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COUNTY OF OXFORD
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Len Coles' Scrapbook Index
1973
Page 1 Newspaper articles re. election of Les Dickson as Warden for 1974
Newspaper photograph of Warden Leslie Dickson and G.R. Staples at the inaugural
meeting of Oxford County Council
Newspaper photograph of 1972 Warden Clair Minler presenting gavel of office to Reeve
Leslie Dickson
Page 2 Newspaper articles re. death of former PDC leader George Drew (includes photograph of
George Alexander Drew), government's throne speech, final tributes paid to Lester
Bowles Pearson, Prince Edward Island's centennial, Harrington Public Library and the
Nurse's Association of the Oxford Health Unit granted certification
Page 3 Newspaper articles re. recount to determine winner of final East Oxford Township
Council seat, clarification of the Liquor License Act and possible liquor vote, Stewart
Miles named Norwich Deputy Reeve (includes photograph of Stewart Miles) and
Warden's election
Page 4 Newspaper article re. approved subway at the level crossing on Highway 19 north (Daily
Sentinel -Review — 6 January 1973)
Newspaper article re. establishment of three regional governments west of Toronto
Newspaper photograph of Annual Blenheim Township Banquet (Grant McLaren
receiving plaque from Reeve Perry Sibbick and Reeve John Hoftsetter)
Page 5 Newspaper articles re. Council Committees named, grant for addition and renovations to
Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital, school attendance cut by flu, and Judge Kenneth
Y. Dick re-elected chairman of Woodstock Police Commission
Page 6 Newspaper headline re. passing of former President Lyndon Johnson (Woodstock -
Ingersoll — 23 January 1973)
Newspaper headlines re. Vietnam war
Page 7 Newspaper articles re. John White named Ontario Treasurer, Charles Riach confirmed as
East Oxford Township Councillor following recount, and William Pargeter named
chairman of the Oxford County Roman Catholic Separate School Board
Newspaper photograph of Director of Education George Simmons and Mr. Linton,
Tillsonburg Trustee
Newspaper photograph of garbage truck dumping refuse at the new Holbrook Landfill
Site
Page 8 Newspaper articles re. two members of County Council appointed to a regional planning
council for Middlesex, Elgin and Oxford, necessary additions and renovations to the
Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital, and annual grant to Oxford County Council from
the Ministry of Transportation
Newspaper headline re. area government report for Oxford (The Daily Sentinel -Review —
22 January 973
Page 9 Newspaper articles re. 1972 a record construction year for the County, Oxford County
Planning Board sets 1973 budget and the Oxford Planning Board approves six phases of a
study for a proposed shopping centre just east of Woodstock
Page 10 Newspaper article re. land freeze halts proposed construction of a shopping centre
development in Blandford Township
Page 11 Newspaper article re. mall development in Blandford Township (includes photographs of
Melvin Balls and John White)
Page 12 Newspaper articles re. zoning freeze in Blandford Township, Dereham applies for
membership in the Oxford County Planning Board, Sue Horsley accused of welfare
fraud, inclusion of Tillsonburg and Dereham in the Oxford County planning area,
passing of Charles Coldham's father and Louise Barrett re-elected chairman of the
Oxford County road committee
Newspaper advertisement for tenders for the printing in book form of the 1972 County
Council Minutes
Page 13 Newspaper articles re. Oxford boundaries, and approval for an addition to Woodingford
Lodge.
