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Health board control
sought by Oxford
By Denyse Lanouette
Woodstock Bureau
WOODSTOCK — Oxford County coun-
cil will ask the province to make the inde-
pendent county board of health a com-
mittee of county council.
In an 11-to-4 vote Wednesday, council
approved a proposal from its administra-
tion and finance committee that Thomas
Wells, minister of intergovernmental af-
fairs, initiate changes in the legislation to
transfer responsibility for the board of
health to the county.
Five councillors, all members of the
board of health, were not present for the
vote. They were: John Armstrong of Till-
sonburg, Doug Harris of Ingersoll, Roger
Orth of Norwich Township, Cecil Wilson
of South-West Oxford Township and Le-
nore Young of Woodstock.
Wendy Calder and Philip Poole of
Woodstock, Jack Warden of Ingersoll and
Wallis Hammond of Zorra Township
voted against the proposal.
The health board, established under
the county's restructured government
act, has 10 members. Seven sit on county
council and three are appointed by the
province.
The board has an annual $800,000 bud-
get, of which 75 per cent is funded by the
province.
Conn. Jack Burn of Norwich, a former
board member and a prime advocate of
the takeover, said the move would simply
eliminate the three provincial appoin-
tees. The board's staff, administration
and subsidy would remain the same, he
said.
Burn said he objected to the three non-
elected officials because they are not ac.
countable to county council. Control
should rest with elected officials and not
with appointees who receive no direction
from council.
Warden, a member of the health board
and former chairman, said he objected
to any changes in its structure. He said
with seven councillors on the board, the
county has ample control. He added that
any important resolution passed by the
board in the last two years came from
council.
He said it was important to have three
appointees on the board to offer continu-
ity. "We change every two years and
they do not."
He told council that even if the board
becomes a committee of council It would
still be subject to the Ontario Public
Health Act.
Warden said a regional municipality
request for a similar change in August
was rejected by Wells and Health Minis-
ter Dennis Timbrell.
Oxford County council has four com-
mittees handling public works, planning,
health and social services and adminis-
tration and finance.
Harris Estate complex held
up by variance objection
Construction of a motel -
restaurant complex on the
Harris Estate south of Ingersoll
has been delayed after
developers ran into a
bureaucratic snag Wednesday
with county council.
Council decided to file an
objection to a minor variance
agreement reached earlier
between Bray -Ball Associates
Inc. and South-West Oxford
Township.
Bray -Ball discovered its
original plans to build a Ioa-seat
dining room within the existing
structure couldn't be done and
decided instead to add a 20o-seat
banquet hall.
South-West Oxford gave
appproval but council, on its
planning committee's advice,
deelded the 3,100-square-toot
increase was not a minor
variance.
Dick Treleaven, lawyer
representing Bray -Ball, said if
council objected the company
would withdraw the minor
variance application and try for
a site plan amendment.
Treleaven said getting a site
plan amendment would delay
construction but would still be
faster than going through an
Ontario Municipal Board
hearing that would result from
councll's minor variance oh.
jection.
Planning committee chair-
man Mayor Ross Livingston of
Blandford-Blenheim Township,
told council his committee did
not object to the development
but decided it was not a minor
variance.
Health and social services
chairman Coun. Jack Warden of
Ingersoll voiced concern about
abi it9 of a septic tank system to
handle the doubled capacity.
Oxford names CA reps
Oxford County council
appointed the following
persons to the various area
conservation authorities.
Upper Thames River
Conservation Authority:
Melvin Balls of Blandford-
Blenheim township; George
Wilhelm and Doris Rudy of
East Zorra-Tavistock; Jack
Stares of Ingersoll; George
B. Thornton of Norwich
township; Louis Barret,
Ross Edwards and J. Vernon
Cuthbert of South-West
Oxford; Harry J. Roth and
Gordon A. LaSalle of
Woodstock; Hugh Munro,
Karl Osterberg, Alwyn
Patience and James
Fleming of Zorra Township.
Grand River Conservation
Authority; John Hofstetter
of Blandford-Blenheim
Oxford studies
tendering system
for debentures
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — A request
that Oxford County make its financial
business open to tenders will be studied
by the county's administration and fi-
nance committee.
County council received a request from
the Toronto firm of Bell, Gouinlock and
Co. Ltd., that it issue its debentures
through tenders rather than through an
appointed fiscal agent.
Company spokesman Larry Conn of
Toronto told council Wednesday the
county could get a better price for its
bonds under open competition rather
than going through an appointed agent.
He said county taxpayers would best be
served if the county sold its bonds
through open competition rather than in
a "monopoly situation."
H. T. Burgess of Burgess Graham Se-
curities Ltd. of Toronto, the county's fi-
nancial agent, refused to comment.
Treleaven told council the
minor variance would have
allowed Bray -Ball to continue
the revised construction without
delay_
"We had numerous hurdles to
get past and the minor variance
was the most expeditious
route," Treleaven said. "This
was the first hurdle and we've
slightly stumbled on it,"
township.
Catfish Creek Con-
servation Authority:
Phineas Pressey of Seuth-
West Oxford township.
Long Point Region: Jack
Walther and Roger firth of
Norwich township, Harry
Armstrong of South-West
Oxford, and G.A. Leachman
of TMwnburg.
Extend
subsidy
Oxford County Council
accepted the recom-
mendation to extend the
daily subsidy of the Wood-
stock Woman's Emergency
Centre.
The recommendation,
made by the county's health
and social services com-
mittee; was passed Wed-
nesday subject- to the ad-
ministration and finance
committee's approval of the
1979 budget.
The subsidy for distressed
women and children at the
centre extended the length of
stay from seven to 14 days.
BLUES CHASER
Who sa}s automation doesn't create
jobs? Now it takes more people to cor-
rect each mistake. -
Farmers, province at odds
on value of bypass land
Farmers affected by the while the farmers want $3,200an operations will be disrupted by
Proposed Woodstock truck acre. the highway.
bypass and the province have "The offer the ministry gave At least one farmer will have
been unable to reach a set- us was based on their market portions of land on both sides of
tlement on land values. value which is determined in the highway once the bypass Is
George Kloster, chairman of a negotiations with willing buyers completed, while most of the
committee representing the nine and sellers, but none of the land others will loselandoff the edge
farmers Bald the group is owners wnnl to sell," Kloster of their farms, he added.
said.
The farmers, landowners
along the bypass route between
Highway 401 and Governor's
Road, near Beachville, are not
oppciced to the bypass, Kloster
said, but believe their farm
seeking about. $2,000 more an
acre than the transportation and
communications ministry has
offered.
President of the Oxford
Federation of Agriculture,
Kiosler maid the in has
offered t1,200 to flaw an acre
Each of the farmers will lose
two to seven acres each to the
prajett. which will cut across N
acres of land about five miles
west. of Woodstock.
Kloster said It is up to the
ministry to make the next move.
THEC:H
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WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Ontario's
environment minister will send a repre-
sentative to Oxford County council to dis-
cuss a recent landfill site decision by its
public works committee.
The committee voted Thursday to let
Tillsonburg dump its residential and
commercial garbage at the environmen-
tally -unsound Holbrook waste disposal
site south of here without informing the
province,
Under the Environmental Protections
Act, landfill sites in Ontario must be It-
cenced by the ministry.
Dr, Harry Parrott, environment minis-
ter and Oxford MPP, said his staff has
drafted a letter requesting permission to
Parrott concerned
Dump use discussion sought
commercial garbage without informing
the ministry when county engineer Don
Pratt told members an application for
approval would be rejected because it
would be "impossible" to prove the Hol-
brook site is environmentally acceptable.
The Holbrook site handles garbage.
from Woodstock and Ingersoll.
Tillsonburg has been using a licenced
waste disposal site for its residential and
commercial garbage but has to find an
alternate site because It Is full.
The town has a separate site for its in-
dustrial garbage but Pratt said it is It-
cenced for clear, clean and dry garbage.
He said it would be better to use the Hol-
brook site than risk polluting the indus-
trial site.
attend county council to discuss the mat-
ter.
Parrott, who was in Woodstock Friday,
said he made the request after consulting
with the ministry's regional director,
Doug McTavish of London.
Parrott said the fact that he is from
Woodstock would not influence his ac-
tion.
"My job is to make sure the ministry Is
doing its job. I don't think I have a li-
cence to turn a blind eye to my own
county."
Parrott said any violation of the Envi-
ronmental Protections Act would be re-
ported through the regional office.
The public works committee voted to
re-route Tillsonburg's residential and
fUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1979
Jury tamper charge nonsense
judge tells panel for new tr*1al
Keep existing
fiscal agents,
county advised
By JANICE VANSICKLE
Sentinel -Review staff writer
County council will be advised to keep
Burgess Graham Securities as fiscal agent
for one year while a comparison study is
carried out on public tendering of debenture
sales.
The county's finance and administration
committee arrived at the recommendation
in -camera at a meeting Wednesday after
hearing arguments on behalf of both
borrowing strategies.
Larry Conn of Bell, Gouinlock and Com-
pany Ltd., who approached council last week
asking it to take the public debenture route,
told the committee a fiscal agent is no longer
needed because the county has established a
credit rating in the market place and is no
longer the unknown it was at the time of
restructuring.
The competition of public tendering would
provide the county with top service, Conn
said, while with a fiscal agent the county has
no way of telling if it is getting the beat price
because no one else has a chance to buy its
bonds.
By dealing with several agents the county
would also get views of marketconditions
from a wider croag-section, he added.
"The municipality always wins with ten-
dering," he said.
Burgess Graham Securities Vice -President
John Hughes said current market conditions
make fiscal agents favorable.
Hughes, whose company has acted as the
county's fiscal agent since restructuring, said
that for the county to go the route of public
tendering would be "bloody irresponsible."
When debenturing the county must he
aware of market conditions, be an
established, recognized borrower with in-
vestors and have county financial in-
formation on hand to release, he said.
A fiscal agent can build a constructive
market attitude toward the county, provide
advice at all times and provide a basic
marketing plan, Hughes said.
County Warden Ken Webster said more
information would be needed before a
decision could he made, preferably in the
form of a coat comparison of tendering and
use of an agent.
Norwich Mayor Jack Burn said it is im-
porl.ant to find out if tendering would create
more work for cowry staff.
Woodstock Aid. Andy MacKenzie, com-
mittee chairman, also said more questions
tied to be answered before a decision could be
made.
Conspiracy, fraud
case opened again
By JANICE MtDDLETON
Sentinel -Review staff writer
Allegations of jury tampering which caused Oxford's $576.000
conspiracy and fraud case to end in a mistrial were "complete
and utter nonsense," a county court judge told potential jurors
Monday.
Judge Chester Misener was referring to the first trial, which
ended Feb. 26 after four months of testimony, in a special address
to the jury panel because "of the peculiarity of the case" being
tried again in Oxford County Court.
Judge Misener said news coverage on the rust trial made his
explanation to the jury panel necessary. He said the allegations
were made by a lawyer "not in court and not associated or
connected with the accused."
A police investigation revealed the allegations were unfounded,
Judge Misener said.
A jury of 11 men and one woman was selected after the judge
spoke.
James Anthony Faster, 46, of Newport Beach, Calif., formerly
of Ingersoll, Angelo Gughelmo, 50, of London, Ont. and Eric Sch-
wen au, 45, of Toronto pleaded not guilty to two counts of con-
Wp racy to defraud and 30 counts of defrauding 30 residents of
Middlesex and Oxford counties.
The charges, laid in 1975, and which took 25 minutes to read,
are connected with profit-sharing schemes involving gold and
diamonds in Brazil, diamonds in Amsterdam, jet -fighter planes
in Venezuela and discount United States debentures.
Schwendau is being represented by Toronto lawyer Stewart
McKeown, Foster and Guglielmo, who are representung them-
selves, said they intend to apply for counsel through legal aid on
Wednesday when the trial reconvenes.
The two were refused legal aid in the previouts trial.
Judge Misener said he anticipates the trial will last six weeks.
BLUES CHASER
"f must be douq: well," said the new
secretary. "The btl,s just bought me a
new dictionary. "
•
11
Edward Schreyer
(becomes 22nd
Gov. -General
Preserving national unity pledged
• as mission of Governor-General
By John McHugh
of The Free Press
OTTAWA — Gov. -Gen. Edward
Schreyer left no doubt Monday he plans
to make the promotion of national unity
the main mission of his five-year term as
Queen Elizabeth's representative in Ca-
nada.
Oxford County
staff, programs
may face cuts
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Warden
Ken Webster warned Oxford County
council Wednesday that program cuts
and staff layoffs may be necessary be-
cause of the 1979 budget squeeze.
He said costs have increased nine per
cent while provincial grants will rise only
five per cent. The program and person -
net cuts are not a. threat but "hard, cold
fact," he said.
Webster said the county should investi-
gate zembased budgeting for 1980 in all
departments, adding he wants experts to
explain the concept to county officials.
"We're really hoping for efficiency
rather than deletion," he said.
Fire call system
being considered
in Oxford County
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — A universal
fire communications system is being con-
sidered by Oxford County council.
County fire co-ordinator Charles Young
had a Motorola representative demon-
strate for council Wednesday night a
page system that would have each volun-
teer firefighter carry a tiny monitor.
A central station in Woodstock with
repeaters in Embro, Bright and Mt. El-
gin to extend the range would handle all
fire calls.
Young said the system would cost $45,-
000 annually for five years on a lease -
purchase arrangement, after which the
county would own it. That compares with
the $30,000-a-year telephone system now
being used, he added.
Council voted to have Young obtain de-
tailed Information on the system and re-
port to the public works committee,
Garbage goes to Holbrook site
Oxford County's public
works committee will
recommend that council
seek the environment
ministry's approval to dump
domestic garbage at the
Holbrook landfill site in
Norwich township.
At a council meeting last
Wednesday, council learned
from ministry official Jim
Janse that Tillsonburg's
industrial landfill site has
ministry approval to accept
the town's domestic and
commercial garbage. On
Thursday, however, Mr.
Janse told the public works
committee the ministry
would support T(llsonburg's
use of the Holbrook site at an
environmental assessment
board hearing.
Mr. Janse said if the
county opted for Tillsonburg
to use the industrial site it
should only be for a limited
time.
Mr. Janse said both the
industrial and Holbrook sites
face environmental hazards.
Because of the sandy per-
meable sil of both sites the
groundwater and nearby
streams could be con-
taminated. Holbrook is near
the headwaters of Otter
Creek and the Tillsonburg
industrial site is near the
stream that flows into the
Otter Creek.
Bather than creating two
environmental problems,
Mr. Janse said the ministry
would prefer the Tillsonburg
garbage be dumped at
Holbrook. He said the
amount of garbage re-routed
to Holbrook, already used by
Tillsonburg and Ingersoll,
from Tillsonburg would have
little environmental effect.
Mr. Pratt said the owners
of the Holbrook site agreed
to accept the town's garbage
for 125,000 a year. He said it
would cost the same amount
to initially accommodate the
town's garbage at the in-
dustrial site.
Oxford files request
for water takeover
By Eric Bender
of The Free Press
WOODSTOCK — Oxford County coun-
cil decided Wednesday It wants no part of
buying or assuming responsibility for
private water systems.
Council noted and filed a request from
residents of the Home Sites subdivision
In Innerkip who want their private water
system taken over by the county,
Horne Sites subdivision spokesman Da-
vid ffilderly said 42 families on the sys-
tem found their rates Increased 42 per
cent last ,year, mainly to cover the cost of
two new pumps. Water rates rose to $131
from $92 in 1977, he said, and there were
Increases in the two previous years.
Users with swimming pools had to pay
$168, up from $130 the year before.
Hilderly said county control could lead
to establishment of a contingency fund so
that rate fluctuations are not required
when capital works suddenly- are needed,
He felt the rates should be in the Ma -
year range,
He said the residents considered form-
ing a co-operative and buying the system
from the owner for s25,Wo but they
thought it would be unfair to residents on
fixed incomes.
It is impossible to drill individual wells
because of the subdivision's layout he
said.
Council told Hdderlr that when the
county was restructured in 1916. the
county assumed control of municipal wa-
ter systems and municipalities were del-
egated maintenance and administration
duties. Private water systems were not
considered in the bill.
Conn. Joe Pember of Woodstock said
the county eventually will wind up with
the private systems when they go "high
and dry."
Amendment wanted
for industrial land
Oxford County council
voted in favor of petitioning
Thomas Wells, minister of
inter -governmental affairs,
to allow the county's eight
area municipalities to
acquire and develop in-
dustrial land.
Under the provisions of
restructuring, only the
county has the authority to
assemble industrial land. To
delegate this authority to the
municipalities would require
an amendment to Bill 95,
Several of the councillors
opposed the proposal and
favored the formation of a
county -wide industrial
commissian.
Councillor Andrew
Mackenzie of Woodstock,
one of the motion's op-
ponents. endorsed a county-
wide commission "I'm not in
favor of municipalities
acquiring this," Mr.
Mackenzie said.
"We don't need eight
municipalities trying to fight
for the same bag of oats,"
said Councillor Jack Burn,
mayor of Norwich -
Warden Ken Webster,
however, said the industrial
commission he proposed in
his inaugural address was -
more an information -type
service at this time.
Councillor Charles
Tatham of Woodstock said
allowing municipalities to
acquire industrial land could
divide the county.
"We've come together and
worked together, so it's not
wise foreach municipality to
achieve more industrial
assessment, We should have
a strategy where we work
Committee wants
crest copyrighted
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford
County's crest Is proving such a hit with
the public that Its administration and fi-
nance committee is considering having it
copyrighted.
The crest consists of a shield divided
Into three pails, topped by a crown and a
beaver. An old-fashioned plow, a cow and
a city skyline are represented In the
three parts of the shield, flanked on el-
ther side by maple leaves. The county's
motto — Labor Conquers All Things — is
at the bottom,
The design belongs to the corporation
of Oxford, which has received numerous
requests for permission to use It on
Plaques and awards, county clerk Harold
Walls said.
Walls said the problem Is not limited to
Oxford County. In Huron, emblem enthu-
siasts have gone as far as to trace the
crest on the county building in Goderlch.
The committee recommended the
county restrict use of the crest, and has
directed its staff to Investigate methods
Of registering and Copyrighting the de.
sign.
together," Mr. Tatham said.
Councillor Doug Harris,
mayor of Ingersoll, who
introduced the motion, said
municipalities acquiring
industrial land would not
remove authority from
county council.
The request for an
amendment is being
prepared for submission to
the spring legislative
session. Although similar
requests from regional
governments have been
refused, a letter from a
ministry spokesman said
"the government will give
consideration to the fact that
Oxford is in quite a different
situation from the regions."
BLUES CHASER
Father to teen-age son: "Maybe ,you
should start shifting for yourself now
while yoo still know evcrvthing, "
Oxford health board
faces possible layoffs
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford
County board of health may have to lay
off staff because of a recently an-
nounced, five -per -cent increase in pro-
vincial grants to health units, the board's
business administrator said Monday.
Isabella Gordy said 85 per cent of the
board's budget is tied to salaries, which
will soon be up for renegotiation with
staff unions. If wage settlements are 10
per cent or higher, the board will have to
reduce staff, she said.
The board employs 17 full-time nurses
and one part-time nurse, all members of
the Ontario Nurses Association, as well
as 20 other employees who belong to the
Canadian Union of Public Employees, in-
cluding public health inspectors, dental
assistants and secretaries.
In addition to the 1979 contracts with
the two. unions, the board has not settled
its 1978 contract with its nurses, Mrs.
Gordy said. She said the 1978 settlement
with CUPE called for a six -per -cent in-
crease. Since then anti-inflation guide-
lines have been removed, she said.
Mrs. Gordy said she contacted the
health ministry's financial department
for clarification but was told the five -per-
cent increase is final.
Boardchairman Jack Warden of Inger-
soll said the five -per -cent limit caught
him off guard as he had been hoping for
increases of "at least" six to seven per
cent.
He said new projects will probably be
shelved but the board wouldn't know if it
will have to cut any of its programs until
after 1979 wage settlements are com-
plete. Possible cutbacks include the hir-
ing of a nutritionist, a public health ins-
pector and an audio-visual technician to
conduct hearing and eye tests in the
schools, he said.
Oxford urged to restrict grants
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Organiza-
tions depending on Oxford County council
for funding may find the well has gone
dry.
The county's administration and fi-
nanee committee decided Wednesday
that the county should abolish its prac-
tice of giving grants to programs not run
by the county,
The recommendation, which goes to
county council for approval, was taken
`71-4
as an austerity measure to combat rising
costs.
"It's difficult to support some of the
grants asked for simply because they've
always been given," said committee
chairman Andy MacKenzie of Wood-
stock. He said the committee's stand will
force the county to rethink its grants pol-
icy.
MacKenzie said the budgets from some
of the county's other departments, such
as public works, are being reduced while
(funds are being "siphoned off' for
grants to organizations which should be
receiving their funds elsewhere.
Last ,year the county spent about $23,-
ON in grants, mainly to social, recrea-
tional and agricultural organizations,
The list of this year's requests, still in-
complete, Includes the Canadian Na-
tlunal Institute for the Blind, the Salva-
tion Army, the University of Western On-
utrio and theTillsomburg and District At,.
soclation for the Mentally Retarded -
Too often these organizations ask the
county for money without exploring other
sources of funding, MacKenzie said. lie
said the county already provides social
services, and by providing grants it is
forcing taxpayers to pay twice, 'flits cost
is getting beyond what property owners
can afford to pay, he said.
MacKenzie suggested that if the county
decides not to abolish grants, future re.
quests should be accompanied by a pro-
posed budget and a written submission
explaining how the money will he spent.
•
•
Oxford works commission
wants 11 %budget increase
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — oxford
County's public works committee will
ask county council to approve an Il-per-
cent increase in the public works budget.
The draft budget, approved by the
committee Thursday, estimates 1979 ex-
penditures at $4,760,3M, compared to $4,-
25'?,303 last year.
Part of the amount, $2,115,3110, will
come from the transportation ministry in
provincial road subsidies. The remainder
is requested from county funds.
The budget includes two additional ex-
penses from last year — $90,000 for reno-
vations to the county court house and
$20.000 for a study of the county's road
system. The study is needed if the county
is to be eligible for ministry subsidies,
county engineer Don Pratt said.
The budget calls' for $1,957,200 for road
and bridge construction, including $443;
000 for the reconstructing of Mill Street
in Woodstock from Hay Street to Park
Row, and from Park Row to Dundas
Street.
• ' Agr*lcultural rou wants
county to resume grants
Ky.IANICF. VAN5ICKLK will be coming into the county. If the county continues cut. these groups can't function than
Sentinel -Review staff writer I Hammerton said. backs to the point where some of everyone will lose, he added.
