treasurer Leonard K. Coles, who showed slides of Oxford County scenes appreciated by tourists.CASS Takes Film Tour Of Oxford CountrysideBy GAVIN MacKENZIECollege Ave. Sec. SchoolEveryone in the audience thought that slides that show­ed only pictures of places in Oxford County would be ex­tremely boring. But they were all wrong.Last Wednesday, L. K. Coles, who for many years has been the County Clerk in Oxford County, came to Col­lege Avenue to show his slides of various sites in Oxford. He mixed his knowledge of many facts ano statistics with a sense of humor and his photo­graphy talent to come up with a first-rate show.It was unfortunate that he ran out of time before he was finished and had to eliminate his commentary on several of the slides, but Mr. Blake promised him ah opportunity to come back to finish the job that he began so well. We will al) be looking forward to that day.In the same assembly a couple of officers from the On­tario Government came to show the film “A Place To Stand.” which was shown at Expo ’67 and is now being shown in theatres in both Can­ada and the United States. This film has been honored with several awards, including an Oscar. All the students and teachers who viewed the film at the World Fair agreed, however, that the film lost something in being changed from a 32 to a 16 millimeter film.This had to be done in order to show the film on a small screen. The effects of stereo were also missed by the stu­dents. “A Place To Stand” was made up of many small pictures on the screen at the same time as well as music and sound effects, all going together to fulfill the purpose that the Government had in mind, to depict life in Ontario.College Avenue's only formal dance of the year, the “Blue on Blue” was enjoyable as usual when it took place last Friday evening. Anyone who saw the gymnasium would certainly have agreed that the decoration committee did a fine job in carrying out their Hawaiian theme, under the leadership of Mr. Butler and Miss Greer. The dance com­mittee, who took care of the arrangements for the dance are also thanked for a job well done. The “Blue on Blue” is held every year so that the graduates can have a night to be honored. The graduates can be thankful that this year they were hon­ored so well.The Lasalle High School Band from St. Ignace. Michi­gan. performed in an assem­bly at our school last Tuesday This band used a mixture of humor and music to entertain the audience, and included in their performance music rang ing from classical to modern.LEN COLESOne of their better pieces was a medley of the compositions of Herb Alpert and the Ti­juana Brass.There was a girls’ quartet and a folk singing group who participated also. Although the band was well received, most people agreed later that this band was better than ours in showmanship only. Sheet Metal Workers Prepared For Long StrikeB> MICHAEL POLLOCKTlw three major projects in Wood- siock are affected by the .sheet metal workers strike, now in its fourth day, as local 473. International Sheet Metal Workers prepare for a long strike.Wallace Tovey of London where $50,- 000,000 worth of construction projects have been shut down, said they are pre­pared for a long strike. Mr. Tovey is business representative of the local.Almost $3,000,000 in construction here was brought Io a halt when sheet metal workers went on strike Monday,Work stopped on Woodingford Lodge, Oxford County's new home for the aged when other trades refused to cross the sheet metal workers' picket line.The project, valued at $2,000,000 was expected to be completed at the end of this year. Four sheet metal workers were working there.Work has also stopped on the new nurses' residence of Woodstock General Hospital and t.hc 66,000 square foot ad­dition to Standard Tube and TI.The nurses residence is valued at al­most $500,000 and was expected to be completed in a month or two.The city Issued a building permit for the Standard Tube addition in February valued al. $323,000.A spokesman for James A. Vance Con- atruction, the company building t h e Standard Tube addition, said sheet metal workers were engaged in putting siding on the building.Construction of ductwork was being carried out by jrhecl metal workers on the nurses* residence.Robert S. Turner, spokesman for the 10 contractors of the London and Dis tret Sheet Metal Workers’ Association Bald recently he could not see much point in attempting to settle with the workers because of widespread unrest m different labor fronts.Approximately 50 nurses will be housed Initially in the new hospital residence. Al present, a temporary residence is being rented in the Lakeside Subdjvis- on, Leinster Street.Hospital Pickets LiftedBut New Trouble LoomsBy MICHAEL POLLOCK| Basking sheet metal worker pickets were lifted this morning from the new $500,000 nurses re­sidence of Woodstock General Hospital. But problems have not ended there.Hospital administrator, Peter Smith, said today contracts for carpenters and electricians in this area terminate Thursday and there is a possibility of a strike with those trades.He said if work is to begin again, it will not be until Mon-1 day at the earliest.The new residence was hoped to be completed in time for the September arrival of 50 students at the hospital.WORK WITH OTHERSWalter Tovey, business admin­istrator of Local 473, ISMW. Lon­don. said it was decided to lift picket lines from construction sites in consideration of other construction trades honoring the strike.Under the sheet metal work-। er’s agreement which expired May 1, the men were receiving a top rate of $4.10 an hour. The union is seeking a $1.45 an hour 'increase over three years and an additional 15 cents an hour for fringe benefits.Mr. Smith said the nurses’ re­sidence could be completed if the other trades return to work.“All the sheet metal workers had remaining was the installa­tion of grills for the ductwork, but we could certainly get along without those for now,” he said.Mr. Smith said he had hoped work would have been carried on despite the strike, now in its third week. “If they went to ar­bitration, work could have been carried on while a decision was being made,” he said.He added he was “disgusted with the department of labor.” in that it allowed a strike to af­fect “an essential service.”Work is still being done on Resume Construction On Interim AgreementBy MICHAEL POLLOCKAVork on Oxford County’s home for the aged, Wooding­ford Lodge, has resumed follow­ing the signing of an interim agreement between a Brantfordsub-contractor and Local 473 In­ternational Sheet Metal Work­ers.All construction on the $2,000,- 000 project stopped May 6 when construction trades honored pic­ket lines set up by striking sheet metal workers.A spokesman for the Local 473 in London, said today, the sub-contractor, Anderson and Marsh, signed an agreement that would pay its employees the amount settled on when the strike is terminated.WILLING TO SIGN“We have signed several of these agreements and are will­ing to do so with any honest contractor,” the spokesman for the union said. He added that it was still too early to predict when the strike, now in its tenth day, will end.Tidey Construction of Hamil­ton is the contractor for the pro­ject which will initially have 60 bids and facilities for expansion to an additional 100. The home is expected to be completed al the end of the year.Four sheet metal workers were involved in work on Wood­ingford Lodge when the strike beganWoodingford Lodge, Oxford! County’s new home for the aged being built at a cost of $2,000,000 north of Devonshire Avenue, near Vansittart Avenue.But this, too, may be affected if carpenters and electricians strike.Construction on this project, being carried out by Tidey Con­struction Co. Ltd. of Hamilton, was scheduled to be completed by the end of the year.Woodingford Lodge is to init- tially provide 60 beds with fa­cilities for expansion to an addi­tional 100.The strike by 240 sheet metal workers has tied up about $50,- 000,000 worth of construction in Oxford, Middlesex, Elgin, Perth, Huron and Bruce count­ies.About 4,000 tradesmen have been honoring the picket lines and there is no sign of settle­ment yet.J. C. Lefler of James A. Vance Construction Ltd., contractors for the $325,000 addition to Stan­dard Tube and TI Ltd. said the sheet metal workers union re­moved pickets late last week. All other trades are back at work, he said today.The metal, workers were put­ting a sandwich-type siding on the 66,000-foot plant addition, which involves placement of a layer of siding, a layer of insul­ation and another layer of sid­ing.Mr. Lefler said the in­side layer of siding had been put in place prior to the strike. The project is expected to be com­pleted next month with the ex­ception of the remaining siding work, he said.Work is still at a halt on the $500,000 nursing residence of the Woodstock General Hospital. The residence, which will initial­ly house 50 student nurses arriv­ing in September, was expected to be completed by July.MacDougall Construction Co. Ltd. of London are the contract­ors for the new residence.A spokesman for the company said there was no Indication when work would again begin on the residence.Announce Plan For New BoardBy JOHN DAVIDSONIt’s official: Woodstock will be represented by four trus­tees on the new county board of education.The 16-member board, to be formed next January, will also draw one trustee from the town of Ingersoll, 10 from the rest of the county and one as a representative of separ­ate school ratepayers in the county.County clerk Len Coles said the distribution of trus­tees is determined by the ratio of farm and -residential assessment in the various parts of the county.Previous, but unofficial cal­culations, had given Wood- stock a total of five trustees on the s o o n-to-be-formed board.ANOTHER PROBLEMThe next problem, which must be resolved by June 1, is to select wards in the county areas from which the 10 rural trustees will be elect­ed.Mr. Coles said the determin­ation of wards is a decision of county council and that the education committee of t h e council is meeting May 23 to discuss the matter.County council will then call a special meeting May 30 to decide the ward boundaries, he said.Elections for the new county board will take place the first week in December and the board will be operative from January 1, 1969.TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH NORWICH REQUIRESCLERK - TREASURERWritten applications will be received in the office of the undersigned up to and including Wednesday, May 15, 1968 at 5 p.m. for the position of Clerk-Treasurer.Salary to be negotiated, fringe benefits available.Applicants lo state full particulars regarding age. qualifications, experience and date available.G. E. McELHONE, Clerk-Treasurer, Township of South Norwich, Otterville, Ontario.It is expected the determin­ation of wards may create some controversy since re­presentatives from v a r- ious sectors of the county will naturally try to vie for boun­daries that will favor their own sectors.LOOKS FOR ANSWERMr. Coles said he is work­ing with his staff to present several alternate ward plans to present to the education committee but said it will be difficult to find a combination that will please everyone.The legislative act Creating the amalgamated board gives few guidelines on how to de­termine wards, Mr. Coles said, except that it does in­dicate that it is desirable to fix boundaries that coincide with present township lines.But there are 16 townships and municipalities that now make up Oxford county and only 10 county representatives are to be elected. This will mean some municipalities or townships will have to “double up” or be combined to form one ward.The ward system will not apply to either Woodstock or Ingersoll since under the leg­islation, the trustees from these two sectors will be elect­ed by a general vote of all public school ratepayers in the respective sector.And the representative o f the separate school ratepay­ers in Oxford will be elected by a county-wide vote of all separate school ratepayers. OXFORD COUNTYYour 1968 Oxford County CouncilWARDEN — GLEN KITCHEN• BLANDFORD ........................................................................Gordon Aspden• BLENHEIM ...........................................................................John HofstetterL. H. Sibbick (D.R.)• DEREHAM ..................................................... Corl Sackrider,Medford Clarke (D.R.)• EAST NISSOURI .......................................................... J Murray OlderDouglas Muir (D.R.)• NORTH NORWICH ..............................................................Albert E. Cornwell,Philip Buckrell (D R.)• SOUTH NORWICH ..............................................................Stanley Gehring,William J. Martin (D.R.)• EAST OXFORD ................................................... Glen Kitchen• NORTH OXFORD..................................................... Alwyn F. Patience• WEST OXFORD ....................................................................Bruce Amos,Archie Longworth (D.R.)• EAST ZORRA .......................................................................Allen Littlejohns,Max L. MacKay (D.R.)• WEST ZORRA.......................................................................Bruce M. McColl• TILLSONBURG ....................................................................Kenneth Webster,James F. Jones (D R.)• BEACHVILLE..........................................................................1 C. Smith• EMBRO ..................................................................................Rowland Rutherford• NORWICH ..............................................................................Kenneth L. Pollard• TAVISTOCK ............... .....William Ducklow County Board Step Closer To RealityRy JOHN DAVIDSONThe formation of a county hoard of education for Oxford, replacing existing public and high school boards in the area, came one stop closer to real­ity yesterday.The Ontario Legislature's Standing Committee on Edu­cation yesterday approved a bill to amalgamate more than 1,400 Ontario school boards into 100 county-sized boards of education by .Ian., 1969. Next step will be third reading of Ute bill and the final vote.The committee approved an amendment, providing , for the amalgamation of two or more adjoining school divi­sions to form one division. This would not become effec­tive until two years after the legislation takes effect next January.PERMITS AMALGAMATIONThe provision would allow, for example, the amalgama­tion of Oxford and Elgin coun­ties into one administrative unit of education, if Ulis were considered advantageous.The original bill called for amalgamation of county school boards on a county boundary basis only in South; cm Ontario.Education minister William Davis told the committee rural areas will not have to undergo tax Increases in 1968 unless they arc accompanied by an upgrading In the quality of school programs.Mr. Davis also promised he would review certain aspects of the consolidation plan within two years.A Toronto newspaper said Mr. Davis’ soothing manner before the committee irritated Opposition leader Robert Nixon, who said: “I think vou arc playing amateur psychia­trist. ”Mr. Davis puffed on a cigar and answered, "The Leader of the Opposition, with very few exceptions, has taken a constructive attitude.”Mr. Nixon replied: "Thank you, thank you, hut once again you are being an amateur psychiatrist/’Although the controversial bill has passed the committee stage, it is not known when it will reach a final vote in the legislature.OXFORD PREPARESMeanwhile, Oxford county council is also beginning to prepare for the advent of county school boards.At a May 30 meeting it will designate the ward boundaries for purposes of electing the 16-member Oxford board.Ten of the 16 members will be elected by a ward system including rural Oxford county and Tillsonburg. Four will be elected by a general vote of all Woodstock public school rate­payers, OB® by all Ingersoll public school ratepayers, and one by a general vote of all separate school supporters in the county. The separate school representative will have powers on the board only in matters affecting secondary schools.This week, county council's education committee has been meeting to discuss various ward proposals.Separate school boards are not affected by this particular legislation.Glaucoma Clinic Receives Support From Health UnitThe Oxford County Health Unit is "solidly behind" the free Glaucoma Clinic this weekend, says Dr. G. G. Sutherland. MOH.Dr. Sutherland gave en­thusiastic endorsement to the clinic which is hoped to pre­vent a number of cases of blindness in residents who do not suspect they may have the beginnings of glaucoma.He said, “These cases in­sidiously creep up on people. When glaucoma is detected early, it’s usually possible to save the rest of the sight and stop the damage.”MONS PROJECTThe clinic which will offer free testing for the eye dis­order is a giant project of Woodstock Lions Club. Scores of volunteers from other ser­vice clubs and organizations will be on hand at College Avenue Secondary School to help process residents who plan to come from all over the county for the painless test.The free clinic will operate with ophthalmologists on duty from nine a.m. to five p.m. Saturday and Sunday.Dr. Sutherland referred to glaucoma as an “insidious” disorder. Its greatest danger is that it may be present in people who believe they have good vision. The condition, an increase of pressure in the eyeball, cannot be felt in most cases but it causes at least 10 per cent of blindness in Canada.Chronic glaucoma is com­pared to a thief in the night. It attacks quietly and with­out warning in many cases.The test only takes a few minutes. Staff of the Health Unit will be among the many volunteers who are co-opera­ting to offer professional ser­vices for the clinic.Oxford calls meeting on new school wardsFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK - A special Oxford County council meet­ing has been called (or May 30 to consider establishment of 10 wards for the new Oxford County board of education to be elected in December.County clerk-treasurer Leo­nard K. Coles said the wards are required by June 1. The county, he said, has 16 mem­ber municipalities including 11 townships, four villages and the town of Ingersoll.Woodstock, he said, will have four members on the new board, Ingersoll one and the separate school electors in the county, one.County council's education committee will meet today to make a preliminary study of lite wards.Letters advising of county council action will be mailed to member municipalities May 31. They will have 15 days to appeal to the county judge, whose decision is final, Mr. Coles said.Most municipal councils, he said, will be meeting June 3.Nominations, he said, will take place on the third Mon­day in November, this year Nov. 18. Election will be the first Monday in December ev­ery two years, this year. Dec. 2.Mr. Coles said he is re­quired to call the first meeting of the new board for Dec. 9.County council also will dis­cuss the possibility of adopting a county welfare system.Oxford ex-wardens pick officersFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — Reginald R. Day, 1956 Oxford County warden, was elected president of the Oxford Ex-Warden's Association Wednesday at the group’s annual meeting.Mr. Day is a former East Nissouri Township reeve.Ceil Riddle of North Oxford Township. 1957 warden, was elected first vice-president wich Township, 1958 warden, is second vice-president.Elected executive commit­tee members were Donald Hossack of West Zorra Town­ship, 1959 warden; Clare Es- seltine of Tillsonburg, i960 warden; Peter McDonald of Blenheim Township, 1963 war­den and William Sutherland of West Zorra Township, 1964 warden.The BMW warden, Glen Kitchen, Reeve of East Oxford Township, was welcomed ns a new member.The badge of Oxford County rested proudly over the heart of George Hollier, seated, when former wardens of the county held their annual meet­ing yesterday in the CountyOXFORD'S EX-WARDENS MEETCourt House. Mr. Hollier of Tillsonburg was warden in 1923. Looking over Ms should­er at the list of guests are, from the left, Reg Day of East Nissouri, incoming pre­sident and warden in 1956; William Chesney of Bland­ford, president and warden in 1955; Cecil Riddle of North Ox­ford, first vice president, and warden in 1957, Oxford critical of county board planFrw Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK - Tillson- burg, Dereham Township and Blenheim Township each should have one trustee on the new 16 member Oxford board of education, Oxford County council proposed Thursday.Warden Glen Kitchen, rebve of East Oxford Township said council split its 16 member municipalities into wards for 10 trustees in view to the pro­posed amcndmnl to the Sec­ondary Schools and Board of Education Act.The division, he said, was required by .lune I in pro­posed provincial legislation governing county school boards. No official word of an extended time was received, he said.Blandford and East Zorra townships with the village of Tavistock will be represented by two trustees.East Oxford, North Norwich and South Norwich townships and the village of Norwich will have two trustees. Anoth­er Iwo will represent. East Nissouri and West Zorra town­ships and the village of Emb­ro. One trustee will represent North and West Oxford town­ships and the village of Beach- ville.The remaining three trus­tees will represent Tillson­burg. Dereham Township and Blenheim Township.County clerk-treasurer Leo­nard K. Coles said creation of wards was done on a basis of equalized assessment and a view to maintaining municipal boundaries.Leiters explaining the divi­sions will be sent out to each of the 16 municipalities within 15 days for cither approval or appeal to the county judge.Nominations have been planned for Nov. 18 in Tillson- burg, Dereham T own h i p. Blenheim Township, East Zor­ra Township, South Norwich Township. West Oxford Town­ship and East Nissouri Town­ship, the last four having the largest assessments in their groupings.Elections have been pro­posed to be held across the province Dec. 2.The new county board of ed­ucation will also have four members from Woodstock, one from Ingersoll, and one representing separate school electors.Council's next session was set for June 18,19 and 20.County council, in other business, engaged Howard Pye as stationary engineer and caretaker for the county courthouse and grounds, suc­ceeding his father, the late Thomas Pye.Two minutes of silence was observed in memory of Mr. Pye.Set County Board Ward BoundariesOxford County council yes­terday selected the ward boundaries for what will soon become the Oxford Divisional Board of Education.The board, to become opera­tive Jan. 1, 1969 will have 10 members, with trustees to be elected from the following areas:Woodstock will be repre­sented by four trustees and Ingersoll by one, according to the legislation creating the board.Of the 10 members to be elected from the county, two members will be elected from a ward composed of East Ox­ford, North Norwich and South Norwich townships (including Norwich village).Two members will be elect­ed from a ward composed of Blandford and East Zorra townships, including Tavis­tock.Two members will be elect­ed from a ward composed of West Zorra, and East Missouri townships, including Embro.West Oxford, and North Ox­ford townships will form one ward and will send one mem­ber to the board.Dereham Township and Blenheim township will each form one ward and will each send one member to the board.Tillsonburg will also be con­sidered one ward and will send one member.In addition, one trustee will be elected by a general vote of all separate school ratepay­ers in the county to represent their interests on secondary school matters only.County council’s ward boun­dary proposals are not neces­sarily final, county clerk Len Coles said yesterday.Fifteen days after the legis­lation creating the new board of education is passed, indivi­dual municipalities may ap­peal council’s decision.The legislation creating the new board has passed the committee stage in the On­tario legislature — receiving approval in principal — but has not. had third reading yet.West Zorra, East Nissouri, including Embro .................2West Oxford, North Oxford, including Beachville ...........1Dereham ....................................1Blenheim ................................ 1Tillsonburg ........ 1Ingersoll ................................ 1Woodstock .............................. 4In addition, there will he one trustee elected by a general vote of all separate school ratepayers' in the county to represent their 1 interests on secondary school matters.Total ................................... 16 j MEMBERS OF the Auxili­ary to the Oxford County Home for the Aged were hos­tesses for a recent tea andopen house. Mrs. J. C. Smith, wife of the reeve of Beachville is shown pouring tea for, fromleft County Home superinten­dent D, F. (Mike) Knott, aux­iliary president Mrs. KennethHildreth. Mrs. Knott and gen­eral , convener Mrs. Lorne Richardson.Tea Raises Funds For County HomeA tea and bazaar sponsored by the Auxilary to the Oxford County Home for the Aged k likely to be the first and the last such event at the red-, dcnce on the 11th line. Future events will take place at Wood­ingford Lodge, presently under construction on Devonshire Ave­nue and scheduled for comple­tion late this year.General convener of the after­noon's activities, which raised over $250, was Mrs. Lorne Rich ardson. Other conveners were: crafts Mrs. Frank Manson; sew­ing table Mrs. John Reinders; white elephant Mrs. James Cray and bake table, Mrs. Edward1 Gregory. Mrs. Keith Hammer- ton was in charge of the tea room assisted by members of West Oxford Women’s Institute.Tea was poured by Mrs. J. C. Smith and Mrs. James Stevely, and served by members of Woodstock Kinette Club.Guests were welcomed by Warden Glen Kitchen and Mrs. Kitchen, Mayor Gordon B. Hen­ry of Ingersoll and Mrs. Henry, Woodstock aiderman William Dutton and Mrs. Dutton, auxil­iary president Mrs. Kenneth Hil­dreth and Mr. Hildreth, and home administrator D. F. (Mike) Knot and Mrs. Knot.Members of Hickson CGIT; acted as guides for conducted tours of the home.I County Plans 10-Year Roads Needs StudyConsulting engineers, A. M. Spriet and Associates from Lon­don, have been invited by Ox­ford County Council to submit plans for a 10-year needs study of the county’s roads and bridges.A co-ordinating committee will examine the firm's sub­mission and recommend to county council if the firm should be hired to undertake the study, according to Donald L. Pratt, county roads engineer.The study, which is expected to be completed by April, 1969, is divided into two parts, each covering a five - year period starting in 1970.The first roads needs study was authorized by County Coun- । cil in 1964. Council received the report in 1966, at the cost of $42,000. half of which was paid by provincial subsidies.A cheque for $300 was pre­sented to Woodingford Lodge, the new Home for the Aged by the Women o£ the Moose,WOMEN OF MOOSE GIVE TO AGEDMaking the presentation are, Murray, Mrs. Thomas Waugh, from left: Mrs. J. E. Jones, incoming senior regent. D. F. Mrs. Ernie Kam, chairman, ’Mike’ Knott, administrator, Mrs. Sid Garbutt, Mrs. Ralph receives the contribution. Themoney is to be used to pur­chase television sets for the new home,All construction of Wooding­ford Lodge, the Oxford County home for the aged, stopped on May 6 when all construction trades honored picket lines set up by the striking sheet metal workers.The $2,000,000 project is still under construction and could Ke held up again if the electri­cal workers go on strike. BEACH VILLE STUDENTS VISIT COUNTY COURT HOUSEGrade 7 students from their teacher, J. E. Ransome, yesterday. Photo Right: Gary perplexing legal material, and Jeff Burt, 14 try out the BcachvjUe Public School and visited the County Court House Dykstra, 13, looks over some Photo Left: Bob Blanchard, 12 Judge’s Bench for size.3:00 P.M. TOURSFRIDAY, APRIL 26. 1968 PLEASE PRESENT AT DOOR REFRESHMENTSCHER JEAN DRAPEAU: AIMES - TU TAVISTOCK?The news that Winnipeg was planning to join Montreal in the “loan with prize*’ busi­ness, spurred local enquiries to see whether any neighboring municipalities had intentions of jumping on the bandwagon. Most clerk­treasurers were aghast at the idea, but Robert Rudy Tavistock came right back with the deadpan answer, “We wouldn’t know what to do with the millions of dollars that would come in — unless we loaned them to Woodstock.”East Zorra, Tavistock Hold Annexation TalksTHEUNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIOPROGRAMME FOR THE VISIT OF THE COUNTY COUNCILSOFELGINHURON KENT LAMBTON MIDDLESEX OXFORD PERTH WELLINGTON19 June, 1968GREETINGSThe members of the visiting County Councils are cordially welcomed by the Board of Gov­ernors, the Senate, and the Faculties. We trust that your visit may be a very pleasant one. BEACHVILLE STUDENTS VISIT COUNTY COURT HOUSE.ssm awes3:00 P.M.FRIDAY, APRIL 26. 196?WEDNESDAY, 19 JUNE, 19683:00 p.m.Assembly at Middlesex College Theatre.3:15-3:25 p.m.Address:Dean R. M. DillonDean - Faculty of Engineering ScienceThe University of Western OntarioTopic: "Pollution Control and Abatement”.3:25 - 3:30 p.m.Question Period.3:35-3:45 p.m.Address:Dr. W. J. DunnDean - Faculty of DentistryThe University of Western OntarioTopic: "Dentistry and the Developing Health Sciences Centre".Buses of the County Councils, other than Middlesex, should park in front of Middlesex College ready to depart for the reception at Canadian Forces Base London Officers' Mess, Wolseley Barracks at 4:00 p.m.CHER AIMEThe j join Mor ness, spi any neig of jump; treasure) Robert 1 with the what to would cc Woodsto3:45-3:50 p.m.Question Period.4:00 p.m.Buses leave for Canadian Forces Base London Officers' Mess, Wolseley Barracks.4:15-5:30 p.m.Reception.5:30 p.m.Buses return to Somerville House, The University of Western Ontario.6:00 p.m.Dinner In the Great Hall, Somerville House.Members of the Middlesex County Council are requested to park their cars in the Visi­tor’s Parking Area behind University College. A bus will be provided to transport members of the Middlesex County Council to and from Wolseley Barracks.Wardens, or their representatives, are re­quested to gather in the Graduate Students' Dining Room, Somerville House, immediately on return from the reception.East Z7:30 p.m.Dispersal.Hold Ailhuaulluu miKb OXFORD COUNTYYour 1968 Oxford County CouncilWARDEN — GLEN KITCHEN• BLANDFORD ....• BLENHEIM ..........• DEREHAM .............• EAST NISSOURI ..• NORTH NORWICH• SOUTH NORWICHGordon Aspden John HofstetterL. H. Sibbick (D.R.)Corl Sock rider, Medford Clarke (D.R.)J. Murray Older, Douglas Muir (D.R.)Albert E. Cornwell, Philip Buckrell (D.R.)Stanley Gehring, William J. Martin (D.R.)• EAST OXFORD .• NORTH OXFORD• WEST OXFORD• EAST ZORRA• WEST ZORRA• TILLSONBURGGlen KitchenAlwyn F. Patience Bruce Amos, Archie Longworth (D.R.)Allen Littlejohns, Max L. MacKay (D.R.)Bruce M. McCallKenneth Webster, James F. Jones (D.R.)• BEACHVILLE• EMBRO ...• NORWICH• TAVISTOCKJ. C. Smith Rowland Rutherford Kenneth L. Pollard William Dueklow Oxford centres OK school board setupDentist Shortage Seen Near EndFree Press WobdModc BureauWOODSTOCK — Approval by Oxford County municipal!- ties of ward divisions for (ho P I 0 nose d Oxford County school board was announced Thursday by county council.Council split its 16 member municipalities into wards Io be governed by 10 trustees.Tillsonburg, Dereham and Blenheim townships each will have one trustee on the Ifi- member county board.Blandford and East Zorra townships and the village of Tavistock will be represented by two trustees.East Oxford, North Norwich and South Norwich townships and the village of Norwich will have two trustees and an­other two will represent East and West Zorra townships and the village of Embro.One trustee will represent North and West Oxford town-INGERSOLL DISTRICT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE(Rural Urban - dyadic 4Speaker: MR. LEONARD COLES:County Clerk And TreasurerTopic: OXFORD COUNTY HISTORY:(Talk Illustrated with Colour Slides)Ingersoll golf club 6:30 P.m.'Tuesday, June 4th, 1968 $2.50 per personships and the village of Beach* ville.Creation of wards was based on equalized assessment and Io maintain municipal bounda­ries.The county board will also have four members from Woodstock, one from Ingersoll and one separate school repre­sentative.Council, in other business, approved calling tenders about July 15 for the $338,300 project to reconstruct and re­align four miles of County Road 19 and 20. south of Springford.County road superintendent! Donald Pratt said half the 33 acres needed for realignment have been purchased, lie said fenders for an $80,000. UO-fnot bridge over Otter Creek, in­cluded in the project, will bo called later this year.Plans are to pave the road next year, he said.Council also approved pav­ing Townline Road in Tillson- burg from Highway 19 (Vien­na Road) Io the west end of County Road 31, a distance of one mile.The project, expected to cost $70,000. will be under­taken later this summer.Even though the University of Western Ontario school of dentistry has yet to graduate its first student, establishment of the school had made dental practices in Western Ontario more desirable.When members of Oxford County Council attended the University’s annual county council day yesterday, Dr. W. J. Dunn, dean of the faculty of dentistry, claimed that the school has been a definite fac­tor in the changed situation.Figures released by Dr. Dunn disclosed that in 1960South NorwichNames New ClerkOTTERVILLE — The applica­tion of Merlin Howse of Otter­ville for the position of clerk- treasurer for the Township of South Norwich was accepted Monday by the South Norwich Township Council.Oxford County had ope dentist for every 3,100 people and 1968 figures show one dentist for every 2.000 people.Dr. Dunn predicted that the situation will continue to im­prove as students graduate from the UWO school starting in 1970.An incentive grant of $1,000 per year for three years is available from the Ontario Department of Health to any student who undertakes to set up practice in a dentist-short area following graduation.Earlier in the day, council­lors from eight counties heard R. M. Dillon, dean of the fac­ulty of engineering science, speak briefly on pollution con­trol. He said research is taking place in his department to de­velop better air filters.Following the talks at Mid­dlesex College, the councillors were guests at a reception at the Canadian Forces Base of­ficers’ mess and at a dinner at Somerville House.Oxford County Council ses­sions concluded this afternoon.COUNTY HOMEApproval was given to au- • thorization for $7,790 to be paid as Ingersoll’s share of the progress payment toward i the county home for the aged.ALL SAINTSThe Rev’d. Wm. J. Millman, B.A.. B D.. RectorMr. W. B. Calder. Choirmaster 8.00 a.m.