Newspaper photograph of George Klosler, new co-ordinator of the Oxford School of
Agriculture at Fanshawe College and secretary Mrs. P. Prince
Page 14 Newspaper headline re. budget
Newspaper article re. free on East Zorra Township land use by provincial zoning order
Page 15 Newspaper articles re. Blandford and East Zorra Townships oppose construction of
shopping centre in Woodstock, Woodstock to get 10-metre Olympic diving tower and
George Balkwill's perfect driving records (includes photograph of George Balkwill
behind the wheel)
Page 16 Newspaper articles re. passing of Marjorie A. Coles (nee Adams), Oxford County's tax
rate, Beachville wins battle for re-imbursement for fire trucks dealing with calls on
provincial highways, and County Road 6
Page 17 Newspaper article re. weather related accidents following snowstorm (The Daily
Sentinel -Review — 21 March 1973)
Newspaper articles re. three day grocery shopping survey and a flaming pileup on
Highway 400 by Barrie
Newspaper photograph of the Opening of Legislature (Bryan Jones, Mayor of
Tillsonburg; Les Cook, Mayor of Woodstock; Les Dickson, Warden; and Dr. Harry
Parrott)
Page 18 Newspaper articles re. proposed dam in Blenheim Township and property values, and pay
packets for elected Oxford County officials
Page 19 Newspaper articles re. voting numbers for Woodstock, Premier William Davis promotes
stronger County government, and Minister John White to meet with Oxford County
officials to receive the Oxford County local government report
Page 20 Newspaper articles re. Tillsonburg and South Norwich Township opposes approval of the
final report of Oxford Area Local Government Study Committee, Tillsonburg's proposal
for a satellite home for the aged, meeting with Minister John White to present the Oxford
County local government report, and hiring of Elizabeth Chantler as a full time planner
Newspaper notice of County By-law no. 72-1978 to restrict and regulate the destruction
of trees
Page 21 Newspaper articles re. addition to Woodingford Lodge stalled by the Province, Norwich
Gazette under new owner, Oxford County Library book circulation, and Tillsonburg
considers becoming a separated town from Oxford County
Letter to the paper from Perry C. Sibbick, Reeve, Township of Blenheim re. destroying
trees along roadsides
Newspaper photograph of tree stumps along side of the road with the heading "Do you
want to meet a few angry farmers?"
Page 22 Newspaper articles re. Oxford sets precedent for regional government (includes
photograph of John White) and legislation to establish strengthened local and county
government
Newspaper headlines re. levy imposed on home heating — 13 April 1973
Page 23 Newspaper articles re. Oxford County Library Boards visit libraries in South Oxford, and
Probation Officer Glen Rawson honoured at farewell party
Newspaper photograph of R.G. Groom, Glen Rawson, Mrs. Rawson and Tom Griggs at a
farewell dinner
Newspaper photograph of inaugural tree planting ceremony at the Oxford County Library
(Woodstock Mayor Les Cook, Margaret Ghent, Angela Piovesan, and Marg Bessant)
Page 24 Newspaper articles re. Oxford's construction rate for the month of April, Miss Elizabeth
Chantler hired as the newest member of the Oxford County planning board staff (includes
photograph Kenneth W. Perrin, Peter Atcheson and Elizabeth Chantler), official opening
of Information Oxford, George Thomas elected new secretary of District 2 of the Ontario
Hospital Association, and noon luncheon for Brenda Matthies at the Court House
Newspaper photograph of Leslie Frost
Newspaper headline re. death of Premier Leslie Frost
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Page 25 Newspaper articles re. Nixon and Watergate, Peter Atcheson to attention convention on
regional government, development of a trailer park near Ingersoll, Minister John White's
reaction to the proposal of the local government reform committee, and development of a
40-acre park for Drumbo area
Page 26 Newspaper articles re. historical plaques honoring Sir Francis Hinks and the old city hall
in Woodstock (includes reproduction of a sketch of Sir Francis Hinks) Daily Sentinel -
Review —17 May 1973
Page 27 Newspaper article re. unveiling of historical plaques in memory of Sir Francis Hinks and
the old Woodstock City Hall (top photograph: Sandy DeMontmorency, Judd Buchanan,
Doris Figuro and RCMP Constable Sandy Fraser; bottom photograph: Woodstock Mayor
Leslie J. Cook)
Page 28 Newspaper articles re. Tillsonburg landfill site and an East Zorra Township farm
proposed as regional areas for disposal, Blandford mall permit, Tom Williams makes his
final flight, and Wally Nesbitt's medical condition
Page 29 Newspaper article re. County co-operation being undermined (The Daily Sentinel -
Review — 8 June 1973)
Newspaper articles re. East Oxford liquor vote, and Peel County regional government
legislation
Newspaper notice re. Weed Control Act, 1972 Section 4 nos. 11, 14 and 20
Newspaper headline re. Western Ontario Breeders
Page 30 Newspaper articles re. East Oxford Township requests an appeal on area plaza court
ruling, Oxford County Council considers legislation involving bulk waste disposal
containers, introduction of legislation to reshape Oxford County into an area government,
and Reeves Martin and Barrett appointed County Council delegates to a Tillsonburg
meeting to discuss an Ontario Hydro transmission line from the Nanticoke generating
system
Page 31 Newspaper articles re. International Plowing Match (includes photograph of Reeve J.D.
McGugan, Brooke Township; Oxford Warden Leslie Dickson, Lambton Warden James
Moran, Max Steadman, Ontario Plowmen's Association Director; and Reeve D.L.