A delegation representing five
county agricultural societies
was to ask county council today
to resume funding through
grants.
Keith Hammerton, Woodstock
Agricultural Society president,
acting as spokesman, said the
fair boards are requesting
money from the county rather
than the clocks county council
offered last year.
In 1977 county council gave
each of the fair boards W.
Hammerton said the decision
to meet with council had nothing
to do with the county ad-
ministration and finance
committee's recommendation
last week to dispense with all
grants.
The five fair boards, Wood-
stock, Drumbo, Tavistock,
Tillsonburg and Embro, were
upset with council's decision to
give clocks in lieu of grants last
Year, Hammerton said.
Today's presentation was to
Prove to council that fair boards
are justified in receiving some
support, Hammerton said.
"With rising costs, it's getting
pretty touch and go to put on
fairs." he added.
"Other counties in the area
support their fair boards and
support them well."
Oxford on the other hand just
keeps cutting back, he said.
He warned that if council
favors the administration and
finance committee's recom-
mendation, the county as a
whole will lose.
With the International
Plowing Match coming to
Oxford in 19M, several groups
may need assistance, but in
return large amounts of money
Reconsider dump
Disposal of Tillsonburg
garbage was dumped back
into the lap of Oxford
County's public works
committee for recon-
sideration Wednesday.
The public works com-
mittee had recommended
the county ask for ministry
approval to re-route
Tillsonburg's household and
commercial garbage to the
Holbrook landfill site in
Norwich township.
However, the recom-
mendation roused the furor
of Norwich Mayor Jack
Burn. He threatened to take
the county to court H council
approved the recom-
mendation.
"The alternative is.
another legal battle, and
that's exactly what you're
facing," Mayor Burn told
council.
The Holbrook site handles
garbage from Ingersoll,
Woodstock and the Town-
ships of Norwich and South-
west Oxford. Norwich is
concerned about the en-
vironmental effect of adding
Tillsonburg's wastes to the
site. Mr. Burn said Norwich
residents fear contamination
of their wells and the Otter
Creek if the - dump takes
Tillsonburg's garbage.
"H that happens who will
Pay for it?" Mayor Burn
said.
Tillsonburg's industrial
dump has been approved by
the ministry to accept the
household wastes, provided
the two types of wastes are
separated. A ministry of-
ficial has deemed both the
industrial and the Holbrook
sites as environmentally
questionable.
Several councillors felt
that since both sites were
environmentally suspect, it
would be better to use the
Holbrook site than create
two environmental
problems.
"I'd hate to create another
environmental problem just
for the sake of having two
and not one," said Councillor
Joe Pember of Woodstock.
Councillor Wallis Ham-
mond of Zorra Township
said it would be costlier to
the county to prepare the
industrial site for com-
mercial and household
garbage. Councillor Ham-
mond explained that 62 to 65
per cent of the county's
waste goes to Holbrook. He
said with Tillsonburg having
10 per cent of the county's
population the amount of
garbage at the site would
only increase eight per cent.
Meanwhile, Tillsonburg
town council decided
Tuesday to ask the county
for permission to keep its
garbage and dump at the
industrial site.
Holbrook ratepayers
'leave landfill fight
up to local council
16 Legal Notices _
PRINTING
TENDER
Tenders for the printing of
the I978 Oxford County Minute
Book will be received by the
undersigned until 1:00 p.m.,
Friday, February 23, 1979,
Information can be obtained
at the County Clerk's Office,
Court House, Woodstock,
Ontario.
J. HAROLD WALLS
Clerk, County of Oxford
Court House,
P.O. Box 397
Woodstock, Ontario
N4SS 7Y3
COUNTY SPONSORS SUITE
oxford County will sponsor a hoosappitality suite at the three-
day Ontario Good Roads Convention in Toronto beginning
Feb. 25 county council decided Wednesday. Co uttp Treasurer
Howard Day estimated total costs for the $189 per day suite
would run about $goo. Ingersoll Mayor Doug Harris, who
generally opposes conventions, wasn't happy with the
decision along with Coun. Robert Oilholm of Blandford-
Blenheim Township,
BLUES CHASER
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Oxford seeks township talks
on Salford landfill site issue
By Deny" Lanouette
Woodstock Bureau
WOODSTOCK — After waiting four
years, Oxford County council is going to
meet with South-West Oxford Township
council to discuss differences of opinion
on the proposed Salford landfill site in
the township.
County council decided Wednesday to
arrange a private meeting between its
public works and planning committees
and South-West Oxford to discuss the
controversial site.
But as far as South-West Oxford's
mayor is concerned, the trip is four years
too late.
"I'm a little amazed about this," said
Louis Barrett. South-West Oxford had
spent four years trying to get someone
from the county to meet with them, he
said, and now that the matter is going to
court, the county has decided to pay a
visit.
The township is contesting the county's
ownership of land for the 220-acre site,
which would serve the whole county. The t
landfill site has to be approved by an en-
vironmental assessment board.
South-West Oxford has also objected to
an official plan clause which permits
landfill sites to be put on agricultural
land.
Barrett said he would agree to the
meeting, but. only If the township's law-
yer is present. "Now that we've spent a
considerable amount of money I would
hate to make any promises or commit-
ments that would undermine what our
lawyer has done," he said.
Warden Ken Webster of Tillsonburg
said he realized the meeting should have
been arranged when the site was pro-
posed four years ago but he hoped it was
GRANT GUIDELINES APPROVED
County Council approved Wednesday a set of guidelines for
awarding grants to community organizations. The proposal,
from administration and finance committee chairman Andy
MacKenzie of Woodstock, requires any group seeking.
financial assistance to prove it has financial support of the
general public, a financial statement, and budget for the
upcoming year. Grant requests must be made to the county by
March 7 for consideration in the county's 1979 budget.
Fund proposed
to plant trees
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford
County's planning committee would like
to encourage tree planting by setting up a
tax-deductible tree fund.
Under the plan, money from donations
would be set aside to plant trees on
county property and in forests. The rec-
ummeadation will be submitted to county
council.
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not too late to resolve their differences.
"f personally do not like the idea of one
municipality within the county family
having to use the courts. We're not going
to get anywhere paying tremendous am-
ounts of money to lawyers, and I think
it's (agreement) possible to arrive at."
Webster said the purpose of the meet-
ing 19 to tell new councillors of the
county's reasons for selecting the Salford
site. Land acquisition would not be dis-
cussed.
In addition to setting up a meeting,
county council decided to tour the site
Feb. 24.
International Plowing Match 1980 committee
delegation to Provincial Plowmen's meeting an
February 20. Left to right are Warden Ken Webster.
Tillsonburg; Vice -Chairman Les Dickson,
Burgessville; Chairman, John 1lnfstetter, Platlsville:
Mascot Kernel (torn: Queen or Lae rurruw,
Anne West, Lakeside; Ray Dedman, New Dundee;
John Summerhayes, Drumbo; BM Weatherston.
Beachville: Weldon Burrill, Woodstock; Glen Kitchen,
Woodstock.
— Stott photo
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is' to area of proposed landfill site. In Gilholnl.
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Oxford orders waste
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — A special
Oxford County committee has been es-
tablished to examine methods of solid
waste disposal.
The county's disposal of waste in land-
fill sites has come under criticism lately,
(-specially from South-West Oxford and
Norwich ownships, which have had
problems $vith landfill sites within their
borders.
disposal study
The committee, which will consist of
one representative from each of the
county's eight municipalities, will report
to county council in June.
It is to examine the ramifications of
municipal solid waste management and
to recommend improvements or alterna-
tives.
Recycling wastes and incineration
have been suggested by some council-
lors.
Hospital costs
$1 million above
estimated figure
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Home for aged
seeks 15 % boost
in draft budget
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — A preliml-
nary budget for Woodingford Lodge. rep-
resenting a 15-per-cent increase over
1978, was presented to Oxford County's
health and social services committee
Tuesday.
The budget, presented by administra-
tors of the county -run home for the aged,
estimates total costs at $2,059,100, Own -
pared to $1.791,567 last year.
Higher salaries and capital Improve-
ments amounting to $93,000 were given as
the main reasons for the increase.
Since the province subsidizes 70 per
cent of the deficit involved in running the
home, costs to the county are expected to
be $157,6M. The province's share will be
$596,w, with the remainder of antici-
pated revenue coming from residents'
fees.
If approved by the committee, the bpd-
get will go to the county administration
and finance committee and then to
county council for approval
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) —.Jim Spen-
cer is a happy man today. Oxford County
council voted Wednesday to grant Till-
sonburg District Memorial Hospital an
extra $100,000 as its share of increased
construction costs for a planned outpa-
tient facility.
Spencer Is the hospital's executive di-
rector. Without the extra money, the $7.3-
million, 52,000-square-foot addition would
have been lost, he said.
The project had been estimated at $6.2
million with funds coming from the min-
istry of health and the area counties of
Oxford and Elgin and the Haldimand-
Norfolk region. Oxford County had al-
ready agreed to pay $983,000 as its share.
However, when tenders were submitted
two weeks ago the hospital found itself $1
million under budget, Spencer said.
The health ministry, which is funding
two-thirds of the costs, agreed to pay an
extra $400,000, leaving the community to
raise the balance by March 15, the dead-
Hospital granted
additional funds
line for ministry funding for capital pro-
jects.
A mysterious benefactor, has offered to
donate $175,996. The hospital has said it
will raise $17,000, leaving $200,000 to be
picked up by the counties on a cost-shar-
Ing basis.
Spencer said the finance committees in
Elgin and Haldimand-Norfolk have
agreed to pay their share, but only if all
three areas contribute.
Oxford County council also agreed
Wednesday to shorten the length of pay-
ment from five to three years to help the
hospital.
Under the proposed payment scheme.
Oxford will pay $250,000 in 1979: $509,60o
in 1980 and $335,2a5 in 1981..
The county's administration committee
has recommended the county establish a
special operating reserve fund and use
money from the fund to pay the hospital.
Spencer said the hospital will hold a
special board meeting tonight to com-
plete final cost estimates. .
%.7 million public
works budget approved
by council committee
11% nRIA1 JIcANDRE]W
Sentinel -Review staff writer
j Eight persons named
County administration and finance committee Wednesday
approved a Proposed $4.7 million public works budget and
department
to Oxford committee
begain studying social services spending
estimates.
The move marked the beginning of budget deliberations by
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford
County council approved the appoint -
the committee which will pass on its findings. to county
ments of eight people Wednesday to its
council,
After a four-hour session the committee approved the public
new special committee on solid waste
works budget which shows an 11.6 per cent increase from last
management.
vear's expenditures.
The committee, which is to prepare a
report for council in June, Is comprised
of one representative from each of the
county's eight municipalities.
They are Robert Gilholm, Blandford-
Blenheim; Harold Vogt, East Zorra-Tav-
istock; Jack Burn, Norwich; George
BLUES CHASER
Ham -
Klosler, South-West Oxford; Wallis Ham-
mond, Zorra; Doug Harris, Ingersoll:
Happiness is when the slip of paper tin-
Clem Bromley, Tillsonburg; Michael
Bragg, Woodstock.
der the windshield wiper turns out to be
All but Kloster and Bragg are mem-
an ad.
bers of either county council or munici-
pal councils.
Warden Ken Webster said he hopes the
committee will hold its first meeting next
week.
Oxford defers
budget study
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxfort
County council spent more than thret
hours scrutinizing its proposed $10.8-mil
lion 1949 budget Wednesday before defer
ing it, unchanged, to its next meetinf
March 28.
The draft budget calls fora 12.5-per-
cent spending increase and a %X. per-
cent increase in the county levy. AI -
though it's a hefty increase. Warden Ken
Webster of Tillsonburg said in an toter -
view he doesn't think council will be able
to lower it significantly. "We have gone
through this budget with a fine-tooth
comb before it came here today."
He said the only way the tax rate can
be lowered would be if the county re-
duces its expenditures, already at "bare
bones" levels. The result would be a re-
duction in services, he said. "We're at -
ready doing 22 per cent of what we
should be doing in public. works."
Province will pay for courtroom lights
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Justico Is
not always blind.
The lighting system in the main court-
room of the Oxford County courthouse
may be overhauled this spring, thanks to
the actions of a disgruntled Ontario Su-
preme Qmrt judge.
During a murder trial in December,
Mr. justice Douglas Carruthers lashed
out at the dingy lighting in the wyear-aid
bulldln 'e third -floor courtroom, calling
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it an "absolute disgrace."
•11 can't believe there can be a court-
room in this condition," he said,
The building is owned by the county,
but parts of it, including the courtroom,
are leased to the province.
Oxford County council received a letter
from the ministry of government ser-
vices Wednesday haying it would roin .
bursa the county 100'per cent if It would
bring t'ho.lighting level up to modern
standards. The room Is now lit by a se-
ries of hanging fixtures.
The letter said the ministry received a
request from the attorney-generul's of-
fice and hoped the matter could be fixed
before Carruthers returns for another
Will an April
The letter was referred to the public
works department.
County council has already set aside
$W1,000 lit Its proposed budget for court-
house repairs, but Coun, Andy MacKen-
zle of Woodstock said it would take at
least $300,00o to put the building back in
shape. He pointed to a crack in the ceil-
Ing of the county council chamber as all
example of the building's deteriorating
condition,
The building's tempermemal heating,
lock of space and run-down appearance
have been the butt of continued criticism'
from county officials for the past two
years.
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City boundary study
raises few eyebrows
at county council level
By BRIAN McANDREW
Sentinel -Review staff writer
The highly controversial report on Woodstock boundary
expansion was presented Wednesday to county council and
met with little reaction before being referred to planning
committee for study.
Only three councillors, Ald. Charlie Tatham of Woodstock
Mayor Ross Livingston of Blandford-Blenheim Township ana
Bob Gilholm, also,. of Blandford-Blenheim, askgd questions
and no one entered into discussion following the presentation
by Allan Brass of Proctor and Redfern Ltd., the Toronto
consulting firm hired by the city last summer to complete the
report.
In its first report to the city, Proctor and Redfern said
Woodstock could expand by up to 2,5W acres into three
surrounding townships—Blandford-Blenheim, Norwich, and
South-West Oxford —but no detailed studies were done to
determine the financial impact.
Brass emphasized Wednesday one of three alternatives
included in the report that recommended the city work out
agreements with the county and province through the official
plan so any developing residential or industrial areas on the
outskirts of the city automatically become apart of Wood-
stock.
Brass skipped over annexation, saving the city wanted to
"avoid Ethel prolonged, costly, and distasteful process before
the Ontario Municipal Board."
He said although the report, providing an outlook toward
city land needs by 2001, shows the city does have industrial
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and residential land within existing borders, the pressure for
development is along the north and east boundaries.
A map displayed by Brass showed the prime areas of
development in about 1,000 acres of Blandford-Blenheim and
Norwich.
Brass said one of the cftp's main concerns was "leapfrog
development" where growth occurs on the outskirts of the city
but bypasses the areas just inside the boundaries.
He said there was no immediate need for the city to acquire
additional land, adding that if Woodstock grabbed a chunk of
land all at once both the city and townships would lose out on
substantial resource equalization grants from the province.
The major problem of city expansion, Brass said, was the
property tax increases of between 100and 200 per cent for
residents of an area acquired by the city.
He said township residents without normal city services
enjoy lower tax rates and suggested spreading any increases
over 10 years to ease the tax burden.
In addition to pressure for rural and urban development,
Brass said, any area asking the city to extend either water or
sewer services should also automatically become a part of
Woodstock.
-Woodstock Mayor Wendy Calder said in an interview Vitt'y
council has not taken an official stand on the report but
council members have said they support the idea of working.
out agreements with affected municipalities and the county
rather than attempting annexation.
Mrs. Calder said she expects city council to discuss the
report during an upcoming meeting.
Planners say
no to mobile
home project
An official plan amendment that would have allowed a
senior citizens' mobile tome park south of Hickson off High-
way 59 has been rejected by county council'x planning com-
mittee.
The committee's recommendation to council was based on
Planning Director Peter Atcheson's suggestion that such
.development should not be allowed in a rural area.
The proposal by Robert and Joyce McArdle, of RR 6,
Woodstock would have seen the development of a 25-unit park.
An amendment was required to change the designation on The
land, between the Braemar Side Road and County Road a to
suburban from residential.
The committee also decided Thursday to recommend to
'council that a draft plan of subdivision for a 20acre site in
Harrington West be conditionally approved,
The draft plan contains 20 single-family residential lots.
BLUES CHASER
Patience is something you admire
.greatly In the driver behind you. but nor
in the one ahead of you.
Zorra Twp. one step closer
Ito building own water system
By JANICE V ANSICKLE
Sentinel -Review staff writer
Zorra Township came a step closer Thursday to obtaining
the right to construct its own water supply system.
Under the Oxford Restructuring Act the county is to un-
dertake responsibility for all capital improvements to water
systems.
But, the public works committee voted Thursday to
recommend that the township be allowed to hire a consulting
engineer to design and supervise construction of the badly
needed water supply system in the village.
The recommendation was made despite objections from
County Engineer Don Pratt, who expressed concern the
county would lack control over the project and that the
township does not yet have anyone with the technical ex-
pertise to handle the day-to-day operation of the water
Under questioning as to why the township wants to un-
dertake the project itself, Mayor Wallis Hammond, a member
of the committee, said the problem rests with personalities.
While the township is also hoping it can come up with a less
expensive design through private engineers, he said, per-
sonality problems Between township and county officials
would make work in the village difficult.
By hiring its own engineer, Hammond said the township
hoped to get the project moving,
If we can't get county approval then we're down the
drain," he added.
Thamesford has experienced water shortages in the past
and will likely experience more if the village grows.
Even If the township Is allowed to hire Its own engineer, the
county and the environment ministry both have to approve
the water system plan.
While the source of the personality conflict was not named,
Pratt said, because of it he would prefer, "not to touch the
project with a 10-foot pole."
The fact the project will have to pass through the county_,
"will put a curse on the whole project," he said.
According to Pratt, allowing the township to work on its owr.
would notbe living up to the agreement that gives the county
control over sewage and water.
If such requests keep coming in to county council, Pratt
said- the restructuring act might as well be torn up.
The requests are for items that are of convenience to the
appPlicant, he said, with things such as garbage disposal and
debenturing being left in the hands of the county.
He said he didn't buy the township's argument that it can
come up with a better system.
He also said that other projects left up to the municipality
have not been carried out.
While the township may not be 100 per cent in all areas,
Hammond said, it has plans to hire someone to look after the
system once it is in Place.
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WOODINGFORD LODGE
REQUIRES A
FOOD SERVICE SUPERVISOR
To direct the services at the Dietary Department of our 260 bed home
for the aged.
This position recluires o person capoblrof managing staff and main,
taining prescribed standards of load preparorion and service.
Tire successful applicant will preferably have completed on approved
2-year community or Agricultural College program In Food Service
Management. be a member of the Canadian Food Service Super.
vision Association and have hod several years related experience.
This position often an attractive salary, good working conditions and
excellent fringe beneflts.
Interosied persons should obtain application forms from Wooding
Ford Lodge and return them not later than March 28, 1979, to:
1.E. WOOD, ADMINISTRATOR
Woodingford Lodge
423 Devonshire Ave., Woodstock, Ont.
Tel 539-1245
NMI, 16,1749
Court to get new lights
but too late to help judge
1 WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — The main
courtroom of the Oxford County coart-
house will get a new lighting system but
not in time for the Ontario Supreme
Court justice who requested it.
The county received a letter from the
ministry of government services asking
that it increase the lighting level In the
third-noor court room.
The letter said the department re-
ceived a complaint from Mr. Justice
Douglas Carruthers, who conducted a
murder trial in the courtroom in Decem-
ber.
The province offered to reimburse the
county 100 per cent of the cost and asked
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Brenda Breckenridge who works in the county treasurer's office holds
1853 Oxford bond.
Does county owe
for 1853 bond or not?
Ily 19HI.AN McANDRI•:w
Nentinel-Review staff writer
Back In the IMW Oxford County joined a
number of other municipalities supporting
the Great Western Railroad Company by
issuing a debenture.
On Wednesday, oaa ,1f I.nose Minds surfaced
at county council ar .' ;he owner wants It
redeemed.
The bond, a copy sent to tiro county by Dint
lake of October Baaka-Antiquarion and
1lcholarly Booksellers In Toronto, has a face
value of 100 pounds. It also contains 36
remaining coupons valued at three pounds
each in Interest payments.
Bank officials todav said the British pound
is valued or about $210. if the county were to
honor the bond the owner would receive about
€5ta.
Some county officials believe the county is
no longer responsible for {wyang the bond.
Between the time the bond was issued and
came due in 1071 Canada converted to the
dollar system and the bonds were recalled.
Council decided Wednesday. without
discussion, to lot Its administration and
finance committee look Into the matter.
that the work be done by April, when
Carruthers is expected too return for an
other trial.
But county engineer Don Pratt told the
county's public works committee Thurs-
day the type of fixtures needed have to
be ordered from Toronto and would take
three weeks to arrive.
lie said the county should buy Cfxtures
similar to the ones in use which would be
compatible with the architectural design
of the 86-year-old building.
Pratt said he has written to inform the
government the work cannot be done in
time.
B.-B. Township
merges fire
departments
DRUMBO—Blandford-Blenheim Township's four fire
departments have been consolidated into one department,
clerk Keith Reibling said Thursday.
Reibling said council approved a recommendation by the
Ontario Fire Marshal's office to eliminate the four existing
departments.
Allen Kipp, chief of the Princeton department, was ap-
pointed fire chief of the new township department.
Under the old system the township had four chiefs, four
deputy chiefs and four bookkeepers, Reibling said,
Kipp will be responsible for the department's ad-
ministration, a deputy responsible for equipment and two
district chiefs responsible for training and fire prevention.
The township has W volunteer firefighters and Reibling said
the changes would result in closer liaison between the
departments.
There are fire halls in Drumbo, Princeton, Bright and
Plattsville.
BLUES CHASER
Advice to men over 40: keep an open
Tnind and a dosed refrigerator.
Food prices
up 21 p.c.
in 12 months
OTTAWA (CP) —
Food prices have risen
by 21.7 per cent in major
urban centres in the Intel
12 months, We anti-
inflationboard reported
Tuesday,
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Fraud trial cost $1 million
oxford County's fraud and
conspiracy trial will probably
cost the province $1 million
when all accounts are totalled,
Sheriff Dick Beaudoin
estimates.
