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COUN 'Y OF OXFORD
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Len Coles' Scrapbook Index
1978
Page 1 Newspaper article re. flu epidemic hits Oxford (includes photograph of Dr. William Butt)
— 4 January 1978
Newspaper articles re. motion for County Council control of the Health Board,
outstanding $27,000 the subject of haggling between the County and Health Board and
Court House Square feasibility study and County official plan
Newspaper photograph of Ken Peers
Program for the Warden's Dinner honouring Ken Peers — 25 November 1978 (loose)
Page 2 Newspaper headline re. snow storm (Woodstock -Ingersoll — 10 January 1978
Newspaper articles re. County schools closed due to storm, snowstorm hits area and
County Road 8 marked with its former name Highway 97
Page 3 Newspaper articles re. illegal destruction of trees, and construction of County Road 4 and
remaining work on Mill St. in Woodstock dropped from the Public Works budget
Newspaper obituary for Elmer Kam
Page 4 Newspaper articles re. Court House square feasibility study released, and possible
extension of Woodstock water services to the Denby landfill site and costs of additions to
the city's sewage disposal plan (9 March 1978)
Page 5 Newspaper articles re. snowstorm and bodies found in car on Highway 401 (27 January
1978) and 1,000 stranded due to the weather
Page 6 Newspaper articles re. snowstorm, extension of Woodstock water outside city
boundaries, clearing of Highway 401 of abandoned cars and snow and reopening of
major highways
Page 7 Newspaper photographs of the massive winter storm
Page 8 Newspaper articles re. Council's response to the Court House square feasibility study and
a procedural snag at County Council involving trying to pass a report
Newspaper photograph of Warden Ken Peers presenting a plaque to Dr. Grant Sutherland
Page 9 Newspaper articles re. planning for the 1980 International Plowing Match, Canadian
dollar, Oxford Historical Society wants ownership of the Court House to remain with the
County and expelling of Soviet spies from Canada
Newspaper advertisement for tenders for printing the 1977 Oxford County Minute Book
Page 10 Newspaper articles re. Warden's Committee to study need for additional county office
space, debentures and tile drainage, County requests UWO to return grant money, County
should pay for additions to the Woodstock water pollution control plant, and open
shotgun season on deer
Newspaper photograph of the County Jail with a for sale sign out front
Page 11 mistrial declared in the case of three Ontario men charged with fraud and conspiracy,
Charles Munro and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture and the Canadian dollar
Page 12 Newspaper articles re. Ontario budget, shotgun hunt rejected by County Council, Federal
Anti-inflation Board cuts 1976 raise given to Oxford Nurses and three day discussing
involving the draft of the Official Plan
Page 13 Newspaper articles re. County debentures (The Daily Sentinel -Review — 21 March 1978),
County Council rejects increasing councilors salaries, and County to not take over
Vansittart Avenue in Woodstock unless it is widened to 44 feet
Page 14 Newspaper articles re. County Council rejects a shotgun season on deer, and County
Council rejects proposals for County -wide animal control
Page 15 Newspaper article re. South-West Oxford Township seeks lawyer to block plans for the
Salford Landfill
Newspaper photograph of Warden Ken Peers and Jim Hartnett who is retiring from the
County Health Board
Newspaper notice re. public hearings on confidentiality of health records in Ontario —17
April 1978
Page 16 Newspaper articles re. open house of the new Agriculture and Food office (includes
photograph of Don Taylor and William McDonald), Planning Commissioners suggests
rejecting a plan for a motel -restaurant complex at Highways 401 and 19, and Zorra
Township Council wants changes made to the provincial Drainage Act
Newspaper obituaries for J. Winston Nichols and Arthur J. Lockhart (7 April 1978)
Page 17 Newspaper articles re. Canadian dollar (includes newspaper graph) and Federal sales tax
being reduced to stimulate the economy (I I April 1978)
Page 18 Newspaper articles re. three point reduction in retail sales tax, increase in inflation in
March, Young Canada works projects in Oxford County, and Oxford County Health Unit
requires more staff
Newspaper notice re. public meeting to discuss the County Official Plan —18 April 1978
Newspaper notice of proclamation by Ken Peers re. Tree Planting Week — 23 — 29 April
1978
Page 19 Newspaper articles re. Canadian dollar drops, Woodstock to be reimbursed for its share