—Holy CommunionB.A.C. Breakfast with a film on Oxford County. Everyone —including the ladies—are welcome.City, County Discuss Area Welfare UnitCity Council last night agreed to establish a committee to meet with Oxford County Coun­cil representatives to discuss the feasibility of establishing a single, county-wide welfare unit.COUNTY BRIDGE OPEN FOR TRAFFICProvincial legislation was passed recently making it pos­sible for cities and separated towns to join with counties for welfare purposes.The invitation to enter into discussions on the matter — to take place in September — was extended to the city by County Council, which has already formed an investigating com­mittee to look into a county wel­fare system.Such a unit would have a central administration and all welfare would he handled by one office.At present the 16 municipali­ties that comprise the County system, each has its own welfare officer.kb MEMBERCANADIAN GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATIONL. K. COLESAs soon a.-> the hand railings arc installed, the work on the J. N. Meathrell Bridge will be finished. The $103,000 project,started al the end of Decem­ber, 1967, and due to be com­pleted by the cud of this month, has already been usedby local traffic. Located al the boundary of North and West Oxford, spanning the Thames River, the bridge was namediu honor of J. N. Meathrell, the former Oxford County Road Superintendent for 38 years.31, xiL 68 DUES PAID TO ----------------------------- —Free Press Woodstock BureauLIGHTS PRESENTED—Woodstock IODE chapters presented lights valued at $2,000 to Woodingford Lodge, Oxford County Home for the Aged. Monday, at the construction site. From left, Mrs. James V. Cook, Havelock Chapter; Mrs. Norman Munnoch. G. I. Green Chapter; Warden Glen Kitchen, Reeve of East Oxford: Engineer. G. Duncan Black. St. Thomas; Mrs. Harry Goff, Admiral Vansittart Chapter; and Mrs. Albert Downing, Wingate Raiders Chapter.County ClerkCOUNTY COUNCILTax AssessmentHike $2,352,042RecordsBy JO ANNE THOMPSONUnlike most people who de­velop a hobby to take their mind off their work the pas­time of Oxford County’s clerk- treasurer does quite the op­posite.After holding this position for 26 years, Leonard K. Coles has become a keen his­torian. He became interested in the history of Oxford Coun­ty when he became the clerk­treasurer and many historical sources were made readily available to him.Six historical items have been compiled by Mr. Coles in his spare time, facts about the old County Home for the Aged, the Court House and the political leaders of Ox­ford’s past.Mr. Coles has accumulated a collection of slides of his­torical points of interest in the comity. Over the past five years, more than 4,100 people have seen his collec­tion of about 200 slides.When anything involving a physical change in the county is taking place, Mr. Coles is nearby with his 35 mm cam­era to record the before and after.His slides are so complete and colorful that he has been in demand by various organi­zations — service clubs, schools, church groups and historical clubs — as a speak­er.As well as increasing pub­lic interest in the county, Mr. Coles feels that his slides are an aid in public relations.He has been asked for sev­eral slides by the Provincial Tourist Bureau for the promo­tion of tourism in Ontario,Mr. Coles is a busy man and he doesn't have as much time as he would like to spend on his fact-finding. He plans to do a great deal more ’ dig­ging*' after his retirement in 1970, but he does not feel capable of undertaking theHistoryLEN COLES. • . Unofficial Historian job of writing a book on the i history of the area.During the first session of County Council this year, Mr. Coles suggested that a history of the county be compiled as soon as possible before the advent of regional govern­ment.Although Mr. Coles docs not feel that he can undertake the task of writing a history | book, he plans to help out as much as possible.As a Centennial project, Mr. Coles compiled a collection of interesting historical items and put them into booklet form. He plans to do this on a yearly basis. He said that when he finds something of interest, he keeps it in mind for future reference. There are 160 people on the mailing list for this booklet and each member of County Council has a copy.The June session of Oxford County Council ended yesterday afternoon.The tax assessment report for 1967 showed the greatest in- cn ise to date in assessment and valuation. Amount of the increase over 1966 was $2,352,- 042.Blenheim Seeks Planning Board MembershipA request from Blenheim Township to be included in Ox­ford County Planning Board will be considered at tomor­row’s session of Oxford County Council.The request, in the form of a letter from E. A. Gomme, head of planning administration, com­munity planning branch, De­partment of Municipal Af­fairs, was referred to. commit­tee.The township’s inclusion on the board would bring the total membership to 29. Mr. Gomme also suggested that council might consider revising repre­sentation on the county board which at present has two mem­bers from each of 13 munici­palities in addition to Warden Glen Kitchen, reeve of East Oxford.“Experience shows that such a large membership proves un­wieldy for effective operation,” Mr. Gomme said.Townships in addition to Blen­heim not represented on the board are Dereham and South Norwich, Tillsonburg and Tav­istock. These municipalities are affected by other municipalities outside Oxford County.Council also deferred to com­mittee a request by the council of Tillsonburg for the appoint­ment of a county building in-, spector or inspectors for more than one municipality on a cost sharing basis.Ingersoll Industrial Develop­ment Corporation requested per­mission to buy 4.25 acres of county-owned land on the east side of Ingersoll St.Secretary of the corporation C. A. Robins in a letter slated “It is our feeling that this and other small sections of land in the same vicinity could be de­veloped and cleaned up with a view to betterment of the area."Correspondence from the De­partment of Transport set $1,- 331,700 as the total county high­way expenditure eligible for subsidy.This afternoon, county coun­cil members, visited the Univer­sity of Western Ontario where they heard talks by R. M. Dill­on, dean of the Faculty of En­gineering Science and Dr. W. J. Dunn, dean of the Faculty of Dentistry. County Councillors from Elgin, Huron, Kent, Lamb-' ton, Middlesex. Perth and Well­ington also attended.Fifty dollars was allotted to the City of Woodstock for the promotion of Dairy Day and $200 to the County of Perth to help defray expenses of the an­nual convention of the Associa­tion of Ontario Counties.The appointment of a county building inspector, as requested by the town of Tillsonburg, was referred to the townships for study. A report will be present­ed when council convenes in September.APPROVE REQUESTA request by the Township of Blenheim for a seat on Oxford County Planning Board was ap­proved, It was recommended the composition of the board re­main at two members from each municipality in addition to the County Warden.The county roads committee reported a total of $337,599 spent on the county roads system in the past six months. Construc­tion of the J. N. Meatherell bridge accounted for $94,000 to date.An agreement was reached with the town of Tillsonburg re­garding the paving of county road 31 at an estimated cost to c.uncil of $35,000. Approximate­ly 44 miles of gravel roads in the county were treated with calcium chloride, and gravel re­surfacing and patching are un­der way. Brush and weed con­trol by spraying is almost com­pleted.ORDER 2 TRUCKSTwo trucks with combination sander bodies have been ord­ered from Woodstock Truck Cen­tre at a cost of $15,000.Ingersoll Industrial Develop­ment Corporation will be in­vited to submit an offer for 4.25 acres of county-owned land on the east side of Ingersoll St The corporation had earlier ex­pressed a desire to acquire the land with a view' to betterment of the area.New by-laws provided for the reversal of 1.3 mites of county road to the Township of East Oxford and for the expropriation of land in South Norwich for widening and improving the highway.Fox bounties of $88 for Dere­ham Township and $92 for Blen­heim Township were included in bills presented for payment.Permission was given to the legal aid officer to move his of­fice to the old library store room in the basement of the county court building. IODE LIGHTS LODGEAll the outside lighting fix­tures were presented to Wood­ingford Lodge by the IODE. The money for the fixtures was raised last year in a Cen­tennial Fashion Show present­ed by the IODE. The fixtures, in a "colonial Coach” style are designed to give a‘'home- like” atmosphere to the Lodge. From left are: Mrs, A. V. Downing, Mrs. Norman Munnoch, Glen Kitchen, C. Duncan Black ( consulting en­gineer), Mrs. Harry Goff and Mrs J. V. Cook. WoodingfordWANTED BRICKLAYERSFOR OXFORD COUNTY HOMEApply: TIDEY CONST. CO.Devonshire and Graham St.Lodge is due to open in De­cember.FIRST DIRECT DIAL CALLRoy Bigham of Woodstock places first direct dial long­distance call. With him are,from left, Reeve J. C. Smith of Beachville. Mayor James Hutchinson of Woodstock, Mayor Gordon Henry of Inger­soll and Bell Telephone man­ager Stu Rolfe. The call wentto Mr. Bigham’s sister-in-law in Wichita Falls, Texas. The system will be available to the public at 12:01 bju. to­morrow.County Invites Discussion Of Area Welfare SystemWoodstock City Council has been invited to enter discus­sions with representatives of Oxford County Council on the feasibility of a county-wide wel­fare unit including the city.Rain, Hail Ruin Crops In OxfordProvincial legislation was passed recently making it pos­sible for a city and separated town to join with a county for welfare purposes.Such a unit would have a cen­tral administration and all wel­fare would be handled from one office. County Clerk-Treasurer Leonard Coles stated in a letter to the city.County council, Mr. Coles said, has established a committee to investigate the feasibility of; such a unit.At present the 16 municipali­ties in the county system each have their own welfare officer.In 11 of these municipalities, the function of relief officer is carried out by tire clerk-treasur­er. and in two others the reeve has assumed that duty.City Council will consider the invjtntiQU tonight U it responds favorably, discussions between representatives oi both parties are exacted to take place in September. COUNTY HOME CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSINGConstruction is progressing on Woodingford Lodge, Ox­ford County’s new home forthe aged, located on Devon- sTre Ave. The building is gradually taking shape as canbe seen in the background and should be ready for oc­cupancy early next year.When completed, the lodge will have 160 beds with facili­ties to accommodate the addi­tion of 100 more beds when required.MOH Stresses Importance Of Immunization ShotsTwo youngsters from one family take drastially ill, A doctor is called and they are rushed to hospital where the youngest, a four - year-old dies. The reason? Diphtheria.The story sounds like some­thing out of the past. In this day of medical miracles, such occurrances are unheard of.Yet three months ago this very incident happened here in Woodstock.The Oxford Health unit takes .great pains to stress the importance of immunizations for babies and small children and yet their warnings are sometimes ignored.Every year the Health unit sets up clinics to immunize babies against such communi­cable diseases as whooping cough, small pox and dipther- ia. They conduct a program in the schools where youngsters receive booster shots or rein­forcing innoculations.Blenheim loins County BoardMunicipal Affairs Minister Darcy McKeough has confirm­ed the admission of Blenheim Township to the Oxford County planning area.The action which was ap­proved by the County Council last month will make Blenheim the 14th municipality in the planning area.The township will be repre­sented by two members on the board and the Blenheim area will become a subsidiary area wiiiiin the county one.Still outside the Oxford plan ning area are Dereham and South Norwich Townships, Till­sonburg and Tavistock which are affected by municipalities outside of Oxford.Approximately 95 per cent of the pupils in Oxford County schools have received these needles in a program design­ed for Grades 1, 4 and 8 and in the later high school grades.Medical officer of health for Woodstock. Dr. G.’ Q. Suther­land emphasized the import­ance of immunization."Apathy on the part of the parent in seeing that infants and small children are pro­tected is to be deplored. Fail­ure to secure immunization though the mistaken idea that there is no danger because one rarely hears of a case, leads to an increase of susceptible infants and children.”County-wide welfare unit proposedFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — An invita­tion for Woodstock council members to meet Oxford County representatives to dis­cuss a county welfare unit will be considered tonight by city council.County clerk-treasurer Leo­nard K. Coles has informed city council that the county council has appointed a com­mittee to investigate all as­pects of the welfare unit.He said there are presently 16 municipalities in the coun­ty, each with a welfare offi­cer. A new unit, he said, would have, a central adminis­tration and all welfare would be handled from one office.Legislation was passed re­cently to make it possible for a city and separated town to join with a county unit for welfare purposes.Tillsonburg council, a mem­ber municipality of county council, asked for an investi­gation of a. county welfare unit last year.out — 1965 79.2.WOODSTOCKHilbornNesbittTathamSt. Andrew’s2301349763St. David’s24017231247St. George’s19215591417St. John’s105512266St. Patrick’s2301103543St. James’2710863———... -' —*Woodstock Total2024635-13999Ingersoll Total6021738990Tillsonburg Total RURAL28215451173Norwich56462270Tavistock25270316Embro17160139Beachville93183138Blenheim1609-12737Blandford39291214East. Zorra109836716West Zorra57468395East Nissouri126644637North Oxford81376342West Oxford162749334East Oxford1471026635South Norwich121658468Dereham1681220666, ■■. - ■-——Rural Total136182855807Urban Total290896376162Advance Poll52478524■ ■■ ■■ --— ■ —TOTAL33211840012593Per cent of vote9.753.636.7Per eent — 1965' 12,255.832.0Total eligible voters 42,325;votes cast 34,314; per centturnout 81.0;per cent turn- UPLIFTING NIGHT FOR NESBITTConservative victor Wally Nesbitt is about to get a ride on the shoulders of Jubilant supporters at a post-election victory celebration at the Polish Hall last night. His 16,400-vote total gave himeasy re-election over Liberal Charlie Tatham, at 12,593 votes his closest rival. For complete Oxford Riding elect­ion coverage, see Page 3.Oxford-wide welfare plan talks slatedFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — A Ihrer- man committee was named by city council Thursday to meet with Oxford County council to Investigate a possible county- wide welfare system.City council accepted an in­vitation to attend a meeting with county council represent­atives in September.Aki. William B. Dutton, so­cial services administrator, Gerald H. MacKay, and city manager R. G. Morrow were named to the committee.Aid. Albert Hargreaves said there may be some areas of duplication and some areas that can b e brought up to standard. The proposal ap­pears most Iwneficial to town­ships. but is worth looking into, he said.Investigation into a county welfare system was made late last year by Tillsonburg coun­cil, one of 16 Oxford County municipalities.County clerk-treasurer Leo­nard K. Coles, who extended the invitation, said the new unit would have a central ad­ministration and all welfare would be handled from one office.Included in city-county serv­ices are the county health unit and county home for the aged, in which the town of Ingersoll also participated.—Picture by John MaMer.Service Vote Costs Nesbitt 2-Vote TotalReturns from the armed forces vote have not appreciably altered the margin of victory of MP Wally Nesbitt in the Ox­ford riding", although Liberal candidate Charles Tatham topp­ed the poll.Mr. Tatham received a total of 106 votes to Mr. Nesbitt’s 104. NDP candidate John Hilborn re­ceived 14 votes.Of the 229 ballots cast in the armed forces vote, five were re­jected.The vote decreased Mr. Nes­bitt’s majority over Mr. Tatham from 5.807 to 5,805 votes.The final standings of the three candidates are Nesbitt, 18,504, Tatham. 12,699, and Hil­born 3.335.Tavistock Gets Approval For 10-Acre AnnexationWitness Fee Cost To County Double That Of Last YearTAVISTOCK — Clerk-treas­urer Robert Rudy told coun­cil last night that approval had been received from East Zorra ownship to annex about 10 acres of land on the south-east limits of the town.The approval included the rear 66 feet of 10 proposed 150-foot-deep lots in a 24-lot East Zorra subdivision.Oxford County planning board had earlier recommend­ed that East Zorra and Tavis­tock consider annexation when discussing an application for approval of the subdivision.According to Mr. Rudy, ap proximately 200 acres were in­volved in the original plan, and a delegation consisting of Reeve William Ducklow and councillors. Dr, Donald R. Fuller, Harry Nuttall and C. J. Suinn^n was named to approach CTst Zorra Coun­cil on Aug. 7 with a request for consideration of two morei parcels of land, to include two] homes on William Street ex­tension and a 38-acre area.However, Mr. Rudy pointed out that the approval of the) Ontario municipal board must be received before the annexa­tion plans can be finalized,Witness fees for the County of Oxford Court from January 1 to June 30 of this year have more than doubled from the same period last year.Witness fees for the first sixmonths this year have amount­ed to $2,822.59, compared to $1,249.10 for the same period last year.In the city of Chatham, a drastic increase in court wit­ness fees was blamed on the Ontario legal aid plan.A Woodstock lawyer. James Carnwath, director of Oxford County Legal Aid. said that with the legal aid program, more people are being defend­ed in court and thus, more witnesses have to be summon­sed which accounts for the in­crease in witness fees.The witness fee cost so far this year is the highest since I 1963. Pert piper seems to prove it’s not all a man’s worldCHALLENGES OFFICER, BEATS SPEEDING CHARGEINGERSOLL — A Thamesford man argued his way out of a speeding charge here yesterday when he challenged a police witness to explain how a radar speed detection unit worked.Theodore S. Caldwell argued that the unit may have picked up the metal from the top of his car before the front and this could have affected the reading:He claimed the policeman may have forgotten to reset the unit after its last reading:And he told the court he thought the distance — 100 yards — that his car was from the unit was too far for the speed to be recorded accurately.Magistrate R. G. Groom said there is "obviously some doubt here,” and dismissed the case.Mr. Caldwell was picked up for speeding on Whiting Street, Ingersoll in a 30 mile an hour speed zone.Asked by Magistrate Groom how fast he had been going, he said 25 miles an hour saying he knew his speed, not from looking at the speedometer, but because he had travelled “almost a million miles.”Annual Zorra Games Draw Crowd Of 12,000Award Contract For Roads StudyEMBRO — An estimated crowd of 12,000 people turned Scots for the day yesterday to attend the 32nd annual Highland Games sponsored by the Zorra Caledonia Society in Metheson Park Em bro.The Embro and West Zorra Tug-of-war team managed to carry on the tradition of the Zorra Strong Men, pulling the Navy Vet team from Woodstock off their feet in the Tug-of-war, one of the highlights of the games.Contestants came from all over On­tario and From as far away as Michigan and Pennsylvania to compete in the dance and band competitions.Joslyn McDougall of Bright captured the 12 years and under Highland Fling.Winning Bands were the Clan Mac- Farlene of St. Catharines the Canadian General Electric Pipe Band from Peter­borough and the Bruce Junior Pipe Band from Kincardine.The highlight of the day’s celebrations came at the end of the competitions as Pipe Major Ken Candler of the Ingersoll Pipe Band led the 100 pipers and 50 drummers of the eleven massed bands in playing ‘'The Road to the Isles”.A Woodstock girl, Ruth Sutherland, was awarded the United Farmers’ of On­tario trophy, presented annually to the dancer in the Geddes school of dancing who has won the highest average points in tow highland dances.In the tug-o-war contest, the Embro- West Zorra team pulled the Navy Vets in two pulls.The first pull went to the Zorra squad in 45 seconds. The second pull was closer with the two teams pulling back and forth for almost two minutes before the Zorra squad won.Many members of the Zorra team are descendants of the team from Embro which won the World title in the same park 75 years ago by defeating the Chi­cago Humbolts.Prior to the opening of the games President John Campbell and members of the executive, escorted by Pipe Major Dr. Wallace Gordon Diehl of the Gord Pipers of Indianapolis, Ind. and Pipers James Muir of Embro and Bob Dodson of Indianopolis visited the North Em­bro Cemetery where they marched through the cemetery to pay their re­spects to the early Scottish settlers and former members of the Caledonian So­ciety. This is a tradition that has been carried out since the games were re­vived in 1937.Reeve Gordon Aspden of | Blandford Township, chairman j of the county roads committee, announced yesterday that A. M. Spriet and Associates of London, consulting engineers, have been awarded a $20,000 contract for preparation of a 10-year County road and bridges needs study, jThe firm was recommended by a council needs study co-ord­inating committee.The study is expected to be completed by April, 1969. Field work for the study, which is di­vided into two parts of 5 years each beginning in 1970, is ex­pected to be completed by the fall.Reeve Aspden said that mu­nicipalities within the county will be asked to suggest roads which might be included in the county system.Members of the committee co­ordinating the study were Reeve Aspden; Warden Glen Kitchen; East Oxford Township Reeve A. i D. Robinson; chairman of the Ingersoll and Woodstock subur­ban roads commissions Cecil Riddle; district municipal engi­neer, Ontario department of highways T. S. Caldwell, repre-1sentative of the municipal roads branch, Ontario Department of Highways, Harvey Orlando; and county roads engineer Donald L. Pratt.COUNTY WELFAREIf a proposal placed before Council by the county comes into effect, the 16 municipali­ties within the county will amal­gamate their welfare units into one County Welfare Unit.The new system would mean the end of municipal welfare of­fices and their 16 officers as the new unit would have a central administration and all welfare would be handled from one cen­tral office. Council will consider the proposal.COUNTY ROADSThe South Norwich Township council will ask the Oxford County to include two area roads in the county network. The two roads in question are Concession 8 west of Spring­ford to the Dereham Town Line and the coal road from county road No. 19 in Otterville to Highway 59. The next meeting will be held on August 6 at 7 p.m.Cost Of Justice Is $17,000County Clerk Len Coles an­nounced today that his office is preparing legal claims for the first half of this year, from January 1 to June 30 totalling amort $17,000 to be forwarded to the Provincial Government.The province took over the maintenance of justice adminis­tration as of the first of this year.THE OFFICERS AND STAFF OF THE ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE, WOODSTOCK DETACHMENTRequest the pleasure of your companyon THURSDAY, JUNE 27tk, 1968AT 7:00 O'CLOCK AT THE CANADIAN LEGION576 BRANT STREET, WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO Q)IN HONOUR OF THE RETIREMENT OF ( A STAFF SGT. B. C. (BURT) MOOREDinner — Dancing — RcfrcaLmente Available14 6 $8.00 Per Couple 0AI§6 -8 « re o re .a £d.2d CDg 8ft re£(Dre . « Ip •S hDIPHTHERIA IN LONDON95 Per Cent In Oxford Are Immune: Sutherland.mi h!ls£P£ISB3a ress I ri i!hdo not usually operate during summer months ol July and August but that any parent wishing to immunize children would not be turned down.The medical officer of health called diphtheria a "highly contagious disease that can be transmitted through physical contact or close association.Dr. J. C. Rathburn. who was treating the London victim of diphtheria, said it is highly unlikely there is any connec­tion between the Woodstock cases and the London case.Health officials in London and Oxford county did not make public the Woodstock death in March, but it was referred to at Oxford county- health unit meeting June 23.The victim was one of two children in the same family who contracted the disease and were sent to Victoria hos­pital, London. The other child recovered.Symptoms of the disease, Dr. Sutherland said, include difficulty breathing and a sore throat. He said it is often diffi­cult to diagnose, partly be­cause the disease is so rare that doctors seldom suspect it and partly because sym- toms are similar, in the di­sease’s early stages, to otherford county medical officer of health Dr. G. Q. Sutherland says about 95 per cent of all young children in the county- have had shots.Diphtheria immunization is carried out on a regular basis through a school program de­signed for children in Grades 1, 4 and 8 and in the senior grades.Dr. Sutherland said clinicsThe dcnth of a fivo-yenr-old London girl from diphtheria this morning comes three months after a Woodstock victim died of the disease.A fonr-year-old Woodstock child died of diphtheria in March, one of two cases re­ported in the Woodstock area this year.No mass immunization pro­gram was instituted after the cases were discovered but Ox­3CQ sBO a £ Ire e sH® I E1" H ^6’S I 2re g ° a a .3ftsre re ,9«sr5 * re .8ssis►.3B j.h§o«5Qc0)»cCJre$ 2o,CJ51rerere&*2•Sft© £ C <recure©8■5re48S3 s2rereo§3reftvv .1p.i5?rerereCDre<DsE©§re<ure CJ reiCV reo are BO4> cj, rew re 'S a rere 3 CT Vre ££ rea reB£ T3 « bo-Sre re3 CT reo ft8gBtoSIIp- oreEOPto•I3CU 3 re a fta ft 2re5BO .S Ire BO re 38 reax>■8re2re3a ftre52 re5re5o«0 5ft§.9 re BOre■5.5—* are2re re82135re3 2 C C3E« re h * p. 8 2 338 * £ Q2 2•3* eS 8 re| § § 8 aS c5 .& -■E^,S S £ $ i 2Gi M T* as-*gre .£$ re re re re .2 “§a •r*s2“ CC£6£ree8. «ft-EftE 75320</odo55ocore *2a3■g•Za4)w aXS 0S ore cus IE .h 5•q 3 Oon5re MOreftftft 8re ft£ O2 re3 Boc ire3Ut5£-4- re Mrere■Srerere § reO re "3 O a Msd re1ft o re "C^•s .sm .3s ~3 S22 «r3 E3re §is re ^■8ftXJ sCOS -g 8 5-* “ ' 'gou aB s <re Ia| .re 're2 u rere8 w -g> « c2 MmSre E rere -orere5ft o 2oEdas jgre©re aCt a o—<x Cdc re2 ft.9 ®,T> Su tlo1 .SS re5resE re 5« J?re38 -I i -gre ©5.1NOTICETHE WEED CONTROL ACT, R.S.O. 1960 Section 3 (1)Every person in possession of land shall destroy all noxious weeds thereon as often in every year as is necessary to prevent the ripening of their seeds.Oxford County Weed Inspectorburnice McAllister>=<>=>=<>^-3«<>oo»s<>&ooo<>o«oo«<ao®oaCounty Awards Road Contracts Totaling $362,976Two contracts for construe-; the County Roads Committee tion on county roads totalling Iasi week.$362,976.76 were awarded to County road superintenderit area construction companies by j Donald L. Pratt announced that Lewis Construction Company of Langton tendered a bid of $285,- 648 for reconstruction of four miles of County Road 20 from Springford to the Norfolk Coun-Only one speed — slowFree Press Woodstock Bureau FOLDEN'S CORNERS - 'filings happen slow in Fol- den's Corners.Even Ontario Municipal : Board hearings fail to gain enough momentum to get off the ground.West Oxford clerk Leslie Curry opened the township of­fice at 10:30 a.m., Friday for a scheduled 0MB hearing to air the municipal affairs de­partment’s objection to plans of John Dzus, RR 2, Dorches­ter, to subdivide part of his, farm property.Oxford County deputy clerk-treasurer Gerald Staples arrived. A newsman arrived.But no one else.“So we sat around, had a i real nice little visit and went home at 11:45,” said Mr. Cur- LV-Neither municipal official I had been told the hearing was cancelled.The government has twice objected to urbanization of the rural property near Ingersoll.Mr. Curry questioned what would happen to him if he failed to “open up” (or an OMB meeting.••I think I'd be in hot waler.” he said.He blames the postal strike as being possibly responsible for a cancellation notice being stuck somewhere in the mails.Meanwhile, the clerk conceded Friday night the fastest moving thing in Fol- den’s Corners was local farm crops.•‘And as far as 1 m con­cerned. that's the end of the Ontario Municipal Board hear ing,” said Mr. Curry.ty boundary.The Langton .firm’s bid was the lowest of nine received by the committee.At the same time a contract amounting to $77,32&.76 was awarded to the lowest of six bidders, McLean and Foster Limited of St. Marys, for bridge construction.The bridge will be construct­ed on a township road over the Thames River on the boundary of Blandford and East Zorra Townships, about one mile north of Innerkip.Work on the two projects is slated to begin soon.Tavistock SeeksTownship LandsTAVISTOCK — Clerk-trea­surer Robert Rudy said last night that a formal application to annex 76 acres of East Zorra and South Easthope Townships will be made short­ly by town council.The application will be made as soon as East Zorra makes a decision on a request to annex two houses on William Street.Approval was given last night by the East Zorra coun­cil to annex a 36Ha acre la­goon, hut approval of the an nexation bid for the t w o houses was withheld.Tavistock Reeve William Ducklow indicated that the village would like to have de­tails of tho annexation pro­posal completed as soon as possible, but would abide by the township's decision.Plans for approval of a 24- I lot subdivision located partly I in Tavistock and partly in East Zorra cannot be c o m- pleted until the annexation is ' approved.Annexation of approximate­ly 11 acres was approved by East Zorra in July.South Eastbope also approv­ed annexation of about 27 ! acres at that time.The original recommenda­tion for consideration of an« I nexation was made by t h e Oxford County planning board ! when plans for the proposed ; subdivision were first fore­warded. PRIZE LIST 1968J. BRUCE AMO5, Pres.WARDEN GLEN KITCHENstaff members at work in new CentennialNew County Library Supplies 17 BranchesWhat do you need out there? a book in Dutch or Russian? A Hungarian Dictionary?Whatever it is, the Oxford County Library has it.These and many other books which may not be in great de­mand, hut are what you hap­pen to need, are now available through one of the most im­portant services of the county library system.The books are all available through the Central Library.The library has been in the new Centennial building for a year now and the services to the people of the County con­tinue in grow.The building is the centre for this county-wide library system, supplying materials not in branch libraries and advisory co-operation with the local librarians.17 BRANCHESThere are 17 branch librar­ies which may be used by any resident of the county.These are located at Beach­ville, Brownsville, Burgess- viHe, Drumbo, Oxford Centre, Ewbro, Harrington. Hickson, Princeton. Tavistock, Thames- ford, Innerkip, Kintore, Mount Elgin, Norwich, Otterville and Plattsville.There are six deposit sta­tions in smaller centres as well.Although some of the county schools are planning school libraries, the Oxford County Library will be calling on 233 classrooms in die rural schools in September.BOOK MOBILEAll branch libraries and schools are serviced by the book mobile which visits each location every three months to exchange booksThe book collection of the Oxford County Library ststem now numbers well over 100,- 000 with representatives from every category.If the county library does not have the book which has been requested, one will be purchased if it will have fur­ther use in the system.If it is a highly specialized book, it is borrowed throughthe Inter-library loan system which links all librariesCanada.ERIE REGIONWoodstock belongs to Lake Erie region with London Public Library as main resource centre.inthe the theWarwick Marshall, town soli­citor, has been authorized to engage George L. Mitchell, QC, London as a special solicitor to work with Mr. Marshall in an­nexation proceedings.If the book is not in this I area, a nation-wide search is I carried out, and if the book is , available anywhere in the country they will find it.Books have come from as far away as Halifax and Van­couver.One of the main 1968-69 pro­jects is making a Union Cata­logue of all the books in the County.While all of the books going out of the library have been 1 fully catalogued from the be­ginning, there are many in the branch libraries which were purchased prior to the new system and these are be­ing classified so that all of the books in the County can be lo­cated more easily.The new library is a busy one and Circulation of books in the county is increas­ing.Last year 390,383 books were borrowed.Anyone in the county can use the county facilities, either at the main library or at any branch libraries.MAYOR J. F. HUTCHINSONW. B. WALLACE, Sec'y-Mgr.Failed To Yield City Driver Fined $25 By MagistrateMae Haviland, 50, of 602 Glen- cairn Ave., pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to yieid the right of way in an intersection and was fined $25 and $3.50 costs or six days.The charge resulted from an accident that took place on Aug. 2 at the intersection of George j and York Streets.Lt. Gov. Ross Macdonald, who officially opened Fair, examines trophies with board president Bruce Amos. Woodstock assumes work, cost of preparing for county boardFree Press Woodstock BurminWOODSTOCK - The board of education decided Thursday night to assume the staff workload and expense of smoothing the way for amal­gamation of 24 school boards into an Oxford County board in December.Il will cost the dty an esti­mated $3,200 in staff time, for which local board work must he displaced, but trustees agreed there is no one else to do it.The Woodstock board is the largest in the county and is the only one with staff to do,in three months, the ‘acceler­ating” amount of research and information-gathering.An interim county school or­ganization committee, formed earlier in the year, has no au­thority to raise money from individual boards, said direc­tor of education G. A. Sim-mons, who is also secretary of the committee.The Woodstock board has al­ready assumed most of the work and most of the cost, but Mr. Simmons asked if it wish­es to continue, now that the workload has become heavy as the school term opens.