We said about {750,000 was
spent on the first trial which
ended In a mistrial and costs for
the second trial which ended
Sunday will make up the
remaining amount.
Juror salaries and expenses
come close to M,000, he said,
plus the hidden costs of police,
Crown assistants and judicial
fees as well as transportation
and housing of witness during
the trial.
The first trial of James
Anthony Foster, Eric Sch-
wendau and Angelo Guglielmo
tested four months. Witnesses
were brought In from Brazil,
England, and Italy to testify.
Costa were cut considerably In
the second trial, Beaudoin said,
because the transcripts of
foreign witnesses were read into
evidence.
The io-month investigation by
the Ontario Provincial Police
anti -rackets squad in 1975 on -
tailed a police officer being sent
Ui the United States and Brazil.
A two -week preliminary
hearing also added to the costs,
Beaudoin said. The case has
been before the courts fur three
years and Foster and Guglielmo
are awaiting trial on further
charges.
ByJANICE MIDDLETON
Sentinel -Review staff writer
Three men were convicted Sunday of fraud and
conspiracy connected with an elaborate gold swin-
dle following a long and complicated 10-week trial_
The jury began deliberation
Friday morning and returned its
verdict at 3:42 p.m., Sunday
after 20 hours.
James Anthony Foster, 46,
formerly of Ingersoll and now of
California, Eric Schwendau, 45,
of Toronto and Angelo
Guglielmo, 50, of London, were
found guilty of one count of
conspiracy to defraud and some
but not all of the fraud counts.
Out of a total of 34 fraud
counts Foster was convicted on
eight of 13, Sehwendau on seven
of 11, and Guglielmo on six of 10.
Heated exchange Woodstock Bureau
Pierre de la Rochelle, right, manager of Canada Cement Latarge Ltd ce
ment plant near Woodstock, discusses the plant's use of garbage as an en-
ergy source with Environment Minister Harry Parrott (PC Oxford). The
$300,000 experiment, funded by Parrott's ministry, uses 800-pound bails of
dried garbage from Toronto as fuel Instead of coal or natural gas. The com-
pany Isn't expecting to save much money with the switch but is keen about
the recycling of wastes, thus saving natural fuels
INUVIK STUDENTS ARRIVE IN DRUMBO — Seventeen students from Inuvik, Northwest Territories, arrived in
Drumbo last Tuesday for the second half of "Project Understanding." The studentswill be hosted this week in homes
in the Drumbo area and will tour local farming establishments and industries in the area. The group is pictured above as
they tour the Canada Sand Papers plant in Plattsville on Wednesday.
County spending up $1.5 million
Education, county blamed
for township tax increases
Final county levies
show increases to all
area municipalities
By BRIAN McANDREW
Sentlnel-Review staff writer
County council's upward revision of its 1979 budget means a
slight rise in the percentage Increase to the eight county
municipalities over the amounts determined by a draft
proposal. -
Council was forced to increase its budget after the
estimated family and children's services department costs
rose sharply. Council anticipated the department would
require $115,000 this year compared with a $99,000 actual
expertditure in 1978. But when the late,arriving budget
reached council Wednesday the figure was $148,000 caused,
department officials said, by changes In family law that
placed an increased cod burden on the county.
Council set the $16.8-million budget at $26,000 more than the
draft prr�p,obal after making few cuts. Council chopped a
$85,000 allotment W the special committee an solid waste
disposal to $10,0W, but added $3,700 in grants to three com
munity groups administration and finance cummittee had
recommended not funding.
Budget expenditures are up by about 13 per cent of the two
figures but a drop In provincial grants means the general
levy, the amount picked up by county taxpayers, has in-
cremaed by about 33 per cent
Each municipality pays a percentage slice of the general
levy. Woodstock has the largest share at Zf per cent of the full
amount followed by Zorra Township with 12.9 per cent,
Blandford-Blenheim Township with 12 per cent and 7rlilson-
burg with 11.8 ,per cent. Other percentages are South-West
Oxford Township with 11.3 per cent, Norwich Township with
Oy per cent, East Zorra-Tavistock Township with 7.2 per cent
and Ingersoll at 6.9 per cent.
Taxpayers in the county, depending where they own
property, are looking at a definite tax increase but the actual
amount will be determined by the local municipalities.
Although increases In the levy paid by the municipalities
ranges from 23.9 per cent to 58,9 per cent the charge may not
be paned on directly, to the taxpayer, depending on
58.0 pper eenl. above 1978. The Tillsonburg increase Is the
amalleat at 23.9 per cent.
For Woodstock, the levy jumped by 31 per cent from
$0 5,000 in 1978 to $$23,0W this year. Ingersoll has a 39,5 per
cent increase from $150,OW in 1978 to $210,000,
In Blandford-Blenheim the levy Increased by 20.6 per cent
frorn $250,01111 t0 $360;000. The increase In East Zorra.
Tavilitock Is 37,9 per cent from $160,00(1 to $220,000.
Nallh-Well Oxford has an Increase of 34,9 per cent from
$25.5,txx1 to $344,1kx1 and the Zorra increase is 28 per cent from
$X010)(0) lei $395.000.
48P. c. hike'
'irks county
The provincial government came in for sharp criticism
from county council Wednesday night for shifting family and
children Is services costs to the local level.
Council learned its share of the department's 1979 costs will
jump to more Than $148,006 this year from S99,000 in 1978, an
increase of more than 48 per cent.
Council decided to approve only a five per cent increase in
the department's budget and will lodge a pretest with the
province. It also set aside $43,000 in a contingency fund if the
province decides not to pickup the extra cost. The deportment
was formeriv known as the Children's Aid Society.
Council was told an increase in legal expenses and placing
individuals in institutions make up a large portion of the in-
crease as a result of a change In lu ttily law by the province.
The department estimated its legal fees will increase to
V20,000 from $5,000 and 25 per cent of the total budget goes
d toward institutionalizing children.
AK Joe Pember of Woodstock was the most outspoken
against the change, saying he had personal experience with
the new system of dealing with juveniles.
"1 lived under this system on Christmas eve when they
didn't believe in keeping a kid behind bars at Christmas."
Pember said. "Maybe we should go back to the old system. if
this (family court) judge wants to pamper these kids let him
come around my house on Christmas eve ... the system wound
up with a 16-year-old with a bullet in him in Toronto. Don't tell
me about your new .system."
I -ember was referring to Paul Reid of We idstock who was
shot and killed last August by Toronto police after holdin* a
15-year-old girl hostage following his escape from a detention
contra,
On Christmas eve in 1977, Reid broke into Pember's home,
terrorizing his two adolescent children while they were alone
in the house. Held was oil a holiday pass from a juvenile.
I detention centre.
Pember charged the province changed the law in order to
save costs at Its own level.
"This is not a children's problem but a politician's problem
betweeo those of us at this table and those in Toronto," he
said. "Let's tell the province, 'hey boys, we're having a little
{trohlem aceeptblgg all this you're shoving un tat to make you
hole good down Ihere.' "
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met -down of a nuclear
power -plant reactor and the
release of its radioactivity —
the worst accident that
multiple "fail-safe" systems
were designed to prevent —
is posing an uncertain but
real threat in central Penn-
sylvania
That threat seems destined
I to hang over Harrisburg,
` Pa., and nearby com-
munities for days as nuclear
engineers deal with a gas
bubble in the badly damaged
radioactive core of the Three
I Mile Island atomic power
(! plant.,
Harold Denton, an
operations director of the
L.S Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, said late
Friday officials hope to
maintain the status quo at
the plant during the several
days it may take to figure out
how to cool down and
depressurize the reactor
without further damaging its
fuel and risking a meltdown.
To end the threat of a melt-
down, the reactor must be
cooled and depressurized to a
safe condition. But that itself
could, through
miscalculation or break-
down, result in the melt.
down it is calculated to
avoid.
Failure might expose the
public to radiation that might
I show its effects years later
1 as delayed cancers, Denton
1 said at a news conference in
Harrisburg.
WORST ACCIDENT
The accident is already the
worst in a U.S. civilian
nuclear power plant, Denton
said, severely damaging its
own fuel and releasing steam
and gases laced with small
amounts of radioactivity into
the air.
f! None of that was supposed
to happen — the plant was,
designed and built to take
i accidents in stride.
When a failed valve
threatened an excessive heat
buildup before dawn Wed-
nesday, the plant
automatically shut off its
nuclear reaction and started
cooling itself down.
But things the engineers
thought impossible began
going wrong.
Somehow, Denton said,
anywhere from one-fourth to
one-half of the reactor's 177
Stamps
up today
O`ITAWA iCPt — Today's the
day the new postal rates go into
,,ffecl, the post office an-
nounced. It now will cost
Canadians 17 cents to mail a
first-class letter instead of 14
cents as before.
Two new stamps featuring the
House of Parliament have boen
issued .for use in new 50-cent
vending machine booklets. The
new booklets, which replace the
25-cent package, will contain
two 17Tent, one one•cent and
three Five -cent stamps,
Reactor melt-down osin
p g a threat
WASHINGTON tAPt — fuel rods were damaged; I
The I
leaking excess radioactivity
into cooling water around
them,
Somehow the hot
radioactive water was
shunted into an auxiliary
building, where it turned to
steam that was leaked or
vented into the atmosphere.
Somehow a large bubble of
gas, apparently hydrogen,
formed in the top of the
sealed reactor vessel that
should have stayed full of
water at all times.
WASUNEXPECTED
Not having anticipated the
gas bubble, the engineers
had not provided the reactor
vessel with any remote -
controlled relief pipe to
remove the gas, and
radiation from the reactor
was too intense for anyone to
get. near enough to open a
manually -operated outlet.
The gas bubble was
dangerous, for if it grew
larger, it might displace
water from the top of the
fuel. Without water the fuel
would overheat and perhaps
receive further damage that
might cause more heat,
threatening a melt-down.
Experts say a melting core
might break through the
thick domed reactor building
instantly in a powerful steam
explosion or slowly by
burning its way through the
Floor.
Either way, the result
would be the release of
strongly radioactive gases
and particles into the
surrounding atmosphere,
and perhaps the earth and
nearby water.
Airborne radioactivity
could travel as far as the
wind would carry it.
Weather
has broken
old record!
Danger of
radioactive particles
j in Ontario termed
slight by expert
The most exciting thing about
a blizzard in April is that it may
be a record breaker.
A spokesman from London's
weather office refused to get too
excited about it but if the
temperature recorded is below -
1 then we'll have had the worst
April 9 since 1977 or 1928.
Record breaking tem-
peratures have also been
recorded in Manitoba, Northern
Ontario and In Cincinnati and
Illinois. The tem{oratures in
Northern Canada haven't been
this cold since 1923 and in some
parts of the United States since
1889, the weatherman Haiti.
"You could say it's rather
unusual," he said.
Your new Easter bonnet could
well be fur -lined this year.
And the Easter bunny may be
hipplt,-hopping through the
snow drifts m ear muffs.
TORONTO (CP) - Southwesterly winds over the eastern
United States and northwesterly winds over the lower Great
Lakes make it "almost impossible" for radioactive particles
from the damaged nuclear power plant in Harrisburg, Pa., to
fall on Ontario, the Toronto weather office reported Friday.
A spokesman for the weather office said, however, the
,tlfaritsmes and southern Quebec might get some of the par.
ticles later.
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Meanwhile, Pat Pander of Environment Canada said
mefeorologisis are keeping an eye on developments at
Harrisburg,
Pender said he has been working in the field of atmospheric
environment for 18 years, and ""I've never experienced
anything like this before."
Southwest winds from the direction of Harrisburg likely
would meet northwest winds in the Albany, N.Y., area. and
'that would probably push anything that managed to get. that
far — and there's no guarantee it would ever get that far —
but it could push it into Massachusetts, southern Maine, that
area," Pender said.
"I have no idea about levels of radiation, or anything else,"
he said.
Woodstock bypass included
in MTC's work schedule
A start on Woodstock's truck
bypass is listed in the tran-
sportation and communications
ministry's 1979-80 work
schedule.
The bypass, a 8.9-kilometre
route for trucks, is to be part of
Hlghway 19, extending from
north of Highway 401 near
Folden's Corners to Highway 2
I south of Embro.
The route, mostly along
existing gravel roads, will be
another access to Highway 401
for Stratford. Bridges will be
constructed over the Thames
River, Canadian National
Railway tracks and a diamond -
type interchange at Highway
401.
Oxford's MPP Harry Parrott
said prelimary design work for
another section of the Wood-
stock bypass from Highway 2 to
Highway 59just northwest of the
city will be carried out as well
with construction to probably
begin in 1981,
Other local road projects
include rebuilding I's
kilometres of Highway 2 bet-
ween Woodstock and
Thamesford and resurfacing 5.8
k1lometres of Highway 59 south
o f T a v i s t o c k
The projects are part of a
P511.&million provincial roads
programs. Transportation and
Communications Minister
James Snow also said the
ministry will contribute about
82W million toward additional
road programs, worth an
estimated $W million being
carried out by municipalities,
BLUES CHASER
Some people :et into debt just to keep
I, up trlth the people uhu almudr ore.
Oxford asked to honor bond
for £ 100 issued in 1853
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — The ghost
Of a 126-year-old debenture debt incurred
by Oxford County was laid to rest. Wed-
nesday.
County treasurer Howard Day told the
county administration and finance com-
mittee he has received a copy of an 1853
bond with a face value of E100. It had
Bond has historic value
An ancient Oxford County
debenture bond now in possesion
of a Toronto antique book
company should not be
redeeemed, county ad-
ministration and finance
committee recommended
Wednesday.
Two days of research by
county treasurer Howard Day
produced documents, presented
to the committee, showing the
entire county debenture issued
in 1650 to buy stock in the Great
Western Railway was redeemed
between 1866 and 1871.
Despite the reports showing
all bonds were redeemed, the
committee was at a loss to
determine how the bond came
into circualtion.
Day also discovered that a
county treasurer in 186E made
off with some county funds but
the committee was unable to
make any connection between
the theft and the recently -
surfaced bond.
Oxford to hire
design consultant
for fire system
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford
County's public works committee will
hire a consultant to design a county -wide
fire call system.
County council has already given ini-
list approval by budgeting $27,000 to de-
velop a county -wide system. The total
cost is expected to be more than $200,000.
The system will use radios for instant
contact between fire vehicles anywhere
in the county as well as a paging system
to contact volunteer and off -duty mem-
bets of the county's lg fire departments.
All Cure calls would be handled through
a central dispatcher in Woodstock and
there would be one telephone number for
all fire calls in the county.
The committee decided to hire a con-
sultant on the advice of county engineer
Don Pratt, who said it is the best way to
make sure the system would meet county
needs.
"The consultant will tell you what you
need to meet requirements, but a com-
pany will give you what they can pro-
vide," said Conn. Joe Pember of Wood-
stock.
The bond, with a face value of
toe pounds and a number of
attached coupons at three
pounds each, would make the
document worth about $Soo
today.
The committee decided Day
should ask October Books -
Antiquarian -and Scholarly
Booksellers to donate the bond
to the county as a historical
document. The committee also
authorized Day to negotiate
buying the bond for the county
pending council approval.
Firehall price
can't be beat
Blanur-
chase a�dportion of c unty-owned land hip tfor aeProposed Arowed to ehall
site in Bright, publi
Thursday. c works committee recommended
The committee recommended county
transfer of ownership for $2 plus cocouncil approve the
st.
Approval was given despite the objections of one committee
member who said the land should be sold for at market value.
and ha�railway ossingion of the lot at the outside tthetion s
evillage waof noriRoad 8
ginally
acquired by the province for road purposes before warning
signals were installed at the crossing. County engineer Don
Pratt said the land was deeded to the county for road purposes
when the province had no further use for it.
Coon. Wallis Hammond, Zorra township mayor, said if the
same situation arose in Woodstock the purchaser would have
to pay a fair market price for the land.
,county a hi h riceenthenrttie same figure if the land had cost t
igure would pave to be
charged to any prospective purchaser. He argued, supported
by Warden Ken Webster, that since the land did not cost the
county Anything and will be used for a municipal purpose the
township's request should be granted.
Hammond warned that a municipality such as Woodstock
' would be able to ask the county for the same treatment. He
said he was not against selling the land, but felt the township
should
lmmond wat he s thetermed
elonecommittee member to oppose PPose the
been sent by a Toronto man who wanted
It redeemed. "At first I thought it was a
prank," he said.
The bond was Issued by the county in
1853 to raise money for the Great West.
ern Railroad Company, he said.
On today's market, the bond would be
worth $500, including interest charges.
However, Day said the county probably
will not have to pay the bill.
A meticulous search through County
records revealed the county issued 35
bonds valued at $100 apiece. By 1871, the
records show the entire amount had been
paid off, he said. "It would appear the
entire issue had been retired;"
"It points out the value of keeping old
county minute books," Coun. Andy
MacKenzie of Woostock said.
The Committee decided the debt had
been repaid. However, it asked the treas-
urer to see if the owner of the bond would
be willing to sell it to the cqunl'y as an
historical documeni.
County court
lighting issue
a dilemma
Upgrading the lighting in the courtroom of Oxford County's
historic courthouse is a bigger problem than originally an-
ticipated, County Engineer Don Pratt said Thursday.
Pratt told county public works committee members that
initially he thought by doubling the wattage Output of existing
fixtures, the light intensity would also be doubled.
However, he said, this is not the case. The wattage output is
going to have to be tripled to double the present light intensity.
This will require rewiring of the building, he added. The
county council chamber on the second floor will be done at the
same time.
Pratt said the light intensity in the room is not up to modern
standards. One plan being considered now would be to leave
one chandelier for effect and place recessed spot lights in the
ceiling.
But, he added, this could well present additional problems
with the oiling.
"we just getting the lid off the worms. I'm afraid we're
going to be in for more of a bill than just for lighting," he said.
Improvement of the lighting in the courthouse was in-
stituted by Mr. Justice D.H. Carruthers who complained of
light conditions when he was in Woodstock for a Supreme
Courttrial in December.
Subsequently the Attorney General's office wrote to the
county saying it would pay for part of the east of the im-
provements.
The county has also requested financial assistance in
upgrading lighting in the county council chamber which is
used for provincial court. There has been no word on the
second request as yet.
Pratt said he does not think the cost to upgrade the lighting
will go above the estimate of $5,oie,
Pratt suggested each residence in
si the Treasure trove found
county be provided with an Identification
number W be used In emergency situa-
tions. Some townships have issued mem-
bers to their rural residences but no over-
all, co,ardlnated numbering system cox- � • courthouse
�a. in county
Oxford County council ntaybe
committee chairman Andy
Walls said the desks and
surrounded by a valuable
MacKenzie said a clothing,
cabinets were no longer any
Jressure without even knowing
wardrobe, now being stored in
practical use to the county,
it.
County administration and
the clerk's office for lack of
another available location,
Coun, Jack Burn, Norwich
township mayor, said if the
finance committee decided
could probably be sold from
county didn't want the furniture
',Wednesday to catalogue various
anywhere between $2,000 to
the Norwich museum would
pieces of furniture and office
equipment scattered throughout
$5,000,
'1 don't have any use for it
gladly take it. County Warden
Ken Webster said all museums
the courthouse and no longer In
(the wardrobe)," clerk Harold
In the county should be allowed
Ube.
Walls said. "I'd rather have a
to take any items wanted and
From anold desk storingpaint
cans in the basement
PPair of file cabinets that would
"sell or junk the rest,"
to wicker
chairs In the tittle, the furniture
be useful."
Among the Items available
Coun. [Arms Barrett, South -
West Oxford
Is merely collecting duet and
taking up space,
are desks inlaid with leather,
mayor, agreed,
suyhtg "1 don't think we're so
I )e committee did not know
ancient typewriters, high-
backed councillor chairs, and
desparale for money we can't
n
q I what value the furniture has but
file cabinets.
put some ifundlure) In a
7
museum,"
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WOODSTOCK-INGERSOLL, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1979
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nyvEccir:cenxnht
and JANICE MIDDLETON
Sentinel -Review staff writer
I Six persons died, including a
former Reeve of North Oxford
township, and three were in
hospital following a head-on
collision early today as winter
weather returned with a
vengeance to Oxford County.
The accident occurred on
Highway 2, formerly Governor's
Rmad, near the intersection of
County Road 7 just after mid-
night.
Provincial police constable
Roland Haley said the six
fatality victims were
passengers in a westbound car
struck head-on by an eastbound
vehicle that lost control on the
icy road and slid into the op-
posite lane. -
Dead are: William Peter
Luyben, 23,of RR 4,
Thamesford; Hartwell Baigent,
48, North Oxford reeve in ii73
and 1974, his wife, Mary Joyce
Baigent, 47, both of RR 3,
Ingersoll; James Calvert
Forbes, 45, his wife, Doris
Olivene Forbes, 43, and
daughter, Margaret Maureen
Forbes, 20, all of RR 3, Ingersoll.
Two passengers of the other
vehicle, James Harcourt, 26,
and Don Lambe, 18, were in
Woodstock. General Hospital.
Lambe was reported in
satisfactory condition and
Harcourt's injuries were still
being assessed. A third
passenger, Danny Waiters, 22,
also of Woodstock, was listed in
critical condition in London's
Victoria Hospital.
OPP Constable John Hill was
investigating the accident. It is
not yet known who the drivers of
the vehicles were.
OPP were warning motorists
to stay off Highway 401 this
morning. Haley, OPP com-
munity services officer, said
both east and westbound lanes
were at a standstill, plugged
solid with jacknifed tractor
trailers and abandoned vehicles.
Winds reaching 100 kilometres
Per hour were forecast for most
of the county today as blowing
snow reduced visibility on
county roads and highways to
zero.
At least two other persons
were reported dead today in the
province as the storm caused a
rash of accidents, downed power
lines and stranded cars.
County and city utility
linemen were out all night and
on the job todayy repairing the
damage done by the storm.
Woodstock, Ingersoll and other
municipalities around tl)e
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Many county students had a
holiday today as buses in most
rural areas weren't running.
Scotts, Zorra Highland, Gino's
and Bluebird all cancelled buses
this morning. Board of
education buses were also not
running in some areas.
Urban students weren't so
lucky.
Schools in Woodstock,
Ingersoll and Tillsonburg were
open, At Norwich, all public
schools were closed but Norwich
District High School remained
open.
The separate school board
reported most urbanschools,
including those in Woodstock
open, but again, county buses
were cancelled. In Tillsonburg,
Msgr. J.H. O'Neill school was
closed, not becuuse of the
weather, but due to furnace
problems. North Norwich school
in Burgessville had the same
trouble, no heat,
At some rural schools,
notably, Hickson, Princeton,
Tollgate and Innerkip, prin-
cipals asked patrain schedules
were not eeriously disrupted d
much rents to phone the school
before sending their children In
as there was some doubt if
teachers would arrive.
