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1976
r ' , f f , L � 'yv� if rN�t��t��7•���*R N lh :f / n CCU MTY OF OXFORD 1 97fi'`W rt, iM F !f G . /.p�� b ti e ) fPMy rrtp y im i v r � � k Effective January 1,1976, seat belts must be worn. 77� SEAT BELT LAVA Questions: Answers: • My car does not have seat belts. No, if vehicle is a 1970 or earlier model. Must I install them? If 1971 model or later, original seat belts must be retained, or re -installed, if they have j been removed. What if there are two passengers in the The driver must belt up, plus one passenger. front seat and only one extra seat belt? There is no prohibition against carrying passengers in seats for which the manufacturer hasn't provided seat belts. If an adult drives five or six children All seat belts available must be used. to school, hockey practice, etc., and The extra children do not have to be belted. there aren't enough seat belts for them all, what should be done? My car. has lap belts only. Yes, if it is a 1971 model or later, Must I install a shoulder harness? unless it is a convertible. I suffer from claustrophobia. If for any physical or psychological reason Must I buckle up? you feel you can't buckle up, see your doctor. If he considers there are valid medical grounds, he can provide you with a certificate stating you do not have to buckle up. This would exempt you. I am a cab driver, Yes. But you are not responsible for your Must my passengers buckle up? adult passengers. If they choose not to, they can be fined. What is the fine? From $20 to $100, plus costs. Are all car drivers responsible for Not if passengers are over sixteen. But their passengers buckling up? drivers are responsible for children from two years of age up to sixteen. What about under two? No. However, there are four Federal Must they buckle up? Govemment-approved child restraints and their use is recommended. j I drive a vehicle on a delivery route. On the trip to your drop-off area, yes. Must I buckle up.) But in your drop-off zone, if your delivery driving speed doesn't exceed 25 mph, and you are frequently getting in and out of your vehicle, you are exempt. The seat belts in my car aren't working. Yes. Must I have them repaired? ®Ministryof Transportation and Communications Ontario Go safely ...wear your seat belt. BLUES CHASER BLUES CHASER tnRuflnn is a perhxl When V(1u ran 91) It :a drr>• •Iw , 1 +tt I,erkitt,` for ,�+nii'.fJPI'On+kinll llf war181 0 V) W NOTICE TOWNSHIP OF BLANDFORD - BLENHEIM Effective January 1st, 1976 all auctioneers and other persons selling or putting up for sale goods or effects in the Township by public auction must obtain a municipal license in accordance with By-law No. 53 75. Licenses may be obtained at the Clerk's Office, Drumbo, Ontario. Council of the 01-3t Township of Blandford-Blenheim City funeral director retiring after 42 years After 31 years in the business Home on Dundas St, and later Mac Smith, owner of the M. D. that year moved to the home's (Mac) Smith Funeral Home, has present location at 69 Wellington announced his retirement St. N. F)rtday- Although he has nothing in Mr. Smith a native of particular planned, Mr. Smith Sweaburg has lived and worked says he plans to keep active and in Woodstock for the past 92 looking forwazd to retirement. years. "I'm going to do all the things I really wanted to do for a long He began his apprenticeship time," he said, with the former J. W. McLevin He and his wife Doris plan to Funeral Home on Light St. in move from their home to 1934 and stayed with that another just on the fringe of business for nine years. Woodstock, he said. After that he went to work at Keith S. Coutts, an employee the former Meadows Funeral of M. D. (Mac) Smith Funeral Home on Wellington St. N. Home for the past 25 years will In 1947 he purchased the be taking over the business from Keeler and Johnstone Funeral Mr. Smith. Eaton's will abandon catalogue sales branch TORONTO (CP) — Eaton's catalogue, a piece of Canadiana of fond memory to many, is go- ing the way of the buffalo and the 10-cent cup of coffee. Executives of the T. Eaton Co. Ltd.. handing out copies of the spring -summer catalog to with a dazzling blonde on the cover, announced Wednesday that it will be the last issue because the operation is losing money. President Earl Orser said the catalogue branch —which lost more than $17 million fn 1974 and at least that much in 1975-- will be closed by the end of May, putting mast of the staff of about 3,900 regular and 5,000 part-time employees out of jobs. Frederick Eaton, great grandson of founder Timothy who issued the first catalogue in 1884, told a news conference; "For many years there has been increasing concern over the catalogue business. We are convinced that there is no prat tical alternative to phasing it out" 4 4„ .- ZI 4 L� Wt I T 0 C K �iGlti14)1,TURAL soCII�T , Marilyn Dale, 20, of RR 4, Woodstock is Ontario Pork Hostess fo 1976. She was the first Pork Hostess chosen from Oxford to win the provin- cial title. (Staff photo) Oxford gets health reps Five Oxford County people have been named to represent the county on the new Thames Valley District Health Council to be set Lip later this year. Kenneth Peers of Norwich, Oxford County board of health chairman and Gerry Pine, currently board chairman of Ingersoll's Alexandra Hospital, were interviewed by the ministry of health for the positions early last year. Other representatives will also include Violet Adapts of Wood- stock, chairman of Oxford District Health Services Council; Joan Francolini of Tillsonburg, a board director of Tillsonburp, Memorial Hospital, and Fran McElroy of Hickson, a member of Oxford -County board of health. Although the appointments are not yet official, government sources say it is doubtful anyone will be dropped from the list. The representatives will pro- bably be announced through an order -in -council by the end of the month, according to a health ministry spokesman. The Council geared to serve Elgin, Middlesex and London along with Oxford, will likely have its first meeting after the appointments are made Groceries switching to metric BLUES CHASER .�lyn on d 111o4jofaitl 1'a1l111: "lilt, fgalJt' i.4 ,�protwted by poverty -- twuhilta in heat is worth shatflsg>" 1, 0 4) 0 Legislation approved teachers forced back 'roRONTU (CP) -- About It,. lion passed Friday in the legis• third reading to khe legislatnn, s xi high school teachers in illet- lature. which received royal assent and rupolitan Toronto,, on strike The Liberals supported the was proclaimed shortly after. since Nov. IY, are to return to minority Progressive Con. The NDP opposed the Icgislee Oxford Warden since lasses Monday loin( turnivulelik-to servatminority Progressive to give lion. 0 os'ti L d F w Dundee Creamery Drops eesemaking After 25 Years All those cheese -lovers who have enjoyed New Dundee Creamery cheese for the past 25 Years will have to find a new brand. The creamery stopped cheese production in October, closed their retail salesroom in November, and are now shipping the last of their stocks out to wholesalers. According to Creamery spokesman Anson Lang, the decision to halt cheese production was the result of economics and need for modernization. Economically, the cheese making industry is controlled by uidelines of the Canadian Dairy -Commission *and the Ontario Milk `Marketing Board. The Milk Marketing Board sets the price to be paid for milk which fs processed into cheese and the Dairy Commission more or less regulates selling prices. Thus the initiative to modernize the Creamery's cheese making department was lacking. Instead the Creamery decided it more advantageous to phase out the cheese making and concentrate fully on the firm 's two main products — butter and milk powder. With this decision Ontario consumers lost a. manufacturer which supplied between 385,000 and 400,000 pounds of cheese per year. The shutdown meant no staff cuts said Mr. Lang, It meant no problems in the plant, either, he said, it is just a matter of sending the milk through another pipe, to either the butter or milk Powder facilities which are both' highly automated. New Dundee Creamery has been making butter since 1908' and milk powder since 1938. J Cheese Production started in the early 1950's. The number of cheese factories in Ontario has decreased drastically over the Past few years. Major cheese manufacturers in this district are low located at Millbank, ravistock and Bright, pp t On ea er Stephen Lewis said his party supported sending the teachers back to work but opposed compulsory arbitration and the lack of an interim wage increase, The legislation calls for an ar- bitrator to reach decision on all issues in the dispute within 3o (lays. The decision is binding to both parties. Education Minister Thomas Wells said in the legislature that an announcement on the ap- pointing of an arbitrator will he made Monday. The teachers and the Metro school board will be required to submit their hat - gaining position to the arbitrator wilhin seven days. SITE RENTED The county has rented out its landfill site at Salford to James Blakely of RR 1 Salford at a price of $60 an acre- The land, to be used by Mr. Blakely for agricultural purposes, is slated to become a new disposal area for county garbage. Included in the agreement is the county's ,right to go on the property and conduct soil tests and drilling operations. urges restraint Members of county council will be in an excellent position to provide leadership in the area of spending restraints when they consider their own renumerations later this year, Oxford County Warden Perry Sibbick said Wednesday. Commenting at the first council meeting of the new year. Mr. Sibbick said he was op- timistic that the council would accept the guidelines as a challenge. "The county is in a financially sound position and by practicing the utmost restraint, can still carry out its priorities and provide the citizens of Oxford with a high level of service in 1976," he said. Since the county falls under wage and price guidelines, he added, every county department will be morally obligated to establish its priorities and "cautiously scrutinize" its spendings. Items which will require further study by council in the new year, he said, include the roads need study- a procedural bylaw, an official plan and Perry Sibbick ... is optimistic waste management program And hopefully a satisfactory agreement between the county and urban areas on the operation and maintenance of water and sewer systems will be negotiated "This council can kick back on 1975 with justifiable pride in its accomplishments," he said. Oxford plans offIf ices in courthouse Free Press Woodstock Bureau IiOODSTOC-h — Orford C'uuntg council .tork- eommhtu- has recommended spending ,175.1100 on renm atluns lo the basement of die =unit courthou,e for municipal offices. Coin. George Mill •Im of East Zorra-Tanis. i,k Township proposed Thursday the reuuru- ,ro be carried out over a two) ear period.. harden Ili Sibbick, Blandford-Blenheim I,wnnhip mayor, .aid the project could be mipleted with current budget funds, the warden said that even villlwul restrue. :.ftng. changes were required for planning .fit. I b( euumv administration needs better con- 1.1ons. he said. lbunly council assisted in enlarging the Ox. ul I amfly and Children s Service office ', illdlu r„ lending money for the $120.000 ex n ,kmi aver a In -rear period. An air circulation sy,lcln wuuld li the first step for the basement, Warden Sibbick said. _ Some of the offices do not hacu windows. Two-tidrdsof ilia courthouse is rented to the Province by the county for ,justice administra- tion. in other business. III(,- committee recom- mended a bylaw to have county council offl. 4 -i COMMISSIONER RESIGNS - James Eichenberg of i Tillsonburg has resigned as Oxford County's tree corn missioner, serving former Dereham and West Oxforc township areas. Oxford to appeal chilly take user landfill sites from,local muni- cipalities. , County engineer Donald L. Pratt said that under the Oxford Restructuring Act, owner. ship of landfill sites was transferred to the cuunl>- But the transfer has not been regis. tered at the Oxford registry office. 131andfurd-Blenheim Township has agreed to deed over its property, hlr. Pratt said, but there are objections from Tillsanburg. Zorra Township, which has three sites, and Norwich Township. which has tvvu. Mr. Pratt added that local municipal offi= Oak say parts pf the landfill sites were ob- tained lur industrial park, nature trails and conservation use Council ordered a bylaw prepared to reduce the spuvd Unlit (1n G: %error's Road. (Coumy flood 39i from no to 50 nr.p. h. from Thanie,- lord to 11'untbtork: us, Count) lload if frmn Grand jury tours draw fire Free Prtm Woodstock Bureau W01)N'TCICK—Oxford County council ap- proved Its public works committee's recom- mendation Wednesday to appeal to the Ontario altorney-goneral to have grand juries dlscon. intic Inspections of county -owned and occu- pied offices In the courthouse, mm�iftUxesold regularaInspectionsacouldof lhe be restricted to the two-thirds portion of the building reined by the pmvtuce. "We do not feel that it is necessary for grand juries to make a tour and Inspection of coumy-owned and occupied offices in the courthouse and we feel that a good deal of time and effort could be saved If this practice was discontinued," the committee report said, Grand juries usually inspect the courthouse twice a year, said county clerk -treasurer Ger- old it. Staple,. Juries are Instructed to examine the Wood• stuck jail and courthouse and allowed to ex amine government Instll uans or groups par, Nally or fully supported by public funds, In other business, a draft plan of subdivision for a 34-acre residential subdivision northwest of North and Broadway streeLi in Tillsauliurg was approved by cuuncll. Council also agreed to an inl+ersoll planning area amendment which will ailow construction of an auction sales building by William lfavv king on king Street. The amendment now goes to the ministry of housing for approval. Embro to Governor% Road from 5w it, m.p.h., and on County- Road 13 south of HhS brook front 55 to So. m.p.it Howard Greeniy of London. minL+tr transportation and communications distrl, etypnecr said the ministry Li changing it, signs Feb. 2. A request front Macnab Auto Sales Litrtited for extension of water services from Ingersr, into Zorra Townahip-on Flighway 2 wrest of lh, tow n was deferred pending an agreement wfit- local municipalkivs on uperafion of se I" io Phone bill up about 25 cents Sew telephone rates to get into ,Il" I ;ai. u ill no -an an extra 25 cents, Ott tilt' average home telephone hill across western Ontarkr. Bell Canada district "tanager FFaak Puller ,:ud rags for home serice would do up 4,5 Ix•r Lem on bills going out Jan 16. Baste busi- ness rates pill go up 6.5 per cent, or allif $1 u. !`he basic home service new fs S .95 and lm u business service$14,W, The Canadian Transport Commissfer, ..;. proved higher rates sought by Bell Canada Oct',_r, _ increasing the telephone company. rvv rnur by $flu minitul" Council in favor of pact An agreement between Oxford County and Superior Sanitation 4:rvices Ltd, was supported Wednesday be Oxford County council. Superior will dispose of solid wastes from Woodstock, Nor. wich, the former Township of North Norwich. Dereham and Springford and Otterville at an annual fee of $139,000. That figure is between eight and 10 per cent higher than last year's contract, said Aid. Joseph Farm credit corporation Oxford joins runs out of loan money The Farm Credit Corporation has kept up since fall, due About $8 million in loan fonds Ins nm out of guaranteed loon a pnrtia llv to maximum loan changes last summer. was distributed to Oxford County farmers this year, with funds until spring, says com any official. "The maximum for Farmrry the average loan at $69,000 to $70,000,.he said. "There was a heavy run on under 35 years old was in- money this year," area com- creased from $100,000 to Mr Teeple said county far- pang supervisor Lloyd Teeple $150,000," he said. "It's a good mers got about $6 million in said in an interview Saturday. idea there's been an increase loans last year. ^Last September was had to loan conditional (in ... in young people coming out for "The company's overall make offers the fact funds couldn't be loans." budget last year was larger than it's been," she said. "Land assured until April, IW6." Despite the shortage, he said The maximum for farmers over 35 years old is still $100,000, ever costs more, buildings cost more, loan demand from local farmers he said. so the average loan is higher." Blandford-Blenheim cuts minimum rural lot size Free Press Woodstock Bureau DRUMBO - Blandford-Blenheim Township council moved to conserve agricultural land 5fonday'by reducing minimum rural residen- [i:a lot size requirements by about two-thirds to 15A00 square feet. Council also set the minimum frontage for a niral residential lot at 120 feet, compared with the former requirement of f50-foot frontage._ The inave was made during a review of the township's new draft zoning bylaw with county, planning director Peter Atcheson. It will become part of the official plan to be com- pleted in two )ears. The issue of guidelines for severances of Oxford seeking open deer hunt Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — Oxford County council's administration and finance committee Wednesday recommended to council the estab- lishment of an open deer season that would al- low use of shotguns in addition to the already permitted bows and arrows. The recommendation backs a proposal by the county townships association which has asked the ministry of natural resources to al- low an open deer season that would coincide with surrounding counties. warden Perry Sibbick, mayor of Blandford- Blenheim Township, said deer create a prob- _: lem in his municipality with herds eating fall wheal. small lots IToal farms was not resolved. Mr. Alcheson said he considered it better to omit from the bylaw- any mention of being able to sever a lot from a farm on retirement in order that it not become automatic. Mayor Perry Sibbick said he favored men- tion of severance in the bylaw. lie said council has been concerned about the small parcels of land severed from farmsa few years ago where residential building hasn't occurred. Most of the lots, he said, were severed with the intent of building on them some day. Coun. Robert Gilhohn said that often the severances allowed for retiring farmers have been placed up for sale the next day. BLUES CHASER Businessman's lament: "I'rr worked our + capital gains deal with Ofranu. hrerr lime I work, the C'apitnl gains. ' Library heating improved Relief is in sight for em- ployees at the Oxford County Library who have been com- plaining about the deficiencies in the building's heating system. County public works com- mittee Thursdav eave enaineer Donald Pratt the go ahead to take action needed to better heat the building. Mr. VPratt said cupboards were built in a section of the building where an additional heating unit should have been installed. Where the people are working, it's cold," said Mr. Pratt, "but it's comfortable in the book sections". Mr. Pratt said fixing the heating unit will probably cost about $700. fight against lab closing Free Press: Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK —Oxford County council de- cided Wednesday to back Woodstock regforml health laboratory officials in their battle 19 make the provincial health ministry change its mind about closing the lab which has been serving a five county area. The ministry announced Dec. 19 the pro - Vince would close the Dublic health lab u,. March 31, It indicated the ministry may burr, to private labs for service or possibly transfer [he workload to regional labs in London, Ham ilton and Palmerston, The change in policy would result in a sac ing of $115,000 in annual operating costs, the ministry said. The operating budget for the lab's W75-7•; fiscal year, which ends March 31. is tw8' 'a,89ti. of which $303,000 is salaries and benefits for 21 employees. Woodstock and East Zorra-Tavistock Town- ship councils have said they oppose the chas- ing. Lab employees are protesting the closure through the Ontario Public Services Employ- ees Union. Lori Armstrong, a. technologist at the lah. [old Oxford council that ministry figures Ind - eating a.saving "have been simply pulled our of the air." She said the estimated saving is based on sa laries of eight employees. Ministry official, indicated 13 employees would be added to the London lab staff. Mrs. Armstrong said ministry officials also said $30,000 worth of renovations would be car ned out in London to enable the lab to absorb 95 per cent of the Woodstock workload. Mrs. Armstrong said each London lab eat ployee handles 159X3 test units a year and an additional 13 employees would mean a pro cessingcapacity of8,058,199. If the workload not taken over by London i, handled by a private lab at the going rate of 2 cents a unit, she said, the extra cost would be $'373,785, resulting in a net loss of $t58,r25. Aid. William B. Dutton of Woodstock said he Viewed the closure as part of the '-pecking away" at local services in a continuing at- - Iempt to locate them chew -here. Few school buses running after Sunday snow; rain Stuart Smith picked to lead Ont. Liberals Toronto hotel bill covered ` J1%11V11V1l1-€t% T-bar break Two county council items slated for discussion in closed session were moved into open council by a majority vote Wednesday night. Norwich Mayor Leslie Dickson, chairman of the ad- ministration and finance committee, came under fire from councillors for placing an item under legal and personnel which he said might be. "ern barrassing" to the county. Had the item remained under legal and personnel, the media and public would have been barred from hearing discussion on the subject. The controversial item, which received easy approval by council when it was voted into the open portion of the meotin�, centered around the county a tradition of renting a roam at the Royal York flotel in Toronto during the Ontario Good Roads convention in late February, Estimated cost of the "hospitality suite", said county clerk Treasurer Gerald Staples, about $850. Warden Perry Sibbick said it has been county tradition to rent the accommodation, so representatives of Oxford area municipalities attending the convention would have a common meeting place. Most counties and regions in the province follow the some stops skiing R �" h ` By TOVE FINLAY Did 1 say something last week about time flying by" t must confess that the last three days of last week seemed like an :eternity n(ter the news of the T-bar breakdown reached ale. For those of you who may have heard all sorts of rumors hem's the story. Somehow, a swinging bar on Wednesday afternoon got caught 'between the bull wheel and the cable and peeled the cable off 'much as you lake a tare off a rfivi 1The LIP men, John Carson and Ron Ludington then had to remove all the bars to ease the tonsion on the cable, With the tension released the cable was put back or 0 X. Da W out Royals and pit into it plsvoft a hear soon& It v%w of the sr set i0 it them it Rambo tnnr ms • �1 �1 St. Thomas feels restraints Loss of 151 jobs blow to hospital Ft ee Press St. Thomas Bureau ST. THOMAS — The St. Thomas Psychiatric Itospital's staff complement will be reduced by Zi and its number of beds to M2 from 684 effective April 1, hospital administrator .fames Wilson learned Friday from.the minis. try of health. 'I'm extremely unhappy but. apparently there. is nothing xe can do about it, he saidT. :Some of the patients may have to do many things for themselves because we won't have the staff to do it." IIe said staff cutbacks, which will leave the big hospital with i8.i employees, will mean a payroll reduction in excess of $1.5 million. "We knee' this was coming some months ago and we stopped hiring," Mr. Wilson said. "We have it vacancies. Severance notices will go out next week to 110 employees. . "The cuts will be mainly in direct care nurs- i ing staff, psychiatric nursing assistants, not registered nurses. "Subject to change, there will be 71 cut from nursing and 39 from other departments. Every department will be nicked." Mr. Wilson said the cutbacks are the largest imposed on any psychiatric hospital "and we're hoping some of our people will be hired in London. i'As people retire, anyone laid off has the right for one year to be rehired," he said. Because of the reductions, patients will hart to be shifted around in the acute, chronic and chronie self -care wards. Mr. Wilsonkaid. Current ministry criteria is 1.1 beds per I- OW population and the number of beds dictate; how many persons are. on staff. Salaries accounted fur 60 per cent of the hos- pital's $12.5 million operating costs for 1975, Mr. {Gilson said. A Civil Service Association of Ontario spokesman said he hopes the layoffs will come from the 60 people now employed on a part- time basis who are not members of the union. WHO WILL PAY FOR IT? ;Cost of sewage plant 4111 praises council query By CHRIS NIXON county, Mr. Dutton asked county Sentinel -Review Staff Writer councillors Wednesday, "then There's no doubt Oxford why is its cost not being spread County will own the new water around the county?" ,pollution control plant proposed County clerk Gerry Staples for Woodstock, but who will pay said that under Bill 95, the .for its construction is a question legislation that restructured Coun. William Dutton of Oxford County, the county will Woodstock would like answered. own the facilities now estimated to cost more than $6 million. "If it will be owned by the "If there's a question as to Services could be cut at Woodingford Lodge BY IRENE STANIONIS Woodingford Lodge may have to cut back services to keep to a 5.5 per cent budget increase guideline set by the provincial government, Ingersoll Mayor Gordon henry said Tuesday "It's going to be, difficult in operating a home of this nature to keepwithin the limits because 73 per cent of the budget is wage and salaries," said Mr, Henry, chairman of the lodge's ad. ministrative committee. "There is no wav you can cut down your food bilf," committee member William Dutton said. "Medication costs are as low as they can get." "The only alternative may be to ask I he taxpayer to alriorh the extra," Oxford County clerk Gerald Staples said. However, Mr, Henry says people in the municipal service field will likely have to give a little less. service. "I don't know what the government limits are in ratios between staff and residents." he said. "But I'm sure the lodge is well within that." "When the new iqu-bed ad- dition is open, our ratio will likely be greater." Mr. Henry said lodge and addition expenses will be kept separate (his year to keep close to the budget increase guidelines, with the two ex- penditure areas stated to be combined in 1977. whether the county should pay for it, then flits is a good time to ask it," Mr. Dutton added. COMMENTS Mr. Dutton made the com- ments before introducing a motion calling for county sup- port for a delegation from Woodstock which will attend a meeting in February with the ministry of environment. The delegation, headed by Mayor Leslie Cook, will ask the ministry to either reduce the criteria set out for the facility, or provide some financial assistance in its construction. City engineer Carl Hevenor has estimated the cost of the facility to be more than $6 million, or $65 a year for every Woodstock family for the next 20 years. Council agreed to a resolution asking the ministry to place ,.more realistic" criteria on the plant. But a bylaw which would authorize Woodstock to expand its pollution control system failed to get through the third reading The bylaw, which would give Local iob market facing pressures by layoffs, strikes 'Gerald Staples ... county to own it Woodstock the green light to apply to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) to debenture the money needed for the new facilities, will be re -introduced to council after the city delegation has returned. BYLAW If the bylaw was passed it might prejudice the city's bargaining position with the ministry, said Mayor Leslie Cook, With approval already ob- tained for a debenture of $6 million, he said, the city may have a harder time in "whacking down" the cost of the facilities. Court. Joseph. Pember of Woodstock argued against holding back the bylaw, saying it would delay the project. "If the delegation gets the criteria lowered and the cost �hrinks to $2 million or $3 million," he said, "we'll have a couple of million to play with," Relief urged for inspectors Oxford County board of health wants its public health in spectors released from in spehctingbutldingsand II bin- se's they aren't quaf,lied for unanimously supported a resolution asking Oxford County cnuneil to relieve the inspectors of the responsibility, returning it to the individual municDalities. "It's not a ministry of health obligation but it was taken on in the 1990'a sin& it was felt the inspectors were the best qualified to do it at the time," Mike Bragg, chief public health inspector, said yesterday. Since 1969, public health inspectors haven't been trained for that type -of work unless they take a special course...we feel our staff inspectors are not qualified to do this." Woodstock and Ingersoll are the only municipalites to handle their own new building in- spections. Mr. Bragg said. New installation in the home doesn't reallF enter into the health area,' said Woodstock Alderman William Dutton. Ingersoll Mayor Gordon Henry recommended the responsibiity for inspection revert back to the municipalities. Townships balk at assigning landfill sites to county level By CHRIS NIXON Sentinel -Review Staff Writer Two townships are not about to hand over to the county land which county feels has become its property under Bill 95. A report to county public works committee Thursday from its solicitor —Treleaven, Graham, White and Coad-says only one township which con. tains county -owned landfill sites, is Willi to sign a quit claim deed will the county. The Township of Blandford- Blenheim has indicated it will iign, but both the townships of Norwich and Zorra have turned sown county requests. The sites involved were owned by the respective townships before restructuring, but, said county engineer Donald Pratt. Bill 95 automatically turned over ownership to the county. Some townships are claiming the land wasn't bought entirely for landfill purposes, Mr. Pratt said, but there is no evidence to indicate the lands were pur- chased for any other reasons. SOFT APPROACH The county has taken a "soft approach" in asking the townships to sign a quft-claim deed, he added, but it might be finding itself in a portion where it will have to fight them for the land. "We can't expropriate them because we already own the land," he said. 'And they're saying it's (the land) theirs and we're saying it's ours." The townships may avant the land now, he added, but when they are filled and have to be levelled, the county will be responsible for deciding what tc do with them. Public works committee is preparing a bylaw declaring the land for the county. The bylaw will go to county council for approval. A portion of the township's arguments against the county rely on the fact that Bill 95 points out the county takes over possession of "landfill sites". But there are no indications in agreements made by the townships when purchasing the properties that the sites would giving up something for continue to serve as landfill nothing." sites. And the townships may develop the argument that they should be compensated for the sites, said Warden Perry Sib- bick, but Bill 95 does not require the county pay forlands it assumes. We're just protecting what is ours," he said. Maybe some people are still fighting the whole process and think they're Representatives from township objecting to the takeover, he said, can argue it out when the bylaw is taken to county council. Coun. Joseph Pember of Woodstock said, there is little action the townships can take. "it looks like we're going to have to take a form of semi - violent action," he said. "We've got Bill 95 behind us." REPORT RELEASED Study on roads proposes extra county mileage g By CHRIS NIXON Sentinel -Review Staff Writer The county will have to pick up $1.18 million in outstanding debentures if it takes over all roads suggested in a road -needs study. The report, which was originally to be completed in September, was handed to county public work committee in preliminary form Thursday, for draft approval. County engineer Donald Pratt said it will likely be taken to. county council as an in- formation item by March 24. Prepared by McCormick. Rankin and Associates, con- sulting engineers, the report was ordered up in March, 1975.. The major purposes were to make recommendations on a desirable county road system, construction needs of the system, costs to maintain it, and detail the outstanding deben- tures on roads brought into a new system. If all roads designated in the report as desirable for a new system are accepted by the county, the total mileage of countyroads will increase from 288.4 to 312 miles. Additions to the existing system are pulled largely from the county's three main urban areas, Woodstock, Ingersoll and I'illsonburg. Frills missing Olympic facilities readiness promised MONTREAL (CP)—Sobut the basic, emge of the frills may leteof atj� s will issinbe fulfilled when Montreal plays host to the 1979 Olymples, ®uebee Manlclpal Af- fuln Minister VVictor Go dbloom said Wedges - day. Mr. Goldbloom, the provincial minister res. lionsible for the construction of the main stadconference that !both afacihdesy will lbe uffih eiootly completed for the July 17 opening of the (;ames. The Daily Sentinel Review, Sid.. )nn.31, 1475 Seat belt, new speed laws to be enforced on Sunday • 9 &I No local seat -belt law charges yet Area law enforcers today said they've yet to lay their first charges against local motorists not wearing seat belts, The Woodstock detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police report officers have issued a number of warnings to local residents since the legislation came into effect Jan. 1, 1976. Sunday to start checking muMrists for seat bell use, Officers were legally entitled to start lavingg charges under the law yesierday, following a month -long warning period. Offenders are subject to fines ranging from $20 to $100, depending on circumstances the OPP reports. However, spokesmen say "We haven't laid any charges officers were too busy with yet but there's been a marked hazardous weather conditions increase in people wearing their Health planning advisers named Ctrs. vi ,Adams of Woodstock has been ap- puinted chairman of dhe .newly -formed, 19- member Thames Palley District Health Coun- ril. Health Minister Frank Miller announced the rurmation of the. council Tuesday and said it ,A Of hold its first meeting in mid -February, The council is to act in an advisorycapacity to the mhtistn in planning integrated health services for Middlesex, Oxford and Elgin counties. There are now nine such councils fit the pro- ince- Mr. Miller said the new council is made up of representatives of health care agencies, the public and professionals. Council members come from Woodstock, St. Thomas, Rodney, Port Burwell, London, Vi- enna. 11llsonburg, Dorchester, Aylmer, Lu- tem, Tavistoek, Ingersoll and Strathroy. sealbelts," Deputy chief Joseph Moses, of Woodstock city police force, said today. Deputy chief Moses said the department's men are wearing seatticits on patrol even though they are exempted under legislation. lie added that the patrols usually don't travel at speeds over 2,5 m.p.h. Groups in southern and south- western Ontario have started CLEARING petitions calling on the govern. menl to withdraw the legislat Lion. Ontario motorists also were required to slow down beginning Sunday as new lower speed limits went into effect on provincial highways. The maximum speed on high- ways where the limit previously was 70 miles an hour is now 60, and on roads where the max- imum was 60 miles an hour it now is 50. AUCTION SALE Of High Grade Dairy Cattle at Lot 9, Con. 6, East Oxford, 3'V2 miles east Of CURRIES CHURCH on 59 Hwy. or 6 miles southeast of WOODSTOCK on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7th At 1:30 P.M. 13 Guernsey cows, 4 fresh recently, 1 due soon, 8 in various stages of lactation; 2 Jerseys due sale time; 5 bred for spring and summer calving; I Brown Swiss fresh; 2 Holst. cows due Mar,/Apr. & I due July; 3 white face calves; 1 Guernsey calf. These cattle are in good condition and must be sold due to farm ac cident. Anyone needing replacements should plan to attend. TERMS: CASH sale day. Decision of Auct. final. Prop./Auct. not respon sibie for accidents. W. A. (BILL) DAY — PROP. WALLIE ROSS, AUCTIONEER — WOODSTOCK — 539-5077 Ian. 3159 BLUES CHASER Two fx�sirnfs& met of a party, Instead vl ehaAmg hands, they shook bead,, County may foot bill for plowmen's group Oxford County may be footing this year's bills for the 1960 International Plowing Match committee, since the group doesn't have another source of funds yet. The county's administration and finance committee Wed- nesday recommended a $1,000 grant be awarded the local committee to cover 1976 ex- penses, which include promotion of the Oxford match. "It's not a matter of spending it all now," John Hofstetter, chairman of the 1900 committee, told the committee. "We're going to need funds as University gift Fire Press Woodstock Bureau A framed aerial picture of the llniversity of Western On- tario (L:WO) was presented to Oxford County counell by William Baldwin, (right), vice-chairman of the UWO board of governors and A. K, Adlington, (left ), vice•presi- dent, administration and finance of UWO, during (heir vi- sit to council in Wo#dsitick Wednesday. Warden ferry Slit hick, mayor of Blandford-Blenheln Township, reeelves the picture ou behalf of Connell. the match gets closer we could build up an account. ' Most of the money will be used to publicize the 19M match at this year's plowing competition in Bruce County and at the annual Ontario Plowman's. Association convention in Toronto Feb, 17, Mr. Hofstetter said. The committee decided to asK for $1,000, since it received the same amount from the county last year, he said. "This is something the county is sponsoring," Norwich Mavor Leslie Dickson, Committee chairman, said. N 0 0 X T e m 0 Three traffic lights OKd for Tillsonburg tSIN)U6'lYN'K—lustallauon of traffic lights .d three Tfllsonburg locations Was approved.` b; Oxnard Ceomy council, Wednesday. ,lolhts are l Street, �TBlxon Avented at e uedatd orb Colic n street andTlll., AvcnueatOxfordStreel.,{id j, Cam. Kenneth Webster, Tillsonburg. .. the lights are on order from the marll(M rarer. The Tiltson Avenue -Oxford Street llttlits, he ,aid, probably won't be Installed until there IN .;n improvement in the Intersection design. He said the lights should improve traffic tiow in the .town, which now has one set of In his at the intersection of the Highway 3 and Ilighw-ar 19 eonm eting links. Courthouse renovations OKd to create offices for Oxford Free Press Wtaulstork Bureau IOODSTOCK — A $175,0011 renovation of Ostord County courthouse basement for addi- tional county government offices was ap. pnlyd Wednesday by county council. Cuun. George Wilhelm of Fast Lorna-Tavis- lock Township, who presented a works com- mittee report with the recommendation, said it likely would meet space requirements for 10 years. Planned space has yet to be allocated to specific departments, Oxford eyes Roads and pplanning staff are being arenm. initiated in lire basement and the combined clerk-treasarery staff on the first floor of the county -owned cuurthousec. Two-thirds of the building is rented to the province for adminla- (ration of justice. Approval of the renovations followed an un- successful move by Coup. Douglas Harris of Ingersoll and Coup. Kenneth Peers of Norwich Township to have the decision postponed. They wanted if)wait until estimates could be ob- tained of thn cost of equal space in a new BLUES CHASER commissioner b'igo wl an office bulletin board: "IC par< el htf)U0hv -- It think-" Free Press Woodstock Bureau W'OODSTOCK —A study of the advisability of hiring an Oxford County industrial commis- ,ioner was approved by county council R daesday. A committee composed of Warden Perry Sibbick, mayor of Blandford-Blenhelm Town- ship, and the chairmen of counell's four com- mittees will give its report at a March 10 coun- cil meeting. Conn. Kenneth Peers of Norwich Township, who proposed the study with Aid. William B. Dutton of Woodstock, said Oxford needs a commissioner with a contact in each of the eight municipalities. With an industrial commissioner, he said, "we could place a company in the most suit- able location in the county- which planning is all about." He said Oxford has an obligation to provide a supply of jobs as well as food and shelter. '-We have to provide god industrial land. in .spite of having to use god agricultural land," he said. Conn. Peers said he could foresee a sharing of assessment in the future, with perhaps 50 per cent of industrial assessment being shard with the other seven county municipalities. He said an industrial commission could be e tablisbd with members from each munici- pality. Aid. Dutton said the sharing of assessment would be a further working together of the municipalities, which started with joint health and county home services. With General Motors arriving in Oxford, people are asking about industrial locations. Aid. Dutton said. There will be complemen- tary industries to it, he added. Mayor Leslie J. Cook of Woodstock said it was urgent for the county to take steps toward the industrial commissioner system. He said Woodstock has a limited amount of available industrial land left. Aid. Philip Poole of Woodstock said the county needs an industrial planner to keep in- dustry away from the best aggricultural land. Coup. Kenneth Webster of T)llsonburg said the county will have industrial land policies set out in a new county official plan to be eam- pleted over the next two years. The industrial commission system should mine aflr-r the planning, he said "I would like to see Oxford County prinef- pally agricultural," Conn. Webster said. The more industry there is, the less agricultural land there will be, he said. Mayor Gordon B. Henry of Ingersoll said without shared assessment, the county indus- trial commissioner system won't work. I HILTON C. VIRTUE Hilton C. Virtue of 101 Bee ,,St.., Woodstock, died at,. Wood. stock General Hospital Monday. He was 73. He was born on Lot 14, con - 'session 2, East Oxford Town - 'ship, son of the late William and Bertrice Virtue. He had farmed there all his life, retiring to Woodstock in 1971. He was active on township council and had served as Reeve of the township for a number of years. He was a former warden { of Christ Church, Oxford Centre. la member of the Grand Valley Conservation Authority and a 'director of the Oxford and Ayr Credit Union. i Surviving are his wife, the former Verdun Hutchison, three daughters, Mrs. William (Blanche) Makin of Waterloo, Mrs. Jack (Betty) Cameron of Hespeler, Mrs. George (Jean) Rand of Curries, five sons. Robert of RR a Woodstock, Bruce of Woodstock, Hilton of Guelph, Jim of Saskatoon, Jack of RR 3 Woodstock, one sister, Mrs. Myron (Gladys) Cleary of RR 4 Woodstock and one brother, James of Woodstock. Sixteen grandchildren also survive. Friends were to be received today at the M.D. (Mac) Smith Funeral Home at 69 Wellington St., N., Woodstock, where the funeral will be held Wednesday at 3:30 11 - Rev, George Pell of the Christ Church, Oxford Centre will officiate. 'temporary entombment will be made in Woodstock Mausoleum, BLUES CHASER Psychiatrist to patient. "Now . ,just when did you discover that you enjoyed paving I our lnctt♦,�re faxes? v building or relocation Into an exfsting vio alit building, Coun. Peers said the renovation estimate .seems low by about. 5o per cent. It doesn't seem to be a god Wes to renovate the base- ment, he, sa & Coun. Kenneth Webster of Tllisonburg said country council opposed the principle of a new building in 1975 and the committee was presenting an alternative. "I was definitely against building a whole arw castle across the street ion existing (nunty-owned property) or on 50 acres," Coup, ster said. There is in the basement not bbeing utilized in a proper tway, he said. "If we can prolong the life of this building, which is a heritage mark in the county. we should consider this building," Count. Webster said. Aid. Wendy Calder of Woodstock said: "I for one do not want a new building." She said con- sideration of future accommodation of Oxford health unit, which has been criticized In the past, has not been considered. Warden Perry Sibbick, mayor of Blandford- Blenheim Township, said Oxford Health Unit board is not a direct committee of council and has provincial appointees, He said it is up to the health board for the provision of its ac- commodation. "Last year, I. felt we were premature in ask- ing for renovations in the first year of restruc- turing," Warden Sibbick said. fie ;aid the county should provide some comfort for its employees. County engineer Donald Pratt said the reno- vation plan would double available space in the basement for office use, increasing it to 7,- wit) square feet - <ik Guatemla earthquake toll set at more than 15,000 GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — isolated by the Guatemalan Helicopter relief teams took earthquake and returned with supplies to towns and villages reports that raised the official n' Aid;&IIAmr, Newsman sends 'thanks' and town says no way The town of Ingersoll recently lie compared there to agendas being read, Mayor Gordon received a letter of thanks for- mailed to the media from Henry said the town of Ingersoll nothing. Woodstock city council and "does not have a ,paper. A lox radio news reporter, Oxford County Council, and manufacturing machine similar Richard Craven, wrote a letter 'Town found tbern wanting. Agendas received from the to the County and the City of to Clerk Bin Maclntyre thanking him for sending out other municipalities, he said, Woodstock." the oft -repeated agendas from the municipal included minutes of muctings, mars, and other pertinent Then, came phrase, like a familiar refrain', office prior to council mil gs he the ma. crud, which made more hill this year of retraints, I lope However, said, agendaa "ran value" to hum accurate reporting of council We will not be called onto print a were of because they, contained no in- matters ptuossible, lot of material, prior to council formation. After listening to the letter meetings." Council chamber goes batty Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK —Aid. Wendy Calder of Woodstock, the first woman mem. her of Oxford County council, will Probably never convince her male col- eagues that she had another appolnt- men( on. Wednesday. She didn't tell them about it until a bat began cruising the council cham- ber and she asked Warden Perry Sib- bick, mayor of Blandford-Blenhelm Township, for permission to leave. "1 did have an earlier appointment." she sold, trying to persuade the nest of We councillors, Aid. Calder was chairing a discus- sion on a draft procedural bylaw when she spotted the bat In the window drapes. Warden Sibbiek wrapped it in the draperies, hoping it would stay But it came to life and flew around the chamber several times without dis- rupUng deliberation. On Its second flight, however, Aid. Calder announced she had to leave, County clerk -treasurer Gerald Sla. ples said there have been bats some. where In the courthouse for at least to years but this was the first lime one appeared at a council inning. toll today to more than 15,000 dead, an estimated 40,000 in- jured and 200,000 homeless- ath toll jumped as the national emergency relief committee got more information from outlying areas cut off until the first relief helicopters reached them late Sunday. Engineers worked to open more roads blocked by land- slides and to repair broken bridges. Relief officials put sur- vivors to work, promising them extra food according to the hours they worked clearing roads or burying the dead. TOWNSHIP MEf:TING A meeting of the protection of persons and Property committee of the Township of Norwich will be held at the Oxford Centre Community Hall un March?at 7 p.m. The meeting is called for the ppurpose of determining the avaflabfifty of volunteer firemen in the area. All interested Persons are urged is attend. �i 0 L� C Right to OK housing urged at county level time Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — Provision for Oxford ,wnly to approve its own subdivisions was .•quested by delegates to an Oxford County ,uncl planning committee Thursday.. faun. Kenneth Webster of Tillsonburg, plan- og committee chairman, said citizens pro - ding input into a planning review felt the au- 'mrity to approve subdivisions should be at .�� local rather than the provincial. level. (-rider the grmrp's proposal, he said, the ,anty would allow the province 60 to 90 days Comment on a draft plan. rite proposal. Conn. Webster said, would •-.:•L,•cd up subdivision planning which may now trim nine months to three gears, adding costa to developments and resulting In higher prices. Conn. Webster said he expected approval of subdivisions could be given In six months at the county level. A major concern, Conn. Webster said, was the time it took to have property severed for construction and the time waiting for an On- tario Municipal Board hearing, The Oxford Federation of Agriculture said in a brief that something must be done im- mediately to preserve land for food produc- tion. The federation brief said every effort should be made to preserve class one, two and three land for agricultural uses. The federation wants a policy of no separa- tions or severances for class one, two and three land. Oxford, the brief said, should take measures such as expropriation to ensure that a steady supply of. building lots arrives on the market to relieve pressures on agricultural land. Construction of second houses on farms, the federation said, should be allowed without a severance, provided they are essential to farming operations. Leonard Reeves, a member of the Wood stock advisory planning committee, asked fnr a review of a five -per -cent requirement for park dedication in new subdivisions, with Lhe possibility of providing additional land. Conn. Webster said the planning staff will prepare a brief for a review committee meet- ing to be held March 35 in London. Irvin J. Haines, Clerk -Treasurer of Blandford-Blenheim to Retire U1 In Ic 0 tr 0 a 1* 0 X� A I'AFO M 0 C m m m i Staff hiring stymied pending clarification Oxford County board of health wants the provincial govern- ment's restraint program clarified before hiring more staff. Kathy Desai, the board's home care program co- ordinator, wants to hire a part- time liaison nurse to recruit cases from local hospitals, a job she's had to do since September when the position became vacant. COULDN'T AFFORD However, board members Wednesday decided they couldn't afford to approve the expense until they got written permission from the provincial health ministry. "We're waitin for Heallp Minister Frank Miller to descend on Oxford County," Ingersoll Mayor Gordon Henry said. This province is in a hell of a state_.we're going to have to do with less service. "We didn't impose the restraints, the province did," Aid. William Dutton of Wood- stock said. "We'll have to get a ruling on what we can do." CASES PICKED UP Mrs. Desist said picking -up cases from local hospitals supplies the program with about one-third its total patients. "Right now we`re not case finding, just receiving," shel said. She also said the lack of a liaison person means there's no back-up for the pram if she took sick or had holidays. Plate life extended Licences may KITCHENER (CP) —The lice t oar On tariu car licence plates iseued in 1973 likeiv will turn nett lobe elght-year plates, an oflicial of the tninislry of tran.purta tiun and communtrtdom Bald Friday. Ile .aid that instead of obtaining net, plate, in 1978, molm iq, likely will have to niI thr old ones laal until at Itutst IMI ,v�ry e-. oils-IRtASURER IN BLAND FORD-B LENHE IM TOWNSHIP — Blandford-Blenheim JI., o,nnOtnt measure. Township will lose one of their longest -serving employees in April, Irvin Haines will rotire after I;ru'' Nl:m told, -it iin;r, manager of the thirty-one years as clerk -treasurer of the township. Replacing Mr. Haines will be Keith Reibling, " 1'" I'l c,.hielc .croon of the funds in lvho joined the Township of Blandford staff as clerk -treasurer in 1972 and has worked as the T woiiho .aid In a. telephone intert'lew the draPuty-clerk of Blandford-Blenheim since re -structuring of the County of Oxford. Pictured above mi'111 n is ruoslderhtg extending the use are (left to right)! Irvin Haines, retiring clerk -treasurer; Keith Reiblin newly a "' it] i"w ` tt' pl'tit" clerk•treasurer; Perry 9• Y Ppointed e,, rr tuuig h, IrN t' 'ot- Jt thrill as Y Sibblck, mayor of Blandford-Blenheim township, Irvin has made plans to go ,i t, th'•t mil go, a t<tt yc;trN beyond back to the land and form on the farm which his great-grandfather owned on the Bth concession of 1 ,, N 111• it, possibility king into the and Blenheim township, de• looks gaud right now." stick until 1981 N!: vlanifold Nud extensive salt and ck-t w,luo lusts indicate the 1973 plates hate a life expectancy of longer than five ,ears. Thev were coaled whh longer -last- ing enamel thin plates issued µreviously. Dauraged or hest piales can be replaced for fit a set. The plates in• made by prishneas at the klillbnook reformatory' near Petrrborr ough and cast the llkmis17 about 3o realtsi tt Net. There art, more than three million nxhten•d vehieles in Oulario and extend, Ing use of the plates her a few years after la N ' onld save the prtiu'ince aid Its tax,. fw) o� s millions, Mr. u fuldsaid. Willett Hospital, Paris To Be ClosedAprfl 1st Grant available Kathy Klelner In Hall of fame Toy TO tCPI — Kathy Kreiner''s stunning gold medal victory in the giant slalom at the Winter Olympic Gamea at innsbrurk, Austria, today has earned her immediate member- ship in the Canadian Sports all of Fame. Taxpayers' burden eased on sewage plant expansion IYer I're- s N'oodstork Aureau WOODSTOCK — (:Ity taxpaven won't be re- paired to contributed as much as had been ex- pected to help finance a Sli.'u-million sewage treatment plant expansion, a city delegation learned Friday after meeting with Environ- ment Minister George Kerr in Toronto. Previous calculations indicated each house. In axtuld pay $65 per year for 2a years. i Revised figures indicate a 4o-per-cent reduc- lion in taxes In $38 or $39 per year per house- hold. Jfayror Leslie J. Cook, a memberofthe dele- dation. said Mr. Kerr indicated the city will be �10ble for a 15, per -cent provincial subsidy be- :�use oFthe restructuring of Oxford County. his would amount to $T41000, said the mayor. Farlier word from the ministry indicated the subsidy would out apply, said Mayor Cook. Ile said the ministry seems to be agreeable fo phasing in a $1.5-million filtration unit which had been included in the expansion esti- e;atce- Quake death toll reaches 22,122 The criteria imposed by the ministry for the plant will be reviewed after a presentation was made by Core and Storrie Ltd. of Toronto, consulting engineers of the project, said the mayor. In his presentation, Mayor Cook said: "We Mfeel very strongly that the standards as estab. are unnecessarily high and that the fi. nancial burden that we would have to impose on our taxpayers in order to meet them would he a crippling one. "It does not require too much deduction to Free Press Mlle Services GCATEMALI, Cl'f � —The death toll in Gu latemala's earthquake disaster rose to 22,122 "gas United States and Guatemalan troop - reached more isolated hamlets and news rd more deaths came in from hospitals around q the country. ThitNational Emergency C'ommillec, which is co-ordinaling relief work. Sunday raked the :toial on Injured who had received medical ;treatment to 71.015. Officials said the figures !