“It is likely that this office will be the initial nucleus for the new hoard's operation for a short period, at least,” hesaid. “This means that infor­mation will be required for the business implications, such as payroll, budgeting, or­dering, accounts payable.“If this office becomes the centre of educational adminis­tration. the collection and or­ganizing of the information will be more than valuable.”Time will be taken from the supervision of Woodstock sec­ondary schools because the di­rector will have to put in at least 100 hours of work pre­paring for the county system, the trustees were told. It may also be necessary to pay a daily fee of about $40 if it be­comes necessary to hire re­tired Oxford school inspector Laurie Hyde of London to as­sist.The board Thursday also agreed to renew the lease on its office premises in theYMCA to the end of January, and after that, on a monthly basis, because the local board organization is expected to re­main intact until the end of June.In other business, after a half-hour of discussion, the bored realized that because it was in special session, it had no power to rescind an earlier decision to advertise for sale some surplus land at (he newOliver Stephens Senior School. It was felt the land may yet be needed for playground space.Mr. Simmons eased the problem by announcing he will be so busy he will not have time to do the advertising un­til the next regular meeting anyway.The board was mid changes in plans for this school, mak­ing two classrooms of a stor-age room and an enlarged ju­nior opportunity room to min­imum classroom size, will mean a saving of $68,000 and possibly more in extra govern­ment grants.In another matter, it reluc­tantly decided it cannot offer free tuition f'r the son of Ken­neth J. Baker, who lives on the city boundary. His front, yard is in the city, but his house is in the township, and the city assessment is not enough to qualify him for free citv schooling. He will pay S22 a month, although paying the bulk of his taxes outside the city.But at the end of the year, with formation of the county board, the Baker children will be entitled to free tuition any­where in 'he county*, trustees noted.o 9COUNTY OF OXFORDTENDERS FORFUEL OILSealed tenders, marked as such will be received by the undersigned until 12:00 noon. Monday, September 23rd. 1968, for supplying fuel oil to the Court House and one adjacent building.Particulars can be obtained at County Clerk s Office. Box 397. Court House. Woodstock, or will be mailed on request.Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.L. K. COLES.Clerk-Treasurer. Court Hou e, Woodstock, Ontario.29 5-869ANNEXATIONA communication to coun­cil from the Planning Board advised that annexation pro­ceedings be commenced to procure land beyond the town boundaries for industrial pur­poses. A solicitor is being en­gaged in addition to town soli citor Warwick Marshall to act upon the annexation pro­ceedings.When industry comes to a primarily agriculture area, the resulting increase in as- sc*.sweat is always a matterON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE of some joy to residents, emor’s road belches industrial There are, however, aecomp- discharge into the clear coun- anyitig problems. Above, the try skies. Inset, top right, Canada Cement Plant on Gov-precipitate deposit covers a car parked at nearby Zinn’s truck stop. Davis Firm On County Board CompositionThe new county board of education will have only four trustees from Woodstock and one from Ingersoll despite ob­jections from the mayors of both cities.Minister of Education W i 1- liam G. Davis has told Wood- stock mayor James Hutchin­son in a letter that the basis for choosing the number of trustees from each area is by equalized farm and residen­tial assessment because “in most cases, there is a reason­ably close correlation between It and the population represen­ted by public . . . and separ­ate school supporters.Mr. Hutchinson had object­ed that the method used to determine the number of trus­tees is unfair to the residents of urban areas.“If you had taken total as­sessment . . . and if you had chosen to have representationMAYOR J. F. HUTCHINSON .. . Cites Disparityby population, the City of Woodstock would have hadfive trustees,” Mr. Hutchinson wrote.IS ON BOARDThe proposed board will have four members from Woodstock, one from Inger­soll, ten from the rural areas of the county and one elected by general vote of all separate school ratepayers in the coun­ty.Mr. Hutchinson wrote the minister that calculations in­dicate there will be one re­presentative for 6,081 people from Woodstock, one repre­sentative for 7,250 people from Ingersoll and one representa­tive for each 4,384 people from Oxford county.“No matter how you slice it, this is still unfair to the residents of the urban areas”.Mr. Davis pointed out that it is “quite probable that the member to be elected by the separate school supporters will come from W o o d-stock and, hence, will increase representation from your city."CITES HARDSHIPBui. that probability will not soothe Ingersoll mayor Gord­on Henry who also sent off a letter to the minister. Re­presentation by residential and farm assessment, Mr. Henry wrote, “works a hardship on Ingersoll and we would cert­ainly prefer to have repre­sentation by population or re­presentation by the number of electors.”“It is difficult for me to see how one representative from Ingersoll can satisfactor­ily represent the Town on the board and keep in touch with all the local problems with regard to education."“(Ingersoll) is not only receiving less representation on the board than other mu- icipalities but we are going to place a heavy burden onone representative.” Mr. Hen­ry wrote.This morning, the Ingersoll mayor said he has not re­ceived either an answer or an acknowledgement of his letter to the minister, dated Aug. 12.Mr. Henry had pointed out to Mr. Davis that Ingersoll will have one representative for 4,176 voters, Woodstock will have one representative for each 3,675 voters while electors in the balance of the county will have one repre­sentative for each 1,902 vot­ers.Figures in Mr. Hutchinson’s letter and Mr. Henry’s letter differ because the former was relating representation to total population, the latter related representation to the number of voters.The county board of educa­tion will be elected this Dec­ember, replacing all existing public and high school boardsMAYOR GORDON HENRY . .. Too Much For One Manin Oxford county, and will assume operation Jan. 1.Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. ForbesW. B. WallacSecretary-Manag:Woodstock Agricultural SocietyFAI RAugust 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 1968NOT TRANSFERABLEJ. Bruce Amos PresidentCouncil Denies Charge Against Chief Of PoliceTAVISTOCK - The follow­ing statement was released by the Tavistock Village Coun cil on Sunday in regard to al­legations made by a local business concern:“There have been recent al­legations in the press that the Tavistock Police Department has been run like the mafia. We feel that Tavistock has been an orderly community and we intend to keep it that way. A lot of credit goes to our present Chief of Police, Peter Grant.“We, of the Tavistock Coun­cil feel that we have an hon­orable officer in Chief Grant and have full confidence in his integrity.“It has been further alleged in the press that none of the following have done anything to improve conditions in theseMr. And Mrs. R. J. Forbes ObserveFiftieth Wedding AnniversaryMr. and Mr», R. J. Forbes, it Noya) of Nanticoke and Colin 140 Riddell Si observed their]A Forbes of Woodstock. There ftAtb wedding anniversary o n art 14 grandchildren.Wednesday and in honor of the For the at heme the tea tableoccasion were at hometo was attractively set with an op- more than 200 friends and re- en lace doth floral arrangementben attended the door and Janies Muterer played I h e pipes on the lawn of the Forbes home.BUSY BOOKMOBILEOxford County Library book­mobile is currently touring the county to service the 232 class rooms in county schools. Each class receives 55 books every three months. The bookmobile provides supplementary read­ing as well as books directly connected with the pupils* lachool work.matters, Tavistock Council, RCMP of London, the Wood- stock OPP, and the Crown At­torney.“If the people concerned feel that the foregoing have not given them sufficient help, they should contact the Liquor Control Board of Ontario to conduct it’s own investiga­tions.“As far as the specific alle­gations that have been made against Chief Grant are con­cerned. we have been advised that the propriety' of these statements will be dealt with. We have no further comment at this time.”The matter referred to by the council concerns a charge by the owners of the Arling­ton Motor Hotel in Tavistock that Police Chief Peter Grant had demanded money to pro­tect the hotel from wilful dam­age done on the premises.In a story carried iu the Sentinel-Review on Saturday, the proprietors of the hotel said when they took over the business six years ago the po­lice chief told them he was going to close the hotel. They accused the chief of stopping people outside the premises and asking them for birth cer­tificates.Chief Grant, apart from say­ing “we don't see eye to eye,” had no comment to make on the charges levied by the ho­tel owners.Many cards, flowers and gifts were received well as spec-btivex. .of bronze and gold mums and ial mumitos from Prime Min-Mrs-Forbea is the f o r m e r bronr-fi-goM taper# In crystal Plom Troudn-m Ontario Annie- Muterer, daughter of the'holders. Silver appointments Premier John Rohan Oxford late Mr. and Mr# Ato»nd«r were uwd wl the aon^^^ Mutem of North Oxford cake decorated in white and r<1H) MPP Gu.don nn«Mr, and Mrs Forbes were gold held a place of honor on . t . . u ,. ’ married st th* Muterer home the dining room buffet. ■ “Mt bunday a dinnerbllves.jtnoII Inn withon Aug, 28, 1918 and for the Dur ng the afimw and w r'T’test 10 years of Lhdr marriage rm|lngwa;i |1(Mir„.| by v L ‘they (armed on Lot 12, Cover- Korbm." sister Mrs. W R Rod i ton r'g Road ger of Salt Fleet, nmr Ham-In January of 1828 they wen' Ilion; Mrs. Milton nt-.d maniiger and matron Dundas; Mrs Colin51the Oxford H o m c, of Woodstock who la Mr For ion." th »v mamialncd for W W cousin Mr Forbea’ sister]1a April of IMS they re- Mrs. John MacButney <d Enid and moved to Uwir pre bro and Mbs Louise O’Dell of! home in Woodstock Woodstock,Mrs Forbes have Granddaughters Nickola Including Mrs. W. Snowden, Cathy r ,r - I Anni I of Nantl- Even*, Rocky Jo ‘ ’Istia Forbes ny 2iA‘hL-. Am Mica Todorovic, co-owner, stands by beverage room bar. Sign at centre (and below) accuses one-man police force of discrimination.Hotel Owner Claims Tavistock Police Run Like Mafia, Refuse Protection’r NOTKE^^JpROM WULFUl- DAMAGE ■[ OuASELUS . :fl REfiSON: Pouce Chief OK f Tawsroc* REHAHOED -We REFUSEO TO W.REFUSESBy JO-ANNE THOMPSONA Tavistock hotel - owner claims the village police de­partment is run like *a small­time mafia.”The owner of the Arlington Motor Hotel, Bozidar Todoro­vic, placed a sign in his estab­lishment yesterday saying the Chief of the Tavistock Police Department demanded money in return for protection against wilful damage done on the premises.The sign also claimed that when the owner refused to pay any money, the police department said that they would get no protection.Mr. Todorovic said that when he and his brother, Mica, took over the hotel six years ago, the chief walked in and said, “I’m going to close this hotel!” He went on to say that the chief stopped people outside the hotel and asked them for their birth certifi­cates.Tavistock Reeve William Dueklow said the police had evidence that minors were being served in the Arlington Hotel. “There has always been trouble between the Chief and Todorovic and he has made accusations before. Mr. Todor­ovic may have to retract his statement or be charged.”Todorovic said, “The sign will stay up until I get a court order that says I have to take it down.”“I’ve made complaints to the Village Council, the RCMP in London, the Wood- stock OPP and and the Crown Attorney for six years now and nothing has been done.”Todorovic claimed that last year, two men came from the Woodstock OPP and conduct­ed an investigation. He said they finished their inquiring and a report was turned into the Crown Attorney, A. C. Whaley.Todorovic said that he asked Mr. Whaley for a copy of the report and be said it was con­fidential. He said he didn’t hear anything more about it.“Last year, one of our win­dows was broken and we caught the man who did it but the Chief wouldn't do anything about it.”The Reeve said that Todor­ovic had the wrong man.Tavistock Police Chief, Peter Grant, had no comment to make about Todorovic’s ac­tions. He just said, "We don’t see eye to eye.” Chief Grant is the only officer on the Tavi­stock force.Pheasants Released In CountyDRUMBO — Township clerk of Blenheim Twp. I. J. Haines, announced yesterday that the first 300 pheasants to be released for the Oct. 16 to Nov. 11 season have been j set out.He said a total of 1,200 more pheasants raised and pur­chased and an additional amount yet to be purchased will be released later.Mr. Haines, who is the president of Oxford County Regulated Association, said the group works to create bet- j ter farmer-hunter relationships and to have better hunting.ThamesfordSeeks Names For PetitionOtterville Library Gets 175 BooksTHAMESFORDVillageHe said hunters are urged to obtain going onto private lands.Restocked areas, he said, includedpermission before200 acres of On-tario department of north of Highway 401.The 200-acres is and swamp in thelands and forestspublic lands401 and additional landspart of nearly 10,000 acres of township in addition to otherjust alongbush fieldcover. The natural cover, reproduction and restocking pro­gram has led the department of lands and forests officials to designate it as the "best pheasant area outside of Pelee Island.Mr. Haines aaid that licences help to pay for feed and pens for the pheasants.Council is in th,e process of col­lecting 75 signatures required by the Ontario Municipal Board which must accompany an ap­plication for incorporation.Thamesford, now a police vil­lage under the joint rule of North Oxford and East Nissouri Townships, will apply for incor­poration for the second time. A similar request six years ago was rejected by the 0MB,The 75 names are needed tor the request for a hearing by the board. Council Chairman, Har­vey Beaty said today that he ex-: peels the formal application to J be made next month.OTTERVILLE - The Otter­ville Library has just received a shipment of 175 more new books, several being of the latest editions from the Oxford County Library Co-Operative.According to local librarian, Earle Petch, reading of the available books has kepi up well during the summer months and the membership which is free to Oxford County residents averaged 300.An average of 100 books are being taken out each week. The library is open Tuesday and Saturday afternoons and Fri­day evening. Costs Increase Are ApprovedThe councils of Woodstock, Ingersoll and Oxford County have approved their increased cost shares of the addition fo Blossom Park School in Wood$toc|tOriginally the project was estimated to cost $130,000 the lowest and accepted tender came in at $149,000.Of the total cost 50 per cent will be paid for by the de­partment of education.City—CountyWelfare SystemUnder StudyInitial discussions on the feasibility of establishing a county-wide welfare unit, in­cluding Woodstock, have be­gun.A committee of City Coun cil, Woodstock Social Serv­ices Director Gerald McKay said today, has held one meet­ing with a committee of Ox­ford County' Council on the matter.Both parties are awaiting the receipt of up-to-date statis­tical data from the depart­ment social and family ser­vices in Toronto before a fur­ther meeting is held, he said.Provincial legislation was passed recently to make it possible for cities and sep­arated towns to join with counties for welfare purposes.Plumbing Inspectors Attend ConferenceFour plumbing inspectors from W’oodstock and Oxford County are attending the annual conference of the Ontario Plumbing Inspectors Association this week in Kitchener. Public Health inspectors from the Oxford Health Unit, who will each spend a day at the workshop sessions, are J. L. Griffith, M. R. Bragg and D. F. MacMillan. Attend­ing from Woodstock is Tom Martin, building and plumb­ing inspector. The sessions have been planned so that each inspector need only spend a day at the convention to study new regulations and methods.Health Unit Resumes Baby ClinicsOxford Health Unit has reopened its baby clinics throughout the county after the summer recess. Dr. G. Q. Sutherland and public health nurses will attend the clinics through the fall and winter season to give advice to mothers on the problems of the normal developing child, to weigh the babies, and give immunization against whooping cough, diphtheria, tetanus, measles and smallpox.Clinics are held in the various localities from 2 to 4 p.m. The schedule remains the same each month: first -Tuesday, Drumbo; first Thursday, Woodstock; first Friday, Thamesford; second Wednesday, Beachville; second Thurs­day, Tillsonburg; second Friday, Norwich; third Monday, Mount Elgin; third Wednesday, Woodstock Moose Hall; third Thursday, Ingersoll; fourth Thursday, Embro; fourth Friday Tavistock.A clinic is also held on the last Saturday morning of each month in Woodstock from 10 to 12 a.m.County Home Project Delayed 3 MonthsAdverse weather conditions last fall and a labor dis­pute earlier this year have delayed the completion of Woodingford Lodge by about three months.According to Oxford County Home superintendent D, F. (Mike) Knott, the move to their new quarters won’t he made until next spring. So far Mr. Knott has received over 80 inquiries regarding admissions. At present there are 36 residents, about 50 per cent more than at this time last year.Branch Offices In County-SuggestedFor Oxford BoardA panel consisting of a team of school superintendents and school business officials discuss­ed the administrative organiza­tion fnr the new County Board of Education last night.Branch offices for the new Oxford County Board of Educa­A county-wide welfare unit — if agreed upon — would have a central administration and all welfare matters would be handled by one office.The invitation to enter dis­cussions aimed at arriving at this goal was extended to the city by the county.At present each of the 16 municipalities comprising the county has its own welfare of­ficer.In 11 of them, the function of relief officer is carried out by the clerk-treasurer. In two others the reeve has assumed the position.The members of the city’s investigating committee are Aid. William Dutton. City Manager R. G. Morrow and Mr. MacKay. tion were recommended by the chairman of the panel, Robert McLeod, director of Educa­tion for the Niagara Falls Board of Education.Mr. McLeod said at the meeting of the Oxford County Interim School Organization! Committee that branch offices in one or two parts of the county would make the schools feel closer to administration.He added that resource areas or sub-resource areas might al­so be established with the branches.The superintendent of seconds ary schools for the Windsor Board of Education, Marshall Thompson, said a board has to provide an education centre with four wing's — business, special service, resource and academic.He said that a resource cen­ter in Windsor for 14,000 sec­ondary and 20,000 elementary students includes a library of! films, film strips and audio vis­ual equipment.Services to be provided in­clude remedial reading, speech! correction, education for the handicapped, emotionally dis­turbed and the hard of hearing.Mr. Thompson added that) thought should be given to co­ordinating elementary school oral French with the secondary school French programs.Jack Tummon, Kitchener pub-j lie school board business ad­ministrator, said the Oxford Board might have a $12,000,000 budget and a staff of 800 for the 17,000 to 18,000 students— figures which the Oxford com mittee members later describ­ed as high.Mr. Tummon recommended each existing board prepare a draft budget for 1969 and a five-year capital budget forecast before the end of the year.He said that present school board secretary - treasurers could be authorized to continue the present system of payroll until next summer.Mr. McLeod recommended that the new board, when el­ected, should engage a direc­tor of education and have him assist in the selection of other staff.It was also brought out in the meeting that anyone Tun­ning for the new county board can live in any part of the county as long as he is a rate-York Farms Buys 600 Acres In East OxfordGeorge McLean, public rela- tions director for the York Packers disclosed today that the company has purchased 600 acres of land in East Oxford.The land will be used for growing vegetables and for test work, including weed control and the use of fertilizers.The 600 acres, spread over various units, will be managed by Canada Packers personnel. .Crops will be on a rotation ba- jsis according to estimated de­Ima nd.According to Mr. McLean, growing crops on the scale re­quired by a canning company is a “specialized business using specialized equipment.”Upon harvesting the vege­tables will be shipped to the processing plant in Brantford and from there will be market­ed.payer in some municipality. But, he does need to have as sessment in the municipality that he will be running in.Trustees on the new school board could he paid up toNursing Homes Safety Standards To CostThe high cost of complying with the Nursing Home Act requirements has caused Mrs. Helen Masson to apply for per­mission to convert Mill way Nursing Home to an apart­ment building accomodating approximately 10 persons. The nursing home has been occu­pied by 17 persons. Woodstock Planning Board denied the ap­plicant permission.Other Oxford County nurs­ing home operators are alsoFluAdvice:Go To BedNorth America seems slated for at least a partial onslaught of Hong Kong Flu, according to Dr. G. Q. Sutherland. Ox­ford Medical Officer of Health.“It would seem” said Dr. Sutherland “that the out­break would not be contained | in Hong Kong and some of the flu bug will reach North ; America. Unfortunately it | takes time to develop a vac­cine for a specific strain of 1 flu and by the time it is de- i veloped the flu will be here.”!Dr. Sutherland's advice to ' potential victims of the bug is “Go to bed and seek medical advice — those who try to operate while battling the bug are more likely to run into complications.”At present there is no one medicine effective in fighting flu since there are many dif­ferent strains of the disease. The Hong Kong type — A2 Hong Kong 68 — is a dis­tant relative of the A2 virus prevalent last year.Avoiding exposure and over indulgence in anything which would lower resistance could help stave off an attack.$2,400 a year for their board work. The present maximum for the Woodstock School Board is $720 per year.The next meeting of the or­ganization is slated for Sept. 30 in Tavistock.$10,000faced with spending an aver­age of from $5,000 to $10,000 before the end of 1969 to meet fire safety standards.Dr. G. Q. Sutherland, Ox­ford medical officer of health i said that since the enactment of the 1966 Nursing Home leg­islation all 17 nursing homes in the county have been oper­ating on provisional licences. At the end of each six-month period, the homes are review­ed, and, on Dr. Sutherland’s recommendation, licences are renewed for a further six months. Inspection of the homes is carried out by the special care branch of the On­tario Department of Health.The Nursing Home Act calls for stringent fire preven­tion requirements and amounts ranging from $1,000 to S3,000 have already been spent by all nursing home operators for the installation of automatic fire alarm sys­tems throughout their build­ings.Other fire regulation re­quirements include solid wood or asbestos covered doors to open outward; re­placement of wood or fibre board walls with fire resistant material or coated with fire sistant paint; fireproof kit­chens and enclosed stair wells.At present there are approx­imately 350 residents in the 17 homes throughout the county. County municipalities pay $7.50 a day per patient for welfare patients. Many of these residents will be accom­odated in Woodingford Lodge, the new County Home for the Aged, upon its completion later this year. If other nurs­ing home owners give up their homes for economic reasons, a shortage of patient accomoda­tion could result.The former Tavistock High School is being renovated un­der nursing home regulations and is expected to be ready- later this month with a capac­ity of 60 beds. Ultimate capa­city will be 130 beds.$10,000 TO BLOSSOM PARKIngersoll will contribute $10,- 000 as its share of the capital expenditure for the addition to Blossom Park School contingent upon OMB approvalThe original request was for the town to contribute $13,300 but this amount was lowered after the town requested that a second look be taken and on an assessment basis. 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X rea re*.8 <tp fl re ise Sre Rft a a Ka sflre srew (D 3I ibo .8>s a s8ft g ©toflS•si rere8rere awflw top£ re2 8 _ ©.2 — M o i 1W v>-*8 § re re rex h<u w . co C ^5 re2 2m .s« 0 ft 2? -S £■ itio rec5 a.a« flre3 reinS.8Cfl 4 s !COIto a e-a© to <a©PROGRAMME1968BROADENING HORIZONS"Planning To-day for Our Tomorrow”SHERATON BROCK HOTEL NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIOMONDAY thru Thursday SEPTEMBER 16, 17, 18&19c .2 u£ re-5 a reHOSTSHOMES FOR THE AGED IN THE AREAfl.82 nsWJ.8S resI8unfl££•reere toS £reI■gSUNSET HAVEN, WELLAND COUNTY — CITY OF WELLAND — CITY OF NIAGARA FALLS — CITY OF PORT COLBORNE.THE SALVATION ARMY. EVENTIDE HOME Niagara FallsHealth Clinic To Be Held In BeachvilleStarting next Wednesday a child health clinic will be es­tablished in Beachville. Oper­ated by Oxford Health Unit, the clinic will be held the sec­ond Wednesday of each month from 2 ■ 4 p.m. in the library building.Mothers with Infants and pre-! school children are invited to attend. Immunization for whooping cough, diphtheria, lockjaw, polio, measles and smallpox will be offered. Last year, approximately 2,000 moth ers throughout the county avail­ed themselves of the free ser­vice.Babies will also be weighed and public health nurses will be on hand to discuss prob­lems and variations in normal growth and development of the young child. Any abnormalities will be referred to the family physician.Will Resume Clinics Oct. 8Special clinics for senior citi­zens, operated by Oxford Health Unit at the Drop-In Centre will resume Oct. 8.Senior Citizens wis avail themselves of th< should make an apetofor an interview with Dr. G, C Sutherland, MOH.The interview includes bloo pressure and heart tests andmgiven antrequiring tre; red to theirDr. Sutherl need for test added that jx ested service Red Cross bfamily doctors.and mentioned theequipment and ips some inter-would be c provideUlis inexpensive equipment. ASSOCIATION CRESTPRESIDENT'S WELCOME group of To the 49th Annual Convention of The Ontario Association of Homes for the Aged. As your President it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to our 49th Annual Convention I would like to express my gratitude for my election as President for 1967 - 68 of y Association. We have again this year seen growth m our Asso­ ciation and in our Convention programming Our Association has experienced a busy year and our Program Committee, under the chart manship of W.W Hughes, have planned an excellent convention program I am also pleased to see that the graduates from the Course. Administration of Homes for the Aged, sponsored by our Asso­ ciation in cooperation with McMasu versify, will receive their certificates year's Convention. As the Centennial year has closed we should endeavour to do our part to keep Canada progressing in the years to come as well if not better than our predecessors and we who have the care of our aged foremost tn our minds, must keep trying to make life a little brighter for our residents. I look forward to seeing you at Niagara Falls. J.H (Jack) GILLIES President.j - BROADENING HORIZONS——"Planning Today For Our Tomorrow" Mondoy, September 16, 1968 2:00 p.m. Meeting of Constitution Committee, Board Room Sheraton-Brock, W.D. Johns, Chairman 3:00 p.m. Meeting of Resolution Committee. Board Room. Sheraton-Brock; K.A. MacRae, Chairman. 4:00 p.m.Meeting of Executive, Board Room Sheraton-Brock; Mr. J.H. Gillies, Chairman REGISTRATION Lobby-Sheraton-Brock Hotel Monday, September 16 ........ 3:00 p.m,-9:00 p.m. Tuesday. September 17 ..................... RRnam Full Registration .............................................