A mock United Nations
assembly at Huron Park
Secondary School was can.
celled. The assembly was to
have involved students from all
parts of the county.
In Woodstock, Thomas Built
Buses Canada Ltd, was closed.
Rural and city mail delivery
was cancelled by the post office.
Blandford Square was closed
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Village people say goodby to victims
By PEGGIEGRAHAM
Sentinel -Review staff writer
THAMESFORD—The village was quiet Mondav ilmost
deserted, as more than 500 people made their way to West-
minster United Church.
Cars lined surrounding streets three and four blocks away
as Thamesford said its farewell to five victims of a tragic
head-on collision last Friday, the worst accident the county
has seen ilf recent years,
Westminster United was a fitting spot for the funeral.
Of the dead, Hartwell Baigent, 48, and James Forbes, 45,
were church elders, while their wives, Joyce Baigent, 47, and
Doris Forbes, 43, had been active in church work there. The.
Forbes' daughter Margaret, 20, was an active church and
Sunday School worker.
All lived in the Ingersoll-Thamesford area.
Miss Forbes was to have been married at Westminster
United April 21. Instead, Rev. Ross Crosby officated at her
funeral Monday. Funeral services for her fiancee, Pgter
Luyben. 23, who also died in the early morning crash, were
held earlier Monday at Sacred Heart church in Ingersoll.
Rev. Wells Robinson, now of Thornbury, but formerly
minister at the Thamesford church, said the presence of the
more than 500 at the funeral was a tribute to the lives of all
five persons. He said he had worked with all during his time at
the church.
Robinson called Baigent a highly esteemed, hard-working
farmer who was determined to make his chosen vocation a
success.
He said Baigent had served his community as reeve, church
elder and chairman of the board of the congregation and was
. a leader in the community In whom people looked for
guidance,
Baigent was on North Oxford council from 1965 to i972 and
was a member of county council as reeve in 1973 and 1974.
in a voice breaking with emotion, Robinson said Mrs.
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Baigent was a very active person in the community who
accepted a heavier responsibility at home due to her
husband's political career.
Mrs. Raigent served as superintendent of the kindergarten
department of the Sunday School at Westminster and was a
member of the United Church Women.
Forbes, the minister said, was an industrious, hard-working
farmer who was a respected friend and leader in the com-
munity. As well as serving as a church elder, he added.
Forbes was actively involved with amateur sports.
Mrs. Forbes served and helped the community in many
ways, Robinson said, and was active in the church. She was
also a UCW member.
The minister said he had confirmed Miss Forties six years
ago. Ile said she had been involved in the Sunday School as a
superintendent as well as taking part in youth activities at
Westminster and in the community.
"She was well -liked by her peers,"
Robinson said all five were cheerful and had loved life and
lived it fully.
"They carried their weight in gold in the church and in the
community. We're going to miss them so very much," he
added.
While the community will feel their loss for a long time to
come, Robinson told the crowded church, "we will indeed
remember them in the beauty and richness of their lives. We
rejoice that they shared themselves so willingly and deeply
with us."
Members of the Luyben family attended Monday's service.
The Baig re survived by three children; sons Darwin
and Owen, nd aughler Linda. The Forbes' are survived by a
son Ronald, who operated the family farm with his father and
a daughter, Brenda.
Luyben is survived by his parents, two brothers and three
sisters,
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to former township reeve
Hartwell Baigent was
described as a hardworking,
dedicated man by two county
politicians who worked with
The former North Oxford
reeve and his wife, Mary, 47, of
RR 3 Ingersoll, were among six
persons killed early Friday in a
head-on collision on Highway 2.
Baigent and his wife, a former
school teacher, are survived by
their three children, sons Owen
and Darwin and daughter Linda.
Baigent, 48 at the time of his
death, was the last reeve of
North Oxford Township before
restructuring. He was first
elected to North Oxford council
in 196S and served continuously
until 1972. That year, he ran for
and was elected reeve of the
township, He served in that
capacity in 1973 and 1974,
leading up to county restruc-
turing in 1975,
Oxford I: P and provincial
environment minister Herry
Parrott said Friday he had
known Baigent quite well.
He and the former reeve had
worked together during the
period before restructuring.
Baigent, Parrott said, always
came into any discussions on
restructuring with an open
mind.
"He was a very intelligent,
open-minded, dedicated per-
son," the MPP added.
Woodstock Aid, Charles
Tatham said Baigent was a
strong voice in the county and
province for maintaining
agricultural land.
As well as being a county
councillor, Baigent also served
on the land division committee
for several years,
Hartwell Baigent
...`dedicated'
Prme Wood, administrator of residence for tile past eight years,
Woodingford Lodge helps Kale describes herself as a "tough old
Murray cut her 100th birthday hen." This was the first 100th bir-
cake. Kate, who has been a lodge thday in the: history of the lodge.
Council pays
tribute to
Hart Baigent
Oxford County councillors
Paid tribute Wednesday to
Hartwell Baigent and his wife,
Joyce, for their contribution to
the county,
The couple and four other
people were killed in a car ac-
cident last week. Baigent had
been a councillor for North
Oxford for several years and
served on county council in 1973
and 1974 when he was the former
township's reeve.
100th birthday
a first for
Woodingford
BY SYLVIA GENERAL
Family Editor
They say not drinking, smoking or popping pills will make
you live longer --and this "tough old hen" can prove it,.
Kate Murray,.a resident at Woodingford Lodge turned too
years old yesterday, a first in the lodge's history.
A Woodingford resident for the past eight years, Mrs.
Murray's afternoon was spent surrounded by friends and
relatives who brought greetings, gifts, and pleasant
memories.
Mrs. Murray was consistent in saying, as each guest was
introduced to her, "Oh for heaven's sake, I haven't seen you in
years."
"I'm a tough old hen you know," she said chuckling.
According to Ernie Wood, the lodge administrator. Mrs.
Murray has never taken any medication, and is consistently
in good health, despite being confined to a wheelchair.
When asked if she has ever smoked Mrs. Murray answered
saying: "Heavens no, my father would have thrashed us."
Mrs. Murray has one son who lives near London, England
where she was born in 1879.
In 1916 she came to Woodstock as a parlourmaid, and
continued her domestic career near here.
Her favorite pastimes around the lodge are knitting and
reading, says Mr. Wood,
"And when she sags knitting she means it. This gal can
knit," Mr. Wood said as he [lent down to give her a kiss.
Over the years, says Mrs, Murray, she has noticed a change
in people.
"They aren't quite as friendly as they used to be. Some of
them gel a little cocky too," she added.
"I've seen plenty of changes in my time "she said. "1
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the invention of the telephone, then the radio, then
the television and then the jet airplanes."
In honor of the occasion Mrs. Murray was presented with a
plaque from Mrs, Harry Parrott on behalf of premiere Bill
Davis, a plaque from Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, a
special telegram from Queen Elizabeth and personal
greetings on behalf of the government from Dr. Bruce
Halliday. Also present for the occasion was Oxford County
Warden Ken Webster and members of the committee of
management, Roger Orth and Cecil Wilson.
When asked how long she hopes to live Mrs. Murray said,
"well 1 guess until God decides to lakes me."
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Salford landfill site defended
by member of firm that chose
Ry JANICR VANSICKLF
Sentinel -Review staff writer
Consultants selecting a land-
fill site in the county reiterated
their preference for a parcel of
land east of Salford before
county council Wednesday.
In a presentation designed to
acquaint new councillors with
the reasoning behind the
selection of the Salford site as
the county's garbage problems
reach crisis proportion, Wally
Wells, project manager for
M.M. Dillion Ltd., encouraged
the county to proceed with plans
to use the Salford site.
Wells told reporters it will
take five to six years for the
county to go through the
necessary hearings before
approval can be granted for the
land parcel to be used as a
landfill site.
Wells painted a bleak picture
of other garbage disposal
methods such as incineration
and resource reclamation,
citing them as expensive and not
yet technically sound.
In county council
Bid to reduce trips
to conventions fails
A bid to reduce the number
of conventions Oxford
County councillors can at-
tend in a year failed at
council Wednesday.
The motion by Ingersoll
Mayor Doug Harris to permit
councillors to attend two
instead of three conventions
annually, one of which must
'be in Ontario, was narrowly
defeated in an 8-to-lo
recorded vote.
Harris' motion would have
also slightly changed ex-
pense coverage for con-
ventions. As well it would
have required all councillors
and staff to submit ap-
plications to council for
approval to attend con-
ventions.
Harris said he is not
antedcouncil practice
tconvetions but
practice
financial restraint and
has been
Harris s
before attandirld - -
He also saithose at-
tending conventions should
be required to submit a
report to council.
Several councillors at-
tended a convention In
California last year and most
of them retired or were
defeated in the last election,
Norwich Mayor Jack Burn
said in support of the motion,
Doug Harris
...made motion
with their knowledge gained
at the convention lost to
council.
Woodstock Aid, Andy
MacKenzie expressed
concern that council could be
lying Its hands by limiting
the number of conventions
councillors can attend.
Blandford Blenheim
Mayor Ross Livingston, In
opposing the motion, said
conventions are an asset in
helping council to arrive at
decisions in areas where It
lacks expertise.
While recommending the the consultant's theories, saying
county move on the Salford Ingersoll and Woodstock
project, Wells said at the same straddle the Thames River,
time council should be looking at limiting access problems.
ways for transporting garbage Barrett also said gravel roads
to the site, possibly through use should not provide a hinderance
of transfer depots, and ways of in selecting a site since many
reducing the amounts of gar- trucks now travel over them for
bage, including striking deals a variety of reasons. Any paved
with industry. roads will also need upgrading
Wells made his recom- over the proposed Is -year
mendations in response to lifetime of the landfill site, he
Woodstock Alderman Andy added.
MacKenzie's statement that it
appears the only current answer
is to bury garbage in its totality
because society is not ready to
pay the price of other methods.
MacKenzie expressed sym-
pathy for the people in the
Salford area and also for those
in other areas of the county
whose garbage will have to be
hauled long distances.
South-West Oxford Township
Council, in whose area the
proposed landfill site is located,
has been strongly opposed to the
project and intends to take the
county to court on the grounds
that improper methods were
used in acquiring the near-200
acres.
County officials,meanwhile,
are trying to arrange a meeting
with the township council to
discuss the issue in an attempt
to avoid a court battle.
Members of the townshipp
council were present at Wed-
nesday's meeting.
Wells, whose company
prepared a report on landfill site
selections for council In lW5,'
said the Salford area was chosen
over others because it showed
the most potential due to access
to both provincial and county
roads, its rural setting, natural
topography that provides
screening from public view and
hydrogeological suitability,
meaning ground and surface
waters would not be in danger of
contamination.
A study of the entire county
was carried out, Wells said, but
Salford was chosen primarily
ever two other sites.
One, located at the junction of
Highway 58 and the proposed
Highway 403, was ruled out
because the roadways divided
the potential site, access from
Highway 59 could be curtailed ,
by strip development and the
area provided poor access from
Tillsonburg. y
The other site is located in t
Norwich Township on both sides
of County Road 40, near County
Road 14, That site was ruled out
because the roads in the area b
are gravel, little site screening
is provided and the site is split
by County Read 40
Wells said areas north of the
Thames River were ivied out
because the three main garbage
producing areas, Woodstock,
Ingersoll and Tillaonburg are
south of the river and tram
spoelation of garbagqe over the
river could require to building
of new bridges and roadways.
South-West Oxford Mayor
Louis Barrett argued against
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Tillsonburg dump full at month -end
with no other waste disposal site
TILLSONRURO — The town's com-
mercial and household garbage dump
south of here will be. filled by the end of
the month, Coun. Remie Miggens warned
council Monday.
The problem, which surfaced in De-
cember, 1978, has the town worried, but
so far there are no solutions for the gar-
bage of Tillsonburg's 9,000 residents.
Councillor -at -large Ken Webster told
council the Industrial garbage site here
cannot be used for dumping household
waste because the garbage would leech
into the ground, contaminating ground-
water and a nearby stream.
Webster said the present household
dump could be expanded if nearby land
were purchased. But the garbage prob-
lem falls under the jurisdiction of Oxford
County, he noted, and it will be up to the
county to come up with a solution.
The county is studying the garbage
problem. It formed a special committee
last month to look at solid waste disposal
throughout Oxford County. The commit-
tee is expected to make a report in June.
County council wanted to use the Hol-
brook landfill site in Norwich Township
but backed down when Norwich Town-
ship Mayor Jack Burn threatened to take
the county to court if it approved the rec-
ommendation.
Budget review set
F
W ODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford
County council will bring its family and
children's services budget before a spe-
cial review board,
The county drastically reduced the
budget two
weeks ago, after it sed howed a 48.5-per-cent
nt
increase over 1978.
amity services grant questioned
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Because the province subsidizes 80 per
cent of the budget, the county's share
would have been $148,019. However, most
of the increases were due to changes in
government policy which places more re-
sponsiblllty on the local agencies, and the
county wasn't sure the province would
subsidize anything more than a five-per-
WOODSTOCK-INGERSOLL, ONTARIO,MONDAY APRIL 16, 1979
centinerease.
Coun. Philip Poole of Woodstock, who
is also a member of the family and chil-
dren's services, said he. has been in-
formed a three -member child welfare re-
view committee has to be established to
review the budget.
The committee will be made up of one
representative each from the province.
county council and the family and chil-
drn's services, he said.
"What we're really complaining about
is the added expenses being put on us
with no subsidy," said Coun Doug Harris
of Ingersoll.
Council approved a $104,04 budget.
and put $43,3?5 in a contingency fund in
case the ministry agrees to subsidize the
48.5-per-cent increase, not just five per
cent.
eekend floods were close call
for Woodstock and Pittock Dam
Oxford defers decision
on muskrat hunting ban
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford
County council has deferred a decision to
ban muskrat hunting in Beaehville Park
until its administration and finance com-
mittee confers with the natural resources
ministry.
The committee had recommended pro-
hibiting all trapping in the park but was
asked by county council to reconsider
i last week.
The county became involved in the Is-
sue because of a legislative change which i
requires trappers to have written permis- '
sion from land owners before they can
get a trapping licence from the province.
When the requests — which now stand
at four — began to arrive, the committee
decided to make the park a sanctuary be-
cause. It was concerned there were too
many trappers for the size of the park.
The four applicants have been trapping
the area for several years, mainly as a
hobby. However, Coun. Jack Burn of
Norwich said Wednesday the high price
of muskrat pelts — about $7 each —
might attract more trappers and lead to
arguments over trap lines.
The committee decided to pmtpune any
decision until It has met the ministry
spokesmen to find out if they have any
way of regulating the -number of trappers
In the area.
Because the ministry Issues licences,
any decision to restrict the number of
trappers should be controlled by the min-
istry and not the county, said Coun.
Barry Wallace of Zorra Township.
Foreign takeover
of prime land
worries Oxford
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford
County's planning committee is con-
cerned about foreign ownership of prime
agriculture land In the county.
The committee decided Thursday to
ask the province to include Oxford in any
future agriculture ministry surveys of
takeovers of farm land by foreign Inter-
ests.
Provincial Liberal agriculture critic
.tack Riddell (Huron -Middlesex) accused
the province. Tuesday of sitting back
while foreign Interests gobbled up im
creasing portions of the province's prince
farm land.
it's the second time the committee has
requested actin from Agriculture Minis
ter William Newman on this matter. "We
should keep our eyes open," said Coun.
Charlie Tatham of Woodstock.
Tatham said the foreign Interests push
up the price of land to the detriment of
local farmers, The higher prices also
contribute to Increased food costs, he
said.
By TERRY CRAIG and PEGGIE GRAHAM
Sentinel -Review staff writers
Water levels in the Thames River and Cedar
Creek have levelled off after swelling during the
weekend and reaching levels believed un-
precedented since development of the Pittock
Dam and reservoir.
Richard Anderson, water
resource manager for the Upper
Thames River Conservation
Authority (tTPRCA), said today
in an interview water in the
reservoir at Woodstock came
within less than two feet from a
level considered safe.
Design engineers consider %a
feet above sea level is the dam's
maximum safe level. At its peak
Saturday, water had reached
more than 4% feet, lust six feet
below the top of the dam.
The normal water level in the
reservoir for this time of year is
�mI feet.
"It was a hectic weekend,"
Anderson said. "We watched the
twater) levels ckxcely."
Homemaker request approved
Oxford County council has approved a request from the Red
Cron. homemaker services to increase the per diem rate to twi
per hour from ".,W, The increase is subject to provincial
approval.
CLAUDE Bennett, Ontario housing minister,
seated, signs approval for the Oxford County
draft official plan as members of the county
planning committee look on. From left, Ross
hford draft officil
ByKEN WILLE7'f
Sentlnet-Review staff writer
Oxford County's draft official plan received c:`.+eia. ap-
proval from the provincial housing ministry in "'conto
Tuesday with the signature of Housing Minister Claude
Bennett.
County Planning Commissioner Peter Atcheson said today
a number of minor outstanding objections were referred to
the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) and hearing dates will be
set if the situation is not rectified at the county level within the
next few months.
Atcheson said about 99 per cent of the official plan has been
approved. He said it is not unusual for the province to approve
such major documents when there are so few minor out-
standing objections.
Atcheson said if an OMB hearing is deemed necessary the
objections will be heard and receive a ruling "in a couple of
days, if not an afternoon. I would think."
Atcheson said the county has continued its communication
with objectors and hopes to resolve minor wrinkles at that
Toronto bureau photo
Livingston, mayor of Blenheim Township;
Donald McKay, county councillor from East
Zorra-Tavistock, and Peter Atcheson, plan-
ning commissioner for Oxford.
The housing minister and his staff "was quite pleased with
the promptness and quality of the Oxford plan." He said many
county plans do not win ministry approval in as short a span
as the Oxford plan. He said it took the province about four
months to circulate the plan for endorsement from its service
"It's the culmination of a long process," Atcheson said. "It
was started back in 1976 and its nice to see it complete and
with ministry approval."
Several members of Oxford's planning committee were
present to witness the signing and approval of the planning
blueprint which took almost four years to prepare.
The plan, a guideline for county development over the next
25 years, replaces an antiquated 10-year-old document.
Toronto consultants Marshall Macklin Monaghan Ltd.
prepared the draft plan at an estimated cost of $200,000. It
received approval from county council in early November.
The plan places more emphasis on preserving agricultural
land and uses tighter controls to restrict development in
government level. urban and suburban ares.
FUN NYSID
Oxford County
urged to develop
park -use plan
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford
County should develop an over-all recrea
tional plan for its parks, a report by the
land -use supervisor with the Upper
Thames River Conservation Authority
said Wtn neNday.
In his report, Bill Diver said the county
has ample parkland and should consult
with Interested groups to develop guide-
lines directing future use and develop-
ment.
His suggestion was contained in a re-
port on the 280-acre Oxford Park near
Beachville. Most of the area is floodplain
land and county council asked UTRCA to
undertake a feasibility study of the area
last September.
Diver said the study is not complete
but UTRCA will probably recommend
the park remain in its natural state with
limited recreation and nature apprecia-
tion programs.
The county purchased the site for $50,-
000 in 1976 from Canada Cement LaFarge
Ltd.. Council did not take any action on
the report.
"Carelul of what you say. I drink the Ilne's tapped,
49 Help Wanted
BOOKKEEPER
The Public Works Departmentl
of the County of Oxford re-1
quires an experienced Book-
keeper to assume responsi-
bility for Job Cost Accounting,
Records covering their 54.8'
million annual expenditures -
This is a position requiring a
diligent self-starting indivi.
dual. Starting salary nego-
tiable, range E8718 - $g7o7 per
annum. Fringe benefits are
generous, working conditions
are good and the staff is
friendly and helpful.
Handwritten applications will
be received in confidence byl
the
DIRECTOR
OF ENGINEERING
P.O. Box 397, Woodstock
until Wed., May 9,1979
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Tree commissioners
criticize jobs, want
stronger legislation
By JANICE VANSICKLF.
Sentinel -Review staff writer
Attempts will be made to improve the working conditions of
Oxford's four tree commissioners after three of the county
appointees Wednesday criticized the job and the powers that
go with it.
Commissioner John Mitchell told county council's ad.
ministration and finance committee that unless the county
bylaw restricting and regulating destruction of trees is given
more teeth, tree commissioners are not needed.
Mitchell and fellow commissioners Stan Gehring and
Charles Allin said the bylaw is outdated and doesn't reflect
current land values.
Persons found contravening the bylaw are subject to a
maximum fine of $500. The county won a recent court case
against an offender who was subsequently fined $too.
Gehring said it is doubtful the fine would cover the county's
costs in taking the offender to court.
Mitchell said the low cost of such fines does little to deter a
landowner from clearing away a bush or woodlot when land is
valued at roughly $2,000 an acre.
"The tree bylaw and fines are inappropriate with land;
Prices today," Gehring said.
The fine rate is set by the natural resources ministry,
leaving the county with no power to increase it. -
Past attempts to have the ministry raise the fine level have
failed, Gehring said.
But the committee will recommend county council pressure
the provirtce into updating the fines to reflect the change in
land values.
Gehring also complained strongly of abuse encountered
through his job and was quick to, point out working conditions
he has encountered, including walking through mud and
having to fight off flies and mosquitoes.
Commissioners now are paid $10 for the first hour on the job
and $3 for each additional hour plus a 24-cent mileage rate.
Gehring said he did not intend to quibble about money.
"If anybody wants this damn job they can have it," he said.
"f won't lose any sleep over it and will probably get more."
Report requested
on water system
at Innerkip site
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford
County's public works committee has
asked county engineer Don Pratt to pre-
pare a report on the privately owned In -
I nerkip homes site subdivision water sys-
tem which is for sate.
Chairman Harold Vogt of East Zorra-
Tavistock said Thursday the owners are
willing to sell the 15-year-old system for
$11,000 and have asked East Zorra-Tavis
Lock council If It Is Interested.
This Isn't the first time the water sys-
tem has been discussed at the county
level. In January, county council re-
jected a request from the 42 residents
served by the system who asked that thr
county take it over.
The residents said they wanted th,
county to assume responsibility because
their rates had increased 42 per cent over
a (me -year period — to $134 from $92 io
1977 — and they feared more increases
At that time the system wasn't for sale.
However, Vogt said the rates are likcls
to Increase if the county decided to buy
the system since the purchase price and
cost of repairs probably wouldbe
hafged to the residents.