of a Parkinson Road reconstruction job, Oxford County Board of Education budget,
County Council conditionally approves a proposed restaurant and motel complex at
Highways 19 and 401, Kernel Korn
Page 20 Newspaper articles re. Ontario cabinet overrules Oxford County Planning Committee's
decision to deny a severance application, Oxford County's Official Plan, and the recently
renovated Simcoe town hall
Newspaper photograph of Lunas, ambassador for Ingersoll's Wine and Cheese Festival,
greets Kemal Korn, Oxford County International Plowing Match promoter
Page 21 Newspaper articles re. OHIP premium boost (Woodstock -Ingersoll — 26 April 1978) and
County levies up 100%
Page 22 Newspaper articles re. County taxes increase (2 May 1978) and amendments to
Restructuring Act to eliminate boundary confusion
Page 23 Newspaper photograph of Howard Sweazey and Ken Peers proclaiming May as Medic
Alert Month
Newspaper article re. zero base budgeting and drain financing
Newspaper advertisements for the position of Woodstock Librarian and for students to
supervise and assist in a park development and natural trail program in the Beachville
area
Newspaper notice to property owners to destroy noxious weeds
Newspaper headline re. Thamesford sidewalks
Page 24 Newspaper headlines re. Jail tour and taxes for Blandford-Blenheim, East Zorra-
Tavistock and Zorra
Newspaper articles re. Jail open house and County Council approves official plan change
for the relocation of a Tillsonburg peanut plant
Newspaper notice re. County of Oxford business hours
Page 25 Newspaper articles re. Wintario grant for private citizens' group's planned nature trail
between Woodstock and Beachville, activities of the Beachwood Trail Association,
County Roads Department releases a five year reconstruction forecast, and Norwich
Township Council decides to appoints its Public Utilities Commission
Newspaper advertisement for proposals for heating system for the offices of the Social
Services Department
Page 26 Newspaper articles re. cataloguing of Oxford County's history (includes photograph of
Don Milton, Judith Spring and Marg Cameron working on the Oxford County archives
and the Administration and Finance Committee wants advice from the Upper Thames
River Conservation Authority on how to develop its County park
Newspaper headlines re. food prices and County industrial commission
Page 27 Newspaper articles re. proposed children's services plan, purchasing the Reg Ferguson
car dealership property on Metcalfe St. for new Woodstock police headquarters, changes
to Zorra boundaries, County Council to visit an industrial waste disposal site near St.
Catharines, extending water services from Woodstock to the Denby Landfill Site, and
draft Oxford County's official plan
Newspaper advertisement for tenders for fuel oil
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Page 28 Newspaper articles re. County Council to hand out clocks to organizations and not
monetary grants (includes photograph of Doug Harris hold a clock), debenturing of
Tillsonburg for construction of a new fire hall, and Oxford farmer groups ticked off with
clock idea
Newspaper advertisement for the position of Library Technician for the Woodstock
Library
Page 29 Newspaper photograph of Warden Ken Peers presenting plaque to Alva Blackmore,
retiring County roads foreman
Newspaper articles re. Oxford County animal shelter, Home Care department needs more
space, updating a four year old bibliography of Oxford County needs updating, and the
passing of Arlington D. Robinson
Newspaper obituary of Arlington D. Robinson
Page 30 Newspaper article re. Norwich cases of polio (includes photograph of William Butt) —
The Daily Sentinel -Review — 3 August 1978
Newspaper articles re. Ontario Municipal Board overturns Land Division Committee
decision concerning severing parcel of land on Concession I in Blenheim Township,
health workers receive wage raise, polio vaccination in Norwich faced shortage of oral
vaccine (includes photograph of Nurse Muriel Webb), Christine Cocker retiring from the
Oxford County Library, and the Oxford Registry Office not closing
Newspaper headlines re. oral vaccines and Innerkip's Silver Centennial
Page 31 Newspaper articles re. Woodstock could lose percentage of its representation on the
Oxford County Board of Education, polio cases reported in Norwich, Hamilton steel
company's plan to dump industrial waste in a Beachville quarry, County Council to
petition the federal government to have those entering Canada from another country
immunized for polio, and the social services department being moved into the former
land registry office.