$10.00 $ 6 noGuest Registration .................................... BANQUET, LUNCHEON, AND BUS TOUR TICKETS Purchase tickets at Registration desk when registering. TlJ6Sd3y, September 17 9:15 a.m. Opening Session - Sheraton Room - Sheraton- Brock Hotel Chairman - J.H. Gillies O Canada - Mrs. H.G. Hodson, Pianist Invocation - Rev. Ross E. Nigh Civic Welcome - Mayor Franklin J. Miller Niagara Falls Presidents Address - J.H. Gillies Reading of Minutes of 1967 Annual Conven­ tion and Treasurers Report. Introduction of Association Officers Introduction of New Superintendents Mr. N. Drew Introduction of Resolution Committee Special Committee Reports Announce Nominating Committee and instruc­ tions regarding Nominations — W.W. Hughes Chairman 10:15 a.m. Coffee Break - Exhibit Area Tuesday, September 17 Confd 10:45- 12:00 General Workshops - All Delegates Sheraton Room. Key Note Speaker Prof. J.W. Wilson, Director of Planning Brock University Introduced by Aid. E.E. Mitchelson Thanked by Mr. W.D. Johns Panel (One from each workshop group) Chairman - Mr. Sam Ruth 12:15 p.m. Luncheon - Penthouse, Foxhead Hotel Speaker - Mr. K. J. Farthing Subject - About Half an Hour Introduction Mr. J.L, Hughes Thanked by Mrs. M. Cheyne 2:15 p.m. General Workshops for all delegates. (a) Board and Commltte Members Rainbow Salon - 10th Floor General Chairman - Mr. B Forsberg (b) Municipal Homes - Sheraton Room General Chairman - Mr. S.A. Young (c) Charitable Institutions - Sheraton Room General Chairman - Mr. David Rudy (d) Nursing Supervisors —”B" Section Rainbow Room - 10th Floor General Chairman - Mrs. J.M. Birmingham Reg. N. (e) Auxiliary - Elizabeth Room General Chairman - Mrs. M. Cheyne (f) Adjuvants - American Room Mezzanine General Chairman - Mrs. H. McSwain (g) Food Supervisor - Floridian Room General Chairman - Mrs. A. Reid Dietician NOTE: MUNICIPAL HOMES AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS WILL MEET TOGETHER IN WORKSHOPS AFTERNOON OF SEPTEMBER 17th. DELEGATES MAY ATTEND ANY OF THE WORK­ SHOPS OF THEIR CHOICE DURING THE CONVEN­ TION. NOTE: Visit Manufacturers and Suppliers Exhibits Delegates Please Wear Identification Badges ealth Clinic ) Be Held Beachville ting next Wednesday a health clinic will be es- ted in Beachville. Oner- by Oxford Health Unit, inic will be held the see- Wednesday of each month 2 - 4 p.m, in the library Will Resume Clinics Oct. 8 Special clinics for senior citi- tens, operated by Oxford Health Unit at the Drop-In Centre wdl resume Oct S. Senior Citiaens wishing t? avail themselves of the semee BROADENING HORIZONS--------'Planning Today For Our Tomorrow'Tuesday, September 17 Cont'd3:30 p.m. Coffee Break - Exhibit Area4:00 - 5:00 Workshops for all groups - continuing in previous location.6:00 p.m. Friendship Hour - Elizabeth Room and Lobby7:00 p;m. Association Banquet - Sheraton Brock Chairman Mr. J.H. Gillies - PresidentSpeaker Rev. Richard D. JonesPresident - Canadian Council of Christians and Jews Subject "The Road Ahead” Introduction Mr. Sam Ruth Thanked by Rev. Sister St. Philip Neri ENTERTAINMENT AUCTION OF AUXILIARY ARTICLES Auctioneer .............................................................. Mrs. Blair Wednesday, September 18 9:30- 10:30 a.m. Workshops for all groups - continuing in same location as previous day. 10:30 a.m. Coffee Break - Exhibit Area 11:00- 12:00 Workshops for all groups - continuing in same location. 12:00 Break for Lunch - Delegates make own arrangements. 1:45 p.m. Panel discussion - Chairman - Mr. Lawrence Crawford, B.A. - Director Homes for the Aged Branch. Department of Social and Family Services, Province of Ontario. Subject - Need of Training in the Field of Homes for the Aged. Introduction - Mr. J.H. Gillies Thanked by - Mr. W.W. Hughes 2:30-3:30 Workshops for all groups ■ continuing in same location. 3:30 p.m. Bus Trip — Tour Niagara Area, visit first Rest Home under construction. Tea at Sunset Haven, Welland and return to Conven­ tion Hotel for free evening. 7:00-9:00 Exhibits open for Delegates to visit. ThurSdSy, September 199:00- 10:30 a.m. Workshops for all groups - same locations as previous day10:30- 11:00 a.m. Coffee Break ■ Exhibit area11:00- 12:00 General Workshop all delegates - Sheraton Room Speaker — Mr. Lawrence CrawfordDirector, Office on AgingIntroduction - Mr. S.A. YoungThanked by Miss Viola Allan11:45 a.m.Election will be held if necessary 12:00 Break for lunch - delegates make own arrangements. 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.Workshops for ail groups - same locations as previous day. 3:00-3:30 p.m. Coffee Break - Exhibit area 3:30 ■ 4:30 p.m. Report of Resolutions Committee 4:30- 5:00 p.m. Unfinished Business 6:00 p.m.Friendship Hour - Elizabeth Room and Lobby. Sponsored by the Exhibitors. 7:00 p.m.Association Banquet - Chairman, Mr. John Gillies. Report of Nominating Committe and Installation of 1968—1969 Officers. Presentation of Certificates - to first graduates of course offered by McMaster University in co-operation with Ontario Association of Homes for the Ages in Administration of Homes for the Aged Guest Speaker Honourable John Yaremko Minister of Social and Family Services. Province of Ontario. Introduction Mr. E. Morningstar. M.L.A. Thanked by Mr. George Bukator, M.LJk. Convention Adjourned ENTERTAINMENT Delegates Please Wear Identification Badges BROADENING HORIZONS —'Planning Today For Our Tomorrow"LOOKING FORWARD APPRECIATIONTO SEEING YOU ATTHE 1969 CONVENTION AT THE SKYLINE HOTEL TORONTO The Association Membership acknowledges with thanks the interest of the following Exhibitors, who have contributed to this Convention by reserving display space for the purpose of our further knowledge.BoothNo.Firm Name Location 1 Erindale Foods Ltd.Toronto 2 Ella Skinner Uniforms Ltd.Toronto 3 Gordon A. McEachern Ltd.Toronto 4 G.H. Woods & Co. Ltd.Toronto 5 Dalex Industries Ltd.Downsview 6 Texpack Ltd.Brantford 7 Metal Craft Grimsby 8 The Hobart Mfg. Co. Ltd.Don Mills 9 Cassidys Ltd.Toronto 10 Thermopatch Division Montreal 11 Economics Laboratory Ltd.Islington 12 Foodcraft Laboratories Toronto 13 Fuller Brush Co. Ltd.Burlington 14 Interior Design Toronto 15 Langs Food Ltd.Toronto 16 G.H. Hardie & Co. Ltd.Toronto 17 Airkem of Canada Ltd.Toronto 18 Hotel and Hospital Supply Ltd.Toronto 19 Canada Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.London 20 Beaver Food Service Associates Ltd.London 21 Ross Disposable Products Ltd.Toronto 22 Dymond Drugs Ltd.Brantford 23 Eatons of Canada Ltd.T oronto 24 Eatons of Canada Ltd.Toronto 25 McGraw-Edison Laundry Mach. Div.Toronto 26 S. Gumpert Co. of Canada Ltd.Toronto 27 White Cross Surgical Instruments Ltd.Toronto 28 Lac-Mac Ltd.London 29 Colson Canada Ltd.Cooksville NOTE: Visit Manufacturers and Suppliers Exhibits Delegates Please Wear Identification Badges PAST PRESIDENTS(Preceding 10 years) 1958 —Wm. Duncan Cabourg 1959 —Phillip Lovick Kitchener 1960 —S.R. Taylor Cornwall 1961 —W. Roszell Wellington 1962 —Brig. A.F. Parkinson Eventide Home, Galt 1963 —Wm. McWilliam Prince Edward County 1964 —D.H. Rapelje Wellend County 1965 —D.C. VanCamp Metropolitan Toronto 1966 •--S.A. Allen Halton County 1967 —W.W. Hughes Fort Francis Distribution -For TrusteesIs CriticizedR. F. BORNHOLD. . Explains DistributionBy JOYCE KNUDSENDissatisfaction was voiced with the geographic distribution of separate school trustees on the new county-wide separate school board last night. The first formal meeting of the Interim Separate School Organization Committee saw complaints that there had been lack of communi­cation on how the distribution of trustees was determined.The chief point troubling sev­eral appointees to ISSOC was that only one trustee was to represent all of the northern portion of Oxford County. They felt the large geographic ex­panse from east to west pre­sented too many different prob­lems for one trustee.NORTHSOUTHMrs. Chesco Eus, appointee from Beachville and Oxford West, suggested it would have been fairer to link the townships in a north-south pattern instead of the east - west distribution adopted.The early part of the meeting was led by R. F. Bornhold, re­gional superintendent of the De­partment of Education, who pointed out that the distribution had been the responsibility of the clerk of the municipality (other than separated cities or t towns) with the largest equal- ; ized separate school assessment, ' and the clerks of the two next i largest municipalities in assess- ; ment.In this case the clerks in- i volved were 'hose of South Nor­wich Township, the town of TiU- sonburg, and Dereham Town­ship.J. J. Moyer, appointee from Nissouri and Oxford North, said he was disturbed by "an over- । balanci of power in the Wood- stock and Tillsonburg area.”SUPPORTERSMr. Bornhold, who said he could not arbitrate the matter, asked in rebuttal, "Where are the youngsters? Where are your separate school supporters?”Mrs. Eus suggested that from a geographic standpoint the dis­tribution did not make sense, even though the assessment units were probably correct.Despite the early dissidence, when it came time for the com­mittee to nominate its chair­man, the only name put for­ward was that of William Thompson, this year's chairman of the Woodstock Separate School Board. Mr. Thompson took the chair by acclamation.Elected to the position of secretary was James Page, business administrator of the Woodstock board.Repeatedly Mr. Bornhold as­sured the committee members that the Department of Educa­tion had every belief that the new county-wide board, begin­ning in January, 1969, would work to the advantage of all units.The major part of the meeting was given to a detailed study of a guide produced by the Depart­ment of Education. The guide spells out points to be covered in the reorganization of the school jurisdictions. It gave the lengthy chores to be undertaken by ISSOC in the next few months before the new county board comes into operation.Another rift appeared in rela­tions when Mr. Thom pson moved that the Woodstock board be requested to appoint an addi- tional committee member, in view of the heavy workload for ISSOC.Mr. Moyer said he would re­sign if the committee were “swamped’ by the largerboard.The chairman clarified that he felt the secretary would need as­sistance in preparing the many lists outlined by the Department guide booklet. The motion was passed with Mr. Moyer abstain­ing.A later motion provided for the six other jurisdictions to ap- point alternative committee members in case the original members were unable to attend any meeting. Geographic dist­ance was given as the main rea« son for this,GUIDELINESSeveral interesting pointe came up during discussion of the guidelines for reorganiza­tion of the school jurisdictions.When the committee member! were uncertain of some zoning rules, Mr. Bornhold pointed out that nominees for trusteeship in the larger board need not be resident in certain zones. Theor­etically a Dereham resident could stand for Woodstock if he could get two persons to nomin­ate him. His election was up to the ratepayers.A note of humor was injected •"vheri it wm also mentioned that, under the schools act, it was not even necessary for a trustee for the separate school board to lie a Roman Catholic. The act only defined that the nominee must be a Canadian citizen.Mr. Moyer asked if Woodstock was to be the centre for the new Karger hoard. The answer was, ["Woodstock will not. necessarily [he the headquarter/). This must [be settled by the board Iteelf.” [ in roneluMion, Mr, Bornhold latresNed that the Department of ■ Education te moving out of a| ■ policing capacity and offering ■ greater autonomy to the local, ■larger boards, Bl wd, "The de« ■ partment has faith that respon- Isible trustees will run a good•‘You expect these people to do things from an Oxford County standpoint. not from a munici­pal standpoint. People won’t stand for one school to be weak­ened at the expense of another.’*ART CLASSES ARE POPULARthe Home. Residents Lilly Wilkie and Ernie Brittain are shown busily working on a rug under the direction of Mrs. J. R. Stevely and auxiliary presi-areOne of the favorite pastimes at the Oxford County Home for the Aged is the craft class sponsored twice weekly by members of the Auxiliary todent Mrs. Kenneth Hildreth. Superintendent D. F. (Mike) Knott is hopeful that Wooding­ford Lodge will feature a full time craft director.Hospital Expansion Cost To Town Totals $250,000INGERSOLL — A bylaw in­troduced by Councillor Ted Hunt and seconded by Councillor Gordon Pittock authorized the expenditure of $250,000 which, is the town’s share of the cost of the construction and equipping of the addition to Alexandra Hospital and the renovations to the existing building. The by­law passed.Mr. Hunt stated that the hos­pital board has called tenders and the lowest bidder’s price was $1,561,000.This sum was higher than the estimate, said Councillor Hunt, so $89,227 in costs was trimmed from the plans.An additional tender will be called for the new kitchen fa-1 cilities estimated at $72,790.55 PER CENTThe total price would be $1,- 817,307 with the Ontario Hos-; pital Services Commission grant amounting to two thirds and the Hospital Board contributing $150,000 out of accumulated funds. The town of Ingersoll’s share of the balance is 55 per cent,Mr. Hunt stated that the Hospital Board had given care­ful consideration to all phases of the proposed work and with the hospital built 20 years ago it requires considerable necessary! changes.The tendency is to judge a hospital by the number of its beds, said Mr. Hunt, and while the addition will result in 11 new beds, the real need is in services and this is where much of the outlay is concentrated.Outpatient facilities are need-i ed badly aa x-ray, laboratory and emergency facilities are greatly taxed with the numbers increasing monthly.An increase of 300 outpatients in one month was noted overt the same month a year ago.New elevator services are re­quired and provision will be made for a bank of elevators which can be added as the hos 'pita! expands in future,Mr. Hunt observed that if services and facilities are not available in the hospital, the town has little hope of attract­ing doctors, of whom Ihc towncould use several more. Also, if the town is to grow and in­dustry is to be attracted, good hospital facilities must be pro­vided.Negotiations are under way to; have a resident surgeon at the hospital, Mr. Hunt stated. A brochure also will be available soon outlining the new facilities and answering the questions most often asked.Oxford Warden Will Open 6th Com DayGlen Kitchen, warden of Ox­ford County, will open the 6th Annual Com Day on Wednes­day, Oct. 9. The event is being held on the Bruce McCall farm, two miles west of Embro, with the program commencing at 1.30 p.m. and concluding at 4.30 p.m.30 Local Plowmen Enter MatchA basic skill of agriculture takes the spotlight in Oxford County tomorrow- when the 25th annual plowing match is expected to draw approxima­tely 30 local plowmen in competition.The match is to be held on the farm of Leslie Pullen and Son, two miles north of Wood- stock and 1% miles east of Highway 59 on the Innerkip- MiU Side Road.Focus On Need For ImmunizationThe Oxford County Health Unit and local physicians are drawing attention this week to the need for immuniza­tions to reduce caies of communicable diseases.During National Immunization Week, Medical Officer Dr. G. Q. Sutherland points out that the recent tragic death of two children from diphtheria should serve as a warning.Im munications best known to parents include whoop­ing cough, diphtheria, lockjaw, polio, measles and small­pox. II. is emphasized that reinforcing doses are necessary at intervals.Immunization Program Will BeginThe annual immunization program for primary grade students will begin shortly.Vaccinations against whooping cough, diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles and smallpox will be given to pupils in Grades 1, 4, and 8.Oxford County Health Unit requests parents to indicate on the consent forms if their child has had a recent immunt- zaUou, to help keep the school health records up to date.There will be eight classes of plowing, including separate classes for horse drawn and tractor drawn plowing, a ladies’ match, and classes for boys and girls under 14 and under 18. The final event will be a horse show. Prizes total over $600, with high prizes of $20 in most classes.The drawing of land takes place at 9.30 a.m. and the first class is expected to be­gin by 10 a.m. * • CL <■*=> m hiafM amiL! ht«:ps'g'g jj £ |-§ x> SCEc w>C3- o to ea*.s <l> £ *.25 8■g egs'*■ n, W O“5 0 p t ~ sIsFOiF i: u5 c c r 2 l.~EQEr2©0Qa2 C S3 t-’2^25?o§o g5o& 8§- 5 ® r 5 j* S « « * «Ee* s 50 5^2 0 oC 0 g re £ 0^ s.oc X -u -2 rj c 0 K cs-tS S 0 § £ s ■T- a S? 2 —360 ® O ^2Hospital seeks more moneyFr«t' Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — Oxford County council today will con­sider a request to increase its levy for an addition to Alex­andra Hospital, Ingersoll, by |70,Q00 to $205,000.Council received notice of the i n c reuse Tuesday. Changes in building specifica­tions and higher costs are blamed for the rise.Payment, of $135,000, in four instalments starting this year,was authorized by council in December, 1967.Council allotted $33,750 to­wards the project in its budget this year.Ingersoll c 0 u n c i I agreed Monday to increase its ex­penditure to $250,000 for the $1,817,307 addition.The province will pay two- thirds and the hospital $150,000 out of its budget.In other business, council received an application fromthe Woodstock and District Association for the Mentally Retarded for an increase in the levy for an addition to its school from $25,000 to $28,654. The addition will include three classrooms, a music room and gymnasium.County clerk-treasurer Leo­nard K. Coles said $25,000 has been placed in the county budget this year. The request for the increase will be consid­ered today, he said.Leslie J. Cook, secretary of the association, said the low­est tender tor the addition was $149,000. or $19,000 more than the estimate.Woodstock council will tie asked to increase its contribu­tion from $30,000 to $34,385. and Ingersoll its share from $10,000 to $11,461.Municipal Affairs Minister W. Darcy McKeough an­nounced acceptance of Blen­heim Township into the Ox­ford County planning area.Embro Council Claims O WRC Causing DelayRelease of 6,560 pheasants to precede Oxford huntingFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK - A total of 6.560 pheasants are being re­leased in Oxford for the Oct. 16 - Nov 11 hunting season, Conservation officer H. W. Clark announced Thursday.Mf. Clark said the Ontario lands and forests department has divided 3,600 chicks and 1.460 poults among the 11 townships.He said about 1,500 adult pheasants are being raised at the Warren Stein farm at Tav­istock for release throughout the county prior to the opening of the season.A township licence is re­quired to hunt pheasants, Mr. Clark said.A limit has been set at three pheasants a day, of which notmore than one may be a hen.Five ducks are allowed per day, of which not more than two may be canvasbacks and redheads.Mr. Clark said a season has been planned Oct. 15 to Dec. 14 for ducks, Geese, rails, coots, gallinules. Wilson snipe, woodcock, squirrel and ruffed grouse. The season for Hun­garian partridge is Oct. 5 to Nov. 28 and for rabbits Oct. 16 to Feb. 28.There is no closed season for racoon, he said.A migratory bird permit is required in addition to the res­ident hunting licence for hunting migratory birds, he said.Only shotguns can be used.©oa2 —£0 B80 EF-S -«'E SCl <u $ 5ml3 £ C l. •“S >.W " e Efl 0 E tn 2 j.IP0.2s□ 5 o a c -o 3 O t-S 4?•S 0 © «■L 2g0S * _re£ 0 C ’C 0 fl _u = £ If £fWaC ««2 c««a 8 0 i# ,c ps mOxford County Warden Glen Kitchen greets Ken Webster, property committee chairman; Bruce Amos, finance commit tee chairman; and GordonAspden, road committee chair­man, County Council began its Fall session at the county court house today. Hospital, school for retardedbuilding grants increasedFree Press Wimdslock BureauWOODSTOCK - Oxford County council Wednesday in­creased its grants for con­st ruction of additions to Alex­andra Hospital, Ingersoll, and the school of the Woodstock and District Association for the Mentally Retarded.The hospital and the asso­ciation asked for additional funds as a result of higher than anticipated construction costs.County council authorized an extra payment of $76,060 towards the $1,817,307 Inger­soll hospital addition, increas­ing its contribution.to $205,000Rather than four annual payments of $33,750, council agreed to pay the $33,750 al-ready planned in itsbudget.Blossom Park Addition Costs Over EstimateThe municipalities of Ox­ford County, Woodstock and Ingersoll have been asked to pay more than originally ex­pected for the expansion of Blossom Park School.Hie lowest tender received for the addition was $19,000 higher than the estimate of $130,000.Leslie Cook, secretary of the Retarded Children's As­sociation and a Woodstock ai­derman, has informed all | three councils that the low tender of $149,000 was accept­ed, subject to the approval of the municipalities involved.Of the total cost, 50 per cent will be paid for by the Department of Education.The remaining municipal shares for which approval has been requested, with original shares in brackets, are: Ox­ford County $28,000 (325,00); Woodstock $34,385 ($30,000) and Ingersoll $11,461 ($10,000), for a total outlay of $74,500.The request was to be con­sidered by Oxford County Council today and will be dealt with by City Council to­morrow night.The county has placed $25,- 000 for the item in this year’s budgetCity Council recently ap­proved a motion (hat applica­tion be made to the Ontario Municipal Board to debenture $30,000 required for the addi­tion.The proposed expansion would add three classrooms, a music room and gymnasium to the school, located on the north side of Devonshire, east of Leinster Street in Woodstock.Mr. Cook also informed City Council that it is the associa­tion's intention to divide the Blossom Park property into two sections, one giving theschool about three acres. The remaining acre,hestated, will be retained for future development of other services to the mentally re- tarded.At this time it is the Inten­tion of the association to pro­vide a residence on the prop­erty for those children in its care who have no parents, Mr. Cook reported.this year, and $42,812.50 each year for the next four years.The county agreed to pay an additional $3,654 for construc­tion of three classrooms, a music room and gymnasium at the school for the mentallyretarded at creasing its $28,654.A payment lowed in theWoodstock, contributionof $25,000,in­toal-1968 budget-forthe school addition, will be paid, leaving $3,654 for I be 1969 budget.County council will sell 4.18 acres of land it has used for a gravel pit on Ingersoll Street, in Ingersoll to the Ingersoll In­dustrial Development Corpora­tion for $850 ah acre.A deer season proposed forNov. 4, 5 and 6 in OxfordHome Residents Hold Birthday, Hear ChoralairesResidents of Oxford County’s Home for Aged enjoyed a busy fun-filled week this week.Monday, the Woodingford Lodge Auxiliary held a birth day party for 10 of the resi­dents. Entertainment was sup­plied by Woodstock’s recording tenor, Bob Graham who was accompanied by Keith Bing­ham.On Wednesday evening, the “Choralaires" under the direc­tion of Dr. N. E. Burt-Gerrans presented a concert.bythe department of lands and forests was turned down for (he second year in a row.Councillors believed there! are not enough deer. Districti forester F. I.. Hall of Hespeler had recommended the season! “because of the high reproducetion rate'’ of herds.An approach to the OntarioOxford deerwill be made department ofagriculture to have the Inter­national Plowing Match held, in Oxford in the near future.Warden Glen Kitchen, reeve of East Oxford Township, said the last international match was held here about 17 years ago. Sites for the competition are arranged several years in advance.Road superintendent Donald Pratt said .1968 road work may total slightly less than (he budget estimate of $1,331,700.He said tenders will be opened Oct. 4 for a bridge over Otter Creek at Rocks Mill in South Norwich Town­ship; for reconstruction of part of County Road 10 in Dereham Township and recon­struction of a bridge at County Roads 27 and 10 in Dereham Township.Council authorized signing of an agreement with-Subeo Ltd., Toronto, for insolation of a natural gas pipeline in Dereham Township along parts of County Roads 10, 27, 26 and 19.Additions Cost$75,000 MoreThan EstimatesAdditions to Alexandra Hos­pital, Ingersoll and Blossom Park School for the Mentally Retarded will cost Oxford County taxpayers almost $75,- 000 more than the original estimates. The increases are due to changes in building specifications and increased construction costs.At yesterday’a session of County Council, $3,654 was approved for payment in ad­dition to the original $25,000 allotted to Blossom Park School. The proposed addition at the school will provide three new classrooms, a mu­sic room and gymnasiumThe increased costs of the expansion program at Alex­andra Hospital will bring the county’s share of the bill to $205,000, to be paid over a five year period. The original payment of $33,750 for 1968 will be paid as budgeted. In the years 1969 - 72 paymentswill be $42,812.50 each year.Council accepted an offer of $850 per acre from Ingersoll Industrial Development Cor­poration for the purchase of 4.18 acres on the east side of Ingersoll St, Ingersoll. The ■corporation will also pay all survey costs and legal fees.A request from the Depart­ment of Lands and Forests for a three-day deer season in Ox­ford County was refused.To date in 1968, council’s expenditure on road construc­tion and repair totals $635,356. December 5 was given as the estimated completion date of reconstruction on county roads 19 and 20 for approximately four miles south from Spring-ford. Cost of this $396,200.Construction of bridge over Otterproject isa newCreek atMAYOR BRIAN JONES of Tillsonburg, although not a tro­phy winner in the Grape Stomp of last Saturday, re-turned to Ingersoll for the seen trying out one of Ute Cheese and Wine Tasting Far numerous brands at one of the ty. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are tasting tables.Rocks Mills cannot be start­ed until completion of the re­construction at Springford. Tenders for the new bridge, scheduled for completion by May, 1969, will be let Oct. 4.Due to difficulty in reloca­ting a Bell Telephone Co. toll cable, it will be impossible to finish anticipated work on county road 31 and Townline Road in Tillsonburg. The roads committee recommend­ed to Council that this project be deleted from the 1868 pro­gram and be given top prior­ity in the 1969 program, with work to start May 1, 1969.Subeo Lt., was authorized to lay natural gas pipe lines I along and across parts of county roads 10,26, 27 and 19.The Department of Agricul­ture will be approached with a view to having Oxford Coun­ty named site of an interna­tional plowing match in the near future. Locations for such matches are chosen several years in advance.In other business council approved six confirming by­laws from the townships of East Oxford, North Oxford. West Oxford, Blenheim, East Nissouri and South Norwich. Those from North Oxford and West Oxford concerned straightened and widening of roads leading to the new Meathrell Bridge, to be offi­cially opened Oct. 9.Council will reconvene the first week of December.The Director of Family Benefits for Ontario. W. S. Groom, said at the first an­nual meeting of the Woo d stock Community Services Council that a brief ask­ing approval of a day care centre in Woodstock was “one of the finest briefs ever received by his department."He said that he was pleased that Oxford County approved a county unit for administer­ing social services. Oxford council approves county welfare systemFree Press Woodstock KoreanWOODSTOCK - Oxford County council approved a county-wide welfare system Wednesday to go into effect April 1, 1969.The program, which will ex­clude Woodstock and Inger­soll. is expected to cost $215.- 000. About $55,000. or three- quarters of a mill, will be shared among member munic­ipalities with the balance to come from provincial grants, Warden Glen Kitchen said.Council's welfare commit­tee. headed by Reeve Gordon Aspden of Blandford Town­ship. was authorized to meet with representatives from Woodstock and Ingersoll to see if those municipalities de­sired to join the system.The idea for the county pro­gram was suggested io council a year ago by Tillsonburg.Reeve Kenneth Webster of Tillsonburg then said his coun­cil felt studies of welfare cases by Tillsonburg Clerk- Treasurer Burt Neale was creating a heavy work load.County council Wednesday agreed that, if Woodstock and Ingersoll were to join the pro­gram. costs would be divided among the county and two municipalities on a percentage basis of the previous year's expenditures.Reeve Aspden said an ad­ministrator and probably an office staff of two would be hired for the county system. Participation of Woodstock and Ingersoll, he said, would require more staff.The county system, he said, will provide a more even standard of welfare which is generally handled as extra du­ties by clerks or reeves.More time will be spent in an effort to assist individuals and could include recommen­dations and assistance to con­tinue education, Reeve Aspden said.The county welfare system, he said, was made possible through the 1967 General Wel­fare Assistance Act.County municipalities^ through county council, are operating a county library,| road, health, home for the! aged and are also moving to-, wards a county assessment program.Cannon-aidA machine gun-like noise came from near the 1843 and 1844 muzzle-loading cannon in front of the Ox­ford County building Friday. Stewart Erskine, of James A. Vance Construction Ltd., Woodstock, was—Free Press Woodstock Bureau operating an air compressor pick, removing a dete­riorating base which will be replaced. County offi­cials don’t know if the cannon, fort type models, were ever used.Board elections challenge to clerksFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — Election procedures among Oxford County clerks were co-ordinat­ed Friday prior to prepara­tions for the nomination of trustees for new county boards of education.L. B. Curry, West Oxford Township clerk-treasurer, said returning officers are going to have to know their business, noting that ratepayers will vote for one school trustee in some municipalities and two in others.Tillsonburg's deputy clerk­treasurer, K. E. Holland, said his municipality will have three education ballots in ad­dition to Iwo liquor plebesdt.es and voting for municipal coun­cil.He said Tillsonburg voters will elect a member (or the Oxford County hoard of educa­tion and on<- for the Oxford County separate school board.Separate school voters in Till­sonburg and throughout Oxford will elect one separate school representative to the county board of education for secondary school purposes.G. R. Staples, Oxford Coun­ty deputy-clerk treasurer, said it will be up to each munici­pality to explain through ad­vertisements in which munici­palities school nominations will be held. Nomination meet­ings for county boards have been set for Nov. 18. Elec­tions, where required, will be held in each municipality Dec. 2.For the board of education:Residents of Blandford and East Zorra townships and Tavistock will hold nomina­tions for two trustees in East Zorra township;Norwich and East Oxford, North Norwich and South Nor­wich townships will hold nomi­nations for two trustees in South Norwich Township;Embro and West Zorra and East Nissouri townships will hold nominations for two trus­tees in East Nissouri Town­ship;Beachville and North Oxford and West Oxford townships will hold nominations for one trustee in West Oxford Town­sip;Dereham and Blenheim townships and Tillsonburg will each elect one trustee;Woodstock will elect four trustees, Ingersoll one.For the separate school board:Residents of East Nissouri, West Zorra. East Zorra, Blandford and Blenheim town­ships will hold nominations for one trustee in Blenheim Town­ship;Beachville and West Oxford, East Oxford. North Norwich and North Oxford townships will hold nominations for one trustee in North Oxford Town­ship;Woodstock will elect five, Ingersoll one; South Norwich Township two; Tillsonburg one and Dereham Township one.Embro, Norwich and Tavis­tock have no registered sep­arate school supporters.Where municipalities elect trustees with other municipali­ties, results will be tabulated al the municipality with the large! assessment, where the nominations are held.The clerks announced that nine municipalities have adopted the system of holding elections every two years for council officials. They are Tavistock, Beachville and In­gersoll and the townships of East Nissouri. East Oxford. South Norwich, North Nor­wich, Dereham ’and Blenheim.No elections for council offi­cials have boon planned for Blenheim Township, East Ox­ford Township or Ingersoll this year.Norwich and Tillsonburg have staggered elections.Mr. Staples said applications for admission to the 160-bed Oxford County home for the aged will be received starting in January, The project is scheduled for completion next March.He said a study will be made to determine whether it would be economical to trans­fer welfare recipients in nurs­ing homes to the county home.Ernest Wood. clerk-treasur­er of West Zorra Township, proposed annual meetings for the clerks and treasurers to discuss mutual projects.Clerk-treasurer Irwin Haines of Blenheim Township, elected chairman for the meeting, said a clerk-treasur­ers* association had been ac­tive for many years and might be revived. Wanted: the right to grow old"We must remove the stigma from the person who just grows old.” says hospital adminislrat- or Peter Smith in commenting on the problem of (ho number of beds still ceupied by chronic- care patientsThe future in Oxford County shows a good prospect of im­provement for this problem. When Woodingford Lodge is completed, it is expected that a number of chronic-carc pa­tient* will be moved to the n-w quarters where they can be given the best in care for their conditions. At the same time this will release hods in the Gen eral Hospital for tho large num- l)W of patients who need active temporary care.General hospitals were never intended tu be depositories for the elderly with chronic condi­tions that might require bed confinement for long months or even years The hospital is meant as a centre for getting well and it can only serve its full purpose if enough bods are kept available to fill the needs of the ordinary patieu who comes in for treatment and can leave again in a short time.ACUTE PROBLEMMost urban areas have had an acute problem in recent years with the number of active'beds tied up by chronic cases. The situation was no less distressing in Oxford County where the County Home for the Aged was only a small residence in the country without facilities for bed pa ents.Al) that will he changed when Wood ngford Lodge is com­pleted. Under construction on Devonshire Avenue, the new home will be partially the re­sult of active co-opcration in planning with the Genera) Hos­pital. Fulfilling a complete role as a residence for the aged, W.iodingford Lodge will have nursing service for residents confined to bed.inevitably there will bo many Limos when residents may go to the General Hospital for ac­tive treatment of acute condi- tions and ailments. These will occur just as naturally as among citizens in younger age groups.The two-way policy will he emphasized when residents can return to Woodingford Lxidge for long-term care. Officials at the General Hospital see the new home as “the best possible en­vironment" for the elderly.The attractive new home will be planned for their needs as a general hospital never can he. Special facilities will relieve the hospital of an overload in pa­tient care on a long-term basis — a situation still strangling other hospitals in less favored districts.mpietion of Woodingford Lodge on Devonshire Avenue will provide bed care for chronically ill aged. Hospital trust provided landWarden Glen Kitchen speaks to 800 farmers to open an nual Oxford County Corn Day held yesterday at Embro. Will Study Joining County Welfare PlanWoodstock City Council will study an invitation from Ox­ford County to join in a coun­ty-wide welfare plan.