Vogt, who Is also mayor of East Zorra
Iavistock. said his council will be, mcri
,W will) I.he owners Mav 16 to dlswti, Ih.
The commissioners also raised some questions about their
powers, including the right of access to private pr
As a result the committee will recommend that legal operhea. advice
be sought on various as is of the bylaw including right of
access, commissioners he given a pay increase yet to be
determined and that the commissioners work more closely
with the municipalities.
Banquet hall
gets approval
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford
county council approved pn Wednesday
plans by an Ingersoll developer to add a
banquet hall to his motel -restaurant com-
plex at Highways 19 and 401.
Council rejected a January application
by developer Clair Bray for a minor va ri-
ance to allow him to build a one -scorer
addition, doubling the restaurant's dining
capacity to 20o seats,
However, on counciPs advice, he ap-
plied to do the work under a zoning bylaw
amendment which council approved on
condition the site's sewage disposal facil-
ities are approved by the county health
board.
The restaurant, micas the banquet
hall, opened officially on Monday.
Councillors to buy old bond
Donations sought
,to buy old bond
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford
County Coun. Andy MacKenzie is asking
fellow councillors to shell out $5 each to
buy back part of the county's history.
The objective — an 1853 debenture
bond issued by the county to raise money
for the Great Western Railroad Com-
pany.
County records show all the bonds were
redeemed in the last century but a To-
ronto man recently obtained one of the
original 126-year-old bonds and is willing
i o sell it for $100.
There are about 20 county councillors.
which works'out to about $5 each, said
MacKenzie, who has started a collection.
He said county historian Len Coles has
offered to buy the bond if the county
won't. Coles, a former county clerk, in-
tends to write an article about bonds and
the county's role in financing the rail-
road, he said.
MacKenzie suggested the bond be
framed and placed in the county court
building as an historical document.
In Innerkip
Water -supply owners
want to sell system
Committee seeking banking tender
The county's administration and finance committee will
cull tenders for Oxford's $7-million yearly banking business
for a five-year period beginnin in 1980, The committee has
decided to invite written submissions from Woodstock
financial institutions with a May 31 closing date. The cota-
mittee is expected to make a recommendation to county
council in June. The county has dealt for the past five years
with the Bank of Montreal. Council decided last June to pul tis
banking business up to tender.
Health board
ratifies 6% raise
In nurses wages
E WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford
County health hoard has ratified a 197x
agreement calling for a six -per -cent
across-the-board pay increase for its 19-
member nursing staff.
Board administrator Isabella Gordy
said Friday that the agreement, reuvac-
Live to Jan. 1, 1978, sets the starting sa-
laries at $13,073 for registered nurses and
$13,833 for public health nurses.
Negotiations for the one-year contract
started last May but were interrupted be-
cause of problems with the nurses' 1976
and 1977 wage settlements, which were
rolled back by the federal anti-inflation
board, Mrs. Gordy said.
The nurses appealed the rollback and
had to wait for a final decision before
continuing with the 1978-negotiations. The
decision, which arrived in November.
upheld the anti-inflation board's decision
to rollback the increases.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Gordy said the board
will be meeting with its nurses May 7 to
be in 1979 contract talks.
BLUES CHASER
Sign at a Little League ballpark: ",4 di-
amond is a boys best friend. "
New dump needed
Oxford stockpiling garbage
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Tillson-
burg's commercial and household gar-
bage site is closed and additional waste is
being' stockpiled at (lie town's Industrial
waste site, Oxford County engineer Don
Pratt said Tuesday.
The Tillsonburg site closed Friday and
is being covered with soil, he said. The
recent household and commercial waste
is being shipped to the town's industrial
site where it is being stockpiled until a
suitable location can be found. He added
that it's important the county make a de-
cision sown.
The provincial environment ministry
has been informed of the county's move,
Pratt said. Oxford's public works cum-
mittcro will also discuss the matter at its
meeting Thursday.
The problem, which surfaced in De-
cember, has been a thorny issue for
county council. Its public works depart-
ment originally recommended sending
the waste to the Holbrook site in Norwich
Township without informing the environ•
ment ministry because it did not think it
could get approval. After consulting with
the ministry, the committee decided to
apply, but Norwich Township council
threatened to take court action if it sent
the waste to Holbrook because it feared.
the extra garbage might contribute to
pollution problems,
Tillsonburg town council has said ii
would prefer to reroute the garbage to its
Industrial Bite. The move would be more
convenient for the town .but it would be
more expensive to the county.
Although the industrial site is licensed
to hold commercial and household gar-
bage, a separate containing area would
have to be developed at an estimated cost
of $25,000. Some councillors have also ex-
pressed concern that the wet garbage
might contaminate the ground water and
nearby stream on the industrial site.
Pratt said Tuesday the county can't
stockpile the garbage for more than four
weeks.
Garbage: Works
body ponders
what To do next
No solution found yet
to garbage stockpiles
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford
County's public works committee went
behind closed doors Thursday to discuss
Tillsonburg's landfill problems.
The town's domestic and commercial
landfill site closed last Friday and the
town has been stockpiling garbage at its
industrial waste disposal site since then.
The county, which has been looking for
a new site since December, was told it
had two options — send the waste to the
Holbrook landfill site in Norwich Town-
ship or develop a separate garbage area
on the industrial landfill site.
However, county engineer Don Pratt
said Thursday during the open portion of
the committee meeting that the cost of
developing a separate site in Tillsonburg
is prohibitive.
The county would have to line the site
with two feel of clay and install an exten-
sive drainage system to collect any possi-
ble water leakage, he said.
"The cost of putting in a leaeliate col-
lection system will drive us out of the
ball park. You're talking about develop-
ment costs of $,SQ000 an acre.
Pratt said county and provincial envi-
ronment ministry officials met during
the week but were unable it, come up
with a solution. "We're still going around
in circles. There doesn't appear to be a
good location at the (industrial) site."
Meanwhile, there's a limit to how much
garbage can be stockpiled, said Warden
Ken Webster of Tillsonburg. "Tillson-
burg Is piling its garbage and just wait-
ing to be told where they can bury it."
The county originally wanted to ship
the waste to Holbrook but backed down
when local residents objected and
Norwich Township council threatened
court action to block the move.
However, the unexpectedly high costs
of installing a drainage system in Tillson-
burg may force the county to ask
Norwich to reconsider its stance, Web-
ster said. "What else are we going to do'
Right now we've got garbage piling up."
Pratt had more bad news for commit-
tee members. Joe 27 has been set for a
court hearing involving a dispute be-
tween South-West Oxford Township and
the county over the proposed Salford
landfill site. The county has designated
about 200 acres near Salford in South-
West Oxford as a major landfill site and
the township is contesting the county's
ownership of the land.
Even if the county wins the court case,
it would be at least four years before the
site gets environment ministry approval
and is made operational, Pratt said. "i
don't see a light at the end of the tunnel
yet. The whole thing is turning into a
nightmare."
Tillsonburg looks
for new building
to house council
TILISONBURG (Bureau) — Town
council is looking for a new home as a rt'
soil of its redevelopment project, the
town's councillor-ablarge said Wednes-
day.
Ken Webster said the town's ayear-
old municipal building, which houses pol-
ice and fire services, will be demolished
to make way for a $5-million, two -storey
mail.
Construction is expected to begin
shortly after July I and developer
Georges Trottier has asked the town to
vacate the building by the end of June.
Webster said the town hasn't decided
where the services will be relocated. The
town owns property at the corner of
Broadway and Hale streets but has made
no firm decision to build there and also is
considering renting temporary offices.
he said.
The town's police and fire services also
have to be relocated. The town has de-
cided to build a new firehall at Queen and
Concession streets but the building prob-
ably will not be ready until September,
Tillsonburg clerk Ken Holland said Wed-
nesday.
Hard hats in fashion
at Oxford mine opening
DRUMBO (Bureau) — Ninety people
donned hard hats Wednesday and de-
scended beneath Oxford County for the
official opening of the first new gypsum
mine in Ontario in 50 years.
The Drumbo mine, developed and
owned by Westroc Industries Ltd. of Mls-
sinsaugo, Is the third gypsum mine In On-
iario, production manager John Pugh of
Mississauga said.
The other two -- not owned by Westroc
— are at Hagersville and Caledonia, he
said. Westroc did own a gypsum mine in
Manitoba and one In British Columbia.
said Ken [Tench, senlor vice-president of
manufacturing.
French said the $4-million Drumbo
mine Gook two years to develop and em
ploys about 30 people, By August, the
mine should produce of 1,500 tons of gyp-
sum a day. The ore will he crashed on the
Oxford considers
allowing salvage
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford
County council has decided to allow sal-
vage operations at county landfill sites.
subject to rules.
The salvaging would be done by pri-
vate firms, usually those which operate
the sites, but only with county permis-
sion, said Warden Ken Webster of Till-
sonburg.
The decision is the county's first move
to recycling waste and did not go unop-
posed, especially by councillors con-
cerned about a lack of guidelines.
-'We're being asked to accept a policy
decision before having complete infor-
mation," said Conn. Andy MacKenzie of
Woodstock.
"Where is the salvage going to go. Are
you going to create a salvage yard?"
asked Conn. Ross Livingston of Bland -
ford -Blenheim Township,
site and transported by truck to Missis
sauga to be, used for making plaster and
wallboard, he said.
Keith Reynolds, Ontario's deputy min-
ister of mines, and Westroc president
James Prendergast toured the facilities
and underground mine shafts Wednes-
day. The company's board of directors,
and chairman Alan Turner of Britain
also attended.
French said the company has been us-
ing gypsum from its western mines m-
else buying it from the two Ontario
nilnery Besides plaster and wallboard,
gyis-suim also is used in other building
supplies Lind for agriculture.
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35 former councillors
attend Oxford reunion
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — There were
plenty of familiar faces at Oxford County
council Wednesday.
About 35 former councillors, some
elected more than 30 years ago, attended
a special reunion for former county coun-
cillors.
The reunion was the first in at least 30
years, said Bill McDonald, who was dep-
uty reeve for East Zorra Township in
1919. Since then, county government has
undergone radical changes, the most Im-
portant being restructured government
in 1974, he said..
"I don't approve of restructured gov-
ernment but I better not elaborate," Mc-
Donald said.
Wednesday's council meeting touched
on landfill sites, waste disposal, social
services and water agreements, topics
virtually unheard of In the old days, h, II
said. P
Becoming a county councillor is turn
Ing Into a full-time occupation, said Car-
man Facey, who represented East Zorra
Township as reeve from 1942 to 1816.
County council now sits twice a month
In addition to holding committee meet-
ings. Councillors are paid $40 per full
day, $30 per half —a far cry from the old
days when council would meet five times
a year for three or four days at a time,
Facey said. Councillors were paid $6 to $8 1
a day, and seven cents a mile travelling i
allowance. The county budget, was one .
tenth of what it is now, he said.
Even more recent councillors found
several changes. "County council is
much more complicated now than in
1970," said Stan Gehring of South
Norwich. "Tillsonburg wanted to take
over parts of Dereham Township —Other
than that, things were pretty routine,"
sa id Gehring, who was warden in 1970.
Former warden dead
Framer Oxford County
Warden Cecil M. Riddle, 69, of
RR 2, Ingersoll, died Wednesday
ay
at his hoe. jt%ay y 79 y
Riddle was a memhe%3 of the
'now-defunct North Oxford
Township council, township
reeve from 1955 to 1957, a
member of Oxford County
council and county warden in
1957,
He was also a member of the
Upper Thames River Con-
servation Authority, past -
president of the Soil and Crop
Improvement Association of
Ontario, Oxford County plan-
ning board, past -president of
Nissouri fire insurance board,
director of Oxford mutual in-
surance company, director of
the Ontario mutual re -insurance
board, member and past -master
of St. John's Lodge, 68, A. F. and
A.M. Lodge of Perfection, No.
33, A and A.S.R., Centennial
chapter Rose Croix A and
A.S.R., and Mocca Temple
Shrine in London.
Among survivors are his wife,
Mabel, a daughter and two sons. Saturday at the McBeath
Funeral service will be held Funeral Home in Ingersoll.
...former warden
THE COUNTY
OF OXFORD
invites written applications from post-
secondary and secondary school students to
supervise and assist in a park development
and nature trail program, in the Beachville
area.
WAGES:
17 years and under $2.15 per hour.
18 years and over $3.00 per hour
EMPLOYMENT: 8 weeks
Forward Applications by May 18, 1979, to
MR. J. HAROLD WALLS
CLERK, COUNTY OF OXFORD,
BOX 397, WOODSTOCK. ONTARIO N4S 7Y3
This Student Summer Employment Project is
sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and
Recreation Experience'79 Program 0701-A.
Ingersoll
home tax
will rise
about $40
Blandford-Blenheim taxes
to rise by $61 to $65.80
OXFORD COUNTY
LIBRARY
Free library service to all County residents at
branches Including:
EAST OXFORD
Hours: Thursday 2-4 and 7.9
Saturday 1:30-4
BURGESSVILLE
Hours: Tuesday 1:30-5:45
Thursday 7-9
Saturday 1:30-5:45
OTTERVILLE
Hours: Tuesday3-5:30
Thursday 7-9
Friday 3-6
NORWICH
Hours: Tuesday 3.5 and 7.9:30
Thursday 3-5 and 7.9:30
Friday 7 9:30
Saturday 2-5:30
and at our headquarters, 93 Graham St.,
Woodstock, Monday to Friday 9.5.
BOOKS, RECORDS, TALKING BOOKS
LARGE PRINT BOOKS,
BOOKSINOTHER LANGUAGES, ETC.
For more information, call
537-3322
Trapping in park wins support
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford
County's administration and finance
committee decided Wednesday to allow
trapping on county property if the trap-
per assumes liability for accidents.
The decision, to be referred to county
council for approval, is the result of
changes in provincial legislation requir-
ing trappers to have written permission
from properly owners before receiving
their trapping licences.
It surfaced at the county level last
month when the committee received re.
quests from four trappers to hunt
muskrat on the county -owned Beachville
Park.
At first the committee decided to prohi-
bit trapping, but reconsidered at the re-
quest of council. Ken Jack, a conserva•
lion officer with the ministry of natural
resources in Aylmer, said muskrat trap-
ping is a good conservation measure for
the four•mlle park.
Juck said inflation and the devalued
Canadian dollar is creating a foreign
market for Canadian furs. Muskrat pelts
sell for $a. Red fox pelts are worth alone
than $100 and the average price for ra-
coon pelts Is $18.
The county will probably weelve re-
quests to trap fox and think lit the park
as well because of the price the furs
bring, he added.
But the committee recommended no
firearms be allowed In the park, because
it is a public. area,
It agreed to review the trapping policy
after a year to determine If the land is
being overtrapped, Coun. Jack Burn of
Norwich suggested the county set a limit
on the number of trappers and tender the
rights to the highest bidder, However,
committee chairman Coun. Andy MacK-
enzie of Woodstock said tendering would
be detrimental to some people who trap
for it hobby and not for profit.
Norwich Tp.
raises taxes
average $82.50
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RON CALHOUN
Liberal
BRUCE HALLIDAY
Progressive Conaeraetiae
NANCYHURD
Libertarian
r.
MARJORIE LANAWAY
Now Democratic Party
Halliday margin over 10, 000
BRUT IIAIA IDAV, PC, the suc-
cessful candidate for Oxford
('ounty, and his wife Janet,
display winning smiles while he
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waves to the public at it victory
gathering held in Fairview Ccutre
at the Woodstock Fairgrounds.
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County Road 6 residents
assail land grab attempt
Lease renewed
on courthouse
Oxford county council
agreed Wednesday to renew
the province's five-year
lease on the courtroom
facilities and office space in
the county courthouse.
The lease, which took
almost a year to negotiate, is
effective for five years from
1978 to 1982. Under the
agreement the province will
rent 18,581 square feet for
$11,456.2. The entire
courKuse occupies 26,876
square feet.
The Warden's committee
recommended council ac-
cept the lease under the
present conditions until it is
feasible for the province to
take over the entire building.
Currently, the province
occupies all the main floors
except the council cham-
bers, the clerk -treasurer's
offices and the county
engineer's and planning
commissioner's offices in
the basement.
The recommendtion was
made with the thought that
the county may in the future
build a new administrative
building to house the county
offices. In this situation the
county would be willing to
lease the entire building to
the province.
County says okay
County council adopted licence the applicant must now
Wednesday night a recom- have permission from the land
mendalion from its ad- owner.
ministration and finance Before the county will give
committee dealing with a policy permission applicants must sign
for allowing trapping on county- an agreement exempting the
owned land. county from any liability in case
Before the natural resources of accident, agree not to cam
ministry will issue a trapping firearms, and apply by Sept. ail
BLUES CHASER
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of .t dollar," said it discouraged father
-ilr trout. store."
Women's Emergency Centre needs
more funds, asks county for help
Public works to look
at jail building use
County council decided
Wednesday Its public works
committee will investigate
Writing part of the Woodstock
jail into commercial or
residential space.
Council was acting on a
ntnt inu from Woodstock
aldernteu Charlie Talham and
Phillp Poole that the cornndllee
book join the omt of making the
turnkey's residence and
governor's house habilahle,
The fail waK closed in 1977
when lire correctional services
noinisiryrnnved risnners to the
new Eigin-Middlesex deletdiun
centre In London
Tine lurnkey's residence was
used by the cnunlv's health anti
91)(181 services department up
until last year when it moved
hill) the old, vilcanl r(lginhv
Inffive within the courthouse
square.
By BRIAN McANDREW
tientinel-Review staff writer
The Women's Emergency Centre in Woodstock is in
linancial difficulty once again and doesn't have funds to meet
its expenses after August, the oganization's chairman told
county council Wednesday night.
Herman Rampersaud appeared before council seeking a
$15,09n grant that would keep the centre operating mail the
end of the year, adding the group would like additional funds
to overcome a deficit experienced in past years.
The 41,,year-old centre has run into constant financial
troubles and Rampersaud said one solution would be for
council to set a policy to pick up a share of the centre's yearly
expenses rather than giving grants.
Council decided its social services committee will in
vestigate the possibility of additional grants and subsidies
from the province.
The centre now receives $19 a day for residents with a
maximum slay of 14 days Eight), per rent of the rate is made
Lip through provincial subsidy.
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Plane crash at Chicago airport
killed all 271 persons on boare
Worst aviation disaster
in United Sates history
CHICAGO (AP) — All 271
after takeoff from O'Hare
There were no survivors,
passengers aboard a DC-10
International Airport, It rolled
officials said. e
American Airlines plane were
to its left and crashed — hitting
"They didn't stand a chance,"
killed Friday after the jetliner
nose first, then the left wing tip
Chicago Fire Commissioner
dropped an engine, then crashed
— before going up in a roaring
Richard Albrecht said after
a exploded in the worst
explosion.
visiting the scene.
aviation disaster in US. history,
About 250 bodies were
The plane, Flight 191. was en
"There was a ball of flame
removed from the area before
route to Los Angeles from
about Soo feet high and a heat
workers gave up for the night
Chicago when it fell from the
wave," said Bich Dusek, who
Friday.
sky. The wide -body jet lost its
saw the crash from his nearby
left engine, one of three, shortly
service station.
Giant DC=10 rolls,
Fractured bolt
reason engine
of DC=10 fell off
CHICAGO (AP) — The fracture of a
7-5-centimetre bolt caused an engine to
fall from the American Airlines DC-10
jetliner that crashed and killed 273 per-
sons, the National Transportation Safely
Board said Sunday.
But the kt_xa of the engine alone should
not have caused the crash, the board
maid, adding that the inquiry is continu-
ing Into the worst aviation disaster in
U.S. history.
plunges to ground after losing engine
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Don Taylor, long-time agriculture representative for Oxford County, is retiring.
ODBYE DON
Over the years this man's name
became synonymous with farming
By JANICE VANSICKLE
Sentinel -Review staff
writer
Don Taylor and Pierre
Trudeau have something
in common. They're both
giving up offices they
cherish and have revelled
in, but Taylor is doing so
by choice.
The 61-year-old Taylor
will bid goodbye to his
post as Oxford's
agricultural represent-
ative on May 31, a
position to has held for 19
of his 35 yeacs with the
provincial agriculture
ministry.
Leaving will not be
easy, but, Taylor said in
an interview, both he and
his wife Elsie want to take
advantage of early
retirement.
His departure opens the
door for someone else to
serve as representative in
Oxford, "line of the most
coveted offices," Taylor
said. Cliff Matthews will
move up from the post of
assistant representative.
Of all the counties with
ministry offices, Taylor
said Oxford is one of the
most agriculturally ac-
tive and agriculturally
rural
with no large cities.
He praised farm
groups, such as the
Oxford Agricultural Land
Use Committee for
pushing for farm land
preservation during the
development of the
county s official plan.
"Theo the farm people
themselves have taken a
hold no the land retention
Issue is encouraging," he
said.
"in a lot of areas farm
people are willing to sell
off land for a short term
gain."
The county is well
balanced between rural
and urban, he said, with a
good understanding
between the two groups.
"It's a lovely county to
work in." Taylor added.
In the early days of the
office, Oxford County
council was the only
council to co -fund the
representative's salary,
he said.
Representative in
Prince Edward County
for 13 years before
coming to Oxford, Taylor
praised county farmers
for taking the initiative to
conduct their own on -
Jam research.
As an indication of
Oxford's reputation in
agriculture circles,
Taylor said the
University of Guelph
turns to Oxford farmers
for leadership in carrying
out new ideas.
Althouggh the
agriculture Ace's role is
to pass on research in-
formation to the farmers,
Taylor said a large
segment learn more
through over the fence
discussions with other
farmers.
A quiet, mild mannered
man whose name has
become synonymous with
local agriculture, Taylor
has seen a lot of changes
within the industry in
recent years.
"More ties happened in
the last 15 years than the
previous 100 in
technological develop.
ment and acceptance,"
he said.
As a resultland values
have Increaser! 104old,
from $2W an acre In the
early 1960's to $2,500.
job, possibly with a farm
The face of Oxford's
organization or com-
dairy industry has
modity group.
drastically changed, he
And he will continue to
said, since the in-
keep a handle on local
toduclion of the Ontario
farm activities and has
Milk Marketing Board in
plans to continue working
1965.
on plans for the Inter -
The number of
national Plowing Match
producers has dropped
being held here in 1960.
rom 2,000 to 032 at last
count and cattle numbers
have declined at 25 per
cent, while at the same
time production levels
have remained roughly
the same.
Because of the high cost
of land farmers have to
keep improving their
efficiency to be com-
petitive, tie said.
And as a result on -farm
activities have changed to
the production of single
commodities, such as
either cash crops, milk,
or beef, over general
farming.