� would rise further. i Committee sources said Guatemalan para 1 troops and American special forcesmen n searching lxolatcd areas had found several do- ',Ivasated hamlets in the wild highland region up io aft piles norlhwe t of hers. and hundred, of bodir, tier. being dug nal of I he rubhir. BLUES CHASER W,m It fhv penniless and the dollars will fake rare is/ Ow laxly, recognize what this would do to other capital works projects in the community," he said. The city's five-year capital budget Includes $4 million for trunk storm sewers which are required to relieve flooding, particularly in areas with combined sewers, as well as reduce Peak flows at the treatment plant. The storm sewers alone will add $32 per average house- hold, said the mayor. The plant, now being designed, will take about one year to construct, but it Isn't likely to be started until 1977, the mayor said. Paris p delegation plans ans bed to keep Willett Hospital op en _pen Oxford Day proposed for CNE The liaison committee of the Woodstock and District chamber of commerce is in- vestigating the possibility of an Oxford County day at the Canadian National Exhibition. The committee has written to the CNE and received a letter recently notifying them that the application will be considered next week. It is not known when knowledge of the decision reached by the CNE committee will be received. "The CNE sets aside a par- e tic at day each year where they recognize a community," 'said George Calder, pasl- president of the liaison com- mittee, "They bring in local bands, cultural activities from the area and put on a grand sand performance during the do y and so on." The original application made to the CNE about three years ago was made for the city of Woodstock alone, but at a meeting of the liaison com- mittee Wednesday night, the possibility of changing the day to include all of Oxford County was discussed said Wally Hulme on Thursday. Mr. Hulme, now president of the chamber, is following up the mailer. "We're hoping for 1977," he said, as it is the Woodstock and District Chamber's centennial, Checkerboard plant takeover approved INGERSOLL — The federal cabinet has ap- proved the takeover of the Checkerboard Roods plant here by Swift Canadian Co. Ltd., the manager manager of the Checkerboard plan) said Monday. The move saved the job of 179 work- rr, who were to be laid off if the sale was not niluwed. Pon Cole said he was informed of the decl- .ion Monday by an official of the Foreign In. ef,ntment Review Agency (FIRA). I le said the FIRA spokesman noted the cabi- ina approval doesn't preclude an anti-com. hi es investigation in the future, although It appears that hurdle has been cleared at present. Because Swift Is a subsidiary of a United Slates company, Its offer to buy the Ingersoll turkey processing plant had to be reviewed by 1 FIRA. A second complication arose because Swift Canadian Co., by taking over the plant, will control 25.7 per cent of the Canadian lot - key market and 44 per cent of the Ontario market. That's where a eumbines m%esti@alion would come in. The combines branch uas looking into the Checkerboard situation before cabinet approved the takeover. Recisions by the combines branch are usually approved be cabinet. Mr. Cole said the takeover of Checkerboard by Swift will lake effect March 1. It originalh was planned for Jan. t until the complications With FIRA and the combines branch arose. Representatives of Checkerboard's 170 workers went to Ottawa earlier this month to urge the government not to delay its decision. The workers had been informed by Checker- board that it'ttte takeover wasn't approved kv Feb.:, they would all be laid off. Mr. Cole said Monday Checkerboard lot money because It had to operate lodger than it wanted. He said the company lost money -by keeping the operation going and carryittg at su the people lempio�vest were protected, - Durham to appeal 'closing of hospital D Federal spending rise double inflation rate Estimates in capsule OTT,AWA (CP) — Highlights of government spending estimates for the .. 197a-77 fiscal year i),ginnmA April I. • Spending in Increase to $39.:ri billion, up ui ,r rent imm Iht amiripated final slwnding •� ther current fisa.d rear. •� •.,vnpinment insurance budged !1 b.,osttd wr cunt to billion r beeaitse of high : I,:employ meitI • Central Mortgage and (lousing Corp. 1KIL'el raised. 33.5 per cen to $:4i5,4 million. • Health and welfare budget, largest Inch ivai department, raised 11.7 per cent to o.l billion. • Serenty per cent of all federal spending .-iribuied to redistribution programs affect- ,c individuals. industry and provincial and l her v ix k-T'n;ocak El • hnrret charge, no led, cal d, hi Ion, ,i at $1 6 billion. 12.1 per rrnl of ouvral] I), III ing. 9 Federal anti-inflation board assigned n budget of$12 admtllion. • Cnvernmutl restraint program erediled with reducing veer -all spending increase 10 it; per cent front Iv , per even, • arts andentertainment spending forcea,i at $59s million up 14.5 percent. totaling oil and gasoline subsidy parnivms for Eastern Canadian consumers lore(ast al $1 1 billion, $275 million below the rsliuuna 1n1. the current year. • Federal hiring increases to be held to Ijw, man-year, lip L3 per cent Frain forecast. oi' 317,1e1 man-years for 1975 76. Local retailers make switch to returnable bottles only i N 60 legal Notices PRINTING TENDER Tenders for the printing of the 1975 Oxford County Minute Book will be received by the Un dersigned until 5:00 P.M., Friday, March 19, 1976. Information can be obtained at the County Clerk Treasurer's Office, s P.O. Box 397, Court House, Wood stock, Ontario. G. R. STAPLES, Clerk -Treasurer, County of Oxford, Court House, Woodstock, Ontario. N4S 7Y3 BLUES CHASER Secretary to office manager: "I've taken all the criticism of my work that I'm ,going to take! Now do you spell 'quit'?" i Ottawa plans on spending $40 billion Water pacts need stressed in Oxford Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — Ncvrd for an early agree- ment with Oxford County on water and sewer services in Woodstock, Tillsonburg and Inger- ,oli was stressed Wednesday at a meeting of the Oxford County works committee and re- presentatives of the three munfcipalftles. Conn. Kenneth Webster of Tiltsmtburgg said Ontario Municipal Board approval of deben. taring for water services and local Improve- ments has been stalled since last July, pend. ing an agreement between the town and the county, Kenneth Ifolland, Tillsonburg elerk- Ire•asurer, said the delay is costing about $9,- (49) a month in interest, with $190,909 worth of water mains and $L12,495 in local improve- ment projects completed on short-term bor- rowing. Oxford County restructuring legislation transferred responsibility for water and sewer services to the county council level on Jan- 1, !975. Local commissions have been carrying out the service they did- before restructuring on the strength of a letter from county council. Three agreements were proposed to the county works committer at the meeting. Warden Perry Sibbick, mayor of Blandford- Blenheim Township, said county council fa- vored a direct agreement with the area mum- cipalities in December, 1974. Tillsonburg council and Public Utilities Commission proposed a new two-party agree- ment between the county and the local munici- pality; Ingersoll council and PUC proposed a dime -patty agreementinvolving the Dngersoll council, PUC and county council; and Wood- stock PUC suggested two-party agreements between each commission and county council. Woodstock council had made no decision. hoping to obtain further information from the Wednesday meeting. Mayor George Jakeman of Southwest ON - turd Township, chairman of the county works cununittee, said that under each proposal, the service would be farmed back to the public utilities commissions which have the know) edge and equipment to carry out the work. Aid. Joseph Pember of Woodstock, a mem- ber of the works committee, said each one in- ierprets the restructuring legislation differ- ently, although it allows for an agreement between the county and the local municipality or the county and a local board or group. He said he didn't forsee any major problem with a throe -party agreement. Coun. Webster suggested the area muniei- palitles lake over complete administration, op. eration and maintenance of their waterworks systems, including responsibility for customer service, engineering and design of the system. The county works committee proposal was to have the planning, engnoTring, design and HASN'T CHANGED MIND Miller reconfirms lab's closing date construction of capital improvements to the waterworks undertaken and administeredby the county. The municipality, Coun. Webster said, would have its own agreement with its public utilities commission and the service would continue as before. George Douglas, chairman of the Woodstock Public Utility Commission, submitted thata three -party agreement would only create ceri- fusion. Working through the local munici- pality, he said, would be more inefficient, causing delays Ross Feaster- chairman of the Ingersoll commission and a former town mayor, said Ingersoll was recommending a three -party agreement so the important fumcuors can con - time to operate as in the past - The county works committee's proposed two -party -agreement, Mr. Fewster said, would appear to transfer the complete ad ministration, operation and maintenance of the water system to the munfcfpalffy. Area health body holds inaugural It will probably be March before the newt) - formed Thames Valley District Reabb Council has its first full-scale meeting, chairman V'i- olel Adams said Tuesday. . Mrs. Adams, a former Woodstock alderman, presided over the inaugural meeting of the 19 member council Tuesday night. Ilealth Minister Frank Miller was guest of honor at the informal dinner, attended by members from Middlesex, Oxford and Elg&t counties which will be represented by the council. The council, which also draws membership front London, will act lit an advisory capacity it, the health ministry in planning Integrated health services for the area. In an Interview, Mr. Miller said the council should not exp�et Instant rt�qu&s. Among its rust tasks, he said, will Ite estab- lishing relationships with existing health st,r ice groups in the region. it will also have to loak into existing se. it and areas of future rated as welt as arvus of redundancy, he said Council members are: Dr. Douglas Baking, lwg!, Cooper. Jude Gay. Bob Sexsmith. Joseplt .Icffcry and Ivan 1. ]learn, London; DirIk. lyvicening and Ruth Merrick, Stralhl Bill dove, Dorchester; Charles Blank Retdrl elir%y Blythe Port Burwell; David It, Adam It-illSt, Thomas Eleanor Grift Aviator; I ran McElroy Tavlstoek; Gerald Plrte in. '11roll: Ken leers. Eastwrwd: Joan Fraowl ..,- No action taken on bounty request A request from the Township of Norwich that a bounty be placed on wolves in the county, spurred no action from county council Wednesday night. The administration and finance committee suggested council take no action on the request. Norwich Mayor Leslie Dickson -said that since counties surrounding Oxford do not have bounties in effect, this county could find itself paying for wolves killed outside its boun- daries. The current high price for a wolf pelt, about $40, is sufficient incentive for wolf hunters, he said. Phone switchboard called money waste Ald. Philip Poole of Woodstock told Oxford County council Wednesday night that putting a switchboard in the county building would be "a waste of money." Mr. Poole made the statement after a report from ad- ministration and finance Robert Stanfield pauses while clearing his desk af- five caucus meeting as leader. The PCs pick a new ter presiding on Wednesday over his last Conserva leader on the weekend. (CP) committee said it will take no action on a proposal to purchase a switchboard until Beil Canada Ltd, completes a feasibility and cost study of the system. The initial costs of the system would outrate its benefits, Mr. Poole said. 8,000 Conservatives Clinton Pebble Hospital say farewell to Bob last to feel Miller axe Joe Clark SIBBICK ANNOYED new leader Plattsville water project of Tories BLUES CHASER r'livolfled ad In a show-buslne" newspalwf owi tamer— wand tamer Ilon." shelved by Ont. ministry PLATTSVILLE — The proposed water and sewage system for Plattsville has been shelved until 1977-78 by the Ontario environment ministry and Blandord-Blenheim Township Mayor Perry Sibbick is up in arms. "This has to be the most frustrating piece of municipal business I have ever par- ticipated in," he said after receiving the information. The ministry has said the system has been shelved as a spending restraint measure. Mr. Sibbick, also warden of Oxford County, said Plattsville 'residents have received nothing but the "runaround" since they asked for assistance in getting the systems for the village in 1985. In December, 1974, after a series of well testings, a public meeting was called and residents were told what they already knew — their water contained sulphate but was all right to drink, although it could have a laxative effect. But, if the ministry removed the sulphate the water system would double In cost. Otherwise it was to cost the average homeowner $100 a year plus an additional $130 for the sewage system. "Your guess is as good as mine what the new estimate will be if they ever get around to it and I'm sure it won't be less," said Mr. sibbick. Meanwhile a new problem has reared its head. The environment ministry is exploring the possiblity of erecting a water tower on the Plattsville Public School property. Some site testing has been done. The local home and school association, along with Dr. Hans Luyken, and postmaster Cameron Shantz feel that a school board official who offered the site to tile ministry used 'poor Judgement and instead of saving the village people money it will cost them money, when the board has to try and buy more land. Mr. Shantz, a former member of the old Plattsville School Board that erected the school in 1982, claims that the W-acre site is needed for future expansion. One addition has already been built. He says local opinion means nothing to the hoard of education or it would have paid attention when told of quicksand and muskeg conditions at the front of the school Instead the board has tried to make a bus loading zone there and have run into problems. Mr. Shantz feels that instead of letting the proposed tower site go it should be used, it for parking space and use the present parking space for loading purposes. Among other things, this would remove 14 vehicles owned by teachers and three school byes from an area that is used by students who walk to school or have to leave early, he said, The tower site being across the road would eliminate this and the buses could move into the loading zone and load with no problem and save the board money, he said. This advice was to be offered to the board Wednetcday %hen a committee of the board meet to receive petitions and briefs with regards to the board making land available to the ministry for the water tower. The meeting will be held at the Plattsville Public school. • 61 0 Ingersoll councillor roosted 'by friends' Comm, Douglas Harris of Ingersoll took a friendly roasting Wednesday night when administration and finance committee chairman, Leslie Dickson, mayor of Norwich, said the councillor has been delegated to attend a seminar on "improving political per forniance in local government.." "If it's going to make him a better councillor then l: agree he should go " quipped one Woodstock alderman. "That's why 1 wanted h, go," retorted Coun. Harris. Another councillor pointed out, for Information, that the county was invited to send one - Person to the seminar April 2 and a. Then why don't we send a person," chipped in another alderman. Special meeting called for budget estimates A resolution commissioning Warden Perry Sibbick to call a ,special meeting of council to go over budget proposals was ;passed by Oxford County council j Wednesday night.. The resolution, put to the floor by Aid. Walter Hulme of Woodstock, was passed unanimously. Ald. Hulme said that last year some councillors may not have been well informed on budget :issues when the county's spending for the year was determined. "These days we're hearing a lot about restraints but we have to know where those restraints should be and where our priorities are," he said. Aldermen Philip Poole and Wendy Calder, also of Wood- stock, said they felt a special meeting would provide council members with a better un- derstanding of 'budget issues from various departments. Oxford riding wins redistribution fight Free Tress Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — The Oxford federal rlding Mill rcmaitt Intact in the federal electoral i,mudary commission report, Dr. Bruce lialli- ildy, MPP (PC —Oxl'ord),said Friday, Dr. Halliday and about 25 delegation, front ihlmd opposed a redistribution proposal pre melt last summer and debated during a luo day hearing in London In October. In the proposal, Zorra 'Township and East Zorra-Tavistoek Township, the home munlcf- pality of Dr. lfalliday, were to have been in- cluded In a new Oxford -Middlesex riding. The plan would also add Burford Township, to the soul beast of Oxford. Dr- Halliday said the most common-objec. non u-ds that. historically. the (geographirel , aunty bounda.rles have calncided with Oxford riding boundaries. Many families have routs in the area going back 150 years and they didn't want to be transferred out of Oxford riding, he said. rlci ui N. Bruce McLeod of Zorra Township, a past - chairman of Oxford County board of education who appeared in opposition to the redistribu than said, `I am really pleased. That is the best news i have had in along while, "I really didn't hold much chance and they (commission members) didn't glee us much,, chance, That just shows that representation -i will do something.-" - County to spend $ 12,000 to decide on renovations By CHRIS NIXON committee that an agreement be Sentinel -Review Staff Writer signed with Leonard Dickson The county may spend as Architects. much as $12,000 to decide if it That firm will conduct a study will go ahead with proposed of the basement and come up renovations to the basement of with a cost estimate for refur-. Oxford County courthouse. bishing. Public works has County council Wednesday estimated refurbishing costs at night approved a recom- about $170,000 spread over a mendation from its public works two-year period. BED CUTS FOR INGER OLL ,Oxford hospitals face budget cuts Budget vs needs gap 8 million for roads Roe Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTUCK — A consultant's report says Oxford County will nood about $13.,1 million worth of road Improvements in the next five rears, but the county's budget forecast covers �mly about one-third of the work, county counry 'ifs works committee was told Thursday, County engineer Donald Pratt said the ,aunty's forecast for 20 priority, projects astl. mates an expendflure of $I,k50,0ao in the neift rive years. - Mr. Pratt Raid a needs study by the consult. ng firm. of McCormick, Rankin and Assoel. ,ass Ltd, predicts that about $18,•1145,000 would wve to be spent to keep roads up to standard. The cotmittee. decided to present espies nt- 'ne needs study to council March 10 so the minter can become an agenda Item fur the ti arch 24 council meeting. Mr. Pratt said the work does not htelude highway connecting links and provincial high- ways. Designated as priorities are: 0 Sfmcoe Street In Tlllsonburg, from Goshen to Vienna streets, was described as fit(, most In need of improvement. Estimnted cost. Is $'L02,000. • County Road 10 ((Whiting street, Ingersoll from King to Role% streets; $242,000, i County Road 10, from Holcroft street to Highway lot, $276,lakf. • Clarke Street, Woodstock, frolp Devon. shire Averme to Sloane Street, $,15,doo, 0 County Road U, front Embro to the CPR w Clarke Street, Woodstock, from Slnano Street to Warwick Street, $100,000, a • County Road , fron County Road Bit to Palrvlew•, $243,ofto 0 County Road o, from Illgimay 2 North, $2lit,fkgf. i King Street, Ingersoll. from Whiting Street to Ingersoll Road, slzl•onn. • County Road U, front County Road IS south to Brooksdale. ' • County Road 3, hem Druuttto north to Highway 401, $288,000, • Governor's Road, half infle in Woodstock from Ingersoll Road West $17$,000. • County Road to, Culioden to vetschttyie, $S1U,0M. • Catmty Read IU, Kinlore to west county boundary, $:tst.oUU. 0 County Road U, from Embro south to CPR overpass, $130,000 • Tillson Avenue, Tlllsonburg, North Street to Venison Street $M,000. • Mill Strew Woodstock, Dundas Street to Parkinson Road $,150.1af0. • County Road (I, Hilabro to Rrooksdale, $IOLtwit. • County Road 17, east of County, Road o, 0 Clarke Street, Woods ovi,, Oumlae Stnv,l In W o tt'iek Street, %1t,00n The facelift was said to be needed to relieve cramped facilities in the planning and works departments, as well as allow for expansion of the clerk's department to the. downstairs of the building. Warden Perry Sibbick has said county surplus funds would be available to finance the project and that it would not affect the county mill rate. SLAMS SCHEME He slammed a suggestion that spending $12,009 for the ar- chitect's study could prove wasteful if high costs prevent the county from going ahead with the project. How will we know what has to be done to it if we don't have an architectural study," he said. "I don't see anything wrong with spending $12,000an it and I'm as Scotch as anybody." The county couldn't spend the money on a better project, he added. Mayor George Jakeman of South-West Oxford Township, said the matter will be brought back to council if the cast estimate goes over $170,000. AbL Philip Poole of Woodstock voted against the recom- mendation, saying he was not convinced it was "a needed expense." The alderman said he was not convinced that adding between 2.000 and 4,000 square feet of floor space would warrant the high expenditure, Council at its last meeting approved public works proposal for the renovations. It has been estimated that at least $55,000 of the total tst »till be used to improve ventilation in the basement. Plant returned to one founder Ten years attar lit, and his Timberland company to the parts Ica nld the conirny to an. American firm, local in•. American firm. 1iXPAN$IUN dustrialist Wes Ma Ill hats purchased back the Timberland- In a press release, Mr. Magill said it is hoped the company will Ellicott Company in Woodstock, be able to expand product lines The sale, which becomes final and increase the volume of immediately was announced at business and employment. He said in an interview that a news conference this morning. The pprice of the transaction was wend nio pro aced duct lines g but ant, not d'�sclnsed. g The firm was established in 1947 Timberland Machines decisions have been made. Walter Booth, who joined the as Ltd. by V. B. King, R. C. Symons company in 19114 as a project will remain m. the and Mr. Magill. In 1960 two- the company was sold engineer posLLwnof president and general thirds o. br the founders to the Ellicott manager. Mr. Magill will be 'chairman of the board and will Machine Corporation of not take a day -today part in the Baltimore Md. In 1967 the founders sold the affairs of the company, The currently balance of their interests in the company produces winches and,derricks for the construction industry, tension stringing equipment for overhead and underground installation of powerfines and portable and permanent equipment for the maintenance of htghnse buildings. Spectal elevator systems for use 1n industrial chimney construction and maintenance are also manufactured WORLD-WIDE Business is conducted - throughout the world with company products being sold in the United Stales, Britain, Belgium, Switzerland, Turkey, Pakistan, India, Chile, Brazil, .. Argentina, Columbia and Panama. The company employs about 85 Mr. Booth said. The persons, plant occupies about 30,000 squue feet. has interests Mr. Magill also in companies in the United States, Reg Ball Limited in Wes Magill g Woodstock and several farms. Sales at Timberland totalled ... back at helm about $4 million last year. Oxford debenture sale OKd Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — Sale of $595.000 in Oxford County municipal debentures. the first for the restructured county, is planned in rive weeks. County council authorized the sale on advice of its fiscal agent, Burgess Graham Securities Ltd. Toronto and Brantford. Wednesday. John Hughes, president of Burgess Graham Securities, said arrangements may be made through local municipal treasurers and the county clerk treasurer for purchase of the bands In sf,000 denominations. Interest rates were set at 9% per cent Ito boonde due In one and two yyears; 10 per cent on bonds nd fnudue in three ar years; 101/t pro real for bonds due In the fifth to seventh year„ and 1016 per cent for bonds due over the Owd $298,890 for a fill and $265,000 for :i Warden Perry Sibbick, mayor of Brandford Blenheim Township, hold the local sale of di, benlures has worked successfully In other countles and regions In addition to Woodsw, l in the past. The local safe is worth a try, It, said. W. Hughes sold the balance of the county' outstanding financing of 2 rp million, descrihi,f as an insti'todonal issue, will be available in two mrxillu. awommendations were made to have de I*ntores Issued in the late winter or reul\ eprinjt and late fall each year. Oxllord municipalities, Mr. Hughes hnid have an enviable record In the sale of detwt, tutus and are well regarded. The flrwal agency fee was set at one In J ceon, to be reduced W one hall per cent it, Babe, giw-ratrd through the offlcen of Ur-- mnn:.;vi in unm numiripaliib.,. County education board begins cutting spending Although the UxRred Conmty float Education is at least a ;itsii show tightening of spending for furniture talk of changing the pupil. month a month away from deciding its 1976 budget, and equipment. This covers everything from lab teacher ratio, he said, "The staffing will remain the preliminary meetings have begun to cut out equipment to typewriters and chairs. same," he said. "We do not the frills, board chairman Lawrence Stoakley '"Equipment and furniture anticipate any cuts in custodial care.' said this week. will just have to do for a while," Mr. Stoakley said, But Mr. Stoakley admitted "We're trying to control the "We have also made a big that basically all the board is doing is making rough budget enough so we can keep slice in conference budgets," he estimates. the hitll increase to a rate the said. "Wafting for decisions on taxpayers can accept," he said. CUT IN IIALV teachers salaries from the anti. There will be a 20 per cent The board will make a 50 per inflation board is slaving up reduction in all pupil supplies cam. cut into the conference budget progress and slowing up the auditing of last for next year, Mr. Stoakley said. which now a s for year's ex - Penditures," he These items include pencils, principals and teachers to at- tend said. Depending on the decision, pens and books. "We are also taking serious various seminars and conferences. adjustments will have to be look at field trips," he added. a "We haven't "The cuts made so far amount made in last years tacks." There is an date for the next made any final decision on this but I expect this be to a few thousand dollars," he said. "But further trimming will budget meeting. The board of education will hold its regular will coming up very soon at a !ward meeting.' be necessary." board meeting Monday at the The preliminary meetings Up to this point in the budget deliberations there has been no administration offices on Graham Street at a p.In. SPECIAL DEBENTURE OFFERING THE, COUNTY OF OXFORD $595,018.38 93/a%, 10%, 10Y4% and 10Y2% DEBENTURES Maturing 1 April Interest Rate Price 1977.1978 9%% 100.00 1979-1980 10% 100.00 1981-1983 10%% 100.00 1984-1986 10%% 100.00 Denominations: $1,000 The debentures will be available on or about April 1st, 1976. Delivery and payment can be arranged by any method conveni- ent to the purchaser. Orders or enquiries may be placed through the following: The County of Oxford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519-537-3911 The City of Woodstock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .519-539-1291 The Town of Ingersoll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519-485-0120 The Town of Tillsonburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .519-842-5252 The Township of Blandford-Blenheim . . . . . . . . . . . 519-463-5347 The Township of East Zorra-Tavistock , . . . . . . . . .519-462-2697 The Township of Norwich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519-879-6568 The Township of South-West Oxford . . .. . . . .. . . 519-485-0477 The Township of Zorra. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519-485-2490 Or at Local Branches of . . . THE BANK OF MONTREAL THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA Or directly with . . . BURGESS GRAHAM SECURITIES LIMITED Brantford Office 42 George Street 519-752-5411 Head Office 44 King Street West — Toronto 416-364-8471 CRANG & OSTIGUY INC. Woodstock Office 394 Dundas Street 519-539-9821 Head Office 20 King Street West o. Toronto 416-363-8611 EQUITABLE SECURITIES LIMITED Head Office 110 Yonge Street — Toronto 416 366 1141 BURGESS GRAHAM SECURITIES LIMITED s CLARK — At Victoria Hospital. .London on Monday, March I, 1970, H. A. (Alater) Clark of 6o Light Street, Woodstock, in id; 75th year. Son of the late Mr, and Mrs. Angus Clark. Dear brother of Miss Grotto Clark of Wood. stock, Mrs. Florence MacNabb of Toronto and Mrs. Jean Gibb of Stratford. Also .survived by nieces Mrs. Joseph (Margaret) Cumberland of Toronto and Mrs. Eldon (Hazel) Richardson of Chatham and one nephew James Gibb of RR 2 Embro. Friends may call at the F. E. Rowell Funeral Home, 134 Riddell Street, Woodstock, commencing aid p.m. Wed- nesday where funeral and committal service will be held' al Thursday, March 4 at. 2 pro. Rev. William Henderson of Knox Presbyterian Church will officiate, with interment later in Harrington Presbyterian Cemetery. Memorial donations to the Heart Foundation would beappreciated. M3-71 PROMOTING OXFORD COUNTY'S I.P.M. - Representatives of Oxford County attended the recent annual meeting of the Ontario Plowmen's Association in Toronto, promoting the 1980 International Plowing Match in Oxford County. Among those taking an active part in plannig the upcoming event are (left to right) Perry Sibbick, Oxford County warden; Don Taylor, county agricultural representative and secretary; Les Dixon, committee vice-chairman; John Hofstetter, chs-,m3,i. Weldon Burrill. O.P.A. director; and John Summerhayes, O.P.A. director. 11, A. CLARK 11. A. (Alater) Clark of 69 bight..5L, Woodstock, died at Victoria Hospital in London Monday. He wan 74. fie was born in West Zorra Township, non of the late Mr. and Mrs. Angus Clark. He farmed there until moving to Woodstock in 1964, lie was a past reeve of West Zorre Township and had served on council for a number of years. He had been a director of the South Easthope Farmer's Mutual Fire Insurance Com- pany. fie was a member of Knox Presbyterian Church in Woodstock and formerly of the Knox Presbyterian Church in Harrington. fie was also a member of the Woodstock fawn Bowling Club. He was predeceased y one sister., Ames Clark in 1975, Surviving are three sisters, Gretta Clark of Woodstock, Florence MacNabb of Toronto and Jean Gibb of Stratford, two nieces and a nephew. Friends will be received at the F. E. Rowell Funeral Home. at 134 Riddell St,, Woodstock, commencing Wednesday at 2 p.m., where the funeral win be held Thursday at 2 p.m. THE LONDON FREE PRESS, Monday. March t. 197fr Price drops in 7 cities Sugar industry goes metric County councillors ponder future of Oxford health unit building By IRENE STA.NIONIS Sentwel-Review Staff Writer Although some county councillors aren't sure what to do with the former vault which currently houses Oxford Health Unit, they say it will likely be put to goad use — somewhere. The future of the building was COUNTY OF OXFORD I TENDERS FOR SUPPLIES, MAIERIALs AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES Scaled tenders, plainly ,arked as to Content, will be - ,, ved until 5 P.W. FEDNESDAY, MARCH 24-' 1676 HIGHWAY MATERIALS 1 Cv-ug; te4 Culverts 2- Highway Signs 3. Steel &gn PoMs 4 Calcium Chloride, bagged 5- fthway Salt 6. Charocal W ed Killer — (2. 4-0 i 2. 4. rsT) 7. Hgov aY Paint (Yellow d Whore) 8. Wire fenye. Maples, brae -el wire. gate& 1 9. SteN leme. "S 10- Gla —rv.-ads AUTOMOTIVE 8 1 MISCELLANEOUS SUPPLIES 1 G.:sSdmL 1Y Diewll,.�d i Oil line , 6 bal!eriey f 1 MAW TENANCE SERVICES 14. SuolAy R AJOV Calcium Chietpir — 94X funs County tender infromarinn uwte rws be sippiled Pleaw: r eter to t I.Md" item by nyrobw Lnweat a any Iendw on any des *10 not rwcessariy be ac- ",Ttad, DON" L PRATT County Eroneer County Cant maim PO Brix 397 WIXANIIIA Ontano Nog 7 f 3 discussed Wednesday after the county health and social ser- vices committee received a request for carpeting. "Carpet in one room isn't going to make or break it right now, but do you see that building utilized in the future?" Warden Perry Sibbick said. Aid. Philip Poole of Woodstock Conn. Kenneth Peers of said the county could find Norwich Township said the another use for the building if building will likely remain as the health unit offices were office room for now since the relocated. county board of health hasn't "It's a valuable place," Aid. been able to find new space yet. Poole said. "We're not going to The health unit office was get rid of it, so we might as well originally built as the county fix it up:" land registry in the 19th century. Woodingford Lodge rates to be increased Residents at Woodingford Lodge will have to pay $1.70 more a day to help stabilize the county old age home's 1976 btdfget. The per diem rate increase from $17.50 to $19.20 was sub - in itted Wednesday to the county health and social services committee after getting preliminary approval from the lodge board of management. Lodge administrator Ernie Wood last month requested the increase, effective Jan. 1, 1976. Aid. William Dutton of Woodstock indicated the higher rate was approved due to the 5.5 per cent budget growth factor recently imposed by the provincial ministry of com- munity and social services. County reps chosen Zorra Township Mayor Bob Matheson and Norwich Mayor Leslie Dickson were recom- mended as county council's representatives to the Inter- national Plowing Match com- mittee Wednesday. Oxford agricultural representative Don Taylor ,uggested to the county's ad- ministration committee that the county appoint the chairman and one other member of the administration committee to sit on the plowing match com- mittee. f The International Plowingg Match is scheduled for Oxford County in 1960. When the shutdown of Woodstock Public Health Lab was announced. Conn. Peers said he contacted the provincial government for permission to rent space in the building. However, he said Oxford Regional Centre requested the Bernier rejects deer hunt bid Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — A request for a deer hunt- ing season in Oxford for hunters using shot- guns has been turned down by Natural Re- sources Minister Leo Bernier. Air. Bernier's decision was received Wednesday by the county's finance commit- tee. The council had endorsed a request for the hunt submitted by the Oxford County Reg- ulated Townships Association. Warden Perry Sibbick, mayor of Blandford-Blenheim Town- ship, said he expects there will again be a sea- son for archers. Warden Sibbick has complained that deer in his township have caused crop damage. In other business, Mayor Leslie Dickson of Norwich Township and Mayor Robert Mathe- son of Zorra Township were recommended for appointment to the Oxford Comity Interna- tional Plowing Match 1980 committee. 8-cent gasoline rise likely by late summer building for office room. "We've got the problem that a lot of municipalities got after restructuring," Aid. William Dutton of Woodstock said. "We've got some buildings that really aren't suitable but can we really afford to do anything about. it'." Aid. Waiter Hulme of Woodstock suggested that some renovation projects, includine the county courthouse basement. are a waste of money since some new buildings could be constructed cheaper. Flooding INGER.SOLL — Several Ingersoll businesses and residences were completely flooded yesterday when a dike at Smith's pond gave ay. C:vurge Fleck's Wholesale Tobacco warehouse, and the Slam. Marshall, Parker and in Ingersoll Ross law offices were completed swamped when the pond ovZowed at about 6,30 P.M. Ingersoll police chief Ron James said damages resulting from the Mount are estimated at more than Snow has no answer on bypass Fhv Press Wotrdslock Bureau %%OODSTOCK — Some ',,significant points" at a Woodstock bypass proposal require fur- ther study, TranspoPation Minister James 'Inow told an Word County delegation in To- ronto Monday. The minister said he will reply, to the delega- Iion "in Thenot-lac-distant future." Woodstock Mayor Leslie Cook said he d,:Iesn't know what will be the minister's reply III the study by De Leas; Cather Consulting En- :neers or just how long it will take for a re - 'posse. tie said the minister touched on his budget iinitations but did not dwell on the subject. he mayor added that no indication as to thn- iu= of construction for the proposed bypass ;a. given. Lfayor Cook said De Leuw Cather prof eel manager Steve Donal, who attended the To. `snto meeting, favored neither of the two most. =..onsidered routes in explaining the study, bin ave the advantages and disadvantages of -:Eh. Ioodstock wants the bypass constructed shout one-half mile west of the city. It would break off Highway 59 north of Oxford regional centre buildings. bisect Governor's Road, Ifighway 2 and Bowerhill Road, and then curve back to a cloverleaf on Highway 101 s,,uth of the city. 2orra-Tayistock Township would not oppose ME,. citv's position if a grade separation wps in- stalled at Governor's Road, according to Conn. George Wilhelm. Oxford County council South-West Oxford Township, Ingersoll and Zorra Township pre- ii•r upgrading Oxford County Road 6 south of f:mbro from Governor's Road to Highway lot near FoIden's corners. The route adjacent to the city would cost about $11.6 million and the County Road 6 up - wading aMmt s:I.5 million. BLUES CHASER The fekphone operators( a baking eomparOt answers the calls with a sheeny: "Good morn- ing.' Friendly Baking Company! Which crumb oft,you wish to speak to?" $50,000 and could go as high as $100,100. Most of the flooding oc correct along the south side of piing St, near the park, he said Memorial park was right under water and Glassford Motors also had some flood as dike bursts damage." Smith's pond is awned by Jim and Irene Smith of Toronto. Ingersoll town council attempted to takeover the property earlier this week. The town council wanted Mr. and Mrs. Smith to hand County planners want say on new subdivisions The planning committee of Oxford County council feels that it should have the authority of ultimate approval of subdivis- ions. In an attempt to make local planning easier, and eliminate the long delays in getting Ontario Munfefpal Board approval of Planning changes,. the county planning committee is sending a brief outlining changes in the planning act, to county council, March 10, with plans to have it presented at a March 25 Ontario Planning Act review meeting in London. Under a proposal the com- mittee endorsed last week, qualified municipalities would assume the power the ministry of housing now has over subdivision approvals, after considering input from various government agencies. The brief says a new sub- division approval system should speed up the process of getting approvals. It says the respon- sibility for approving subdivi- sions should rest with the lowest level of government capable of doing the job. The brief suggests that the system of approval be public, and it should ensure that councils have the power to implement their policies on development. Peter Atcheson, planning director, said the lowest level of government capable of giving approvals would include those with their own engineering staff, planners, and administration with a system for permanent planning records. He said Woodstock and Oxford County would fit the description. A speedup in holding OMB hearings was urged, with the committee suggesting that one be held within three months of application. Committee mem- bers noted that some Oxford planning matters wait more than a year for a hearing. As an alternative to earlier OMB hearings, the committee suggested a local county appeal board could be 'established to assue the OMB's planning appeal function. The committee also felt that zoning, and developmental con- trol should be left with the area municipality that they affect. The brief from the planning committee said the responsibility should rest with the county to establish the framework in which zoning and development controls operate. It said the county could regulate this on an overall basis with the county official plan. The committee said it should not be necessary for the province to monitor these controls. The committee said it should not be necessary for the province to monitor these controls. The committee also said that to plant effectively for rural areas, the province must develop a comprehensive resource dev- elopment strategy. It would make little sense, the planners suggested, if Oxford County pursured a program of preserving prime agricultural land if surrounding counties do not. over responsibility of the pond to the town so it would control flooding, The Smiths refused to turn over the property and are legally liable for flood damages Mayor Gordon Henry said Friday. [F;arller story on page 3.i DR.G.Q.SUTHERLAND - - - took post in 1967 'Oxford County medical officer retiring in June Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOOMSTOCK — Dr. G. Q. Sutherland, O ford County medical officer of health since 1467, has announced he will retire at the end of Jane. The executive officer of the Oxford Health 'unit said he plans to continue to live in the city Ater his retirement. Ur. Sutherland was appointed medical offi- cer of health after serving for 17 years in the. ,�;nne position in Guelph and three years in Wellington Counts. He served as the first med- ical officer of health there, beginning in Isis \then the health unit was formed. I le is a past president of Oxford County Tu berculosis and Respiratory Diseases Asstxia- tiun, now the Oxford Lunt? Ac octalion. The Daily Sentinel -Review, Thurs., Mar. 11, 1976 1 Retirement `tire I ,Got lot Petition says trucks plan approved PLATTSVILLE — Blandford-Blenhehn Township farmers should be entitled to retain it I5,000-square-foot parcel of their land for a forced t o use h W y bretirementusiness for home only o they have been in the badness for $0 years; township council has de • i aided. Council voted 5-I to add the Myear cundi, A growl o[ area residents say read the petition dated Nov. 26, The poor condition of don wfiiie reducing retirement -lot severances ins a petition received by Oxford 1975 and sighed by Helen Gee Governor's Road may even. from one acre to 15,000 square feet, County council Wednesday that and several other residents. tually lead to a fatal accident or Coun. Harry Walton said 20 years Is "bw trucks would stay off Highway 2 The petition says truckers serious injuries, the letter said. long a period to wait" to qualify. in Woadstack and Beachvflle 1/ don't like using Highway 2 but It has been referred to public Township Mayor Terry Sibblck Bald in to to Governor's Road was repaired. have to because there is no works committee for con- IS years file retirement lots "could form a County clerk Gerry Staples alternative, sideration, 15.styears &v development." Conn. Robert Gilholm suggested severances should not be granted on prime agricultural land in order to preserve area farming. r *I Water service accords tabled at county council By CHRIS NIXON sentinel -Review Staff Writer A recommendation that the county sign water system and sewage disposal agreements with the three Oxford urban municipalities was tabled Wednesday by Oxford County council. And several members of council voiced objections to the county's authority to expand those services outside an existing municipality's boun- daries, with The agreements Woodstock, Tillsonburg and Ingersoll, recommended by the Fwblic works committee, won't e signed now until sometime in .April at the earliest, after a March 3o meeting between that committee and representatives of utility systems operated in rural areas. Ald. Philip Poole of Wood- stock moved that the item be tabled until that meeting has taken place. He said in an interview wlater that he could not support he agreements because they did not have the backing of rural councillors and did not stipulate what compensation would be given a municipality which expanded its services under the county's. order. Public works has had the agreements ready since December last year. The committee had hoped it would have the agreements signed and out of the way. leaving only an agreement with ruralareas outstanding. • BLUES CHASER Nothing in government is harder than rut ling ouf non-easontial spending — unless of course, ifV-11iflg agreement on what 111, Non -union employee benefit plan is left basically same Non -union employees of the county will receive some new benefits but basically, their conditions with the county will Township treasurer leaves for ftmwich 0RFOLK Merlin Howse, Norwich Township treasurer, will be leaving his post to assume the position of treasurer in Norfolk. Mr. Howse, who served for an eight -year period in the former Township of South Norwich and then in the new amalgamated Township of Norwich, will be jreplaced by the former remain much the same, Warden Perry Sibbick said Wednesday. Mr. Sibbick made the com- ment after council approved the assistant treasurer, Fred Lowes. The change was announced during council's meeting, Monday. Mr. Lowes is also an eight - year veteran, having worked in the village of Norwich before becoming the assistant treasurer for the township. first report of the warden's special committee. New benefits include the addition of two paid holidays, bringing the total legal days off work to 11. The county now will pay 8.5 per cent of OHIP and Blue Cross premiums, com- pared with 60 per cent last year. Employees will also be allotted 20 cents a mile for use of their own motor vehicles while on county business. The conditions, retroactive to Jan. 1, will effect 150 full-time non -union employees. Renovation project referred to council Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOC.K — Renovation of the Oxford County courthouse basement for additional of- fice space at an estimated cost of $236,300 has been referred to county council by its works committee. Thursday, the committee made plans to have council examine preliminary plans at its March 24 meeting. Warden Perry Sibbick, Blandford-Blenheim Township mayor, said he had assured council members the matter would be referred back if estimates were well above earlier proposed $175,000 to $200,000 costs. Leonard Dickson, a Woodstock architect hired by the county for the project, presented an estimate of $212,800 for alteration of exist- ing office space and creation of additional of- fice space In the basement. The courthouse, owned by the county, is two-thirds rented to the province for administration of justice. County engineer Donald L. Pratt said the proposal covers enlarged planning department accommodation, alteration of the engineering department area and room for the treasury staff, now using part of the first floor. A converted steam heat system for the base- ment was estimated to cost MAN. Lost of the renovations was set at $28.40 per square toot for the 7,500-square-foot area. A total of 6,318 square feet was, described as net functional office space, Mr. Dickson said new construction would ,,,„I about $30 a square foot I am opposed n) a new building," Warden r,lhbick sald. "This is a real historical build- 1t would cost morn to tear houses down to �r1 the same amount of space across the r,,ad." the warden said. The county owns w, eral properties on the east side of Graham Street. The county, he said, couldn't get a new building for $300,000 to $400,000. Other members suggested it would be higher, taking into consideration space for a council chamber and an allowance for staff. expansion. In other business, the committee proposed including reconstruction of Whiting Street in Ingersoll, from Holeroft Street to king Street, at a cost of $300,000, in Its $850,000 construction and resufacing program. Other projects proposed include; recon- struction of County Road 6, through Embro,'at a cost of $250,000; resurfacing County Road 13 for four miles south of Holbrook at a cost of $7o,o0o; and reconstruction of a Hamilton Road curve west of Ingersoll at a cost of $45,- 000. Engineering of future. projects, Including re. construction of six miles of Maplewood Sic eroad, County Road 3 from Drumbo to Wash ington and County Road I south of Bonds Cu,-- ners, was planned. A start on reconstruelion of Maplewood Sid eroad, estimated to cost $W.000, was prO posed as an alternative to the Ingersollcrr. struction if it is not ready to proceed. The committee recommended county eomr cil endorse a Blandford-Blenheim Township resolution asking the ministry of environment to reconsider the proposed delay of the start of the provincial sewage and water works pro- gram for Plattsville. Warden Sibbick said the Plattsville project has been in the planning stage for the past to years, with the first itve taken up considering and expropriating a sewage site. The past time years. he said, has been involved with ftndiok water iti ith less sulphate. Where's our grant? county council asks Oxford County council will send a letter to Ontario Treasurer Darcy McKeough, asking what has happened to a total of $150,000 in health unit grants the county has been promised. Mayor Gordon Henry of Ingersoll suggested Wednesday the letter be sent because the county has not received a 375,0W grata it was told it would get to cover health costa last year and another t75,000 owing for this year. Mr. McKeough had told council representatives at a London meeting that the county would receive the grants nor- mally distributed only to regions. PUBLIC WORKS County public works com- mittee meet$ tomorrow at to a.m. in the county engineer's Office at county courthouse while Woodatock municipal services committee meets at city hall at 7:30 p,m. Pilot killed in crash identified as U.S. man yPla)DS"R)CK — The pilot of a lwln engine Cessna im, killed in a crash near Embru Wednesday, was identified as ,James Gol- laght r, 34. of Plymouth,. Mich., provfncial pa- lace said Thursday. The plane was on rattle to Detroit from To- nmto when it apparently lost power and trashed into a farmer's field In other buaine name it spilt the dual, " t the clerk -treasurer's department, making clerk treasurer Gerald Staples the new Berl, and deputy- clerk -treasurer Howard Day the now treasurer. An appeal for Sm,00il for a new residence for the Woodstock and District Association for the ,i Mentally Retarded, made by Gordon tspde n. property committee chairman of the nSxeue .� tioh, was deferred for budget consideration, The association has paid V5,01 toward a I $.55.000. eight -bedroom home at Huron Street and Devonshire Avenue and I: completing re novations. The new home, he said, would help return residents to the community and make a living for themselves. An appeal. for $5.000 toward the $27,146 budget operation of the Women's Emergency centre, made by Douglas Richards, vies chairman of the board of directors, was re lorredto the health and social services coal - in ittee for consideration. Mr. Richards said the ccntm has been set up tar temporary accommodation and assistance for women and children with problems. De j said da families were accommodated in the l first year. Jack Lindsay of RR 2, Embro, told police heard the sound of an engine culling out lowed by an explosion that shattered wind( In another house neur lbe crash site. The federal ministry of transport is ing an Investigation. It will likely be days before results are known. +s y r X, -E up fir` y,• . «���` NZ s. The scant remains of a twin -engine Cessna 310. which near Embro. The crash is being investigated by Pie crashed Wednesday killing the pilot, lie scattered in a field federal ministry of transportation. (CP) Mosquito battle plan needs citizens' help WOODSTOCK — Oxford County chief public health inspector M. R, Bragg has drawn up a plan to combat mosquitoes which urges citiz- ens to remove or restrict possible breeding grounds and make proper use of insecticides. Mr. Bragg says any program operated by a municipality can't be fully effectiveunless ci- tizens are active on their own properties, fie said a well -exercised program will "benefit all or us in terms of a more pest -free summer is well as reducing the dangers of disease spread by mosquitoes. With the current concern over mosquito - borne St. Louis virus, Mr. Bragg said it seems "appropriate to explain bow the public can help control mosquitoes." Mr. Bragg said mosquitoes prefer to breed in sluggish water that is high in organic mat- ter, including edges of swamps, temporary water pools, shallow ponds and woodland ponds. He said citizens can help restrict possible breeding grounds by removing sluggish water ponds, draining low areas and msinlainii g open culverts and drains. Citizens who use an insecticide should "ad- here strictly" to specified procedure and ap- plication rate. tie warns against use of any insecticide on a natural water course supporting wildlife with- out "first being completely certain the active ingredients are not harmful to such wildlife." Zorra boundary request backed A resolution from the Ward 2 boundaries in the village Township of Zorra that the of Thamesford to include a 115- boundaries of Ward 2 in that home subdivision immediately township be extended, was adjacent to the village - supported Wednesday by the The letter says the homes are county finance and ad- being serviced by the same ministration committee. water system and recreational The township has sent a letter facilities but not the same hydro to provincial treasurer Darcy service. If the boundAy is McKeough, requesting the change extension be given the go-ahead made, it says, the utilities could Zorro wants to extend its be operated more economically. Courthouse renovations will meet test tonight By CHRIS NIXON Sentinel -Review Staff Writer I County c•ouricil's support for renovating the lower floor of the courthouse will be tested tonight when public works committee recommends the work be given the go-ahead at a coat of $235,000, Council has previously ap- proved the renovations, provided the cost was not more than $175,000, But public works has been told by Leonard Dickson of Leonard Dickson Architects that the proposed work would cost $212,000 and an additional $23,000 for changes to the heating system. The -renovations have been proposed to relieve cramped county departmental Operations on the lower floor. When public works firs[ took the roposal lu council it was [he subject of some heated debate and barely gained the sad of approval. A letter from county clerk Gerald Staples and deputy -clerk and treasurer Howard Day questions several areas of the renovation plans. They raise objections to the proposal to move the treasurer's department to the east side of the floor from the west. The proposed location would put that department near a noisy bookkeeping machine which would make difficult working conditions for secretaries, the letter says. The machine should have been located at the northwest inside corner of the floor, the letter suggests, where it would be near a staff room and storage areas, disturbing few staff members. A proposal to hold committee meetings in department heads offices also comes under attack from Mr. Staples and Mr. Day. A large committee room is already available adjacent to council chambers which could be used better if a separate entrance was provided, they say. The letter also asks if secretaries should have separate offices, as proposed, or be located in the corridors. Provincial offices using the current storage areas should be notified of the proposed renovations, it says, and a fire proof vault should be con- sidered. �t 0) 11 County council okays change at courthouse Despite strong protest from a. number of councillors, Oxford County council Wednesday night voted in favor of proceeding with a $235,000 renovation program to provide additional office space in the ground floor of the county courthouse. In a recorded vote of 10-7, council turned down a motion introduced by Ingersoll Mayor Gordon Henry calling for fur- ther investigation of suggested alternatives to the renovation program. According to architect Leonard Dickson, who presented preliminary drawings to council at its regular meeting Wednesday night, plans could be ready for the caBing of tenders within the next month. The renovations will provide an additional 3,000 to 4,000 square feet of office space above the current 5,000 square feet now being used in the courthouse basement for ad- ministration offices. Mr. Dickson told council that, looked at as an 8,000-square-foot project, the cost would be about $29.50 per square foot, com- pared to a cost of $30 per square foot to construct a new building. The original estimate for the renovation project was about $175,0010, but did not take into account required improvements to the heating system, estimated by the architect to cost an additional $24,000, Arguments in favor of renovating the building rather than constructing a new one were put forcefully by Warden Perry Sibbick, who referred to the "grandiose fashion of regional government," he said, "We're the restructured government of the county of Oxford. We have the building and we have the room on the ground floor to serve us up to 20 years. I think we should utilize it.,, Norwich Mayor Leslie Dickson said that, in his mind, it would be "the next thing to treason" to move out of the old courthouse, and he suggested that technological changes in the next decade could lead to more efficiency that would eliminate the need for increased staff, and thus make the building serviceable for a long time to come. Mayor Henry, however, said that he felt that alternatives to the project had not been suf- ficiently examined, and that council was not, therefore, in a position to decide. He said he was opposed to any alterations in the architecture of tlx: building, and doubted that, given "future prospects," the county could ever get an efficient office operation by renovating the lower floor. He suggested that property immediately adjacent to the courthouse be considered as a suitable building site for offices, with the courthouse itself continuing to be used for council and committee meetings, and for the provincial courts, which currently occupy about two- thirds of the building on a rental basis, Other councillors opposed to the renovations felt that such an Investment was abort -sighted in terms of projected space requiremants, and that the county could get more, for the same money by constructing a new building. Woodstock Coun, Walter Hulme suggested that the old building might be sold to the province and the money from the sale used to build a new one, with conditions of sale designed to ensure that the courthouse be preserved architecturally as a historic landmark. Speaking on behalf of the public works committee which brought in the recommendation for renovation, Coun. Joe Pember urged council to take concrete action either in ap- proving the recommendation or offering clear direction as to alternatives because of the urgency in finding adequate space for the various county departments. I'm afraid that county council will end up doing nothing," he said, appealing to the members to "tell us what you want... give us some direction." He pointed out that it has been almost a year since the county first considered proposals for providing additional office space. At that time, it turned down flatly the idea of a new building when faced with estimates of around $6o0,000. Unhappy with councilos decision Wednesday to proceed with renovations, Mayor Henry said that he did not think a year was too long to think about the matter. "It's cheaper to spend money on paper than to rush ahead with a project and find out that we've made a lot of mistakes," he said. In discussing comparative costs, the architect told council that a lot of the money involved in renovations would be con- sumed in bringing the building up to standard, so that in terms of the ultimate gains in office space, more would be obtained for the dollar spent in a new building. Those voting in favor of an immediate decision to renovate were Robert Blair, Coun. Dickson, George Jakeman, Ross Livingston, Robert Matheson, Norm Paton, Coun. Pember, Warden Sibbick, Ken Webster and George Wilhelm. Councillors wanting to postpone the decision and consider further aternatives were Leslie Cook, William Dutton, Mayor Henry, Conn. Hulme, Ken Peers, Phil Poole, and Harold Vogt. $235,000 scheme has rough passage Search halted for ex -warden PARRY SOUND —The search a ride on the ice Friday night lh; for the body of Clare Horace and their machine fell into about Esseltine, 52, Tillsonburg 12 feet of oQen water near Duck councillor and former Oxford Chute Rapids.;. RE RE County warden who has been Mr. Essletine was mayor of CIA missing since his snowmobile Tillsonburg from 1962 to 19M ESSE slid into open water near here and served as Oxford county - - -believed Friday night has been called off warden in 1962. drowned indefinitely by Ontario David Moore, Tillsonburg in lake Provincial Police here. deputy clerk said the town The body. of Martin Harvey council would make a decision Purdy, 61 also of Tillsonburg, regarding the replacement of Mr. Esseltine's companion on the machine was recovered Mr. Esseltine on council at their next meeting, April 2.