^ld. William Dutton said the county-wide plan would be ad­ministered from Woodstock and that under the system, four people would be looking after Welfare in the county.“The study should deter­mine whether we would re­ceive the same or better ser­vices by being included in the county plan,” Aid. Dutton said.The Oxford county welfare scheme will come into effect in April, 1969.Gerald H. Mackay, social services administrator, will be asked to make a report on the effects Woodstock’s parti­cipation in the plan will have on the administration of wel­fare. Ingersoll has also been invited by the county to join the plan.’'ership list of the 22-member left: W. W. Bulb, past presi- retary treasurer; Ray Hart- Nagel, president-elect.End Of Oxford Oil Fields PredictedNORWICH — 'Hie oil putput in the Oxford County reached 500 barrels a day during its peak .since the discovery in 1960, but the amount has already dwindl­ed, county clerk L. K. Coles toldAssociation here last night.Plans are drawn to flood the duction could discontinue in one oil wells with water and thus or two years, Mr. Coles said- forcing the oil upward to in-1 Mr. Coles outlined that the to- crease the oil output. A petition tai county assessment amounts was submitted to the author!-Ito approximately $70 million, ex-OFFICIAL OPENINGJ. N. Meathrell BridgeA brief official opening ceremony will be observedonWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9that 1:30 P.MLocation of the bridge is just off the Hamilton Road approximately 2 miles west of Ingersoll.Oxford Librarians' Workshop Deals With Branch ProblemsTAKES ONE SNIPN. J, (Nick) Meathrell snips the ribbon to officially open a new $100,000 bridge named after him in tribute to his 38 years as Oxford County Road Superintendent, With him, from left, aretBruce Amos, reeve of West Oxford Township; Alwyn Patience, reeve of North Ox­ford Township; and Glen Kitchen, warden of Oxford County.Librarians from all the branches of the Oxford County Library attended the annual workshop yesterday in Wood- stock. County Librarian Mrs. S. L. Krompart was in charge of the all-day program.Various problems in the branch libraries held the spot­light at the morning session, drawing discussions on advis­ory. reference and other types of library services.Attention was drawn to Young Canada Book Week to be held from Nov. 15. Ingersoll librari­ans Betty Crawford and Helen Furlong displayed pictures and spoke on their use in children’s libraries.Group organizations needing the services of the libraries were the concern of the librari­ans during the afternoon ses­sion. Mrs. Krompart spoke of the library's place in the com­munity and suggested ways in which books and libraries couldthe Oxford County Ex-Reeves ties which will decide upon it, | eluding Woodstock and Inger- A C» CAO I I I l-i nun M U • 11.: r ' 1 4 . *1 . , .but should this fail, the oil pro­soli, with four per cent of thebe of use to organizations. Mrs. J. W’estra of Woodstock Public Library described the deposit of films in the library which could be used by groups in the coun­ty.A talk on communication within groups was given by Miss Mary Beth Bothwell, home । economist with the department of agriculture, as the conclud­ing feature of the workshop.assessment deriving from pipe­lines which stretch underground through the county, originating in Sarnia and concluding near Toronto.The new plan drafted by the Ontario Hospital Service Com­mission for Hospitals to set up a 25-year program is an advantage for the county in planning the budget, he said, Tillsonburg has already set up a program as the tenth hospital in Ontario. Woodstock and Ingersoll will fol­low suit in the near future he predicted.Suitable streams and ponds will be stocked with trout, he said. This year alone 10.000 speckled trout were set out in the county.An election of officers for the association was held Iasi night. Elected were: George Nagel, of Dereham Township. president; Peter McDonald of Blenheim, vice - chairman and Clarence Stover of South Norwich Town­ship, second vice-chairman.Directors are Robert Rudy of Tavistock, Leslie Force of Nor­wich, and Russel Honsberger of Tillsonburg.J. K. Coles, county clerk and J. N. Meathrell, retired county road superintendent, were voted in life honorary member? of the association.Oxford Warden Defeated In Plowing Match TestOxford County warden GlenKitchen was defeated yesterday in a special warden’s contest al the International Plowing Match six miles north of Guelph.He was out-plowed by FraserHarris of Middlesex. Brant war­den S. C. Hodge came third.Moe than 23.000 persons turn­ed out Wednesday f of the four-day mat Immunization program scheduled in OxfordFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — The annual immunization program In Ox­ford County primary schoolsN. X. Meathrell of Ingersoll clipped the ribbon Wednesday to officially open a $100,000 Oxford County bridge named after him. From left are Wayne Arnott of Arnott Construction, Arthur;—Free Press Woodstock Bureau Reeve Alwyn Patience, North Oxford Township; Gordon W. Innes, MPP (L— Oxford); Mr. Meath- rell; Reeve Bruce Amos, West Oxford Township; and Warden Glen Kitchen, reeve of East Oxford.J. N. Meathrell bridge opened by former county roads officerFree Press Woodstock BureauINGERSOLL — Oxford County officials paid tribute Wednesday to former county road superintendent J. N. Meathrell. who officially opened a §100,000 Thames Riv­er bridge named after him at Ingersoll waterworks.Gordon W. Innes, MPP (L —Oxford) said it is most ap- propriaie to name the bridge after one of the great planners of the county.Provincial and federal ad­ministrators, he said, might well take a close look at oper­ation procedures of the former .superintendent, who retired at the end of last year after 38 years of service.The county, he said, has been able to continue opera­tions without having a deben­ture debt.T, S. Caldwell, London, dis­trict department of highways municipal engineer, said the gesture by the county is a real tribute to Mr, Meathrell.Reeves of the two munici­palities on each side of the bridge, Reeve Bruce Amos of West Oxford, and Reeve Al­Take Chilly Tour Of New LodgeA tour of the Oxford County Home Hoard through the uncompleted Woodingford Lodge yesterday afternoon was either one week too late or one week too early,Five members of the board braved the cold tor one and a half hours yesterday, The Lodge is scheduled to have the heat running by next, week, and thus enabling tho craftsmen to work through the winter.Warden Glen Kitchen, Mayor Gordon Henry of Inger­soll, Reeve J. C. Smith of Beachville, G. R, Staples county deputy clerk-treasurer, and D. F. Knott, administrator of the Oxford County Home for the Aged and future adminis­trator for the new Home, were given a guided tour of the building by J. D. Black, Consulting Engineer.wyn Patience of North Oxford, described the name of the bridge as fitting.R. R. Smith, Woodstock en­gineer, presented Mr, Meath- roll with an album of con­struction photographs of the bridge.Wayne Arnott of Arnott Con­struction, Arthur, contractor, said Mr. Meathrell’s work has shown he has been a devoted engineer.Mr. Meathrell recalled his family settled in the area of the bridge in the 1880-s.Ingersoll Mayor Gordon B. Henry also joined the comity council members at the offi­cial opening of the bridge.Mr. Meathrell was honored al a dinner last fall when it was announced that the bridge would bear his name.Parading Tractors Head For OttawaThe first of 300 tractors will be pulling out of the Woodstock Fairgrounds on Monday morn­ing to begin a four day trek to OttawaWestern Ontario farmers, tak­ing their protests of low corn prices to the Federal Govern­ment, want to curtail the Im porting of corn from the United States.Nixon to speakWOODSTOCK - Robert F. Nixon, MPP (L—Brant) lead­er of the Ontario Liberal par­ty, will Speak Nov. 28 at the Oxford County warden’s ban­quet. Warden Glen Kitchen, first representative in the post from East Oxford Township since 1038, Will be honored at the dinner in the recreation hall at Woodstock fairgrounds. will start next week. Dr G. Q Sutherland, medical officer of health, announced Friday.Many communicable dis­eases can be prevented by protective immunizations giv­en in infancy with the protec­tive level kept high by regular reinforcing doses, Dr, Suther­land said.It must be stressed, he said, that immunizations protect the individual, but organisms that cause diseases are still around.“The tragic deaths of two local children from dipthcria vividly illustrates this fact.” he said. ‘‘These children, one from London and the other from Woodstock, had not been immunized against the dis­ease”Immunization is offered for pupils in grades one, four and eight and includes whooping cough, diphtheria, tetanus, po­lio, measles and smallpox.To keep school records up to date, he said, parents have been asked to indicate on con­sent forms if their child has been immunized recently and for what purposes.Ponder Joining Welfare PlanA decision by Woodstock City Council to join a county welfare unit could be influen­ced by the outcome of a meet­ing with provincial welfare department representatives tonight.Administrative supervisor of the department’s municipal welfare administration, Arne S. Nielsen, is to lead a dele­gation to City Council and will explain what participation i n the county system will mean to Woodstock.Oxford County Council has decided to establish a county­wide system of welfare admin­istration by April 31. Both Woodstock and Ingersoll have been invited to join.Imperial bank branch gets nodFive Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — The inter­im committee of the new Ox­ford County separate school area has recommended the board give the business to the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce branch at Dundas and Graham sheets.The co mm i 11 ec decided Thursday to make the recom­mendation to the board which will meet Dec. 8.William Thompson, chair­man of both the Woodstock board and the interim com­mittee, said the Royal Bank, which now has the account of the Woodstock board, and the Rank of Montreal presented submissions. City To Join County Welfare But Awaits Details Of Cost SharingCity Council last night agreed to join a eounty-wide welfare system but has decided not to sign any pacts until it is known how the costs of the system will be shared.county Council decided earlier this month to inaugurate a countv-wide wel­fare system April 30. 1969 and has invited both Woodstack and Ingersoll to partici­pate in the plan.Although cost-sharing agreements will be decided by the participants, Aid. Wil­liam Dutton noted that if population is used as a basis, Woodstock's share would be 32.1 per cent, Ingersoll 9.8 per cent and Oxford County 58.1.If equalized assessment is used as the basis, Woodstock’s share then becomes 35.6 per cent. Ingersoll 7.6 per cent, Ox­ford county 56.8 per cent.A meeting is to be arranged with In­gersoll and Oxford county io work out the agreements.MORE SUBSIDYAdministrative supervisor of the On­tario Department of Welfare Services’ Municipal Welfare Administration Arne Nielsen told council that. Woodstock’s in­clusion in the county welfare plan would boost the government .subsidy to anacross-the-board 50 per cent. At present, the Woodstock welfare service* depart­ment gets a 50 per cent subsidy for cur­rent expenditure^ only, Mr. Nielsen said.Other advantages of county-wide welfare system cited by Mr.Nielsen in­clude:— One central administration for the entire unit, probably to be located in Woodstock;— A greater ability to provide special­County Building Boom Taxes Health Inspectorsizedservice because of the increasedIf you're considering buying, dential building permits.a newly-built house, especially three of the outside Woodstock, a telephone Thamesford.call to Oxford Health Unit maydwellingswith inensure greater satisfaction from the purchase.Dr. G. Q. Sutherland. Oxford MOH, points out that public health inspectors of the Health Unit must regularly check plumbing and private sewage systems during construction of dwellings. They will have rec­ords of the plumbing installa­tions and can give advice on quality and most effective maintenance of the system.The check will be of particu­lar benefit when a purchaser considers buying a new housewith a septie tank or private sewage system.otherThepublic health inspector will know whether a septic tank of only minimum size has been installed and can give advice on how frequently it should be cleaned.The suggestion to take the time for a telephone call is spurred by the boom in build­ing activity in the townships of Oxford County. The public health inspectors have found themselves with a heavier work lead and have asked townships for duplicate reports of applica­tions to build dwellings so the work load may be anticipated and planned.Dr. Sutherland says particu­larly heavy activity in residen­tial building has taken place re­cently in the Thamesford area.Complete figures are not available for the county but the trend is shown in statistics given by Wallace Baigent, building inspector for North Oxford.He says that in 1966 there were six applications for resi-By 1967 this 10, with two inhad climbed to Thamesford. Inthe first nine months of 1968 the total has already reached 16. with a spurt of nine new houses for Thamesford.With this trend repeated in other townships, the three pub­lic health inspectors for Oxford County keep going at a fast clip. Their inspection is requir­ed by regulation and the service assures that plumbing and sew­age disposal is adequate.size and tax base of the unit.Mr. Nielsen said that any cost sharing arrangements must be decided by the participants. The department, he said would not intervene.Aid. Leslie Cook questioned Mr. Niel­sen about the fate of the present welfare administrative staff but the supervisor said that in other areas where this hasbeen tried, the staff in each of the smal­ler units Is usually taken over by the larger unit.The department, he said, would have to approve the chief administrator.Aid. Clarence Chattington said he felt the formation of a county unit was worth­while because it could provide better wel­fare service “jven if in the long run, it becomes more expensive”Oxford lets contracts for road, bridge workFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCKLondon,Walkerton and Stratford con­tractors were awarded Oxford County road and bridge con­tracts Friday by Oxford Coun­ty road committee, subject to approval of the department of highways.Tlie London firm, Lenford Construction, was the lowestFormer Reeve Of Tavistock To Be Honored With PlaqueTAVISTOCK — A plaque to honor the late Andrew Baechler, reeve of Tavistock for a total of 14 years, and Warden of Oxford County in 1922, is to be placed on the fountain in the Square by the village council. The decision was made at the session of council Thursday night. The fountain was erected in the square by Mr. Baechler in 1923, and down through the years hasi been kept in good repair and has served both man and small anl-of eight bidders with a price I of $61,899 for construction of ai 150-foot Otter Creek bridge on County Road 20, south of Springford, in South Norwich Township.Donald Pratt, county road superintendent, said Otter1 Creek bridge construction, being done in conjunction with road improvements and re­alignment, is scheduled for completion May 1. 1969.Upgrading of four miles of road, including realigning part of it 400 feet to the west, is being done by Lewis Construc­tion of Langton. The Langton firm was awarded the project for $285,648 July 30.Paving of the four miles has been planned for 1969.Owen King Ltd., Walkerton, I was the lowest of seven bid­ders with a price of $49,859 for construction of a new bridge at the intersection of County Roads 27 and 10 in Dereham Township, two concessions south of Verschoyle. The pro­ject should be completed by Jan. 31. 1969.The firm of Yundt and Mc­Cann. Stratford, was the low­est of seven for reconstruction and realignment of County Road 10, Dereham Township, north of Verschoyle, al a price of $45,371.No, it’s not a new kind ofTHE WHEEL OF PROGRESSrirv’i. k ni a ncw k,nd of 8kuctlun machinery used for If . °ri 8ny 01her kind ditches for sewers andof Woodingford Lodge, Ox-mah duringof midway ride as a mattersummermonths, with the service being turned off for the winter.of JS WiTnS a Tatter ?vater piPes and <ws been c at tact, its a piece o£ con- brought into action at the site ground.ford’s new home for the aged, which can be seen in the back- County School Board PlansPraised By Regional OfficialBy JOHN DAVIDSON . ithe annual dinner of the Oxford ,,,, . . County School Trustees and Mu-in. E0"? n»c»Pal Councillors Association superintendant of education R. in Norwich last nicht F. Bornhold has called the m *»« WLcounty board system of educa- ADVANTAGEtian the most “significant de-Mr. Bornhold said the great- velopmenl in education in th® est advantage of the county last ceatry and a halt” and cen- board system, which will re-sured those who oppose the place existing public and high change. I school boards Jan. 1, is that it“I can think of no greater in- will provide equality of educa- dictment of an adult than, that tional opportunity for all chil-by his actions, he would per- dren In the county, petuate an educational admin-“In some areas of the countyistrative system that would stunt specialized education is provid- the educational growth of even ed, in others only the three R’s one child,” he told 200 people at are taught. ’We' must questionHunter On The TrailOxford county warden Glenn Kitchen gives us this one — from a joke he told at the warden’s banquet Thurs­day.It seems a friend of his was an avid hunter and, on one particular day, had been tramping the bush for hours with no luck. Just as he was about to give up, he saw 3 beautiful girl running through the woods."Are you game?” he asked.“Yes,” she answered. So he shot her.the organization that permits some of these schools to be out of touch with the times.”Mr. Bornhold said while very few trustees have opposed the change to county administra­tion, those who have are often trustees of smaller boards whose schools do not have the enrolment, the money or the re­sources to provide special edu­cation.“Why deny a child in one part j of the county what he would have if he were living in an­other?” he asked the audience.THREE WAYSFor the benefit of those trus­tees who fear the consequence of transition from the present sys­tem to county administration, Mr. Bornhold said, there are three ways which, if used ef­fectively. will help smooth the transition.These are:— The Interim School Organi­zation Committee recommenda­tions — which will be the result of months of compiling data on the present day school boards:— A committee of former trustees of area boards who may advise and assist the new board after Jan. 1;— A full Oxford county boardAgainst Town Library Joining County GroupINGERSOLL — Councillor, become part of the county Ted Hunt voiced objection to staff.the Ingersoll Public Library Advantages of the county joining the county system by system were listed mainly as the end of this year as pul forth the town having greater access in a motion made by Mayor G. to knowledge in the form of B. Henry and seconded by books which were too expen-The only disadvantage named by toe mayor was that the board locally loses complete control of the library except for the books and building which remain the properly of the town.A bylaw will be passed later confirming the change and must be done so prior to Jan- Hunt. T also have to object to available as well as additional I uafy L 1969 when the new sys- the policy of a provincial gov-1 trained staff for assistance. ■ tern becomes effective.Councillor Allan Ward.sive for the town library to“This regional idea may be purchase for its sole use. Ex­good but I feel we lost our lo- changes of books of all nature eal autonomy.” stated Mr. throughout the county would beernment cutting our subsidies: to force us to join the county system. It just doesn't leave us any choice.”Mr. Henry explained that the library board and council met for discussions and that the board has been making a study over the past four years con­cerning the advantages and dis­advantages of joining the coun­ty board.SEPARATED TOWNUntil last August when the Library Act was amended. Ing­ersoll could not join the county system, being a separated town.The mayor explained that Ingersoll will have one repre­sentative on the county board and the cost will be approxi­mately two dollars per capitaor slightly higher than the sent levy.Mr. Henry pointed out provincial grant in 1967 $7,600 but was reduced inpre-the was 1968to $5,100 and that this possibly was one way of advising the town to join the county system. Next year the grant might be dropped to $4,100 if the town remained independent.NEW SYSTEMThe mayor, who is a mem-1 ber of the library board, com mended the present board and librarians Miss Betty Crawford and Miss Helen Furlong for their excellent service Under the new system the staff willNOTICE OF APPLICATION BY THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OFWOODSTOCK TO DISPENSE WITH A VOTE OF THE ELECTORSTake Notice That:1. The Council of The Corporation of the City of Woodstock intends to apply to The Ontario Municipal Board for approval of the granting of $34,385.00 for the purpose of the erection of an addition to Blossom Park School for the Mentally Retarded by which the said sum of $34,385.00 shall be raised by the sale of debentures payable out of the general rate over a period not exceeding ten (10) years.2. Application will be made to The Ontario Municipal Board for an order to dispense with the assent of the electors to the undertaking of the said works. Any ratepayer may, within twenty-one days after the first publication of this notice, send by post prepaid to the Deputy Clerk of the City of Woodstock at the address given below, a notice in writing stating his objection to such approval and the grounds of such objection.3. The Ontario Municipal Board may order pursuant: to the statute that the assent of the electors shall not be required and may approve of Ilie said works, hut before doing so H may appoint a time and place Jm a public hearing when any objectioha will be con­sidered.Dated at the City of Woodstock this 23rd day of November, 1968.K. MILLER, Deputy Clerk, Corporation of the city of Woodstock. City Hall, Woodstock, Ontario.Of education meeting Dec. 9 — well before the take-over dale — which will allow members lo familiarize themselves with some of the priority problems of transition,QUESTIONSAnswering a question from the floor concerning the fate of tho present school board secretar­ies, Mr. Bornhold said it would be a very foolish board that did not take a close look at the pos­sibility of using these resources in its administrative set up.Mr. Bornhold commended the past work of the Oxford School Trustees and Municipal Coun­cillors Association and said there is no period in Canadian history when rapport between trustees and municipalities is more important.ASSOCIATION REMAINSThe association was celebrat­ing its 60th year amid some fears the group would be dis­banded because of the changes in educational administration this year.Mrs. Jean Watson, of Inner­kip, with the Ontario School Trustees Association said this would not be the case. “Never was there more need for the OSTMCA to prevent the break­down of relationships between various groups.“The association can be in. valuable in giving guidance and assistance to the new board,” she said.In future, the group may be made up of not only school trustees and municipal coun­cillors, but others associated with education as well.Mrs. Watson praised the work of the association, calling it an active, constructive force in education since its founding in 1908.“The OSTMCA has passed many resolutions in the past which have gone up the ladder to provincial organizations and, in some cases, 'become law.“One of these,” she said, “was a 1949 resolution to consider a law making traffic stop when approaching a stopped school bus from either- direction.”Norwich Reeve For 8 Years Dies fit HomeLeslie Emerson Force, reeve of Norwich for eight years, died Sunday at his home on Dufferin Street. He was 71.Mr. Force was a member of the village council for 11 years, eight of which he served as reeve and representative on County CouncilHe was also a member of the Royal Canadian Legion 190 in Norwich, and a member of the Lake Erie Regional Develop­ment Association.He served in the Canadian Army Corps (Toronto Unit) from 1915 to 1918 and staff pilot of A.O.S. Malton from 1943 to 1945.Son of Mr. and Mrs. Benja­min Force he was born m Woodbury, Ontario, and mar­ried in 1916 to the former Fel- ma Bradley in Norwich. He was a member of Knox Pres­byterian Church, Norwich.Surviving are: his wife; four daughters. Mrs. Richard (Shir­ley) McPherson, Mrs. Kenneth (Virginia) Wright, both of Nor­wich, Mrs. Arnold (Leslie) Nu­gent of Markham, Mrs. Cecil (Donna) Smith of Delhi; two sons. Wayne of Norwich, and Derrell of St. Marys; 14 grand­children and five great grand-1 children. /Funeral service will be held at the Arn and Son Funeral Home. Norwich, on Wednesday at 2 p.m. Rev, Herald Maar of Knox Presbyterian Church will offici­ate. Burial at the Norwich Cemetery.Set First Meeting Of County BoardTrustees to the Oxford Divisional Board of Education may not have been elected yet but municipal clerks are al­ready busy setting up the time for their first meeting as '.he new county board.The trustees will be elected Dec. 2 and the provincial act has decreed that their first meeting must take place on the Monday following the election. This will be Dec. 9 and al­lows scant time for clerks to notify the new trustees of the time and place for the initial meeting.Newspapers in Oxford County have been asked to spread the word that trustees will meet at Ute council chambers of the county court house in Woodstock on Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. Earlier it had been announced that the meeting would begin at 2 p.m. but the evening hour has since been decided upon.No information is yet available on the time and place for the first meeting of the county separate school board. WOODINGFORD LODGEHarold W. KippArea Rural LibrariesReceive Transfusionspeeches toNew county library provides service, books for area branehtgets a num- on practicalwa1^A Masonic service will be held at the funeral home on Tues­day evening at 8 p.m. under ,tk- auspices of St. John’s Lodge No.Former West Zorra ReeveDies In Hospital Was 60al courses, others are for local organizations.The County Library also her of requests for booksand each -means that someone in the county is seeking a book or written infor­mation for a particular purpose.Many requests are for reference ma­terial for persons writing papers. Some of these are in connection with education-—Free Press Woodstock Bureau home for the aged for Woodstock, Ingersoll and Ox­ford County residents is being planned for comple­tion in early 1969.WOODINGFORD LODGE — Exterior work on the S2.000.000 Woodingford Lodge home for the aged. Woodstock, is being rapidly completed by Tidey Construction Company Ltd., Hamilton. The 160-bedyesterday in Woodstock General Hospital.Born in Petrolia, son of Wil­liam Kipp and the late Mrs. Kipp, he moved to the Wood- stock area at an early age and farmed at Lot, 6, concession 1 for the past 40 years.He was a member and deacon of Beachville Baptist Church, a member of St. John's Lodge, No. 69, Ingersoll, and the Wood- stock Lawn Bowling Club. He was past president of the Beach­ville Milk Producers Associa­tion, a member of West Zorra Council for nine years and reeve and county council member for 1955, 1956 and 1957.Surviving besides his wife, the former Nellie Ruth German, is one daughter, Mrs. Bruce (Shir­ley) Otis of RR 2, Ingersoll; one son, Ronald, at home; one bro­ther Wilfred of London; one sister, Mrs. Clifford (Edna) Stewart of Oakville; his father, William Kipp of Woodstock; five grandchildren.The funeral will be held on Wednesday at 2 p.m. from the F. E. Rowell Funeral Home, 134 Riddell St, with Rev, H. Hill ofBeachville Baptist Church of­ficiating assisted by Rev. J. Suggitt of Mt. Bridges. Burial in Oxford Memorial Park Ceme-A former reeve of West Zorra and member of Oxford County council for three years, HaroldOEV CONST CO. LTDsubjects such as car and radio repair. Rural residents often find themselves mining a wealth of practical information from books of the “how-to” type.Mrs, Krompart says that other spe- cial services have included books and dictionaries suited to the needs of new­comers of European origin. Through inter-library loan, the Oxford County sys­tem has been able to provide Dutch-lan­guage books for New Canadians of Dutch origin.Another specialty for this area has been picture dictionaries giving particu­lar aid to newcomers whose first lan­guage was' not English.The library service goes out as an extra dividend in rural living today. The new system pushes into the past the day when the fanffej- and his family had ac­cess to only a small local supply of books and reference material.When Oxford County Library extend­ed its services to take in the 17 small public libraries throughout the county, it was a vital transfusion for the Liny lib­raries that had been experiencing severe difficulties.Operating on miniscule funds, the little rural libraries had to depend on the part- time services of retired teachers, a teusewife, or a storekeeper. Few had professional training in library systems ri all were hampered by short finances.The latest available figures show that in 1967 the circulation in the 17 libraries outside of Woodstock, Ingersoll and Till­sonburg had gone up to 390,383 books. This heavy circulation caps a steady rise in the past few years.Reading has always been a favorite recreational and educational resource of farming families and it is reaching out to s peak. No matter that the typical farm home has a television set in promi­nent use; books and other publications from the library are sought more than ever.r Mrs. S L. Krompart, chief librarian of Oxford County Library, says the staff at Woodstock headquarters had dealt with 2,190 mail requests for special books in the past year, There far individual at­tention to each of these special requests ALL ON NOV. 18Nomination Day, Place Set For Oxford WardsClerks of municipalities have been juggling limeLihlvs for Nov, 18 in order to make sure all those interested in m- fendtng nominations for school board trustees will not have to be in two places at once.Hie intricate schedule this year is necessary because equalized assess­ments have resulted in different wards for some rural trustees, with a varying number of seals for separate school and public school trustees on the new county boards.To make the picture a little clearer, tables have been compiled to show nom­ination places mid limes for the various municipalities.Only two boards are to be elected for the entire county of Oxford These are the Oxford Divisional Board of Education (public school), and the Oxford County Separate School Board.Nominees for each are to be named on the same day, Nov. 18, at central locations.Public BoardNominationsOXFORD DIVISIONAL BOARD OF EDUCATION (Public School)for MunicipalityNo. of TrusteesPlace of NominationDateTimeWoodstock4City HallNov. 187:30p.m.Ingersoll1 'Victory Mem­orial SchoolNov. 187:30p.m. ।Tillsonburg1Town HaUNov. 187:30p.m.Blenheim1Township ' 5' fice. DrumboNov. 187:00p.m. 1Dereham1Community Hall, DerehamCentreNov. 181:001p.m. ।West Oxford North Oxford BeacbviUe1' Community Hall, Fol den's ComersNov. 181:00p.m. |,West ZorraEast Nissouri Embro2KintoreNov. 181:00p.m.Blandford East Zorra Tavistock2Hickson HailNov. 181:00p.m. ।East OxfordNorth Nor­wichSouth Nor­wichNorwich Vil-2Township Hall. Otter- x-illeNov. 