Farm sizes have also
doubled over the years to
an average size of 200
acres.
But Oxford farms
continue to be fnmily
operations, he said, with
the average age of far-
mers being lower here
than in other counties. "
Taylor said this im
dicales the you ngg people
have a strong desire+ to
carry on the tradition of
family farms rather than j
opting for the city life.
A Wooldstock resident,
Taylor has no plans to
leave the area, although
he will be apending more
time al the family cottage
in northern Ontario.
]its retirmeot testes not
meen he will be idle r
either. He nand he Is '! q looking for a part time
Famous local farmer
makes Hall of Fame
A once prominent. Oxford County dairy farmer has been
no
pv<ythumausly to the Canadian Agricultural Hall ofFame.
William Jones, one-time reeve of Dereham Township, has
been nominated by his son-in-law, Lorne Thomas, formerly of
Salford and now of Kingston.
Jones, who died in 1945 at the age of 94, operated a dairy
farm at Mount Elgin. Two of his top Holstein cattle, Josephine
Abbekerk Helbon and Maud Abbekerk Hellion, set records for
both fat and milk production.
Jones was a member of a federally -appointed commission
that investigated and studied swine breeding in Denmark.
Great Britain and Ireland. He was also a hog grader and
judge.
He was also president of the Zenda Cheese Factory,
BLUES CHASER
,i mother's patience in like a tube of
t,.uthpaste — it's never quite all gone.
BLUES CHASER
A smart politician needs a gaud sense
of timing to know how soon to grab credit
for a program if it succeeds without tak-
ing the blame if it fails.
Oxford fire system studied
WOODSTOCK (Buresul — BVH Com-
municatlons Ltd. of Ottawa has been re-
tained by the county's public works com-
mittee to design a fire communications
system for Oxford County.
Company vice-president Leroy Lees
told the committee Thursday it would
take three weeks and cast up to $Lom to
prepare a report on suitable systems.
County council has already given Ini-
tial approval by budgeting $°i,t)00 to de-
velop the county -wide, fire -call system.
Total cast is expected to be more. than
Lees said his report would contain
about three options from which to
choose.
County fire co-ordinator Charles Youo.t
said he would like to use radios for in
stant contact between fire vehicles aw,
where In the county as well as a pagiuir
system to contact the county's 281 voluo
teer and off -duty firefighters, All fire
calls would be handled through a central
dispatcher in Woodstock.
COUNTY BANK TENDERS
County council's administration and
finance committee received Wednesday
tenders from seven city financial institutions
to handle Oxford's $s million worth of yearly
business. Council decided last year the
county's banking business should be put up
for tender every five years. The Bank of
Montreal has been used by the county for the
past five years and resubmitted a tender.
Other bids came from Canadian Imperial
Bank of Commerce, Bank of Nova Scotia.
Royal Bank, Toronto -Dominion Bank, and
Royal Trust. The committee decided earlier
to invite bids from financial institutions other
than banks. Although invited to participate
Standard Trust Company, The Permanent,
Province of Ontario Savings, and Rochdale
Credit Union did not tender.
.Ontario moves
!to expropriate
land for bypass
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — The pro-
vince has launched expropriation pro-
t eedings against nine farmers affected
by the proposed Woodstock truck bypass,
Oxford Federation of Agriculture presi-
dent George Kloster said Monday.
Klnsler said the men stand to lose two
to seven acres each to the ministry of
transportation and communication to
make way for the $25•million bypass,
which will connect Highway 401 to Gover-
nor's Road.
The bypass will cut across 36 acres
about five miles west of here.
The province has offered the farmers'
$1.800 an acre but they want $3,200. If
necessary they will hire a lawyer to ap-
peal the decision, Klosler said. "We just
hope it doesn't get to that point."
Kloster said the farmers aren't against
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the bypass but they oppose the methods
used to get the land.
"The land owners are not opposed to
the project. They want to be Included in
serious negotiations."
The province has continually rejected
the farmers' requests to meet to discuss
their concerns, he said. The farmers only
personal contact with the province so far
has been with a land purchasing agent,
he said, adding they have other concerns.
The bypass will be close to the rest of
their farms and the men are worried
about noise levels, pollution and relocat-
ing gas lines, Kloster said.
In a letter accompanying the expropri-
ation notices, the province indicated it
was willing to continue negotiations and
that it decided to expropriate the land to
speed up construction of the bvoass
Kloster said.
County fmt' ds
garbage
Owners of the Holbrook
'landfill site jacked up their
price to Oxford County by 57
per cent and the county may
have no alternative but to
pay.
"They have us in a box,"
County Engineer Don Pratt
told the public works
committee Thursday, "We
need the service that can be
provided by them."
Superior Sanitation Ser-
vices plan to boost their
monthly bill to the county for
using the site by $8,048. This
pushes the county's costs up
to $22,13i a month or $265,611
a year.
Operating at near
capacity, the site handles
about eo per cent of Oxford's
garbage. But until the
county solves its con-
troversial solid waste
dilemma it has no alternate
costly
dumping ground.
The company is imposing
the increase to meet the
soaring costs of operating
and maintaining the site.
Because of prolonged use of
the site, the ministry has
forced the company to
conduct monitoring
programs, and the operators
have to reap the cost from
somewhere, Mr. Pratt said.
Warden Ken Webster of
Tillsonburg said he didn't
know where the money was
going to come from to cover
the increase.
He suggested the com-
mittee examine its budget
for surplus funds and to
request money from the
administration and finance
committee.
The committee decided to
ask company president
Rotwld Murray to come and
explain the increase.
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The University
Of
Western
w Ontario
Owen Sound
rBRUCE
GREY
DUFFERI
HURON WELLINGTON
St.
PETH RTH
OXFORD
• London
• Sarnia MIDDLESEX
LAMBTON -St. Thomas
ELGIN
• Chatham
KENT
June 13th., 1979
COUNCILS'DAY
The Board of Governors, the Senate, The Faculty and Staff take this oppor-
tunity to welcome the members of the Municipal Councils and other guests
to the University on Councils Day, 1979, and trust that their visit will be
pleasant and interesting.
Bruce County Council
Chatham City Council
Dufferin County Council
Elgin County Council
Grey County Council
Huron County Council
Kent County Council
Lambton County Council
London City Council
Middlesex County Council
Owen Sound City Council
Oxford County Council
Perth County Council
St. Marys Town Council
St, Thomas City Council
Sarnia City Council
Stratford City Council
Wellington County Council
On arrival at the Campus, buses of the visiting Councils are requested to
report to Somerville House on Oxford Drive and remain in position until
parking directions have been received. Visitors arriving by car are requested to
park in the University College parking area (Lot A), which is entered by the
gate on Kent Drive adjacent to the School of Business Administration.
Mayors and Wardens, or their representatives, are requested to gather in the
Graduate Students' Dining Room (Room 210), Somerville House, immediately
following the reception.
By kind arrangement of the Commanding Officer, Lieutenant -Colonel F.B.
Graham, CD, Members of The Pipes and Drums of the Fourth Battalion, The
Royal Canadian Regiment, will provide music during the reception.
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PROGRAM
1:30 - 2:20 pm Assembly and Registration
Somerville House (Old Cafeteria)
During this period delegates are invited to visit
The Museum of Indian Archaeology
2:20 pm Proceed to Room 40,
The Richard Ivey School
of Business Administration
2:25 pm Welcoming Remarks
Mrs. Jessie Skippon, Chairman
The Municipal Govemment Committee
2:30 pm "Explorations in Human Reproduction'
Dr. E.R. Plunkett and Dr. John Patrick
-
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
Faculty of Medicine
3:20 pm Break
3:40 pm "Recent Advances in Treatment of Stroke"
Dr. C.W. McCormick
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences,
Faculty of Medicine
4:30 - 5:45 pm Reception
The lawn east of The School
of Business Administration
6:00 pm Dinner
The Great Hall. Somerville House
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COUNTY OF BRUCE
COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX
Warden - Mr. A. Speer
Warden - Mr. J.F. McNamara
Clerk - Mr. C.F. Buckingham
Administrator - Clerk - Mr, R.E. Eddy
CITY OF CHATHAM
CITY OF OWEN SOUND
Mayor - Mr. C. Carter
Mayor - Mr. R.E. Rutherford
Manager - Mr. L.D. Groombridge
Clerk - Mr. R.A. Hancock
Clerk - Mrs. M. Miller
COUNTY OF OXFORD
COUNTY OF DUFFERIN
Warden - Mr. K.W. Webster
Warden - Mr. M.J. Bradshaw
Clerk and Treasurer - Mr. J.H. Walls
Clerk -Treasurer - Mr. H.W. Baker
COUNTY OF PERTH
COUNTY OF ELGIN
Warden - Mr. 0. Pridham
Warden - Mr. S. Glover
Clerk -Treasurer - Mr, J.A. Bell
Clerk -Treasurer - Mr. G.C. Leverton
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TOWN OF ST. MARYS
COUNTY OF GREY
Mayor - Mr. C. Brown
Warden - Mr. C. Barfoot
Clerk -Treasurer - Mr. K.G. Storey
Clerk -Treasurer - Mrs. M. Bravener
CITY OF ST. THOMAS
COUNTY OF HURON
Mayor - Mr. D. Hitch
Warden - Mr. J. Tinny
Clerk Mr. R.A. Barrett
Clerk -Treasurer and Administrator -
-
Mr. B. Hanly
CITY OF SARNIA
Mayor - Mr. A.F. Brandt
COUNTY OF KENT
Manager - Mr. J. Robertson
Warden - Mr. L. McDonald
Administrator -Clerk -Treasurer -
CITY OF STRATFORD
Mr. J.K. Langner
Mayor - Mr. E. Blowes
Clerk - Mr, R. Schulthies
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COUNTY OF LAMBTON
Warden Mr. W. Boyd
COUNTY OF WELLINGTON
Clerk -Treasurer - Mr. W.C. McRorie
Warden - Mr. L.G. Mackenzie
Clerk -Treasurer - Mrs. Vera B. Myers
CITY OF LONDON
Mayor - Mr. A. Gleeson
Clerk - Mr. W.S. Ross
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$865, 000 sewage expansion
has Oxford seeking reason
WOODSTOCK (Burc:n,i — Oxford
County counctl's public works committee
will ;ask the environment ministry to ex-
plain why Tavistock needs an $865,000
sewage system expansion.
The present system; installed in 1962,
can handle sewage fora population of 2,-
.,00. The town now has 1,700, East Zorra-
Tavistock Township Mayor Harold Vogt
Park area
approved
The Optimist Club in Beach-
ville will be allowed to construct
a sportsfield and picnic area in
part of the cointyowned park
near the village, county council
decided Wednesday.
The club will not be allowed to
erect any permanent structures
and will be responsible for all
costs.
Courthouse
repair cost
told the committee Thursday.
But, a ministry consulting firm re-
ported the village cannot hold enough
sewage to meet ministry requirements
and must expand its system.
Vogt said the township installed a
storm drain in Tavistock five years ago
to take water out of the sewage lagoon.
The township has also agreed to Install
another $300,000 storm, he said.
Expansion funding would come from
two provincial grants. The township,
however, does not know how much assis-
lance it will receive because the grants
ore anovated according to priorities.
Oxford road sides, bridges
now off .limits to trappers
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford
county's road sides and bridges have
been placed off limits to trappers.
County council decided Wednesday to
prohibit trapping in these areas but to
permit it on all other county -owned land.
Council made its decisien after listen-
ing to Conn. Jack Burn of Norwich, who
argued that allowing trapping under
bridges and on road allowances would
I cause "undue hazards."
These areas are used by children and
seen $300,000
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — The exte-
' rior of the Oxford County courthouse
needs up to $300,000 in repairs, county en-
gineer Don Pratt told the public works
committee Thursday.
A report to the committee said it would
Bost $80,265 to repair the east side of the
building and part of the roof. This, he
;aid, would represent 25 per cent of the
building's exterior and that total costs
could exceed $300,000.
I The committee asked the Brantford
Gem of Ontario Restoration Ltd. to com-
pile the report after it received $90,000
from the county to repair the building.
Some of the projects include cleaning
the stone surface, replacing old and
crumbling mortar, resetting stones on
the circular roof projecting over the
council chambers and applying water-re-
lopant solution to the stone.
The report also recommends repaint
ing windows and doors, replacing deter-
iorated wood windowsills and rebuildinu
the brick section of the chimney.
The committee has decided to :nt:
other firms to submit estimates for the
repairs, However, the 86-year-old build-
ing has a unique design and the commit-
tee may have trouble finding firms quuli-
fied to lake the Job, Pratt said.
He is also concerned about the brick
,,I work inside the building• Some ,of t1
r keystones; over archways arc louse ho
cause the"mortar has warn away. by
said.
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Local entre-
pwoeurs will have an opportunity to cash
in when the International Plowing Match
comes to Oxford County in 1990, the sec-
retary -manager of the Ontario Plow-
men's Association sald Tuesday,
About 2oo,000 visitors are expected for
the five-day event at a 1;000-acre site
near Woodstock, Arthur Peppin told the
chamber of commerce's rural and urban
committee.
fishermen who might be injured by the
traps, he said.
Burn added the county should have a
sanctuary for the animals, mainly
muskrat, mink and racoons. "It's not an
unreasonable request ... I think this
county owes nature something."
Trapping has been occurring on county
land for generations but council decided
to establish policy this year because of
a change in provincial legislation requir-
ing trappers to have written permission
from land owners.
COUNTY OF OXFORD
Notice To
Property Owners
TOWNSHIPS OF BLAND FORD-BLENHEIM,
EAST ZORRA-TAVISTOCK,
NORWICH, SOUTH-WEST OXFORD, ZORRA
TOWN OF TILLSONBURG, TOWN OF
INGERSOLL
TO DESTROY
'NOXIOUS WEEDS
Oxford decides to buy
Innerkip water system,
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford
County council decided Wednesday to
buy the privately owned Innerkip Homes
Sites subdivision water system for $fi;
000.
The system serves 43 families and will
be operated by East Zorra-Tavistock
Township, said public works committee
chairman Conn. Harold Vogt of East
Zorra-Tavistock.
Vogt said the users will pay for the sys-
tem through water bills and the monev
will be returned to the county within
three years. It has been examined bythe
county engineer and is in satisfactory
condition, he said.
However. Coun. Lou Rarrelt of Soul.h-
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 as amended, having noxious weeds growing on
their lands shall cause them to be destroyed by June
30, 1979 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, thecosts to be
charged against the land in taxes, unless paid
otherwise, as set out in the Act.
In the interest of public health, noxious weeds
should be destroyed. Although Dandelions, Burdock
and Goldenrod arq not considered noxious weeds
within the County of Oxford under the Weed Control
Act, the co-operation of all citizens is solicited in the
elimination of these nuisance weeds.
West Oxford Township predicted the
families served by the system will regret
the takeover.
"South-West Oxford has both systems
and so far the user -owned has been much
more satisfactory than the county -owned
one."
Barrett said the county should con-
vince the residents to buy Ube system.
which the owners have put up for sale. "I
can't vote for anything I know the people
will regret."
Vogt said the residents realized their
water bills may increase to cover the
cost of the s}vtem but they have shown
no interest in buying or operating it
themselves.
BURNICE McALLISTER
Area Weed Inspector
COUNTY OF OXFORD
Plowing match expected
to bring Oxford $4 million
If each persons spends Just $ 0. that's
tut influx of $1 million into the area, Ile
said. "And that's ($3o) a conservative os-
Already, organisers are predicting the
demand for aceommodatlon will be so
great that visitors will have to go outside
the county for lodging, The piowmen's
association has booked 75 hotel rooms
and a local committee has been set up to
arrange billeLi. r P t
ter.
Second reading slated
for municipal land bill
Provincial legislation
which would allow Oxford
C0uItty's eight
municipalities to purchase
industrial land will be given
second reading later this
month.
Intergovernmental Affairs
Minister Thomas Wells
informed the county's ad-
ministration and finance
committee, Wednesday the
legislation was given first
reading on May 31 and he
expects debate near the end
of this month.
The most significant
section of the proposed Bill
117 to amend the County of
Oxford Act deals with
allowing municipalities the
right to acquire industrial
land.
In the proposal, the
municipality must get ap-
proval from county council
before purchasing any land.
Under Bill 95 land
acquisition is a county
responsibility. County
council has not exerted this
right since restructuring in
1975.
Last fall, former Wood-
stock Mayor Leslie Cook and
then -alderman Wendy
Calder asked county council
to petition the province to
return the authority to the
municipalities.
The legislation would also
increase the interest the
county and municipalities
can charge on overdue
payments. Along with other
counties and regions, Oxford
could raise its rates to 15 per
cent from 12 per cent, for
payments due to the county
from the municipalities or to
municipalities from the
county.
The proposed legislation
would also set a policy for
naming county council
members to represent a
municipality in the event of
acclamation or a tied vote.
The area municipality would
select the new councillor
before county council meets.
Peers' condition 'stable'
Former Oxford County
Warden Ken Peers remains
in stable condition in the
intensive care unit of
Woodstock General Hospital
following a farm accident.
Warden of the county in
1978 and mayor of Norwich
Township until his retirment
from politics last year, Peers
suffered severe lung damage
when exposed to a large dose
of aqua ammonia while
spraying a corn field on his
Oxford Centre area farm last
Friday.
Peers had been breathing
with the aid of a respirator
but now is reported to be
breathing on his own.
Peers entered politics 15
years ago as a councillor in
Fast Oxford Township.
— Staff photo by Phil Walker
Don Taylor,right, retires as agriculture representative after 35 years.
He's rural Oxford's hero
By JANICE VANSICKLE for the excellent work he has done over the past 35 years.
Sentinel -Review staff writer Charles Munro of Elmbro, former Canadian Federation of
Rural Oxford County must have been strangely quiet Agriculture, said he viewed Taylor's departure from the
Wednesday night as the farm community turned out in full ministry with mixed emotions,
force to pav tribute to Don Taylor. "I'm joyed that Don tins decided to be released from the
More than 1,000 people packed the Oxford Auditorium to arduous task of having farmerspounding on his door, chasing
pay homage to Taylor, who recently retired as agricultural him on the telephone and expecting him to perform the im-
representative in Oxford after 19 years. possible on our behalf," Munro said.
Those who have worked closely with Taylor, both rural and
urban in background and occupation, lauded the Taylor and
his wife, Elsie, with praise for their never-ending devotion,
thoughtfulness and sincerity.
Words such as graceful, able, sensitive, supportive and "a
prince of s man" where used to desribe Taylor, who retired on
June I. after 35 years with the provincial agriculture ministry,
including 13 years in Prince Edward County.
The audience contained ministry officials, agriculture
experts, local dignitaries and a wide range of Oxford's far-
mers, both high and low profile, whom Taylor has come Into
contact with over the years.
"The size of the audience speaks more eloquently than
words of the thoughts we have for Don Taylor," toastmaster
Don Hart said.
Deputy Agriculture Minister Ken Lantz commended Taylor
71 - 30
"But sadness I feel as well in knowing that a trusted, tried
and capable friend by the name of Don Taylor will no longer
be in charge of our extension office."
Other speakers included former fellow workers and
representatives of the different commodity groups and farm
organizations in Oxford.
The ever modest Taylor said he and his wife were over
whehned by the evening's events.
"What's been said has been much too elaborate," he said.
"We've certainly enjoyed the farm people and others in
Oxford County," he added.
The Taylors were presented with a wooden grandfather
clock and a book containing the names of all those attending
Don Taylor night,
They will continue to make their home in Woodstock.
Ken Peers
...injured
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Women's emergency centre gets
;increased subsidy from county
County council approved Thursday a recommendation from
its health and social services committee increasing the per
diem rate for residents of the Women's Emergency Centre to
$14.50,
The daily rate paid previously was $13, County council was
asked last month by the centre for a grant to cover operating
costs for the rest of the year. The centre expects to run out of
funds in August.
Coun. Dim McKay said he couldn't understand what good
the per diem increase would do, He said based on 1978 resident
statistics the centre would only receive an additional $2,000.
Coun. Jack Warden of Ingersoll,committee chairman, said
the province will only subsidize per them rates not above
$14.50. He said the county's share of the figure is just 30 cents,
"I don't know how much it will help them," Warden said. "I
don't think it will help very much."
Ox. planners
going metric
County council approved Wednesday an in-house study that
.will convert zoning bylaws into metric.
The S200,001 project for all county municipalities excluding
Tillsonburg and Woodstock is expected to take four years and
be eligible for a 50-per-cent grant from the province.
The study will be conducted by members of the county
planning department to bring zonand mapping up to date.
Tillsonburg has already conver'to metric and Woodstock
doesn't meet the subsidy qualifications of only municipalities
With populations under 15,000.
The county, however, will ask the housing ministry to make
funds available to Woodstock based on a planning committee
argument the city falls in a special category because of
restructured government.
Oxford told
park
could
be
built
on Thames
flood
plain
for
$ 145, 000
Plans for park
are endorsed
County council endorsed Wednesday a recommendation
from its administration and finance committee to develop
forestry management areas within the county -owned park
between Woodstock and Beachville.
The forestry project will begin east of an area the county
has approved for development of a sportafteld and picnic
grounds by the Beachville Optimists.
A feasibility study from the Upper Thames River Con-
servation Authority recommended planting trees in the spot
(designated for the Optimists.
Council approved a recommendation prohibiting pasturing
' in the park. Cattle from adjoining properties have roamed the
park since the county purchased it in 1976 for $50,000.
Warden Ken Webster said County Engineer Don Pratt has
reached a cost -sharing agreement with neighboring property
owners for fence construction along the park boundary,
Council also turned down a request from a nearby farmer
wanting to harvest hay on the property.
The committee informed council it will continue studying
proposals made in the report saying park development could
cost belweem $125,ODD and $145.000 and make additional
recommendations.
Optimists get
support for park
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford
County's administration and finance
committee ,Will recommend a 20-year
h,ase agreement with the Optimist Club
of Beachville so it can use part of the
county -owned Beachville park for rec-
reation,
The club must assume the operating
costs and can't build any permanent
structures. The agreement would contain
an option to extend the lease.
Permission to use the land for picnics
and sports activities was granted by Ox-
ford council fast month but a lease. is
( needed if the club is to receive grants,
member Murray Hutcheson said Wednes-
day.
BLUES CHASER
Not so many people have lost faith in
Canada as you might think. An awful lot
of them still sign up for 70-year mort-
t�t
Norwich Minor Ball Day was held Friday night, and the highlight of the evening was a
donkey baseball game between Norwich Township councillors and firemen. Mayor
Jack Burn heads for second base in this picture.