- from Isabella lake, 15 miles They have the option of ap,----- east of here Sunday. pointing a replacement, holding Police said the search has an election or leaving the seat been called off until the ice vacant, he said. conditions improve or the ice Although the situation has not clears out. They expected this developed in Tillsonburg in the could be at least three weeks. past, he said, other councils Ice conditions are ex- often have appointed the next trememly dangerous at the runner-up in the past election to present time, police said.. :ill the unexpired term. The two Tillsonburg men were Murray Sandham finished in a party of four spending the eighth of 13 candidates con - weekend at the an area cottage, testing the seven council seats in police said. The two men left for Tillsonburg in the last election. Past warden found near Parry Sound TILLSONBURG — Funeral services for former Tillsonburg mayor Clare Horace Esseltine, 51, wilt be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. Mr. Esseltine died March 19 when hissnowmobile fell into 12 feet of open water on Isabella Lake near Parry Sound. Constable Joe Madigan of the Ontario Provincial Police at Parry Sound said ice conditions had improved enough Friday for OPP divers to continue the search for Mr. Esseltine's body. The body was discovered I during the second second search in 20 feet of water ap- proximately 50 feet from shore, police said. The body of a companion on the snowmobile Martin Harvey Purdy, 61, also of Tillsonburg, .was found March 19 ap- proximately 250 feet from the point Mr. Esseltine's body was located. .Slr, Esseltine, proprietor of I:,,seitine Motors, Tillsonburg had been active in municipal politics for many years. He was ,elected warden of Oxford tln,aty in 1962 and served as ruayor of Tillsonburg from 1963- e6. He was re-elected to municipal council in 1974 and was serving as chairman of the works committee. He was also a member and former chairman of the public utilities commission. Apast-president of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 153 Tilisonburg, Mr. Esseltine was deputy zone commander of the Legion. fie was past -president of the Tillsonburg Shrine Club, a life - member of Mocca Tempple, London; a past -master of Ashlm• Clare Esseltine ... funeral Tuesday Lodge 701, Tillsonburg and King Hiram Lodge 78, Tillsonburg. and a member of the K-40 du . He is survived by his wife, Madge; two daughters, Or. Dixie Lee of Montreal and Carol Gale of Mississauga; two sons, Richard of London and Philip of Guelph; two sisters, one brother, and one grandchild. There will be a Masonic service tonight at 7 p.m. and a Royal Canadian Legion service tonight at 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m, at Ostran der's Funeral Home with Rev. R. D. alacDonald of ML Elgin Preshvterinn Church. Ex -mayor of Tillsonburg to be buried on Tuesday TILLSOKBURG — Funeral service will be hold Tuesday at 2 p.m, for former Tillsonburg mayor Clare Horace Esseltine, 51. Mr. Ewwltme's body was found Friday by proviacial police scuba divers after he disap. peared in a lake near Parry Sound March 19 while snowmobfgng. Also drowned in the mishap was Martin Harvey Purdy, 61, of Tillsonburg. His body was recovered (wo days later. Mr, t',melHne was elected Oxford County warden in 1962. The next year he was elected mayor, a position he held untll 1966. He was re-olected to council in 1974. MrEsseline was a former member of the Public Utilities Commission and chairman of the works committee of council. Ile is survived by his wife Madge, four chip dren, two sisters and one brother. Ex E e E Woo u- cC O J?_�W3U`== 'o y T_ c_ vow a3 y y :J ram c r J v — Yz aL 3 � ^ c_c _ y EVUC G t 3� �a..L ncrnaL' 'E Fa'?y ^ C L 3 y i•' OG C L 'J. C ttl a &� .G a _ y W C = En � A T- C .'Y � tEg � •- G LJ m 1s E 9 C u L js is — g1a.e� m.� ZW 46 W 41 W L r C ; Oxford museum to get trophy won in 1893 F:SSELTINE At Isabella) take, Yarry Sound District on I rldey, March 19, 1976 Clare R, Esseltine of 62 Simcoe Street, Tillsonburg in his 52nd year, formerly mayor of Tillsonburg 1963-1966 and warden of Oxford County (1962), Beloved husband of Madge Esseltine. Dear father of Dr, Dixie Lee Esseltine, Montreal, Mrs. Carol Gale, Mississauga, Richard of London, Philip of Guelph. Dear brother of Mrs. Leo (Kathleen) Robinson, RR 6, Tillsonburg, Mrs. Leonard (Beatrice) Reid of RR 5, Langton, Clifford Esseltine RR 5, Ingersoll. Also '.survived by one grandson. Resting at the H. A. Ostrander and Son Funeral Home Tillsonburg, for service on Tuesday March 30 at 2 p.m. Interment in Tillsonburg Cemetery. Masonic Service on Monday evening at 7 p.m. Royal Canadian Legion Service on Monday evening at. 8 p.m. Memorial donations to the charity of your choice gratefully acknowledged. M29-71 Descendants of the 1893 world champion Zorra tug-of- war team were at Oxford Mudeum In Woodstock on Tues- day to watch presentation to the museum archives of the international trophy and two others won by the team. Ghil- Free Prom Woodstock Bureau dren of team member Robert McLeod at the ceremony are, from left, Norman McLeod of RR 3, Emro; Mrs, Alvin McKay of RR 4, Embro; Robert McLeod of Windsor and Douglas McLeod of Woodstock. 0 ,Budget highlights Smaller deficit Total expppdRtlres at $12.576billion in fiscal 976477 with over-all revenue at. $11.31e to clue a gross deficit of $1 _+3 billion -+ a drop of about 36 per cent tram previous year's defi- cit of SI.M billion — or a. net deficit of $977 million when rerosenible Items are taken title account_ Drinkers, smokers to pay Tax on 21-buttle case of beer raised lit tom,. en 35-ounce bottle of Canadian spirits abnul sn cents, on 26-mbace bottle of Canadian wino 10 cents. Imported spirits and wines taxed 35 cum= and 15 cents a txltlle, respectively. Tax on psvkage of 20 cigarettes increased by five t cot e. OHIP premiums raised lnlario hospital Inzurancc Plan premiums raised $5 to $16 month for single persons, and $111 to $I2a month per family. Hospital room charges I'cr-dicta charges raised 910 to $22 a day for private accommodation in hospitals and $3.50 to $n a day for semi-privalr rooms. Free OHIP extended Free OHIP coverage to be extended to sin. gle persons having taxable incomes of $1,531 or less, and to families with taxable incomes of $2.000 or less,. Insurance premium tax Tax on insurance premiums increased to three per cent from two per cent and to 3.5 per cent from 2.5 per cent on property insurance premiums. Uninsured drivers' fee Feefor drivers of uninsured motor vehicles increased to $100 a Year from $fie. Corporation tax cut Corporation tax of 12 per cent reduced to nine per cent on income eligible for the federal tn!all business lax deduction. Restaurant meals S;de, tax lit remituranl meals to be applied mt hills of $5 ur more instead of $t. Insulation exempt ht,nlminu in.,wriala used It existing re- sidcntnd unit, rarinpit-d front sales tax. Revenue to rise 'Ili\ int rcaw, nt $353 million and Ln creasy, of Goa nillllon to raise :in addilimiel $339 million in revers c's. Fewer civil servants Number of procinrial civil servants to drop lu 66,537, a reduction of 2,511 front 191 Provincial product up Ontario's gross provincial product to grow he 5.:{ per i en 1. Woodstock share of study will be paid by Free 11ress Woodstock Bureau W(10UR'1'llt'1i The province will reimburse Woodsteek its 17 per -cent share of the cost of the Woodstock truck bypass study, Mayor Les- lie Cook said Tuesday. The city exp-eled to spend $20,000 toward file study and Mayor Cook said $13,F115 has been spent so far. The Information was contained In a letter front James Snow, minister of transprtation and communications, to Dr. Harry Parrott, NIPP (PC — Oxford),'minisler of colleges and adversities, The study was Initiated by the city to solve north -south and east -west through traffic pro - Sweaburg store era ending to eliminate traffic hazard Free Press Woodstock Bureau SWEABURG — Gordon Wiseman's general store — the same store SWeaburg residents started buying from 110 years ago — will soon he just a memory. It's going to be removed to eliminate a traf- fic hazard at the community's main intersec- tion. Although he reached an agreement last year with Oxford County allowing him to build a new store behind the old one, Mr. Wiseman said Saturday It won't be the same. He remembers when customers would come with their grocery orders and clerks would fill them. People visiting the new store will use the self -serve method. The store dates to the 1860s when Haney Flood operated the general store and post of- fice for the village. Lip -smacking time 2,800 attend syrup festival Free Press Woodstock Bureau SWEABURG — A record 2sW persons turned out for the eighth annual maple :syrup festival here on the weekend. Kit Caffyn, Information officer for the West Oxford Women's institute, which organized the two-day festival, attributed the big crowds to good weather Saturday and Sunday. The previous attendance record was 2,. 300, Visitors wanting a taste of fresh maple syrup went straight to the nearby farms (if Keith hammertoe and George Jake - man. More than 35 gallons of syrup and close to 7,000 pancakes were consumed on Sat- urday alone. Wagon rides were offered from the parking area to the dining area and later to the sugar shanty. Displays of crafts, including chair can. ing and soapstone sculpture, were set up In the Sweaburg school. province blems. The province expanded it to consider vehicles In the Beachville quarry vicinity. De Lemw Cather Ltd., consultants in the study, presented the, advantages and disad- vantages of two possible routes to the minister earlier this year. Woodstock favored a route branching off Highway 59 north of the city, running about one-half mile west of the municipality. Oxford County council wanted Oxford Cuen- ty Road 6, south of Embro, running between Beachville and Ingersoll to HWbwy tot, to be used. Mayor Cook said be expeets the minister to make a decision on the location in a few weeks. Authority proposes levy system Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — A By 1867, there were YAO residents here. The post office was moved and in 1933 the read otin- ! serration authority levees across Oxford Coun- ! ty would cost Woodstock an additional $L5.o9o, Wisemans bought the building. Tuesday will be a day for reminiscing as Mayor Leslie J. Cook said Tuesday. County counefl's administration and finance Mr. Wiseman holds a dispersal sale for those - looking for something unusual, including car- committee drafted a recommendation Tues- day that the four cones alion authority levies bolic soap at five cents a bar, Very Best Stove be s-bared across the county. Pipe Enamel and Super Suds soap. After the sale, the building will be removed It will be considered by county council on Wednesdav, and taken three miles to the farm of George Jakeman, RR 1, Beachville, where it will be- Levies have been charged to the local muni- cipalities according to the come a museum. percentage of the municipality in each watershed. BLUES CHASER The closest most of us come to perfection is .when we're fillingout a job application. Woodstock- apportionment for the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority is tea. tatiVely set a[ $16,a26 for the year- Under the proposed sharing arrangement, it would be $31.440. Warden Perry Sibbick, mayor of Blandford- Blenheim Township, and Mayor Robert Matheson, Zorra Township, proposed the four conservation authority expenses be paid under the county levv. The county. Warden Sibbick said, went to a county apportionment- on waste disposal. Oxford's total levy for the four conservation authorities for 1976 has been set at $103?30. With the proposed county -wide levy, lager. Noll would be required to pay $91 an in- crease of $4.816: Zorra Township, SIIJ an increase of $4.257; and South West Oxford Township, S9.49, an increase of $I,o17: East Zorra Tavistock, 56,199, an increase of $2,Ya6. Blandford-Blenheim Township would gain $14.484, paying $9,658 rather than 3a4,N2. 1111- sonburg u uuld saxe $6.965.. pacing $12,899 and Norwich Township would realize a $6,113 Na% in, paying $I 1,3tt9. Profits from the festival are used to promote community projects and youth activities,Oxford health unit County to post signs to curb hunters' shots The county will erect "no hunting" signs on its parkland between Woodstock and Beach- vdle. County council Wednesday Approved a notion by Aid. Wendy Calder of Woodstock that the signs be put up as a t„eventative nrteasure against a ,hooting accident. Aid, Calder said bosh canoeists and hunters are on the property at the same time on occasions and the possibility [hat someone could be ac cidently shot exists. She said she was not against butler, but did not feel a public park was a safe hunting groundr 40 is finally notified of laboratory switch Oxford Health Unit was finally accommodated by the service, notified about its operation until notified Friday that it will be The courier is intended to help included in a daily two days after their only test courier maintain the high service level, service picking up tests for previously provided in the area outlet was shut down. "Well be getting results at Lonlaboratory. Public health through Woodstock's public havlease 24 hour latent an we ever health laboratory, which closed said Dr. Grant Sutherland, count Wednesday. However, any important medical officer of health, said Although the provineiad health bacteriological ' results, in, that his staff had to ministry hod announced more eluding scarlet fever tests, will postpone taking public health than a month ago that a cannier tests for two days likely be transmitted by until they service would he initiated, the telerlhone Instead of mail, be were notified that they would be health unit staff hadn't been said. r' To check garbage pickup • - j Aid. Joseph Pein ber will talk •,,r t w to the city's engineering department on its offer to _ charge the county between $5 • �- and$6aweek pick P us garbage I y " •� from count courthouse. n �i),i 2- Public works committee Thursday failed to take s anyy action on a letter from h woorf- stock engineer Carl Hevenor -,� which said the city would per. form the city for that charge. Woods[ockhad earlier told the �y�r •- '"c . ,county it would cost $15 a week. County engineer Donald Pratt !said the courthouse disposes of a ` about 10 bags of garbage a week. I " Sewage study is endorsed •� `+ �'�'�� County public works com. mittee Thursday endorsed '�✓ a resolution from the Township of East ZD"a-Tavistock that the consulting firm Walter, Fedy, •�. e .� Mccargar and Hackborn be hired at a cost of $9,200 to con- duct a study on expansion of ' sewage treatment facilities in •'�:':� Tavistock. �•-,' -- The township passed the resolution March 17. Bank folded up A landmark on Woodstock's city square, the old imperial Bank building, had almost vanished by Friday as employ- ees of Threeway Demolition of Durham continued their Roads budget of 1975 blamed for twp. deficit Underestimating last year's enough last year. road budget was responsible for "We had to deal with four more than a $100,000 operating townships last year," he said. deficit for Norwich Township, "And we had some .breakdown Caen. Kenneth Peers said of equipment that we didn't Wednesday. forsee.' The 1975 auditor's report Despite last year's deficit, Mr. reveals that the township in- Peers said that the 1976 roads curred a $100,343.35 deficit, budget will still go up 10 per cent which was attributed to over or one mill. expenditure in the road Township council has ap- program. proved a $109,000 construction However, Coun. Peers said the expenditure and $349,600 for township just didn't budget road maintenance for this year. Free Press Woodstock Bureau work. Demolition had already started when the new Woodstock architectural conservation advisory committee announced its intention to save it. RENEW MEMBERSHIP County council Wednesday gave the okay to planning committee to renew its mem- bership in the Community Planning Association of Canada. Annual cost of membership is $56. % ACCOUNTS APPROVED Accounts of $1,179.28 .and $7,277,97, were approved for ,payment by county council Wednesday. The accounts stem from the planning department. Mosquito spraying scheme is okayed by county council The county will spend between Water in rural areas Will also try some form of control over $12,755 and $13,510 on a program be treated where a risk of heavy the mosquitos." aimed at reducing the risk of a mosquito larvae exists. -He added that a Ill -million breakout of encephalitis in the Mr. Matheson said private program would not be a county in 1976. properties will be treated at an guarantee that no one would The program, which would owner's request. contact the deadly disease. involve the hiring of four 17-WEEK PERIOD Of the program's total cost - university students and ad- Treatment will take place an estimated $15,020 - the ditional training for two county throughout a 17-week period ��l1rovince will pick up between employees, has been prepared between May and September. 31,510 and $2,265. by Mike Bragg, chief health Unless all counties In the area The ministry of health has inspector for Oxford County and Mike Woodcraft the specified by the ministry of warned of a possible an - of county health initiate a similar cephalitis outbreak in a line r<rads department. program, said Mr. Matheson„ from the top of metropolitan It was presented to council the overall effect will be Toronto to the top of Lambton Wednesday by Coun. Kenneth diminished. County. Peers, of Norwich Township. "I'm not suggesting there will Encephalitis, an in - ALL CHECKED be an outbreak," said Coun. flammation of the brain and a All suspected bodies of water Matheson, but there is a slight disease for which there is no in and around urban centres will risk that people will get en- vaccine, was responsible for be checked for mosquito larvae cephalitis and we have a mural four or five deaths in the Wind and treated with a pesticide, obligation and responsibility to snr area In 1975. Henry questions space county gives to VON Mayor Gordon Henry of in being allowed to keep an Ingersoll wants to know why the office in the courthouse rent - Victorian Order of Nurses free. (V.O.N) is getting what he calls Mr. Henry asked county preference over other agencies council Wednesday why the county seems to have an obligation to the agency when, in the past, both the Canadian Cancer Society and Canadian NORWICH DRAIN Red Cross have been asked to County council Wednesday vacate their offices at the approved a recommendation to building to make room for construct the S. R. Wallace county officials. Drain in the Township of Nor- wich and that the Ontario He made the remarks after Municipal Board be requested to public works committee establish an interim quota in the recommended the agency be amount of $17,000. provided with accommodation in the basement of the catmty MINUTES BOOK library while renovations get County council Wednesday under way in the lower floor of approved a recommendation the courthouse. that Woodstock Print and Litho The public works committee l.l& be hired to prepare 150 recommended the library board vopies of the 1976 minutes book room be made available for at $3.98 a page. The book will run v,O.N, monthly meetings. about 250 pages. The recommendations were deleted from the committee's ADMINISTRATION report after Aid. Joseph Petnber COMMITTEE. of Woodstock said the cony County finance and ad- inittee would give them more ministration committee next sttni3+. meets April21 at 7:3op.m, at the 'h lsonburg Mayor Seidon County courthouse. Wilkinson. public works chairman, said the VON will BUDGETAPPROVF.D probably be asked to vacate County council Wednesday their office permanently once approved the 1976 water renovations are complete. department budget of the Woodstock Public Utility. 1611 0 a Oxford orders signing of water, sewer pacts Niter and sewer ag,c o,vnts (vi11 be signed between Oxford l'ounty and threo urban munfclpalities bringing a year - old controversy to an end. t'ounty council Wednesday ordered agreements sink with Woodstock, Ingersoll and fills unhurg in a county takeover of water and sewer systems. While the county has had legal right to the systems since it was restructured Jan. 1, IM, it had given the municipalities the authority to carry on operations �%Inle an agreement was being ,,worked out. The county will hand back the day-to-day operations and maintenance to the municipalities. The municipalities are also authorized to sign further "reements with their public rli9ties commissions (PUCs). It is anticipated that the PUCs gill continue to operate the <vstems in all three :nunicipalities, Kennett Webster ... amendments it became the target for SNAGS HIT criticism and amendments, it The agreement ran into was tabled pending the com- ,everal snags, among them, pletion of a meeting with rural { some municipalities favored a municipalities on their systems. Three party agreement between Court. Kenneth Webster of county, the public utility and Tiilsonburg spearheaded municipality. amendments -approved Wed - Municipalities also debated, in nesday by council - calling for 'heir own council chambers and the consulting with a at a meeting with the county municipality before ordering its :wblic works committee, the services expanded outside the Implications of the takeover. boundaries. County public works com- mittee attempted to get coon- EFFECTIVE - :il's approval of the agreements Council also backed up Coun. ai a meeting March 10, but after -Webster's amendment that ,agreements signed by the municipalities before the takeover would be effective until they expire- - - The county has yet to sign agreements with five rural municipalities. Four of those municipalities at a meeting March 30 indicated they would prefer the county to hand back the systems once an agreement - - is signed. But county engineer Donald Pratt has warned the public Iworks committee that if the Irequest is agreed to, municipalities could allosy their systems to deteriorate and the county would be stuck with high maintenance bills when the agreements ended. a. Oxford backs cost -sharing arrangement IYee Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — Oxford County council voted 10 to a Wednesday In favor of sharing the cost of supporting, on a county -wide basis, the four conservation authorities which oper- ate in Oxford. Council also unanimously defeated a recom- mendation from the administration and fi- nance committee to give councillors an eight - per -cent raise, retroactive to Jan. L Council- lors agreed they should show leadership in re- straint. Council's vote on the method of handling lev- County had a surplus, auditor's report shows Oxford County. ended 1975 with. a The 1975 audit was presented S485,094 surplus after spending to the county admistration and almost $5,750,000 last year, the finance committee Wednesday auditor's report reveals, on the eve before council is slated to have its first, look at this year's budget tonight. General government cost the county almost half whatcouncil had budgeted for last year, while transportaion services cost $61,779 more. The county underestimated by about $1,000 on its recreation and cultural services, with planning and development responsible for a $23,205 surplus. There was about $60,000 more revenue coming into the county than had been expected from sources including the requisition on local municipalities. However, Oxford received $20,220 less in Ontario grants than had been projected. f\. ADDED ATTRACTION AT COUNCIL MEETING The Oxford County council students from Ingersoll and Doug Harris, a teacher at the was me ited to sluro the Aiuni ^^' chumhem took on a packed District Collegiate Institute school. One of the girls, Lois with Warden Perry Sibbick. loplo-ohlow'. yesfvldny wilco Ik) arrived ax guests of Councillor ThompEum, it Grade 13 student, (Sluff t`hnloi ies to conservation authorities came under new authority given the county government In the restructured Oxford. In the past, levies to conservation authori- ties were paid by cities, towns and townships on the basis of what portion of a conserva- tion's watershed entered what municipalities. Aid- Joseph Pember of Woodstock said the new system is a start toward sbarng the res- ponsibility for conservation authorities. The Upper Thames River, Ghnd River, Long Point and Catfish conservation authorities all operate in parts of Oxford. County Warden Perry Sibbick, who noted his municipality of Blandford-Blenheim would benefit directly from the new sharing scheme, said he believes the county should pick up costs from local municipalities when it can.. It has already done so in the operation of waste disposal sites, he said Blandford-Blenheim, with 6,500 residents paying 10 per cent of the county leery, was pay- ing more than its share for waste disposal. Woodstock, he said, with a population of 26: 000, pays 30 per cent of the levy. yet has gar- bage for four times as many residents as his township. Aid. William B. Dutton of Woodstock strongly opposed the sharing of conservation authority levies and said the county shouldn't get into it without a full -shared assessment. The authority level for Blandforti-Blenheim will be reduced by $14,48.1 to $9,W. THIson- burg will pay $12,889, or $6,965 less than its as- sessmem, on the former watershed levy, and Norwich Township will pay $11,30% a $6,1t3 saving- Woodstock's share was increased by $14,914 to $31,440; Ingersoll by K816 to $9,239; Zorra Township by $4,257 to $10,998; East Zorra-Tav- istock Township by $2,526 to $8,199 and South- West Oxford by $1,047 to $9,494. Mayor Harold Vogt of East Zorra-Tavistock. Township said he will ask council to consider a motion at its April 28 meeting requesting the province to make provision for election of Public Utility Commission members in re- gions and restructured counties in time for the December election. The County of Oxford AM, Mayor Vogt said, stipulates the commission members are to continue in office. Council accepted the resignation of Glen Kitchen, consents administrator for the Ox- ford County land division .committee. He served as secretary -treasurer for the commit. tee prior to restructuring of the county, Jan. 1, 1975. Mr. Kitchen, a former East Oxford Town- ship reeve, served as county, warden in 1966 and later as clerk -treasurer of East Oxford. BLUES CHASER A sclimil bu., driver is a ftctxun h lh: thauchr he llkt4i rhildn�r.. . More like summer than Easter temperatures at record highs John Young will succeed George A. Simmons as director of education for the Oxford County board in Septem- ber. Mr. Simmons is retiring after a 40- year career in education. Mr. Young, 47, has been the Oxford board's su- perintendent of secondary instruction since 1969. Growers fear frost damage Fruit trees bloom early EMBRO-WEST ZORRA � Community centre gets $60,000 grant TORONTO--Four Oxford County projects received Wintario grants totalling $65,925, Robert Welsh, provincial minister of culture and recreation said today. The Embro-West Zorra Community Centre received a grant of up to $60,000 to help meet the construction costs of a community centre and skating arena. Other grants include $4,125 for a youth sailing program in the city, $1,000 for recreation in Innerkip and $800 for a local skater. Ron Hossack, secretary of the Embro-West Zorra community Oxford councillors reject higher salaries Oxford County councillors voted unanimously Wednesday to turn down a proposed eight Per cent increase in salary recommended by the finance and administration committee in its regular report to council. The recommendation to raise councillors salaries was deleted from the report following a motion by Woodstock councillor William Dutton and Ingersoll mayor Gordon Henry. "I thought when we set our salaries that it was for a two- year term," said Mayor Henry. "I'm not being altruistic, but I feel that if we're setting restraint guidelines, we have to start here. The new council can set its own salaries." Support for the recom- mendation came from Robert Matheson, Zorra Township Mayor, and Coun. Ken Webster of Tillsonburg, both of whom fell that salary increases to council members should be Oven on a regular annual basis. "I'm happy with my salary," acid Coun. Matheson, "but I feel that if we wait a couple of years, it's going to be quite a jump, and the public Is going to take note." He also stressed that he felt the warden should be. given an increase the same as other leaders in the county, adding, "Don't forget that the warden is included in this recom- mendation." Coun. Webster said that he agreed with Coun. Matheson that there would be "a big hue and cry from the public" if there was a big increase In two Years, stating that he felt in- creases should be given gradually and on a regular basis as they are with county em- ployees. "If we do this, there shouldn't be any argument," he said, adding "This is an election year. If the voters don't like it they can vote us out." He said, however, that he did not think councillors should raise their own salaries before settlements had been reached with county employees, He said that he would go along with removing the recom- mendation from the report, but that he wanted it Included at a future date. "I feel the committee's intent was right," he said. "Salaries should be raised along with the salaries of employees on a regular basis." centre committee, said, con- struction on the community centre would start as soon as the half -load limit is taken off the roads so equipment could get through. He estimated it should take four months to complete con- struction. The total cost of theproject is estimated at $556;000 with the Embro Optimist Club and the community centrecommittee soliciting public support for the Mr. Hossacksaid the com- mittee had been told it would take two weeks to get approval of the grant when [hey applied four months ago. While they had been told the grant had been considered, they were not given written cont"irmation until last week. The Woodstock Youth Sailing (;hub plan to cover 50 per cent of the operating cost of five two. week sailing courses at Pittock Lake with their $4,125 grant. SUMMER COURSES The courses, for beginner, intermediate and expert sailors IT begin June 28 and continue :hrough the summer months. Julie Bowerman of Woodstock received a grant of $600 to cover training and travel costs. Marie Bowerman said they .applied for the grant in Sep- tember. Competitors from Ontario who reached the divisional level -one step below the Canadian championship - were eligible for the grant, she laid. However, it may not make much difference to the Bowermans. A federal grant that Julie has received for past years was cut Courthouse tenders being called in Oxford WOODSTOCK — Oxford County cotatcil's works committee ha., approved calling tend ern for a $235,000 con.,iruction program at the Oxford County courthouse. County engineer Donald Pratt said Thurs- day that Woodstock architect Leonard Dickson has completed plans for the addition of office space.in the courthouse and will be calling for tenders within a few days, Plans Include expansion of the engineering and planning departments, an office for the warden and the moving of the treasury de pahment from the main floor. The office for the Oxford Victorian Order of Nurses will be transferred to the basement of the county li brary building. The reconstruction was originally to be paid over two years butsufficient county fund, should be available to cover the work ell cum- pinion, said Mayor Seldon Wilkinson of sunburg. off this year and there is a possibility that other grants will be cut as a result of getting the money from Wintario, Mrs. Bowerman said. The grant was divided into $500 for skating expenses and $300 for travelling expenses, she said. Since ice -time alone for the summer season will cost $375. the grant will not cover the combined cyst of ice -time and lessons, Mrs. Bowerman said. Nevertheless, she said she was glad to see some of the Wintario money going to recreation rather than to arts centres. The grant of up to $l,000 to the Innerkip Recreation Com- mission will be used for playground equipment and to improve the community park and complete a baseball diamond. Oxford groups granted $5,925 Free Pees tPtwdstnck Bureau U'UUI),S'fOCK —'two grant, under the se c101W of state community �vrrire program .imuunting to $5,925 were announced Thursda> for two Oxford County agenric through thv uttawa office of Dr. Bruce ilalliday, MP (PC - Oxford). .4 $3,135 grant has book approved (or inger sill and District Big Brothers Association to hire cone student this summer to compile a list of prospeeth't, Little Brothers; to work on ,in adcerle,ing tanipoigo and to research needs and inlerest.of Little Brothers between May i i .md Sepl. 3. Woodstock YWCA will receive a $2.790 grant for hiring, twli Nludenl to sntk.rvise workshops, :md volunteers and to organize membership files and a mailing li,t. BLUES CHASER Common? ill a supermarkev -Boy, twit,.. days you sun, put your money where )'our mouth Is. " V .l 0) Oxford County's new official plan will cost $195,000, last 20 years Oxford Counly's new official Atcheson g0id Thursday. presented a project forecast to Brochures soliciting public A mobile information centre plan will take about 16 months to December, 1977, It took less than five years for With 20 per cent of the $195,not) 175 vstresponse will be matted to within throughout ready u yoke trips complete a cost of ft95,tIW and the current official plan, ap- consultants fee slated to be 175vestedimerest groups within throw out the count to every could last for the next 20 years. proved in 1969, h> become out- spent in public relations, o act the next two weeks, she said. By residential area in about to "1 hope it would last for 20 dated, Mr. Atcheenn said. manager Mary Rose sold that mid -May, the consultants should months, shesaid, once the policy years but it will likely be Marshall, Macklin, Monaghan the next year will be spent have started meeting with these issues have been established. changed before then," county Limited, consulting engineers in establishing the issues in the groups to collect their The plan is slated for com- planning director Peter charge of the project, yesterday county communities. suggestions for the official plan. pletion by Dec. 31, 1976. County to pay half costs The county has adopted a policy of paving 50 per cent of Ole cost of labor and labor saving devices in the relocation of hydro, telephone and water utilities incurred through the reconstruction and widening of county roads, but Conn. Kenneth Websier of Tillsonburg says he doesn't think it's fair that the cost of relocating gas lines, TV cable systems and other ser- vices should be borne solely by the owner. The policy was adopted by county council Wednesday night through a recommendation of the public works committee. County clerk Gerald Staples said legislation makes it mandatory that the county pay at least half of the cost in relocating hydro, telephone and water utilities. pending of $6.56 million a boost of 9 % for Oxford Ftee Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — Oxford County council has approved a 1976 budget of $6.56 million, an in- crease of $587,421 or nine per cent over last year. The Increase means a 7.1-per-cent rise in the average tax levy for the eight member muni- cipalities, for a tax bill $1.5 million higher than last year's. East Zorra-Tavistock faces the greatest tax hike, 11.8 per cent, for a total contribution of $87.939. Blandford-Blenheim Township, which must raise $193,777, has the lowest increase, 1.3 per cent. Oxford workers get 8 % raises County employees get pay raise In a closed session Thursday night, Oxford County council approved an eight -percent salary increase for the county's non -union employees. The in- crease will be retroactive to Jan. 1 of this year. Approval for the increase followed presentation to council of a report prepared by the Warden's special committee, which recomn3ended the eight - percent raise in keeping with anti-inflation wage guidelines. The county's non -union em- ployees include department heads, general office workers, planning department personnel and maintenance staff. Under the new salary schedule, the county planner will receive $25,920 annually, the clerk and deputy treasurer, 24,840, treas. urer and deputy clerk, $20,82o, county engineer, $25,380 plus a 110AX1 car allowance, social service administrator, $21,600, his assistant, $16,956, Wood ingford Loxlgc administrator, $19,440, and his assistant, $15,120. Council also established new salary ranges for its clerical .staff, planning department employees, maintenance staff, day care leachers, cooks, and supervisory personnel in the public works department, Salaries start at a low of $G,o1G to $8,356 for accounting clerks and range up to $14,540 to $19,540 for planners. Secretaries start at a salary of $6,276 and range up to a high of $9,916. Also included in the new salary schedule are social service field workers who receive salaries ranging from $9,860 to $12,360. Day care teachers are to receive $7,077 to $9,190. In presenting the report to council, Warden Perry Sibbick stated that the salary ranges are intended to establish a starting rate of pay with merit increases over a period of five years on the average, He said that there are some exceptions to this policy within day care staff Ingersoll's increase is 11.4 per cent, for a $139,054 contribution; Tillsonburg's is 8.1 per cent for $208,460; Norwich Township's is 9.9 per cent for $110,414; South-West Oxford Township's is eight per cent for $169,351; Woodstock's 5.5 per cent for $411,718; and Zor- ra Township's 4.7 per cent for $206,5M. The public works budget of $2,661,900 is $347,400 higher than 1975 estimates. Renova- tion of the first floor of the county courthouse for expansion of county administration offices accounts for $130,000 of the increase. Road maintenance and construction costs have ris- en by $104,700. Public health and welfare costs are estimat- ed at $2,979,421, including $1.176 million for general welfare assistance, $1.14 million for assistance to elderly persons, $219,081 for day nurseries, $223,997 for the Oxford board of health, $223,997 to support hospitals and $tot,- , 476 for child assistance. Half costs to come from county The county will pay 50 per cent of the local cost for installing traffic lights at Tillson Avenue and Concession Street. and Tillson Avenue and Simcoe Street in Tillsonburg. Subsidies from the province will pick up $14,000 of the $20,000 installation tab and the remaining $6,000 will be split evenly by the county and Tillsonburg. Public works chairman Seldon Wilkinson of Tillsonburg said Tillson Avenue is designated a county road on the county road needs study. County council approved the recommendation last night. Oxford to seek utilities election itee Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — Provincial 'treasurer Dar- cy McKeough will be asked by Oxford County council to reinstate elections of Woodstock public utility and hydro electric commissions fit (fine for December voting. County council supported a proposal uu Wednesday from Mayor Harold Vogl of East Zorra-Tavishrck Township and Mayor Robert Matheson of Zorra Township to seek the elec- tions. Mayor Vogt sold legislation restructuring Oxford, which went into effort in January, 1975, required mombnrs of it PVC or Hydro Electric Commission ill bold Office until a dace to be determined by fill, minister. Recreation and community services esti- mates have dropped about Q0.090 from last year. The 1976 budget is $385,696. Other expenditures include $292,000 for plan- ning and development and $15,0W for a mos- quito control program to combat encephalitis. Council also approved Wednesday night a warden's committee recommendation to take no action on a request from some council members to hire a county industrial commis. stoner. The Oxford County restructuring act, which went into effect in 1975, removed local munici- palities' authority to purchase Industrial land for servicing and resale and made industrial development a county responsibility. Although the committee doesn't completely oppose the proposal, Warden Perry Sibbick, mayor of Blandford-Blenheim Township, said hiring a commissioner is not a po.sibilo "in the foreseeable future." Keep council posted on renovations: Harris Coon. Douglas Harris of Ingersoll told county council Wednesday night he hopes the treasurer and clerk depart- ments will be kept up to date on renovations to the lower floor of the courthouse. The councillor made the comment in reference to county engineer Donald Pratt's report on a letter from those depart- ments which raised questions about the renovations. The letter, also sent by coumv, clerk Gerald Staples, says the proposed location of a bookkeeping machine would disturb county employees- It also questions the need for a I arge committee room on the lower floor. Mr. Pratt's report says special soundproofing will be provided for the machine room. It says the public works com- mittee and the architect have tried to make the best with what space is available. However, there is a problem in, providing each department with what they would consider ideal quarters," he Said. Women's Centre subsidized County council has agreed to rant the Women's Emergency Centre in Woodstock $3,000 on a per diem rate. The province will subsidtae the total by 8o per cent, Ingersoll Mayor Gordon Henry told county council last night. Representatives of the emergency centre attended it meeting of council in March, and asked for a $5,M) grant cost of $18,ODO over a three- and tour followed the opening TOWN OFFICES month period. .An open house ceremonies. (Staff photo). Ingersoll Alayor Gordon Henry wielded the scissors Friday night at the ribbon - cutting ceremony to officially open the new municipal office on I Oxford Street. Located in the former Liquor Control Hoard outlet, the offices were built al a , A RETIREMENT BANQUET will he held in honour of IRVIN J. HAINES SATURDAY, JUNE 12TH, 1976 at 7:00 p.m. Drumbo Agricultural Hall Tickets: $5.00 per person Tickets available from Council members or at the Municipal Office in I Drumbo prior to May 31st, 1976. ", nn J, vvooastocK, left, presents the first donations to Oxford County's arbore- ttlum to Norwich fnayor Leslie Dickson. (staff photo) - Oxford arboretum now reality fly IRBNP. STANIONIS Although it was cold and Sentinel -Review windy, a small group of Staff Writer county and conservation INNERKIP -- Almost 700 authority officials, along trees, representing 88 dW With members of the public ferent species, were planted visited the site to observe the south of here Tuesday, planting two miles southwest marking the start of Oxford of Innerkip, Caunty's arboretum. Norwich Mayor Leslie Provincial ministry of Dickson, who initialed the natural resources employees arhnretum plan In 19f2, said spent the day at the 1Pacre the provincial government site, leased from the Upper provided the only obstacles Thames River Conservation to the pro))ocl. Authority, planting species. While the county was mrluding maples, ping, and ready to sign a wyear lease ,rsh, supplied In file for l.le site with the UTRCA ndnistl',y'n noIn 1973 -- the yens' he was warden — Mr, Dickson said the province refused to approve the transaction since it was too long a period, A (Spear lease was signed the following year, he said. "This is a great day for the county of Oxford," Warden Perr1V Sibbick told Onlookers. "I In sure ations succeedingg generwill be tlwnkfu11 for the initiative shown here." Mr. Dickson predicted it would take about la years before the arboretum becomos a good attraction. It should eventually contain over tan species of trees, he said. DONATIONS Since the ministry of natural resources might not be able to supppply every Species adaptsble to the area, he said the county may ask the public for donations to boost the variety. Bill Muir, Of RR 3, Woodstock, a member of the [Oxford Men of Trees, trade the first private donation When he presented four Marshal's seedless ash and four Norway tnaple !reel for planting 7liesday. 0 t ] Free Press Woodstock Bureau Perry Sibbick, left, Oxford County warden and mayor of Drumbo. Warden Sibbick said Mr. Haines, who is retiring Blandtord-Blenheim Township, and the township's admin- after 31 years, gave valuable assistance and guidance istrator, 1. J. Haines, unveiled Mr. Haines' portrait on over the years he served as the township's clerk-treasur- Monday. The portrait will hang in the municipal office in at. County to study shared assessment for municipalities The countv's finance and hands "as soon as possible." development. -Currently. administration committee will "It's time we looked at this . municipalities retain their own prepare a report on setting up thing and decide whether we assessment. shared assessment policy believe in it or not," said Aid. Coun. Kenneth Webster of among Oxford municipalities. Dutton. "it's time it was put, on Tillsonburg said the motion County council Wednesday the table and talked about." might bepremature. He said the tracked up a motion by Ald. Under a shared assessment county should not decide what William Dutton of Woodstock program, county municipalities it's going to do with future that the study be undertaken. would share assessment they assessment until its official plan The report is to be in council's realize through industrial is approved. - SPRAYRET Oxford Health Unu should be ready to Wead inseetkide to comnat the spread of en- cephalitis by the end to May. Four students, hired by the health unit to map first urban. then rural areas throughout the county, have yet to find any mosquito larva in areas in vestigated since the start of mapping Monday. WARDEN'S DINNER A committee made up of Warden Perry Sibbick, County Clerk Gerald Staples, coun- cillors Doug Harris and Wendy Calder will be recommended to county council to handle arrangements for the warden's dinner scheduled for Nov. I9. The administration and Imance committee will make the recommendation at the next county council meeting. HISTORICAL PLAQUE County council Wednesday approved a recommendation that the Woodstock District Chamber of Commerce historical plaques committee install an historical plaque on the court house for $D0. Animal shelter request vetoed by committee A request for a grant by the suggested a letter be sent to the Oxford Animal Shelter was shelter stating the committee rejected by the administration could not consider a grant based and finance committee of county on the present information. council Wednesday night. "I sympathize with what the Coun. Doug Harris of Ingersoll shelter is trying to do and ap- preciate the work they are doing but I don't think we're in a position to consider a grant at this time." he said- - - Woodstock Mavor Leslie Cook asked the committee whether a W grant to the shelter wouldn't .` mean council would be ap- preached for a similar request o by the humane society. 9 'Mr. Cook said he didn't think county council should support a shelter that would serve only a v e local need. � Z Committee chairman L,eshe Q m Dickson said although he didn't 3 UJ know whether the grant was a a good idea, it was time for Ne ,� Z county council to begin dialogue r Li on animal controls in the county. M; Mill St. could benefit if Embro plans delayed County Public Works com- mittee will consider recon- structing Mill Street this year if it can't reachan agreement with Zorra Township an the recon. struction of County Road and installation of a waterline through Embro. As a result Woodstock city council ordered organization of a public meeting on the Mill Street proposal. County engineer Donald Pratt said Thursday engineering work on Mitt Street is complete and if there is much delay on the County Road 6 project, his department may look at Mill Street as an alternative priority. The committee wants Zorra township to accept the financial burden of laying a W.000, six- inch waterline through urban Embro along the reconstructed Counly Rd, 6. Public works had proposed the county do the road recon- struction and the pipeline at the same time to avoid tearing the road apart a year later to install the pipeline. But that proposal was shot down by several county coun- zillors two weeks ago -.who said an agreement with Zorra should ae signed before the county did any work an the pipeline. Under the proposal the county would temporarily finance the pipeline project. Public works committee will now hire an engineering firm to determine that the waterline should be installed at the Droposed location. At least one member of Zorra's water committee says Mr. Pratt's proposal to run the line parallel with County Road 6 is not correct. The committee reluctantly supported the motion by Aid. Joseph Pember for the waterline study. "It's certainly a kick in the face to our own engineer," said chairman Seldon Wilkinson of Tillsonburg. "They (councili shot us down like a bunch of ducks." Mr. Pratt said the project is one of the only jobs in the county which is ready to go ahead, Hesaid that if Zorra Township doesn't come to an agreement by the end of June, it would be told the road construction will be held off another year. Warden Perry Sibbick made (he motion that Mill Street he designated as an alternative project. Woodstock city council decided last night to have the municipal services committee organise a public meeting on the reconstruction of Mill Street from Parkinson Road north to Fifth Avenue and from Main to Dundas Streets. Alderman Joseph Pember told city council the county may have the money to reconstruct the street this year, He said the county would have about $400,000 available this year if the County Road 6 reconstruction and other pro jects fall through. "It should be pointed out that it is quite possible we could be prepared to do it this year," he said, "but we won't necessarily do it ... it's an alternative." Mill Street is also listed high on the road study's priority list. "Dull' history ends Museum school aims to brighten pupils' studies Free Press Woodstock Bureau 13URGMVILLE — History can no longer be termed "dull," Oxford County board of ed- ucation chairman Lawrence Stoakley said here Friday as he officially opened the Oxford County Museum School. Douglas Puddicombe, principal of Princeton Public School and chairman of the Oxford County Elementary School Principals' Associ- ation, which proposed establishing a museum three years ago, also attended. Director of education George A. Simmons Expenditures bylaw is passed by council A bylaw adopting total Blenheim, $193,777 (4.3); East estimated expenditures of $6,5 Zorra-Tavistock $97,839 (11.8); million was passed Wednesday Norwich, $121,3io (9.9):. south by county council. West Oxford $169,351 (8.0); Of that total, a levy of $2.9 Zorra, $206,588 (4.7); Tillson million will be placed on the burg, $208,460 (8.1); Ingersoll, county's eight member $139,054 (11.4); and Woodstock. municipalities. $411,718-(5.5). Net levies on municipalities Woodstock pays 30.17 per cent are as follows, with the per- of the total general levy while centage increase above last Tilisonburg pays 13,04 per cent year in brackets: Blaniford- and Ingersoll 8.9 per cent. Thamesford scheme queried at council County public works com- mittee came. under fire Wed- nesday from county councillors for its dealings with a proposed .county takeover of water systems. The committee proposed buying a 9.8 parcel of land in East Nissouri Township for the development of a new well, pumping and reservoir facilities for Thamesford for $25,000, While the recommendation did pass through council, some councillors cast unapproving eyes in its direction. Mayor Gordon Henry of Ingersoll said the county could find itself in a legal entaglement if it bought the land before a water agreement is signed with the village. Aid. Joseph Pember of Woodstock,a member of public works, said the county is assured of being recompensated because Bill 95 gives it the power to area rate the costs of water systems back to the users. said plans for the museum — a former two - room school in north Burgessville — include making its facilities available to county pupils during classroom hours. The opening kicked off a three-day history fair involving displays by 34 county schools at North Norwich Public School here. The museum school will be open from 1 to s P.m. today and from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Acquisition of artifacts and development of a curriculum will be handled by the princi- pals' association. Boundaries of Oxford riding left unchanged The boundaries of the Oxford The final report contrasts with Federal riding will remain the original recommendation of unchanged, a spokesman for Dr. Bruce Halliday, Member the commission which of Parliament for Oxford, an- suggested the Oxford riding be split into two parts. The nor- . nounced Monday. Ron Desjardins, thern and western sections senior would have become part of a secretary to Dr. Halliday, .said new riding with parts of Mid - the Federal Electoral Boun- dlesex. daries Commission report, tabled in the commons Thor- -'� The remainder of the county sday, does not recommend any would have been coupled with Chan ges in the county's borders. parts of Brant County. Dr. Halliday said in a That recommendation was telephone interview he was changed in the Commons in pleased that the boundaries will February after 35 individuals not change, and added that the tabling Thursday was con- and groups presented briefs at hearings in London in October firmation of what was already objecting to the proposed expected, changes. Acting warden named Ingersoll Mayor Gordon William Dutton of Woodstock. Henry will be the acting -warden of Oxford County from May 22 to The mayor will fill the shoes of .June 5. Warden Perry Sibbick of Mr. Henry was voted into the Blandford-Blenheim Township position by county council who will be on'vacation in Wednesday on a notion by Aid. Romania and Yugoslavia_ County council opposes authority switch By CHRIS NIXON Sentinel -Review Staff Writer County council is backing up its planning committee in ob- jecting In the province's an. nouncement that ministry of agriculture " representatives will no longer have the authority to comment on land division committee matters. The committee Wednesday received the county's go-ahead to send a letter to Agriculture Minister William Newman, objecting to the proposal, She province has said in a news release that She varancy created by the removal from the committee of the agriculture representative will be filled through the establishment of a new body of agricultural ex- perts. JOB DIFFICULT Because the representative's decision on the committee have tended to make his job of dealing with individual farmers more 1 difficult, the ministry says, he should no longer be on the committee. The committee letter says that in establishing a new Poi mat for severance commenl.r.. local site Inspections and ex peruse should be maintained rather than selling up a group commenting from Toronto, It suggests the Oxford ministry representative — Don Taylor — be permitted to con- tinue serving on the committee until the ministry can replace him with an "equally qualified individual." MOVE. SUPPORTED Both Warden Perry Sibbick and Ingersoll Mayor Gordon Henry said the representative should not be on the committee, Mr. Henry said the policy has left agricultural representatives tied up in municipal politics. While the representative should be voicing broad advice, he said, he should nothe dealing with specific severance all plications. Mr, Sibbick said the representative should not he table to say whether a certain lot should be severed. He said he should only point out the quality of the agricultural land on fill - proposed severance site. BLUES CHASER Diner to friend: "I haven't lost niurb weiglif ninth I've been Counting calories. but tits of ithinetfe verfainly has implmrvf. " �I L] a �4. .............. .....R-- Oxford tax increase less than expected. By WAYNE MacPHERWN The elementary public and secondary school Free Press Woodstock Bureau rate was set at 52.522 mills and elementary se- WOODSTOCK — Public school supporters parate and secondary school rate at 57.011 face aniocmased tax bill of $47.633 and separ- mills. ale school supporterss an ycrease of ilo.H on Woodstock's public commercial rate is 150.