181.00 p.m.lagePROGRAMMENinth Annual Convention“ A Format for Action "The AssociationofOntario CountiesVICTORIAN INNStratford, OntarioOCTOBER 27 - 30, 1968Host Municipality:County of PerthRegistration Fee: $15. per delegate or visitor and $10. per guest accompanying a delegate or visitorCourtesy Cars .... 271-4650Program printed through the courtesy of Ainley and Associates Ltd.Consulting Engineers Collingwood, OntarioSEPARATE SCHOOLSQUESTION BOX — Victorian Inn Lobby . . . Need an Answer to Your County Government Problem ? ? ? Place questions here before 5 p.m. on Monday.wichOXFORD COUNTY SEPARATE SCHOOL BOARDNominations forMunicipalityNo. of TrusteesPlace of NominationDateTimeWoodstock5CHy HallNov. 187:30p.m.Ingersoll1Victory Mem­orial SchoolNov. 187:30p.m.South Nor­wich2South Nor­wichNov. 181:00p.m.Tillsonburg1Town HallNov. 1.87:30p.m.Dereham1DerehamNov. 181:00p.m.East Nissouri West Zorra East Zorra Blandford Blenheim1BlenheimNov. 187:00p.m.Beachville West Oxford East Oxford North Oxford North Nor-1North OxfordNov. 181:00p.m.Nominations will be hold in the central locations named but electors will vote in their own municipalities on Dec. 2.Biting into some statisticsDr. G. Q. Sutherland, County Medical Officer of Health, passes along some interesting figures from Scarborough on th? incidence of tooth decay among small children since the borough’s water was artificially fluoridated in 1963.The survey covered over 5,000 youngsters who began kin­dergarten in the past year and who would have^ecn affected by the fluoridation of water supplies.The data shows that 83 per cent of the total were native born to the area and Hies* children have significantly better dental findings than the nun natives.EJfie. ^anayEment of tbe (JngeuolL ana Canadaaoxdlally invite you to be tHeix cjuei-t at a ifnaial dinner meeting on Q^edneiday, a^fouembex 27, 1968 Gt kerne of ike evening will be “THE DEVELOPMENT OF TELEPHONE SERVICE IN INGERSOLL AND VICINITY"(Jngznott dnn Action: 6:30 ^.fn.30 ^{iny St. Ongexeoll 'Sinnex: 7:13 p.m-ctf.S/VXP. ALL ON *’Nomina tior Set For OxiClerks of municipalities have been juggling timetables for Nov, 18 in order to make sure al) those Interested in at- tending nominations for school board trustees will not have to Ise in two places bi once.The intricate schedule this year is , necessary because equalized assess* ments have resulted in different wards for some rural trustees, with a varying number of seats for separate school and public school trustees, on the new county boards.PtOXFORDNominations for <MunicipalityWoodstockIngersollTillsonburgBlenheimDerehamWest Oxford North Oxford BeachvilleWest Zorra East NissouriEmbroBlandford East Zorra TavistockEast OxfordNorth Nor­wichSouth Nor­wichNorwich Vil­lageSEIOXFORD| Nominations for MunicipalityWoodstockIngersoll 1Sou tli Nor- „wichTillsonburg 1Dereham n: 1East NissouriWest ZorraEast Zorra 1BlandfordBlenheimBeachville West Oxford East Oxford .North Oxford 1North Nor-Nominatjons will I but elf-ctors will vote i1967-1968OFFICERS and BOARD OF DIRECTORSHonounuy President • Robert Speck, Paul Warden, County of PoolPost President - Wilfred Gould, Past Warden, County of Ontario.President - Carl Bateman. Clork-Troasurtr and Administrator, County of Hastings.First Vico-prosident - moyd Davis. Paet Warden, United Comities of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry.Second Vice-President . Ralph Hunter, County of Simcoe. Directors (5)Albert Corson, Past Warden. County of PerthA. J. Cecchini, County of Welland.Bernard Hepburn. Pnst Warden, County of Prince EdwardH. H, Hinton, Past Warden, County of Halton.Michael Jouuson, Deputy Clcrk-Trcnnurer, County of Renfrew.Executive Secrotary-Treasurer ■ (Mrs.) Caroline Ion, OrUlia Auditors (2)T. H. Alton, Treasurer, County of BruceKenneth Symons, Olerk-Treasuror, United Counties of Northumberland and DurhamLegal Counsel - Thomas Bockott, HamiltonSUNDAY, October 271.30 p.m. — CONVENTION Committee Meeting - President’s Suite, No. 127Chairman - Lloyd Davis Secretary - Caroline Ion Members - W. Gould, R, Speck, H Hinton, A, Carson and C. Bateman.1.30 p.m. — RESOLUTIONS Committee Meeting - Inn Room Chairman - Archie Cecchini Secretary - (Mrs.) Kay Saviguy Members - B. Hepburn, R. Hunter, Andrew Savage, 0. Bateman and M. Johnson, Chairman of the Resolutions Sessions.1.30 p.m. _ DISPLAYS County of Perth Ontario Housing Corporation ' Regional Development CouncilsAFTERNOON — Left free for delegates and their ladies to sight-see in Stratford; play golf at local country club; swim at Inn's indoor, heated pool; or, visit Rothman’s Art Gallery.6.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. — REGISTRATION Victorian Inn Lobby.(Delegates and Visitors - $15.; Wives and Husbands - $10.)Registration Gift — Each Lady will receive a Souvenir Plate - Courtesy of the Host County of Perth.8.30 p.m. — GET-ACQUAINTED Program - Franklin CourtChairman - Albert CarsonVARIETY SHOW - Paul Brothers’ Trio Sing Song10.30 p.m. — LIGHT REFRESHMENTS Hosted by St. Mary’s Cement Co.PERTH COUNTY CONVENTION COMMITTEEChairman - Ellard Lange, Warden Secretary - A. W. Blowes Members - Lawson Cross, Albert Careon, Norman Walt, and Ross McPhail.Victory Mem­orial SchoolNov. 187:30p.m. iSouth Nor­wichNov. 181:00p.m, |Town HallNov. 187:30p.m. ,DerehamNov, 181:00p.m.BlenheimNov. 187:00p.m.North OxfordNov. 181:00P.m.ie held in the central locations namedi the>r own municipalities .on Dec. 2.E7Ge ^dl^anayEnzEnt of tGz dnyEiioll aiEa ^eLL Canadacoidially inoitE you to Ge IGezi gUEit at a i/zEcial dinnEt mzEtiny on ^WEdnEiday, oNovEnzbEt 27, 19 6 S ^GEtne. of IGe EUEniny wdL GeSecretary - Ron Eddy, Clerk-Treasurer, County of Wentworth,Report - Chairman of Nominating Com­mittee.LUNCHEON TIME FREE — NO PLAN-1 NED PROGRAM FOR DELEGATES2.00 - 5.00 p.m. — PROGRAM SESSIONS - Victorian Court.SESSION JX Cont’d. — Election of OfficersSESSION X — Special Purpose BodiesChairman - R. Speck, Honourary President Secretary - Robert Vernon, Clerk- Treasurer, County of York,Report — Special Study Committee - R. Hunter, Chairman.Members:Lorne Freeman, Past Warden, County of Wentworth.Mac Fraser, Clerk-Administrator, County of Renfrew.Charles Phillips, 1967 Committee Chair­man and Past Warden, Elgin County.Wilfred Gould, Past Warden. County of Ontario. 'C. Bateman, Pres. C. Ion, Sect.SESSION XI — Question Box - A Clinic on County Government Problems.Co-Chairmen - Michael Smither and W. K. A. McKay, Associate Editors, Municipal World.Panelists - Dept, of Municipal Affairs.A. T. Butler, Director, Municipal Organi­zation and Administration Branch.Counties - R. G. Wilson, Assessment Com­missioner, Waterloo.Sherman Brown, Clerk, Kent.6.30 p.m. — RECEPTION - Franklin Court and/-30 p.m. — ANNUAL BANQUET - Frank­lin Court.Hosted by the County of Perth with assist­ance from five neighbouring Counties — Huron. Middlesex. Oxford, Waterloo and Wellington.Corsages for Ladies - Courtesy of Uniroyal.Chairman - Ross McPhail, Perth County. Grace - The Reverend Bert Daynard, Staffa United Church.Recognition of Past President and Lady.SPEAKER - Prof. Glenn CarrolJ. Director. School of Business & Economics, Waterloo Lutheran University.Bit*ng into some statisticsDr. G. Q Sutherland, County Medical Officer of Health, passes along some interesting figures from Seai^orough on the incidence of tooth decay among small children since the borough's water was artificially fluoridated in 1963.The survey covered over 5,000 youngsters who began kin­dergarten in the past year and who would havejjeen affected by the fluoridation of water supplies. *The data shows that 83 per cent of the total were native born to the area and theM children have significantly better dental findings than the non-natives."THE DEVELOPMENT OF TELEPHONE SERVICE IN INGERSOLL AND VICINITY"(JngEitoLL (Inn ^ECEplion: 6:3030 £t. OnyEi^oll 7:13 fi.m.__________ ALL 0Nominatior Set For OxiClerks of municipalities have been juggling timetables for Nov. 18 in order to make sure all those interested in at* tending nominations for school board trustees will not have to be in two places at once.The intricate schedule this year is necessary because equalized assess- merits have resulted in different wards for some rural trustees, with a varying number of seats for separate school and public school trustees on tho new countj' boards.PtOXFORDNominations forMunicipality WoodstockIngersoll Tillsonburg BlenheimDerehamWest Oxford North Oxford BeachvilleI West ZorraEast Nissouri Embro Blandford East. Zorra TavistockEast Oxford North Nor­wichSouth Nor­wichNorwich Vil­lageSEIOXFORD Nominations for Municipality WoodstockIngersoll 1South Nor- _wich 2Tillsonburg 1Dereham 1East Nissouri West Zorra East Zorra 1 Blandford BlenheimBeachvilleWest Oxford East Oxford North Oxford 1 North Nor-Nominal.ions will but electors will voteWEDNESDAY, October 309.00 a.m. — REGISTRATION - Vine Room9.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. — PROGRAM SESSIONS - Victorian CourtEARLY BIRD PRIZESESSION XII — Resolutions - Third ReportSESSION XIII — Rural Ontario and The Urbanizing Society - Panel on Planning. Chairman - Dr. K. R. Fisk, Warden/ County of Wellington.Secretary - Glen Kitchen, Warden, County of Oxford.Moderator - A. Carson, Director. Panelists: Jack Heenan, President, Ontario Municipal Association.Dr. Bert Such, County of Huron.David Mansur, Past President. QM.H.C. Joseph Newman, County of Essex.R. J. Bower, Deputy Planning Com­missioner, Metropolitan Toronto.SESSION XIV — Emergency Reporting Centres. 'Chairman - T. Isley, Warden, County of Waterloo. 1Secretary - F. Harris, Warden, County of Middlesex.SPEAKER — J. V. Hassell, Assistant Chief Engineer, Bell Canada.SESSION XV — Closing General Meeting Chairman - Carl Bateman.Secretary - Caroline Ion.Association Business.Amendments to Constitution.1969 Convention.12.30 p.m. — CASH BAR - Franklin Court1.15 p.m. — ASSOCIATION LUNCHEON - Franklin Court.Delegates and Their Ladies Chairman - Carl Bateman.Installation of Officers - R. Speck, Hon- ourary President.Remarks - Incoming President.SPEAKER — The Honourable Charles MacNaughton, Provincial Treasurer and Minister of Economics.Draws - Luck Prizes - Donated by Friends of the Counties. (Must be at the luncheon to win.)3.00 p.m. — Meeting of New Officers and Directors - President’s Suite, No. 127.Victory Mem- ,,orial School ^oV* 18 ?:30 p.m.South Nor- ,. „wich Nov- 18 1:00 P-ni-Town Hall Nov, 18 7:30 p.m.Dereham Nov, 18 1:00 p.m.Blenheim Nov. 18 7:00 p.m.North Oxford Nov. 18 1:00 p.m.he held id the central locations named m their own municipalities on Dec. 2addanayzinEnt of t^z (Inyzx^olL axza '^SeLL Canadainvitz you to £e yuzit at a E^tcial dinnzt mzzting onQ^zdnziday, oNovejuIjex 27, 1968 ^CiEinz of- tliz Evening willaoxdiallyJdadi^' Puuj/iamGIFT . . .Courtesy of Host County of Perth - Sou venir Plate for each Lady registered at the Convention.RECEPTION COMMITTEE . .Chairman - Mrs. J. V. Killer, wife of the Mayor of the City of Stratford ; Members: Mrs. L. Cross, Mrs. A, Carson, Mrs. N. Walt and Mrs. R. McPhail. 'A special program has been arranged for the Ladies by the Reception Committee. It includes free time for relaxing or shopping.All Ladies are invited to attend the Pro­gram Sessions of the Conference.Members of the Reception Committee wel­come you to the County of Perth. They hope you will enjoy the program which they have arranged for you. Ladies are asked to wear comfortable shoes for the tours. No hats will be worn.MONDAY, October 2812.15 p.m. — LUNCHEON - Country Club Hosted by the City of Stratford.Chairman - Mrs. John Killer.Speaker - Mrs. A. M. Bell. Stratford.Stratford Festival souvenir for each lady.2.15 p.m. — Buses will take ladies from Club to Festival Theatre for a guided tour. Provided through the generosity of Yundr and McCann.3.30 p.m. — From there to Jani Exhibition . . . diversified displays and demonstrations. Tea, Coffee and Cookies will be served.4.30 p.m. — Buses will return ladies to their motels.TUESDAY, October 299.30 a.m. — Transportation will be provided for those desiring it from Victorian Inn to Kroehler Furniture factory, but it’s within walking distance — tour of plant to see how the furniture is made.10.30 a.m. — Visit interior decorating displays. Coffee Break.11.30 a.m. — Buses will take ladies to the newly renovated lounge of the Avon Theatre for a sherry party and buffet luncheon.Hosted by Toronto-Dominion Bank.Biting into some statisticsDr. G. Q. Sutherland, County Medical Officer of Health, passes along some interesting figures from Scarborough on the incidence of tooth decay among small children since the boroughs water was artificially fluoridated in 11X53.The survey covered over 5,000 youngsters who Ixtgan kin­dergarten in the past year and who would have been affected by the fluoridation of water supplies.The data, shows that 83 per cent of the total were native horn to toe area and Uiew? children have significantly better dental findings than the non-nativea.“THE DEVELOPMENTOF TELEPHONE SERVICE IN INGERSOLL AND VICINITY"dnyExioll Unn a^zczfition: 6:30 ft.in.30 9(lnq HlA, OngEXEoll ^innzx: 7:13 fi.ni. 1967-1968OFFICERS and BOARD OF DIRECTORSHonourary President Robert Speck, Post Warden, County of Peel.Put President - Wilfred Gould, Past Warden, County of Ontario.President Carl Bateman. Clerk-Treasurer and Administrator, County of Hastings.First Vico-Prealaent - inoyd Davis, Past Warden, United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry.Second Vice-President • Ralph Hunter, County of Simcoe Directors (S)Albert Carson, Past Warden. County of PerthA. J. CoccMm. County of Welland.Bernard Hepburn, Past Warden, County of Prince Edward.H. H. Hinton, Past Warden, County of Halton.Michael Jonnson, Deputy Clerk-Treasurer, County of Renfrew.Executive Secretary-Treasurer - (Mrs.) Caroline Ion. Orillia Auditors (2)T. H Alton. Treasurer, County of BruceKenneth Symons, Clerk-Treasurer. United Counties of Northumberland and DurhamLegal Counsel - Thomas Beckett, HamiltonSUNDAY, October 27 1.30 p.m. — CONVENTION Committee Meeting - President’s Suite, No. 127 Chairman - Idoyd Davis Secretary - Caroline Ion Members - W. Gould, E. Speck, H Hinton, A. Carson and C. Bateman. 1.30 p.m. — RESOLUTIONS Committee Meeting - Inn Room Cis air in ar - Archie Cecchini Secretary - (Mrs.) Kay Sartgay Members - B. Hepburn, B. Hunter, Andrew Savage, C. Bateman and M. Johnson, Chairman of the Resolutions Sessions. 1.30 p.m. — DISPLAYS County of Perth Ontario Housing Corporation Regional Development Councils AFTERNOON — Left free for delegates and their ladies to sight-see in Stratford; play golf at local country club; swim at Inn’s indoor, heated pool; or, visit Rothman's Art Gallery. 6.00 p in. to 8.00 p.m. — REGISTRATION Victorian Inn Lobby. (Delegates and Visitors - $15.; Wives and Husbands - $10.) Registration Gift — Each Lady will receive a Souvenir Plate - Courtesy of the Host County of Perth. 8.30 p.m. — GET-ACQUAINTED Program - Franklin Court Chairman - Albert Carson VARIETY SHOW - Paul Brothers’ Trio Sing Song 10.30 p.m. — LIGHT REFRESHMENTS Hosted by St. Mary’s Cement Co. PERTH COUNTY CONVENTION COMMITTEE Chairman - Ellard Lange, Warden Secretary -A.W. Blowes Members - Lawson Cross, Albert Careon, Norman Walt, and Bess McPhaU. MONDAY, October 288.30 a.m. — REGISTRATION - Vine Room9.30 a.m. - 12 noon -- PROGRAM SESSIONS - Victorian CourtSESSION I — Opening GeneralChairman - Lloyd Davis, First Vice- President and Convention Chairman Secretary — (Mrs.) Caroline Ion, Exe­cutive Secretary-TreasurerInvocation — The Reverend Father Peter McCabe, St. Joseph's Church, Stratford Civic Welcome — Mayor John Killer, City of StratfordGreetings — Warden E. Lange, Perth CountyPresidential Address — Carl Bateman, County of HastingsTreasurer’s Report and Executive Report - C. Ion. Introduction of Delegates by Counties — L. Davis. Appointment of Nominating Committee - C. Bateman (5 members and Honourary President). SESSION II — Keynote Address Chairman - Gordon Denmore, Warden, County of Prince Edward Secretary - Harold Black, Warden, County of Welland. SPEAKER - The Hon. Darcy McKeough, Minister of Municipal Affairs. SESSION III — Resolutions - First Report Chairman - Michael Johnson, Director Secretary - (Mrs.) Kay Savigny, County of Welland. Report - Archie Cecchini, Resolutions Committee Chairman. 12.30 p.m. — DELEGATES LUNCHEON - Franklin Court Hosted by Friends of the Counties Chairman - Ralph Hunter, Second Vice- President 2.00 - 5.00 p.m. — PROGRAM SESSIONS - Victorian Court SESSION IV — Select Committee on Taxa­ tion Chairman - James Zeran, Warden, United Counties, Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Secretary - B. G. Watt, Warden, County of Renfrew. SPEAKER — Dr. John Allan, Consulting Economist to the Select Committee. SESSION V — The Great Debate - Regional Government Panel.Chairman - Ray Hunter, Warden, County of Essex.Secretary - Ross Murison, Warden, County of Ontario.’Moderator - C. Bateman, President.Panelists — Miss True Davidson, Presi­dent, Ontario Mayors and Reeves;Ed Mitchelson, Ontario Municipal Associ­ation.Clare Keeley, Rural Municipalities Associ­ation of Ontario;C. Ion, Counties Association.SESSION VI — Film Festival - Award Win­ning Movies - Counties of Halton, Lincoln and Wentworth.Chairman - H. Hinton, Director. Projectionist - R. Meyer, Robert J. Meyer Productions. 5.00 p.m. — Coffee and Donuts - Victorian Court. Hosted by Victoria & Grey Trust Co. 10.00 p.m. — DANCE - Franklin Court. Orchestra and Master of Ceremonies Modern and Ole Tyme Dancing Cash Bar Mid-Nite — Cheese Trays, Crackers and Coffee. Hosted by Canadian Salt Co. TUESDAY, October 29 8.00 a.m. — BREAKFAST for the 1968 WARDENS - Caesar Room. ' Hosted by Corrugated Pipe Co. Ltd. Chairman - Warden Ellard Lange. 9-00 a.m. — REGISTRATION - Vine Room 9.30 . - 12.30 p.m. — PROGRAM SESSIONS - Victorian Court. SESSION VII — Resolutions - Second Report SESSION VIII — Housing for Today's Needs. Chairman - (Mrs.) Vera Myers, Clerk- Treasurer, County of Wellington. Secretary - Charles Menzies, Clerk, County of Lanark. SPEAKER — H. W. Suters. Managing Director, Ontario Housing Corporation. SESSION IX — Report of Nominating Com­ mittee. Chairman - H. Hinton, Director. Secretary - Ron Eddy, Clerk-Treasurer, County of Wentworth.Report - Chairman of Nominating Com­mittee.LUNCHEON TIME FREE — NO PLAN­NED PROGRAM FOR DELEGATES2.00 - 5.00 p.m. — PROGRAM SESSIONS - Victorian Court.SESSION IX Cont’d. — Election of OfficersSESSION X — Special Purpose Bodies Chairman - R. Speck, Honourary President Secretary - Robert Vernon, Clerk- Treasurer, County of York.Report — Special Study Committee - R. Hunter, Chairman.Members: Lorne Freeman, Past Warden, County of Wentworth. Mac Fraser, Clerk-Administrator, County of Renfrew. Charles Phillips, 1967 Committee Chair­ man and Past Warden, Elgin County. \\ ilfred Gould, Past Warden. County of Ontario. ' C. Bateman, Pres. C. Ion. Sect. SESSION XI — Question Box - A Clinic on County Government Problems. Co-Chairmen - Michael Smither and W. K. A. McKay, Associate Editors, Municipal World. Panelists - Dept, of Municipal Affairs. A. T. Butler, Director, Municipal Organi­ zation and Administration Branch. Counties - R. G. Wilson. Assessment Com­ missioner, Waterloo. Sherman Brown, Clerk. Kent. 6.30 p.m. — RECEPTION - Franklin Court and 7.30 p.m. — ANNUAL BANQUET - Frank­ lin Court. Hosted by the County of Penh with assist­ ance from five neighbouring Counties — Huron. Middlesex. Oxford, Waterloo and Wellington. Corsages for Ladies - Courtesy of Uniroyal. Chairman - Ross McPhail. Perth County. Grace - The Reverend Bert Daynard, Staffa United Church. Recognition of Past President and Lady. SPEAKER - Prof. Glenn Carrol], Director, School of Business & Economics. Waterloo Lutheran University. Oxford Count} Warden Glen Kitchen, reeve of East Oxford Township and Mrs. Kitchen, in front, were honored Thursday in Woodstock at the annual war­den’s banquet. Behind the couple are from left, Warden A. Bruce McCallum, Elgin County reeve of—Free Press Woodstock Bureau Dunwich Township; Warden T. H. Isley, Waterloo County reeve of Waterloo Township; Warden Fraser Harris, Middlesex reeve of East Williams Township and Warden 8- G. Hodge, Brant County reeve of Burford Township.Breakthrough claimed near in solving civilization's woesWOODSTOCK — Civiliza­tion has moved only a short distance on the long road to true humanity and under­standing, Ontario Liberal lead­er Robert Nixon said Thurs­day.The progress, he said, con­trasts with the personal im­pact of the knowledge of star­vation and suffering of fellow men. as well as inhumanities, on occasion, evident in Ontar­io.*’Our farmers can produce the food, our doctors can cure disease, our industrialists can product the materials, our scientists the technology and our economy the wealth to take a significant pan. in the solution to the problems of the world.•All that remains is for the breakthrough, which is surely imminent, that will permit the human spirit to bring itself to bear on the solution to prob­lems of more than local and immediate importance.”•’We are on the threshold of the kind of advance in civiliza­tion that we have been wailing for for 2.000 years."The Liberal leader was tpewking at a dinner honoring Oxford County Warden Glen Kitchen, reeve of East Oxford i Township, and Mrs. Kitchen.Warden Kitchen said that I due m the existing flood coop- eratlon among the munieipalLi tics of Oxford County andWoodstock and Ingersoll, he would like to see the area be­come a regional governmentThe highlight of the year, he said, was the start of con­struction of the 160-bed, ?2,- 000,000 Woodingford Lodge, the Oxford County home for the aged, to be finished in April, 1969.Another big step, he said, was the provincial takeover of the administration of justice.Gordon W. Innes, MPP (LCOUNTY OF OXFORDYOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE 1/UartJen 6 inner THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28th, 1968 ... at ...THE RECREATION HALL WOODSTOCK FAIRGROUNDS Woodstock, Ontario AT SEVEN O'CLOCK—Oxford), Woodstock Mayor James Ft Hutchinson, Tillson­burg Mayor Bryan Jones and Ingersoll Mayor Gordon B. Henry congratulated Warden Kitchen on his year of service.GLEN KITCHEN, Warden innerCOUNTY OF OXFORDTHURSDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 28th, 1968Recreation Hall, Fairgrounds Woodstock, OntarioGLEN KITCHEN, Warden34 In RunningFor 10 PositionsThirty-four nominees are contesting 10 seats outside of the Woodstock and Ingersoll wards on the Oxford Division­al Board of Education.The ten seats are divided among seven wards. Cam­paigning is expected to be heavy before the Dec. 2 elec- tHn.In none of the wards has there been an acclamation to the new county board.Nominations for the wards outside of Woodstock and Ing­ersoll follow;Tillsonburg (one to be el­ected): ian Linton, Rev. R. D. MacDonald.Dereham (one U> be elect­ed): Arden Fewstcr, Orville Nancekivell, Floyd Sanderson. Lawrence Stoakley, William Vance.Blenheim (one to be elect-ed): Hubert Restemeyer, Ralph Sparks,South Norwich, North Nor­wich, East Oxford (two to be elected): Murray Armstrong, Mrs. C. F. Bishop, James But­ler, Murray Rettie, Allan Rice, Mrs, Mary Yeoman.West Oxford, North Oxford, Beachville (one to be elect­ed): Leonard Caffyn, Maurice Farr, Murray Hutchison, Will­iam Kerr, Glen Mayberry,PCSmW55-515 5 $cna&&<u&Sr<«6i(V-rjflB& +.12 3£ g<P w re •£ ™ tJi 5M £ « V & 5.^to (U 1= 45 STS3 c S ra “ 0, s*5^ito o .S^rei hlr*g fl J n * Pm <V o -o §1 2.2-3 g. 8<0 C Q't? fl. flQ ©>'* o w £ ugjfl W) ?~ « CJC re <y re"a « § S 3 « 5 t q ^ <u re _g>sa“s .«M4i x «03XOxford County Council, far frombeing recalcitrantGeraldEast Embro RobertF. Pirie.Nissouri, West Zorra, (two to be elected): Irvin, Rosa McDon-6e(D0£>yor.2 -re 2 3 2 3 re -c r° re 4;g» <u c±i G-o fl re ± i5<u0,-S * fl* a>fl5o -fl-o flQ c O2 re-•eS fl <*_ .E? o.~fl orCJ V.s ost» vt» <D■r ■—1 — ^-0 rex: —43 -e , • -fl 5 re3 c wr I*-about the whole idea, is actively planning the amalga­mation of some service* that are at present scattered among the 16 village* and townships in the county.These amalgamations — notably the formation of a eouniy-wide welfare unit of administration which is due to become operational in April — will be the fore­runners of regional government.aid Bruce McLeod, Wesley Wallace.East Zorra, Blandford, Tav­istock (two to be elected): Dr. Bruce Halliday, Don Hart­ley, John E. King, LaVerne Reibling, Leonard Seegm liter, James Shearer, Stanley Smith, ElUm Wilker, Mervyn Zehr.Tillsonburg hospital accreditedTILLSONBURG — Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospi­tal has achieved accreditation status for their high standards of patient care and safety.A survey made in October by Dr. A. L. Swanson. Admin­istrator of Victoria Hospital, London. His report to the Coun­cil on Hospital Accreditation that resulted in the award to the local hospital.The next survey will come in about two years time. Under the hospital accreditation policy, hospitals must con­tinue to merit the award. If a hospital fails to maintain the high standards and to achieve even further heights in pa­tient care, the recognition is withdrawn. ★TOMATO JUICE☆ROAST BEEF-GRAVYMASHED POTATOES☆PEAS AND CORNROLLSSALADS☆RELISHES☆CAKE AND ICE CREAM WITH PINEAPPLE☆TEA OR COFFEEProgrammeCHAIRMAN - L. K. COLESGraceThe QueenIntroduction of Head TableMembers of ParliamentMayor of TillsonburgMayor of WoodstockMayor of IngersollADDRESSToast to the LadiesThe WardenSoloist Dorothy Jean Kitchen★Rev. F. T. LovelockThe WardenWallace B. Nesbitt, M.P.Gordon W. Innes, M.P.P.Bryan JonesJames F. HutchinsonGordon B. HenryROBERT F. NIXON, M.P.P. Leader of the Liberal Party in Ontario, and Leader of the official OppositionWalter M. SchellMrs. Kenneth PeersENTERTAINMENTOrganistLarry Baguley In Oxfordtitles holdmunicipal elections this year, with only one village yet to hold nominations.No municipality will hold election for the full slate of positions, after acclamations filled most posts last week.Two townships — Blandford and East Oxford — voted last year for two year terms and no elections are thus required. The village of Tavistock will hold nominations tonight.Three townships will vote next Monday for reeve only. They are Dereham and East and West Zorra.North Oxford, Tillsonburg and Beachville will vote for Council only.All positions were filled by acclamation in Blandford, North Norwich. South Nor­wich. Norwich Village, East Nissouri. West Oxford and the village of Embro.Reeves J. Murray Older of East Nissouri. Alwyn F. Pa­tience of North Oxford and J. C. Smith of Beachville will not be in office for another term- none of them did seek election this year.Blandford township will have no municipal election since Reeve Gordon Aspden and Council was also ac­claimed. Councillors are: Mel­vin Balls, George Sebok. John Sippel and Robert Gilholm.Dereham township has only a reeve to elect. Contesting are Reeve Carl Sackrider and deputy reeve Medford Clarke. Louis Barratt will be the new deputy reeve and the t h r e e councillors are Charles Allin, Roy Paget and Cecil Prouse.East Nissouri offices were all acclaimed. Reeve will be Douglas Muir, who is at the present deputy reeve. Deputy reeve for 1969. James Patience and the acclaimed councillors are: Robert Har­rs. Robert Manzer and Har­vey Ward.North Norwich reeve Albert E. Cornwell was acclaimed reeve for another term. Leslie Dickson became the new' de­puty reeve, after Philip Buck- rell resigned after nominating for the chair. Three coun­cillors, acclaimed their seats, they are: Sam Chambers, D. M. Scott and Cecil Mingle. Vil­lage trustees for the village of Burgessville won their po­sition by acclamation, they are: Jack McCready, F. R. French and E. R. McFarland.South Norwich filled all va­cancies by acclamation. The new officers are: Reeve, Stan­ley' Gehring; deputy reeve, William Martin; Councillors,West Oxford reeve seeks warden's chairWOODSTOCK—Reeve Bruce Amos of West Oxford Town­ship announced Monday his in­tention to seek the position of warden of Oxford County Jan. 21.On county council for the past three years. Reeve Amos is finance chairman and a member of ihe warden's com-miftw of the 1967 county emm- cil. He also is county council'sJie is in his 11 th year on his township council.Reeve Gordon Aspden of Blandford Township, chair­man of ihe county road com­mittee and Reeve John Hof­stetter of Blenheim Township, chairman of the uducathm committee, announced earliertheir intentions to seek Ihe of fiw to be vacated by Warden Glen Kitchen, reeve nt East Oxford Township.Joseph Murphy, George Davis and Roger Monseur.North Oxford's reeve by ac­clamation will be Clair Min­ier Contesting for the four council seals are: James Al­len. Hartwell Baigent, Hugh Gordon, James Mutorer, and , George West.West Oxford requires no municipal election this year. All positions have been won by acclamation. Bruce Amos will remain reeve, and Archie Longworth will be deputy reeve for another term. Coun­cillors arc: Max Franklin, George Jakeman, and Cecil Wilson.East Zorra will only elect, a reeve since the other positions have been filled by acclama-1 lion. Reeve Allen Littlejohns and Mac MacKay are contest­ing the office of reeve. Wal­lace Ross will be the new de­puty reeve. Councillors are: ( Henry Killing, Percy Wettlau- fer and George Wilhelm.West Zorra will elect a ( reeve. The council was filled 1 by acclamation. Contesting for reeve are present reeve Bruce M. McCall and James K. Fleming. Councillors are: Fred Howe, Robert Mathe­son, Lome Fleming and Rob­ert Blair.The village of Norwich had no vacancies this year. The councillors who will-serve this year were all acclaimed. They are: David Chambers, Stew­art Miles and Robert Moodie. Bert Barham won the PUC seat by acclamation.The town of Tillsonburg does not elect a mayor, reeve, deputy reeve and PUC Com­missioner. All the offices had been filled by acclamation at the nomination meetings. They are: mayor Bryan Jones; reeve, Kenneth Web­ster; deputy reeve, Andrew Balazs; and PUC commis­sioners are Lawrence W. Smith and William Hollister.Contesting for the three council seats are Mathew AI- abastine, Donald Gibson, Rob­ert Raven, Al Schirris and Ross Thompson.The village of Beachville has to elect a council for the new term. The position of i reeve was won by acclamation by J. J. Nadalin. The contest-, ing councillors are David Todd, William Steckler, Wil­liam Adolph, George Sand­ham, Lawrence Lusk, and Alfred Cowell.The village of Embro filled all vacancies by acclamation. Roland Rutherford was ac­claimed reeve for another term. The council consists of Kenneth Thomas, Gerald Bateman, James Hossack and H. A. (Bert) Armstrong.STRUCTURAL PLATE CSP is backfilled for Tillsonburg, Ontario street extension.Three Share Top Prizes In County Book Contestpr;zes Winners of one-dollar prizes are Heather Learn. Jerry Klin, genherg, Kevin Paton, RonaldTaung Canada Book Week । winners have just been an- J Baker School %p!Im-h gave an extra spur in reading1 Bounced. ;ell gf Clark’s Cn$for pupils of Grades 7 and 8 .Cl25® to 100. students parti-'and Margaret Poel of $• Jo-’ in county rural schools served' f k™’ S Llbr.arian Mrs- s- seph’s School, Thamesford.te-MA ...........'year during this week and the claSsP were Karen Hoggsors a book review contest eachOxford considering county welfare planFree Press WoodstockBureauWOODSTOCK — An Oxford County welfare system in con­junction with Ingersoll and Woodstock, and an Oxford County assessment commis­sioner system are being con­sidered at Oxford County council’s three-day December session, which opened Tues­day.Warden Glen Kitchen, reeve of East Oxford Township, said the countil has two or three deep conferences ahead, with decisions antiepated in Thurs­day afternoon's business ses­sion.County council announced plans at its October session to start a county welfare system April 1, 1969. Woodstock and Ingersoll were invited to join on a percentage cost based on previous expenditures.Both Woodstock and Inger­soll councils have announced they are interested in basing costs on assessment or popula­tion.Oxford County would pay 43,6 per cent of welfare costs based on expenses for ihe first six months of 1968, Rased on assessment, the county would pay 56.6 per cenl and on popu­lation, 58.14 per vent.Warden Kitchen said county- council would have to pass a J bylaw at the December ses­sion if it was in favor of starl­ing the county assessment commissioner system in 1969,County Assessor Fred Cade said if the county adopts it, 15 assessors would become coun­ty employees rather than un­der the employ of local munic­ipalities.Ho said a three lo four year assessment, updating the tax base from the 1939-40 values, which are classified as about 25 per cent of present day values based on provincial equalized factors, would be started.County' council, at its final session of the year, will con­sider admission of Ingersoll public library board into the Oxford County library system,J. D. Morgan, secretary of Ingersoll public library board, applied to county council by letter on behalf of the board for entry into the county sys- 1cm on Ihe basis of $2 per cap­ita.County Clerk-Treasurer Leo­nard K. Coles said provincial grants for libraries in separal cd towns have been scheduled lo he reduced drastically in 1969.fiction Hartnett, all of Mount Elgin-A. I Ellen Smith and Ann Heron of 'A. J. Baker School; Arlene Marchuk of Otterville; Katie Entz of Community Farm Mary Bradfield. Debbie Sex­smith, Edward Houghton. Ralnh Wheeler, Michelle Cdnnor, Fl- len Hutcheson and Karen Phil­lips, all of Clark’s Comers School.First three winners in the non-ficiion category were Cor­rie Van Wyk of Maple Heights Senior School; Garry Goodwin and Gordon Richens, Both of Mount Elgin.First three winners in the non-fiction category were Cor­rie Van Wyk of Maple Heights Senior School; Garry' Goodwin and Gordon Richens, both of Mount Elgin.Winners of one-dollar prizes were Ted Durston, Herbert Geh- wetter, Laurie Hughes, Terry Keemer and Edith van Straa- hen. all of Clark’s Corners; Ab- raham Eutz, Frida Entz. Katie Entz, Laurence Entz. Joseph Kubassek, Frieda Kurucz and Mirian Kurucz, all of Commun­ity Farm School; David Crom­well and Leslie Hunter, both of Mount Elgin. FAREWELL TO COUNTY COUNCILAttending their last Oxford will nol return to the 1969 Murray Older, East Nissouri; wich: Alwyn Patience. North Zorra; and Carl SackriderCouniy Council meeting yes- County Council. From left. Al- James Jones, Tillsonburg; Oxford; J. C. Smith, Beach- Dereham.terdaj. these eight members lan Littlejohns, East Zorra; Pliilip Buckreil, North Nor- ville; Bruce McCall, WestBILL DUCKLOW — Reeve of Tavistock: Christmas has be­come too commercial and ad­vertising has made it that way. Christmas is not what it used to be. Some of the spirit has gone out of the holiday. I don’t see any solution to the problem except that more thought should be given to the needy. It should be a time of sharing.Hong Kong flu not in Oxford yetCheer up, that nauseous flu that made the rounds in the past month is not considered to be of the Asian variety and we have yet to cope with the Hong Kong strain.Sufferers who ached and lost their appetite for a few days, then sometimes found the bug came back again, can be consoled that it was only ordinary influenza and lietiring Oxford County Warden Glen Kitchen, reeve of Ea«t Oxford Township, was given a watch and an Oxford County plaque Thursday at Ihe final regu­lar council session of the year. From left, Reeve—Free Press Woodstock BureauAlwyn Patience, North Oxford Township, Warden Kitchen, Reeve .1. C. Smith, Beachville, Reeve Allen Littlejohns, East Zorra Township and Reeve Mur ray Older, East Nissouri Township.is following a pattern of nor­mal winter sickness.This is the word from the county MOH Dr. G. Q. Suth­erland. He says the only way this particular strain of flu could be isolated would be if all physicians sent nose or mouth washings from their patients to the provincial de­partment of health for analy­sis.The bouts of flu in the past month have not been consider­ed serious enough for this and Dr. Sutherland says there is no evidence of Asian flu. He also says that contrary to popular belief there is no more flu around than usual at this time of year.