William, Dawn Township in front of the Court House) and new Woodstock diving tower
(includes photograph of Mrs. Mamie Tatham in front of the new Woodstock Diving Club
tower)
Page 32 Newspaper articles re. Woodstock Chief W.J. Ennis and Deputy John Anderson resign
(includes photographs of both Chief W.J. Ennis and Deputy John Anderson), Skylab
astronauts and James Miller and Joseph Moses chosen as new Woodstock Chief and
Deputy Chief (includes photographs of Staff Sgt. James Miller and Det-Sgt. Joseph
Moses)
Newspaper advertisement pronouncing "Senior Citizens' Week" — June 17t' —
Page 33 Newspaper articles re. Warden's barn razed in fire and a "meet the people" royal tour of
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip
Newspaper photograph of Oxford -Cambridge canoe race (Les Dickson, MPP Dr. Harry
Parrott and Woodstock Mayor Les Cook in canoe)
Newspaper photograph of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip in Ingersoll(?)
Ticket for the County of Oxford Ex -Reeves Association Reunion — 5 July 1973
Page 34 Newspaper articles re. opening of the Tillsonburg Museum, passing of former East Zorra
Township Reeve Fred S. Killing, Wally Nesbitt out of the hospital, first conviction under
the Oxford County tree by-law, province's responses expected concerning Oxford area
government proposal and expansion of Woodingford Lodge (includes photograph of
Woodstock Ald. William Dutton)
Page 35 Newspaper articles re. Rotary exchange student Dorothy Jean Kitchen heading to the
Netherlands (includes photgraph of Dorothy Jean Kitchen), world fuel crisis, Oxford
County homemaker service and Oxford Health Unit nurses get retroactive pay raise
Page 36 Newspaper articles re. proposed shopping centres pose threat to downtown stores in
Woodstock and Kevin Paul Clarke of Brownsville drowns in gravel pit
Newspaper legal notice re. stopping up allowances made necessary by the construction of
the Gordon Pittock Dam and Reservoir
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Page 37 Newspaper articles re. death of Louis St. Laurent (includes photograph of Louis St.
Laurent), BeachviLime expansion (The Daily Sentinel -Review — 30 July 1973), passing
of former North Oxford Township Reeve Herbert Peter Dunn, Sheriff Alfred Biship fined
for impaired driving, Queen's visit to Canada and the Tillsonburg Little Olympics
Newspaper photograph of County of Oxford Race at the Woodstock Fairgrounds (George
Cheyen, Mr. and Mrs. Les Dickson, Roddy Dickson, etc)
Page 38 Newspaper articles re. extensive information program and the new Construction Safety
Act, unofficial county of votes in the Blenheim Township beer and liquor plebiscite,
Oxford County's local government study committee eliminates rural -urban representation
problems, area government implementing committee holds first meeting at the Court
House, Grim Reaper road sign on Oxford County Road 18 stolen again and Fred Laur
charge for possessing the "Grim Reaper" sign
Page 39 Newspaper articles re. Multi -Malls shopping plaza in Blandford Township, Blandford
mall site, and expending Tillsonburg's boundaries (includes photograph of Peter
Atcheson)
Newspaper headline re. inflation
Page 40 Newspaper articles re. approval in principle to a second shopping centre east of
Woodstock, Parliament to meet to end the national railway strike, possible stores located
in the proposed Lehndorff Investors Services proposed shopping mall on Highway 2,
agricultural implement museum planned by Norwich and District Historical Society,
Daly Construction Co. awarded contract to construct road department patrol headquarters
at Youngsville, and the obituary for Charles W. Langdon
Page 41 Newspaper articles re. Heather Innes crowned Ontario Dairy Princess (includes
photograph of Heather Innes), recount of East Oxford Township's December liquor
plebiscite, land freeze imposed around Woodstock and Tillsonburg, and increase in
assessment for Oxford
Page 42 Newspaper articles re. Les Dickson's farming opinions (includes photograph of Les
Dickson), Woodstock Mayor opens new Canadian Tire Store, private home care program,
and funeral service for Stanley Manore
Newspaper advertisement for the Woodingford Lodge Private Home Care Program
Page 43 Newspaper articles re. licensing of Oxford restaurants, Safety Inspector Clarke Daniel
honoured, proposed changes in the handling of water, sewer and county planning
services, and skylab astronauts
Newspaper photograph of Ingersoll Cheese and Wine Festival (Harry Parrott, Les Cook
and Les Dickson)
Page 44 Newspaper articles re. draft zoning bylaw for Blandford, Jordon joins fight against Israel,
anti -rabies clinics scheduled, amalgamation of Tavistock, East Zorra Township and an
easterly point of North Oxford Township and sending delegates to the annual meeting of