- the average $4,000 a � ssed. Woodstock home, W mills, an increase of 13.434 mills, and the Final tax rates were established by city separate- school rate is 155,673 mills, an in. council Thursday after the education and - crease of 17.734 mills. county council rates were compiled. Contents The finance department is in the midst of of the budget for operating city business for collecting the second Interim tax billing. Fur- 1975 were set May 13. ther billings are planned for August and No - The average public school supporter will vember. pay taxes of M compared with $541.95 for Aid. Walter Hulme told council on June 3 he the separate school supporter. - will propose hiring an Industrial commissioner Public school supporters have a tax rat8 of for the city. 131.001 mills for residential property, an in- - - - — crease of 11.907 mills. depurate school sup- porters have a tax rate of 135.49 mills, an W crease of 16,778mills over 1975. — h William Reid, the city's former industrial commissioner, retired earlier this year. Aid. Hulmesaid he would make the proposal because Oxford County council rejected the Idea of a county industrial commissioner in April. lie said the city has 864 acres of available industrial land, including 142 acres owned by the city. Local Oxford County municipalities are pro- hibited from buying industrial land for resale under the Oxford County restructuring, act which took effect Jan. 1, 1975. The purchasing of industrial land for resale became a county responsibility. Epee mis equivalent W 81 on 81,900 4 / , 6 3 property assessment. essment. T Mayor Lea4Je J. Cook said he had anticipal- jp kA a m L. BLUES CHASER Pnalrard hurt a sunny climate: "flarIn' a norderinllirnr. iPishleouldaffordie" MORE DUE ed the Increase would be greater. He was pleased the rate for city municipal creaseptirposesof was cut u, 73.55 mills. an Increase of City t.t73 mills. translating into an average in- crease or f17.N9. Ttw cwwty residential rate for city proper- tieS +fioe,vi a d,,n-ase of 1.3.47 mills to 1.921 mill, 11.907 mills low ,. Oxford rejects renovation bids for courthouse Free press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOC.K — Two tenders for renova. I oss to the Oxford County courthouse were re- jected Wednesday by Clxfnrd County council because they were too high. Don Rol Construction Ltd. of New Ham- burg submitted a tender of $275,820 and Gilve- sc Construction Ltd. of Tillwilburg, $296,700. Council tarred down the tenders, the only ones received. for the planned -renovation of the first floor or the courthouse, on the recom- mendation of its works committee. Tillsonburg Mayor Seldon Wilkinson, works committee chairman, said the committee ex - peeled tenders would be within the $23.5,000 es- tirnate. Aid. Joseph Pember of Woodstock suggested that council would be forced to reconsider al- ternatives it had turned down in debate over the past year. lie agreed with Aid. Philip Poole of Wood- stock that council will have to look at a propo- sal for a new building. Council had turned down the idea of a new building for administrative offices last sum- mer. Council is seeking expansion room for county government offices. Mayor Wilkinson said the committee had in- vestigated six or seven possibilities which had been turned down. One alternative, he said, is to cut down reno- vation plans. ingersoll Mavor Gordon B. Henry. actin[; warden, said he hopes the committee will in vestlgate the alternatives available, including the construction of a building north of the courthouse, connected to the existing structure by a second -storey walkway. Mayor Wilktnson said: "I don't think we will be, under any pressure to come up with a new recommendation." In other business,council approved tile tak- ing over of mill Street in Woodstock, from Dundas Street to the city's southerly bound- ary, as a county road, The road department has proposed reconstruction of a part of the street this year, recognizing the possibility that other planned projects on county roads will not be in a position to proceed this year. An objection to including Mill Street in the county road system wits voiced by Mayor Ro- bert Matheson of Zorra Township when he learned the county would assume a debenture of $80,000 remaining on the city road. Aid. Pember said the debenture is left over from an original debt of $135,000. Council approved a planning committee re- commendation to apply to the ministry of housing for a $20,000 grant to conduct a hous- ing study in conjunction with the preparation of the official county plan. Brick school axed from `preserve' list Free Press Wmilstuck Bureau WOODSTOCK — The former Brick Common School on Graham Street, built in 1846 and now used as a residence, has been dropped from the Woodstock architectural ronsprvallon ad - Twp. names deputy clerk Walter Schaefer, East Zorra - Tavistock Township lax collector has been named as deputy clerk -treasurer after �,uccessfuily completing examinations from the Association of Municipal Clerk - Treasurers.' Mr. Schaefer's appointment to I he position was made recently. In 1951, he was appointed tax collector of the village of Tavistock and held that post until 1972 when appointed clerk - treasurer there as well. With' restructuring, in 1975, Mr. Schaefer was named tax collector for East .Zorra- Tavistock. - Mr. Schaefer has lived in the area all his life, mostly in Tavistock. Use of postal code BLUES CHASER Its not hard to diet nowadays — just ea/ increasing locally a hat you can afford. TO PRODUCE WHITE CEMENT $20millionplant planned in Zorra ey CHRIS NIXON LaFarge has been in operation Sentinel -Review Staff Write for 20 years. Federal White Cement Ltd. Dominion Tar and Chemical will build a $million white Co., Steel Co. of Canada and .l Portland cement producing BeachviLime Ltd. quarry plant in Zorra Township, operations are also located in -ompany president Elias the limestone valley between �oumet announced Wednesday. Woodstock and Ingersoll. The plant, to be located on a Robert Matheson, mayor of ,,-acre site of land formerly Zorra. said Wednesday night the -wried by Canada Cement industry was welcome to his lafarge Ltd. north of Cover- township and added that he had nor's Road, is slated for com- suspicions some development pletion by mid-1978. Con- was taking place. slraction will begin this sum- 'SUSPICIOUS' mer. Purchase price of the land "I fell suspicious something was not disclosed, was coming but I didn't know It is to employ W to 70 persons who l," he said of the first major in the manufacturing and Industry to locale in his town- ship since restructuring. The land the proppgqssed plant will sit on is zoned industrial, he said, and he sees no problem in i1 getting approval from the county a planning committee. Acting Warden Cordon Henry, mayor of Ingersoll; said White cement chose the Zorra site hecause of the high quality of limestone in the area. "It's quite an Ilem not only for ,,:,It's �rra, but for this whole area," he told county council, distribution of products, Mr. Doumet said, It will be the first white par- hand cement manufacturing plant in Canada. White cement is now imported from Europe, the United States end Japan. DESIGNS The product is used in ar- chilectural concrete and Gan be shaped into various designs. Canada. Cement L.aFarge is expected to supply it with limestone. A. L. Guance, manager of the adjoining quarryfn� operations, said his firm shoal have enough limestone for another 100 years or more. BLUES CHASER Why A If that a shKht tux increase costa you if". white a suhstantlal tax cut luwers your taxex by Oil? Robert Matheson ... Zorra mayor The proposed site Is ah,.ul seven miles west of Woodslo, 1, Federal While Cement Ltd a rivate Canadian cnmp4m, with Its head office IwVIV,1 61 Vancouver visory committee's list of proposed buildings to be preserved. The former school, the first built by tax levy of Brock district council in Woodstock for t225 or $90o, was sold six years later by Woodstock school board for 72 per cent of the cost price. The committee proposes to have city council designate 15 properties under the Ontario Her- itage Act for preservation because of histori- cal and/or architectural significance. The list is to he considerd by council tonight. The Ilst includes; the Dr. Levi Hoyt Perry house; 130 Finkle St., described as the oldest house In Woodstock, built In 1819; Captain An- drow Drew house, 73.5 Rathbourne Ave., IM2; old St. Paul's Church, 1834; Rev. W. H. Landgon house, 55 Chapel St., 1848; Hugh Richardson house, 419 Vincent St., 1949, John George VansiBart house, Dumas Street East, near Beards Lane. 1851; Oxford Museum,. 114.52; Woodstock jail, 1854; Rokewood, a resi- dence at 479 Wetlington St. N., 1957; Thelma: H. Parker house, 84 Vansittart Ave., 1864: old registry office, 1876; Oxford County court- house, 1t190-1892: T. L, Carbide Wilson house. 210 Vansittart Ave., Itit Woodstock city hall, former post office, 1901; and Woodstock It- brarv, I909. John McGinnis, deputy city clerk, said own- ers of the properties will have an opportunity to object to city council. He said the owners have been notified of the committee's propo- sal. If objections are received, the designation could be dropped by council or a hearing simi- lar to an Ontario Municipal Board hearing held. An earlier list included the former Imperial Bank building east of the Oxford Museum which was demolished this spring. Oxford County council has approved desig- nating the courthouse but declined to approve continued preservation of its other property, including the jail, the old registry office now used by the Oxford Health Unit and the Brick Common School. Acting head breaks tie Acting Oxford County warden, Mayor Gordon Henry of Ingersoll, found himself in a tough situation during his first session in the warden's chair. Mr. Henry is filling in for the vacationing Perry Sibbick, county warden and mayor of Blandford-Blenheim Town - shin. .A motion by Court. Hobert Matheson of Zorra Township that council recommend the 1977 council review, the present council's decision to pool all conservation authority levies under one general county levy ended in a 9-9 tie. The acting warden said the motion was defeated. Some council members objected, however, saying it was up to the wardens chair to break the tie. Mr. Henry gave in and voted ,against the motion. OIVTARIO Southwestern Ontario Sumner Games logo was designed by Don Albright of Tillsonburg. el 0 k Free Press Woodstock Bureau An historical plaque commemorating Woodstock's first courthouse is installed by Edwin Bennett, left, historical plaques committee chairman, and Andy Ma- dill, of the Chamber of Commerce. Feeling kind of firsty Three historical locations marked Free Press Woodstock Bureau George A. Calder, past president of the WOODSl'OCK — Historical plaques comme- chamber, said at the plaque unveiling for the morating Woodstock's first house, first hotel former Royal Pavilion Hotel, built in 1844, that and first courthouse were unveiled Wednesday the city's first municipal election was held in a Happening'76 program of the Woodstock therein 1852. District Chamber of Commerce. tbuise Hill, great-granddaughter of Dr. Levi Hoyt Perry, who had the city's first home built in 1819, unveiled a plaque on the home she shares with her sister, Margaret - Edwin Bennett, chairman of the chamber's historical plaques committee. said Dr. Perry was the first school teacher. first doctor, first Sunday school teacher and firs[ lawyer in the :ommunity. Leonard K. Coles of Ingersoll, former Ox- ford County clerk -treasurer, said at the court house plaque unveiling that the first court- house was built on the site in 1839 and replaced in 1890. Unveiling the plaques were Louise Hill, Mayor Leslie Cook and Ingersoll Mayor Gor- don Henry, acting Oxford County warden. L� UNVEILING plaque at the Ontario director of the former county clerk- acting county warden. (Staff county courthouse were, Woodstock chamber of treasurer and county photo). from left: Gord Bigham, commerce; Leonard Coles, historian; Gordon Henry, Historical plaques unveiled Representatives of the Woodstock and District Chamber of Commerce and the Oxford Historical Society unveiled three historical plaques in the city Wed- nesday as part of Happening 76 activities. The plaques com- memorate the historical significance of the Oxford County courthouse, the Dr. Levi Hoyt Perry house on Finkle Street and the site of the Royal Pavilion Hotel. The unveiling ceremonies began at the courthouse with former county clerk Leonard Coles describing the history of the building. "I think we should be grateful for the foresight in planning behind such a distinctive building," he said. Gord Bigham, Ontario director of the Woodstock District Chamber of Com- merce, said he felt that too many historical buildings were being torn down. "I hope that this building won'tcome down for a long time," _tie said. Unofficial results show vote favors licencing Residents of the former East spirits and beer under a dining Oxford Township, now part of lounge licence and 62.5 per cent %rwich Township, have voted cast ballots in favor of the sale of id favor of allowing local establishments wine, spirits and beer under a to apply for lounge licence. liquor lounge and dining A 60 per cent vote in favor is licences, unofficial results required. revealed this morning indicate. About 42 per cent of the 1.460 Township clerk Robert eligible voters turned out at four Watkins said 65.31 per cent polling stations, he said. voted in favorof thesaleof wine, Before the plebiscite, that section of the township was dry. Residents voted against liquor licensing in 1972, Official results of the vote were to be released later today. Acting warden and Ingersoll mayor, Gordon Henry, unveiled the plaque which. outlines the history of the building stating that it is an outstanding example of late Victorian architecture. The site of the former Royal Pavilion Hotel at the corner of Dundas and Light streets was the next stop for the ceremonies. Past -president of the chamber, George Calder, outlined the history of the site dating back to 1617. IMPORTANT He said the old Royal Pavilion Hotel was an im- portant building to Wood- stock in the mid-1800s. The plaque was attached to the side wall of Sol's Specialty shop until a building is constructed on the site of the hotel. Chamber of commerce president Walter Hulme said he hoped that some day something will be con- structed on the site. Mayor Leslie Cook un- veiled the plaque, while standing on a red carpet on the vacant lot: The plaque gives a brief history of the hotel, the first brick building in Woodstock. The last of the unveiling. ceremonies was held at the present home of Louise and Margaret Hill,great- granddaughers of the first teacher and doctor in Woodstock, Dr. Levi Hoyt Perry. Chairman of the historical plaques committee, Edwin Bennett, gave a brief history of the Perry family and the home which is the oldest in Woodstock. Louise Hill who unveiled the plaque said it was the happiest da�. in her life. I think it s wonderful that we are preserving the wonderful heritage we have from the early pioneers who were firm in their con- victions to settle in the dense woods to help build a strong country." Miss Hill said she felt it was important to maintain the heritage of the com- munity. "I'm so happy that the historical society has dare this for the home we love and our family loved wo well." ROAD WORKER RETIRES Herbert Chenoweth of RR plaque and a gift by road legion. About 30 road 1, Embro ended a 30-year system supervising foreman department employees at - career with the county road Mike Woodcraft, right, at a tended the event. (Staff department Friday. Thurs- ceremony held at the Embro photo)'. day he was presented with a Congratulations, General Motors Speakers at Tuesday's opening ceremonies for General Motors' national parts distribution centre in Woodstock touched on the importance of the facility to Woodstock and Oxford County. The centre, which provides parts to eight regional distribution centres across Canada, currently provides employment for about 295 persons in the city, stable employment which is not subject to the high and low swings of other sectors of the automobile industry. In addition to the payroll and tax dollars generated by the warehouse, GM has a well -deserved image as a good corporate citizen in the other communities in which it has plants, Its employees are encouraged to participate in community organizations and involve themselves in the mainstream of community life. The Woodstock facility, despite its huge one -million square -foot size, has been designed to,blend in with the environment of its site. It will be the site of an experimental program to provide heat for the building via solar energy, perhaps minimizing its demands on our ever -lessening supplies of conventional energy. The GM facility will also provide a drawing card for plant location in Woodstock and area for suppliers to the national parts centre. The facility and company are a major plus for the community. We add our congratulations to GM for its selection of Woodstock as the location of its national parts centre. Politicians race on agenda to complete in record time Oxford County council completed its June meeting Wednesday in 45 minutes —a record time by all indications, "If you don't slow down, you won't make it for lunch," Warden Perry Sibbick told councillors yesterday after they had completed mostof the agenda by 10:30 a,m. "Considering It's only taken Lis this long now, maybe we should only have one meeting in July and August," East Zorra- Tavistock Court. George Wilhelm suggested. Although discussion of the summer rnecting schedule was dealt with during a 35•minule in camera session which followed the meeting, council apparently accepted his recommendation. County council's next meetings will beheld July 14 and August la, both commencing at 10nm. BLUES CHASER All work and no play' make, ,lack it h1moinc with the incwnc tu.r deimrbromt. Ingersoll to receive $90,000 bridge grant INGERSOLL - The ministry of transporta- tion and communications will provide a $90,000 grant this year to help finance a $225,000 bridge across the Themes River, Mayor Gor- don Henry said Thursday. Council will be asked to approve a new, fi- nancing scheme for the Pemberton Street bridge at a meeting Monday night. Less than two weeks ago, Howard Greenly, district municipal engineer far the ministry, said he had not recommended that the pro - vines provide the 80 per cent subsidy for the project needed by the town. The, $90,000 grantthis year will be combined with i0ti,ofto council must borrow, Mayor Hen- ry said. The ministry will pay an additional $w,000 next year. Council previously alkx:ated $45,000 for the project, to make up the remain- der of the funding required. The town considered the bridge a high pri- ority item, the mayor said, while the minis- try,in the past, has considered it low priority. Springbank Engineering of Woodstock, the town's consultant for design of the bridge, is rushing to finish plans for the two-lane, 100-ton capacity structure, Mayor Henry said. Tenders for construction will be called in late July or August it council approves the new financing scheme, he said. Construction should begin sometime in September and be completed by late fall or early winter. The existing bridge, built about 50 years ago, was designed to carry four tons and two lanes of traffic, but structural damage from accidents has reduced it to one lane with a two -ton capacity. COUNTY OF OXFORD Notice To Property Owners TOWNSHIPS OF BLAND FORD-BLENHEIM, EAST ZORRA-TAV (STOCK, NORWICH, SOUTH-WEST OXFORD, ZORRA TOWN OF TILLSONBURG, TOWN OF INGERSOLL CITY OF WOODSTOCK To Destroy Noxious Weeds Notice is hereby given to all persons in possession of lands and property owners, that, in accordance with the Weed Control Act, Chapter 493, R.S.O. 1970 asp amended, unless .noxious weeds, growing on their lands are destroyed by June 16, 1976 and throughout the season, the Weed Inspector may enter upon such lands to cause the noxious weeds or weed seeds to be destroyed in the manner prescribed in the Regulations, the . costs to be charged against the land in taxes, as set out in the Act. The co-operag,ion of all citizens is requested. BURNICE McALLISTER Area Weed Inspector COUNTY OF OXFORD Blandford Square sold to Toronto company Blandford Square has been sold to Lehndorff Properly Management Ltd. of Toronto, a µtare manager Karen Clingo ,md Tuesday. She said Multi Malls of t imada Ltd., original owners of the mall, made the sale effective June 1. Miss Clingo said there would be no changes at the mall other than the landlord. She said she did not know the east of the purchase. BLUES CHASER The amount of -deep nvgairrd ttr the at er- age pervin is usualtt file nlinuies nauv. Cl • Fees raised 50 p.c. for Oxford day care Free Pross Woodstock Bureau Wih111STOCK A 50-per-cent increase In daily day-care fees for parents of 98 children offending WomWock and higursoll day-care centres wart approved Wednesday by Oxford ('aunty council Effective Sept. I., the roue increases from $l III ks per day, with the monthly rate increasing from $8o to sl:w Gerald 11. MacKay, administrator of Oxford social services, said must parents pay the full rate Low income parents pay from $1 per day up, based on their ability In pay. Aid. Philip Pooh of Woodstock. chairman of the day-care subcommittee. said in a report to council the ministry of community and social services has advised municipalities to move toward charging actual costs for the service He said the daily rate for 1976 has been calcu lased at $8.18 based on budget estimates. The rate for a family with two at- more chil- dren enrolled was set at the full $186 fee for the first child and two-thirds the rate for addi- tional children. Half -day fees for children not requiring lunch was set at $.57.75 per month and with lunch-$6a.25. A $2 penalty was set for parents 15 minutes late in picking up children at closing time. Meanwhile, Jean -Luc Pepin, chairman of the anti-inflation board, notified Dr. Bruce Halliday, MP (PC — Oxfords who had re- sponded fullow'ing complaints of the pending. increase, that the board had no jurisdiction. "Tile prices charged by bodies under the jurisdiction of provinces or municipalities are to bcmonitored by the provincial authorities TRIPOKAYED Clerk -treasurer Gerald Staples and deputy clerk - treasurer Howard Day were authorized by county council Wednesday to attend the annual conference of the association of municipal clerks and treasurers in Toronto June 20-23. Councillors to attend municipal gov't seminar A two-day seminar for Oxford to improve communications County municipal councillors between the individual who must enlorrc Ihe and hil'laliuo guide- will be held in Ingersoll June 18- municipal councils and the lines." Mr. Pepin nufd. 19. overall county system. County council. in a recommendation from Organized by Coun. Doug its health and social services committee, de. Harris of Ingersoll, who 'topics are expected to range tided to continue a policy started lust ,year of represented county council at a from the purpose of, local not issuing steal tickets to transient mbacco, municipal governmentseminar government in Oxford County to workers. held in London earlier this vear individual responsibilities, M8 Ill f Wilkinson or Tills nb r said i the two-day affair is intended relationships and com- avor..c or s u g the Tillsonburg Ministerial Association will be. JAMES GARFIELD IRVING meeting June' 17 its consider tssistamee during: James Garfield Irving of Il the harvest season. Ice asked that Mr. Mac•K ay attend the meeting. Victoria St., Norwich passed April social service costs for the county away on Sunday, June 13th, 1976 were $98.215, all Increase of 38 per emt over at Woodstock General Hospital, the $71268 paid for flit, same period a year aged 77 years. ago. The number of persons assisted in- Born in Raleigh Township, creased from!PI to 955. Kent County, son of the late Mr. Eight, Never persons were taken off assis and Mrs. James Richard Irving, tame during April including' 11 who found em- plovn vni. I1 presumed to be employed. I 1 1'nr he was a member and honorary moving, II for receipt of unemployment iuul elder of the Norwich United ranee and seven for other reasons. Church, a past D.D.G.M. of Approval was granted for assistance for � Hayden Lodge 152, I.O.O.F. Women's Emergency Centre Inc., located fit Norwich and had received his 50 Woodstock, for up to $3,090 for a 12-month per year jewel in March of this !oil beginning June 1. year. He was also a member of Council appproved an agreement with Inger- St. John's Masonic Lodge No. soll to have lire town operate file county -owned watersystem and the sewage system in its 104 A.F. and A.M., Norwich, a own municipality. Clerk Gerald Staples said it past president of the Chamber is the first agreement to be completed with an of Commerce and in 1968 area municipality for operating [he water and received a certificate of merit. sewage services, a responsibility assumed at Mr. Irving served on the the county level with restructuring in Janu- Norwich Council for four years, ary, 1975. Councillors accepted a recommendation of and was reeve in 1944, also four years on the Public Its public works committee to have a delega- film, objecting to the extent of a proposed un- served School Board and during World provemenl on County Road 9 (Hamilton Road) War H was a member of the curve west of Ingersoll, appear before council Constabulary. to explain their views, He farmed in Kent County Mayor Leslie. Dickson of Norwich, chairman ,prior to moving to Norwich in of council's administration and finance com 1934 where he became a retail mittee, announced a $200 donation frnn Wood- merchant and continued active stock Horticulture Society will be used to add recently. additional species of trees to the Oxford Coun- until his wife the Iy aboreturn, established south of Innerldi) Surviving are Ibis spring. former Hazel May Sykes, daughters Mrs. Alex (Maxine) Doan, RR 1, Nowich; Mrs. James (Donna Jean) Jeff eries, Orillia; Mrs. Ross (Marjorie) Albright, RR 1, Mount Elgin and Mrs. Gordon (Ruth Ann) Haley, RR 1, Springford; one son, Lavern, Norwich; a brother, Andrew T. Ward, Ridgetown; also 17 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Health unit nurses say they'd benefit under arbitration By IRENE: STANIONIS Sentinel -Review Staff Writer Oxford public health nurses expect they'd likely benefit financially if future contract disputes were settled by com- pulsory arbitration. Among 1,100 members of the Ontario Nurses Association ()NA), who went on a one -week 4l rike Monday in 25 health units arroas the province, the 16local .nurses have been without a contract since May 5 when no- ix,ard report was received to Place them in a legal position to sU'ikti, Both sides haven't varied their respective positions since c..nntrocl negotiations started last IMrember — the nurses still want it 22 per cent increase and Ihe hard is still offering only eight per cent. regular program in the schools," Mrs. Lockwood said. "'rhe audiometrisl won't be able to do tests on the children this week either because they're on referral from public health nurses." However, county medical officer -of -health Dr. Grant. Sutherland said that the school immunization programs are over with fur this Year, and there are no other school, programs currently being carried out. Without the nurses, Dr. Sutherland said, the home and last -natal visits, along with pre- natal classes will just have to wait a week. "I think it's a good idea that they're trying to settle a dispute," he said. "But whether it had to go this far, it's anyone guess why il's going (iu across Ihe. province.'. Webb chairman .)site Webb, Oxford County librarian, was elected chair- man of the regional division of the Canadian Association of Public Libraries at a con- ference of the Canadian Libraries Association held in Ifalifax June to to 15. municatiuns between the two levels. To be held in the Ingersoll Muniepal Offices, seminar moderators will be Professors Allen O'Brien and Bob Sproule of the University of Western Ontario. Participation is determined by municipal council selection. RELOCATION Oxford Health Unit's Family Planning and Counselling office has been and to the county library basement. INSPECTIONS A total of 368 inspections and investigations were completed by Oxford health unit during May, with tile bed, test holes and sewage complaints ranking highest in individual in- spections. HOME CARE Oxford County's tome care program started its. work in May with a 54 patient caseload, after 37 new cases were added to the April carry over of 17. About 25 cases were discharged during May for a 29-patient carry over to June. IMMUNIZATIONS There were a total of a46 immunizations, ranging from smallpox to rubella, completed by the county board of health during May.. VACCINES Provincial health ministry ,. figures show a total of 1,302,236 doses of measles vaccine were released to health units since it was made available in 1967, with rubella vaccines running a close second at 1,061,579 since 1971 Questions about census raised Complaints about the June 1 Canada census have been few at the constituency office in Woodstock, but Dr. Bruce Halliday, Oxford MP, reported receiving two from Oxford - County residents which sparked him to raise questions in the House of Commons about them. One person did not appreciate the census being done by a neighbor and complained the census taker would be privy to all information about that person. Even though census personnel are sworn to secrecy. they would know personal in- formation. Dr. Halliday sold he had :questioned Don Jamieson, minister of trade and com- merce, about this matter and was told Statistics Canada was striving to have all census forms sent in by mail to avoid this problem in the future. The secured complaint came from an area former who was asked to report the value of his property, including all machinery, stock and buildings. Iofher types of business were not of to do the same. I)I,. Holliday said the harmer did not know how he was to estimate the value Of his farm unless an assessment Officer was brought in. Dr. Halliday again questioned the minister on this but has received no reply as yet. l�� Dr, Bruce Halliday queries minister - Evelyn Whioingham, Di Halliday's Woodstock secretar said complaints at the W4xni stock office were mamly from people not receiving a census form. People µpanting to be census lakersaiso phoned becalar they did not know heµ to become one. A general complaint of the Office was the lack of In. formation alicut the census "This office should have been notified." she said, but it was out "11 crept up on tsr and nobody knew too much atlout it." Committee formed to study restructure of Oxford utilities BY IRENE STANIONIS Sentinel -Review Staff Writer A nine -member local eom- mittee was formed Tuesday night to study restructuring of county electrical utilities, ex- pectea to take two months and coat less than 31,0eo. "It's the only, way we're going to finally get to grips with the problem in Tillsonburg and other areas," Ingersoll Mayor Gordon Henry told a meeting of municipalities and utility :ommission representatives at the Oxford County board of education offices last night. Tillsonburg Public Utility Commission (PUC) has been stopped from providing hydro to about 700 subscribers from former Dereham township since they were annexed by the town in 1975. Currently served by Ontario Hydro, the annexed subscribers are paying 15 to 20 per cent more for their power than town residents although they're part of the same municipality. - Blocked in the takeover by the provincial steering committee to restructure municipal utilities, Tillsonburg was told a county study was a provincial government policy necessity Wore Ontario Hydra board could approve the subscriber transfer. After more than seven months spent in trying to effect the transfer without putting the rest of the county through an un- solicitedstudy, Tillsonburg PUC admitted last night there was no other way to solve its problem. TILLSONBURG'S PROBLEM "Although the initial problem rests with Tillsonburg, in direct discussions with the steering committee we recognize other areas in the county had problems and will ultimately become involved in the same thing we've been through," Tillsonburg PUC chairman Bob McCall said. "They obviously can't be resolved without a study." According to a preliminary analysis based on 1974 local statistics, completed by Ontario Hydro staff last April, a single - tier structure wouldn't be financially viable for the county, Lill Sword, a municipal cow sultant with the steering com- mittee; explained. "Insomecases, it would mean all increase over 51 pee Bent over normal rate increases for some customer groups if everyone becomes a part of one utility," Mr. Sword said. Although area municipal cnrnmissions may suit the three large urban cenlr", he said ally would likely prove finan- cially unpractical in some rural circumstances. tie said that results of a local study now, will undoubtedly 'reveal the same conclusions as his preliminary report. With the bulk of resource work to be handled by local utility commissions, the study should cast less than $1,0000 for in cidentals including telephoncos.. "Printing, and postage, he said. He suggested financing the 'study through a three cent nlstorner levy, imposed on all cpnmfsnfons involved. Ontario Hydra, which handles aunt 00,601) area suhacribers has already approved it's financial burden in the study. UNDER CUIDELINVA The local study team crwisialing of John Fergtuurn. Embro Hydra; ,Jack Hidirk Beachville Hydro chairman; w V, McKie, Norwich Put' Harvey Beaty, 7Arra lawnahip councillor from Thameaford George Douglas, Woodstock PUC chairman; limb McCall, Tillsonburg PUC chairman; Harold Vogt, East Zorrs- Tavlstock mayor; George Jakeman, South-West Oxford mayor; and one member of Tillsonburg council — will labor under the steering committee's guidelines, starting at an initial June 22 meeting. A resource team of local technical people from area commissions will handle the study research, assisted by steering committee statistics, Sidney Baldwin, steering chairman explained. "The team can't do without the secretariat (of the steering committee)," Mr. Baldwin said. Pricing the local assets and separating Oxford utilities from Ontario Hydro operations will be among the first items the resource team should tackle, he said. Although he advised the study group to get endorsement from all municipal councils and utility commissions before they start work to avoid problems when compiling a final report, Mr. Baldwin stressed the need for the group to get on with the job as quickly as possible. "Unless you get moving on this now, you won't have a report ready for legislation in the fall," he said. ACCEPTANCE NEEDED Oxford MPP Harry Parrott, chairman of last night's meeting, said local acceptance of the study will likely clear the way to resolving the PUC re- election issue. County council recently submitted a resolution to the government, asking that PUC elections, frozen since restructuring in 1975, be rein- stated. "I didn't think the treasurer (D'arcy McKeough) would move on this issue until the study question was resolved," Dr. Parrott said in an interview. He predicted that the com- mission might become involved in next December's municipal elections again if the legislature reconvened by Oct. 20.— in time to pass amendments to. the Oxford County act. Striking nurses told they may lose benefits Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — Striking nurses employed by the Oxford County health unit, say they have received a letter from John McCulloch, board secretary, stating that they^ could lose retroactivity fit increases and other fringe benefits unless an agreement Is reached short - Shirley Lockwood, public relations officer for Local 40, Ontario Nurses Association, said the nurses have yet to meet with elected mem- bers or the Oxford health unit board. "It Is not bargaining in good faith," she suggested. County :staff members, who have been at- tending negotiating meetings, have not been empowered to negotiate, she Bald. Members of Local 40 embarked on an in- tended one -week strike Monday seeking com- pulsory,arbilration. Court. Kenneth Peers of Norwich Township, chairman of the health unit, said there Is noth- ing planned In negotiations. "The board will have to meet some time next week to review its position," he said. Coun. Peers said hit,, McCulloch and county clerk Gerald staples have been handling nego- liatfons. Health nurses have been seeking at 22-per- ccnt increase while the board- has offered eight per Bent. BLUES CHASER EIGHT APPLICATIONS Dr. Butt named as acting MOH Dr, William Butt, a general practioner in Woodstock for the past. 22 years, has been ap- pointed acting county medical officer of health, effective July 1, 1976. The 56-year-old physician is a native of southwestern Ontario, having received his medical training at the University of Western Ontario. He is currently a director of the Ontario Medical Association and a member of the Canadian Council Medical Services committee, the Canadian Medical Manpower Committee, :md Ontario Medical Committee for public health. , He is a past president of the Oxford County Medical Society, and has served with Chalmers United Church and the YMCA. "I tried to talk other local doctors into applying for the Position when it was first an. flounced," Dr. Butt said in an interview. "But then I thought about it ... it's a real challenge," Replacing retiring medical health officer Dr. Grant Sutherland, Dr. Butt must complete a nine -month full-time course at the University of Toronto before he can be ap. Pointed medical officer of health. He said he plans to hold weekly meetings with Oxford Health Unit department heads to be aware of any difficulties or programs being completed by the staff. Dr. William Butt ...22-yearresident "9 would like to see more emphasis placed on nutrition" he said- "It's one of our maj,or health problems." There were eight applicants. three local, for the position. health board chairman Kenneth Peers said. While Dr. Butt is completing the medical health officer program in Toronto, Dr. Richard Riddick of Toronto will take over his practice. Historic designation opposed Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOO.DSTOCK — Opposition to designating the former Oxford Registry Office for preser- valion as a historic site under the Ontario Her- itage Act has been recommended to Oxford County council by its public works committee. The building, at the northwest corner of Ilunter and Graham streets, now Is used by the Oxford County health unit. Committee members, however, recommend- ed approval to council for designation of the Oxford County courthouse and Woodstock jail under the Heritage Act. County engineer Donald Pratt was instruct- ed to forward proposed agreements for the op- eration of rural water systems to Zorra Town- ship, South-West Oxford Township, East Zor- The energy crinis is teaching as how many u absolute aeeessffles we may run out of that our forefathers never imagined anyone need ing in the fir.+t place. Library reaches 100th birthday NORWICH — An open house program rent tnemoratcd the luoth annfversary of the NorwichPublic Library Saturday. During the afternoon, awards were present- ed for a poster contest held recently lo;support ennttnunity' activities. It.'B. Hahu, Laura Leo Andrew, Megan Petz and Jennifer MrLamn won the awards for the best senior postki4. The junior division winners were Shane liur son, Darren Smith and Janice Robinson. The first Norwich library was in the litillcr Block on Main Street East. Several location, were used before 1914, when the current build Ing was elected with a $7,000 subsidy from I lit. Carnegie Foundation, given on the uudcr standing the vfllago would pay $700 annualk for upkeep of the library. Norwich joined the Oxford County libr,iI sviiient In 1001. The library Is now managed by Edith Hit „ son, with asslstttnce from Mary Jull, Fran„- Furre and Kim Manirom. The Dutch tango,,, on r ut ,i,,:;cd ht Nvitiv Frtv,.rn. ra-Tavistock Township and Norwich Town ship. Warden Perry- Sibbick, Mayor of Blandford- Blenheim Township, said his municipality is without a municipal system as yet. Wahnslep Brothers of London were awarded a contractfor supplying and. applying paving materials for County Road 13, a distance of I. 06 miles from Holbrook to Springford, Coumy Road 35 for 1.14 miles from Woodstock city limits east to County Road 4 (Innerkip Roadi, County Road 36 for 6/I0 of a mile from High. way 19 south and County Roads 40 and 41 for 2.6 miles from Highway 59 west to County Road 41, then north to the County Road 12 in- tersection at Sweaburg. George SamnionS ... retiring 11 0 a I Retiring IIRUMBO -- More than 150 People turned up to honor nniring clerk -treasurer of Il landford-Blenheim township, Irvin Haines, at a dinner in the Drumbo Agricultural Hall Saturday. Mr. Haines, who retired in April, worked as treasurer for 'Blenheim and then Blandford- ;Blenheim for 31 years. A native of the township, Mr. ,Haines was born just outside of Drumbo. He worked for 16 years with the Bank of Montreal and far- med for two years before taking the job as clerk -treasurer. I Mr. Haines said he has seen a great number of changes in the county since he began working as clerk -treasurer. "The biggest thing was that taxes have increased by 10 times what they were when f started," he said. "The township has been one of the better financed ones because of the large assets," he said. He said the township hadn't borrowed money in six years. Mr. Haines said he plans to retire on his farm. Keith Reibling has been named the new clerk -treasurer. Blandford-Blenheim clerk honored BEN WICKS rl01 �3 fiF�fii 'I'm against hanging but I'm for burning at tie stake!' IRVIN HAINES RETIREMENT N4GHT — A capacity crowd filled Drumbo Agricultural Hall on Saturday evening to honourlrvin J. Haines who recently retired after serving as clerk -treasurer in Blenheim Township for over 30 years. Pictured above (left to right): Mrs. Haines; Mr. Haines; O. T. Coleman of New Dundee, who was deputy -reeve of Blenheim when Irvin was appointed; and Perry Sibbick who is the present mayor of Blandford - Blenheim, Mr. Haines was presented with an engraved electronic watch and Mrs. Haines received a bouquet of roses. Abolition bill 40 is approved -hanging out Mill St, petition sent to committee A petition signed by 480 Woodstock residents in ob- rLion to the widening of Mill Street will be forwarded to the county public works committee for consideration. The petition, received by county council last night, failed to spur any immediate action from council members. But county engineer Ronald Pratt bald no work will be done on the street until It is officially brought into the county road system, It is still a city street. Residents signing the petition — the second one to evolve since the proposal to rebuild the street was made public — are ob- jecting to the amount of land that would be annexed if the project went through. A spokesman for the residents has said the first petition, submitted to city council at a public meeting, has been with. drawn after it was learned it was two years old and contained some names which now are not valid. Nurses lay charges over bad faith talks The Ontario Nurses Association (DNA) has laid unfair labor practice charrgges against Oxford County Boardrof Health along with 11 other health boards in connection with labor disputes across the province, a union spokesman in Toronto said Monday. Kay Lewis, associate -director of the DNA, said charges of bargaining m bad faith against nine boards of health were sub- mitted Monday to the Ontario Labor Relations Board and three other charges were laid on ,tune 11. She said the health units charged Mondayy include: Niag- ara regional, ElginSt. Thomas, Peel regional, Oxford County, Halton regional, Hamilton -Wen- tworth regional, Haliburton, Ka- wartha and Pine Ridge, King- ston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington and the Metroppoolitan Toronto borough of Etobicoke. Charges were laid against health units in Thunder Bay, Al- goma and Renfrew on June 11, she said, Miss Lewis said the ONA also has laid charges of dis- crimination against the units of Peel regional and Oxford County where the hoards of health have not locked out all public health nurses, 1'he boards allowed nurses who did not participate in last week's province -wide strike to continue working Monday but locked the other public health nurses out, she said Fourteen public health nurses were lacked out by the Oxford County Board of Health after Kenneth Peers .,.unsure joining a week-long strike by 1,100 nurses in the province, seeking compulsory arbitration. The nurses, members of Local 40, Ontario Nurses Association tONAI, were warned of the lockout in a letter received from the board last week. The letter informed the nurses they were in danger of losing fringe benefits and retroactive pay increases unless a new contract is soon settled. It also stated the board is willing to meet with the nurses for collective bargaining, A notice from the board of health, signed by chairman Kenneth Pears, was posted on the health building doer in Woodstock saying nurses wbo went on strike last week were not Permitted to enter the premises. Public reaction on the side of the nurses has been excellent. said Shirley Lockwood, ONA Local 40 public relaticim officer, said. 'It will be public reaction that will tiring on a settlement," she said. Many have phoned the nurses to say they are outraged about the lockout and the letter con- cerning benefit and wage low. The public health nursm have been seeking a Fd per cent In- crease on a one-year eciaraact while the health board has of- fered eight per cent.. Mrs. Lockwood said nurses from community colleges were sent to them to be trained, and when students graduate, they make more matey than the public health nurses. The nurses have met once with paid county officials who - were in no position to settle. The locaI has . yet to meet with the boats of health although they are willing to do so at any time, she said. In a telephorie interview, Mr. Peers said he was also willing to meet any time, but he hasn't heard trotn the nurses. No meeting dates have been set. When questioned about the possibtll� of the public health nurses using benefits and retroactive pay, Mr. Peers said he didn't know if the statements made in the letter %add lie carried out or not, Retroactive pay always has to IV negotiated [n an agrrwrmeat, he said, "but we really haven't discussed it yet " d r W ggGp 5:�'�d .a •� � L U N h0 U U. � u W W�aQca�CN.='. S o';o�E�S"am�c C� (p� p—Y• yd Oa V CiCdt^OC�O L�U G > N 0 L d o `Qs �aa z s.-yv �Wo OO NO! °' YOCN Qy pN�N� 5 ,OCNL'pL 3 s �_•��-ems h c3._Tn"ma oar -Edo v s o aai'>O L o o dR."��cLo nc as � aa?c 0 W oe�r W Wae�+ zY d G'y�y'S , N.O W S1'.: w"p;�L' cd`N�aW :y .5;,� EEC pas—uac � �Ec C.j i. G•dp `uri d�dd •s.�sq P�5-co NORWICH ARENA DEMOLISHED Demolition work has structure on the site. and the arena advisory board structure was ordered closed already started on the Although the demolition is to haven't yet reached a by the provincial labor Norwich community arena to be completed by July 12, decision on what will replace ministry last month_ (Staff make roost for a new Norwich township council the current building. The Photo) Health unit workers get 10 per cent Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — A wage Increase of about -,� 10 per cent has been approved by non -medical workers of the Oxford County Health Unit and the health board, board chairman Kenneth i Peers, said Friday. Mr. Peers a Norwich Township Councillor made the announcement after board endorsa. Line of a tentative agreement reached in medi- ation on Wednesday. Muzio Pennesi, national representative of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, said the eight -member sub -local of CUPE Local 1149 ratified the agreement at .a meeting Thursday night. Coun. Peers said the new rate for public health Inspectors has increased to a range of $12.155 to $14,917 with the maximum attain- able in five years; and clerical, a range from $6,077 to $8,619In five years. Mr. PennWl said the 22-member CUPE Lo- cal 159918 expected to meet Tuesday to eonsid er a tentative agreement worked out with Ox- ford County Thursday in mediation. No sign of resumption of negotiations was reported In a contract dispute involving the 16 member, Local 40, Ontario Nurses Associa Lion, employees of the health unit and the (ward. Fourteen of the public health nurses struck for a week starting Juno 14 and were locked nut by the board Monday. 25 YEARS AGO 'renders were called for erection of the new Registry office on Graham Street on the site of the present bowling greens, .1 F. McDonald East 'Lorca, was elected president of the Oxford Ex -Wardens As- atx wunn Public Notice — COUNTY OF OXFORD SUMMER BUSINESS HOURS 8:30 a.m, to 4:30 p.m. — Monday to Friday June 21, 1976 to September 17, 1976 G. R. Staples, Clerk, Court House Woodstock. Ontario Road workers OK wage pact Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — A wage increase of "a little better than 11 per cent" has been ratified by Oxford County road employees, James Ball, president of Local 1509, Canadian Union of Public Employees, said Tuesday. Mr. Ball said the 21 CUPE members ap- proved the memorandum of agreement reached at a mediation meeting June 24 by it bout 85 per cent. Included In the agreement, retroactive to Jan. 1, Is an extra holiday, a 12th, the Friday bvfore Labor Day and supplied safety boots. Oxford County council is expected to consid er ratification at its July if nn•etinb;. r 0 0 Rev. Dr. Lord Donald Soper, centre, of the British House With Lord Soper in Woodstock are Judge R. G. Groom of of Lords, believes Britain will become the leading nation in Tillsonburg, left, general chairman of the 24th annual the European Common Market by the 1980s. The disco- United Church Men's Conference to be held next week - very of North Sea oil will aid in the country's recovery. end, and Earle Reed of Woodstock. (Photo by Williams) 0 0 The IDaily Sentinel-Retiietti Published by Thummn NZ,.yers I.Imlted nt 16.1k Bock Ftrert, W wi,Wk, 0M.6u R. G. Dundas, Publisher and General Manager J. P. Haskell, Managing Editor WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1976 A strike to end strikes an unnecessary action Public health nurses across Ontario, including 16 in Oxford County, walked off their jobs this week to back a demand that will mean, of all things, an end to strikes and lockouts. The public health nurses are seeking what many workers in what are termed essential services already have — compulsory arbitration as the last resort in contract negotiations. Currently public health nurses along with some other public sector em- ployees have the right to strike. Their prime reason for giving up that right appears to be that they feel they will do better in contract settlements with now -stingy municipal governments if they can resort to compulsory ar- bitration. Public health nurses, while probably essential in the long run to society, can not be classified as an essential service in the same way police and fire services are. Several, locals of public health nurses have been locked out for more than a month in contract disputes with local health units. The units have been able to function without their services so far. The strike action taken by the public health nurses to, in effect, end strikes seems strange and un- necessary. The strike or lockout is. considered the ultimate weapon in contract negotiations and a strike to end the right to strike seems like using an atomic bomb in order to end the use of atomic bombs. We wonder if the means really justify the ends. We also wonder if compulsory arbitration is really what the public health nurses seek. Many workers who don't have the right to strike bemoan that fact and have actively sought to get it. Perhaps it is a question of the grass being greener on the other side of the fence, In the meantime, Oxford County and the other areas hit by the protest strike will do without many of the services carried out by public health nurses'— pre -natal, classes, senior citizen visits, public immunization, health care counselling etc. As in most strikes in the public sector, it is the innocent and helpless that suffer the most. If for no other reason, the public health nurses strike to end strikes should be condemned. It is irresponsible to make the in- nocent perhaps suffer when there is an existing bargaining system, however imperfect, that could be used to try to gain the same end without an unnecessary strike. 0 9 IN OXFORD COUNTY Nurses at work as lockout ends BYJANTAYLOR AND CHRIS NIXON Sentinel-Revfew Staff Reporters Oxford County public health nurses returned to work today since being locked out June 21 by the county health board. The 15 nurses, members of Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) Local 40, agreed Tuesday to go into mediation with board officials following an afternoon meeting between ONA and county negotiators. The nurses were locked out after joining -a one -week province wide walkout and protest strike with 1,100 other members employed at 24 health M. O. H. RETIRES units to press demands for compulsory arbitration. Lee Boyd London area ONA representative, said as she left the meeting at the courthouse arranged by the Ontario labor ministry that July 15 has been set as a tentative date for the first round of mediation. CHARGES DROPPED Ms. Boyd said the ONA has agreed to drop charges of unfair labor practise - discriminatory lockout - laid against the health unit because the nurses "really want to get back to work." But the charges have been dropped without prejudice, she said, meaning they can be reinstated. A number of issues remain unsettled as the two sides prepare for mediation, among. them, nurses' demands for compulsory arbitration. And the nurses have not pared down their demands for a 22 per cent wage increase over one year to put their salaries at par with hospital nurses. Health board bargainers had previously refused to go beyond an eight per cent increase. Dr. G. Q. Sutherland, retirement dinner held at the ; former medical officer of Woodstock Shrine Club last - - health at the Oxford County week. At right is Mike Bragg, health inspector Meter fees dropped pp Health Unit is shown above chief public receiving a gift from em- at the unit. WOODSTOCK — Saturday parking -meter ployees of the Unit at his fees here have been eliminated for the rest of the year to try to attract more business down- town. BLUES CHASER A father of four says he gets obedience from his family at least one day a year. Every time his birthday rolls around he tells them not to spend a lot of money on him — and they never do. FLOOD CO-ORDINATOR County Warden Perry Sibbick of Blandford-Blenheim Town- ship was apponted county flood co-ordinator by county council. County engineer Don Pratt was originally recommended for the job but he turned it down. NO ACTION A recommendation from the public works committee asking that no action be taken on Zorra Township's request that the county take over plumbing inspections, was supported Wednesday by county counciL. Seven -member authority Oxford housing body planned Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — The minis- try of housing will establish an Oxford County housing author. ity in August to undertake the management of all public housing in the county. Ia a letter to County Warden Perry Sibbick, P. J. Pralley, special committee director of the ministry, asked the county to nominate a member to rep. resent it on a seven -member housing authority board. The provincial and federal governments each will have three members, reflecting the proportion of operating defi- cilts borne by all three levels of government, the letter Bald. The Woodstock -based au- thority will Lake over from the Ontario (lousing Corporation (OHC), which currently rune about 605 rent -geared -to -in- provide information to assist in determining county housing manager of OHC's Woodstock office, said he was aware but He said the authority will be helpful because it will provide come units in Oxford County not fully Informed of the hous- local input in the decision - and counties. The housing authority will needs, Harold Mighton, housing ing authority ereation. mating. Mystery still shrouds General Motors plan Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — General Motors is asking for an amendment to Oxford County's otficlal plan to permit a development In Norwich Township 'along the Highway 401 industrial strip. The Woodstock planning advisory board will meet next Thursday to consider the proposal. Woodstock Alderman Joe Pember sold at Thursday's public works committee meeting that Woodstock council is willing to discuss cost -sharing of municipal services with Norwich Township. Despite rumors, none of the elected officials seemed to know for sure what GM plans to build on the land. County engineer Don Pratt was concerned "we might look like foot%" If approval was giw en without knowledge of the amount of serv- it-es the development would require, it has been rumored the project might re- quire about Iloe,000 gallons of water a day would employ 800 to to 2,1100 men and would be a non-poihding Industry. "I don't like the idea of rezoning something without knowing what's going on, but there are some safety valves here," Alderman Pent - her said. He sold even if GM was to granted approval by staff to determine If thcil it e project was servo abie by the municipalities. City treasurer dies after illness A 15-year veteran of Wood- stock city hall administrative affairs died Sunday at Victoria Hospital in London. Cyril. Ewins, 58, of May Street, died after a lengthy illness. He had been city treasurer and tax collector since 1961, Mr. Ewins received the Dunkirk Medal in December, 1075 for his part in the evacuation of Dunkirk and also served in Italy and Africa with the Royal Corps of Signals during the Second World War. A graduate of a Queens University correspondence course on municipal ad- ministration, he was also a member of First Baptist Church and was president of the church choir. Born in Bromley, Kent, England, ha lived In Preston before moving to Woodstock in 1961. Funeral servims will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. Mr. Ewins is survived by his Cyril Ewins wife, the former Oiwen Edwards; two sons, Simon and Adrian, both of Woodst K,k. and a sister, Mrs, Dorothy Parham, In Eugland. 