“We’re running to the pat­tern of former years; it's no better and no worse than us­ual in the early winter months.”The Medical Officer of Health says similar types of flu were around last year, some with nausea, and others with muscular aches.So it’s not worse; it only feels that way. ■■■ CWS’WORK ON LODGE GOES INDOORSLooking cold and desolate snow is Woodingford Lodgeunder a shroud of last week’s which is expected to be com-pleted in the late spring orearly summerof nextyear.Construction on the $2,00,- through the winter, 000,000 project will continueRegional rule study urged for OxfordFree Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK - The 1969 Oxford County council was urged Thursday to consider a regional government study of the county.Warden Glen Kitchen, reeve of East Oxford Township, toldcouncil Oxford’s boundaries could be extended north, south, east and west, based on an economic area.“If we don't take initiative, we might lose what we have got,” Warden Kitchen said.Oxford, he said, has donemany things on a scale, such as healthlarger!unit, li-i-—Free Press Woodstock Bureau ;HISTORIC RECORD — The first, reprinted copy of an Oxford history book. Oxford Gazatteer, written in 1852 by T. S. Shenston, county council’s first clerk, has been presented to Warden Glen Kitchen, reeve of East Oxford Township, al left. Clerk-treas­urer Leonard K. Coles who presented the copy, said the last known sale of the , antique book several years ago netted $30. A total of 1,500 are being print-, ed. Il brary and county home ser­vices. i ।Council deferred a decision' on a proposal to adopt a| county assessment commis­sioner system to a Dec. 18 special meeting.“Wc hope we can make a decision on it,” Warden Kitch on said, explaining action would have to be taken this, year, if the new system was to start in 1969.Council members fell, he said, ihey would like to seo if local municipalities would face problems if them asses-! sors became county employ­ees. Some felt, he said, that, where an assessor held an­other position on a part- time basis, in the municipal-, ity, difficulties could arise. IAn invitation for Woodstock and Ingersoll to join a countyi welfare system, starting April 1, 1969. on Ihe basis of pay- ment scaled to services ren­dered. was renewed.Both Ingersoll and Wood- stock councils have replied they would be interested, pro 1 viding costs were shared on an assessment or population system.County council accepted the application of the Ingersoll Public Library to join tho Ox­ford County library system, under a two-year agreement, IWarden Kitchen suggested eliminating three-day meet Ings every three months I throughout the year. with the exception of January and December sessions. A onc-dov meeting might be held once a month, he said.All members are business men and find it difficult f' stay away from their wor three days at a time, h said.Road superintendent Donak Pratt introduced Dougin Crandall of Simcoe, who ha been appointed nminlenimeiSanding truck rolls off roadA county sanding truck driven by William Van Well, 45, of Beachville rolled over this morning on Dundas Street in front of the Twin Elms Rest­aurant.Van Well suffered a sore left leg and neck. Damage was eit- timated at $1,000. Two oth r mi­nor accidents occurred in tho city this morning.supervisor the county ReeveBlandford commit teca new position Ji road syMem.Gordon Township,Aspdmh'chairman,row / an 4nouneed iWeham Townshi bridge on County Hund I CnnecsJiton fl, bring built 11 Owen King I.Id,, Walkerlo, for $49,859, Will be opened i mid-January. Regi urgeFree Press Woodsto WOODSTOCK —Oxford County co urged Thursday' tc a regional governn of the county.Warden Glen Kite of East Oxford Tow10/1cosc/ta/dp iwi&^ou ^0 af/s/it/a—Free Press Woodstock Bureau HISTORIC RECORD — The first reprinted copy of an Oxford history book, Oxford Gazatteer, written in 1852 by T. S. Shenston, county council's first clerk has been presented to Warden Glen Kitchen, reeve of East Oxford Township, at left. Clerk-treas­urer Leonard K. Coles who presented the copy, said the last known sale of the antique book several years ago netted $<30. A total of 1,500 are being print­ed.system.County council accepted the application of the Ingersoll Public Library to join the Ox­ford County library system, । under a two-year agreementWarden Kitchen suggested eliminating three-day meet i Ings every three ' months throughout the year. with the exception of January and December sessions. A one-day meeting might be held once a month, he said.All members are busines? i men and find It difficult I' slay away from their wor three days at a time, h ’ said.Road .superintendent Donah I Pratt introduced Dougla? I Crandall of Simcoe, who ha been appointed malntenjMic< I supervisor a now position n | the county road system.Hoove Gordon Aihpclmj Blandford Township, urr commit tee chairman, mu^ nouncod Dereham Townshifl bridge on County Road I fl Concession «. bring built tfl Owen King Ltd., Walkerlo fl for M850. will be opened fl mid-January. flSo Xe/tf a/^aaC?i^/0^4# ^ffie/a &eo/t t/ee/zielcfau, Q^ce/n/e/1 e/e/wiA^/iisiefee/i A/mc&'mJanc/sr^^e-ec^A/Sanding truck rolls off roadA county sanding truck driven by William Van Well, 45, of Beachville rolled over thiamorning on Dundas Street.tnfront of the Twin Elms Rest­aurant.Van Well suffered a sore left leg and neck Damage was es­timated at $1.OC3. Two oth r mi­ner accidents occurred in the city this morning. Oxford officials cancel welfare merger talksWelfare scheme snaFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — Talks nf merging the welfare units of Oxford County. Woodstock and Ingersoll have Iwn called off by mutual aan'cmem, CityManager R. G.Wednesday.A meeting had for tonight.“It didn't lookMorrow saidbeen plannedbased on expenses for the first six months of 1968.Based on assessment, the county would pay 56,6 per cent, and on population 58.14 per cent, resulting in smaller shares for Woodstock and In­gersoll,like anythingw oaM be accomplished there," Mr. Morrow said.Oxford County plans a coun­ty system starting April 1. 1969County council invited Woodstock and Ingersoll to join on the basis of payment, determined by costs in each municipality.Ingersoll and Woodstock council showed interest in joining if costs were shared on an assessment, or population basis.Oxford county would pay- 43 6 per cent of welfare costsBy JOHN DAVIDSONTalks aimed at creating a county-wide unit of welfare ad ministration including Wood- stock and Ingersoll are in dan­ger of breaking down over a disagreement on cost - sharing arrangements.The talks, among representa­tives of Oxford County, Wood- stock and Ingersoll, began last fall after Oxford County Coun­cil invited Woodstock and Inger­soll to join the proposed amalga­mated unit scheduled to begin operating in April, 1969,The county’s invitation stipu­lates that cost sharing among Woodstock, Ingersoll and the county must be based on .a per cent of the services used.Woodstock and Ingersoll favor a cost-sharing' arrangement based on a per cent of the equa­lized assessment or on a percent of the population of the!a services rendered basis) and!three areas.we may he stymied in our at-Ald. William Dutton, on the tempts to join because of it."city committee holding amalga-mation talks, told City Council yesterday that the talks have reached “a bit of a dead end."PLAN MORE TALKSHowever, another meeting has been planned for Dec 13 in an attempt to overcome difficulties.Mr. Dutton, city manager Robert Morrow and welfare ad- ministratr Gerald MacKay form the city committee look­ing into amalgamation.Mr. Dutton said there is no question that a county-wide unit would be desirable because it would he able to provide a uni­form standard of welfare ser­vices to tho whole county area.“But," the alderman added, I am very disappointed in Ox­ford county council’s motion (in­sisting til at cost sharing be onWoodstock to continue talkson health unit for OxfordFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCKNegotia-tions to join a proposed Ox­ford County welfare unit to start April 1. 1969. will con­tinue, Woodstock council de­cided Thursday night.Aid. William B. Dutton, Woodstock welfare commis­sioner Gerald MacKay and city manager R. G. Morrow were asked to meet with Ox­ford County and Ingersoll representatives again Dec. 12.County council recommend­ed that if Woodstock and Ing­ersoll join the unit, all costs be shared on a percentage of payment for services rend­ered.Both Woodstock and Inger­soll proposed cost - sharing based on assessment or pop­ulation.Oxford County would pay 43.6 per cenl of welfare costs hased on, expenses for the first six months of 1968.Based on assessment, the county would pay 56.6 per cent and on population, 58.14 per cent.Mayor James F. Hutchin­son said. "We should contin­ue to press the county and get into what we feel is a more realistic cost - sharing basis."Aid. Dutton said welfarecosts for municipalities fluc­tuated greatly over these past six years. On a basis of us­age he said there would be more bookkeeping and there never would be a “real coun­ty unit."In other business, council received notice from Ontario Housing Corporation of an ex­tension in time to tender forconstruction of 58 senior citi­zens’ housing units and 30 family housing units from Dec. 13 to Jan. 3.A low tender of Barnes Construction Ltd., Woodstock of $980 was accepted for con­structing and enclosing exter­ior stairs at Chalmers United Church for the municipal day care centre.“Why," he asked, “for the ake <>I three years should weset up a complete booking »yvBasically, Woodstock objects tom, only to have it changed?” to this sytem of cost sharing bp K v»»vcause of wildly fluctuating wel- . , ,SS??itUre5Figures show Woodstock’s I co:T^'rmgshare of welfare costn flucutat- arrangement the city’s share ing from 28 per cent to 38 per woukJ be (,ent Jn},er.cent in a five year period Mr 7J} pc? ctol and lhp coun. Dutton said if costs are shared tv-s sjiare Wuid 357 per on a service • rendered basis, )t|centwould be almost Impossible to On a population basis. Wood- budget or predict future expea- stocks share wou!d be 32 :- per dltures- I cent; Ingersoll's 9.6 per centOxford County clerk Len and Oxford’s 58.1 per cent.Coles said the county will stand On a services rendered basis firm on its position, mainly be- averaged over the past six cause an agreement using popu-1 years, Woodstock’s share be- lation or assessment as a cost i comes 34.3 per cent Ingersoll s sharing basis would add an esti-; 1.5.5 per cent and the county’s mated $18,000 on its yearly wel-‘50.1 per cent.fare administration bill. Total cost for the three unitsDOOR IS OPEN iis $124,000 annually.Mr. Coles said he under-, WILL FORM UNIT stands perfectly why Woodstock । Despite Woodstock’s or Inger- and Ingersoll may not want to । soli’s decision, Oxford county join the county unit, but that the will amalgamate the 16 inde- door is always open if they want' pendent welfare administra-to amalgamate on county terms.Behind the whole question of amalgamation is a feeling that the provincial government will enforce regional government within three years and that an amalgamated unit will then be­come mandatory.Mr. Dutton said that when the province does step in, it will stipulate that cost sharing ar­rangements be made on ah as­sessment basis.tions now operating in the vil­lages and townships in the area by April.Aid. Dutton hinted that it may be detrimental for Woodstock not to join because of the possi­bility that some of the city’s welfare adminisration staff may be lost to the county unit because of the attraction of * larger unit of administration.County welfare system closed issue’: DuttonAid. William Dutton told City Council yesterday the possibility of the city joining with the county on a county-wide unit of welfare administration “is a closed issue.”He said the county’s firm stand on cost sharing agree­ments makes it practically use­less to pursue the matter furth­er.Earlier, a committee of coun-cil held a series of meetings with representatives of Ingersoll and the county to study the possibil­ity of forming one county-sized unit of welfare administration.Talks bogged down over cost­sharing disagreements. The county favored an arrangement whereby each sector of the county would pay its share of the cost in relation to the amount at welfare service itused. Both Woodstock and In­gersoll favored an arrangement based on either population ra­tios or equalized assessment ratios.Meanwhile Oxford county will continue its plan to amalgamate all of the separate welfare ser­vices in its 16 municipalities into a county unit — excluding Wood- stock and Ingersoll.Speculation is that legislationconnected with regional govern­ment will, in two or three years time, bring about a regional unit of welfare administration which would include Woodstock and Ingersoll.A Dec. 12 meeting among re­presentatives of the county,Woodstock and cancelled after there would be agreement.Ingersoll was' it was thought little hope ofTown not happy with role in county welfare systemINGERSOLLnayor and council— The town’s, gested that Ingersoll and Wood- stated they stock Set together before going to the county.Amos in running for warden’s chair. to me county.were disappointed in a letter Mayor Henry observed that from the county concerning be had been speaking withcounty concerning he bad been speaking with Ingersoll s role to the county jWoodstock and they state they rA i are not in agreement with thewelfare system I county, "but the county saysCouncillor Alan ward stated, accept us on their terms." “The thinking of the county, wjy receive fur-Woodstock and Ingersoll have, investigation and discus- not coincided, *7* Vision before an answer ts givengive it further study before lhe counly on ^is matter. .«» give an umr to the Mr Ward lhat count,. Mj| bcars a heavy welfare costMayor G. J5' which works out to twice thatthat he felt all Simula be 1 marg- o{ Woodstock or the county.welfare systemtton or equalized which is the usual for larger units.essmeot; us usedBruce Amos, reeve of West Oxford township, has staled his intention to seek election as Warden of Oxford County at the Counly Council meeting on Jan. 21.Mr. Amos, a member of Coun­ty Council for three years, was chairman of the financial com­mittee in 1968, and a member of the Warden's committee.He was a representative to the Oxford County Children's Aid Society and served as pre sident of the group the past year.For II years Air, Amos ser­ved in municipal politics and prior to that, he worked on the West Oxford planning board.Mr. Araos said if elected he would represent County Council to the uttermost.On the procedure of meetings Mr. Amos said a committee is under way to study this affair. “We are living in a changing society and I fell that meeting once a monih would be better. County Council could deal with Ihe Issues more effectively than waiting for three months,” he said.BRUCE AMOSONE TYPEThere should be one principle ;to follow." stated Mr. Henry. | 'The County Health Unit, Coun-' ty education setup and th'- Conn, ty library are on one type of ha^.is and thia should apply toI welfare abo."I Councillor Gordon FHtock Mig- J. C. SMITH. . . Ends 7-Year RcfanBeachville ReeveEnds ReignBeachville will elect four councillors this year.Nominees qualified; David;I Todd, William Stickler. Wiiham Adolph, George Sandham. and' Lawrence Lusk.: Not yet qualified; Mr Smith, Ross Edwards and Alfred Cow- i ell.BEACHVILLE - Reeve C. C. Smith, reeve for seven consecu­tive years since the village was incorporated in 196.1 did not seek re-election this year.J. J. Nadatin of Beachville, Councillor for the past 10 years, was the only contestant for the seal, and thus became reeve by acclamation.Simmons named firstdirector of educationFollowing a series of inter­views that extended after mid­night last night, Oxford County Board of Education appointed George A. Simmons as its di­rector of education and secre­tary of the board, and Earl Gild- ner as business administrator and treasurer.The new county board had ad­vertised the positions through­out the province last week and had received 12 applicants for the post of director of educa­tion and four for business ad­ministrator. Four interviews were sheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday nights.The appointments were ann­ounced this morning by W. Ber­nard Calder chairman of the board. They take effect from Jan. 1.GEORGE SIMMONS . . . first directorCounty continues bounty on foxesThe continuation of fox bount­ies in 1969 was recommended by the Oxford County Council at the three-day December session which concluded yesterday.The Province of Ontario dis­continued subsidies at $2 a fox pelt on Feb. 29 this year.Oxford County will continue the $4 bounty for pelts. “Some counties in Ontario ceased the fox bounty,” said L, K. Coles, county clerk.County council has approved the application of the Ingersoll Public Library to join the Ox­ford County Library system, A two-year agreement will be drawn up later this month.In other business, the estimat­ed expenditure on County Roads and Bridges for 1968 will be $1,255,000.PROJECTS UNDER WAYThe County Roads Committee, under Gordon Aspden of Bland­ford township, chairman, states “it is difficult to make an accur­ate estimate of gross expendi­ture at this time, due to the fact that several construction pro­jects are still in progress.The road report shows that weather conditions are the causeof many delays in completion of contracts.County Roads 19 and 20, four miles south of Springford, are 70 per cent completed.Lenford Construction Ltd., London, has been awarded the $61,889 contract for the con­struction of a new bridge over Otter Creek at Rock Mills.Reconstruction of County Road 10 in Con. 3 and 4 of Dere­ham Township, will not be com­pleted until next year. Heavy rains shut down the $45,371 job temporarily, but efforts will be made to have the road in pass­able conditions during winter.Heavy rains also delayed the completion for reconstruction of County Bridge 228 on Road 10 in Dereham Township. Owen King Ltd., Walkerton, which has the $49,859 contract, intends to have the bridge open by mid January.County Bridge 95. at the Blandford - East Zorra boundry has been completed.“The County Road Needs Study projections for the next 10 years is almost completed," states the report.Douglas Crandall of Simcoe has been appointed mainten­ance supervisor, a new position in the county road system.The adoption of a county as sessment commissioner system has been deferred. Mr Coles said the councillors discussed the matter but could not come Beachville votetops 60BEACHVILLE — Of the 518 eligible voters io Beachville 328 turned out at the polls yes­terday to elect four persons of six to the 1969 council.Alfred Cowell received 218 ballots He was followed by George Sandham, 180; DavidNorth Oxford elects township councilINGERSOLL — The council of North Oxford, which was elected last night by 60 per cent of the 900 eligible voters consists of: Hartwell Baigent, 394: Hugh Gordon, 366;MacKay outpolls Littlejohns in E. ZorraHICKSON — Citizens of East Zorra township elected Mac MacKay for reeve in 1963, with 807 votes.Incumbent reeve Allen Lit­tlejohns obtained 379 ballots.The deputy reeve seat wasp.c.Todd, 175; and William Stock­ler, 188,The other two candidates were Lawrence Lusk, who re- eeivod 153 voles and William Adolf with 103.The village did not have to elect a reeve, J. J. Nadalin won the chair earlier by ac­clamation.George West, 327; and James Muterer, 321.Allen James, 214, did not get elected.Clair Minier was acclaimed reeve at the nomination meet­ing on Nov. 18.won by acclamation by Wal­lace Ross. So were the three council chairs. Councillors for 1969 are Henry Killing, Percy Wettlaufer, and George Wil­helm.JAMES FLEMINGFleming votedZorra reeveEMBRO — James K. Flem­ing defeated incumbent Reeve Bruce M. McCall at West Zorra’s municipal election last night. Mr. Fleming accumu­lated 522 votes against 349 of Mr. McCall The election had a turnout of 871 voters, out of 1,169 eligible voters.There was no election for council this year. Council mem­bers by acclamation are: Fred Howe. Robert Matheson, Lorne Fleming, and Robert Blair.Clarke electedDereham reeveDEREHAM CENTRE - Medford Clarke defeated In- cum bent reeve Carl Sackrid­er for five votes in Dereham township municipal elections. Mr. Clarke polled 732 votes against 728 for Mr. Sackrider.Of the 2,750 eligible voters, 50 per cent turned out. to east their ballot.Mr. Clarke was deputy reeve of the township last year. Mr. Sackrider was reeve for the past two years.Louis Barrat became depu­ty reeve by acclamation.The three council seats were also won by acclamation by Charles Allin, Roy Paget and Cecil Prouse.MEDFORD CLARKEOxford voters select members of new county education boardBy JOYCE KNUDSENVeteran members of exist-. ing school boards claimed the limelight on the Oxford County Board of Education when final returns were in last night.With only one exception <Al­lison Han in Woodstock) all members elected to the amal­gamated county board have had varying years of experi­ence on the smaller boards.Most are members of the interim committee (ISOC) which has been working this year to prepare the way for the county-wide board.The large geographic size Of some wards tended to create suspense late last night, withfinal returns not coming in until at least three hours after the polls closed.In several wards three mu­nicipalities were combined for one or two seats and a result was apparent lack of voter in­terest. Turnout was compara­tively small in these wards.A wide range of occupation­al experience is representedon the new board. There are six farmers, a lawyer, a min­ister, two housewives, a physi­cian, four businessmen and a chiropractor.Results by ward follow:Dereham (one elected) — Lawrence Stoakley 393, Or­ville Nancekivell 360, William Vance 265.Oxford assessor gets commissioner statusCade named assessment headFred H. Cade, county assess­or since 1954, was appointed county assessment commission­er yesterday. Oxford County Council passed the resolution at the last session of the year.L. K. Coles, county elerk, said at the present time the county has 16 assessors which are supervised by Mr. Cade. “In the new year the assess­ment will be done on a county basis, and the municipal assess­ors become county employees."Mr. Cade will take over his new position after the by-law is approved by the Minister of Municipal Affairs.“A full-time staff of 10 will enter a three-year reassessment program early next year,” said Mr. Cade.“Another crew of nine field men will be engaged gathering ' statistics on buildings, business­es, etc., and return the regular i assessment roles.“When the reassessment pro­gram is completed, regular staff will take over all duties. None of the 16 municipal assess­ors will be laid off, all will be integrated in either the re- asscssment program or field staff,” he said.FRED CADE“With the new set up we should have a more efficient organization, as all members। will be full time. Any new per­sonnel will either have taken the three-year assessors course at Queens University or will be required to do so as condition of the employment.Free Press Woodstock Bureau.WOODSTOCK — Fred IL Cade Wednesday was appoint­ed Oxford County assessment commissioner. Oxford County council adopted a county as­sessment commissioner sys­tem.Mr. Cade, county assessor since 1954, president of the Ca­nadian Association of Assess­ing Officers and former as­sessment supervisor with the department of municipal af­fairs, said a three-year reas­sessment program will be started in January.He said 15 assessors, includ­ing part-time men. will now become employees of the county, rather than the indi­vidual municipalities.Four fully qualified men holding permanent licences, two in third year assessment courses at Queen’s University and one in his second year, will be doing the reassess­ment, he said.The others, he said, will be used in reluming the regular assessment rolls.Assessments now, he said, are based on 1939-40 costs, about 25 per cent of present values based on the provincial equalization factors.Mr. Cade said all municipal­ities in the county have been converted to electronic pro­cessing for assessment rolls, notices, assessor's returns to the province, voters’ lists and lax billing.He said under the new sys­tem “we will get more quali-FRED CADE- - - heads assessment stafffied personnel in the assess­ment field.”‘There can be more of a co­ordinated effort getting full lime staff all working through a central organization.”Warden Glen Kitchen, reeve of East Oxford, said the esti­mated cost of the first year of operation, including the reas­sessment, is $160,001).Blenheim (one elected) — Ralph Sparks 468, Hubert Restem eyer 175.East Nissouri, Embro, West Zorra (two elected) — Wesley- Wallace 1,085, Bruce McLeod 932, Ross McDonald 611, Rob­ert Irvine 548.East Zorra, Blandford, Tavi­stock (two elected) — Dr. Bruce Halliday 1,465. John E. King 582, Leonard SeegmiUer 558, LaVerne RefbUng 495, ’ Mervin Zehr 309.Ingersoll (one elected) — Barry R. Hunt 733, Memo Haycock 383, Walter Leaper 94.South Norwich Norwich, East Oxford, North Norwich (two elected) — Muriel Bishop 958, Murray Armstrong 928, Mary Yeoman 497, James Butler 341, Allan Rice 182.Tillsonburg (one elected — Rev. R. D. MacDonald 861, Ian Linton 705.West Oxford, North Oxford, Beachville — Gerald F. Pine 427, William Kerr 217, Murray Hutcheson 206, Glen Mayberry 186, Maurice Farr 114, Leon­ard Caffyn 102.Woodstock (four elected) — W. Bernard Calder 3,638. M. Allison Hart 3,020. Graham Lowes 2,971, Earl E. Church 2,881, George Lumsden 2,635, Edwin Payne 1,999, Dr. Wil­liam Klein 1,720, Lyn Tapp 1,027.Separate School representa­tive — Jack Doyle (acclama­tion). . re fust I s p ja *.8« 8 £ >.2 S 8 G 5 is wri re o fa c ® <v „ E « rt t3 HOs31 i3W'55ISkillhFlpS 8P M .2 * # ra •» 2gpi Pin;•$ 8 *8 £ 2 E *8 * ~ *• _g•S : ® C. , 35 3535fl IOxford plan may get OK in few monfhs*11I5 .9-1 «•© § -9 Jits XS' « whi©6 "c&©£1® ' c "I 2 2 c ® £ C ?S&ist-S «’S-= ® « " w 5 w w 8 _ § «,« S © -2 “ -S M-5 ’ 3 L.Si s5 ©9a>8s to V. «® ft S®&8u= S'® <? *CO5E coaa■g 8£ ft-ills «•& 0 2 o ” « §c E — o 5 ®1x5 o 2 ®-- o 4s c, w © '5 2 5 « « 8 .3^ai -e °e mus a w=co■ &t = .E 5 8VI CO©8-e3M .8 6■xa >5 - .■& 2 CX pPia £ m 5 «rb h S <»'B •2 fa £3-. o _ ®43 co ® g ^5 B5 g »2o * £ B 2 § 2 & „fa g ® ■=3 § " ci^--4> U1£t> 3• ©„ o "is® o o. a co-2 & s?UW o?o! g 5 sM -Q «S rt>4 « .9 ® co O8E3«2 w S a, X til« 5 a> a « s -C 53 S " TJ £ xja.5 w “ T © ® s E-o d-ni- 8 g?Sa*5feP.g<• U * O ?. 3 —iSO- M? 3 O O 3© | re E ow CO w o XS 5 -C § .s? >. > © w 5 £ §35 g- ©e 5 > ®2 © £1-3 3® «a-E «& re•9&® © © ® g c H5 i- X-B g- " 0.-0 " .« SfS-S o E =c e £.■© C u c n ?r&fl?! s'3'-!& C CO 3-0 Kc PM CO-1® -e Ea« E 2 Q °5 SIP’SU- OhsOaK«.fa?