Newspaper headlines re. Queen officially opens Commonwealth Games in Edmonton,
Zorra Township protests dump and Dutch visitors may be the cause of a polio outbreak in
Norwich
Page 32 Newspaper articles re. Ken Armstrong captured silver medal at the Commonwealth
Games, polio cases and quarantine, and Dr. Harry Parrott named Environment Minister
Newspaper headlines re. polio in Oxford, heart attack kills Pope Paul, Canada's medals at
the Commonwealth Games and Windsor to get Ford Plant
Magazine photograph of Harry C. Parrott, Ontario's Minister of the Environment —
August 1978 (loose clipping)
Page 33 Newspaper articles re. Ontario Treasurer Darcy McKeough resigns, Salford Landfill site
up to the Ontario Municipal Board, preliminary approval sought for Plattsville
subdivision, and Oxford Archives Project
Newspaper headline re. polio immunization (Woodstock -Ingersoll —18 August 1978)
Newspaper article re. Dofasco waste dumping plan in Beachville (loose clipping)
Page 34 Newspaper articles re. future of the park between Beachville and Woodstock, Perry
Sibbick retiring from municipal politics, Court House restoration planned for 1979,
Canadian dollar and UTRCA to conduct feasibility study of the county -owned park
Newspaper headline re. Official Plan
Newspaper advertisement re. Official Opening of the Psychiatric Wing of the Woodstock
General Hospital
Page 35 Newspaper articles re. County Council relinquishing control of acquiring industrial land
and handing the power back to the municipalities, Oxford County Health Services
Committee dissolves, and plane crash in San Diego (Woodstock -Ingersoll — 26
September 1978)
Newspaper headlines re. Canadian citizenship oath and Canadian dollar
Page 36 Newspaper articles re. guidelines for the extension of water and sewer services beyond
municipal borders, errors and omission insurance, and the International Plowing Match
Newspaper public notice re. new Official Plan and Public Meeting — 12 October 1978
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Page 37 Newspaper articles re. death of Pope John Paul, Woodstock annexation of land from
Norwich Township and resignation of Judge John F. Bennett, family court judge for
Middlesex and Elgin
Newspaper headline re. Canadian dollar
Newspaper notice re. tenders for winter sand 1978
Page 38 Newspaper headlines re. Dofasco's Beachville dump plan, Woodstock to debenture for
police building and Plattsville drainage project
Newspaper articles re. Oxford's day-care fee and Pope John Paul II
Page 39 Newspaper article re. County Official Plan
Newspaper notice of application for approval to expropriate land in the Township of
Zorra
Page 40 Newspaper articles re. County's Official Plan finished (includes photograph of Ken
Peers), Oxford County Council's procedural bylaws, duck sanctuary proposed new
Medina, "suicide intersection" in Newark, and Norwich and District Historical Society
wants on of the controversial County clocks
Page 41 Newspaper articles re. Court Reporters Sylvia Reid and Harry Morton (includes
photograph of Sylvia Reid), flashing lights at the intersection of County Roads 13 and 18
near Newark, and new trash dump for Tillsonburg
Newspaper advertisement for the position of Clerk -Typist
Page 42 Newspaper notice of application for approval to expropriate land in the Township of
Norwich
Newspaper notice re. offices of Oxford Social Services relocating to the former Public
Health Building
Page 43 Newspaper articles re. Norwich Post Office fire (8 November 1978), County Council
gives final approval to the Official Plan, and the number of eligible voters in the County
Page 44 Newspaper articles re. Jonestown mass suicide, stoplight for Norwich Village at Main
and Stover Streets and County Council approved sale of debentures
Page 45 Newspaper article re. waste disposal and industrial promotion
Invitation and Programme for the Warden's Dinner — 25 November 1978
Page 46 Newspaper photograph of Ken Peers being presented a gift by Ken Webster and Lou
Barrett during the Warden's Dinner
Newspaper photograph of Janet Halliday, Dr. Bruce Halliday, Ken Peers and Vina Peers
at the Annual Warden's Banquet
Page 47 Newspaper articles re. 1976-77 contracts for nurses settled, Board of Health wants the
Province to foot polio related expenses, selling of County debentures and two county
councilors vying for Warden's seat for 1979-1980
Newspaper advertisement's for County debentures
Page 48 Newspaper articles re. opening of the first section of Highway 403 and retiring Warden
Ken Peers (includes photograph of Ken Peers)
Newspaper headline re. OMB turns down proposed Tillsonburg mall
Page 49 Newspaper articles re. Court House boiler explosion, County Council Committees chosen
for the 1979-1980 term, Kenneth Webster elected Warden (includes photograph of Ken
Webster), Court House lighting and Canada's population
Page 50 County of Oxford Handbook--1977-1978