11 mills of 13,,,,mill tax rise attributed to education cost Free Press Woodstock Bureau DRVMBO — Only two mills of a 13-mill tax rate increase for Blandford-Blenheim Town- ship is attributable to municipal government purposes, Oxford County Warden Perry Sib birk, mayor of the township, said Wednesday. "I think our council can take great satisfac- tion for the fact we came In with a two -mill in- crease in a high inflation lime." he said. "I think it is very gratifying." Clerk -Treasurer Keith Reibling calculated the increase — based on the average $5,000 as- sessed residential property — at about $65, of which $S5 is attributed to increased education Costs. The rate for residents in the former Bien- heim Township portion of the region has been set at 102.06 mills, an increase of 13.06 mills. The rate for township purposes was set at 22: 49 mills, an increase of 1.86: county purposes, 13.78 mills, an increase of .26, and education 65.79 mills, an increase of 10,94, Residents in the former Blandford Township area have a rate of 110.23 mills, an 12.85-mill increase. Their township rate has been struck at 30.66 mills, a 1.65-mill boost, with the county and education rate comparable with the Blen- heim area. Commercial rates were set at 115.78 mills for the Blenheim area, compared with 101.06 In 1975, and at 125.41 mills in the Blandford ar- ea, compared with 110.m last year. Mr. Relbllel said township budget costs have Increased t0.1pe r cent to $6L4,656. Reve- nue from grants and subMilice has been calcu- lated at $272,640, leaving the $352,016 balance to he collected from taxes. Included in the budget is renovation of an existing Plattsville building for fire trucks, es- timated to cost $5,000 and $25,000 for the Plattsville arena project. Council has set the final tax deadline for Nov. 15. A total of 66 mills has been collected in Interim and first instalment payments. BLUES CHASER These days an optimist is a guy who thinks he can build a $45,000 house for $60,000. 857 sign petition New seat for Perry The warden's chair in county council chambers has seated its last Oxford County warden. County council Wednesday supported a public works committee recommendation that Warden Perry Sibbick of Blandfor&Blenheim Township, be given e*rtew chair. Mr. Sibbick has complained of the discomfort of the chair. In a public works committee meeting last week, he said he expected some councillors would object to his request. Inaction on waste criticized By WAYNE 4IacPHERSON Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — Oxford County council was criticized Wednesday, in a strongly -worded pe- tition from 857 residents, for taking no action on new garbage disposal methods. Louis Barrett of Safford, spokesman for the petitioners, suggested council intends to con- tinue an "unsightly practice" of utilizing waste disposal sites which would cause "un- necessary waste of private farmland indefin- itely.' The delegation, which last October opposed a proposed landfill site about one-half mile east of Salford, continued its opposition. The property, described as close to esta- blished dwellings which are dependent for their water supply on shallow wells In a gravel area, is "completely unsatisfactory and should not be used for a waste disposal site," the petitioners sold, "We are Concerned by the dictatorial atti- tude adopted and lack of courtesy shown by county council in out advising the committee what action has been taken regarding their brier and what developments have taken place regarding this site," Mr. Barrett said. "We hereby demand that the disposal site, If it is used even temporarily, be located on law productive land, less exposed to public view and at a distance from built-up areas, existingg dwellings and mods in at least conform wtth the suggested code of practice for livestock build,ritC,," be said. County -a" 0 purchased a 80-acre site east of Salford fastsummer for disposal of waste. Warden Perry Sibbick, mayor of Blandford, Blenheim Township, said there has been no further development at county council level since the previous delegation appeared. Aid. Joseph Pember of Woodstock, a mem- ber of the public works committee, said there are plans to take tests in the Salford area. An attempt is being made to obtain permission from adjacent property owners to test -drill and determine if the area would be suitable for a landfill site. In other council business, Walter Onish- tshenko of Woodstock said 475 petitioners were opposed to widening Mill Street in Woodstock to 44 feet for four lanes of traffic. The residents, Mr. Onishtshenko said, are not opposed to widening the street to "a slight degree." The width now ranges from 27 to 361p feat from Dundas Street to Parkinson Road. He said Woodstock had plans 11h years ago to reconstruct MW Street to 34 feet. A wider street, he said, would mean more noise,-poflution, vehicles speeding, expense and danger to pedestrians. Setbacks of houses from the road would be reduced. Mayor Leslie J. Cook of Woodstock said some provision is required. for between 4,000 and 5,000 persons who will be living in a new subdivision south of Parkinson Road in the southwest end of the city. Woodstock council has supported the propos- al to reconstruct Mill Street to four lanes and has recommended a start on the project to the county. Debentures approved for Norwich arena County council Wednesday approved a request from the Township of Norwich allowing the In to apply for debent oring of $288,700 to finance a new community centre and arena. The request was made by township mayor, Corot. Leslie Dickson. Mr. Dickson said his township avoided first taking the request to a committee because of the urgency of a reply The Ontario Municipal Board will be auked to establish an interim quota on the debenture. Mr. Dickson's request received strong support from councillors from Wrxaisinek Aid. Phillip Poole said the province may have acted too quickly by ordering arenas across the province closed because of alleged safety hazards. Aid. Walter Hulme said the government's pohc ap peered to be a move to find work for government inspectors. "The people of Ontario are paying through the nose for something that is probably unnecessary," he said. "It's a tragedy". The arena was ordered closed this spring for not meeting government structural stan Bards, The first phase, from Parkinson Road to near Fifth Avenue, has been estimated to cost $140,000. Cost of a second stage from Main Street to Dundas Street would be. $100,000 and a final stage, the central area, $M,060, ex - eluding a new $150,0011 Cedar Creek bridge. County council ratified a memorandum of agreement with 21 road department employ- ees, members of Local 1589, Canadian Union of Public Employees, providing for a wage in- crease of more than 11 percent. Retroactive to last Dec. 26, the rate for la- borers will increase to $5.07 an hour front $4.- 55; truck and backhoe operators. to $5.22 from -$4.70; grader operators, to $5..? from $4.80 and repairmen -operators to $3.47 from $1.95. Animal control study approved by council The preparation of a com- prehensive study on an animal control system for the county was approved Wednesday by county council. But, the administration and finance committee was cautioned by Aid. Joseph Pember of Woodstock to poll Other municipalities to deter mine the costs and types of animal control systems in their areas. That committee recom- mended that Tom Hughes, a representative of the Ontario Humane Society, prepare the study. Mr. Hughes told the com- mittee last week it would probably coat about $105,010 to build a suitable animal shelter and another $6o,DUo annually to run the system. He stressed the need to discourage persons from getting pets which, in some cases, are later abandoned. Aida Petnber said the county should also listen to proposals the private sector might come up with. (Ontario Humane employees are he said. 'It's not rdinary society to nals, but has turned ,A". 14.1a k-. ___.... Norwich Mayor Dickson, chairman of ministration and committee, said his co will make no recomme to council until it has , all the information it. r 0 r� OLYMPIC SYMBOL Saturday, July 17, to the closing ceremonies on Sunday, August 1, Talks break down on health unit pact WOODSTOCK — Mediation talks aimed at settling the contract dispute between Oxford County health unit and its nurses failed Thurs- day, officials from both sides said. Lee Boyd of London, spokesman for the On- tario Nurses Association, and Conn. Kenneth Peers, Norwich Township, chairman of the health unit, said the parties were unable to reach an agreement. The 10 nurses are expected to continue working, Court. Peerssaid. Oxford nurses have been seeking compulso- ry arbitration and a 22-per-cent wage in- crease. They went out on a week's strike in early June and were locked out from June 21 to July 7, when they tried to return to work. Bill ending hanging given royal assent O TAWA (CP) — The can- troverslal hill to abolish copi- 9al punishment received royal assent Friday, bringing an end to a nationaldebatethat has spread over more. than to years. Governor-General Jules Leg or gave royal assent to the bill a few minutes pant noun. Fri- day, )ust.45.m�inuleh after the Senate gave It float approval by a vole irf a4-& Parliament then adjourned to Oet, 12. The vote came one day after (be bill had been sent to the lfamile and came amld pro- tests by munalnrs that the lien- a(e was not going to rush the bill through passage., The, 24.22 vote on second reading was deemed to be the vote on third reading on the unanimous consent of the Sen- ate. There are 104 seats in the ,Senate with 15 vacancies, Uiav- Ing 09 possible votes. Two senators did not vote under a routine pairing ar- rangement. Such an arrangement means that a member who cannot be present arranges for the ab- stention by a member who pions ue vote the oppoxlto way on a bill. The abolition bill roplaces the death penalty for first -de. gree (premeditated) murder with if minimum 251earpri- sou sentence and a minimum 10-year sentence for second- degree murder. Previously, the law provided the death penalty for killers of on -duty policemen and prison guards, although no one has been hanged In Canada since 1002. Royal welcome for the Queen After a triumphant six -day bicenten- nial visit to the United States, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip have ar- rived in Canada to spend 13 days in No- va Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and ,Quebec, The highlight of the tour will occur Saturday when the Queen offi- cially opens the Olympics in Montreal. Nothing could be more appropriate. Elizabeth II Is Queen not just of the United Kingdom, but of Canada as well. It is only fitting that, in her latter capacity, she should formally preside over what promises to be one of the most spectacular events in Canadian history. Princess Anne will take part in the Olympics as a member of the British equestrian team. She and other ath- letes will be observed by her brothers Prince Charles and Prince Andrew. The five differently colored, in- terlaced rings of the Olympic emblem correspond to the five continents of the world. The colors of the rings — on a white background — are blue, yellow, black, green and red. The flags of all the countries in the world have at least one of those six colors. The flag was presented by the founder of the modern games, Baron de Coubertin, at the Olympic congress at Paris in 1914, and the emblem was first used during the Antwerp Games in 1920. The special emblem of the Montreal Games is the work of Georges Huel, a Canadian graphic artist. The symbol embraces the five Olympic rings sur- mounted by a graphic interpretation of the letter M, for Montreal. Between the extremities of the M is a continuous line linked to the central Olympic ring. This symbolizes the track in the main stadium. Regional Games opened under ideal conditions Ity JOHN LECKIE Nearly lac volunteers will be Senlhrel-Review Staff Writer serving as scorekeepers, time Despite problenra with a balky and officials rs cials for the games this public address system the weekend. Southwestern Ontsrbo Regional The relatively small crowd at Games got off to a successful the opening ceremonies were opening under beautiful, sunny greeted by games chairman skies this morning in Civic Cynthia Johnston of Ingersoll; Square in Woodstwk. Oxford County Warden Perry, Scott Iiaighl of Werodstock lit Sibbick, Tom Rankin, acting the Games torch to officially director of the culture and open the first set of regional recreation ministry; Aid. Tom games. Todd of Windsor and Oxford MPP Harry Parrott. Close to'_>,000 athletes will be Mr. RuAin announced that competing this weekend in 10 the regional games next year. different areas, using ap- will he held In Windsor. pproximately 20 different spurts canoes co-ordfnator Fred Facililiea, Curren said there. were relatively few last-minute emergencies before the opening. Two softball teams scheduled to begin play Friday night did not appear, he said, and he was riot sure if they would br here today or not. Aside from that, everyllong has been running smoothly, he said. Information booths for the games have been set up in the Cheese and Wine Chalet in Ingersoll, the Parry Street arena in Woodstock and the Sports Complex in Tilistmlurg. Games opening a river of color By DEL BELL of The Free Press MONTREAL — The world paused momen- tad to swallow a lump In Its throat as it watched the awesome pageantry of the XXI Olympiad unfold Saturday into a footnote in canadinnbistory. For "wd-a-hall hours, the spirit of the Olympics was like an emotional surf washing through the huge spaceship of the stadium. Inside, on a day when the sun broke the mo- nopuly on bad weather, were more than 61,000 spectators — some of whom paid scalper's prices of $100 for tickets at the last moment. "it will never happen again in my lifetime in my country." one man explained after peeling off a wad of bills. "I just have to be there." For those who couldn't be there, television carried the ceremonies live to an estimated billion". pie in the world's living room. After months and years of crisis and trau- ma, nothing went wrong as the ceremonies Bowed like a river of color and emotion it) their conclusion - The only sour note was the culmination of last week's llth hour political infighting as 21 countries — predominantly front the African block —boycotted the Games. Taiwan pulled out of the Games when a di- plomatic furor blew up over its intention to march under the name Republic of China. The African nations pulled out to protest the presence at the Games of New Zealand, which had sent a rugby team on tour to South Africa. When the 177-member New Zealand team marched past Queen Elizabeth on the review- ing stand, however, the stadium echoed with applause. For the Queen — in Montreal to formally open the games — it was very much family affair. Prince Andrew was sitting beside her and Princess Anne was one of the 392 members of the British Olympic contingent. The Queen stood for nearly all the 68 min- utes it took the teams from 95 nations to march past the red -carpeted reviewing stand. Among other dignitaries In the royal box were her husband, Prince Philip, Lord Micha- el Kitaoin, chairman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Prime Minister Pi- erre Trudeau, Quebec Premier Robert Botimsa, Ontario Premier William Davis and Montrealkjayor dean Drapeau. They are, more than anyone else's, Jean Drapeau's Olympics. The pudgy little super- salesman pulled off a major coup when he sold•tbe IOC an Montreal as the site six years ago. But the province stepped in last November and took over the Olympics as they threatened to sink In a quicksand of labor strife, balloon- Jog costs and Incipient scandal. Ever since, Mr. Drapeau has been in soknc- thing approaching a self-imposed political ex. ile. III,* moment came Saturday. It is one of the traditions of the Olympics that the commemorative nag —symbolizing the continuity of (be Olympic spirt — be passed from the previous Olympic city to Its new boats, It took Only about 30 seconds for the mayor of UW" to turn the nagover to Mr. Dra- peau. But a husky roar reverberated through the carved concrete of the stadium and the little mayor gripped the flogsta/f with a kind of tierce determination. It wax as If he was saying: ' ;See, I told you 'd do IL" The stadium was sealed off hat an hour be- lore the abromaniea be at 3 p,m. Security was tight with plain-clothad ;slice officers sta (toned throughout the stadium, Uniformed police officers were In the back corridors and reserves were available In the garage. But they weren't needed. Fears that the Queen fill receive a rough reception from luebae soWratists dihi tired the moment to appeared In otadium, The only noticeable exception was a small grrrop of French Canadian newsmen who to. fused to stand for the. Canadian anthem. Tito crowd had come to applaud and to soar In ortvef thole rare momenta of International urgathcrnara, not to Indulge in political defer Ingersoll cheering for Olympic diver Free Press Woodstock Bureau INGERSOLL — T'elegrnnts of support. were sent to Olympic diver Kenneth Armstrong on t''riday by town council and its special events committee. Kenneth's parents, Mr. and. Mrs. Her- old Armstrong, received six dozen in gersoll cheese and wine festival glasses shortly before their departure to Mont- real to give their son to distribute to fel- low competitors, Acting mayor Douglas Harris, who presented the glasses, said the competi- tors exchange gifts from other coun. tries. Perfect 10 score stumps computers MONTREAL (Reuter) —The spectacu- lar perfect Olympic score won Sunday by gymnast Nadia Comaneci of Romania was too much for the Oiymple-computers. The computers, which turn out statisti- cal results of all the Olympic events didn't show the perfect 10 Comaneci scored in the uneven parallel bars compe- tition. Officials later explained that techni- cians who worked out the tabulation of scores on the computers were told months ago that no perfect score could be. achieved. So, the computers were not pro- grammed to handle the first -ever perfect performance when the Judges' results came through. "All the citizens of Ingersoll and dis- trict are very proud of your present achievements and wish you continued success in all your diving events," coun. cil sold in Its telegram, "Dive well. We are cheering for you," tit 0 special events committee said. Mr. Armstrong said that Ken, 22, who has been training at Pointe Claire, Que., after earlier training at Woodstock and Ingersoll, would like to place in the top 10. A resident of South-West Oxford Township, Just outside of Ingersoll, he has qualified for the three and 10-meter diving competition. ROMANIAN GIRL PERFECT AGAIN MONTREAL (CP) — Nadia Comaneci of Romania, who scored the first perfect to in Olympic gymnasde competition Sunday night, did tit twice again Monday night with flawless performances on the balance beam and une- ven parallel bars. Contained, who scored her first perfect mark on the uneven parallel bars Sunday, got her second and third perfect scores during the optional exercise team competition before an estimated 15,000 people at The Forum. BLUES CHASER People seem to have thought up every solu- tion to the traffic problem except staying home. Health unit smoking banned Smoking has been banned from the Oxford Health Unit offices —at least in areas where staff meets the public. Dr. Willaim Butt, acting medical health officer, told Oxford County board of health Wednesday that one of his first requests after taking on the job was to ask staff to restrict their smoking areas - "I suppose there's no one more intolerant than someone who's given it up," Dr. Butt said. Recommending that em- ployees smoke in their 'own private offices, Dr. Butt said the staff has adjusted well to the suggestion. So far, one woman was hap- pily cm down consumption from almost a pack to three cigarettes during a morning's work, he said. OLD GENERAL STORE ON THE MOVE J'he Sweaburg general store, dated back to the Jots, was moved Tuesday tram its location at the stain earner in Sweaburg to the farm of South-West Oxford 'township Mayor George Jakeman. The trip, which took about four hours to complete, required the help of Ontario Hydro personnel as wires across the Sweaburg Road had to be lifted for the building to pass through. At the Jakeman farm, the building is to house pioneer farm tools and household items and play a major role in the annual Maple syrup festival of the West Oxford Women's Institute. istaff photo). 0 LANDS ON DUSTY MARS PLAIN Viking spaceship finishes journey P,ASADENA, Calif, (AP) — America's Viking I spacecraft landed on a dusty plairi of Mars today to search for life on the red planet, space officials announced. Radio signals from the probe, the first American spacecraft to land on Mars, showed it had survived the landing after a 219- miWorrmile trip that began 11 months ago. Barring difficulties, the unmanned, three-legged lander was to •begin taking black-andwhite pictures of Chryse Planitia, the Gold \ Plain of Mars. It is the smoothest place on planet which is 1 marked by volcanic peaks and deep valleys and craters, Later exploration is to include life -detection teals and soil sam- pling. There was cheering at project headquarters and project man- agerJim Martin and other officials hugged each other when word of the landing reached them. They had spent hundreds of hours in the search for a safe landing spot with were frustrated when the landing had to be delayed twice. "I'm just delighted we have a functioning spacecraft on Mars," said Dr. Carl Sagan of Cornell University. He was one of the leading exponents of searching for life on Mars. Badic signals from the Viking, traveling at the speed of light, took 19 minutes to reach earth For more than 100 years observers have thought Mars might harbor some form of life. In the I8Ws astronomers noted the existence of lines running across the planet that seemed to resemble canals. But 100 years later an American spacecraft, Mariner, flew past the planet and found that there were no canals. 197-lot plan given approval Free Press Woedstaek Baresa IIRUMB' — A proposed 197-1m subdivision, which could quadruple the population of Bright, was endarsed by Blandford-Blenheim Township calmell Monday. Council supported the plans of Michael Schnut of New Hamburg m develop 69.9 acres in Bright and forwarded the application to Ox. ford County planning committee for consider- ation. Coun. Donald Harder said the project, which includes two parks, loops impressive. The developer, Coun. Harder said, expects to build 10 or 15 houses a year. Coun. Boss Livingston, a member of Oxford County planning committee, said the Oxford County board of education would review the plan and decide if a school site would be re- quired. Keith Beibling, township clerk. said the pro- posal as presented would require school bus transportation. This is the first photograph from the U.S. Tuesday morning. The centre of the photo about four inches in width. Even at the Viking lander on Mars, taken just mo- is five feet from Viking's camera and the speed of light, photos take 19 minutes to ments after the spacecraft touched down large stone in the middle of the picture is reach earth. (AP) Health unit employees not to attend meetings Senior administrative staff won't be going to future meetings of Oxford County board of health, although they've been attending for almost two years. Coun. Kenneth Peers of Norwich, board chairman, said Wednesday that the board doesn't intend to invite the staff, except for the medical officer - of -health (oh) to its meetings anymore since most health boards don't make it, a common practice. "The staff is supported to ,report to the MOH, who will reppoort to us," Mr. Peers said. He also said the health board plans to rearrange its meeting schedules next fall at Dr, William Butt's convenience, since he will be attending full. time courses in Toronto for nine months to qualify as an MOH. "We're not intending to have any meetings in the middle of the week," Mr. Peers said, Firedicting that the board will kely meet with Dr. Butt Friday afternoons after he has a chance for briefing of week's activities by the administrative staff. lie said senior staff at- tendence at board meetings for the past two years was a tem- porary situation. Woodstock's fair going to six days, including Sunday BLUES CHASER The eheape:st wul' t11 have, lour lantiiv tree traced is to run for Office. Woodingford addition opening 0s tentatively set for Nov. 13 Oxford council ends `pay-as-you-go' policy Free Press Woodstock Bureau W(K)DSTOCK — Oxford County council's Pay-as-vou-go" policy has ended this year. County Ireasurer Howard Day said the coun- ty government now is required — by provin- cial regulations on restructuring of the county — to issue debentures on behalf of its eight member municipalities. "It was the feeling of the province that by having one source of issuance, there is the chance for a better rate on the market," Mr. Day said. Local municipalities, he said, have been re- quired to do short-term Borrowing until deben- rures am Issued. At a special meeting Wednesday, county council authorized issuing debentures for $2,- 7ILUI at 9 % per cent over five to 20 years, 1=.LAWAaJ1q.. Arrangements were made through the coun- ly's agents, Burgess Graham Socurities of To- ronto, to borrow the money in the United States when, Mr. Day said, cheaper rates were available. Woodstock's debenture totals $1,010,028 for 10 years, on which interest payments will total $1600,393. The debenture is for acquisition of land and construction of the Parkinson Road firehall, $256.000; purchase of an aerial fire truck, $90,000; reconstruction of Parkinson Road, $'287,355; sidewalk construction, $138,- 920; and acquisition of land for Industrial per. poses, $119,000. Ingersoll's debenture Issues totalled $515,000 which will cost $652,270 in interest over 20 Years. Included are.$200,000 for extension and improvements of the _electrical distribution Emotional system; $190,000 for storm sewers, curbs and asphalt on Wonham; King, McKcand and Vic- toria streets; and $125,000 for purchasing 19 acres north of Innes Street. A total of $667,766 of the debentures is for Tlllsonburg at a projected cost of $718,416 in Interest. Included is a 2(1 ear debenture of $590,000 for acquisition of land on Bidwell Street for municipal parking lots; and loayear debentures for the balance, including Lisgar Avenue and George Street Improvements. South -Weal Oxford Township has a deben- ture of $54,195 for five years at interest of $16,- 548 for 13 drainage work projects. County council debentures total $553,463 for water system projects, sanitary sewers and studies. The county total Includes $202,295 for con- struction of Ingersoll sanitary sewers on Won - ham, King, McKeand, Victoria and Harris streets; $226.000 for extension and improve- ments to Tillsonburg's water distribution sys- tem; $55,533 for constructionof sanitary sew- er main and laterals on Lisgar Avenue in Till sonburg; $40,000 for evaluation of the water pollution control plant and existing storm and sanitary sewer system In Woodstock; and $25,- 000 for construction of an Ingersoll Public Util- ities Commission concrete pump house and reservoir. Mr.. Day said the county issued its first de- bentures in Decent years last April for approx- imately $600,000 to pay for township municipal drains and projects in Woodstock, Tilliumbarg and Ingersoll. The county will consider issuing another I $600,000 debenture for construction of the $1.9- million, 100-bed addition to the Woodingford Lodge, Oxford County's home for the aged in Woodstock. Leonard Cotes, retired county clerk -treasur- er, said that before restructuring, the county had issued only six or seven debentures, some dating back to 1850. The most recent before restructuring, Mr. Coles said, was a 15-year one for roads which was paid off in 1946. Oxford issued debentures of $125,000 for the courthouse containing the county offices and $30,000 for the former House of Refuge to pay for their construction in 1892 and 1893, Mr. Coles said. Council debentured $35,000 — part of the cost of assuming nine former toll roads from private companies — in 1904. He said the de- bentures were issued for 20 years at interest of four per cent, ceremony ends Montreal MONTREAL rCP) —The 1976 Olympic Games closed Sunday night much the way they were all through —in pandemonium, politics rampant, but with ST- tacle that nevertheless thrilled after the Men- ned in confusion of a exclusion of Taiwan, the hour- long closing ceremony featured a streaker breaking into the program at the start, polities impinging here and there, and a milling crowd of stadium staff and spectators plundering a stadium flowerbed as a finale, But the crowd of 72,000 was eager to enjoy itself. It roared approval for every- thing from the male streaker, through the cavorting of Indians in fake costumes, to a mere passing mention of Mayor Jean Drapeau—the man who started it an six years ago before having the organization wrested away by the Quebec government when costs ran wild, The athletes of 94 countries who had competed in the pre- vious two weeks were all but lost in the whirling spectacle of 500 dancing schoolgirls, marching Indians in pastel war bonnets, the roar of all p r1ampiified music and satellito television scenes on super -screens direct from Moscow, site of the 1980 Games, FRANCS WINS Only an hour earlier, France tied collected the final prize of the Games --the team gold medal for equestrian show - games jumping —and the Quebecois in the crowd cheered wildly at the playing of the Marseillaise. It was France's second gold of the Games. Mayor Drapeau, sitting with Gov --Gen. Jules Leger, Prime Minister Trudeau and Premier Robert Buurassa of Quebec, well a prolonged round of applause and chants of "Drapeau, Drapeou" that demonstrated his continuing popularity in Mon- treal. Lord Killanin, president of the international Olympic Com- ndttee, inexplicably departed from the formal Games-closingg text set out. in the IOC: rule= to thank "le mayor de Mon- treal." He had to Interrupt his declaration to wait fur the air Plume, Afterwards, while Olympic hostesses and ushers surged on to the Infield,. and 11 young Quebecers raced around the stadium with fleur-de-lis flags, the mayor, the prime minister and the premier —often at I09- gerheads about such matters as which government should -pay the $1.5 billion costs of the Games —joined hands and raised them together in the style of victorious Olympic relay teams. still later, at midnight, the Quebec government set aside for n time its worries about meeting the Olympics debt and threw a free -drinks, freeduod, six -hour party in downtown. Montreal for thousands of Olypmpics employees and jour, nulista. 0 0? 0 Three-phase park along Thames By IRENE STANIONIS Sentinel -Review staff Writer A utter phase park proposal I the county'% Zan acres of floodplain land west of Beach- ville, estimated to coat about $175,000 was submitted to the county administration and finance committee Wednesday. The propmal, prepared by the provincial ministry of natural resources at the county's request, is designed to en- courage recreation development along the Thames River. Along with providing picnic facilities, the plan suggests establishing nature trails along the Thames and creative playgrounds. Although winter sports could be adapted to the site, the proposal suggests that con- ditions wouldn't be ideal for skiing and snowmobiling. ONE PROBLEM The only major problem Fan development of the land now is the access from Highway 2. Since the property is bordered north and south by railway tracks, the proposal recommends either a level crossing or bypass be built before the site is used heavily. The staged project includes: —Phase 1, which would provide a 100-car parking lot, 1W picnic tables, creative playground, eight vault privies, drinking water, fencing and general landscaping, at an estimated $50.000: —Phase 2, which would feature contruction of a floating bridge along walking trails and allow for tree and scrub plan- tings, at an estimated $25,000; —Phase 3, which would allow for enlarging the Highway 2 underpass to accommodate two - Lane traffic, extending the foot- bridge across the Thames, more picnic tables, parking and facilities at an estimated S100.000. "I'm pleased to see they (the ministry) got the concept we wanted," Coun. Doug Harris of j Ingersoll, acting committee chairman, said, pointing out that the phases were designed to take advantage of the amount of water and dry land on the site. STUDY URGED However, Coun. Harris suggested that county council have about a month to examine the proposal before the com- mittee makes any recom- mendations. "it's something we should study," h- said. "We're lucky to be able to puchase it (the land) for what we did. "It can be of great benefit." County Warden Perry Sibbick wouldn't comment on the iproposal saying he wanted more time to examine the ministry 1 report. A resolution, recommending the proposal be passed on to county council for study before any committee reports, was made by Woodstock Mayor Leslie Cook, Coun. Harris said the com- rnittee should be ready to make a recommendation on the proposal by September or October. Zorra presses case .,for new water pipes Free Press Woodstock Bureau INGERSOLL — Zorra Township council has asked Oxford County council's public works committee to reconsider a proposed $40,500 Thamesford water distribution system. Zorra council decided Tuesday to forward a letter to public works committee members outlining its position and asking for time at the next public works meeting for a delegation to present the case. The public works committee had asked Zor ra council to consider how it plans to increase its well water supply before installing about 2,600 feet of watermain for residents on Wash- ington, St. Patrick and Brock streets and Highway 19 north. ' Public works members [alter recommended 10 county council that the county lend Thames - ford the money to install a new water system at a cost of $400,000, The recommendation has yet to be considered by county council. Conn. Harvey Beaty of Thamesford, chair- man of Zorra's water committee, said the pro- vear'scoperaifon with "maybe augh ihe current l the from next year." Coun. Ted Naneekivell said the process could be speeded up by communicating direct- ly with the public works committee at a meet- ing rather than through letters. Zorra endorsed a draft letter prepared by its Water committee noting that about 40 of the community's 505 water customers are served through small pipes laid over a period of 40 years. There are some periods of time when these poople receive no water at all," the commit- tee's letter said. At least one customer in the area served by old pipes has installed a water pressure sys- tem which leaves little or no water for others on the system when It is operating, the council members pointed out. "We also suspect that the Bow Is restricted by aging and corrosion within the pipes." The problem, described as three or four years old, is getting worse. When.county government was restructured in 1975, the county gained water authority. The change stalled plans to proceed with new con- struction. Council decided improving the main core of the system was a priority, while improving the supply was of secondary importance. - Coun. Beaty said the new water line installa- tions could be completed this year before "poor weather increases the cost." County school board Woodstock to get extra seat Free Press Woodstock Bureau Mr. Staples told county council's adminis- WOODSTOCK — Woodstock public school tration and finance committee that Woodstock supporters will have four representatives in- is entitled to the increase based on its percen- i stead of three on the Oxford County board of tage of the county's equalized residential and education for the 1976-77 term, county clerk farm assessment. Gerald Staples said Wednesday. He said separate school supporters are enti- New units for seniors opened in Tavistock Free Press Woodstock Bureau TAVISTOCK — A 17-unit Ontario Housing Corp. senior citizens apartment extension was officially opened here Pride),, 1 h years after Its completion. The official opening was awaiting the occu. pancy of the final unit, said Mayor Ilarold Vogt. of Fast Zorra-Tavistock Township. The 17-unit addition Increases the number of OIIC units In the Maria Street complex to 27. Dr, harry Parrott, MPP for Oxford and minister of colleges and universities, attended the ceremonies and said the extension com- pletes the facilities in the community. Local officials had shown great foresightin looking after their own affairs, Dr. Parrott said. Ex -reeve, councillor dies in Tillsonburg TILLSONBURG — Kenneth R. Walls of 7, Ungar Ave., who served twice us a reeve of Tillsonburg, as a town councillor for 12 years and later as an ussessor and building instim i ,r. dial I rlrl:,, Ill, wov 7x The Oxford member said he knows of no other municipality of comparable size with fa- cilities which Include a senior citizens unit with an adjacent modern medical centre and community centre, and a municipal sewage system. Charles Turner (L — London East), Com- mons deputy speaker, said the %enter citizens development is a "worthwhile project" and "excellent accommodation for elderly citi- zons." Senior citizens buildings, Mr. Turner split, will continue to have priority across Canada. Isabelle Bell, an 86-year-old resident, and Rev. Forrest Mosher, minister of Tavistock Lutheran Church, also assisted at the opening. Worden Perry Sibbick,: mayor of Blandford- Blonhclm Township, announced earlier this week that Oxford County council will consider a proposal at Its next mceling to ask Ontario Iloosing Corp, to conduct a needs study on se- i for citizens accommodation across the Coun. ty,, Residents of East Zorra-Tavistock, North and South Easthope townships are ellgibie ar- ter residing in any of the participating munlei- palitles for more than a year. tied to two representatives, the same a-, in the past two years, and that the balance of the county is entitled to to. The administration and finance committee has recommended to county council that the number of representatives for Blamiford- Blenheim Township be reduced from two to one. Mr. Staples said the distribution of the to members representing municipalities outside Woodstock is to be determined by county coun- cil. Under the proposal- Norwich Township, South-West Oxford and Zorra Township would still be entitled to two members each, with one each for Ingersoll. Tillsonburg. Blandford- Blenheim Townhip and East Zorra-Tavistok flow uship. Oxford to study plant proposal Free Press Woodstock Bureau W'OODSTOCK — A proposal to develop a prefabricated concrete products industry will be considered by Oxford County planning eom- miltee Monday. The plant would be northwest of Righwa> tot and Tuvverllne Road in Norwich Township, just east of Woodstock. Unit Form Concrete Products Ltd, of 640 Parkinson Road, a manafacturer and seller of prefabricated concrete products including liq uld manure systems and cattle feed bunks, has nnade an Inquiry to the committee. The company has announced it ks consider, Ing a 25,W"quare-foot m outticturing hold d ing and a %Waquare-fool building for stor- age of %noel form used for manufacturing and insta lallim. 7110prparriy, oil the east side of COetnil' Road 4 (lanerklp Road), Is designated ngricul- tural irk the Norwich Townsidp Boning bylaw and raral ern the offIcUl plan. Chang" to it, dustrial and orban inning would be required. Mill Street work set Oxford backs road widening Free Press Woodstock Bureau N'(IUDSTOCK — Revonstructiun of Mill reet in Woodstock to a width of 12 feet was (proved Wednesday by Oxford County coun- Aid. Joseph Pember of Woodstock said the 9ptsed width has been reduced from an ear- r suggestion of 41 feet. Final approval, he said, was required beforc the city engineering staff could prepare tend- ers for reconstruction of the first of three phases. The first phase, from Parkinson road to near -Fifth Avenue, has been estimated at $iaoW; the second phase, from Dundas Street to Main Street. $100,000; and the third stage, including a Cedar Creek bridge, $430,- Conn. George Wilhelm of East Zorra-Tavis took Township said the road needs retwn, structing but Conn. Douglas Harris of Inger- soll said there is no need for the four -lane' width. Ald. William B. Button of Woodstock said, the reduction from 44 to 42 feet allows con- struction of a sidewalk on the west side down a In other business, council approved the addi "= lion of Io.5 miles of arterialroads in Wood. stock, Tillsonburg and Ingersoll into the coun- ty road system, while deleting 5.1 miles of ex . isting county roads from the Tillsonburg sys- tem. The assumption of roads through existing !debentures was criticized by "Mayor Robert Matheson of Zorra Township, who said there was no iniiirmation on the amount of deben- �!j lures on the roads. Mayor Matheson said the debentures have to be paid off before the roads can be adopted into the system. Roads added to the system are. Ingersoll — Thames Street North, .5 miles; •.King Street West, 1.5 miles. Woodstock — Will Street, 2.1 miles; Parkin- "' son Road, 3.2 miles; Dundas Street, West of Ingersoll Road, .5 miles; Clarke Street, .8 miles; Huron Street, .8 miles. Tillsonburg — Potter's Road, .2 miles; John Pound Road and Broadway Street, 7.1 miles; Simeoe Street, .5 miles; Tillman Avenue, 1.5 J miles. Couci referred to its public works commit- tee a request to reduce the speed limit on County- Road 35 (Devonshire Avenue Exten- slon) and ,fi Cnuntn- Road 4 (innerkip Road) BLUES CHASER Alan looking at the stock market reports• on a good door 'Boy, if I could drop dead rk,,W now. I'd be the happiest roan aline" Iron Ilighway 2 to one-half mile north of County Road 15 from 50 to 35 miles per hour. Ray Walter of RR 5, Woodstock., presented a Petition from 70 residents seeking the lower ,speed and Improvements at the Intersection of the hvo roads. Blandford-Blenhelm Township council has recommended night lighting at the intersec- tion. Stewart J. Watts of Bracebridge was hir,d as assistant county engineer at the salary of $22,OM a year, effective In mid -September I 1961 civil engineering graduate front Queen University. he served with the minist.rn of iransportalion and communications for to years before working 11w past five year, •0f, the dlhlrlcl ❑nick pally( of Muskoka OHC housing study sought for Oxford Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — A survey by the Ontario liousing Corp. of need and demand for rent - geared -to -income housing for familiesandse- mor citizens was requested Wednesday by Ox- ford County council. Council supported a recommendation by its administration and finance committee to call for the study on a county -wide basis. Mayor Leslie J. Cook of Woodstock said the city was requesting a study and wondered if it would be advisable to conduct it county -wide. Warden Perry Sibbick, mayor of Blandford- Blenheim township, said: "We should compli- nient the city for interest in housing for the rest of the county." Council received a letter from Innerkip Community Lawn Bowling (comprised mostly of senior citizens) requesting that Innerkip be considered in the survey. In other business, council supported a hous- ing ministry plan to establish an Oxford Coun- ty authority to undertake management re- sponsibflity for all county public housing. Mayor Seldon Wilkinson of Tillsonburg ob- jected to the government -proposed makeup of a seven -member committee, one appointed by the county, three by the federal and three by the provincial governments. Ile requested Tillsonburg council represen- I ation on the committee, with the council being responsible for 7 f per cent of operating loss- , Coun. Douglas Harris of Ingersoll, vice- t hairman of the administration and finance committee, said the seven -member committee hod advantages. He said the makeup could be debated later. Council approved a planning committee re e- nn11midalion in make no objection to develop moor ul Sn dlrres of Moving Estan,s, a rest dential subdivision extending from Woodstock into Blandford-Blenheim Township, providing the two municipalities can reach agreement for servicing. Establishment of a per diem rate of $7 per day for a single person and $5 per day for de. pendants at the Women's Emergency Centre Inc. in Woodstock for up to five days was ap- proved. Council followed a planning committee rec- ommendation not to reimburse Norwich Chamber of Commerce for $3,426.06 it paid to. ,t and a local planning study. Public works body queries ministry notice Members of the county public have to take its trucks to an works committee and county inspection station because it does not employ a certified engineer Don Pratt Thursday questioned a transportation and mechanic. communications ministry's notice that dump trucks will fall Under the program, dump trucks will have to be inspected under a vehicle inspection once in 1976 and twice in 1977. program. "to ensure that all dump trucks The county owns about 20 and tractors pulling dump trucks, Mr. Pratt said, so the trailers undergo periodic in - program which is effective Sept. spection and meet prescribed I will cost the county about safety inspection standards." $8,O00. Dump trucks will be required "That's $8,000 a year for to display windshield stickers nothing," said South-West indicating the vehicle has been Oxford Township Mayor George safety inspected. I Jakeman, "and this is a time of Failure to comply with the fine restraint?" new regulations will mean a. Mr. Pratt said the county will if a conviction is registered. Committeepp supports GM rezoning bid By WAYNE MacPHERSON Planning director Peter Atcheson said if the house employing about 300 persons this sum- Court, Kenneth Webster of Tillsonburg, com Free Press Woodstock Bureau county approves a zoning bylaw covering the mer. The plant is on the Norwich Township- mittee chairman, said the great thrust in the property, It would grant the building permit Woodstock boundary. specific area will be industrial, even without WOODSTOCK — A planning change to ae- Instead of Norwich Township. Warden Sibbick said "industry and agricul- wailing to see what is contained in the official commodate a future General Motors of Cana- The county would be responsible for water, lure can be compatible, and the county has to plan which is to be completed In about two da Ltd, plant along Highway 401, just outside sewers and roads In the area, have a certain amount of Industrial develop- years. Woodstock, will be recommended to Oxford William Stirling of Oshawa, director of plant meat. The area, If General. Motors is granted the Gounlycouncil Wednesday. engIneoring for GM, said the company has no Warden Sibbick, answering current criti- application, should be serviced to take in the Cettncll's planning commltle, in o 3-2 vote d l i 1 I about taking agricultural land out of pro- IT I Turner industrial subdivision site, north Monday, proposed a change in the county offi- cial plan which would designate III acres of agricultural land In Norwich Township, south of Towerllne Road, special Industrial. Warden Perry Sibbick, mayor of Blandford- Blenheeim Township, held the county has to play a rrile In the planning. The draft amendment would permit mane factoring, warehouse htorage and related of lice and accehsory uses If there are full mum- e trial services, Including storm drainage, wa- wr and sanitary sewer facilities which meet. rouoty regulation- ob ection to the proposed special in us r a c sm „ zone; duction, said North America Is only producing of the CNR lime, Coun. Webster said. "Tow many people have the Impression we a portion of Its agriculture potential. An application to extend city services to the are ready to go," Mr. Stirling said. Coun. Kenneth Peer% of Norwich Township Turner site was funned dawn earlier this year. The company hasn't a specific use for the said Oxturd has more grade one and two ago - properly yet but is moving to place Itself In a cultural land than 10 years ago, with addition - "good planning Position to take the move when al land being improved through clearing and an opportunity does arise," he said. dniinuge. General Motors has projected a maximum Aid. Wend? Calder of Woodstock, supporting use of the property as an automotive assembly the GM land change, said she doesn't expect plant or fabrication plant employing 2,Ik10 per- the development will lead to "total Utopia' . suns. "1 really feel that a great deal of develop - The automotive firm opened a one -million- ment will take plate because of General Mo. f pond carts distribution wart+ tors, If It does a ue here." she said. Coun. Norman Paton of South-West Oxford Township opposed the changgee, saying lie was in favor of walingt for complrtion of the offi- cial plan, Coun. Russ Livingston of Blandford-Blen- heim Township, who also opposed the land use change, said other applications for services. outside of Woodstock tied sireadp been turned square • riot viat down. 0 0 Flu clinics planned in Oxford Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — Anti -swine flu hnrculatimn cllnics air being planned for Oxford County in St. (ember. Dr. William J. Butt, Oxford medi cal onietr of health, said Friday. The timing of the cllnics, planned for ingcr xdl. Woodstock, Thlsonburg and possible odr i cr centres, depends on tests of the vaccine, Dr. Butt said. Inoculations have been planned initially for ,bout 15 MO persons, about 53 per cent of the population. Rosidents aged. 20 to 50, (hose over 65. pregnant women, the chronically Ill and (hose in essential services including dairy far - Titers, food distributors, the medical profes- .ioa, police, firefighters and utility officials w ill get the vaccine. The county also is considering supplying vaccine. for family physicians to tnoculate the chronically ill who are unable to attend the clinics, he said. Dr. Brit said reactions, although uncom coon, can Occur and persons known to have al lergies kill not be immunized at the clinics. I'1 on uralmurban conflicts ssible with growth Oxford out to entice rural water users By BRUN CHRISTMAS Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — Oxford County's public works committee is trying to and ways to In- duce rural municipalities to Join "the water- works club" at no apparent loss to their pride and autonomy. The committee met Thursday to discuss changes to a county waterworks report to make It more appealing to rural municipall- I ius which now provide their own water at rel. atilt low rates. Under a proposed county operation, a out. versal rate could be as high as $95 a year. The main stumbling block to the report, which was rejected by four of the county's five townships last December, Is a recommen- dation that the county retain responsibility for planning, designing, building and financing capital improvements to waterworks in rural municipalities. "Financially, 1 can't see why any munici- pality would want to keep its own water sys- tem," said Woodstock Aid. Joe Pember, "Embro has had $24 water for a long time but what do they have to show for it,' said county engineer Don Pratt. "The day of free water is gone and gone forever" He said some of the rural systems are pro- vlding poor quality and Inconsistent quantities of water. A county -run waterworks system would as. tabilsh one set of standards and provide quali- fied people to maintain It, he said. "i'm fully convinced that the rates would go higher for people in rural areas, but over the long run they'll benefit from the system," said Oxford Warden Perry Sibbigk. Ingersoll, Woodstock and TWsonburg could also expect higher rates. Some of the problems could be ironed out next Thursday when Zorra Township's water Free Press W'eodsiock Bureau WOODSTOCK — The possibility of land -use conflicts with urban and industrial expansion into rural areas has been raised in a report sewn Monday to Oxford County's planning committee. Marshall, Macklin, Monaghan Ltd., consul- tants preparing a county official plan, present- ed the r,6-page document touching on 41 issues ucb as population, housing, economies, agri- ulture, environment, leisure and recreation, unicipal services, transportation, social crvices, energy and municipal finance. Subdivision and industrial development will 0mpcte with farms for land, the report said. The report, based on brief's, interviews and discussions over a two -month period, tunes in- 10 current trends In Oxford. "The county appears to a shifting from a rural employment pattern to an urban em- ployment pattern"" the report. notes. "With further growth it is predicted there will be a need for employment opportunities and industry is seen as the prime alternative to agriculture." About in per cent of the county's land is classified as prime agricultural and about 875 acres has been lost to urbanization over the last three years. Agriculture employs 16.9 per cent of the county's labor force, behind manufacturing (29.3 per cent.) and services (19.2), the report said. Subdivision encroachment into hamlets could disrupt growth rates, the report saki, causing increased pressures for schools and other services. The county is expected to have a slow growth rate reaching a population of about 115,000 by the ,year 2001 The current popula- lion for Oxford is about 8(i,Wo. The report said there 1s a lack of rental and special groups' housing and suggested munici. Final `millionaires' of Olympics picked MONTREAL (CP) — Fourteen winning numbers were picked Sunday in the ninth and last Olympic Lnttery Canada drawing for win 1 ninggss of almost $30 million, Including six $1- mllBon prizes. Six numbers were selected for prizes of $1 million each. They were: 2352549, series A; 208W!, serles B; 1818728,. series C; 2264393, series A; 171l series B; and 1818155, serte,; C. The three numbers selected for prizes 4,1 $500,0119 were: 3120430, series A; Ja816M, s, roes B and 2894288, series C. i Tlw three numbers drawn for $2401,000 wen, 1K72001, series A; 2483359, aerleh B and 2=5331, aeries C. Two additional tlekct numbers were draouo for prizes of $.' 6,0110 In series A. B and I These were 2201825 and 255446. A total of 7A million Identicully-number•d ifrkets —In three series do-hignaled A, B and I wore r<nlrl Polities consider establishing land banks for residential purposes. figarchial housing exit in Woodstock, Woodstock, resulting market g in an uncompeti- tive market situation," the report said. It said large suburban retail development should only be permitted where urban cores are not threatened and referred to Tillson- burg's opposition to the multi -mall project in its vicinity as an example. Another Issue is the county and local munct- palities vying for control of water and sewage systems. The report also noted the possible need for traffic bypass routes around cities, towns and villages. the erh(oryt e Rose, ford plan said indepth reportect s on the issues should be ready in late Septem- ber and early October to be distributed to vari- ous interest groups for further Input Municipal planning advisory groups will meet on Sept. 2110 consider the issues. POSITION AVAILABLE The position of office manager is available for a medium size office. Apply in Writing marked 'Confidential' to P.O. Box 485 Woodstock. committee meets with the works committee to discuss the upgrading of water service in Thamesford. In other business, the committee deckled to give the environment ministry the go-ahead W make plans for sewage works at Beaehvllle, but it wants cost Information on the project. Beachville council pressed fora provincial sewage system in April, 1973, after reports of septic tanks draining Into the Thames River. / haven't seen enough evidence that there was pollution to warrant a $1.5-million (sew. age plant)," said Mr. Pratt. The committee plans to object to the conser- vation review board's intention to designate the old registry office behind Woodstock court- house as historically signScant. If the building was out of there, it would add to the appearance or this (the courthouse) block," said Warden Sibbick. BLUES CHASER Anyone who doesn't cut his speed at the sight of a police car is probably parked. Women's centre opens permanent facilities 1N OO v,STOCK — After two years in a tem- porary location on Hatch Street, the Women's Emergency Centre officially opened its per- manent headquarters at 168 Lawras>m SL here Sunday. Centre co-ordinator Lee Lakeman said the four -bedroom house was purchased and par- tially equipped with a grant and loan totalling $4&OW) from Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CEEC). Local politicians and a CMHC representative attended the opening ceremony. The centre provides a shelter for women. in- cluding those who are forced to leave home because their husbands are beating them or their children, or for single mothers who are evicted from rented accommodation. 