«vgS.S g98>,© ©53Free Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK - An Oxford County official plan in the making since Jan. 17, 1962, could be approved in the next few months, planner Derek Little announced Wednesday night.Mr. Little told the Oxford planning board approval would be possible "if every­thing is ironed out.”He was authorized to work on some rewording with David Tuckett, senior planner, plan­ning branch, department of municipal affairs.Mr. Tuckett said approval might take two to four weeks after the planning board ap­proves the rewording at its Jan. 15 meeting.The plan, a guide to direct future development in logical and orderly manner as to en­■ Maassure a resulting south growth pattern includes seven munici­palities and southern parts of West Zorra and East Zorra townships.Ingersoll, Woodstock, Beach­ville and the townships of Blandford, North Oxford, West Oxford and North Norwich are included.Mr. Little said the final draft was prepared in March, 1965, before inclusion of all West and East Zorra town­ships, East Nissouri Township, East Oxford Township, Embro and Blenheim Township into the plan.Amendments will be made in the official plan to include the other municipalities.Tavistock, Dereham Town­ship, South Norwich Township and Tillsonburg have not joined the county planning area.Wolf population on increaseThe wolf population 1b Oxford County is increasing rapidly In 1968 hunters reported to have shot eight wolves in townships. The county pays a bounty of $25 per pelt on which the pro­vince gives a rebate of 40 per cent or $10 to the county.The following chart shows the killing of wolves in various years. In 1950 - one, 1951 - one, 1952 - two, IMS - one, 1966 - one, 1967 - two, and in 196M - eight.A Department of Land*, and Forests official in Hespeler said the kind of wolves found in South Western Ontario are coy­otes, and not the Timberwolves from the North.During the past three years Wolves have entered Canada from the United States and Western Canada to Ontario, along the shores of Lake Super­ior.These wolves are familiar with farming areas and there­fore they associate in these areas.Edward Medalls, senior o f- ficial of the Department of Lands and Forests in Hespeler, said, "the Wolf population creat­es a problem to sheep raisers.” A Wellington county farmer had a loss of §3,000 as a wolf broke into the coral.Mr, Medalls said in some counties the wolf population is higher than fox population.Mrs, Sylvia Heid, left, form­erly magistrate’s court report­er and family court clerk, took on the duties of county court reporter beginning Mon­day. Donna Matheson of Em-BEGIN NEW DUTIES bro. right, has taken on the duties of family court clerk and Myra Barry will be sworn in as m 'state's court reporter. Mrs. Heid was magi-strale's court reporter for 27 years. Her new post was formerly held by Georgina Wadsworth, who will be re­porting part-time. Santa visits uuuNii numtSanta can bring almost as much pleasure to the old as to the young, and his visit to the County Home for the Aged was a welcome one. Attrac­tively wrapped gifts were per­sonally handed by the Christ­mas Saint to each resident. The residents are being enter­tained through this season by a number of district groups and organizations.Fifty Oxford drainage projectsexpected to be hit by grant cutsFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK — Oxford County farmers will be re­quired to pay one-third more in the case of more than 50 proposed- municipal drains, as the result of Monday's an­nounced elimination of Agri­cultural and Rural Develop­ment Act grants as of Jan. 1.Municipal officials were in­formed by letter from H. F. Crown, Ontario director for ARDA, that projects will not be eligible for tire grants, if contracts are not let by Jan. 1. County officials said engineers are in the midst of planning many of the drains.Individuals benefitting from the drains will now be re­quired to pay two-thirds of the total cost, with a one-third might stop some applications, grant coming from the prov- Clerk-treasurer Melvinince.Deputy-clerk Treasurer Mrs. N. M. Holdsworth, East Ox­ford Township, said that mu­nicipality is awaiting reports on five drains.Clerk-treasurer L. B. Curry, West Oxford Township, said his office is awaiting reports on two drains, the first that would have been qualified for ARDA grants.Clerk H. J. Hallock. East Zorra Township, said about 12 drains in that township are in various stages of preparation with one estimated to cost about $60,000. Three contracts were let three weeks ago, he said.ARDA support on tho drains, he said, was scheduled to run until the end of 1970,“There will be an awful lot of dissatisfied people,” he said.Clerk-treasurer Gordon L. Gregory', East Nissouri Town­ship, said council has received bine petitions, for which re­ports are being prepared.In Blenheim Township, Clerk-treasurer I. J. Haines said reports are expected on three drains early in 1969. He said he felt the reduced grantsHowes, South Norwich Town­ship, said the township will miss grants on one drain being planned.Clerk-treasurer Richard Sel­don, North Oxford Township, said residents there stand to lose grants on three municipal drains.Clerk-treasurer S. J. Currah, B 1 a n d f o r d Township, said there is a possibility tenders maybe called on four projects right away in order that con­tracts might be let before the end of the year.West Zorra Township Clerk- treasurer Ernest Wood said the township now has reports being made on several drains.Clerk-treasurer F. E. Har­ris, Dereham Township, said Dereham has seven drainage reports being prepared, which will be advertised early in 1969.Clerk-treasurer Robert C? Watkins, North Norwich Township, said the township has two drainage reports that should be ready for the Febru­ary meeting.New county boards meet tonightA new era in education administration begins tonight when the Oxford County Board of Educa­tion and the Oxford Roman Catholic Separate School Board hold their inaugural meetings in Woodstock.The county-wide public school board holds its first meeting in the council chambers of the County Court House at 7 p.m.The enlarged separate school board opens its meeting at St. Michael’s School on Devonshire Ave­nue at 8 p.m. This meeting will be preceded by a special Mass to be held in the school.Trustees must be sworn in before the inaugural meeting. County Clerk Leonard Coles will be pre­sent between 6.30 and 7 ip.m. at the County Court House for this ceremony. To facilitate the swear­ing-in for some trustees living at a distance, the township clerks of the county have been asked to take over this function during the past week and a number of the trustees have already been sworn to office.The most Important initial item on both agendas will be the election of chairmen to the two newboards. WOODSTOCK-INGERSOLL, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1968APOLLO HOME SAFESMACK ONTARGET!Recount confirms win,deputy unseats reeveE. Harris said it was the sec­ond recount in recent years inFree Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK - A recountMonday gave Deputy Reeve Medford Clarke an increased victory margin over Reeve Carl Sackrider for the position of Dereham Township reeve.Mr. Clarke won by seven votes, instead of four as first counted.Oxford County Judge K. Y. Dick announced Mr. Clarke received 731 votes and Mr. Sackrider 724 in the recount.Dec. 2, Mr. Clarke was named the winner, 732 to 728.Dereham Township clerk r.County of OxfordREQUIRES1 WELFARE ADMINISTRATORthe township.A recount four years ago confirmed the election of Mr. Sackrider over George Nagle, a former reeve, for the posi­tion of deputy reeve.Judge Dick, a former Halton County councillor and warden, said the $60 figure he set for the recount fee will be re­turned to Mr. Sackrider.Mr. Harris and Mr. Clarke did not request the fee they were eligible for under Section 121 of the Municipal Act, Judge Dick said.Tired, hungry but happy, astronaut trio plucked from sea 45 minutes laterABOARD USS YORKTOWN (AP) — Climaxing a magnifi­cent space odyssey, the Apollo 8 moon explorers came homej from the heavens today, steer­ing their spaceship to a pinpoint landing less than three miles from the main recovery ship in a darkened Pacific Ocean.Col. Frank Borman, Capt. James A. Lovell Jr. and Maj. William A. Anders reportedthey were in excellent condition after the momentous journey.They landed just before dawn and waited patiently in their bobbing spaceship for 45 min­utes until the first rays of light began to illuminate the Pacific so that swimmers could safely drop into the sea to secure the Apollo 8 craft.The three Americans ended man’s greatest space adventure and one of history’s most mo­mentous explorations when they survived man’s hottest and fast­est dive through the atmosphere and parachuted into a gently rolling sea about 5,000 yards from the Yorktown.TheWELFARE FIELD WORKER OFFICE SECRETARY and BOOKKEEPERCounty of Oxford is establishing a Welfare Uniteffective on or about April 1st, 1969.Duties of personnel to start on or about February 1st so as to become familiar with the County and to set up the system prior to actual commencement of Unit.Initial salary to be commensurate with experience and qualifications. Usual Municipal fringe benefits. Familiarity with Provincial Welfare Regulations are essential for Administrator and Field Worker.Applications in writing, with complete personal data, to be received by the undersigned until 9 a.m., January 15th, 1969.L. K. COLES, CLERK COUNTY OF 'OXFORD COURT HOUSE, WOODSTOCKWelfare unit seeks personnelOxford County's soon-to-be-formed Welfare Unit is on the lookout for administrative personnel to operate the system.The amalgamated unit, which will incorporate 16 existing welfare units in the county, will be formed April 1, 1969.Initially, the unit, will operate with a three- man administrative staff including a welfare ad­ministrator, a welfare fieldworker and an office secretary.The County of Oxford has advertised for the three positions and it is hoped to install the office personnel by February in order that they become familiar with the system before the amalgamation takes place.Involved in the amalgamation are the 11 town­ship units in the county and five village units. Woodstock and Ingersoll were earlier invited to jpin the Oxford County welfare unit but have elect­ed to retain separate units because of disagreements over cost sharing arrangements.MEDFORD CLARKE . .. victory confirmedDereham Twp, vote recount reaffirms winA recount of the Dereham Township election results has reaffirmed the election victory of Medford Clarke as reeve.The recount, requested by defeated candidate Carl Sack-rider, showed Mr.731 votes to Mr.724.Original resultsClarke with Sackridersof the De2 elections had given Clarke 73? votes, a four-vote margin over incumbent Sackrider.County Court Judge K. Y. Dick presided over the recount, held yesterday at the County Court House.Mr. Clarke was deputy reeve last year and this was his first attempt at reeve. Mr. Sackrid­er has been reeve for ihe past two years. Most Oxford County municipalities set inaugural meetings for Jan. 6Oxford seeks staff for new welfare unitFree Press Woodstock BureauWOODSTOCK - January 6 has been selected by 10 of 18 Oxford County municipalities for their inaugural mooting dates.Inaugurals starting at 10 a.m, Jan. 15 have been planned by Blenheim. East Oxford, West Oxford and East' Zona townshipsOther Jan. 6 inaugurals in­clude East Nissouri Township,10:30 n.m., West Zona Town­ship, Il a.m.. North Oxford Township. I p.m., Ingersoll, 7:30 pan. and Tavistock. 8 p.m.The North Norwich inaiigfti ral has been tentatively sot for Jan. 6.Jan. 13 inaugurals include one at Dereham Township at 9:30 a.m. Others are at South Norwich Township. 10 a.m., Blandford Township and Npr-wich, It a.m. and Embro »t 8 p.m.W o a (I s 1 o v k council has! planned its inaugural for Jan. 2 at. 7:30 p.m.Jan. 7 inaugurals have hern set for Tillsonburg and Beach ville for 8 p.m.Ilie inaugural meeting fori Oxford County council, when' the warden for 1969 will be se­lected, has been sei for Jan. 21. i39 Help Wanted Male-FemaleCOUNTY OF OXFORDRequires1 Welfare Administrator1 Welfare Field Worker1 Office Secretary BookkeeperThe County of Oxford is establishing a Welfare Unit effective on or about April 1st, 1969.Dufies of personnel Io start on or about February ,1st so as to become familiar with the County and to set up the system prior to actual commencement of Unit.Initial salary to be commensurate with experience and qualifications. Usual Municipal fringe benefits. Familiarity with Provincial Welfare Regulations are essential for Ad­ministrator and Field Worker.Applications in writing, with complete personal data, to be received by the undersigned until 9 a.m., January 15th, 1969.L. K. Coles,Clerk, County of Oxford,Court House, Woodstock,30-3-7-39Fw Press Woodstork BureauWOODSTOCK - Three staff members arc being sought by Oxford County council to man­age a 8215,000-a-year program for the new county welfare unit.Clerk-treasurer Leonard K. Coles said Friday the county has started to advertise fbr an administrator, a field worker and an office secretary-book­keeper.Candidates will bn inter­viewed after the Jan 15 dead­line.Mr. Coles said employees would start about Feb. 1. giv­ing them an opportunity to be­come familiar with tho county set-Up before it starts operat­ing April 1.Al present, each municipali­ty has its own welfare pro­gram. In some municipalities, reeves are in charge of the program, in others clerks or other employees on a part- time basis.Earlier Warden Glen Kitch­en, reeve of East Oxford Township, said the cost to the county is expected to be about $55,000 or three-quarters of a mill. The remainder, he said, would come from provincial grants.A. S. Neilsen, Toronto, ad­ministrative supervisor, de­partment of social and family services, said 50 per cent, grants will be paid on all sala­ries in addition to 80 per cent grants on welfare services.Ingersoll and Woodstock turned down invitations by county council to join the planned unit. They wanted to join with payment based on population o r assessment, which would mean lower cost for thorn.Planning for the county wel­fare system started more than a year ago at the request of Tillsonburg council.MEDFORD CLARKE CARL SACKRIDERRecount Confirms Clarke As WinnerA judicial recount has confirmed Medford Clarke’s election as reeve of Dereham by a slightly larger margin than election night returns.The recount, conducted Monday by Oxford County Judge K.Y. Dick at Woodstock, gave Deputy Reeve. Clarke 731 votes to 724 for Reeve Carl Sackrider. On election night, Dec. 2, Mr. Clarke was announced as the winner by 732 to 728 votes.Judge Dick said the $60 ; figure he set for the recount fee will be returned to Mr. Sackrider. Township Clerk F.E. Harris and Mr. Clarke did not request the fee they w^re eligible for under the Municipal Act, Judge Dick said.V County of Oxford * HANDBOOK 1968 * GLEN KITCHEN WARDEN TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS Township of Blandford Population — 1422 Clerk-Treas...................... S. J. Cnrrah, Box 234, Bright , Bright 454-8234 Road Supt............... Howard Carter, R.R. 1. Innerkip Innerkip 469-3342 Assessor ........................ E. A. Carter, R.R. 1. Innerkip Innerkip 409-3612 Tax Collector __s. J. Cnrrah Building Insp. ...... W. A. Chesney, R.R. 2, Innerkip Innerkip 469-3317 Welfare Administrator ...... Gordon Aspden, R.R. 5, Woodstosk Eastwood 467-5357 Date of Meeting — First Monday, Bright Fire Hall Township of Blenheim Population — 4505 Clerk-Treas..............................— I. J. Haines. Drumbo Office: Drumbo 463-5347; Home: Drumbo 463-5365 Road Supt. ............................ Herb Balkwill, Drumbo Office: Drumbo 463-5347; Home: Drumbo 463-5343 Assessor .................... Cecil A. Bawtinheimer, Drumbo Office: Drumbo 463-5347; Home: Drumbo 463-5345 Tax Collector ............... Cecil A. Bawtinheimer Building Inspector .................. Cecil A. Bawtinheimer Relief Officer ................_....... Delmer Kipp, Princeton Home: Princeton 458-4634 Date of Meeting — First Monday, Township Offfee Township of Dereham Population — 4782 Clerk-Treas................ F. E. Harris. R.R. 1. Mt. Elgin Office: Ingersoll 485-M77; Home: Brownsville S77-2390 Road Supt........_..... Harold Tlndale. R.R. 1, Mt. Elgin Office: Brownsville 877-2953: Home: Ingersoll 485-0107 Assessor ............._.........._... Grant Hntchlnson, Salford Tax Collector Building Insp, Relief Officer Ingersoll 485-1227 ....-..........-.....—---------------- F. E. Harris ........ Harry Scott, R.R. 6, Tillsonburg Brownsville 877-2992 -...............—----------------- F. E. Harris Date of Meetng — Second Monday and Fourth Friday of Each Month Township Office, Dereham Centre Township of East Nissouri Population — 3314 KintoreRoad Supt. _---------- E. G. ^e^}- “ Assessor .................... Donald Seaton, LakesideAssessor ------------- Home: Medina 8-R-13 Tot Collector ............ Donald Seaton Building Inspa-------------- John Fred Denison, Thamesford Home: Thamesford 285-2671 Relief Officer —----------------------------- G- L- Greg°ry Date of Meeting — First Monday of Each Month Township Office, Kintore Township of North Norwich Population — 2416 Clerk-Treas _ Robert C. Watkins, R.R. 2, Norwich Office: Norwich 863-2646; Home: Norwich 863-2238 Rond Sunt __Albert Freeman, R.R. 2, Norwich Offi<S: Burgessville 424-9933; Home: 424-92^ Acsessor Harvey Thompson, R.R. 2, NorwichAssessor ----------- Burgessville 142-J-12 Tax Collector ______________- Robert C. Watkins RuUdine Idsd ■ _________ Harvey ThompsonSIS Office?' ZZ____________ Robert C. Watkins Date of Meeting — Second Mon da y Township Office, R.R. 2. Norwich Township of East Oxford Population — 2154 Clerk-Treas...... N. M. Holdsworth, R.R. 4, Woodstock Office: Burgessville 424-9871; Home: Eastwood 487-6^1 Rnnd ^unf...................Ralph Huggins, R.R. 1. CurriesRoad Supt. --------------oRa^P; Home: 424-9735 Assessor _____ J. A. Wallace, R.R. 8, WoodstockA ............Office: 424-9871; Home: Eastwood 467-5876 T«x Collector ......—............. N- HoldsworthXding Insp.ZZZ Earl Shillings, = R.4, Woodstock Relief Officer _..........—.................. M. Holdsworth Date of Meeting — First Monday Oxford Centre Municipal Building Township of North Oxford Population — 1706 Clerlr-Treas. — Bletara D. B-BJ^ «»«■> Supt. -------------- J. S. shaumm. Assessor--------------Wallace Balgent. K.K 3 lagnmllIlOID? . 4-10 rr„_ rnllecter __________ Richard D. SeldonBnildSJ Insp.'ZZZZZZ_________ Wallace Balgent Relief Officer .... Thos. L. Comiskey, R.R._ 2 ingersoB Phone: Ingersoll 4ba-240i Date of Meeting — First Monday Municipal Hall. No. 2 Highway, 2 miles west of Ingersoll Township of South Norwich Population — 3202 ciprk Tress. ___ G. E. McElhone, OttervilleCierK 870-6568; Home: 879-6915 B-‘ Supt. ---------------------Elmer Almo^ Otterv^ Building Insp. —........—............ I- D’GWeSfShone Relief Officer -------------------------------- G- B- McElhone Date of Meeting — First Monday Township Office, Otterville — Office 879-6588 Township of West Oxford Population — 281'6 Clerk-Treas ........ L. B. Curry. R.R. 1. WoodstockClerk treas................. Home: Woodstock 589-2874 Road Sunt ________ Don McKay, R.R. 1. wooJs«£!iHome: Woodstock 537-8891 Assessor ........... A. D. Robinson. R.R. 4. IngersollAssessor ...... Home: Ingersoll 483-2941 Tax Collector ...............-...........—..........;■ S’ Building insp. ....................................... A. D. Robinson Relief Officer .................-.......................—■ L- «• Lurr> Date of Meeting — First Monday. Foldms Corners Township of East Zorra Population — 4249 Clerk___________H. J. Hallock, R.R. 6, Woodstock Home: Woodstock 537-8746 Treasurer ________________ Earl Hostetler, Hickson Home: Hickson 462-3364 Road Supt................ James Chesney, R.R. 1, Innerkip Home: Innerkip 469-3634 Assessor Carman Facey, R.R. 6, Woodstock Home: Hickson 462-2294 Tax Collector Earl Hostetler, Hickson Home: Hickson 462-2364 Building Insp. Carman Facey Relief Officer ........................................... H. J. Hallock Date of Meeting — First Monday, Township Hall, Hickson — Hickson 462-2697 Township of West Zorra Population — 2172 Clerk-Treas.________Ernest Wood, R.R. 4, Embro Home: Embro 475-4440 Road Supt_________ Wm. D. Smith, R.R. 4, Embro Home: Embro 475-4274 Assessor __ Chas. H. Foster, R.R. 4. Embro Home: Embro 475-4487 Tax Collector Chas. H Foster Building Insp. Charles H. Foster Relief Officer Ernest Wood Date of Meeting — First Monday Township Hall, Embro Phone Embro 475-4140 OFFICIALS OF TOWN AND VILLAGES Town of Tillsonburg Population — 6612 Clerk-Treas.......... Burt Neale, Town Hall, Tillsonburg Office: 842-5252; Home: 842-2269 Deputy Clerk-Treas.................... K. E. Holland, R.R. 3. Tillsonburg. Home: 842-8127 Road Supt. ________ James Hornsby, 3 Victoria St., Tillsonburg. Office: 842-4812; Home: 842-4657 Assessor -------- Wm. E. Fitzpatrick, 21 Glendale Dr., Tillsonburg Tax Collector .......... Kenneth E. Holland, R.R. 3, Tillsonburg. Office: 842-5252; Home: 842-8127 Building Insp. ------------------------- Wm. E. Fitzpatrick Relief Officer ----------------------------------------- Burt Neale Date of Meeting — First Tuesday Council Chamber, Town Hall Village of Beachville Population — 9G1 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, Ingersoll Home: Ingersoll 485-2941 Tax Collector ...._........_........—.... A. Douglas Watson Building Insp. .........................................V. D. Robinson Relief Officer ................... Frank Harris, Beachville Home: Beachville 423-6497 Date of Meeting — First Tuesday Evening Beachville Municipal Office Village of Embro Population — 649 Clerk-Treas--------------------------- Ross T. Smith, Embro Home: Embro 475-1086 Assessor ---------------------------- Wm. A. Murray, Embro Home: Embro 475-4188 Tax Collector ------------------------------— Ross T. Smith Building Insp---------------------------------------- The Council Relief Officer ..................... The Reeve Date of Meeting — First Monday Evening Council Chamber — Village Hall Village of Norwich Population — 1643 Clerk-Treas. ---------------------------------------- F. C. Lowes Office: Norwich 863-2435; Home, Burgessville 424-9265 P. O. Box 460 Ass’t Clerk-Treas. ----------- Robert Bucholtz, Norwich Office: Norwich 893-2435; Home: Norwich 863-6397 Road Supt..................— Harold Williams, Norwich Home: Norwich 863-2944 Assessor ---------------------------- John E. Young. Norwich Home: Norwich 863-2714 Tax Collector------------------------------------ F. C. Lowes Building Insp. —........._....................... John E. Young Home: Norwich 863-2714 Relief Officer -------------------------------------... F. C. Lowes Date of Meetisg, First Monday of each Month, 8 p.m. Public Utilities Building Village of Tavistock Population — 1269 Clerk-Treas. ..............—........ Robert Rudy, Tavistock Office: Tavistock 655-2315 Road Supt. ------------------------ Robert Rudy, Tavistock Assessor -------------------—.... Charles Quehl. Tavistock Home: Tavistock 655-2257 Tax Collector --------------- Walter Schaefer, Tavistock Home: Tavistock 655-2062Building Insp.....................................— Charles Quehl Belief Officer ----------------------------------- Robert Rudy Date of Meeting — First Thursday of Each Month Public Utilities Office PHONE NUMBERS Kitchen ------- Woodstock 539-3907 ----------------- Woodrtoet CROWN ATTORNEY TZ_~ZZ~-------- 537-2611 REGISTRAR OF DEEDS .....------------------------W SMAGISTRATE ______ -----............. oat PROBATION OFFICE ....~Z“ZZ 537-2551 V“KAKY ............. —.....=~ COUNTY ' ............. St-CTH COUNTY ASSESSOR _................~~ 537-35>l PROVINCIAL POLICE ........................ ™ ROAD SUPERINTENDENT 537-7961 CHILDREN’S AID SOCIETY ______ 537-3425 COUNTY CLERK and TREAS. ____ 537-mi LEGAL AID ---------------------------.--------------- 539-2381 OXFORD HEALTH UNIT M- °- H- -........ Dr. G. Q. Sutherland Supervisor of Nurses ------------------ Miss Mae Haviland Public Health Inspectors ...................... j. L. Griffith F M Crawford, M. R. Bragg, D. F. MacMillan, M. Bell. Staff Nurses—Miss R. Grieve, Mrs. D. Johnston. Miss Elsie Holden, Mrs. S. Wilkins. Mrs. Cora Eiber ridge, Miss Diana Sinclair, Miss G. Peppinck Mr« D. Boswell, Mrs. M. Webb, Mrs. B. Thompson, Mrs. J. Sparks, Mrs. G. Wilson, .Mrs. E. Kellum Clerical Staff-Mrs A. Ellerby, Mrs. J. Orton, Mrs. J. Box, Mrs. J. Knaggs, Mrs. F. Franklin. Woodstock Office ....... Phone Woodstock Ingersoll Office ........ Ingersoll Norwich Office ........ ’ Norwich Tillsonburg Office .................._7 Tllfsouburg Embro Office ...........................................Embro Drumbo Office ............. Drumbo 537-5711 485-0570 863-2360 842-2979 475-4140 463-5487 CONSTRUCTION SAFETY INSPECTOR Clarke Daniel .................. 353 Bell SL> Ingersoll Office: Woodstock 537-3911; Home: Ingersoll 485-3546 COMMITTEES OF 1968 FIRST NAMED — CHAIRMAN LAST NAMED — SECRETARY ROAD — Aspden, Sackrider, Littlejohns, Gehring, Older, Kitchen, Pratt. FINANCE — Amos, Jones, MacKay, McCall, Hofstetter. PROPERTY — Webster, Muir, Cornwell, Ducklow, Patience. AGRICULTURE — Sibbick, Buckrell, Martin, Long- worth, Rutherford. ASSESSMENT — Gehring, Buckrell, Rutherford, Litt­ lejohns, Jones. EDUCATION — Hofstetter, Cornwell, Clarke, Duck- low, Webster. PRINTING AND RESOLUTIONS — Muir, Pollard. Martin, Longworth, McCall. COUNTY HOME — Smith, Aspden, Kitchen. HEALTH UNIT — Smith, Pollard, Kitchen. PERSONNEL — Kitchen, Aspden, Amos, Webster, Gehring. CHILDREN’S AID SOCIETY — Kitchen, Clarke, Amos. LIBRARY — Kitchen, Older, Sibbick, MacKay. MUSEUM — Kitchen, Coles. BOARD OF AUDIT — Amos, Coles. WOODSTOCK HOSPITAL — Kitchen. INGERSOLL HOSPITAL — Patience. TILLSONBURG HOSPITAL — Sackrider. TREE CONSERVATION COMMISSION Roy Hughes __________ 185 Bidwell St., Tillsonburg Phone Tillsonburg 842-2124 Ross Calder .......... R.R. 2, Thamesford Phone Klntore 283-0254 John Mitchell Jr.................................- R R. 2, Innerkip Phone Innerkip 409-3362 OFFICIALS — 1968 Glen Kitchen ......________________________Warden Kenneth Y. Dick ___________________ County Judge R. G. Groom, Q.C. ------------------------ Police Magistrate K. 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 John A. Joyce --------------------—------ Deputy Registrar MacDougall, Carnwath & Hutchinson ___ 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, J. Newell, H. Wiseman. W. T. Humphreys, P. Janssen Mrs. Rose Hamilton ______Matron Dr. G. A. C. Webb __________------------------ Physician Jail and County Home D. F. Knott ....—....... Manager, County Home Mrs. Louise Krompart —............. County Librararian Mrs. Jane Webb ------------ Assistant County Librarian Sgt. B. C. Moore ............................... Provincial Police C. A. Rawson ................................... Probation Officer T. H. Griggs.............—................... Probation Officer Fred H. Cade ............................—------ County Assessor Clarke Daniel ............... Construction Safety Inspector D. L. Pratt ................ County Road Superintendent Thomas Pye ............—.............. Court House Engineer L. K. Coles ..................... Clerk and Treasure^ G. R. Staples .......................... Deputy Clerk & Treasi ---------------?COUNTY OF WATERLOO *'V"--------*WARDEN'S DINNERBRESLAU HOTELWednesday, November 13th, 19686:30 P.M.ADMIT ONE COMPLIMENTARY IQ YEARS AGOSamuel Banbury, North Nor. wich Township, wan appointed! assistant to John Pritchard,! clerk - treasurer of the North Norwich Township and aecre- Ury treasurer of the area school board.Oxford was declared a brucel­losis control area al a meeting of area farmers held in Wood- stock.Miss Angela Armitt of Lon- । don spoke on Ireland at the | annual meeting of the Oxford County library Association,Dr. G. E. Hall, president of I the University of Western On-1 tario was spokesman for a dele­gation requesting County Coun­cil for a grant to expand the uni-, versity.Alister Clark, 55, r former I Reeve of West Zorra township, was nominated as the Liberal | association's candidate for the । federal election.George Oliver, who recently I resigned as clerk of Blandford township after 44 years of ser-। vice was honored at a re cep "on held at the home of Mr. and Mrs Ar.thur Lockhart of RR 5, Woodstock. jFred H. Cade, Woodstock, as-i sessor for Oxford County, was! elected president of the Associa­tion of Assessing Officers of! Ontario at their 17th annual convention in Peterborough. ] About 40 residents of the County Home were treated to i a picnic lunch and games by 1 the Woodstock Pilot Club.The county of Oxford donated I a cheque for $1,500 to be used by 1 the Woodstock Rotary Club for the new retarded children's school to be built in the city. । Oxford County Warden Grant Smith officially opened the 107th Tavistock Fair.Walter J. Holsgrove, provin-1 cial convener of the Ontario Educational Association was guest speaker at the opening session of Oxford County Coun­cil.For the 11th consecutive year,1 Arnold ' Walking Joe” Hill re- 1 ported for six months of winter I duty in the County jail.25 YEARS AGO j A crowd of nearly 3,000 at­tended the Caledonia celebra­tion held at Embro on Labor Day'.Md Hamilton, turnkey at Ox­ford County jail was winner of a $200 silver service at a bene-| fit ball game in Toronto.William McGhee, former sher­iff of Oxford County for 25 years, died at his home, 11th line. East Zorra, in his 77th year.A patient who had wandered away from the Ontario Hospi­tal, Woodstock, provided a scare for the women in the Red Cross rooms at the courthouse, until removed by the police.Oxford’s first country - wide plowing match was held on the farm of Tom Dent, Woodstock, ] with an attendance of 3,000.J, S. Winterburn, reeve of I Norwich, was attending his last session of county council, after announcing his retirement.Warden <L K Wardell, South Norwich, presided at the open­ing of the final session of Ox­ford County council for 1943.15 YEARS AGOOxford County Deputy Sheriff John B. Mart to resumed his duties after having been hospit-l allied and confined io his home for over a month following an automobile accident.Thomas Fellow, reeve nf West' Oxford, was elected warden of Oxford CountyFarmers from East and West Oxford Townships met In the! Ingersoll Council chambers lo discuss problems encountered with land acquisition for the new super highway to be built across ] their property.Micriff A A. Bishop of Ox-[ ford Counly was elected to the executive of the Ontario County Clerk’s Association at the an­nual meeting in Toronto.Tho finance committee pf the Woodstock city council gave! provisional approval to a grant of $8,500 spread over three years towards the cost of a new administration building fori the Children’s Aid Society.Dr. O. C. Powers, director of! the Oxford County Health Unit,, Spoke on Ihe fluoridation of municipal water supplies al a meeting of the Woodstock Ki-1 wanis Club.A testimonial dinner was | given by employees of the 1 County Court house in honor of j Miss Emily Ball who was retir­ing after nearly 50 years of ser- I vice in the crown attorney’s of- j fice.James Hartnett, Dereham township, was appointed provin­cial representative on the Ox­ford Health Unit board to re­place E. Juli of North Norwich township who resignedA travelling cabin clinic was being used by the Oxford Health unit to facilitate the work of examining children in the ] county.Robert E. Bell was appointed Oxford County agricultural re­presentative by the department: of agriculture.A tornado slashed a path of destruction across Oxford Coun­ty leaving in its wake shattered buildings, dead livestock and levelled orchards and hay crops. Two persons were hospitalized with injuries suffered during the storm.While work crews continued to clean up, government offi­cials at Toronto set the damage . of the tornado that hit East 1 Nissouri and West Zorra town­ships the previous week at about $600,000.C. B. Schneller of Baden, al graduate of Ontario Agricultur­al College, Guelph, was appoint­ed assistant agricultural repre­sentative for Oxford County.Gordon W. Pittock was ap­pointed chairman of the central * committee of the Oxford tor-! nado relief fund by county coun­cil to administer funds raised throughout the county for the ! assistance of the 20 farmers in j Oxford whose property was damaged by the tornado.An Oxford County Tornado Relief Committee was. set up with Gordon W, Pittock as chair­man. The organization set an ob­jective of $25,000.After a lengthy debate, Oxford County Council authorized a | grant of $10,000 to the Oxford Tomato Relief Fund.Students and staff at Ingersoll District Collegiate raised $80 for the Ingersoll Area Tornado Fund for rehabilitation of Oxford County Victims of a recent tor-1 nado.George Balkwill, Drumbo, former reeve of Blenehim in 1935 was elected president of the Oxford County Ex-Warden’s As-! aociaiUon.25 YEARS AGOWhllw awaiting sentence in Woodstock jail for car theft, a Tillsonburg youth made a suc­cessful break for liberty but was soon recaptured by Mel Hamilton, chief turnkey, a few blocks from the jail.Counly roads were badly snow] blocked and horses and sleighs! took over for the automobile.County derk L K Coles w as sworn in as a just ice of th* peace for Oxford by Magistrate L M. BallThe council chamber at fort court house was full of ^-affold mg in preparation for mdecora- won of the roomReeves of Oxford townships] were sent 35,000 small trees from the St. Williams Forestry, station, for distribution to the! school children, to be planted in! a reforestation project.R. G. Clowes, superintendent] of the Children’s Aid Society, urged city and county councils! to establish a juvenile court in Woodstock.Warden Ken Wardell and Mrs. Wardell entertained members, of the county council and their wives at dinner at the New Com-1 mercial.Norwich council, with Reeve J.- S. Winterburn presiding, set foe tax rate for the year 1943 at, 42 mills.The private chambers of the circuit judge in the c o u r t house, Woodstock were redeco­rated under direction of C. E. Sutherland, sheriff and court clerk.Warden Ken Wardell announc­ed that the province was willing to pay one-third of the cost of Oxford County's public health plan, the only such plan in the : province to date.The tower on the Oxford County home, 11th line was struck by lightning and consi­derably damaged but no fire resulted.A delegation from Middlesex County Council visited t h e health committee of Oxford Counly Council to learn about Oxford’s public health scheme.Woodstock Sea Cadets left for an outing and training ses­sion at Georgian Bay under the M leadership of Fred Doig, L e n Coles and Art Gepp.Thirty of the 50 municipal' clerks treasurers, assessors, and tax collectors of Oxford met' in the counly council chambers for their 51st annual meeting.] At the 51st annual convention of municipal officers of Oxford County, Georg© Balkwill, tax Collector of Blenheim township was elected president of the group, succeeding A. J. Baker, clerk of East Nissouri.Oxford county council ap­proved a post-war roads pro­ject of spending $200,000 on county roads, each year for five years.Miss M. Grieve and Mrs. II. McNeill of Ihe Oxford Counly nursing staff were in Toronto attending the annual convention of the Ontario Health Associa­tion.Counly council was consider­ing adding a fourth public health nurse to its present staff of three.Oxford County Council, at its final session for Ihe year, au­thorised steps to be taken to establish a juvenile and family court for Oxford.Do You Remember ?15 YEARS AGOFormer Oxford County •'■ir- den Henry Hanlon, 82. died at hjfi residence, lot 8, conc^^sfon 1, North Oxford.A apecial meeting of the Ox­ford County ncil was held to consider passing a bylaw al­lowing the Sun Pipeline Comp-i any to cross six county roads.The finance committee of Woodstock city council reduced their previously announced gift of $2,000 to the Oxford tornado relief fund by half in protest j over the province’s method of subsidizing stricken commuoi- t!es The Oxford fund stood at $100,000.J. K. McLeod, reeve of East Nissouri and Chairman of the Oxford County Agriculture committee presented the awards at the annual Achievement Night dinner for 4-H Clubs spon­sored by the Ingersoll Kiwanis Club.The new Oxford County book­mobile made its first appear-! a nee at the Mount Elgin public library and the local continua­tion and public schools with Mrs. S. L. Krompart in charge.Oxford County Council passed an expentiture of $300,000 to­ward the erection of a new hospital and the renovation of the old one.Although ill and unable to at­tend the regular annual meeting of the Ex-Reeves Association, W. A. Cockburn, ex-reeve from Drumbo, was elected president.Miss Margaret Grieve, nurs­ing supervisor of the Oxford Health Unit, who was leaving after 13 years of service wasThe west wall of the Oxford County jail was being taken down and a new wall was being erected inside, nearer the jail building to make room for the new Children’s Aid Building to be erected on that comer.R. J. Forbes, superintendent of the Oxford County H om e for the Aged was re-elected se­cretary of the Ontario Associa­tion of Managers and Matrons of Homes for the Aged.Warden Thomas Pellow, reeve of West Oxford and the 99th warden of Oxford Count;, reached the peak of his eight years in a municipal career when he was host at the annual warden’s dinner.