BLUES CHASER COMMITTEE LOOKS AT KIDS
For fixing things around the house County Council's public works committee was to study
nothing beats -a man who's handy with . today bids by three companies for the restoration of the
chequebook, stately, 124-year-old Oxford County courthouse. B is not ex-
pected that the committe will make any decisions because
more bids are expected later.
Youmaynotknow it but
there's fun out there
By ANDY JUNIPER
Sentinel -Review staff writer
Few people know that the
Outdoor Adventure Nature
Trail and Playground exists.
but it dues and they will.
With hidden ponds, pure -
water springs, streams,
animals, birds and beauty all
spread over 250 rolling acres
of land the area's a nature
lover's paradise.
This summer Linda
Morden, supervisor, Bar-
bara Ehrismann• and Bonnie
Dunn are spending their time
working at revamping the
trail, constructing
playground equipment and
putting the area, part of the
county -owned park located
on County Road 9 two miles
outside of Woodstock, on the
ma
is is the third year for
the work project funded by
the government's
Experience '79 student
employment program.
It's really amazing," said
19-year-old Miss Morden.
"Until last year I didn't even
know it (area) existed."
Like many people Miss
Morden had been by the area
which, except for a wooden
shack that carries an ob-
scure sign proclaiming the
area's identity, gives
passers-by little impression
that a nature trail exists.
The girls began their task
June 25 and will continue
working until Aug. 15.
Miss Morden, a recent
graduate of Woodstock
Collegiete Institute who will
be attending York University
in the fall, says that they're
busy building things for
children — such as swings
and a treehouse — to play on.
"We wantto get it so we
can bring both kids and
adults out here and take
them around to the different
statio ' she said. .
"We'll be giving tours to
groups such as the
playgrounds and nature
groups — there's really a lot
to do out here. You can walk
for miles on the trails."
While the girls will be
showing groups around the
trails, anyone is welcome to
take advantage of the area.
"Anybody can come out
anytime. If they want us to
take them around they'd
have to come between nine
and four — officially the area
opens July 16th but people
can come out now."
Using string, nails, wood,
and any other available
materials for building, the
girls are finding themselves
to be inventive.
To date, no major
problems have been en-
countered — well, except on
.W
Linda Morden prepares a raft at nature trail at county park
the first day when they were Also; they had the hassle of the job Miss Morden said,
confronted with remnants of a bridgeless stream that had 'It's a lot of fun and I really
a herd of cows which had to be hurdled but they've like It, I get to play kid for a
taken a liking to the field but found a solution in the form summer, plus it's outside
had left when the girls of a pulley system. -work and the weather's been
started working. When asked if she's liking good.,,
THE COUNTY - OWNED
PARKLAND
Between Woodstock and Beachville is again being
used for recreation programs through an Ontario
Experience 79 project. Programs include nature
trans, nature study adventure. Play areas, and other
physical and creative activities, It is our hope that all
ggrroups who use this area will enjoy themselves and
benefit from the project. For more information con-
tact Linda Morden 597.6520 or the County Clerk's
Off1wo.
County sets
day care rates
Oxford county council is
increasing the per diem
rates at its day care centres
by an additional 50 cents.
The 5.8 per cent increase,
effective September 1, will
bring the daily costs for
parents to $9 a day per child
or $189 per month.
This is the county's second
increase within 10 months.
During the last increase in
November, the health and
social services committee
agreed to a yearly review of
day care fees to avoid any
large increases.
Social services ad-
ministrator Gerry MacKay
said the cost of running the
centres will range between
$9.26 and $9.41 per day.
Fees for half -day children
will increase to $4.35 a day
without lunch and $4.75 a day
with lunch.
Fees for handicapped
children will jump from $2 a
day to $2.50. Parents 15
minutes late when picking
up their children at closing
time will be charged a $2
penalty fee.
Condemned trees
given a reprieve
WOODSTOCK — Residents opposing
Oxford County's plan to cut down 17 trees
in front of the Zorra Highland Park
School scored a partial victory with the
county's public works committee Thurs-
day.
The committee asked its engineer to
find out how much it would cost to save
six of the 17 trees slated for removal.
The committee will also ask the Oxford'
County board of education to install a
chain -link fence in front of the school's
playing field to separate it from the busy
highway where some of the trees will be
removed.
The committee will make its decision
on the fate of the trees after it receives
the requested information.
The trees are considered a safety ha-
zard to motorists because they are too
close to the road.
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Waste study recommends landfill continue
Council approves
long-term study
of Oxford waste
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford years. "We are just too small on our own
County will appoint a long-term solid to operate a recovery plant eeonomi-
waste management committee to exa- cally. We would need to work with neigh -
mine different methods of garbage dis- boring counties and cities. '
posal within the county. The decision, taken at Wednesday's recycle
It would
oand recover one ton a solid
cost more than $10 a person to
county council meeting, is based on one y
of four recommendations included in a waste in Oxford County, the report said.
repots from a special committee formed Environment Canada estimates each
four months ago to examine solid waste person generates about a ton of garbage
management in the county. a year.
The report also recommends the The committee was chaired by Conn.
county continue to upgrade its landfill Doug Harris of Ingersoll and met six
site operations, that it be prepared to times after it was formed last April. It
build a waste recycling and recovery consisted of one representative from
plant as soon as it is economically and each of the municipalities. The report
environmentally possible, and that the cost nearly $700 to prepare.
county engineer provide councillors with Although the four page document did
relevenl solid waste publications. not offer new solutions to Oxford's gar -
However, it failed to shed new light on bage problems it was well received by
Oxford's continuing waste disposal prob- council.
lems. It said landfill sites will remain the "They delved as deeply as possible
most economical method of garbage dis- within the time frame," Warden Ken
posal in Oxford for the next 10 to 20 Webster of Tillsonburg said.
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County debenturing
$1.9 million in U.S.
County council agreed
Wednesday to issue debentures
for $1,97 million to pay for
various projects throughout
Oxford.
Administration and finance
committee chairman Ald.. An
MacKenzie of Woodstock said in
an interview the decision to
issue a summer debenture was
based on what appeared to be a
favorable market now and the
possibility interest rates may
increase by the fall.
He described the recom-
mendation from the committee
as a "semi -educated guess"
based on advice from the
county's fiscal agent,
The debenture will be issued
over a 10-year period at 101i4 per
cent interest. MacKenzie said
the total cost to the county will
be about 10.6 per cent taking into
No water for two years
account the fiscal agent fee.
The debenture will be issued
In the United States on behalf of
Woodstock, Tillsonburg, and
townships of Blandford-
Blenheim, East Zorra-Tavistock
and Norwich.
In Woodstock, the funds will
go toward costs of various storm
sewer, sidewalk, and curb
construction, last summer's
reconstruction of Vansittart
Avenue, and a new parks
department workshop and
garage in Southside Park.
Funds will also go toward
construction of a new fire hall in
Tilsonburg.
The Blandford-Blenheim and
East Zorra-Tavistock portions
will for various drains while
Norwich will receive smo,000 for
improvements and extensions to
the North Norwich Telephone
System.
'Disappointed, disgusted,
if resident
By ANDY JUNIPER
Sentinel -Review staff writer
Cecil Jefferies has been
without drinking water for more
than two years now. And like
many of his neighbors, he's
"disappointed, disgusted and
frustrated with the whole
situation."
Jefferies, and six other
families, live on County Road 9
just west of Woodstock, where
water wells have been con-
taminated by the nearby Denby
landfill site.
"We're still bringing water
home from our daughter's place
in Woodstock,"said Jefferies.
"We're beginning to get used to
it —we have to —no one wants to
do anything.
"Everyone's just haggling
over who's responsible (for the
well contamination) but no one's
doing anything. We're caught in
the middle."
Oxford County's engineering
department is in the process of
preparing a report on the
problem, after South-West
Oxford Township rejected a
Woodstock offer to extend the
city's water service to the
families.
All Denby -area residents
interviewed agree —they'd like
to see the report.
Skylab down safely
in Australian desert
Wire services
bcun excitedly reporting for hours —
that most of Skylab had fallen to
Australia's vast, barren outback and
WASHINGTON— Skylabburstlike
not in the Indian Ocean as first
multicolored fireworks over the night
thought.
skies of Australia on Wednesday, go-
The official reports listed the map
ing out in dazzling showers of pink,
co-ordinates of what the "Mal de -
orange and blue and dumping tons of
cay " point — meaning that ,point
space junk over a remote desert re-
where the jumbo debris ranging up
gion.
to +jq tons had fallen, It added that
No injuries or damage were imme-
point was "In the general vicinity of
diately reported from the officially-
Kalgoorlie," Kalgoorlie, a town of
estimated main Impact point near
about 20000population, ivOWk)lome-
the southwestern bush country t� wn
tres inland from Perth.
of Kalgoorlie — main graveyard for
According to space agency f�atres,
the 77-ton ghost space ship that died
that main impact point wild Indi-
a long, slow, suspenseful death w'ii
cafe a trail of smaller debrts running
nessed by dozens of enthralled Au-
buck some 5,000 kilometres into the
strallans.
Indian Omn and forward LON kiln.
Burly Wednesday evening, nearly
metres into a desert interior whi!tt'
six hour after the 12: 30 p.m. EDT
popluation density is estimated at
crash, the U.S. space agency issued a
about three people per quart, mile.
report confirming what pilots, farm•
l
ors. housewives and inn keepers had
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Thanks for light Oxford outside
The citizens of Newark Community expressed their ap-
preciation to Oxford County council for the installation of the
flashing lights at the intersection of County Road 13 and Ia.
four miles west of Norwich.
i In a letter to county council Clair and Carolyn Utter of RR
3, Norwich said "this safety precaution has been very
beneficial in warning motorists of this dangerous intersec-
tion."
57 garbage rate hike
Oxford County will have to pay 57 per cent more to use the
Holbrook landfill site.
County council agreed to pay the increase Wednesday
rollowing a recommendation from the public works commit-
tee. The increase, effective July 1, will bump the monthly fee
ip to $22,134 from $14,085.
Health unit m.ay move
Oxford County council approved the board of health's deci-
sion to relocate the Oxford Health Unit from its Bear Street
location to the former Tillsonburg News office at 8o Brock St.
East.
The board approved the new location only if a new door is
installed wide enough to accommodate a wheelchair. It also
asked for a five year lease with lighting and heating included
in the rent.
Tender approved
Oxford County council approved the tender submitted by
C.L. Routenburg and Sons Ltd. for the demolition and
removal of houses at 70 and 76 Graham Street.
The two parties agreed on a contract price of $6,072,
Resolution filed
Oxford County council noted and tiled a resolution from the
County of Frontenac asking the environment ministry to en-
force its own pollution regulations.
The resolution asked the ministry to enforce its regulations
against water and air pollution and to protect the province's
takes, rivers and vegetation.
workers settle
Oxford County and its out-
$6,75 on January 1, 198o, and
side workers have reached a
$6.a0 July 1, 1980,
.,two-year contract agree-
Basic wages for laborers
ment.
Oxford county council ap-
are bumped from $5.54 to
$6.09 this year, $6,59 on
proved the agreement
'Wednesday.
January 1, and $6,64 on July,
County
1980,
engineer Don Pratt said in a
The wages of repairmen
memo he was disappointed
and operators are increased
the county settled the agree-
to $6,67 from $6.08 and to
ment with terms higher than
$7.13 in January and $7,18
1anticipated.
next July.
The 25 workers,
Workers temporarily
represented by the Canadian
assigned to another job
Union of Public Employees,
ratified the contract
classification will maintain
with a
the same wage rates.
58 per cent favorable vote
Tuesday.
Under the new contract,
the cent increases -in the first
cent increase 'in the first
Major road job
'y
year, retroactive to January
1
he second.
second, t
nearing finish
This brings an increase to
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — After six
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truck and backhoe operators
years of reconstruction, Mill Street is
e
to $6.25 from $5.70, and to
only weeks away from completion, Stu
eft
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Sign in a restaurant., "we cater to jog-
gers —people who eaI and ran."
Demolition suggested
for turnkey residence
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — The dor-
mant Issue of the courthouse square
feasibility study resurfaced at Oxford
County's public works committee Thurs-
day when It recommended tearing down
the vacant turnkey residence adjoining
the old Woodstock jail.
The committee made its decision after
the court house custodian said it would
cost at least $28,000 W make both the
turnkey and former jail governor resi.
dences usable.
Howard Pye sold the turnkey residence
would nocd about $18,000 In repairs alone.
Both buildings need separate water,
heating and electric services Installed as
these services were linked to the old
Woodstock jail, which closed last year. In
addition, the turnkey's residence needs
extensive repairs and a new holler. The
building adjoins the jail and part of it
would have to be bricked off to prevent
access W the vacant jail, he said.
The governor's residence needs a new
7q - ;4
furnace and has to be rewired for hydro
and water services. It also requires ex-
tensive renovations, Including a new
roof, to meet housing standards before It
could be leased to tenants, he said.
The committee will recommend the
governor's house remain standing but
that no money be spent on repairs until
.council decides what to do with the court
house square feasibility study, presented
to council last year.
Warden Ken Webster said he made the
recommendations partly to initiate dis-
cussion on the stalled study, "We'll get
the fur flying at least," he said.
The study recommends Oxford rono-
vate the jail, sell or lease the county
court house to the province, and build it
new administration building tit a cost of
$2.8 million, It was presented to county
council last year and was shelved.
The committee asked P,ye to calculate
the cost of restoring the twit hmtsus for
residential and commercial use.
Watts, Oxford County construction and
design manager, said Wednesday.
The street, running from Highway 401
to Dundas Street has been rebuilt and re-
surfaced in sections since 1973.
The portion between Main and Simcoe
streets is expected to be open to traffic
by Aug. 3, with sodding and sidewalk re-
construction to follow.
This year, the road has been widened
from two to four lanes.
Bank rate up,
homes, credit
to cost more
OTTAWA (CP) —The Bank of Canada
raised the bank rate one-half percentage
point to a record H % per cent Sunday,
signalling a general rise in interest rates
to consumers.
The increase is the eighth since March,
1978, but the first under the new Progres-
sive. Conservative government, which
was highly critical of increased interest
rates under the former Liberal govern-
ment.
The bank rate is the Interest rate
charged by the Bank of Canada on loans
to chartered banks. It serves as a signal
to chartered banks to raise the rates
chid on such things as business loans
and mrgeortgages.
Bank of Canada governor Gerald
Bouey said the immediate reason for the
Increase was a decision Friday by the
U.S, federal reserve board to raise its
discount rate to 10 per cent from 9rn per
cent, The Batik of Canada has regularly
maintained Interest rates higher than
those In the U.S. to keep investment Bow-
Ing Into the country to maintain the value
of the dollar,
"Intereat rates in Canada must be high
enough relative to those abroad to en-
courage capital Inflows and discourage
capital outflows," Bouey said.
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JAWS:
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Sentinel -Review staff writer
INNERKIP—Jim Pallister
is not one of those people who
drive slowly past an ac-
cident, horrified and then try
and forget it as soon as
possible.
He couldn't forget about
nine -year -old Jason Harmes
who was pinned for six hours
under an overturned tractor
trailer in a tragedy on High-
way 401 near Putnam Road
on March 9.
Pallister shudders when he
recalls the day he saw the
accident in which a woman
died as the transport skipped
the median and crushed the
car she was riding in. A cold
bitter day when rescuers
worked desperately to free
Jason and the truck driver
from the mangled cab.
"I knew there must be a
better way," he said.
Thursday night, and there is.
Pallister, a member of the
Innerkip and District Lions
Club, felt his club could do
something about speeding up
the task of freeing people
trapped in cars and he did
some investigating.. He found
out about Jaws=the wonder
tool.
Thursday night at Bland -
ford -Blenheim Township
Hall the Innerkip Lions and
members of surrounding
clubs heard about the people
who are trapped in their
wrecked cars and rocked
about when their cars are
being pried open. It was a
unanimous decision. Oxford
should have Jaws.
Jack Ross, police officer,
Paul Hird, fire fighter, and
Ken Vyse, ambulance driver
know all about highway
tragedy and they want The
Jaws of Life. The four rescue
workers say the only tools
they have now are crowbars,
hacksaws, ropes and chains.
When they have to call it a
crane it means a lot of
jarring for injured victims.
F
Am
Police,Lions say grip
device will save lives
Jaws of Life: Firefighter Paul Hird, Jim
Pallister, Lions Club
organizer, Constable
Jack Ross, of the provincial
police at Wood -
"We could have used Jaws
$10,000 and could save the life
30 times last year," the
of any one of Oxford County's
Ontario Provincial Police
80,000 residents.
constable said.
Tests have shown that in 12
The Jaws of Life is a
.minutes Jaws can pry open
hydraulic rescue tool that
four doors, push back the
can pull or lift up to six tons
dash, peel off the roof and
to Gee a trapped victim.
pop open the trunk, Pallister
Its jaws can open to 32
said.
inches in 40 seconds. It is
Acquiring Jaws is the first
small enough to fit in your
step towards. getting a
car trunk and since it weighs
mobile rescue- unit for the
around 65 pounds one man
county
can use it.
And the county's 10 Lions'
The price of this wonder
clubs plan to organize a
tool ranges from $7,000 to
committee to study the
ormer reeve dead at 70
Percy J. Wettlaufer, a former
East Zorra Township and
Oxford County politician and
well-known in area agricultural
circles, died Saturday in
Stratford
Wettlaufer. 70. had been a
member of East Zorra Township
council for 16 years., three of
those years as township reeve.
He was a member of Oxford
County council In pre-
retructuring years, a past
president of the Tavistock
Agricultural Society. pasl-
presldentof the'ravistock Union
Cheese and Rutter Ltd., the.
Tavistock Men's Club and the
local board of trade.
Born in East Zorra Township,
he was a son of the late Loins
Wettlaufer and the former
Margaret Ankenman. He far-
med at Lot 34, Com 12 of East
Zorra Township most of his life.
He was a member of Grace
United church in Tavistock.
Among survivors are his wife,
the former Ruth Marie Hinz;
three sons, Jack, Bob and Bill,
all of Tavistock, and a daughter,
Lynda of Tavistock.
Funeral services were held
today at Grace United Church in
Tavistock. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
July 28
1979
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Percy Wettlaufer
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— ratan pnow
stock, and Ken Vyse, ambulance driver show
it off.
mobile rescue unit for
Simcce County located in
Barrie. The unit, manned by
volunteers, was organized
two years ago by ex-OPP
officer T. E. Joyce.
Simcoe County's unit
answers two calls a week.
Pallister said.
He sands demonstration on
how The Jaws of Life can be
used will be set up in the next
four to six weeks.
And the committee also
plans to look into how much it
would cost. to set up a mobile
rescue unit including
training and equipment
needed.
"There's a lot of red tape to
go through first-"
But as one Lion said:
"With the election we could
call up a few members of
parliament and get a few
promises."
And as Jack Ross put it:
'There's been too many
years where people have
been trapped time and time
again. If it saves one life it's
worth it," Pallister said. J
Ontario cabinet gives
Tillsonburg big break
TILLSONBURG —
Environment Minister Harry
Parrott announced Friday that
the Ontario cabinet has ap,
proved a S2.&million loan 'or
TI'Iaontourg's downtown
redevelopment project.
The if
of the loan is the
last political step of the cm•
troversial SB•million project — a
controversy that had lasted
seven years.
The cabinet approved in
principle the need for the project
in May, overturning an earlier
ruling by the Ontario Municipal
Board.
The housing ministry had
approved a 32.6-million loan
under its downtown
revitalization program last year
but the OMB rejected it at a
hearing in December.
Tillsonburg then changed
developers and appealed the
OMB's decision.
According to Parrott, MPP for
Oxford. the cabinet decided to
overturn the OMB decision
because of exceptional cir-
cumstances surrounding the
town's application.
The project includes a two-
story mail on Broadway, bet-
w occupied by Trot -
store and the town's
offices and police
George Troltier, the projects
developer, will open tenders for
construction at the end of the
month. Construction should
begin in the fail and tie com-
pleted by Sept. 1900,
Tillsonburg hospital beds to reopen
Grant increased $350,000 for 17 chronic care beds
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ity KEN WILLF.TT
sentinel -Review staff writer
Regular business took a back
seat to talk of area devastation
and high -wind damage in
discussion at a meeting of
county council Wednesday.
The weight of ordinary stuff
didn't fit high on the priority list.
Two delegations; from T. I.
Hughes, vice-president of the
.Ontario Humane Society about a
proposal to construct an animal
shelter and animal control
program in Oxford County and a
group of Tavistock ratepayers
concerned about the recon-
struction of Hope Street East —
withdrew from using time
reserved for them, in wake of
the disaster.
Three times during the course
of the meeting Aid. Lenore
Young of Woodstock strongly
stated she was not willing to put
out money, "for anything" until
the storm damage had been
totally assessed.
A joint report from the county
planning and public works
committee containing
suggestions which would bring
an 8-inch water line extension to
the Denby landfill site, was
tabled until September.
A meeting of Woodstock city
council Tuesday night, set to
determine a final city -stand on
the 242-year-old Denby issue,
was rudely interrupted by the
black wind -cloud.
County council, which lately
base pushed for some kind of
agreement which would bring a
sudden end to the the Denby
issue, agreed a decision would
have to wait until the September
meeting.
For obvious reasons some
members of council are not here
today and decisions haven't
been made," said Blandford-
Blenheim Mayor Ross
Livingston. "We have to get to
the matters (disaster relief) at
hand and handle first things
first."
public works committee that the county square was deleted. the demolition, keeping it in
council carry out the demolition Council agreed to keep a tight county coffers in case it's
of the Jail Turnkey's House on hold on the Sio,OW budgeted for needed to provide relief
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Neighbors, Hutterite group
dig in for tornado cleanup
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, FRIDAY AUGUST 10, 1979
Meeting today
'Nation-wide fund
planned to assist
.tornado's victims
Hv.IANH'F. CANSICHLY
Sentinel -Review staff writer
One major disaster relief fund
will likely be established for
tornado -tom Oxford and Brant
counties and Haldimand-
Norfolkregion.
And a special committee
composed of selected citizens
from each devastated
municipality will meet today to
get a nation-wide fund-raising
campaign under way.
More than 200 homes hit,
'insurance team estimates
Relief centres gathering
clothing, other donations
Damage probably above
$100 million: Livingston
Damage caused by Tuesday's
tornado will likely run at more
than $100 million rather than the
provincial estimate of $10
million, Blandford-Blenheim
Township Mayor Ross
Livingston said Thursday.