91axi- mum length of stay is six week+. Postal rates going up effective Sept. 1 start An across-the-board postal cent stamp. rate increase will be going into The increases are blamed on effect Wednesday — the first higher lahour costs, It has been part of a two-step price hike four years since the last rate announced by the Canadian Post hike. Office. Other increases to go into The price of a stamp for first effect Wednesday include third class mail up to one ounce will class, to be eight cents for the he raised to 10 cents from eight first two ounces, and four cents cents, and will be going up two for each additional two ounm more cents in March. In March, it will go up to 10 cents Woodstock Postmaster L. L and five cents respecttvely. Scott said he expects to be Money orders will cost 35 getting a lot of mail with the cents, up from the current 25. wrong postage on it, cent fee. "We figure on a on -month Redirection of mail for people transitional period for the who have moved will now cost average citizen to get used to the one dollar, This has been a free new. rates," he said, service in the past. -There is no problem for Also, it will cost one dollar per companies or businesses month if you want the Post trecause they receive material Office to hold mail when -you're outlining the new rates,' on vacation. He said letters that have in- One piece of good news is that ,sufficient postage on them will rates for first and fourth class be sent to the addresses who mailandparcerNwillecheaper will be charged "double ef- for short hauls in a 150 mile liviency" 12 cents on an eight radius. Watermain spending OKd for Thamesford Free Press %oodslock Bureau WOODSTOCK — Oxford County's public { works committee recommended on Thursday Spenomg Fm.000 to insulin six-incn watermains along Washington Street in Thamesford with Zorra Township reimbursing the county out of current funds. Zorra's water committee met the county works committee to iron out project financing and which level of local government would as- sume responsibility for the system. Washington Street residents have com- piamed all summer of poor quality and inter - mitten( quantities of water. 1 In July, Zor•ra council sought permission from the works committee to install 2,600 feet " of six-, eighF and III -inch pipe along Washing- ' Iton. Patrick and Brock streets and Highway 19 south. Added staff for health unit recommended County health and social services committee Wed- nesday supported a board of health decision to hire an office manager and two additional health inspectors for the county health unit. The two additional health inspectors will bring the inspection staff to five. Mayor Gordon Henry of Ingersoll said hiring an office manager will allow Dr. W. J- Butt. medical officer of health, to devote more time to health and medical ser vices. Five health inspectors is comparable to the number in surrounding counties, he said. The $40,000 project would be financed from current funds accumulated by the township over the past 18 months and up to next March. Water committee chairman Harvie Beaty said some expenditures would be recovered from home owners under local improvement bylaw. A third well contemplated for the vil- lage would be financed by debenture, he said. Coun. Beaty added there Is enough water available for domestic needs, but if a severe fire broke out in Thamesford, there could be a shortage. "You can't give one street a benefit (of fi- nancing through current funds) and then as- sess another through local improvement," said Woodstock Aid. Joe Panther, acting works committee chairman. "They should all be treated the same." He was criticalof the township reaching into :New urst class postal rates are as follows with further increases effective March 1, 1977. ,Ounces Now March I 10-1 .10 .12 ,1-2 .18 .20 .24 25 .30 J t.6 .35 .44 76.8 .45 .58 OI0 .55 .72 10-12 .65 .86 12 11 .75 1.00 H 16 .85 1.14 J Other new charges: $gjl • $1 to have the post office redirect man lot :`,�acty three-month period. �j $2 a month to have mall held at the post � f5ce, • 15 cents an item to have a forwarding ad- dress provided for printed matter and catat ogues returned to sender. Dime stamp next year's anticipated funds. "We still feel that this work should be pro- ceeded with and not wait for a longer term project," said Coun. Beaty. Thamesford resident Gerald Petition of 128 ' Washington St. said water pressure decreases during heavy usage, such as suppertlme, and taps often hammer. Water becomes "rusty" when It is shut off along the one -inch lines. lie said his wife has had two bedsheets discolored by this. "You're going to see a small-seale riot if something isn't done," he said. The problems were there six years ago, he said, but have become severe with young faro illes moving in and more washers In use for clothes and dishes. Coun. Beaty said the problems affect two a eas under an old water system — about 23 , home owners on Washington Street and about right on Brock Street. A 24-unit senior citizen' home planned for Brock Street, he said, would need village water. Thamesford's situation is just one of the brewing difficulties in deciding water respon sibilitles in Oxford. Under Bill 95, which re - .structured the county in 1975, water service became a county responsibility, but since then operation and maintenance contracts ha%-e been signed with Tillsonburg and Ingersoll Comments sought on dam pact County council's ad- ministration and finance committee will lake no action on a proposed agreement between - the Tillsonburg Public Utilities Commission (PUC) and the Long Point Conservation Authority for a dam and water reservoir in that town until it gets the advice of county engineer Donald Pratt - Mr. Pratt will be asked to comment on whether he feels the proposed works are necessary as a future water supply for Tillsonburg. County clerk Gerald Staples said Wednesday the cost estimate for the project was set at about $2 million in an engineer's report in 1961. That cost has probably risen to about $6 million to $8 million, he said. Mr. Pratt is also being asked to explore possible alternatives to the expensive project in en- suring the town future water resources, and one is pending in Woodstock. would THE CORPORATION Last December the county tried to combine of the all rural municipalities under one county -con- CITY OF trolled system at possibly higher water rates. WOODSTOCK but four of the five area municipalities balked. requires a "I say, to you that water responsibility could DEPUTY CITY be more economically handled by the local i municipalities," said Coun. Beaty. TREASURER As an individual he would rather see the Iownship water Applications will be received control service, but as a coup-. c•illor would rather see the county have "the by the undersigned for the headaches." position of Deputy City County engineer Don Pratt said water re- Treasurer with The Cor- sponsibility should rest with the county: "Be- `, poration of the City of Wood - cause of its sheer size it's easier to finance stock. projects" '� QUALIFICATIONS: "9 think there is a little bit of urban -rural re- P}eference will be given to ap- wntment," said Oxford Warden Perry Sib- plicants with accounting bicic. .background and previous municipal accounting ex- perience. Preference will be i given to applicants presently enrolled in the Municipal Clerk's and Treasurer's Cour- h be willing to se, or, w o Post office raises rates to `lose less money' enroll in this course. DUTIES: This position requires an ap- plicant with the ability to assist the City Treasurer in all Treasury functions as -`� established by the City of Woodstock and as required un- Co u n ty wide a n i ma I eo n t ro I der The Municipal Act. � Standard City benefits available- 1976 Salary Scale: would cost $134 000 a year $12,%0 - $18,250 per annum. Salary will commence lit ac- cordance with job knowledge and qualificatitions. will be Oxford County municipalities would have la come up with about $334,000 a year to support „. a county -wide animal control .� service operated by the Ontario Humane Society . e,i in a report received Wed- neaday' by county council's administration and finance eornmIttee, T. 1. Hughes, ettecittive vicepresident of the weiely, outlined s proposal Which fie said would adequately vervice the county. The report was ordered up by suety council earlier in the =iiinrir riei Tice iministitown and finance committee has yet to consider it. Mr. Hughes said the service could generate funds of about $38W ,Oa year, while expected annual expenditures of another $134,Sfa5 would be paid through separate agreements with county municipalities. The society would build an animal shelter near Woodstock at a coal. of about$105,000 along with an additional $Ip,OW to purchase a site and 620,00(1 to $45,oaI for animal disposal. The curet of the shelter would be borne by the society, provided an agreement with the Written apphcat ons municipalities is signed in- The report recommends the received up to and including September dicating they will purchase it if hiring of one senior animal 5:00 P.M. Friday. the agreement terminates. control warden, four full-time loth. 1976. The society would also require wardens and three part-time. Apply to: capital grants of 20 cents per Four vehicles would be Mrs. Pat Gatrall. capita a year for 10 years and another 16 cents per capita, he required, one for the senior Personal Officer, said, warden, two for those on shift CihHall. Servicing the county could patrol and one to act as a spare. P.O Gox 40. involve providing efficient "With the above complement AC,wdstoek.Onwno service to urban areas and it would be possible to provide a patrol spotcheeks in (he rural good service for the entire sections. county." "Obviously 1.0 provide in depth coverage for the entire county The county has bejlun looking would he Ixnh expensive and into animal control since repnits difficult. to justify," the report of orimals-at-large ill rural and said urban areas have increased. A 0 fi0 100 Notice 60 legal Notices The Expropriations Act NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL TO EXPROPRIATE LAND IN THE MATTER OF an application by the County of Oxford for ap proval to expropriate land being the northerly three-quarters of Lot 11, Concession 2, of the Township of South West Oxford, formerly Township of Dine ham, in the County of Oxford, containing by admeasurement 150 acres mote or less tot the purpose of a sanitary landfill area. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that application has been made for approval to expropriate the land described as follows: The northerly three-quarters of Lot 11, Concession 2, of the Township of South West Oxford, formerly Township of Dereham, in the County of Ox. ford, containing by admeasurement 150 acres more or less. Any owner of lands in respect of which notice is given who desires an inquiry into whether the taking of such land is fair, sound and reasonably necessary in the achievement of the objectives of the ex propriating authority shall so notify the approving authority in writing, (A) in the case of a registered owner. served personally or by registered mail within thirty days after he is served with the notice, or, when he is j served by publication, within thirty days after the first publication of the notice; (B) in the case of an owner who is not a registered owner, within thirty i days after the first publication of the notice. The approving authority is The Council of the Municipality of the County of Oxford. Court House, Woodstock, Ontario. COUNTY OF OXFORD G. R. STAPLES NOTES: CLERK 1. The Expropriations Act provides that, (A) where an inquiry is requested, it shall be conducted by an inquiry officer appointed by the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General; (B) the inquiry officer, (1) shall give every party to the inquiry an opportunity to present evidence and argument and to examine and cross-examine witnesses, either personally or by his counsel or agent, and (2) may recommend to the approving authority that a party to the inquiry be paid a fixed amount for his costs of the inquiry not to exceed $200.00 and the approving authority may in its discretion order the ex propriating authority to pay such costs forthwith. 2. "owner" and "registered owner" are defined in the Act as follows: 'owner" includes a mortgagee, tenant, execution creditor, a person en titled to a limited estate or interest in land, a committee of the estate of a mentally incompetent person or of a person incapable of managing his affairs, and a guardian, executor, administrator or trustee in whom land is vested; "registered owner'' means an owner of land whose interest in the land is defined and whose name is specified in an instrument in the proper registry, land titles or sheriff's office, and includes a person shown as a tenant of land on the last revised assessment roll; 3. The expropriating authority, each owner who notifies the approving authority that he desires a hearing in respect of the lands intended to be expropriated and any owner added as a party by the inquiry officer are parties to the inquiry. This notice first published on the 8th day of September, 1976. s,w w.co PUBLIC NOTICE OX COUNTY Return to Normal Business Hours 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. MONDAY TO FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 1976 to JUNE 17, 1977 G. R. STAPLES, County Clerk Court House, Woodstock„ Ontario �1 Coming Events_- � TONIGHT Attend The 125th Tavistock Fall Fair POOR TURNOUT Liquor lounges rejected by city Official count announced for liquor vote Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — The official result of Mon- clay's plebiscite on liquor lounges, which was rejected by Woodstock voters, has been re- leased by deputy city clerk tlohn McGinnis. The official count shows that a total of 5,256 out of 16,183 eligible voters (32.4 per cent) vot- ed on the question: "Are you in favor of the sale of spirits, beer and win under a lounge li. cence for consumption on Licensed premises?" Mr. McGinnis said 2542 per (48.4 per cent) voted in favor of liquor lounges while 2,- 702 voted against. Nine ballots were spoiled. A majority of 60 per cent is required tocar- ry the question, according to provincial regu- lations. In 1971 the turnout was 39.9 per cent at which time the liquor lounge question was re- jected by an affirmative percentage of 58.76 per cent. Parrott elected Dr. Harry Parrott, Oxford MPP and Ontario minister of 'colleges and universities, was elected to the executive of the council of education ministers at a conference in Halifax Monday. He will serve asone of five ministers on the council which is made up of education ministers from across Canada. City names new treasurer Tom Battram has been ap- to the position. pointed city treasurer and tax He succeeds the late Cyril collector. Ewins. A city hall official since 1%6, Mr. Battram served as Mr. Battram's promotion deputy -treasurer under Mr. becameofficialThursday night Ewins who died this summer. when city council gave three He began his city hall career readings to a bylaw naming him in the assessment department. BLUES CHASER Anyone who claims fie can do at 50 what he did of 25probao, didn't do much at g5. 1 Owner of land eyed for landfill site protests county expropriation move Jean Nancekivell Wednesday criticized Oxford County council in general and Woodstock Councillor Joe Pember in particular for the standthey have taken on the proposed expropriation of the 150-acre Nancekivell farm, one mile east of Salford, for a landfill site. "They call it vacant far- mland," she said, "But we live here. On the so-called vacant land there Is a new 40 by 75 feet Implement shed and a com- pletely renovated two-otorey double family home. "The property is awned by brothers Don and Robert Nancekivell and their wives .lean and Marlene. The 150 acres which the county wants to expropnate is producing tlF grade crol , Mrs. ancekivel said, expplaining that total production this year would include about 23 acres of winter wheat, 25 acres of barley, and-100 acres of corn. "Soil maps prove it's the best steady crop -producing land in the county," she said. She laughed at the assurance of county council members that the land would he returned to farmland after it had served its purpose. "What will they grow on it, grass?" she asked, explaining that when top soil structure is ruined, it would take 25, or even 50 years to restore it. It Is not true, as county council has reported, that the best farmland makes the best dumpalte, she said adding that an engineer with M. M. Dillon and Co., the firm hired by the county, had told the owners that an unsuitable site could be made suitable for a landfill site, While It Is true that the clay to be found beneath the farm's topsoil is needed to form a liner to stop lichate from polluting the environment, she said, it is also possible for the county to take the clay from the 60 acres it owns adjacent to the farm and use it as a liner in one of the old gravel pits or quarries in the county. "Why not du that, and save prime agricultural land," she said and wondered why county council apparently has never even looked at such a possibility. Councillor Pember's statement that it would cost him $10,000 to drive up the Nan- cekivell driveway is not true, she said. "They did not ask us to let them use our driveway, they asked permission to put four to six test holes, 100 feet deep into our prince farmland," she said. "And the engineer told us they cannot be removed, once they are fit becauste they are cut off at the top of life ground." If the tests proved the ground to be unsuitable for a landfill site, the Nancekivells would be left with land to work with test equipment in it, she said. The Naneekfvell's were of- fered S.'l,rxk) I for test drilling) by appraiser Charles Willton she said, and told they could take it or be expropriated. The owners made a counter, offer of $10,00o, she sold, but no member of county council had Wthered to cattle out to find out the reason for their demand, or to try to negotiate a settlement, The easement the Nan- eekivell's were asked to sign was for a six-month period, she said, so engineers would be at the farm weekly gathering in- formation from test results; Three test holes have already been made by engineers on behalf of the county — two on lire land they own adjacent to the Nancekivell prnappeerty, and the third on the roadside in front of the Nancekivell farm, she said. Such tests made on the highest land where it is necessary to go further down (about 20 to 25 feet before hitting the water table) are unfair, she said, because the water table below most of the land which comprises the Nancekivell farm is only about 15 feet below the surface.. Oxford undecided on site Seniorsproject delayed Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOOf),;TocK — Oxford County council dc. rideti Wednesday to send a planning commit- tee recommendation on a senior citizens' cen- tresite back to the committee for further coil. sideration following presentation of new data by a senior chizen%' delegalinn. The comminee decided last month a pro posed 24-unit centre on a Thamesford property did not conform with the county's official plan. Ontario Housing Corporation had earlier drafted a plan for the centre which was ap- proved in principle by Zorra Township council. Planning committee chairman Kenneth Webster of T1116,onburg said 24 units is too ma. ny for the size of the property. "The plan states that only 15 units are per. nulled on a parcel of land this size, providing there are full water and sewer facilities avail- able, but these facilities aren't available at this site," he said. Conn. Harvey Beaty of Thamesford said he would allow the proposed home to use part of 20 acres he owns nearby for installation of septic tanks. lie said the OHC has a lease agreement to rent an adjacent nine -tenths of an acre which would be returned to the owners when services are installed. This would increase the fixed acreage to 19/10 acres, he said. Conn. Beaty said the municipality has agreed to provide water. Wilfred Knox, a representative of Ontario (lousing Corporation, said the project has ap- proval from the Oxford County health unit for operation on septic tanks. "Density -wise, the project is not in excess of la units per acre," he said. "Bear in mind these are senior citizens' units — density is not as high as normal housing. Eighty per cent of Of IC units are occupied by single women so density Is very low." Woodstock Aid. William Dutton then pro- posed the matter be returned to the planning committee for further consideration. Sibbick retiring . , Planning report given as twp. mayor# county warden By CHIUS NiXON Sentinel-Revlew Staff Writer Oxford County Warden Per v Sibbick said Thursday he will not seek reelection as mayor of Blandford-Blenheim Township. And, he said in an interview , if elected in December back onto county council as councillor -at, large for his township, he will not accept another term in the warden's seat. Before restructuring, Mr. Sibbick, 58. was the reeve of Blenheim Township. "I've enjoyed my years in office,' he said. "both as mayor of my township, and county warden, but I feet it's time to step down." WORK HEAVY The warden said his workload has been heavy. In the past year, his datebook has included about 400 meetings and public functions which he attended. Mr. Sibbick said that several months ago he was considering leaving municipal politics altogether, but has been en- couraged by other members of his council to stay on, at least as councillor -at -large. Vying for the mayorlty in the township is current councillor - at -large, Ross Livingston. Coun. Livingston confirmed Thursday that he will seek the mayor's chair. "I've been on council for nine years and I felt maybe it is time to move up," he said. He said he has not learned of any opposition. Owner and operator of a 390- acre farm at RR 4, Bright, Conn. Livingston, 46, said the up- coming liquor plebiscite in the former township of Blenheim, could become a major issue in the Dec. 6 municipal elections. to county councillors A report outlining 41 possible concerns in the development of a• new county official plan was accepted Wednesday by county council. Mary Rose, representative of Marshall, Macklin and Monaghan Ltd., consultants preparing the plan, presented the 66-page report which in- cludes 41 possible issues and the implications of current trends in the county. - The report takes in all facets of county life, including housing, population, agriculture, energy, economics, environment, recreation, municipal services, transportation, social resources and municipal finance. The 11 categories are broken down into the 41 issues. The report will also be handed over to members of municipal advisory committees for their comments at a Sept. 27 meeting with the consultants. ON SCHEDULE Miss Rose said work of the official plan is progressing on schedule. A land use survey is com- pleted and land use now is being mapped. Background technical reports are being prepared and should be available by the end of the year, she said. The purpose of the issue report, she said, was to stimulate more response and provide the basis for discussion with the municipal advisory and special interest groups. Worst air collision kills all 176 aboard BELGRADE rAPi — Yugo- slav authorities were question- ing several air traffic con- trollers todav on a "one-chaace- in-10-million" mid -air collision that kill" all 176 perxons aboard two jetliners, the worst aviation collision ever. Sources in Zagreb, the city whose airport tower was con- trolling the British and Yugo- slav jetliners when they collided Friday, said no charges have been filed against the con- trollers. Itwpstiggaators were believed to be cheeking the posalbdity that the crash was caused by on err roe by ground petxrno" l in as- sessing rile ?Isrlrs' altitude as ftrey tilt t spied each other in one erf the busiest air corridors in the world. The two planes —a three -)el Trident of British Airways and a two -jet DC-9 of the Yugoslav charter airline Inex-Adria—cob lided at about 33,000feet in a clear sky Friday morning and rained debris over Croatian farmland near Zagreb, in north- ern Yugoslavia. The debris killed a Yuglosav woman working on her farm and caused -one boy to cry out to his father that "bombs" were falling on their farm. The father said he became sickened when he realized some of the falling objects were bodies, An official statement was ex- pected to be issued later today as the Yugoslav investigation continued. There was no firm word on how many air con. hollers were detained, Urges Hall of Fame An Oxford County hall of fame should be established In the old county registry office adjacent to the courthouse when it becomes vacant, Coon. Kenneth Peers of Norwich Township suggested to county council Wed- nesday. Coon. Peers said the county has produced a great number of illustrious men and women in the fields of science, politics, industry and agriculture and their names should be preserved. The registry office is currently used to ha ove the Oxford health unit. RENTLAND County council Wednesday approved a public works recommendation to rent out 60 acres of county -owned land near Salford to Safford r agricultural pu 1, purposes. The land is adjacent to a proposed new county land fill site. PAY TILLSONBIURG repay The county TBlsonburg $10,125 for work the town did in refurbishing county roads 38,49 and 50. Public works committee recrommended the payment Wednesday to county council. Veteran police officer dies in Woodstock Free press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — Sgt. William Ben, 41, a 17- vear veteran with the Woodstock police force, died on Tuesday following a heart attack. SgL Ben conapsed while walking down a city street about three hours before he was to report for his 4 p.m. shift. He was promoted to corporal in 1967 and to sergeant in August, 196& Sgt. Ben is survived by his wife Ada, and two children, Michael, t4, and Linda, Hi. A ponce funeral will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at M. D. (Mac) Smith's Funeral Home at 69 Wellington St. N. 726th Drumbo Fair Friday, Saturday Perry may not enjoy his new warden chair County public works com- mittee is recommending the acceptance of a $367,50 quotation for a new warden's chair. And unless the bid is accepted quickly and the chair delivered before the end of the year, existing Warden Perry Sibbick, mayor of Blandford-Blenheim Township, may never gel to ail on it. Mr. Sibbick has announced he will not seek re-election as mayor of his township and will not accept another term as county warden. Public works committee is also recommending two arm chairs coating $319.50 each be purchased to cornelement the new swivel warden s chair. The bid came from Bennett Stationery Ltd. Other bids were: W. G. Webster Stationery Ltd., $371131 for a warden's swivel chair and $3:19 each for two arm chain and J. and J. Sutherland Ltd,. #9s.'i.tul for a warden's chair and $343.52 each for two arm chairs. 0 ,1 OXFORD'S PRINCESS IN FINAL Grace Stereutker, 20, and demonstrate the art of of who will represent the Oxford County Dalry preparing a cow for milking province during the next 12 Princess, was a happy girl and the milking itself before months as the Ontario Dairy Wednesday night as she Colvsium building during the fe crowd i� the arm �abouts. Grace 10 miles from moved into the finals of theWoodstock, RR 8 Woodstock. Ontario Dairy Canadian semi-finals Wednesday. competitionsatthe Canadian . Given only a.few mom nts to She is G ace Jenkins flankedl leftnd Miss M5 National Exhibition. Grace prepare a speech, Ontario Dairy Princess, was chosen, along with Elgin earned off her talk ex- y County princess Betty lremeT well, judges said. Debbie Rogers of Odessa Jenkins, to enter the fronts She will be among five gghh�rls (right) after being named a deliver an impromptu speech breath awaiting the decision Toronto bureau 'photo Review will hold • 0J Park plans approved by county council' iPlans for a 260-acre park between Woodstock and Beachville wereapproved by Oxford County council Wednesday. The county will be ap� nlying for a Local Initiatives Program (LIP) grant to finance the initial step in the project — clearing the land of debris, dead trees and fences. Further development will lake place in three phases and cost $175,000. The plans have been prepared by the ministry of natural resources. The first step will involve tile central area of the property, with an access lane over the CP rail line. The second stage calls for development of wildlife areas in the east, including a floating bridge across the Thames River. The final phase includes construction of a footbridge across the river and the enlargement of an underpass Proposed water agreements to be given to townships Agreements turning over ownership of water systems in four county municipalities to the county were approved for distribution to the municipalities Wednesday by county council. Council appproved a recom- mendation from public works committees that the agreements be sent to the townships of Zorra, East Zorra-Tavistock, South-West Oxford and Nor- wich. Under the county -proposed agreement, the municipalities would control the ad- ministration and maintenance of their systems. They could also extend ser- vices provided an agreement is reached between the municipality and county. Customer service will also be left up to the municipalities. Planning, engineering, design and construction of capital improvements will be a county responsibility. Additions or new systems will be turned back to municipalities for maintenance and operation. The cost of capital works will be paid by water users in the municipality which gets a new or refurbished system. If the agreements are signed, it will bring to an end a con- troversy which has spill public works committee and the rural municipalities for more than a year. An agreement was drawn up several months ago, but the municipalities refused to sign. They objected to a proposed common water rate of $95 for all customers and pressed for maintenance and control of their own systems. Agreements have already been signed with Tillsonburg and Ingersoll. Woodstock has yet to sign. Coun. Leslie Dickson, mayor of the township of Norwich, said he was glad to see an agreement tentatively reached with the rural municipalities. "I'm in favor of signing the agreement but I hope it doesn't mean anything undertaken at the local level will be inhibited unnecessarily," he said. The Norwich Public Utilities Commission has plans to obtain additional storage facilities, he said, and he hopes the county won't hold up the project in favor of completing work elsewhere in the county. Coun. Seldon Wilkinson, mayor of Tillsonburg and chairman of public works committee, said he doesn't foresee any delay. Progress `impeded' Official critical 111 of zoning denial Free Press Woodstock Bureau TU.LSONBURG — Oxford County council's decision to deny a zoning change along two blocks of Shricce Street in the southeast end of town has impeded progress in Tillsonburg, in- dustrial commissioner George Layne said Thursday. County council voted against an official plan change Wednesday which would have allowed the rezoning of a two -block area between Cedar Street and Potters Road as highway commercial. "There's no doubt the area should be zoned highway commercial," Mr. Layne said. "I just hope decisions like this don't recur in Till- sonburg." "I can understand that some residents were against the change. This Is always the ease. But these people realize it isn't a residential area." County backs bid for chain of office Coun. George Wilhelm of East Zorra-Tavistock. Township wants to see a chain of office designed for Oxford County warde[ts. County council Wednesday supported the councillor's motion to have the chain of office designed by high school students. The councillor said it would be. a step towards preserving the Bounty's past and ensuring the names of some of the now - defunct townships are not forgotten. It would also give students working on the project some insight into the county's long history, he said. But it's not the first time county councillors have in- dicated the desire for a chain of office. Warden Perry Sibbick, mayor of Blandford-Blenheim Town- ship, and clerk Gerry Staples were commissioned after restructuring to come up with a similar Insignia. But neither could recall the request Wednesday. Mr. Sibbick said he recalls a chain of office was to have been designed a few years before the county was restructured .tan 1, 1976, but added that the job has never been done, Coun, Wilhelm indicated he intends to see that the job is followed through this lime around. "It's quite upsetting for ins when euunty council makes decisions like this. Most people on council don't know what it is all about, they should come and see for themselves." Mr. Layne said the decision does not show much co-operation between county council and Tillsonburg. "Our planning board (which recommended the zoning change) is close to the situation and knows what the situation is all about but peo- ple who don't know the area are making deci. sions." Mr. Layne said Tillsonburg will stand be- hind Rene Covey, owner of Scotty's Drive-in in Tillsonburg, if he appeals county council's de- cision. The zoning change was proposed by town of. ficials after Mr. Covey applied to build a res- taurant on two residental lots on the south side of Simcoe Street. Woodingford Lodge h IHI USEE P91r The Committee of Management and Woodingford Lodge Auxiliary invite the public to attend Open House of their new 1916 addition at 423 Devonshire Avenue., Woodstock on Saturday, October 30, 1976 FROM 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the CP line. County administration and finance committee will be meeting with represen. tatives from Beachville and South-West Oxford Township to discuss development of the western end of the property Property tax reforms worry Oxford farmers Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — The 1,100-member Oxford County Federation of Agriculture is concerned about the provincial government's proposed Property tax reforms because members are not sure what they will lead to, chairmar Keith Buchner said Tuesday. Under the reforms, the government pro - Poses to par all farmers' taxes on land and out -buildings. The farmer would pay tax on 50 per cent of the sale value of his house and lot, Mr. Buchner said. A show of hands revealed that a majority of the 500 members at Tuesday's information meeting at Tollgate school had the same con- cerns. "We may lose our right to sell, and what rights will farmers have if our land is expro- priated?" the chairman asked. "Would we lose the light to own our own land? These are the questions we are not sure of. "Many will also feel we are asking for a handout. but this is not so. Farmers aren't asking for a guaranteed income: we would just like to make enough money to pay taxes and own our own land," Mr. Buchner said the reforms will be dis- ctassed at a directors' meeting at Fanshawe College here next Tuesday. Oxford hears restructuring amendments Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — Keith Moray, legislative assistant to the provincial treasurer. Wednes- day presented Oxford County council with amendments to Bill 95, the county's plan to re- structure. Mr. Morton said the amendments. to which council made no objections, are intended to givT. Oxford County powers other municipali- ties already have. They will become law following third legis- lotive reading later this year. The amendments would give the county an- thority: • To divide the municipality into warms; • To approve traffic bylaws, such as speed limits, placement of stop signs and parking re- gulations, now regulated by the ministry of transportation and communications; • To arrange temporary financing with the Ontario government for Improvements to wa- ter resources and related sources; • Extend from 30 to 00 days the period 6 lowed to fill vacancies on county council; • To make grants to Oxford County; • To invest 1n broader areas, such as gear- anleed American securities. The grapes of victory still dripping from his feet, East Zorra Township Reeve Harold Vogt snuggles up to the cups he won Wednesday in the grape -stomp- ing contest at the Ingersoll Wine and Cheese Festival. St. Thomas Mayor Wayne Neal, purple with envy (around the ankles), ferments to the right. New telephone hot line to help the distressed Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — Telecare, a round-the-clock distress hot line, will start operating here at midnight Sunday. Staffed by 45 volunteers who will work in shifts, the service is designed to help persons unable to cope with loneliness, depression or other problems. The phone number is 537-3451. Hugh Wilkins, codirector of the service, said the volunteers are mostly lay members of all religious denominations and were trained by professionals from the Oxford Regional Centre. Alcoholics Anonymous and the Addic- tion Research Foundation in a 29-week course on social, psychological and medical prob- lems. He said the need for such a service was it,, termfned about is months ago in surveys con- ducted by the Oxford Regional Centre and the Woodstock Community Service Council. "There are many people who can be helped by having someone to talk with," said Mr. Wil- kins. "Our service offers an outlet where peo- ple like this can unload their problems anonymously." "We have also had reports that people often call up Bell telephone operators, the police and the Oxford (Regional) Centre looking for help," he said. "The need is there." The service will be funded entirely by volun- tary contributions. It is affiliated with Life Line International, an Australian -based orga- nization, and will operate under the guidance of Telecare-Canada, which has offices in 18 Canadian centres. i Company to expand Woodstock area plant WOODS'TOCK — H. L. Turner (Ontario) . Ltd. of Blenheim has begun construction of a 10,0Waquare4'eut farm equipment warehous- Ing facility here, the company announced Tuesday. The ]Why.100doot structure, to be built on County Head 4 near the eastern limits Of Woodstock, will add a double outside truck level unloading. ramp and a tractor -trailer floor -level Interior unloading bay to the Office and shipping room. it fs expected to open sometime in Novem-. Der. ioo k LORD MAYOR Raymond cepts the gavel from Nor- a special session of the Frostick, of Norwich, with, Ontario Mayor Leslie. Norwich council last night. England, on the right, ac- Dickson as he presided over (Staff photo) Two Norwich mayors at session of council By ADRIAN EWINS Sentinel -Review Staff Writer Norwich Mayor Leslie Dickson vacated the mayor's seat and turned the gavel of office over to Norwich Mayor Raymond Frostick Monday. But only for a few minutes. Sound confusing? The simple explanation is that the Right Worshipful the Lord Mayor of Norwich, England, Raymond Frostick, presided over a special session of township council as part of his visit to the area yesterday. Not much business was enacted at the special session, as Mr. Frostick explained to the councillors why he was there and told them something about his Norwich. The trip was organized by a group of businessmen and councillors in Norwich, England called the 33 Club. The object of the tour isto visit Norfolk, V.A. (Norwich England is in Norfolk County). But the mayor and his wife, along with Nor- wich's chief executive Gordon Tilsley, thought the visit provided a unique op- portunity to visit Norwich Ont., Norwich, Conn. and Norwich. Vt. One point established at the special session Monday was that while Mr. Dickson presides over Norwich township, Mayor Frostick's municipality is pronounced Nor -ridge - Pronunciation is not the only difference between the two centres. Norwich. England is a city of 120,000 more than 200,000 with the surrounding suburbs. So the problems Mr. Other Story On Page 9 Frostick faces as mayor would be quite different from those facing Mayor Dickson. After meeting with council. the Lord Mayor attended a noon hour reception at the Norwich Legion Hall and went on a tour of the area. Seven local projects to get grants from LIP Seven area projects will attributed the speedy approval with $33,150 creating 6,5 jolas• receive a total of ti145,005 in to efficient work by an lit- —We share to extend services Local Initiatives Program me fiber constituency advisor to winnen after thev've left the '(LIP) grants — the first funding ggroup. Led by chairman Ari Women's Emergency Centre in approved for a federal ridinf, 'Oxford Robar of Woodstock, the group Woodstock, with $U,950cresting MP Bruce Halliday s examined the 19 applications 4.5 jobs; office reports, A before submitting recom- — the Governor's Road riding office spokesman mendatiots for funding to the animal shelter, with S15,3W Manpower and Immigrations creating three jobs; ministry. About 26.5 jobs will — Action Outreach to expand be created as a result of the horticulture and recreation BLUES CHASER funding with Tillsonburg claiming just under half the activities at the 7111sonburg Developmental Centre, with A television is a device that changes a number for its three projects. $15,300 creating three jobs; .set child form an Irresistible forts to an hnmov Woodstock and Ingersoll will each get two projects with a - Woodstock Development able object. total M 9.5 jobs created for the Centre to start providing latter and 7.5 for the former. Proggrams for Handicapped lists of approved projec- �hddzree �with p15,3W creating is Includes: — Home Help for senior — HeritageTillsonburg citizens in Tillsonburg, with establish a ermanent record of $33,150 creating 6.5 jobs; historic buildings in the — Promotion Ingersoll to 7711sorlburg area, with Ss.$ 6 establish a cheese museum, creating two jobs, W A Works co to register If any one body at the county level is W actively oppose the public institution inspection Act, i( looks as if the public works committee will be it. County administration and finance committee Tuesday decided to leave any, objections to the act up to public works. The committee had been asked by public works to lack over the piece of legislation and comment. "I'm not sure I would a preciate a group of people Miming into the office with the authority to pull out my files and records," said county clerk Gerry Staples. The act replaces the notes defunct grand Jury system. it gives authority to seven persons, chosen from the juror's list, to inspect any documents mmittee left objection records, files and accounts and "interrogate" persons con- nected with the information. Public works committee 9ucstioned among other things, le use of the word interrogate. Woodstock Mayor Leslie Cook said he had doubts about the ability of "the average person of the street" to discover something was wrong with a particular document even if the document was available for inspection. And committee chairman Leslie Dickson, mayor of Norwich Township, said he didn't see why the panel was necessary because public in- stitutions already hire auditors to go through the books. The inspections will be made on a semi-annual basis. Cut hydro increase, county committee says County administration and finance mmmittee wants the i proposed 30,3 per cent increase j in hydro rates pared down by the If provincial cabinet. '•We `committee) have a moral obligation to our con- stituents to support it fa resolution requesting the rates be staggered or rolled back);' Woodstock Mayor Leslie Cook - said Tuesday at a meeting of the committee. The resolution Comes from the board of directors of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO). It says the increases granted Ontario Hydro by the Ontario Give groups m Ox. councillors Energy Board are far in excess of anti-inflation board guidelines. And it has been demonstrated that Ontario Hydro could find power expansion program by staggering the increases over a fiveyear period, the resolution adds. Mr. Cook said the county should support the AMO resolution because that organization has "more clout" than an individual municipallity. "It's too big an increase," said Zorra Township Mayor Robert Matheson. County administration and finance committee wants to see Wintario hand out money, not equipment to sports groups that apply for grants. The committee Wednesday backed up a resolution to that effect from the town of Markham. The resolution says the funds from Wintario for sports equipment are handed dawn to the Ontario Athletic Com- missioner, who in turn pur- chases the reajuired equipment from a "specific destributor" in Toronto and sends it on to the group that applied for the grant. It says that policy represents loss of business for sports oney, say equipment retailers in the local municipality. County clerk Gerry Staples said that the current policy takes the appearance that the province doesn't trust ap- plicants. "Most of these organizations are pretty well controlled," said committee chairman Leslie Dickson, mayor of Norwich Township. "They are not spending money in a slap -happy fashian...they are quite capable of receiving money and dispensing of it themselves." And Woodstock Mayor Leslie Cook said it "is only fair" that local sport equipment retailers be eligible to sell the equipment. New chief hired DEREHAM CENTRE -- Pal Johnson of RR 2, Mount Elgin was appointed new fire chief for South-West Oxford Township Tuesday by council. 'I he former deputy -chief of the Mount Elgin fire department beat out three other applicants for the job. He replaces Chief Joe Sharpe who resigned the end of Sep- iember after a disagreement vri!b council I nsuccessful candidates ,.ere, Carl McQueen, 39, a nrefghter for 1s years; Harold F'orenon, 56, also a firefighter for 19 yearn, and Joe Lilywhite, Beac hville fire department chief for Ipi Years. "The main thing is to get a fire department in Brownsville," (tie new Chief sold. "I'll do my in- most.." Mr. Johnson was referring to the resignations last mouth of the entire 19-man Brownsville firefighting brigade. lie said he hppes to meet with ed the realgiflroflgh(era this week to see If some of them will reJjom. Mr. Johnson has been deppuly- chief in Mount Elgin shieo Apru, 19R1. Salford man attacks council for tactics in landfill site sale By CHRIS NIXON SenllnebReview Staff Writer A Salford man from whom the county purchased land for development of a landfill site near the hamlet charged Wednesday that the county has treated him "as a criminal" and questioned the council's business tactics. Grant Hutchinson, in a presentation to county council, said he wondered if council was aware of the tactics used by its public works committee and county solicitors in obtaining the 60 acres east of Salford. "You have indicated to me what kind of integrity you possess... you treated me almost as a criminal," he said. "You have shown me what kind of sportsmen you are and you have indicated what kind of businessmen you are," he said. Mr. Hutchinson demanded council apologize for the manner in which it obtained land from him. But he received no sympathy from an irate Warden Perry Sibbick and council members. He said the county has been guilty of releasing "misleading and untrue statements" surrounding its purchase of the land in September, 1975. At that time, the county, through its solicitor, purchased the 60 acres of vacant agricultural land for $60,000. The land was purchased by lawyers representing the county and then repurchased by the county, he said. He asked why the sale was' handled in that manner and charged that the county was being secretive about the transaction. "I wouldn't have sold the land at any price to the county if I knew it was for a landfill site," he said. CITES MINUTES He said he has checked council meeting minutes from October, 1974 to the end of 1975 and could find no evidence that the purchase was ever given council approval. After the purchase went through, the county found it had received only about 54 acres of land, instead of 60. Mr. Hutchinson was issued a writ of summons and threatened by the county with an $80,000 suit. He gave in and signed a quick claim deed, handing over the remaining acres to the county, Warden Perry Sibbick, visibly disturbed by the allegations, challenged Mr. Hutchinson to take hir: charges to the courts. "Some of the charges you have made against council and some members, if you feel a wrong has been done, we'll try to solve it ... but I feel some (of the charges) can only be resolved through court action," he said. Because Mr. Hutchinson refused to leave a copy of his presentation with county clerk Gerry Staples, Mr. Sibbick said the presentation "wasn't worth the paper It is printed on." He commended council for not discussing the allegations with Mr. Hutchinson. "Council operatW; properly and really, one down t really know how to respond to ac cusations of that kind at a public forum such as this," he said. Mr. Sibbick added that the South-West Oxford Township. request for an apology will not produced a record of council be honored. minutes which contained the "I'm not sure if comfy council July 23, 1975 motion authorizing is prepared to take it very the purchase of the property. seriously," he said. "They are Coun. Seldon Wilkinson, charges he is not prepared to mayor of Tillsonburg, said the substantiate." presentation "was very unfair" While an apology probably to council. won't be forthcoming, council Ingersoll Mayor Gordon will take a look at Mr. Hut- Henry said the presentation was chinson's complaint that it has the most despicable presen- not paid its share in fencing the tation I've ever seen before a property. municipal council." Mr. Sibbick wasn't alone in Mayor Les Cook of Woodstock shooting down the presentation. said the presentation was a Coun- Kenneth Webster of "tirade'. Tillsonburg said it wasn't Council's reaction to the irregular for an agent to buy presentation came to the fore property for its client. when Mr. Wilkinson presented a If landowners know property motion which would have is wanted for a specific purpose, obliged delegations to council to he said, the price is bound to submit a copy of the presen- skyrocket. tation in advance. "We're dealing with the While councillors agreed (hey taxpayers dollars and we feel had been given a rough time by we're trying to buy land at the Mr. Hutchinson. they said thin lowest possible price," he said. felt they should put nn George Jakeman, mayor of restrictions on delegations. $1-million Glendale school addition opened TILL.SONBURG— The $1-million addition to the Glendale SecondanSchool was officially opened Wednesday night after a year and a half of construction, The project which included renovations 141 the old building has been a priority item with the Oxford county board of education for the past three years. Work was stalled twice be cause of lack of funds. During the brief opealing ceremony, Rev. James Taylor. chairman of the local ministe- rial association, dedicated the addition. Robert Bornhold, director of education for the Waterloo regional office, and Lawrence stitakley, chairman of the Oxford board, cut the ribbon. Since September, file close to 700 students at Glendale have been using the new Winne which include a classroom, agricultural labo ratory, girls' occupational room and a music room. in. new ii:A's hroontuded are a an addition to thetng _gym ntah»ng a nnezzanine which may be used for bleachers. third dressing room with showers, a more "?;^tom and a resource centre with an enlarged 'racy. County doesn't object to Northgate scheme County council will not object city's panning nwunittee did to the conversion to con- not consider good planting when domimums of Northgate. it turned down the application 'Powers, despite objections for Conversion of the 6l-amt Wednesday from Woodstock apartment Complex on Admiral representatives, and Riddell Streets. Woodstock Mayor Leslie took But he was interrupter( by Mr.. said he could lint vote in favor of Conk who said m the alderan's a county plumang. committee recommendation which would remarks were net pertinent to indicate the county has no ob- the motion to separate. jections, because he had our Coun. Kenneth Webster of jetted to it pit the city level .Tillsonburg, chairman of the IIt, said it would be 'an about, plannhnp conithillee, said he face' from bik 'previous stand didn't know why the.city would A Id. William Dutton requested turn down the. appRcation since the reromnwndatien le ruled on it eumphe" with the county seimI ate from the remainder of otfioiol pla0. .the planning report to give "If the province wants it, council members the op, favor• allowing esmverrdaw ^ he loirtuuily 10 vote against it said. "then I don't at* why we At(] Joseph Pernher said the shouldn't support il." Reasons for saving registry office outlined to councillors by committee Ry JANTAYLOR Sentharl-Review Staff Writer The rew,ui- behind the cwn- troversial designation of the Old Registry Office under the Ontario Heritage Act were to be presented to county council today by the city architectural committee in an attempt to have an objection by the county with- drawn, TI,Y arrhitoctur:nl �omnittee ucnded d,i,;,a...