the Roads and Transportation Association of Canada
Newspaper headline re. corn yield
Page 45 Newspaper articles re. meeting of the Roads and Transportation Association of Canada,
Home Care Program, new regional municipality of the two -county area of Haldimand-
Norfolk, Oxford County Public Utility Commissions oppose a County level jurisdiction
over water and sewer services, Wally Nesbitt recuperating from cerebral hemorrhage, and
County Arboretum approved
Newspaper advertisement for the position of Woodingford Lodge field worker
Page 46 Newspaper articles re. County requested to dissolve a regional government implementing
committee, applications from homeowners, postal code system in Canada, and regional
government and County's decision to dissolve the regional government implementing
committee (includes photographs of Mayor Les Cook, Mayor Gord Henry and Harry
Parrott)
Page 47 Newspaper articles re. regional government and County's decision to dissolve the
regional government implementing committee (includes photograph of George Jakeman),
retirement of North Oxford Township Clerk -Treasurer Richard D. Seldon, Dr. Harry
Parrott and local government reform, lack of briefs presented to Minister John White
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containing resolutions for the Townships, and Deputy Reeve Stewart Miles acclaimed
Reeve in Norwich
Newspaper advertisement for the position of Clerk -Treasure for North Oxford Township
Page 48 Newspaper articles re. marriage of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips —14 November 1973
(includes photographs of the Princess and Captain)
Newspaper headline re. arab oil nations
Page 49 Newspaper articles re. proposal to disband Oxford Area Government Implementing
Committee defeated, Warden's Dinner and Province promises Woodstock highway
bypass
Newspaper advertisement for tenders for fuel oil
Page 50 Newspaper articles re. Trudeau's energy speech, Oxford County install computer to
handle large portion of the bookkeeping for Oxford County administrative offices, and
County upset that the Ministry of Natural Resources permitted an open deer season
Newspaper photograph of Anabel MacKay, Mrs. S.L. Kranport and Grace Patterson at
the official opening of the Thamesford Public Library
Newspaper article re. Canada's oil reserves (Woodstock -Ingersoll —19 November 1973)
Page 51 Newspaper articles re. Warden's Dinner and municipalities asked to outline local
problems to the Oxford Area Local Government Implementing Committee
Newspaper photograph of Oxford Warden's Dinner (MPP Harry Parrott, Mrs. W.L.
Dickson and Warden W. Leslie Dickson)
Invitation to the Warden's Dinner — 23 November 1973
Page 52 Newspaper article re. proposed Inspection Services Department for the County of Oxford
Newspaper photograph of the unveiling of Erle Kitchen's portrait in the Canadian
Agriculture Hall of Fame (Mrs. Erle Kitchen and family)
Programme for the Warden's Dinner — 23 November 1973
Page 53 Newspaper articles re. strike action authorization given to Oxford County road
department Local 1589, Wallace Nesbitt suffers heart attack, Ontario's MPPs to receive a
retroactive pay raise (includes photograph of Premier Davis) and County road crews
work to rule
Newspaper photograph of regular meeting of the Oxford Historical Society (L.K. Coles
and George Hayes)
Newspaper photograph of Barbara Murray receiving award from Professor M.J.
Jenkinson, The Ontario Agricultural College
Page 54 Newspaper articles re. regional government, Minister John White warns rural townships
to strengthen bylaws to halt the sprawl of shopping plazas into Ontario farmland, Ken
Marshall retires as director of United Co-operatives of Ontario (includes photograph of
Ken Marshall and new regional municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk
Page 55 Newspaper articles re. re -organization of local government, and Woodstock to benefit if
County restructured
Newspaper headline re. three-day work week for Britons
Page 56 Newspaper articles re. tax surplus to finance Home for the Aged and Tillsonburg District
Memorial Hospital, plans for second shopping centre at Bongs Comers have been
dropped and Oxford County road employees and County negotiators to resume
bargaining
Page 57 Newspaper articles re. passing of Wallace Nesbitt (22 December 1973) and the birth of
Pierre Trudeau's second son
Page 58 Newspaper articles re. Wallace Nesbitt, and retirement of Louise Krompart from the
Oxford County Library (includes photograph of Louise Krompart)
Page 59 Newspaper articles re. 1974 Oxford Warden candidates, and Don Peach appoint North
Oxford Township Clerk -Treasurer (includes photograph of Don Peach)
County of Oxford Handbook —1973