-iuu,4 the cuuulv.ouned building on Hunter Street earlier this year, backed with a bylaw passed by cite council. But several objections to the designation of the 100-year-old building have been made by the county public works committee, requiring a hearing before the conservation review boards to be held later in the year. Works committee members have said they feel the ar- chitectural form of the registry office, now housing the Oxford Health Unit, takes away from the county courthouse situated in the same city block. The architectural committee feels that building complements the other buildings in the square, including the cour- thouse, and is very much in keeping with the character and charm of the area. HISTORY OUTLINED In a brief to be presented to county council, spokesman Edwin Bennett, a member of the architectural committee and to, I] historian, has outlined the history and significance of the building: In deciding designation. committee members have followed guidelines for evaluating real property of historic and architectural value under the Ontario Heritage Act. Among other things, the criteria states "the buildings should illustrate effectively the architectural, cultural, social, political, economic or military patterns of our history or should be associated... with events or persons that have shaped that history in a significant way." "Our committee unanimously felt that the Old Registry Office fulfills the criteria," said Mr. Bennett. The registrars of deeds that served in the building Con- tributed greatly to the history of the county, in particular, James A. Ingersoll who served for 52 years and George R. Pattullo, who served for 36 years, he said. FIRST WHITE -BORN James A. Ingersoll, a member of the family after which the towns was named, is said to be the first white child born in Oxford. In 11132 he served after his brother Charles as post- master of the first post office in Word located in Ingersoll. Edwin Bennett ... historian Two years later he became the second registrar of deeds for Oxford. When the first registry office building was opened in Wood- stock in 1847, Mr. Ingersoll resigned as postmaster and moved to Woodstock, with the official documents and a painting of himself, now hanging in the present Hunter Streii building. He was registrar during construction of the 1876 building and continued to serve in it fo another 10 years, making it fitting memorial to him, said Mr. Bennett. Mr. Ingersoll also has man other claims to fame. Ingersoll Avenue was renamed for him He attended the first church service at St. Paul's Anglican Church in 1834. He began th nucleus of a settlement with others later named St. Mary and he. helped establish th village of Lakeside. SISTER FAMOUS And one of the more famou and noted historic Canadian was his sister, Laura Ingersoll better known -as Laura Secor Another important personag who playetf an outstanding role in the local development was Georg' A. Patlullo, said Mr. Bennett. From a school teacher and editor of the Paris Transerfpt, he assumed control of the Woodstock Sentinel in 1870. In 1878, he amalgamated the Sentinel with the Review, for- ming the present daily which remained in the Pattullo family for 35 years. After selling his interest in the newspaper, he became the chief Liberal agent in Ontario and was considered as the prime guiding force behind the creation of the Provincial Archives of Ontario. He was the first president of the Woodstock Historical Society, was chairman of the 1901 Old Boys , Reunion com- mittee and resided in "Burn- side", the site of the first log cabin where the YMCA now stands. UNTIL 1922 Appointed registrar in 1886, he continued in this position until 1922. ' He was a leader in the cultural, social and political life of the county," Mr. Bennett said. The old registry office was used as such for 76 years with t four of the first five registrars serving there with an un- matched record, he said. "In all, the first five registrars r of the county served a total of a 170 years or an average of 34 d years." The building itself is well. y preserved and is a fine example of the style of architecture use for registry offices and other smaller public buildings in loth Century Ontario, he added. a "This small structure may well be as important as its s larger surrounding buildings," e Mr. Bennett said. It is located with other county buildings in the court house s square which historically is the s second five acres of Governor , John Graves Simeoe's town plot, d. an area set aside for municipal e buildings. Closed meeting to ponder County councillors will meet behind closed doors Nov. 8 to assess the first two years of restructuring and suggest possible changes to the new council. Council Wednesday supported the idea of the 'informal" meeting suggested by Warden Perry Sibbick, mayor of Blandford-Blenheim Township. Mr. Sibbick said in an in- terview that he expected the meeting will be closed, "because some members of council feel freer to discuss these things informally." The warden said it was im- portant that council sit down and assess its operation since the county was restructured Jan. 1, 1975. "If there have to be changes in the new council," he said, referring to the possible changes on the present council because of the upcoming election, "we're the ones who should make the suggestions." Parade rally planned BLUES CHASER , ° " A school bus driver is a person who thought f ry �k' Y he liked children. to mark day of protest Free Press Woodstock Bureau tiIKuSTOCK — A parade from Yicto"a Objection is dropped Pare; to the old teen hall, followed by a rally, wail highlight local labor's protest Thursduv agruin-,t. the federal government's wage and price control program, Noel Stwdley, chair- on old registry office am of the day of protest co-ordfnaUng cum 1 Mr, blutit4ey, president of the United Amu !Yorkers focal 636, said supporters will leas a The county has dropped its objection against the proposed " tie park at 9:30 a.m. and march to the town designation of the former county registry office under the Ontario square on Auadas Slrcol for a rally about lu Heritage Act. a,uL Several local people will speak at the rally, County council in Januaryy will set up a committee Consisting of In said, - "We're looking for a gored turnout Thursday, ' four council members and six contender the future use but it's difficult to say how many people will of a ar-old Hunter use of the turn out," be sald. "Plants in a large part of builloo-ding, Street building, the area are shutting down. A presentation by local "Wa heel this is a Canadian Issue yo we ve historian Edwin Bennett to Invited anyone who wants to altend,"he said, council Wednesday swayed sortie councillors' stand on the county's objection. Woodstock's architectural committee ,has recommended the building be preserved for its historical anti architectural significance. Annex bid made by Tillsonburg Tillsonburg's size could increase 75 % TILLSONBURG---The town's siae.will increase by as much as 5 per Cent if the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) ap- proves an annexation bylaw .taking in parts of two counties and tine region, 'Town council Monday gave final reading to the bylaw that now will be circulated to the oMB for appproval. Deputy -clerk Lave Morris said an inquiry will probably be held. The lands proposed for an- nexat.lon include parts of South- West Oxford Township in Oxford County, a stolI of Rayhem •rZt1ahip in Elggin County and part of Norfolk Township in regional Haldimand-Norfoik. The added land would allow for industrial and residential expansion, said Mr. Morris. The land is agricultural and it will stay that way in the meantime," he said. "The annexation really won't have that much effect on the use of the land vet. - it has been a policy in the pact that townsannexing land intro- duce ward systems torelection purposes. But Mr. Morris said it It, tow early todetermine it T111sonbtirg will follow that procedure. He said heexpeets the inquiry will be in November or an the. end of the year. 0 0? 0 Local artiA Ross Butler convener Kay Downing one the farm, on their way to the the four -foot -by -eight -foot -guest speaker at the Chap - shows Wingate's Raiders of his larger canvasses, Royal Winter Fair in canvas in 1974 and hs is still ter's meeting Tuesday. 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A ministry, official has a ested In a letter that lire pprdvinee help council prepare• the plan by setting up a Batson committee in charge of a official plan ministry representative. But the' planning committee slid council members said they felt the province was in• terferring. When 1 first read it. I couldn't believe it." said Coun Douglas Itarris of Ingersoll A think it's a crazy: situation." Tillsonburg Court. Kenneth Webster planning committee chairman, said it appeared the province wants to take tnet pIannIog committee s repmsihility in forming the new Plan. We are rot about to let that happen," he aid. WOODINGFORD lodge commemorative gold key during Friday's official 100-bed addition to the lodge administrator J. Ernest from architect Brian Garratt opening ceremonies of the in Woodstock. -(Staff photo) Wood (right) accepts a Addition to Woodingford Lodge includes 700 beds, swim pool A 32-million addition to Woodingford Lodge, a home for senior citizens, was officially opened Friday afternoon. The addition which has been under construction since September 1975 was designed by Architect Brian Garratt, and built by Gilvesv Construction Ltd. Included in the addition are 100 beds to increase the total number of beds at Woodingford Lodge from 160 to 260. The addition also features a four -foot -deep swimming pool with a whirlpool to help exercise muscles and treat arthritis and rheumatism. Gordon Henry, Mayor of Ingersoll and a member of the county's Woodingford Lodge committee, said the pool will 0• 1= 0 C s LAM CD LN also be used for pleasure. He said the addition also toasts a new crafts room, a greenhouse and enlarged chapel fae'lities. The addition also includes a general purpose room with a capacity to seat 300 people and dining area for about 80. We aren't looking at this as an institution but as a com- munity," he said. The 100 beds in the addition are arranged into groupings of communities, with about 25 people in each group." Already the lodge has received more than 100 applications for the beds and residents will be moving in immediately, Mr.. Henry said. C O mw j Y 1- ti Rt J L L.� CNr w u L O •- '-J' � L CI > l L _ •— v •— y'=E �,7o m co j;e 9NG L J c am''tQpp�t�aW as_ ?:: O � NC.O Qci� S c3oq »>a.�6 E U= a�E _,o,-om,y -�A cc o oyc. ea c � G E i'b�0 J'c��i Q oc maw v E L. mpt0,j�,c d:ya.vw agg+Q" L$� IE-c-- . ,oq 3 -5 HE di c 'd-1`b,w" 0 N8 � ..i V Y,•Q ULNpOy,J[6� N C- �fUc—Ed�W ryVYj'N U25.8 p my d�+cE E3 �r�mQma"a"• ua °Jx c.�S a WE a r� u V L � Gto �y E.m°:emE`E a� e dicn Ear PP 0. yoc. rCg-6c dz ..`�. N SEv< R _ maOU 1272 as mu r Official Opening Woodingford Lodge Addition 423 DEVONSHIRE AVE., WOODSTOCK FRIDAY 2:30 P.M. OCTOBER 29, 1976 Naturalists offer help in planning county park By JAN TAYLOR Sentinel -Review Staff Writer A delegation from the Woodstock Naturalists Society Wednesday voiced its concern and offered help in the planning of the 2wacre Oxford park located between Woodstock and Beachville. President Herbert Webster told county administration and finance committee the society, would like to see about half the park's area located on a flood Plain preserved as a natural area. The section is located in the eastern end of the proposed park. "Each year there are fewer places where we can go," he told the committee. "We'd be very happy to serve of any Committee regarding the natural habitat area and help plan where we could." '['he group would be involved in stage two of the three -stage plane proposed by the Ministry Of Natural Resources for the area. Stage two involves the wildlife section of the park. "Don't let Dapple talk you into making a Cl y park out of It," Mr, Web»ter sold. The group is willing to help introduce plants and trees to the area to pprovide for wildlife. But the vegetation would provide only a natural habitat, he said. The group would also like to see a five -or six -mile walking trail through the natural park. Such an area could create problems in hunting and the control of traffic requiring some regulations, Mr, Webster said. fie urged that no hunting be allowed as birds feeding an the river would become 'sitting ducks unless you're able to have at least a resppeecctable penally." RESTRICT VEHICLES The group would also like to trove the use of all -terrain vehicles prohibited in the area although some compromise could be made with snowmobile users, he said. But towards the eastern end, the group urges that "no vehicular traffic of any kind" be allowed. The establishment of the wildlife area could be done without a major layout of money and the society is willing to help financially - "We're more than pleased that right on the edge of Woodstock, we'll have something that looks to a naturalist like a million dollars," Mr. Webster said. BLUES CHASER Ihtppi n %, is alwv flu - slip of paµ'r under Ow w'fndHblrfd wiper lurnt, oral to hr an del. s Isk x i N, �U x l V, , a t. . ., r .. Rollie Rutherford, committee, snipped the chairman of the Embro ribbon officially opening the of planning for the project See additional stories pg, 9. community centre building facility after about five years photo)I (Staff rr • I / I i • centre opens afterplans EMBRO — About I,0W ,persons attedded the official opening of the $565,000 Embro community centre Sunday. "It's been a long time coming," said time Rutherford, arena building committee chairman, who presided over the ribbon - cutting ceremony. Built by Whitney Con- struction of Brantford, the project concept originated in IIr12 with the former Embro and West Zorra municipal councils. Construction started June 1. Robert Matheson, currently mayor of Zorra Township, told the crowd the centre is the key to survival of the community, "We could see groups moving train here to where the facilities were," Mr. Matheson said. "The com- munity was disbanding., "Sooner or later, we thought we'd end up with a small community If we didn't do something about it." He also said that frustration with old and inadequate facilities at Matheson Park in Embro and curiosity regarding a small community's chances of being able to afford a large recreation centre sparked the decision to go ahead with the project. oxford MPP Harry Parrott, and colleges and universities minister, presented Mr Matheson with a 5+8,131 cheque as part of the provincial government's. financial commitment to the centre cvmstruelion, "So often we don't see tax dollars being put to good use, but this is one place you will," Dr. Parrott said, Although the federal eovernment didn't con- iiiinrk¢tothe funding; Odiar 3 MP Bruce Halliday said residents should comider it as an advantage. .,This centre is tribute to the people in this community it brought you chiser together," Dr, Halliday said. "ln the long ruts, it will mean more to you as a community than a big cheque front Ottawa although it would have been nice to have inthe short run." Other dignitaries attending the ceremonies included Oxford Warden Perry Sib. bick, county cotauil and municipal representatives. The first phase of Woodingford Lodge, was a joint effort of the City of Woodito i., the Town of Ing:_I and the County of () 4ord. Thus the name Woodingford Lodge was given our new Lodge. It was also a good manifestation of how three municipalities could work together, for the good of all within the County. The new building was opened on October 25th, 1969, with accomo- dat,ion for 160 residents. The building was designed with future expan- sion in mind, and early in 1973 it became apparent that planning should be undertaken to expand the Lodge, to meet the needs of a growing waiting list of residents, seeking admission to the Lodge. Mr. L. K. Coles, former County Clerk -Treasurer, agreed to undertake a needs study in this regard. Following this study, the Committee of Management, working together with the Ministry of Community and Social Services agreed a 100 bed addition was justified. Thus the result of several years of planning gives us the fine Lodge we now have with accomodation for 260 residents. 1975 — 1976 COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT Chairman Gordon B. Henry, Mayor, Town of Ingersoll Committee Members William B. Dutton, Alderman, City of Woodstock Kenneth Peers, Councillor at Large, Municipality of Norwich Ex-Officio P.C. Sibbick, Warden, County of Oxford County Clerk — G. R. Staples Administrator — J. Ernest Wood Assistant Administrator — Brian D. McReynolds Architects — Kyles, Kyles & Garratt, Hamilton and Stratford, Ontario General Contractor— Gilvesy Construction Ltd., Tillsonburg Programme O CANADA O Canada! Our home and native land! True patriot -love in all thy sons command. With glowing hearts we see thee rise, The True North, strong and free, And stand on guard, O Canada, We stand on guard for thee. Refrain: O Canada, glorious and free! We stand on guard, we stand on guard for thee. O Canada, we stand on guard for thee! Chairman — Gordon B. Henry, Mayor, Town of Ingersoll Introduction of Committee Members and Officers Presentation of Key Oscar Legein, Gilvesy Construction Ltd. Brian Garratt, Architect, Kyles, Kyles, and Garratt Acceptance of Key J. Ernest Wood, Administrator Prayer of Benediction Rev. Dr. D. Gaynor Remarks P. C. Sibbick, Warden, County of Oxford Remarks and Presentation of Flag Dr. Bruce Halliday, M.P., Oxford Remarks Hon. Harry Parrott, D.D.S., M.P.P., Oxford Address Hon. James Taylor, Minister of Com- munity and Social Services Benediction Rev. W. T. O'Rourke Official Opening Hon. Harry Parrott, D.D.S., M.P.P. and Oxford Cutting of Ribbon Warden P. C. Sibbick, County of Oxford Mayor Gordon B. Henry, Town of Ingersoll Inspection of Lodge and Refreshments — 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Open House Saturday October 30 from 1 :30 to 4:00 p.m. The Committee of Management, Administration and residents, are grateful for contributions made by individuals, and groups, that have given us many "extras" for our Lodge. We are indeed appreciative of our Woodingford Lodge Auxiliary for their efforts in this connection, and for their day to day interest, and help at the Lodge. • 0 C •.�ft 0 %ft n' W E 0 W+.ft 0 0 �y OIC mZC m�G� �yy Y�tp ��p Tn E�ia Y:5 ua^� 82 �m'p;i�a 8Em om`m'a ,un.ac o`'cc� m twE p'C O M C Y r'�mma a.mmE�_`: cvs ppa `° m3 c= and«y E`a. mc3c«Qc a e., a a m A g' E ' � � aQ mwaE—o 3: 3Q>w'Ev me w RZ c40c,oA �63°c SSW. nmc sa;a m N T G 4 O 3YZi Qo W 3.,m a of c cam«'. W'Em-00mm6 .7�pp`-F'p7 e�Qmmw y yR ft4' aN y,m� c e0�m�E p t c c d Y 3 a ti �F WFSQm �yaQ WO> CTtz.��u m >. ' ✓1 a a ate.. J. ma_$,r2 Ys �s tOu a. �3 m t>tpp,�_ YCY_vi E2 N � E >p ca,uo, ou5o c-o `BRu a_y... m c o3x�SiEa p_c^,_°Lem«y waiE Ju oO� omo—m3',:_4cs EE�acurm Tat:— _ ? 4 ESiG�� �yY=cY�g],c,{,EyRS &IS E y] L m~ 'c� EY Place in the sun for lodge courtesy of city Rotary Club Wien warm weather rolls around again next spring, residents at Woodingford Lodge in Woodstock will have an op. portunity to take in the sun and get some fresh air courtesy of the Rotary Club. Rotary Court, a new $6.000 t'acility, was officially dedicated yesterday by Rev. John Davies, a Rotary member. The area, planned as part of the Woodingford extension opened last Friday, contains a shuffleboard court and several benches and trees. Tables with shade umbrellas will be added later. Dr. Fred Fenton, chairman M the planning committee that *3009000 interest savings Oxford County will save about $300,000 in interest following a decision by county council last Wednesday to finance the Woodingford Lodge addition through a short-term bank loan rather than a 10-year debenture issue. Council approved a recom- mendation from its ad. ministration and finance committee that the $600,0oo capital project be financed through a'two-year bank loan with repayment from current revenue rather than the 10-year debenture issue previously approved by council and the Ontario Municipal Board. County Warden Perry Sib- bick, who made the suggestion initially at a committee meeting, said that he was strongly opposed to deben- turing, and that he hoped the county would not fall into the policy of debenturing every capital project. "I guess I come from the old 'Pay as you go' school," said Warden Sibbick. "But I wool( question of whether we're going to debe uvre all our capital costs in years to come." He estimated that the lo-year debenture would cost the county $400,000 in interest at the rate of 10 `per cent, compared with $90,000 interest over a two-year period. He said that a total of $7oo,o00 would be made available to the county by the end of 1979 because of payments to be made by Ingersoll and Woodstock to match the county surplus that existed when they joined the county under the restructured system in 1975. This money, he suggested, could provide the additional revenue that would be needed to finance the Woodingford ad- dition. Meanwhile, the official ' Opening of the 100-bed addition to the county home for the aged has been scheduled for Friday, Oct. 29 at 2:30 p.m., with Oxford County MPP Harry Parrott and minister of community and social services, James Taylor, expected to attend. Carter Toughest fight in U.S. WASHINGTON (CP) — In one of the. toughest presidential fights In U,S. history, Democrat Jimmy Carter swept out of the South to capture the While House early today. He wrenched a drawn -out vic- tory over Republican President Gerald Ford in a cliff -hanging finale to a tedious campaign in which he forged strength in the East In offset Republican strength In the West. history was behind the project, said all the funds came from general Rotary fund-raising activities, and planning began as soon as the extension plans were revealed. Spurline control urged County administration and finance committee Wednesday recommended Oxford approach the ministry of natural resources to undertake the adequate management of the Hickson spurline extending from Woodstock to Hickson. The recommendation came after a letter from the Oxford Men of the Trees requested the trail be maintained because it is used extensively as a hiking, riding and cross-country ski trail. The spurline is an abandoned CNR track. It is a nice nature trail, but if nothing is done about it, shrubs and weeds will sill it in," Warden Perry Sibbick said. Robert Matheson, mayor of Zorra Township, said he was concerned about the right of way of farmers who own land on both sides of the spurline. "I'd Wee to know the opinion of farmers," he said. 2-council committee studying GM's needs WOODSTOCK — A closed meeting Tuesday between Woodstock and Norwich council members was basically a "getting together," Woodstock Aid. William M. Dutton said after- ward. Aid. Dutton said the meeting was mainly ad- ministrative Ili nature, called to discuss an agreement regarding services and shared as- sessment for General Motors land on the Woodstock -Norwich boundary. He said Norwich Township clerk Robert Watkins was appointed committee chairman, and Woodstock clerk ed-ordinator Ken Miller was appointed secretary. wins Jilumv Carter Nurses refuse wage offer County public health nurseslatest have turned down Q wage offer made by the county' Mtard of health, board chairman Coun. Kenneth Peers of Norwich said Wednesday. Coup. Peers would not say what the offer made Oct. s was, but said no further meetings with the 16 nurses, local 4u Ontario Nurses Association, are planned. "1 think they atilt want us to agree to compulsury arbitration but the llorrd bsa said noi' he said. The nurses are working without a cant.. D 0 More than 58,000 able to vote Dec. b By JAN TAVLOR Sentinel -Review Staff tyriler More than 58,000 eligible voters have been enumerated in Oxford County for the upcoming municipal elections but several additions or deletions are expected before the Dec- 6 ballots are cast. Area clerks and their assistants are urging people %he are qualified to vole and are not on voters lists to have their names added by Friday, the deadline for changes to the final revised tally. Forms for correction are available in all municipal offices. On Dec, 6 eligible voters still not listed by enumeration may vote by a special clerk's order. There is a provision in the voting act to have a name added by a clerk's certificate," said John Killing, clerk of East-Zorra-Tavistock Township "But it is best to get your name., added ahead of time." John McGinnis, deputclerk of Woodstock, said 18,301 citizens have been named on the preliminary voters lists compared to 17,577, two years ago. Voterslists are posted in the city at street corners, banks and city hall for inspection. Anyone who is not found on the lists is urged to notify city hall for corrections. "Just give us a call," he said. ingersoll's voters list contains 5.9W names, also up from two years ago, deputy -clerk Marion Riley said. Lists for checking may be found in the clerk's office, the post office, the fire hall and the police station. Tillsonburg's preliminary voters list contains 6,926 names, also showing an increase from two years ago, said deputy clerk David Morris. Lists are posted in the clerks office and at each of the town's polls. In East Zorra Tavistock, 4.361 names are listed for the municipal election, up from 4,316 two years ago. Mr. Killing said voters lists are posted at his office. and at each voting place in each township ward. Keith Reibling, clerk of Blandford-Blenheim Township, said the number of names on the voters lists totals 4,777, also up from the last municipal election. Lists have been circulated in banks and at polling stations in the township. South-West Oxford's voters list totals 5,499 names so far, said deputy clerk At Forrest. The lists may be found posted at various places in the township including stores and polling stations. Margaret Thornton, deputy clerk of Zorra Township, said about 5,900 names are found on the township's preliminary voters list, also up from the last municipal election two years ago. Names may be checked on lists posted in the township office, and at Thamesford, Embro, Lakeside and Union- dale. Norwich Township contains the largest number of voters of the Oxford Townships with 6,570 people named on the preliminary lists. Clerk Robert Watkins said the list may be viewed at the township office in Otterville. But Dec. 6 is not only a day for electing municipal councils and school board members. Three liquor and one swimming pool plebiscites are to be be held in conjunction with the elections across the county. Liquor votes are scheduled for East Zorra - Tavistock,. Zorra and Blandford 'Townships while Ingersoll residents will cast their votes for or against a $700,000.plus indoor swimmng pool. Housing project for seniors in Thamesford stalled By CHRIS NIXON Sentinel-Iteview Staff Writer A proposed Ontario Housing Corp. (OHC) senior citizen complex for Thameford was stalled again Wednesday by county council. Council voted to refer the proposed 24-unit complex to its planning committee for further study after OHC representative Wilfred Knox said the cor- poration would drop its proposal because official plan restric- tions would make land costs too high. SEPTIC TANKS The county has approved an official plan amendment per- mitting the use of septic tanks Ibr senior citizen buildings, but did not reduce the maximum density of 15 units an acre. Mr. Knox said acquiring another acre of land - the acre the corporation already has cost $32,000 - would push up costs per unit to $2,140 from about $1,330. "Due to land costs, for the OH- C to comply with the amend- ment, the OHC would have no Harvey Beaty ...lease proposed recourse but to say no senior citizen building will be built in Thamesford until there are services," he said. Harvey Beaty, a Zorra Township councillor, asked council to consider another amendment which would allow OHC to lease a one -acre land parcel adjacent to the land it already owns. The land weld have to be /tl 4 t a f� KBh0y "No, it's not a new set of encyclopedias, — it's, a new set of farm regulations." Woodingford Lodge wing means more staff: Dutton The recently -opened addition to Wooding(ord Lodge will probably result in an increase in staff, Aid. William Dutton told county council Wednesday, I can't we how it can func- tion much longer without an increase in staff," he said. The alderman's comments came after Ingersoll Mayor Gordon Henry commended the lodge's administration for not increasing staff since the ad- dition opened. About to persons have moved into the addition. Mr. Henry said Woodingford Lodge is one of the best homes for the aged in the province. WOODSTOCK TRUCK PROBLEM 'if you haven't been through it, you should be ashamed of yourselves," he said, referring to a number of councillors who did not attend official opening ceremonies two weeks ago. The building and its insurable contents are valued at $8,085,000, he said. again Robert Blau .. ... makes motion rezoned as open space before leasing was approved, county* planning director Peter Atcheson said. While Conn. Robert Blair. elf Zorra Township introduced a motion calling for a further official plan amendment, council instead voted in favor of an amendment by Aid. Wendy Calder to hand the proposal back to planning committee. WOODINGFORD LODGE REQUIRES A CO-ORDINATOR OF THERAPEUTIC AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES To co-ordinate a full range of therapeutic and recrea. tional activities including Crafts and adjuvant programs in our 260 bed home for the aged. This new position requires a person with a high level of organizational ability, one who is capable of supervising staff and fully utilizing a wide range of facilities includ- ing a therapy and recreational swimming pool. The successful applicant will be directly responsible to the Administrator and will work in class co-operation with the Home Physician and Director of Nursing He or She ideally will have completed a recognized course in recreation and must be prepared to complete additional courses pertaining to the needs of the elderly. This position offers good working conditions and excell- ent fringe benefits. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Interested persons should obtain application forms from Woodingford Lodge and return them not later than Nov- ember 17th, 1975 to J. E. Wood, Administrator, Wood- ingford Lodge, 423 Devonshire Ave., Woodstock. 539-1245. Bypass not answer, says official By CHRIS NIXON SenNnel-Review Staff Writer A truck bypass is not the solution to Woodstnck's truck run lion, Jim Thom son, a mmIstry of transpartatlon and communications official, told county council today. The number of trucks a bypass would eliminate from city streets could not justify the expenditures - $5 ml lion Ink a county preferred route and $11.0 million for one preferred by the city - he "fit, Steve Donat of De Lew Cather Consultants Ltd., the firm which prepared a bypass feasability study, told council a loop road may be a long-term solution to the ells truck problem. But, he added, there ban been no study to determine the posalbility, of that option, Ito also said that a large portion of the trucks causing the Iwoblem in the city urigii ale rom and are destined to points within Woodstock. However, James Snow, Ontario transportation and communications minister, plans to announce his decision on the future of the Woodstock bypass at a Nov. 17 meeting with local Officials at Queen's Park. According to it release from the Toronto office of Oxford MPP Harry Parrott, Ontario colleges and universities minister, Mr. Sow plans to discuss the results of his ministry's study of the b peas with Oxford Warden berry Sibbick, Woodstock Mayor Leslie Cook, 'Ingersoll Mayor Gordon Henry, County Engineer Don Pratt, City Engineer Karl Hevenor, and Ron Thornton, chairman of the traffic com- mittee for Woodstock District Chamber of Commerce. Most places to be closed Most government services and public buildings will be Clasen Thursday in honor of Remembrance Day. All offices at City Hall will be closed, along with federal departments and provincial government offices. County offices at the Court House are also closed Thursday. At the Post Office, wickets will be closed and there will be no letter carrier, parcel post or rural route service. Material will be received and despatched as normal and the box lobby will remain open, Both the Public and Courov Libraries willbe closed, although the Oxford Museum will remain open. A spokesman at tip Chamber of Commerce said retail outlets in the city will likely all be open asitsual. Banks will be closed, although trust companies will remain open. By ('IIRIS NIXON Sentinel -Review Staff Writer With less than a month left before municipal elections, there are four vacancies on city council and only three persons have announced they will Iry to fill them. The vacancies have been created since Aldertnen Emmeline Hedley, Stanley Manton and William button announced they will not seek re- election Der. 6. Nominations in South-West Oxford may be illegal, solicitor indicates IS JAN TAYLOR SrnfMeFReview Staff Writer Nomination forms accepted Remembrance Day in South- West Oxford Township may be in doubt on a legal technicality, a mutt�cipal lawyer says. North York borough lawyer Charles. Onley said the nominations might be challenged in court with success because a section of the Municipal Elections Act says papers can be (tied only during the clerk's "normal working hours " And Remembrance Day might not be considered a day with normal hours. Mr. Onley made the statement citing the boroughs of North Yorkand York which accepted papers on Nov. 11 as well. But Helen Prouse, clerk of South-West Oxford Township, said today the [owtuhip solicitor has concurred with her decision to accept the nomination papers. Three nomination forms for movor and seven for councillor were accepted during the day. "Everybody worked here yesterday," she said. NOT CLOSED The office was not closed and normal working hours were observed. "If I had not received them, I would have been cutting nomination days down to just the 12th and the 15th (of November)," Mrs. Prouse said. "And it 1 had not received them, I would have violated the Election Act." The act states that nominations shall be received for five days up to nomination dav, Nov. 15, during regular office hours. But. since Nov. 13 and 14 are on the weekend, those days are not acceptable. And with most of- fices closed on Remembrance Day, the number of days for filing papers was cut to two. The papers were accepted during the normal office hours of the clerk since the office was not closed, Mrs. Prouse said. The acceptance of the papers Thursday has created a three- way mayorality race in the township. Incumbent George Jakeman and Norman Paton have already announced their intentions to seek the seat. Louis Barett, a former reeve of Dereham township, will also seek the mayor's position. Other forms accepted in- cluded those of Cecil Wilson for councillor -at -large; William Fewster, Ward 2; Harry TREE PLANTING AT ARBORETUM Members of the Woodstock Horticultural Society were on hand yesterday at the Oxford County Arboretum to plant 22 trees that had been donated. From left, Ivan Manson, honorary director; Mary Yeoman, incoming president; Reda Logan, honorary director and Clara Newhy, past president. (Staff photo) Armstrong, Ward 2; Fred Franklin, Ward 1; Walter Wilson, Ward 3; Elizabeth (Beth) Wallace, Ward 5; Nelson Oliver, Ward 5. Joseph Sharpe, former township firechief, today an- nounced he will also seek the councillor's seal for Ward 2 of the township. 6 mayoral races set in Oxford Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — There will be elections for mayor in six of the eight munict Ities In Ox- ford County's Dec. 6 municipal a ectfons. in Ingersoll, there w111 be a tkree-man race with Conn. Doug Harris, Count. Norm Bain and retired bank manager Cleo Fee contesting the top spot on council. Veteran councillors Jack Warden and Eu- gene Mabee will vie for the position of council - for -at -large. In East Zarra-Tavistock Township, incum- bent Harold Vogt will be challenged by Conn. George Wilhelm while William Ducklow, Leo - need Seegmiller and C. J. Steinman seek the. position of councillor -at -large. Three candidates, incumbent George Jake - man, Louis Barrett and Conn. Norm Paton, will run for the mayoralty in South-West Ox- ford Township. Conn. Cecil Wilson and Ben Heidbuurt will run for councillor -at -large. Tillsonburg Mayor J. Seldon Wilkinson will be challenged for the mayoralty by John Arm- strong. Corm. Ken Webster has been ac- claimed for the position of councillor -at -large. And in Woodstock, incumbent Leslie Cook will run against Aid. Joe Panther for the may- oralty while 19 others, including four Incum- bents, fight for eight council positions. Mayor Robert Blair has been acclaimed ttmyor in Zorra Township and Wallis Ham- mond will contest the position of councillor -at - large with Conn. David Slater. In B'landford-Blenheim Township, council - for -at -large Ross Livingston has traded posi- tions with Mayor Perry Slbbick, warden of Ox- ford County. Both were acclaimed to the posi- tions. The other five positions on council were filled by acclamation. Acclamation procedure unclear for city getters In the election to county council. Bill 95, the act that restruc- The resolution would be lured Oxford County, and tinder passed on to county council which municipalities in the which has the authority to ap- county proceed, does not point the recommended persons. provide legislation to determine "There's no precise direction who would sit on county council for that (acclamations) in Bill in the event of city ac- M said Mr. Miller, "but I clumations, expect there will be soon." If acclamations exist, said city clerk coordinator Ken Mr. Cook told county council Miller, the province has Wednesday Bill 96 should be authorized the city to peas a amended io Include a procedure resolution appointing members for acclamations. And Ald. Joseph Pember is challenging Mayor Leslie Cook for that of rice so his aldermanic seat isvacant, Jim Sauve,.John lee and Joe Martin have announced they will take their first stab in a municipal election, leaving one seat still vacant. Nominations close Nov. 15. Five of the city's eight alderman also sit on county council, They gel there by placing among the top five vote - civic VOTE 76 W 0 ILD COST ABOUT 7 MILLI Bypass compromise proposed by minister By DEREK NEISON AND CHRIS NIXON ForSentinel-Review TORONTO — Design studies on a long-awaited truck bypass are imminent — if local municipalities accept a tran. sportation and communications ministry proposal. The proposal announced here Wednesday by Transportation and Communications Minister James Snow appears to be a compromise between routes preferred by the city and county and will cost about $7 million. The province will pay between $5 million and $6 million of that cost. Dr. Harry Parrott, MPP for Oxford and colleges and universities minister, said. "I'm as pleased as all get out," the MPP said. Everyone at the meeting - including Mavor Leslie Cook County Warden Perry Sibbick and Ron Thorn- ton, chamber of commerce traffic committee chairman - appeared satisfied as a result of the meeting, he added. UPGRADING The ministry is suggesting upgrading County Road 6 from the Governor's Road south of Embro to Highway 9e1 north of Folden's Corners and join that route -preferred by the county - with a section of a city -preferred route that would then steer off Highwav 59 north of Oxford HAVE ANMEtL C IZ FOR MY VWIFE ?" Regional Centre to cross Governor's Road. Governor's Road would connect the routes. The province will pay the $2.6 million to build a clover leaf at the Folden's overpass; will pay 50 per cent or more of the $3 million cost to upgrade County Road 6 and will pick up the entire $2 million tab to construct the city portion of the route, Mr. Parrott said. If the proposal is accepted by the county and city, preliminary study could begin immediately and the bypass could be com- pleted in about three Years, allowing time for expropriation, a ministry spokesman said today. Dr. Parrott said most of the land needed now is provincial or municipal owned. He didn't expect any hitches acquiring land that isn't government -owned. "But don't expect bulldozers tomorrow,". he said. In 1972, when Dr. Parrott first entered Queen's Park, the idea of a bypass for this area wasn't even on the ministry map, he said. I spent an endless amount of time trying to get the ministry to study it," he said. BREAKTHROUGH He admitted it took several years, with the final breakthrough coming because "I think the present minister understood the need for it." "I would like to have waved a magic wand and have the solution, but that isn't life," he said. The proposed route will eliminate about 70 per cent of the city's east to west through trucks and "a great deal" of the truck traffic moving north and south, he said. At the same time, it will reduce the number of through trucks in Beachville and Ingersoll. But, the MPP said the city still must look at its internal truck patterns. A study conducted in the ministry in 1974 indicates that for every through truck, there 'are three local trucks on city streets. ANSWER The obvious answer to the TESTIMONIAL DINNER To mark the occasion of the retirement of Liberals, LESLIE B. CURRY and ARLINGTON D. ROBINSON Harry Parrott ... he's pleased Mayor Les Cook ... satisfied, too problem appears to be a loop bypass is going to be "very road around the city, he said, important" in future years, he but that is in the city's predicted. A short term result is, jurisdiction, not the ministry's. "we will be able to converse on In terms of traffic control, the Dundas Street." Woodstock's 21 candidates ends county council worry Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — Concern that might have been felt around city hall last week aver the possible re-election by acclamation of all eight aldermen has been dispelled. Twenty-one candidates will be running for city council in the Dec. 6 election, including two for the mayor's post. Mayor Leslie Cook, who has been challenged by Aid. Joe Pember, said last week problems could arise choosing the city's five representa- tives for Oxford County council if all aldermen were elected by acclamation because the top five vole -getters automatically sit on county council. I The act that restructured the county has no provision for determining who would sit on county council In the event of eight acclama- tions. Clerk co-ordinator Ken Moller said the pt'u- vince has authorized the city to pass a resolu- tion appointing members to county council if necessary. Members of county council agreed the act should be amended to Include a procedure for acclamations. But tids year at least there will be no accla- mations for council in Woodstock as four in- cumbents and 15 newcomers will be listed on the ballot. Incumbents are: Wendy Calder, Walter Hulme, Gordon LaSalle and Philip Poole. Newcomers are: CHfT Bitms, Ken Bullen. Jack Egenberger, Thara Harvey, Jim Hicks, Eva Latham, Keith Latter. JOB J. Lee,Joe Martin, David Matthews, Eugene Ratz. James Sauve, Ernest Tapley, Peter Fink and Lenore Young. There will also be a race for the four seats on the Oxford County board of education. Incumbents Gerald Wormald and Earl Church will be challenged by Norman Carter. William Boughtflower, Patricia Brown, Mar jorle Lanaway. James Peterson. Alexandra Prytulak and Austin Snyder. Four separate school board seats will be contested by incumbents Helen Gyurki, W-'"- am Pargeter, Lloyd Zinger and newcomers Al- fred M. Charmn and Charles F. Chfitl& W. A. (BtR) Thompson was acclamttted as the separate school bosrd's Woodstock mom sentative on the Oxford County board of edu- cation. Friends and associates are invited to be present at O� outcome HENDERSON HALL INGERSOLL on wary NOVEMBER 23, 1976 as Quebec votes may be obtained at the Township Office in Dereham Centre, telephone 77. South West Oxford Township Council. 'Y Partim' Quebecois By JOHN, MCIHIG11 of The Free Press MONTREAL — Quebecers tack 9ne step to- uard independence Monday when they elected s majority government headed by Partl Que- becois leader Rene Levesque. At midnight.. with four ridings still in doubt, the Parti Quebecois candidate was elected or was leading in fib ridings in the 110-seat nation- al assembly, The victory is a stunning defeat for Premier Robert Boursssa — who lost his own riding of merrier in central Montreal — as his Liberals were elected or leading in only 27 ridings. The Liberals won the 1973 provincial elec- tion with a landslide victory of 102 seats. Oxford assured debentures safe Free Press Woodstock Bureau W'OODSTOCK — Oxford County's proposed marketing of a t1,394,9a9 debenture issue should not be affected by the results of Mon- day's Quebec election, the county's fiscal agent said Tuesday. John Hughes told administration and fi- nance committee members that although a victory by the Pant Quebecois has upset fi- nancial markets. Oxford's debenture issue will not be affected because the county's credit is highly regarded. He said his firm, Burgess Graham Securi- ties Ltd. of Toronto, Is of the opinion that the separatist win expresses only 40 per cent of the Quebec people's opinion. "We don't see much chance of Quebec split- ting from the rest of Canada," he said. "We're in a very difficult period when for- eign investment in Canada may be sharply curtailed. The future depends on foreign senti- ment. We're hoping people will sit back and assess the (Quebec) situation. "Regardless, your debentures represent an attractive piece of financing," he said. He recommended the entire debenture be is- sued to one large organization, but said local residents should be given the chance to invest. The finance and administration committee will recommend to county council that an ini- tial marketing of the debenture be taken. The interest rates they will carry were not disclosed. BLUES CHASER Woman golfer to her husband: "Now, if there's anything I do wrong or you see some- thingyou can correct for me —Just keep your big mouth shut." Annexation bid meeting called Free Press Woodstock Bureau DERERAM CENTRE — A public meeting to discuss a Tilisonburg h-WaOxford plication to annex pert. of Soutest Township will be held Nov. 29 at Delmer School, township clerk Helen Prouse said Wednesday. Delmer is located on County Road 20, be- tween Brownville and Tillbonburg. The meeting was scheduled at the request of several township residents who live In the ar- ea of the proposed 4,704scre annexation. Tillsonburg passed a bylaw in October to ap- ply to the Ontario Municipal Board to annex land in South-West Oxford, Norfolk and Bay - ham townships. In Srwth-West Oxford, the town Is seeking to expand east 0) the boundary of South-West Ox- ford and Norwich, north to the mid -point of Concession 0 and west to the west boundary of Loot III Allthree townships have Indicated oppohl- d" to the proposal. The annexation would more than double Till- xanburg'x area. SWINE FLU CLINIC At Thamesford Public Shool On Nov. 25, 1976 OXFORD HEALTH UNIT rolls to wIN in Trudeau says vote for Parti Quebecois not for separation Churchman honored Free Press Woodstock Bureau EMBRO — Dr. Oswald J. Smith grew up here and went on to become an author, com- poser, missionary and the founder of a church. Saturday, a plaque was placed in his honor at the community cairn at Cody's Cor- ners. The plaque, unveiled by members of the Pe- oples Church In Toronto, was a birthday pre- sent for Dr. Smith who was 87 on Nov. 8. Dr. Smith was born in Odessa, spent his boy- hood in Embro and went to school at Cody's Corners. Ordained a Presbyterian minister in INO, he travelled extensively, wrote 36 books which have had six million copies printed in 125 lan- guages, and composed about 1,200 hymns. In 1928.he founded the Peoples Church in To- ronto which now has a congregation of more than 4.500. Dr. Oswald Smith, left, who founded a church, wrote 36 at Cody's Corner's near Embro Saturday to mark his 87th books and 1,200 hymns and travelled to 72 countries as birthday. Chatting with Dr. Smith Is a boyhood friend, An- a missionary, was given a plaque at the community cairn drew Cody of Cody's Corners. 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Sixty per cent of those contactec responded. Woodstock rates will not be affected. he said. Most of the calls between the exchanges are from Norwich to Woodstock, according to Mr, Rolfe, although some businesses with offices in Norwich and Woodstock will also be helped. The exchanges affected are 863, Norwich, and 537 and 539 in Woodstock.. Sibbick won't accept fourth year as warden By CHRIS NIXON Sentinel -Review Staff Writer Warden Perry Sibbick, in his formal farewell to county council and other ofticials Friday night, asked council to continue striving on behalf of the county as a whole. Mayor of Blandford-Blenheim Township, Mr, Sibbick, will be back on council as his town- ship's councillor -at -large, but has announced he won't accept another term as warden, He has been warden for three years, the first to serve under the restructured system. More than 300 persons turned out for the annual Warden's Dinner, including Oxford MPP and colleges and universities minister Dr. Harry Parrott, Oxford MP, Dr, Bruce Halliday, and Brant -Norfolk -Oxford MPP, Robert Nixon. While the road to restruc- turing has not been easy, said Mr. Sibbick, the eounty's future looks bright, Mr. Sibbick said there is a See Picture On Page Ll need to retain "every inch" W agricultural soil,. but, at the same time, the county must provide employment 'for an ever-increasing labor force. Legislation restructuring the county was the most progremve step ever made by, and for the county, he said. 0 4; 'HOW SWEET IT IS!' Oxford Warden Perry actually he's wide awake and night at the Oxford Sibbick, complete with is smiling at the tributes Auditorium in Woodstock. flower in his buttonhole being paid to him at the (See story on Page 1) (Staff appears to be dozing but Warden's banquet held last photo by Drew Gragg) 0 OXFORD WARDEN'S BANQUET — One of the things retained when Oxford County was restructured was the idea of holding a warden's banquet, This was always a popular event prior to restructuring and county council decided to continue on with it once every two years as wardens now serve two year terms. The first such banquet was held in Woodstock on Friday evening with the host being Warden Perry Sibbick, Mayor of Blandford-Blenheim. Not only does the banquet allow elected officials and employees of townships and the county to get together, but it also provides an opportunity for officials from past years to keep in touch with their counterparts of the present. Blandford-Blenheim was well represented at Friday's banquet by five men who have served as Oxford County wardens. Front heft to right) William Chesney of RR 2, Intnerklp and George Balkwill ofDrumbo, past wardens. Back (left to right) Dr. Harry Parrott, M.P.; Gordon Aspden, R R 5, Woodstock, past warden; Perry Sibbick, Princeton, first warden of restructured county; Peter McDonald, RR 3, Bright, past warden; and Bob Nixon, M.P,P. • The Warden's Dinner in honour of Oxford County"s Warden PERRY C. SIBBICK COUNTY OF OXFORD OXFORD AUDITORIUM WOODSTOCK FAIRGROUNDS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19,1976 Menu TOMATO JUICE ROAST BEEF — GRAVY MASHED POTATOES GREEN BEANS SLICED CARROTS COLESLAW JELLIED SALADS RELISH TRAY ROLLS STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE TEA OR COFFEE "DINNER MUSIC — MR. DICK SELDON" Programme i j CHAIRMAN — G. R. STAPLES Grace James Penhale The Queen Introductions The Chairman Members of Parliament Bruce Halliday, M.P. Harry C. Parrott, M.P.P. Robert F. Nixon, M.P.P. Entertainment The Walters Family Presentations The Warden AU LD LANG SYNE Should auld acquaintance be forgot For auld lang syne, my dear, And never brought to mind, For auld lang syne, Should auld acquaintance be forgot We'll take a cup of kindness yet, For days of auld lang syne. For the days of auld fang syne. DANCING TO — "TED AND THE POOR BOYS" OXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL 1975-76 PERRY C. SIBBICK Warden Mayor Perry C. Sibbick ............ Blandford-Blenheim Councillor Ross Livingston .......... Blandford-Blenheim Mayor Harold W. Vogt ............ East Zorra-Tavistock Councillor George Wilhelm ......... East Zorra-Tavistock Mayor W. Leslie Dickson .................. Norwich Councillor Kenneth Peers .................. Norwich Mayor George Jakeman ............ South-West Oxford Councillor Norman Paton ........... South-West Oxford Mayor Robert C. Matheson ................... Zorra Councillor Robert Blair ..................... Zorra Mayor J. Seldon Wilkinson ................ Tillsonburg Councillor Kenneth Webster ............... Tillsonburg Mayor Gordon B. Henry .................. Ingersoll Councillor Douglas Harris ........ . ......... Ingersoll Mayor Leslie J. Cook .................... Woodstock Councillor Wendy L. Calder ............... Woodstock Councillor William B. Dutton .............. Woodstock Councillor Walter Hulme ................. Woodstock Councillor Joseph Pember ................ Woodstock Councillor Philip Poole .................. Woodstock • •/ TO STIMULATE ECONOMY Bank of Canada cuts loan rates OTTAWA (CP) — Federal money managers moved Friday to lowering eBakoaanada County backs workers by lowering the Bank of Canada lending rate to nine per cent, effective Monday, From its pre- i n battling rollback vfous record 9.5 per cent, Opposition bid tabled County council has tabled a request by Conn. Norman Paton Of South-West Oxford Township that the county object to Tillsonburg's attempt to annex 4,3W acres of his township. The request was tabled until council's next regular meeting. Coun. Paton, running for mayor in South-West Oxford, said the proposal by TBlsonburg is premature. But council failed to discuss the issue. The county will back up its public works employees in opposing an anti-inflation board (AIB) ruling rolling back their wage settlements. But the support isn't unanimous. SIGN ACTION The county is taking action to get stiffer sentences into the court system for persons con- victed of stealing or damaging road signs. Council Wednesday supported a public works committee recommendation asking the Attorney General to increase heavier court penalties. Public works chairman Seldon Wilkinson of Tillsonburg said costs "are considerable" every year because of thefts and damages to signs. Council Wednesday voted 9 to 7 to support the empin ees after the AiB rolled back their wage increases from 10.7 per cent to eight per cent. Aid. Joseph Pember, a member of the public works committee, said both the county and members of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPS), local 1589 were satisfied with the agreement reached recently. It would be unfair for county workers salaries to be held at eight per cent while city em. ployees, doing the same job, are being paid more, he said. Ingersoll Mayor Gordon Henry and Ald. William Dutton of Woodstock objected to the public works recommendation. Mr. Henry said the county can't support one local union and not all others. And Aid. Dutton said sup- porting one group would be discriminating. Salford land urged for county landfill by consultant report By JANTAYLOR Sentinet-Review Staff Writer An interim report by M. M. Dillon Ltd., consultants for Oxford's new landfill area, recommends the site be located east of Salford south of County Road 6 on a minimum of 150 acres. The report, presented to the county public works committee Thursday, and prepared by W. F. Wells states this site, purr chased last year by the county, would act as a major landfill area and should provide for a minimum of 15 years of disposal requirements. It also suggests that one major site with associated transfer stations will serve the needs of the county adequately. The results of studies com. Pleted to date on the Salford otation indicate the property is likely suitable, from a hydrogeologieal viewpoint. Eight landfill sites in the county were studied for possible locations before the Salford site was recommended. To establish the landfill site, the report says: - The county must option and acquire the property: - Detailed soils investigation must be undertaken on the site to prove the viability; - Detailed site engineerinto provide site operational ptg ana must be prepared; - Application and submission of plans to the ministry of the environment for technical ap proval and a hearing before the environmental hearing board must be undertaken before the landfill site can be approved and developed; - Design and construction of required capital works must be undertaken prior to receiving wastes; - Operations can be initiated in accordance with the approved plan. Township meeting over annexation bid DEREHAM CENTRE — A meeting for South West Oxford township residents affected by a Tillsonburg annexation bid will be held at Delmer School Nov. 29. Delmer is located between Brownsville and Tillsonburg on County Road 20. Township Clark Helen Prouse said council called the meeting to provide information to the ratepayers about the 4,70o-acre annexation. They also wanted to get the general feeling of the public regarding the proposal. "We don't have very much Information to give them," she said. "We have not received anything from Tillsonburg," Tillsonburg passed a bylaw in October requesting permission from the Ontario Municipal Board to annex land in South- West Oxford, Norfolk and Bayham Townships. All three have indicated opposition to the proposal. The annexation proposal for South West Oxford covers land east of the South west Oxford - Norfolk boundary to Concession 9 and westto the west boundary for fool 1. Mrs. Prouse said the land is all At and A2 agricultural land, There is scattered residential development in the area, she Bald. Tillsonburg annexed an 1,8W ncre parcel of the township in January, 1974. 1st swine flu clinic attracts 425 persons About 425 persons turned out for oxford County's first swine flu Immunization clinic, held in Thamesford Thursday. "It went almost too well," Muriel Webb, public health nurse in charge of the county program, said in an interview today. Oxford Health Unit has only received 8W Moses M monovalent vaccine for swine flu only since the immunization pro{�ram started two weeks ago. Dr. William Butt, acting county chief medical health officer. estimated last week thatthere was enough vaccine to handle at least 1.50 immunizations at the first clinic. Patients and staff at the county's nursing Homes and hospitals were the Brat to be immunized under the program in Word. According to Mrs. Webb, a good mix of monovalent, for persons aged 20 to 50, and bivalent vaccine. a combination for a Victoria and swine flu strains, adapted for the chronically ill or over age 65, were administered. "Nobody seemed worried about getting the shots," Mrs. Webb said. No other clinics have been planned since the health unit is waiting to build up a supply of the vaccine, according to Mrs. Webb. Health board studies public dental move By IRENE STANIONIS Sentinel -Review Staff Writer Oxford is the only, area in the province which doesn't have a public dental program but the county health board wants to know how much one might cost before it gets involved. "H you're going to get a public health dentist, you're going to have to share it with another county," Dr. William Butt, acting county medical health officer, told board members Tuesday. The county, wouldn't be able to qualify for a full-time dentist on its own since there are only about 86,000 persons in Oxford; one dentist should ideally serve approximately 200,000 persons according to Ontario health ministry criteria. However, Dr. Bull said that most areas with dental programs aren't up to the recommended standards. He indicated that Oxford could share a dental service with Elgin and Perth counties, since they're both close and the later is dissatisfied with its current arrangement of paying three - tenths of a dentist's salary now while only receiving less than two hours of service weekly. Board member Beverly McCann suggested that the county would have to get the approval of Thames Valley District Health Council before entering into any dental program sharing. Dr. Butt indicated that the health board had discussed entering a dental program before but it was dropped since the board only received 50 per cent ministry funding at the time. Since then, it has been awarded 75-percent funding by the minLtry to match its revised status as a regional service for Oxford County —an alternation which now could make a dif- ference in how large a share the board would have to pay to set up a dental program. Although Dr. Butt wouldn't estimate how much it might cost to set up a program, he said that the county should have the services of a dentist, dental hygienist, and possibly two public health dental assistants to meet the area needs. He said that most of the dental program would be confined to administering preventive care in the schools. Cool reception for development s. B. Stein, a solicitor representing Cornwall S. C. Developments Ltd., received a cool reception from county council Wednesday when he outlined the firm's development proposal for Woodstock. Before the lawyer started his presentation, Aid. William Dutton of Woodstock said the presentation was out of order because the matter is before the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB). And when he finished, councillors had few comments. Cornwall S. C. Ltd. has proposed the development of a 5o,olto-square-foot shopping centre at the corner of Devon- shire and Springbank avenues. The county's official plan allows only 30,000 square feet of floor space for similar developments. Mr. Stein said the develop- ment would include a 25dIW- square-toot fool store and the remaining floor space would be consumed by small retail outlets, Woodstockwill face Cornwall S- C, Ltd, at an OMB hearing stated for pre. 6. Financing to be discussed Oxford refuses approval for truck bypass proposal Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOODIMOC.K — Flouncing of the proposed truck bypass here is to be discussed at a meet. ing between Oxford County Warden Perry Sib - hick and Dr. Harry Parrott, MPP (PC -Ox- ford). No date for the meeting has been set. County council refused Wednesday night to give approes' in principle to the proposal pre. sented last week by the ministry of transpor- tation and communications, despite objections by Woodstock Aid. Walter Hutme that the council could be accused of `dragging its feet." The alderman said council could accept the proposal in principle and look after financing arrangements later. Under the provincial proposal, the county would pay $3 million toward the cost of the by- pass. Transportation hfinister James Snow has indicated the province will pay' about $4.1 million as its share of the costs for the route. BLUES CHASER if you think gold bricks are a thing of the 7asf, wait until you get a builder's estimate on t nea home. - MOH REAPPOINTED Dr. William Butt was reap- pointed actin chief medical .officer of hea th for the first three months of 1977 by Oxford County board of health Tuesday. Oxford official cites OHC IN for `blackmailing ' tactics By RANDY RAY Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — Oxford County must stop granting concessions to the Ontario Housing Corp. (OHC) which It would not make for pri- vate developers, the chairman of the county planning committee told county council Wednesday night. Conn. Kenneth Webster of TBlsonburg charged that the county has been "black. mailed" into allowing OHC certain conces- sions for construction of senior citizens' homes in Tillsonburg, Ingersoll and Thamesford. The OHC development in Tillsonburg is un- der construction and developments In Inger- soll and Thamesford are awaiting county ap. proval. Council was considering a recommendation by planning committee that a continuing lease on a one -acre parcel of land next to the pro- posed 24-unit project in Thamesford be used before the development is approved. The planning committee made the recom- mendation following receipt of a five-year lease agreement between OHC and Robert MacFarlan of Zorra Township. The lease agreement would allow the pro- posal to meet official plan requirements of 15 units per acre, and OHC could then build 24 units on its land. No agreement met in bypass meeting Nothing concrete has evolved from a weekend meeting of a truck bypass between county Warden Perry Sibbick and Dr. Harry Parrott, Oxford MPP and colleges and universities minister, the warden said Tuesday. The meeting was held to discuss alternate methods of financing a proposed truck bypass. We're in the preliminary stages of negotiations now," said Mr. Sibbick- "I'm not at liberty to divulge any m- formation but we're (county) certainly on it," Mr. Sibbick said he suggested alternate financing proposals. Dr. Parrott is to take the in- formation to the deputy - minister of transportation and communications. "I would think we will sit down in the near future, and discuss our mutual problems," the warden said. The leased land would be zoned open space and would be used for septic tanks only. Conn. Webster was upset because an OHC official had indicated that if the lease is not granted to allow construction of 24 units, OHC would pull out of the project. The official said a limitation of 15 units per acre would make land costs prohibitive. "I'm sick and tired of the county being blackmailed by a government agency. It's happened in Ingersoll, in Tfflsonburg and now in Thamesford," Conn. Webster said. He said OHC is saying "if you want these de- velopments in your municipality, you'll have to do things our way because the costs are too great." Examples of county -granted concessions, he said, include changes in density requirements as requested for the Thamesford develop- ment, abnormal geographical restraints in In- gersoll and changes In parking requirements. He. said OHC's request to lease an acre next to its project is another example. "There's no way we would make these concessions to the private individual," Coun. Webster said. "It's time OHC was put in their place. If we have to go out on the limb to stand up to them and end up looking like culprits, that's the way it'll have to be," he said. "It has to be done." Aid. Walter Hutme of Woodstock added that OHC may be responsible for the high cost per - unit of land because of the high price ($32,000) It paid for the property. "I checked into the situation with real estate brokers, and they telhme this was a ridiculous price to pay for a piece of unserviced land in this area," he said. "OHC is a government agency building spe. cialized housing units, but I don't like what's going on. It's a terrible thing to have such November's temperatures were lowest since 1938 By TILE CANADIAN PRESS A bitterly cold Arctic air mass that entered Northern Ontario from Manitoba on Wednesday left residents of some areas shivering in temperatures that broke records and matched one go years old. Weather officials keep a daily record of maximum and min- imum temperatures in each community in Ontario. In some communities, the highest tem- perature recorded Wednesday was up to seven degrees less than the lowest maximum tem- perature ever recorded, Residents of the hamlet of Lansdowne House, about 150 miles northeast of Thunder Bay, experienced a maximum temperature of 26 Celsius Wednesday, two degrees lower than the previous low maximum temperature of 26 recorded in 19M. The maximum reading of 20 in Thunder Bay tied a record set in 1696 and the high of 22 in Atikokan, about 60 trdles north- east of Thunder Bay, tied one established in 1919• In Pickle lake, about 125 miles north of Thunder Bay, the maximum of 28 was seven de- grees lower than the record es- tablished in 1940 and tied In 1972. The maximum of 25 in Kenura broke a record of 23 established in 1966. COLDEST ON RECORD Meanwhile, the weather office at Toronto International Airport said Wednesday that last month was the coldest November at the airport since weather officials began keeping records there in 19M. A weather spokesman said the average temperature for the month wits 0.2 degrees com. pared with the long-term aver- age for November of 3A. The long-term average is based on highest and lowest tempera- tures recorded for each Novem- ber since 193a. problems when we're talking about accommcr dations badly needed in surrounding mmtfel- panties." Coon. Webster said a "strong" letter willbe sent to OHC making it clear that in future OHC most take into account zoning bylaws and planning before it takes steps to develop land in Oxford County. Council also approved the planning commit- tee's recommendation that a continuing lease which constitutes ownership be required be- fore the project can be approved. Council approved a bylaw authorizing the marketing of debentures in the amount of $I,- 394,000. John Hughes, county fiscal agent, said the debentures will be issued to two Canadian gen- -eral insurance companies and one major Can- adian life Insurance company. Transactions will be completed by Dec. a -- r ,LODGE ADMISSIONS Residents are being admitted to Woodinyjord Lodge's new 1046ed addition at the rate of three or four a Week. lodge committee chairman Gorden Henry, Ingersoll mayor. said dne Wesday. According to Mr. Henry. lodge administration tried bringging in six people a week but it was too disruptive to established residents and newcomers. 0 COUNTY OF OXFORD YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE W-- ardena Vmner FRIDAY, EVENING, NOVEMBER 19th, 1976 .... at.... OXFORD AUDITORIUM Woodstock Fairgrounds - Woodstock, Ontario AT SEVEN O'CLOCK h. Reception and Dance to follow PERRY C. SIBBICK, Warden IF UNABLE TO ATTEND, PLEASE REPLY TO BOX 397, WOODSTOCK OR PHONE 537-3911, BY NOVEMBER 10th, 1976 0 Nine new members on county co-tincil Nine of the 20 members elected Monday to Oxford County council will he serving their first term under the restructured county government implemented Jan- uary f of Iris. Of the nine new members ,joining county council, only one - Lou Barrett, elected mayor of South-West Oxford Township - has served on previous county From Ingersoll, Coup. Jack Warden will be sitting on the upper tier level of municipal overnment for the first time as e town's newly elected coun- dllorat-large. Representing Ingersoll along with Coun. Warden will be Doug Harris, who has moved from the councillor - at -large position to become mayor. Joining Mr. Barrett to rep- resent South-West Oxford at the county level will be Cecil Wilson, elected Monday as the township's councillorat-large, to replace incumbent Norm Paton who went down to defeat along with incumbent George Jakeman in a three-way race for mayor. In' Zorra township, where former councillor -at -large Rob - beat Blair was acclaimed mayor, Coun. Wallis Hammond has been elected councillor -at -large. Tillsonburg's I n c u m b e n t mayor Seldon Wilkinson was severely beaten in his bid to retain his seat, and John Armstrong has been elected as the town's new mayor. Serving with him at the county level will be Ken Webster, incumbent councillor -at -large who was ac. claimed to that position. In Norwich Township, Ken Peers has moved up from the councillor -at -large post to win the mayor's chair, and will be joined by Jack Burns as the township's new councillor -at -large. Ross Livingston was acclaimed as mayor of Blandford-Blenheim Township, changing places with Perry Sibbick who was also acclaimed and will sit as councillor -at -large. In a two-way battle in East Zorra-Tavistock, Harold Vogt won out over George Wilhelm to hold the mayor's post, and Mr. Wilhelm's councillor -at -large seat was filled by Leonard Seegmiller, another newcomer to county council. In Woodstock, where a total of 19 candidates battled for council seats and a two-way race for mayor eliminated council member Joe Pember, Les Cook was returned as head of council, to be joined at the county level by incumbents Wendy Calder, Phil., Poole and Walter fJ,nlme, along with newcomer ken(Bullen`arld Keith Latter. v, „ Wendy Calder, who topped the polls in Woodstock and was the first woman to sit on county council, confirmed Monday night that she intends to run for warden of Oxford County in this new year. Also seeking the warden's chair will be Ken Webster and Ken Peers. Warden Perry' Sibbick said early in the fall that he would not seek another term of head of county council. Former reeve dies A former East Oxford Township councillor and reeve died Wednesday at Woodstock General Hospital. John Alexander Wallace RR a Woodstock was 77. Born in Burford Township, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Wallace. He had resided in East Oxford Town- ship for the past 70 years. Mr. Wallace was assessor in the township for 20 years and was a former member of the Upper Thames River Con- servation Authority. He was a member and trustee of St. Andrew's United Church at Muir and a member and past master of Blenheim Masonic Lodge No. 108, Princeton. He was the father of four sons and one daughter. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the F.E. Rowell Funeral Home.. Cook. surpr11 ised by wide margin in third victory Free Prose Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — Mayor Leslie Cook was re- elected for a third term Monday night, defeat - lag opponent Aid. Joe Pember by more than I'm votes. Mayor Cook, 53, a night supervisor at the Woodstock post offlce, polled 4,344 votes, Aid. Pember, 33, an ambulance operator, had 8,231. It was his first bid for the mayoralty following two terns as alderman. Mayor Conk ,old he was "quietly confident" about winning the mayoralty but was sur- prised that bit won by sueb a wide margin. "I ex acted in Will by About 100 to 200 votes," he said. In the aldermanic race, all four incumbents were re-elected, Aid. Wendy Calder led with 5,317 votes, fob lowed by Aid. Philip Poole, 4,756, and Aid, Walter Habra, 4.444. Newcomer Ken Builen placed fourth with 3,153, followed by Keith Latter, i1,071, Lenore Young, 2,984, end David Matthews, 2,055. Incumbent Aid, Gard Walla was lest with 2,835. The top nve voto-getters will sit on county council ailing with MayorCswk. Others In order of standing were; Thnra Harvey, 2,4oi; Eugene Ratz, 2,103; Peter Vink, L03; lava Latham, 1.598; Joe Martin, 1.P11; Cliff Sinus, i,5a5; Ernest Taphly, 1,334, Jim Hicks, 1,203; Jack Eggenberger, 1,088; John lam, 904; and Jamos Sauve, 5n7 City's waterworks signed over to county 'Toe Woodstock Public Utility Commission (PUC) approved Tuesday an agreement turning over ownership of the local waterworks to the county. PUC manager John Rousom said the agreement will slow some PUC operations, but added that he doesn't expect any problems. The agreement stipulates that the county owns Woodstock waterworks, but the city has been delegated to maintain and operate it. The city, in turn, turns back the day-to-day operation to the PUC. In the works for almost two Years. the agreement - a similar one is berng reached for all waterworks to the county - has been. the Centre of much con- troversy, mainly municipal reluctance to give up ownership of their systems. But Bill 95, the act that restructured the county, turned over township if) the county. It's a three-year agreement and is subject to amendments and annual renewal after three years. Mr. RaaSOm said having a third ppaarty - the county . in- volved,. some procedures, such as. approving capital budget expenditures, will take longer. City, county reminded of energy conservation The Woodstock Public Utility Commission (PUC) has noticed City hall and the county cour- thouse are being floodlit at night and want the owners to know of its energy conservation at- tempts. "We're not suggesting Warden Perry Sibbick was the recipient of a series of wisecracks when he first suggested several months ago that a new chair be Purchased for the county warden. The old chair, from which many a county warden security fighting should be cut," said commissioner Trevor Slater Tuesday," but as for decorative fighting_-" The commission voted to send a letter to the city and coumty telling them it is concerned about energy conservation THE COUNTY SEAT has reigned, was a pain, Mr. Sibbick said mainly because it sat far 6ek tram the warden's desk and couldn't be pulled forward. Well, after some fancy diplomacy at the public works com- mittee level, and with council's approval, Mr. Sibbick got his chair,. and two other to match. He used it Wednesday for the first time and let everyone know he had a comfortable seat —the county scat that is, t.Stafl photo) BLUES CHASER �me stansurs may be inaccurate, but tbaae that doal with the trot of llvlltg are OR die ap and up. Oxford refuses to be `cheap' Free Press Woodstock Bureau W'OODSrOCK — Oxford County council de rided Wednesday to set aside about $N,ill for a January reception for the incoming wattled. following criticism that spending only $250 would be "cheap." The administration and finance committee had recommended a light reception and social hour - However, Woodstock Coun. Walter flulme said council should know the: cost of such af- fairs before granting approval. When Ingersoll Coun. Doug Harris, a mem- ber of the committee, recommended $250 be spent on the evening, Coun. Joe Pember of Woodstock chided the county as being "cheap," "We should put on something fitting and proper for the occasion," he said. "We're be. Ing a little light, offering only $27io for an af- fair for the new warden and his friends. I wouldn't even show up fora cheap outfit like that. "I don't think craters are going to condemn spending a little more monec." Coun. Pember said. "Five hundred dollars is a little more like it." County clerk Gerry Staples told council a similar reception two years ago for Warden Perry Sibbtck cost the county between $5W and fdYl0. Council then approved a suggestion from Coun. William Dutton of Woodstock to spend about $6W. , TILE DRAINAGE The Ontario government will be providing Sig million to municipalities for tile drainage loans in 1977-76. The interest rate will remain at six per cent. Each municipality will have its amount determined by the amounts borrowed in the past three years. Welfare budget overspent by social service branch Ox[nrd Social Services department has overspent Chia Year's welfare allowance by about $700 by the end of October, administrator Gerry McKay said Wednesday. Most years we're under budget hot we had larger families on this ,year than in our experience in the past," Mr, McKay told members of the county health and social see - vices committee, Last year, the department spent $691,0e0 on welfare in Oxford; this year it was budgeted for $95o,otn. He also attributed the over- spending to the state of the national economy and a 5.5 per cent budget growth ceiling imposed by the Ontario com- munity and social services ministry for 1976, He said that the department will continue to handle welfare cases this year with the deficit just carried over to the next year. However, he wouldn't speculate on whether the overspending may effect next year's allowance, although the ministry has lifted the budget growth limit. "Perhaps they feel we can operate as we have in the past," he said, indicating that ad- ministration costs, homemaking and nursing services would still have to be approved by the ministry before any department spending. Mr. McKay also suggested that the controls may be rein- stated in the future if the department's budget grows too rapidly. Annexation plan opposed South-West Oxford to fight Free Press Woodstock Bureau Tillsonburg passed a bylaw in October so- One hundred South-West Oxford Township DEREHAM CENTRE — Helen Prouse, thorizing application to the Ontario Municipal residents signed a petition at a public meeting South-West Oxford Township clerk, has been Board (OMB) to annex land in South-West Nov. 29 expressing their disapproval of the instructed to study engaging a legal firm to Oxford, Norfolk and Bayham townships. All Tillsonburg proposal. fight Tillsonburg's proposed annexation of i,- three have opposed the proposal and met once Mayor Jakeman said South-West Oxford has 700 acres of the township, Mayor George Jake- to discuss legal action. not received notification of an OMB bearing. man said Tuesday. If successful, the proposed annexation Oxford County council will consider a mo- Mayor Jakeman said Mrs. Prouse will re- would more than double Tillsonburg's area. tion today from Coun. Norm Paton of South- port to council Dec. 21. In South-West Oxford, Tilsonbmrg is seeking West Oxford Township asking the county to to Mayor Jakeman said Norfolk Township al- of South-West Oxford and Its rand es allost rwich, o the bnu th to ry opTheen tiothe n, ectonded bion as y Mayo�akeman, ready has hired legal aid to right the annexa- the mid -point of the Ninth Concession and west was tabled from county council's Nov. 24 tion attempt. to the western boundary of lot it. meeting. Municipal voting day under way in county Pay not issue in dispute with health board: nurse By IR NE ST'ANIONIS Sentinel -Review Staff Writer Money now has little to do with an it -month contract dispute between Oxford County board of health and its 16 public health nurses —it's become strictly a matter of principle, according to a nurse appookeeman. Talks between the nurses, members of London area Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) and the board broke down again last week despite non -official efforts ref a labor mediator to reconcile both aides. Board Coun. Kenneth Peers of Norwich, board chairman, said in an interview that the partiea failed to reach a settlement since the nurses have refused to budge from their original demand for compulsory ar- bitration. And we're not going to give in to that," Coun. Peers said, "We have a principle at stake," Lee Boyd, ON -A em- ployee relations officer in London, said, "Nurses for years have been fighting for arbitration .. , there have been too many lockouts in the past." LICKED OUT Oxford's public health nurses were locked out by the board for about three weeks last summer after they participated in a week-long ONA provincial protest In a bid for compulsory arbitration. Despite the fact that contract negotiations have gone on for almosta year, Ms. Boyd in- dicated that the nurses won't agree to a settlement at this point without arbitration, She said that the nurses also want the employer to recognze the historical relationship between hospital and public health nurses. Although they recognize that the board is working under a Period of financial restraint she indicated that the nurses could be in a better bargaining position in the future if the historical ties were acknowledged. Neither Ms. Boyd nor Mr. Peers would predict when the 1976 contract Wright be settled. Turnout 41.6°l for Woodstock Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSI'OCK — Voter turnout in Monday's municipal election in Woodstock totalkvi 11.6 per cent, about three per cent more than for the t971 election, deputy city clerk John McGinnis said Tuesday. He said 7,651 voters out of the 18,382 eligible east ballots. In 197.1, when restructuring movedthe elec- tion to October from the customary first Mon- day In December, 38.6 per cent of the elector - sit, voted. In 1972, the turnout was 32.4 per Ven(. Mr. McGinnis said 46 ballets — compared with more than WO in t971 — were rejected in the mayoralty race. lie sold U were nib marked and three voters were given ballots but declined to vote. Eightv nve ballots In the alderinantc race 'were re)eeted, big were unmarked and nor per sores declitwil to vole. 0 0 Dinner cost $2,000, 2nd reception planned The count has spent more than $2,0e0 of laxpayer's money on the warden's dinner held two, weeks ago and spending for special events probably won't stop there, The administration and finance committee Wednesday recommended county council hold a reception in January for the new warden. It' the recommendation is accepted, the county will foot the bill for the food, hall rental, licensing and music. Tile committee also decided retiring members of council 'should be given small plaques — Probably sporting the county- crest-tn commemoration of their contributions. Two of the committee members, Mayor Leslie Dickson of Norwich Township and Mayor Robert Matheson of Zorra Township, will be retiring at the end of this year. Two ether members, Count. Doug Harris of Ingersoll and Mayor Leslie Cook of Wood- stock will be forced into political retirement if they're defeated at the polls Dec. 6. Mr. Cook was not at Wed- nesday's meeting. The warden's dinner, attended by members of municipal councils, their families, friends and the media, has so far cost the county $1.Mi2. More than $200 is expected to be added to the bill for refresh- ments and additional ex- penditures will be added for flowers. The county spent $210 for the. band; $60 for entertainment; $1.344 fora roast beef meal; $176 for rental of the hall; $50 for dinner music and $10 for a piper at the dinner. Liquor as well as everything else, was on the house. Before those expenditures were approved, Coun. Harris, running (or the Ingersoll mayoralty, said a warden's reception should be held Jan. 12, after a new warden is chosen. Court. Barris said hors d'oeuvres, served along with drinks on trays during the first hour of the reception, would be "nice." It would be a good idea to have a special "Oxford drink" for the reception open exclusively to council, the new warden, and his family and friends, he said. "But we shouldn't get too financially involved, really," he said. However, Coun. Harris suggested all the county ex- penditures. Warden Perry Sibbick saw his motion that retiring members of council be given a county plaque get committee approval. A retiring warden is recognized for his contributions to the county, so it's "only ap- propriate" that departing council members should too, he said. "We should set a precedent now and hopefully future councils will see fit to carry it on " he said. Mr. Dickson, committee chairman said he hoped Mr. Sibbick would speak on the recommendation at the next council meeting. "I personally like little wall plaques... you have to pick something that a person in that position (retiring) will ap- preciate," Mr. Dickson said. "PEACE -PROGRAM County finance and ad- ministration committee has voted to sponsor the Christmas "Peace" program to be aired Christmas Day on CKOX radio from 12:45 to 1:30 p.m. Cost of sponsoring the program is $35. Commemoration plaque urged for old cemetery By IRENE STANIONIS Sentinel -Review Staff Writer A bronze plaque, carrying the names of 150personm who diedat the former county (louse Of Refuge, should be placed at the cemetery on Fanahawe College Road, Ingersoll Out Gordon .Henry amid Wednesday. "From time to time, relatives come from all over Cana and want to know where their grandmother Is buried," Mr. Henry told members of the county health and social mr- vices committee. "We feel those names should be on there." Heestimated it would coat less than $1,000 for a plague to be case and placed on a stone marker, currently the only memorial. at the site. Area historian Leonard Coles a former Oxford clerk. treasurer, said in an interview today that he started working on a list of names in November 1975 after The Sentinel -Review published a picture of the cemetery marker, Known as the House of Refuge, he said the first persons were admitted in 1893 from former North Norwich Town- ship. With the first burial recorded in 18% and the last in 1954, he said 76 years was the average of anyone buried at the site, although he's found evidence of at least one infant in the cemetery. Mr. Coles said he plans to continue working on the list to verify spellings before the plaque is cast. He predicted that it may be unveiled at the cemetery sometime next summer. Decline of our dollar should aid economy The drop in value of the Canadian dollar over the past two weeks could eventually help stimulate the Canadian economy. The Canadian dollar had dipped to 96.49 cents U.S. Tuesday, recording one of its biggest one -day drops -- 1.8 cents -- Monday. The dip has been caused by large sales of Canadian dollars on foreign currency markets. The Canadian dollar had reached $1.03 U.S. on currency markets prior to the Nov. 15 Party Quebecois election in Quebec. However, many economists have said for a long time the value of the Canadian dollar was .higher than it should be, propped up by large inflows of foreign investment I:dollars into the country as a result of `high interest rates here. The election :of the Parti Quebecois was apparently ;regarded with uncertainty in the international money markets, starting the dip in the value of Canadian funds. The decline, which should stabilize soon as the Bank of Canada sells off its reserves of U.S. funds, should privide a boost for Canadian industry. In effect, the decline makes Canadian raw materials and manufactured goods cheaper in other countries. That should increase vital Canadian exports. The drop also makes many im- ported goods, particularly those from the U.S. more expensive, and should help reduce the flow of imports into the country. Over-all, the decline should have a Positive effect on the Canadian economy and bring about a better balance of payments ratio. Should the dollar remain at its present levels, it will have a long- term effect of stimulating industry here, providing more jobs etc. and perhaps reducing our near -record levels of unemployment. It will also make Canada a more attractive place for tourists to visit since their funds will go a little further as they are worth relatively more than before. The drop, though perhaps not as sudden and steep, had been expected. Now that it has come, it should be regarded as a positive and valuable stimulant for our lethargic economy. • January decision expected on truck bypass financing By BANDY RAY Free Press Woodstock Bureau WOODSTOCK — Oxford County cannot ex- pect a decision from the ministry of transpor- tation and communications on methods of R- nancing a proposed truck bypass until Janu- ary, Warden Perry Sibbick told the members Of the public works committee Thursday. He me( with Dr. Harry Parrott MPP (PC — Oxford) last weekend, after the committee ex- pressed concern that the route proposed by Transportation Minister James Know would deplete the county roadlmdget for two years. The county would be expected to pay about 5o per cent of the 13 million coral of upgrading County Road 6, the county -advocated portion of the proposal. Warden Slbblck said Dr. Parrott shared the concern that the current method of funding the proposed route would draw heavily on the roads budget. "We didn't discuss anything technical," amid Warden Sibbick. "I expressed the committee's concerns and Dr. Parrott suld he would make the deputy minister awure of them." Warden Sibbick said they also discussed the possibility of renaming Governor's Road High- way 2 and Highway 2 Governor's Road. This would make County Road 6 a connecting link between Highway 461 and Governor's Road to provide more provincial money for the coun- tv's part of the bypass, Warden Sibbick said no decision can be ex- pected until January because the legislature is In session and arranging meetings with Dr. Parrott and Mr. Snow Is difficult. He maid if the project is approved, englneer- Ing probably won't start until spring. It gives the county a period of negotiating time. Hopefully, we can come up with a better financial arrangement." The ministry proposal calls for construction or a realigned Highway 59 breaking west of the exlsting highway at a point northwest of the city and extending south to join Governor's Road west of the I Ith Llo . It Includes upgradit of County Road 6 front Governor's Road south of Lmbro tp llighway 401, north of Folder's Corners. The provimsr will pay for a new cloverleaf at Hillhwuy lot slid County Road 6 plus costs of the flew por- tion of Highway 59. The project is expected to cost about s7.5 million. It has received approval in principle from the. City of Woodstock but the county has not given approval. County engineer Don Pratt told the commit- tee two unexpected expenses put the roads budget $46,690 over Itsallotment for 1976. Theme am, a $30,000 expenditure for fecal• Nuuction of Parkinson Road in Woodstock and an extra $1600 payday fur the works depart- ment. FLU CLINICS CANCELLED Health unit awaiting word from province thford County Health Unit windows and attempted to get has cancelled all swine flu the word about cancellation out moculatioa clinics until they to people in the community, she receive further notice from the said, but there was not enough provincial health ministry. time to let everyone knew, Clinics in Woodstock Friday Marc Lalonde, federal health and today were cancelled ,her minister, asked the provinces Thursday to suspend their swine notice was received from the provincial ministry Thursday Ru immunization program for afternoon that the clinics were those between the ages of 20 and to he suspended 50 moil Jan. 1. Ontario will decide Jan. 15 A number of le came out Pet whether to resume its program, to the clinic at thev Woodstock a health ministry official said, tait•groutsds' hluttiel Building Dr. Gordon Martin, ministry t'rtday Lxillene Rampesaud. executive director of com. nursing supervisor wort ills mtauty health, said Friday that bealth snit. said there was a the province will have deter - nurse posted at the building nin d by that time whether doing the day Friday. !here is a relationship between Signs were posted at the the vaccine and the paralysis building to explain that the that 51 persons in the United clinics were cancelled. States are reported to have Health unit employees suffered after being in - Collected all the signs in store aculated, BLUES CHASER Group gill exchange, Garage sale In the makh4it. MOHs cancel flu clinics in district $--T4 E LJNCON FREE PRESS. today. December t 7, 1976 0 Swins flu halted i n Ontario OPP officer gets job as sheriff of Oxford WOODSTOCK—Constable RichardS. Beeu- dnin, 30, of Woodstock, will take over as Ox. ford County sheriff on Jan. 10, Dr. Harry Par- rot(, MPP, (PC —Oxford) said Monday. Mr. Beaudoin has been with the provincial RICHARD BEAUDOIN - - new Oxford sheriff Police for 13 years, the past. five with the Woodstock detachment. Ile is taking over from Alfred Bishop of Woodstock, who Is retiring after 30 years as sheriff. Mr. Bishop also served as local registrar for the Supreme Court of Ontario and as clerk of the county court. Oxford law association honors retiring sheriff at annual d_in-ner The annual Oxford Law Association dinner was held recently, at the New Venus Dining House in Ingersoll. Thomas Parker, the Presider of the Association hosted 70 members of the Oxford County fair Association and their wives as well as Madame Justice van Camp of the Supreme Court of Ontario, Judge K. Y. Dick, County Court Judge of Oxford and sheriffs from four surrounding counties. Alfred Bishop, the sheriff, local registrar of the Supreme Court of Ontario. County Court clerk and clerk of the Surrogate Court of Oxford was honoured on the occasion of his retirement after 30 years in office. Mr. Bishop recounted some of his experiences in office. On behalf of the law, association, Kenneth E. Ross, the vice-president, presented Mr. Bishop with an oil painting of the courthouse, by Betty McArthur. It has been recently an- nounced that Richard Beaudoin will assume Mr. Bisho_p's duties. McKeough chides Oxford for annexation bids Free Prints Weeistoek Bureau WOODSTOCK — Oxford County should deal with all of its boundary problems together rather than separately', says Darcy McKentlot, Ontario m➢nt o&r of treasury, eto- oomics and tWegpvternmcnlal affairs. la a letrzr to Oxford warden Perry Sibbkk, Dr. Harry Parrott, MPP (1'C — Oxford), and the mayori of Sault -Weal Oxford Township and TillwibuM Mr. McKeough criticized Ox- ford a,, one of ON felt' restructured areas which bell made applieatYrra to annex land fie said recent appHcatforu by South-West Oxford and TiBaonbrug sad a successful an- nexation attempt by East Zurra-Tavistack To viiAlp in 1113 are examples of annexation attempts in (Word which have forced and will force frequent amendmenth to the coumy'h re. structuring ate houlds went Oxford has applied to the Onter. to Munsetpal board to annex about four arms of Zorra Township in the former village of BeachvHle and THlsonburg has applied to an- nex 9,000 acres in South-West Oxford, Norfolk Township and Bayham Township. The Tillsonburg application has raised oppo- sition from the three municipalities con- cerned. in his letter, Mr. McKeough said: "I( is with some satisfaction that I note - - - since muni- cipalities began undergoing major restructur- ing, there have been practically no annexation attempts in restructured areas. This Is not the case in Oxford ..." " . I certainly do not wish to stand in the way of progress but I am reluctant in under- take hearings of several different annexations at different times and thus have to smend the Oxford act (to restructure) frequently." Mr. McKeough held annexing land from one municipality to another "year after year, time after linter, is expensive and creates difficulty in municipal administration and cooperation. "It is difficult .. to plan and finance municipal services If municipal councillors do not know from year to year what land will be to your municipality," he said. Mr. McKeough suggested one hearing be held for all boundary problems. "This would nHow your councils to plan with some certainty for the future. It would reduce the cost of having several hearings and it would reduce the time and cost or processing legislative amendments." Ile said county, council should determine which area councils are planning boundary changes. "Once you have a definitive list of those is - sees, I would appreciate your informing me of the mlmbur and scope of issues raised and of the county's view on the degree to which pro- posed changes might be contested.^ Ile said a hearing officer would than he ap- pointed to inquire into the issues and report back to him. "hopefully this course will lead to an early and reasonably stable resolution of boundary issues in Oxford County." George Jakeman, mayor of South-West Ox- ford Township, said he Is opposed to Mr. McKeough's suggestion that the final decision on an application to annex be left to one or two men. -'I can't go along with an application living considered by only one or two men. How can a single person or even twit persons decide whether or not to take all this valuable (South- West Oxford) farmland?' he asked. "I would prefer a standard Ontario Municipal Board hearing in our case. "I can't understnad why it has been taken out of the hands of the OMB and given Ia 0ne or twit men to make the decision. We should have sense recourse to object," Mayor Jake - man said. -11 don't know if Mr. McKeough is qualified to make the decision — and it he does should the people of our municipality be satisfied"* Warden Sibbick would not comment on Mr. McKeough's suggestions until county council considers the loiter Dec. 29 at its final meet- ing. Tillsonburg Mayor Seldon Wilkinson was not avallabie for comment. Mayor Jakeman said South-West Oxford council decided Tuesday, on the advice of John McBride, the township's solicitor, to en- gage a legal firm to fight Tillsonburg's seriex- allon application, Ile said the roaxt step will be meetings with the firm to decide what avenues the township will follow. Mavor Jakemsn said any, decision wiil be heft top to the new council. Mayor Jakeman was defeated by teufs Bar reti In the Dec. s municipal election. Officials from $oath -West Oxford, Norfolk and Baybam township., oppose 'I, Isonburg s annexation bid because they' say they will lose thousands of dollars in assessment. They argue that THlsonburg does not need more land because the town received about ' 9aa acres from Norfolk and South-West Oxford during the recent restructuring of Oxford County and Hakhmand-Norfolk region TiUsomborg officials say annexation would give the horn lard it should have crewed when Oxford and Haidicnaad 'Norfolk were M structured. The annexation would more than double Till - souburg's area. Oxford County has decided to mediate in the dispute between TiRsunbum end Southwest ('Word Hakhmand-Narfbtft irmneH fah rQted to support Norfolk"Township a abJeelkaa ntad k1gin Cooky's outgoing cxwnefl decided last week to urp the slew council to supperl Bay. ham Tuwa, 4 in opptasitkat to the annexathm. 9 Dickson wants job of keeping arboretum Retiring Mayor Leslie Dickson of Norwid, wants to be left responsible for maintaining The county arboretum, tie told the county ad- ministration and finance committee Wednesday that he'd accept the position on a voluntary basis for about two tears. Mr. Dickson is stepping out of folitical life when his current term ends Jan. 1. "I'm concerned that more Attention should be paid to the arboretum," he said, lie said he'd be willing to cut the grass and carry out other maintenance duties. Mr. Dickson will send a letter to the county asking he be given the position when it considers committee and board ap- pointments. The mayor has already cut grass on the site, but ran into a little trouble and severed several young saplings. He has explained to the committee that when he went to cut the grass, there was no way of determining the location of the young trees. THANK YOU A letter of thanks was sent to the Oxford Museum by county .council Wednesday for the ,museum's presentation of the .two booklets, Zorra's Men of 'Might and A Story of the Oxford Rifles 1798-1954. COUNTY OF OXFORD Appointments To Boards, Authorities, Etc, In January, 1977 Oxford County Council will be dealing with the appointment of citizens to represent County Council on various Boards, Authorities, etc., for the year 1977 and ensuing years. Board, Authority, Etc. Number to be Upper Thames River Conservation Authority Appointed Term of Office Blandford-Blenheim Township .......................... 1 - 1 to 3 year South-West Oxford Township ........................... 3 1 to 3 year East Zorra-Tavistock Township .......................... 21 to 3 year Zorra Township .................•........•...................... Norwich Township ............................................ 4 1 1 to 3 year 1 to 3 year Ingersoll Town .................................................. 1 1 to 3 year Woodstock City ................................................ 2 1 to 3 year Long Point Conservation Authority - - Norwich Township ............................................ South-West Oxford Township ........................... 2 1 1 to 3 year 1 to 3 year Tillsonburg Town' .............................................. 1 I to 3 year Catfish Conservation Authority South-West Oxford Township ........................... 1 1 to 3. year Grand River Conservation. Authority Blandford-Blenheim Township ..;....................... 1 - 1 to 3 year Oxford County Library Board (excluding residents from Woodstock and Tillsonburg) - 1 3 year Oxford County Land Division Committee 3 1 to 3 year Anyone interested in appointment to any of the above bodies is requested to make application in writing, no later than January 12, 1977 to: Mr. G. R. Staples, Clerk, County of Oxford Court House, P.O. Box 397, Woodstock, Ontario N4S 7Y3 BLUES CHASER meeting Last• for 1976 One small 0op' to another: "Christmas is ��hay, but you gotta he good so long it ain't anrtll it." held by y count council County council says farewell BYCAROLLEARD Business was light and farewells were long last Wed- nesday when Oxford County council met for the last session of the 1975-76 term. There will be a 45 per cent turnover in membership when the new council takes office, with four members retiring from municipal politics and another five unseated in the Dec. 6 election. Outgoing Warden Perry Sibbick paid tribute to the nine members leaving county council during the business meeting Wednesday night, and presented each with plaques in recognition of their contribution to county government during +he previous term. Retiring from office are Ingersoll Mayor Gordon I leery, Zorra Township Mayor Robert Matheson, Norwich Township Mayor Les Dickson and Woodstock Councillor William Dutton. Mayor Dickson served as chairman of the county's ad- ministration and finance committee and was a former warden of the county. Serving with him on that committee was Mayor Matheson, who received a special tribute from the warden. "You were a valued member," said Warden Sibbick. "Of all the committees, I don't know of any member more faithful than you were." And in return for the com- pliment, Mr. Matheson congratulated the warden for the way in which he directed county council. Also leaving county council is George Jakeman, who lost out in his bid for reelection as mayor of South-West Oxford Township; Joe Pember, who lost the mayoralty race in Woodstock; Seldon Wilkinson, who lost his seal as mayor of Tillsonburg; Norm Paton, who was defeated in his bid to become mayor of South-West Oxford Township, and George Wilhelm, who was defeated by incumbent Harold Vogt in the mayoralty race in East Zorra- Tavistock. The warden himself has stepped down from that job and from his position as mayor of Blandford-Blenheim Township, but will continue as a member of county council. He was ac- claimed as councillor -at -large in the township. Incoming council members were present at the Wednesday night meeting, which followed an afternoon orientation session. They, along with their wives, were entertained by the outgoing council at a dinner which preceded the evening meeting and at a social hour following the business session. New members are: Jack Warden, councillor -at -large for Ingersoll; John - Armstrong, newly elected mayor of Tillsonburg; Lou Barrett, elected mayor of South-West Oxford Township; Cecil Wilson, councillor -at -large for South- West Oxford; Wallis Hammond, councillor -at -large for Zorra Township; Leonard Seegmiller, councillor -at -large for East Zorra-Tavistock; Jack Burn, councillor -at -large for Norwich; Ken Sullen and Keith Latter, newly -elected councillors from Woodstock, Those re-elected to county council, In addition to Mr. Sibbick, are.: Doug Harris, mayor of Ingersoll; Ken Webster, councillor -at -large for Tillsonburg; William Blair, mayor of Zorra; Harold Vogt, mayor of East Zorra-Tavistock; Ken Peers, mayor of Norwich; Hoss Livingston, mayor of Blandford-Blenheim; Wood- stock Mayor Les Cook; Woodstock councillors Wendy Calder, Phil Poole, and Walter lfulme. All 20 members of council are eligible to run for county warden, but to date, only three have declared their intention to run - Coun. Calder, Coun. Webster and Coun. Peers. Council approves reception plans Plats for a reception for the wardens special committee, new county warden were ap- And when the recom- proved Wednesday by county mendation was first taken to council. council, the allowed ex - The event is scheduled for penditures were increased to ,Ian. I2— the day council pick% a $650, after one councillor said new warden — in the Fairview original plans were "cheap." building at the Woodstock The reception will be open fairgrounds. oWv to those included. on an The traditional reception had invitation list. rough going this year at both the The list Includesmembersof committee and council levels, the 1975-76 and 19YA78 councils Administration and finance and their spouses,former committee was unable to come wardens, members of the. up with recommendations for its warden's family, warden's fm,mat earlier this month and friends and department heads turned the problem over to the and assistant department heads- County of Oxford D LC MD o ( ©)gE PERRY C. SIBBICK Warden 4.� 0 THE COUNTY OF OXFORD INCORPORATED 1850 RESTRUCTURED JANUARY 1, 1975 AREA 500,608 acres 782 square miles POPULATION 80,365 EQUALIZED ASSESSMENT $697,794,904 MI LES COUNTY ROAD 273 TOWNSHIP OF BLANDFORD-BLENHEIM Formerly Township of Blandford and Township of Blenheim TOWNSHIP OF EAST ZORRA-TAVISTOCK Formerly Township of East Zorre and Village of Tavistock TOWNSHIP OF NORWICH Formerly Townships of East Oxford, North Norwich, South Norwich and Village of Norwich TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH-WEST OXFORD Formerly Townships of Dereham, West Oxford and Village of Beachville TOWNSHIP OF ZORRA Formerly Townships of East N issour 1, North Oxford, Wert Zorre and Village of Embro MEMBERS OF OXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL — 1975 - 1976 Municipality Name Address BLANDFORD—BLENHEIM Perry C. Sibbick R. R. #1, Princeton Ross Livingston R. R. M4, Bright EAST ZORRA—TAV ISTOCK Harold W. Vogt 57 Woodstock St. S., Tavistock George Wilhelm R. R. #2, Tavistock NORWICH W. Leslie Dickson R. R. 82, Surgessville Kenneth Peers R. R. H4, Woodstock SOUTH—WEST OXFORD George Jakeman R. R. b1, Beachville Norman Paton R. R. M7, Mount Elgin ZORRA Robert C. Matheson R. R, k3, Embro Robert Blair R. R. #4, Embro TILLSONSURG INGERSOLL 1 WOODSTOCK Phone No. Res. 4584666 Ras. 632 7565 Res. 655-2941 Ras. 462-2513 Res. 424-9875 Res, 467-5565 Res. 539-1366 Res. 485-0908 Res. 4754503 Res 475-4305 J. Belden Wilkinson 26 Hyman St., Tilisonburg Res. 842-4061 Kenneth Webster 63 Perkwood Dr., Tillsonburg Res. 842-2173 Off. 842-3677 Gordon B. Henry 720 Duke St., Ingersoll Res. 485.2392 Off, 485-1020 Douglas Harris 250 Tunis St., Ingersoll Res. 485-1867 Off. 485-1200 Leslie J. Cook 752 Gladstone Dr., Woodstock Res. 537-8379 Off. 539-1291 Wendy L. Calder 133 Vansittart Ave., Woodstock Res. 539-3083 William S. Dutton 444 Vincent St., Woodstock Res. 537-3173 Off, 539 1251 Walter HWme 292 Broadview Ave., Woodstock Res. 539-1591 Off, 537-3414 Joseph Pember 207 Catherine St., Woodstock Res. 539-3004 Off. 537-5002 Philip Poole 467 Buller St., Woodstock Res. 537-5977 Off. 539-2344 TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS TOWNSHIP OF BLANDFORD—BLENHEIM Cork-Treseurer, ........................ I. J. Haines Drumbo Office: 463-5347 Home: 463-5365 Deputy Clark -Treasurer ..................Keith Reibling & Building Inspector ....................Keith Reibling Drumbo Office: 463-5347 Road Superintendent .................. Herb Balkwill Drumbo Office: 463-5389 Home: 463-5343 Tax Collector ........................Robert Hoskin Drumbo Office: 463-5347 Home: 463.5336 Mayor ... .......................... Perry C. Sibbick R. R..il1, Princeton, 458-4666 Deft of Meetings - Second and Fourth Mondays Township Office, Drumbo TOWNSHIP OF EAST 20RRA—TAVISTOCK Clerk -Treasurer ....................... John V. Killing Hickson Office: 462-2697 Home: 462-2833 Road Superintendent ................ John S. Appleton Office: 462-2698 Home: 462-2345 Tax Collector .............. ........ Walter Schaefer Office: 462-2697 Home: 655-2964 Building Inspector and Drainage Commissioner ............... James Harmer Office: 462-2697 Home: 462-2442 Mayor ................................ Harold Vogt Tevistotk 655.2941 DOW of Meetings: First and Third Wednesdays Township Office, Hickson TOWNSHIP OF NORWICH Clerk ............................ Robert C. Watkins P.O. Box 100, Ottemille Office: 879.6568 Deputy Clark ......................... Wayne Johnson P-O. Box 100, Onerville Office: 879-6568 Treasurer ............................. Merlin Howse P.O. Box 100, Ottervllle Office: 879-6568 Deputy Treasurer ........................Fred Lowe, P,O. Box 100, Otterville Office: 879-6568 Road Superintendent ................... Robert Butler Ottervllle Tax C011eeton ............... Merlin Howes, Fred .Lowe, Mayor ............................ W. Leslie Dickson R. R. A`2, Burgemville, 424-9875 Data of Meetings — Second Monday and Fourth Tuesday Township Office (interim) Otterville TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH—WEST OXFORD Clerk ........................ — Mrs. Helen L Prouse R. R. $1, Mount Elgin Office: 485-0477; 877-2702 Home: 842-3761 Deputy Clerk ....... ........ .......... A. B. Forrester R. R. ,111, Mount Elgin Office: 485-0477 Treasurer R. E. Saunders R. R. M7, Mount Elgin Office: 485-0477; 877-2702 Home: 842-4314 Deputy Treasurer ... ............... A. Douglas Watson Office:. 485-0477 Home: 423-6350 Road Superintendent ..................Lawrence, Rock. R. R. M1, Mount Elgin Office: 877-2953 Home: 877-2944 Tax Collector ............................ L. S. Curry Office: 485-0477 Home: 539-2874 Building Inspect... Donald Fleming Home: 485-0917 A. D. Robinson Home: 485-2941 Mayor ............................. George Jakeman R. R. #11. Bwchville 539-1366 Data of Meetings- First and Third Tuesday Township Office. Dareham Can" TOWNSHIP OF ZORRA Clerk -Treasurer ........................ G. L. Gregory Off ice: 485-2490 Home: 349-2256 Deputy Clerk -Treasurer ................OWord Haro riin24onn Ice:Road Superintendent .............. William D. Smith Office: 485-2490 Home: 475-4274 Tax Collector. ......................... Donald Peach office: 485-2490 Drainage Commissioner G. Rout .............•...Offsee and Building Inspecto..................office E. 90 Mayor ................. Robert C. Matheson R. R. #3, Embrc 4754503 Data of Meetings - First Tuesday of Each Month Township Office, R. R. hE3, Ingersoll TOWN OF TILLSONSURG Clerk-Treawrer......................... K. E. Holland Town Hell, Tillsonburg, Office: 842-5262 Home: 842.8127 Deputy Clark -Treasurer ................. David C. Morris Town Hell, Tillwnburg, Office: 842-5252 Home: 842-4188 Road Superintendent .................. James Hornsby Office- 20 Foundary Street, 842-5951 Home: 842-4657 Tax Collector ......................... David C. Morris Town Hall, Tillsonburg, Office: 842-5252 Home: 842-4188 Building Inspector .......................Harry Saelans 364SImcoe Street, Office: 842-2211 Home:842-5705 Mayor ...................... I .... J. Seldon Wilkinson 26 Hyman Street, Tillsonburg 842-4061 Date of Meeting - First Tuesday of Each Month Council Chambers, Town Heil, Tillsonburg TOWN OF INGERSOLL Clerk -Treasurer ... I ................. Wm. A. Maclntyre Town Hall, Ingersoll Office: 485:0120 Home: 485-2303 Deputy Clerk-Treawrer ............... Mrs. Marion Riley Office: 49BA186 Home: 485-1302 Road Superintendent ............... Stephen Kovacic Office: 485:4930 Home: 485-2467 Tax Collector ...................... Mrs. Marlon Riley Office: 4854186 Home: 485-1302 Building Inspector .................... Office: 485-0120 Mayor ............................ Gordon B. Henry Office: 485-1020 Home: 485-2392 Date of Meetings — First and Third Monday Town Hell, Ingersoll CITY OF WOODSTOCK Clerk Co-Ordinator .................... Kenneth Miller City Hall, P.O. Box 40. Woodstock Office: 539-1291 Home: 539-9048 Deputy Clark ......................... John McGinnis Office: 539-1291 Home: 53-4-3047 Treasurer .............ice:5 ... .. Cyril Ewins Office: 539-1291 Home: 539-1537 9-1291 City Engineer ...... Carl Havenor Office: 539-980B Home: 539,4222 Building Inspectors ........................ Garth Elm Office: 539-9808 Don Parker Office: 539-9808 Industrial Commissioner .................... W. A. Raid Office: 539-1291 Home: 537-6965 Leslie J. Cook Mayor - ... . Office: 539-1291 Home: 537-8379 Date of Meetings- Every other Thursday City Hall, Woodstock LAND DIVISION COMMITTEE Councillor Kenneth Webster Councillor Ross Livingston Councillor Norman Paton Councillor Wendy Calder Mr. William Ducklovv, 73 William Street, Tavistock Mr. Hartwell Baigent, R. R. #3, Ingersoll Mr. C. Wesley Dew, R. R. N4, Woodstock TREE CONSERVATION COMMISSION J. C. Eichenberg.............. 16 Lisgar Ave., Tillsonburg Phone: 842-4814 Ross Calder ..................... R. R. 2, Thamesford Phone: 283-6254 John Mitchell Jr- ................... R. R. 2, Innerkip Phone: 469-3362 David Chambers ................... . Norwich Phone: 863-3149 WEED INSPECTOR Burnice McAllister .......................... Salford Phone: 485 1759 OXFORD HEALTH UNIT M. O. H. ........................ Dr. G. Q. Sutherland Woodstock Office ................... Phone: 539-6121 Ingersoll Office ............................ 4850570 Norwich Office ............................ 863-2330 Tlllsonburg Office ......................... 842-2979 COMMITTEES ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE — Dickson, Cook, Harris, Matheson, Sibbick HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES — Dutton, Blair, Henry, Hulme, Peers, Poole, Vogt, Sibbick PLANNING — Webster, Calder, Livingston, Paton, Sibbiek PUBLIC WORKS — Wilkinson, Jakeman, Pember, Wilhelm, Sibbick WOODINGFORD LODGE — Henry, Dutton, Peers OXFORD COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH — Peers, Dutton, Henry DAY CARE — Poole, Blair, Vogt FAMILY & CHILDRENS SERVICESOF OXFORDCOUNTY Blair, Hulme, Poole, Vogt OXFORD COUNTY LIBRARY —Dickson, Harris, Matheson, Sibbick OXFORD MUSEUM — Cook, Dickson VICTORIAN ORDER OF NURSES— HWme NORWICH & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY — Peers WOODSTOCK HOSPITAL — Cook INGERSOLL HOSPITAL — Henry TILLSONBURG HOSPITAL — Wilkinson COUNTY OFFICIALS Wartlen Perry C. Sibbick 4584666 . .. ........... ..... Clerk & Treasurer ....... .......G. R. Staples 537-3911 Deputy Clerk & Treasurer ...... Howard G. Day 537-3911 Road Engineer ..... ..............D. L. Pratt 537-7961 Administrator Woodingford Lodge .. J. E. Wood 539-1245 office Manager Woodingford Lodge B. D. McReynolds 539-1245 Administrator, Oxford Social Services ........ G. H. MacKay 537-3428 Assistant Administrator Oxford Social Services H. J. McCulloch 537-3428 Planning Director. . ........... J. P. Atcheson 537-5524 Librarian, Oxford County Library .......... .. ... Mrs. Jane Webb ... 537-3322 Executive Director, Family & Children's Services of Oxford County ..Mrs. Jeanne Deans 537-3425 Court House Custodian ...........Howard Pye 539.9710 Solicitors .... MacDougall, Carnwath & Lewonaa 537-6629 Auditors ...........Monteith, Monteith & Co. 271-6550 PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS County Judge ..............Kenneth Y. Dick 537-5811 Provincial Judge.......... R. G. Groom, D.C. 537 2369 County Court Clerk and Sheriff ................ A. A. Bishop 537-6561 Assistant County Crown F. J- Porter 537-2611 Attorney... - - - - - - . .. ..... County Judge's Secretary and Court Reporter ....... Mrs. Sylvia Reid 537-5811 Provincial Court Reporter ... Mrs. Sharen Heath 537-2369 Provincial Court Clerk, Criminal Division...... Miss Margaret E. Ross 537-2369 Provincial Court Clerk, Family Division ........ Mrs, Jeanette Hill 537-2369 Land Registrar ........... Robert K. Thomson 537-6286 Jed Superintendent ... I........ D. M. Fraser 537-2411 Provincial Police Staff Sergeant ................. J. K. Ross 539.9811 Probation Officer ... . . ..........T. H. Griggs 539-4803 Legal Aid Director............ J. D. Carnwath 539 2381 0 9 - NOTES - +y11v wllljF t•r dAr°'t .�1� 3d �I+r t,+ry 1�1`�i Ni'i>ia l t id�dj�tai P l Fsli evl�l'� t�l=� 1�" �i - r� tw i:(v y+IPA r lti rl Y i y., Ir1 Y 1{ i. rQy� IAk; el i�Yjii1;n"lop n A. r n. 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