Having taken an aerial tour of
the devastated areas,
Livingston told a meeting of
county mayors and provincial
intergovernmental affairs
representatives that $100 million
likely won't cover the damage.
Livingston said some of the
farms obliterated by the storm
would carry a damage estimate
of up to $1 million alone.
The extent of damage is un-
believable until a full view of the
area can be taken, he said.
Meanwhile, latest figures
available at Woodstock General
Hospital show 16 people remain
in hospital as a result of tornado -
related injuries.
Bell working on over ime
to repair tornado damage
Minimal power use
urged after tornado
Ontario Hydro wants consumers to
use electricity for "essential pur-
poses only for the next few days"
while crews scramble to repair ma-
jor transmission lines ripped down
during Tuesday night's tornado.
Don Carmichael, Hydro spokes-
man for London region, said Wednes-
day the storm caused "quite exten-
sive damage" to the area's power
grid, with 28 towers down on seven
high -voltage transmission lines in the
Ingersoll and Woodstock areas.
There are nine transmission lines
bringing power to the region from
the east, he said. "Seven are down
and the other two have faulted out.
We haven't been able to pinpoint the
reason."
Carmichael said the "situation is
stable and power needs can be met
over transmission lines from Lamb -
ton Generating Station near Sarnia.
The supply is tight."
Gerry Claxton, London PUC opera-
tions manager, said Wednesday that
"as far as we're concerned it's bilsi-
ness as usual."
About 8,000 London homes were
blacked out for at least two hours
Tuesday night. Power was restored
by 10:30 p.m., but It meant "loading
everything else to capacity," Claxton
said.
Ontario Hydra has not. estimated
coat of the damage to Its system,
Carmichael said. "We're still trying
to assess It; there are a lot of lines
down."
A dozen Hydra crews and two hell -
copiers are repairing and assessing
damage, he said, with extra staff
called in from Strathroy, Chatham,
Wyoming and Ayinlor.
A hospital spokesman said -
four people remain in serious
condition but are slowly im-
proving.
The number in hospital is
decreasing daily from the 30
people that were admitted the
night of the twister.
Relief centres around the city are buzzing with
activity. See story on Page 3.
Environment offices aware of the storm
but unable to contact local radio station
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Most farmers not covered for tornado crop loss
An official of the Ontario
agriculture ministry estimates
that -nomore then five or six
but probably one or two" far,
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7 tornado.
Cliff Matthews, the ministry's
representative In Oxford said in
an Interview today 12 per cent of
local crop acreage, excluding
tobacco, Is not insured and
farmers have no place to turn
for funds to absord the heavy
losses,
In a lritmmnty disaster relief
meeting, at Woodstock
Collegiete Institute Thursday
night, farmers were informed
that crop losses are not covered
by the relief fund.
"The real concern of the farm
people," said Matthews, "is that
crops are put way down on the
priority list (of relief fund)."
Matthews said he hopes that
details of a plan to aid farmers
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will soon be worked out by the j
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Improvement agency and the
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farmers should get their chums
into the relief centre (Woodstock
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Sentlnel•Revlew staff writer
OTTERVILLE — Norwich
Township residents suffering
property damage from last
week's tornado will not have to
Pay, for building permits.
Norwich council Monday
voted to give storm -struck
residents eight months to decide
whether to rebuild their farms
and homes.
Although building permit fees
will not be collected, residents
will still need a permit before
they can rebuild.
In an interview, Coun. Roger
Orth said building permits for
residential homes could range in
cost from $50 to $150 while
permits for farms usually cost
$too or more.
The public will have to pick up
the cost of the building permit
and the inspector's fee, he said.
Mavor Jack Burn said most of
the residents he has talked to
are planning to rebuild on their
ravaged land.
"Most people have a foun-
dation and septic beds which are
still all right to rebuild on." he
said. "They have their hands
tied because they still have
$5,000 sunk in the ground."
BLUES CHASER
Norwich residents
to get free permits
B GI ENN OGILVIE Burn said ei ht months was a are taking this all in stride."
lot of time to clean up the mess,
reconsider building and ap-
plying for a permit.
Coun. Cecil Mingle said "I'm
surprised with the moral and
attitude of the disaster -struck
people. I don't know how they
A cynic explains that a saver is a far-
sighted person who puts money aside for
the government's rainy day.
Burn said council has placed a
temporary freeze on all capital
expenses until it finds out
exactly what's going on with
cleanup and rebuilding aid from
other, sources.
BLUES CHASER
;Some football players stay in college
for five years or more. They can run and
kick, but thgvcan't pass.
TORNADO DISASTER
PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING
Regarding government and local assistance
available to persons and businesses affected.
WOODSTOCK WATERFORD
THURSDAY, AUGUST 16 FRIDAY, AUGUST 17
7:00 P.M. 10:30 A.M.
WOODSTOCK COLLEGIATE
INSTITUTE AUDITORIUM
WATERFORD DISTRICT
HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
Oxford, Brant, Haldimand-Norfolk
Disaster Committee
WOODSTOCK OFFICE WATERFORD OFFICE
CORNER OF HUNTER & 76 MAIN STREET
GRAHAM STREETS 4434233
539-8700 or 539.8001
IMPORTANT NOTICE
For Victims of the Oxford, Brant,
Haldimand-Norfolk Tornado
Disaster of Aug. 7, 1979.
Two information centres to deal with
. matters concerning disaster relief have
been set up as follows:
Hunter and Graham St., Woodstock
539.8700, Zenith 18010
76 Main St., Waterford
443.4233
Any person who sustained uninsured
property damage to personal property
or residence due to the tornado should
visit one of these offices as soon as
possible to complete a "Schedule of
Loss " form. Staff will assist in the com-
pletion of these forms and will answer
questions regarding Disaster Relief
assistance,
No Charge to Calling Party
By Asking Operator For Zenith - 18010
Council tapes steps
on tornado damage
Norwich Township council
handled tornado damage
during Monday's session, as
well as handling other
township affairs.
Council passed a
resolution eliminating fees
for building permits for
rebuilding damaged
structures for a period of
eight months. The resolution
covers a period from August
g to April a, 1880.
Mayor Jack Burn said he
had been accompanying the
building inspector on evey
inspection.
"It would appear that
everyone I've talked to is
going to rebuild," he said.
"There are some that have
started already."
Some buildings will be
rebuilt with new foundations
and Mayor Burn said this
would provide an
opportunity to get better
planning in the rebuilt areas.
Eight permits have been
issued already.
The question of aid to those
citizens not covered with
insurance also came up for
discussion.
The Oxford-Brant-
Haldimand-Norfolk disaster
relief committee will provide
assistance for damage not
covered by insurance, but it
will be necessary to find out
which residents were
uninsured.
Mayor Burn said he will be
contacting every household
to determine their need.
"1 thought it would be
better if I took it upon
myself, rather than sending
out a whole lot of people," he
said.
He said that since the
information was
confidential, many
householders would be
reluctant to divulge whether
or not they were insured.
"I doubt whether or not
you could send a group of
people out and get that
information," he said. "This
way, if there is any leaking, 1
will be the. goat."
During Monday's season,
council received word that
Premier William Davis had
visited the Oxford Centre
area, and spent time talking
with citizens and volunteers.
Council had also been
notified that although
entrances to Oxford Centre
will no longer be closed, the
Ontario Provincial Police
will continue to patrol the
entire area,
Disaster meeting told:
Insurance must be exhausted
before relief funds can be paid
1 By ANDV JUNIPER
sentinel -Review staff writer
Before people can receive any
money from the
[ri-county
disaster relief -fund they must
have totally exhausted their
insurance money, the disaster
claims coordinator told about 75
tornado victims at a meeting at
Woodstock Collegiate Institute
Thursday night.
"Any money coming from the
fund is unconditional — it can be
spent on anything — but you
must have exhausted your in-
surance money before you can
claim from the fund," said John
Brubacher.
People who are not insured for
damages or are undermsured
can claim from the fund but the
distribution of the fund, which
will be carried out by the Brant,
Oxford and Haldimand-Norfolk
disaster relief committee, will
he on a priority basis.
since it is highly unlikely that
the fund will come anywhere
near reaching the E20-million-
uninsured mark that goverment
appraisers feel the tricounty
disaster will reach, many
persons will not be able to get
back what they lost.
"The fund is aimed at putting
persons back in the positions
they were in before," said Harry
Connonoy, a provincial relief co-
ordinater-
"If a small store had to close
for a few days, the losses for
those days may not be covered
by the fund — we're more in-
terested in putting the store
back in business."
Under the fund, items that
were insured, and items such as
summer cottages, trailers,
boats, swimming pools, land-
scape and fencing, compensatin
for personal injury loss of
business revenue, crop losses
and damage to public property
are not covered.
Things that are covered under
the fund include; the restoration
or replacement or repairs to
pre -disaster condition of the
main year-round residence or
farm buildings of a private
owner — including house
equipment, chattels and fur-
nishings that are essential such
as stoves, refrigerators, beds,
furnaces and farm equipment.
In the case of most disaster
funds, a person can obtain 90
cents on each dollar of unin.
sured damage, thus forcing each
victim to absorb a loss because
the fund is not large enough.
Fred Hamblin, the chief
disaster co-ordinator, stresses
that people involved in the
disaster should rile a claim In
order to get an estimate and
appraisal on their damages.
Many persons attending the
meeting Thursday said the
have been Having many small
problems with their insurance
companies.
One woman complained that
she has lost all contents inside
her home and her Insurance
company wants her to taffy the
' maU!rials she lost, then produce
the receipts for payments.
The women said that (or her
this is a time of duress. and
aha 1ing is the last thing on her
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Oxford MPP Harry Parrott and Federal MP
Bruce Halliday ponder some of the tornado
facts presented last night.
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County treasurer Howard Day discusses tor-
nado relief with a county resident during
Thursday's information meeting.
Lions Club president Kerry Johnson, left, fund officials Ken Peers and George Sim-
presents cheque for 115.000 to disaster relief coons.
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WOODSTOCKANGERSOLL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16. 1979
todaonie en a er 1ey
Medical diagnosis
is a heart attack
wOODSTOCK-INGERSOLL, ONTARIO, FRIDAY AUGUST 17, 1979
rornado loss nearly $60 million
TORNADO RELIEF
OFFICES SET UP
The Ministry of Housing requests that
residents in the Oxford, Brant, and
Haldimand-Norfolk disaster area in
need of temporary accommodation,
register with one of the relief -disaster
offices listed below:
Woodstock Relief Disaster Office
519-539-8700 Zenith 18010
Waterford Relief Disaster Office
519-443-4233 Zenith 18010
Oxford Centre Fire Hall
519-424.9047
Family Composition, type of accom-
modation, estimated time period re-
quired, must be stated.
About $20 million
of it not covered
By KEN WILLETT
Sentinel-Reviw staff writer
Damages, caused by the Aug.7 tornado, homes, farm buildings
and people's belongings in the over-all affected area has been
.estimated to come to between $59 million and $60 million, a
claims co-0rdinator said at a disaster relief committee meeting
Thursday.
Tornado disaster relief fund gets big assist
BLUES CHASER
A lot of women wish ihe�v could lose
;might as rapldlpas a roast does between
-6,butcherhon and the dinuc7 ijble.
Ontorio to pay most administration
More than 99 per cent
announced by Parrott
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Tornado rel
ief fund exceeds $300,000
BLUES CHASER
Ad in a tarn" 111a9.frine: """led —
dairy larfn el"
Afust not halve any �
bad habit.,, such a. drfnktrffi, rnw,lt�, or
eating: roertarilu'."
Radio appeal nets $400, 000
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Money pouring into stricken reg ion
By staff writers
WOOASTOCK- Victims of last week's
tornado were inundated Monday - with
a flood of cash, elte.ques and pledges that
likely will top $400,000.
The money came from fellow Ontarl-
ans who heard Operation Rebuild, a 10-
hlmr radio appeal based at CKDK-AM
Woodstock and carried on 12 stations
across the province.
CKDK director Jim MacLeod said do-
nations had reached about $570,000 by 7
p.m., an hour after the special show
signed off, and were pouring In at a rate
that made him expect "half a million is
not out of reach."
Whatever is raised will be matched by
the province and Premier William Davis,
who made a personal tour of the area
Monday, said he will see if his govern-
ment can offer more than that.
The radio appeal idea was 'really im-
possible but we pulled it off," said CKDK
announcer Steve Harris. He co-anchored
with CTV`newsman Harvey Kirck, who
quickly accepted Harris' invitation last
Friday to help do the show.
Setting up such a network is usually
difficult and takes about two weeks, he
said, but this idea was just born last
Thursday and, worse, Bell Canada tech-
nicians are on strike. But Bell manage-
ment came in and had the lines con-
nected by Saturday morning.
MacLeod said the biggest cost was set-
76 Legal Notices
NOTICE OF
APPLICATION FOR
APPROVALTO
EXPROPRIATE LAND
IN THE MATTER OF air application by The
Corporation of the County of Oxford for ap
prwal to expropriate land being all those
portions of And being formerly in the Town.
Ship of West Zprrar now in the Township of
Zara. in the County of Oxford and Province
Of Ontario being known as parts of Lots 23
and 24, Concession 4, designated as PARTS
SEVEN (7), EIGHT (8), NINE (9) and TEN
(10). and parts of Lots 23, 14 and 25, Con-
cession 5, designated as PARTS SIXTEEN
(16), SEVENTEEN (17), EIGHTEEN (18),
TWENTY (20) and TWENTY-FOUR (24), all
on a Reference Plan deposited in the
Registry Office for the Registry Division of
the Counly of Oxford es 41R-1711; and also
being known as parts of lots 26, 27, 29 and
30. Concession 4, designated as PARTS
ONE (1), TWO (2), THREE (3), FIVE (5),
SEVEN (7), FOURTEEN (14), FIFTEEN (15)
and SIXTEEN (16), and parts of Lots 26,
27, 28 and 30. Concession 5, designated as
PARTS SEVENTEEN (17). TWENTY-TWO
(22), TWENTYFOUR (24) and TWENTY
FIVE (25), all on a Reference Plan
deposited in the Registry office for the
Registry Division of the County of Oxford as
4111-1759; fin the purpose of road
widening, reconstruction and rultgnment.
NOTICE 15 HEREBY GIVEN that AD
pticatmn has been made for approval to ex
proprfste the And described as follmvs. All
those potons of And being formerly in The
Township of West Zofn, now in the town
ship of iorra, in the County of Oxford and
Province of Ontario being known as parts of
Lots 23 and 24, Concession 4, designated
as PARTS SEVEN (7), EIGHT (8), NINE (9)
and TEN 04 and parts of Lots 23, 24 and
25, Concespun 5, designated as PARTS SIX
TEEN 06). SEVENTEEN (11). EIGHTEEN
(18), TWENTY (20) and TWENTY FOUR
(24), all on a Werem s Plan deposited in
floe Notify Office for the Registry Division
of the County of Oxford sa 41R 1711, and
ako bung known as parts of Lots 2C 27,
29 and 30. Cincinnati 4, designated in
PARTS ONE (1), TWO (2), THREE (3). FIVE
(5). SEVEN (1), FOURTEEN (14), FIFTEEN
((15) and SIXTEEN (16)), arld pars of Las
261 27, 21 and %1 Conuxoon 5,
dognaled as PARTS SEVENTEEN (17),
TWENTY-TWO (22). TWENTY FOUR (24) and
TWENTY fWE (25), all on a Reference Pao
deposiled in the Roll Office Ion the
R,fairy Division of the County of Oxford as
41N 1159, far the purpose of road
wldammg, /aefmnl4i,lwn act realignment.
Any owner of Ands in r4aped of which
wit" is pvam who chores sm mount into
Ling up the network, and the Insurance
Bbreau of Canada picked up the tab. The
biggest individual donation he knew of
was a $10,000 cheque from the Kinsmen
Club of Canada.
Among individual stations, CKPC-AM
Brantford raised about $161,770; CFPL-
AM London raised $36,628.65 while CKSL-
AM London received about $24,700.
CFCO-AM Chatham had about $8,800;
CKOT-AM Tillsonburg about $20,000;
CJCS-AM Stratford $15,277; Orillia-Mid-
land $10,000; and St. Catharines, $5AW.
MacLeod, whose own station raised
76 Will Notices
about $61,486, said Kitchener also partici-
pated but, he had no figures on It.
Harris said organizers of the broadcast.
- the brainchild of Gord Maratto, gen-
eral manager of Eastern Broadcasting, a
holding company for several eastern Ca-
nadian stations - originally hoped to
raise about $100,000. That was reached by
noon.
He said he was Impressed with the gen-
erosity of donors - some who didn't look
as if they could afford to give $20 gave
$200.
Meanwhile, Sartda city council voted to
donate $.500 to the victims and Mayor
Andy Brandt said the the city treasury
department has set up a special account
for Sarnia residents wishing to make do-
nations.
Stratford council broke recent tradition
of not providing aid and unanimously
agreed to give its "sister city" $10,000.
Acting Mayor Tony Lazes said he be-
lieves it is the largest sue`, grant Strait:
Cord has made.
Tavistock remembers
its foirst stopping spot
By GREG ROTHWELL
Sentinel -Review staff writer
TAVISTOCK - The unveiling of an historic plaque com-
memorating the site of Caister's Tavern attracted about 200
people here Sunday afternoon.
The crowd assembled on the lawn at the David Stock
residence, about three kilometres south of Tavistock, for the
event.
Research into the history of the tavern which, from 1845 to
1854 served as the only stopping place in north -central Oxford
County at the time, was done by Stock. The sponsoring
organization was. the Tavistock Men's Club and Board of
Trade and the project was authorized and approved by the
provincial culture and recreation ministry.
Marguerite Caiater, a descendant of Caleb cluster, the
tavern founder, was on hand for the unveiling ceremony.
Isabel Parrott, wife of Oxford MPP Harry Parrott, also took
part in the ceremony. Parrott could not attend due to the
funeral Sunday of John Diefenbaker.
Mrs. Parrott told the audience- "I'm pleased to see that
there are so many people who are interested in their roots."
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 ap
proving authority in writing,
(a) in the use of a registered ownerset.
wed personally or by registered mail within
thirty days after he is served with the
notice, or, when he is served by
publication, within thirty days after the fit
st publication of the notice;
(b) in the case of an owner who is not a
registered owner, within thirty days after
the first publication of the notice.
The approving authority is
The Council of the Corporation
of the County of Oxford
Court House,
Woodstock, Ontario
THE CORPORATION OF
THE COUNTY OF OXFORD
J. HAROLD WALLS, CLERK
NOTES
1, The Expropriations Act provides that,
(a) where an inquiry is requested. it
shall be conducted by on inquiry officer ap
pointed by the Minister of Justice and At
torftey General;
(b) the inquiry officer,
(i) shall give every poly to the inquiry
an opportunity to present evidence and
argument and to examine and efoss
examine witnesses, either personally of by
his counsel or agent, and
(if) may recommand to the approving
authority that a party to the inquiry be paid
a fixed amount for his wits of the inquiry
not to exceed $200 and the approving
authority may in its discretion order the ax-
pmpnating authority to pay such costs for
Ihwith.
2. "Owner" and "registered Owner" are
defined in the Act as follows.
"owner' includes a mortgagee. tenant,
execution creditor, a person entitled to a
limited estate or iolernt in land, a con,
nunee of the estate of a mentally in
competent person or of a person incapable
of managing his affairs, and a guardian,
executor, administrator of trustee In whom
land is Weta 1,
"registered owner" means an owner of TOM
whose interest in the lend is defined and
whose name is specified in an Instrument
on the proper ragie ly, land lilies, or
sheall t uWCe: and includes 4 person
shorn At a lenanl of land on the Iasi
ron"d assessment roll;
3 The expropriating authority, each owner
who nutifiws the approving authority that he
desires a hewing in respect of Ilse lands to
landed to be Oproplwed and any owner
added as a Daily by the inquiry offical via
pimtets to the inquiry.
This nolita first pubhehod on IN 21st day
of August, 1979.
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Caleb Caister came to Oxford County from his native
County Kent in England in IBM
in IBM he settled on a site where he cleared farmland and
erected a one -storey log building. The building was a family
home but it also served as an inn and tavern.
Caister operated the tavern for nine years, until 1ai4 when
he sold his farm and retired to Woodstock.
The founding of the community of Tavistock in ima, and the
establishment of the small hotels which sprang up there,
hastened the demise of Caister's Tavern as an attractive
stopping point for settlers coming up the Huron Road in Perth
County to the site of the present communitY of Shakespeare,
and then proceeding south into the Zorra settlement of Oxford
County.
The tavern was selling beer and ale a year before Tavistock
was founded.
Caister's wife died in 1852, and two years later he left the
farm and moved to Woodstock.
There he and his son, Caleb Jr., operated the North
American Hotel. He died in 1116B.
Mould has hit
most farmers
off Icial says
By JANICE VANSICKLE
Nentlnel-Review staff writer
DELHI - Roughly one-half of Ontario's
2,000 tobacco farms have been inflicted with
dreaded blue mould, a spokesman for the
Ontario Crop Insurance Commission said
today.
Tornado relief
at $600,000
BLUES CHASER
'r7lc cheapest was to haveyour family
tree traced is to run for public office.
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Basil Baines, 84, a Woodingford Lodge
resident, learned what it's like Wednesday to
be a model. He posed as Pat Gibson of Delatre
Street painted a portrait of him. Mrs. Gibson
was taking part in an Ingersoll Creative Arts
Centre workshop,
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Ontario to pay wages
of tornado appraisers
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Ontario will
pay the salaries of appraisers investigat-
ing uninsured losses of victims of the
Aug. 7 tornado, Enivironment Minister
Harry Parrott said Friday.
The appraisers were appointed by the
province to investigate claims filed with
the Haldimand -Norfolk, Oxford and
Brant counties disaster relief committee.
Originally their salaries were to have
been paid with money raised by the com-
mittee.
As a result of the decision, less than
one per cent of the donations for the fund
will be used for administrative expenses.
Parrott said he did not know how much
the salaries would amount to, but it
would be substantial
Deadline for submitting uninsured
claims is Sept. 15. More than 325 claims
have been filed.
The province may match $3 for every
$1 raised by the committee. However,
Parrott said the province won't decide
the ratio until it sees how local fund -rail.
ing is going.
According to a 1970 cost -sharing agee-
ment between Ottawa and the provinces
to deal with disasters, Ontario has to
spend $8.5 million In assistance before
the federal government can become in-
volved.
if the committee only raises $2 million
of its $4 million goal, it will be "on the
border" but if it reaches its goal, it will
have raised enough money to qualify for
federal aid, Parrott said.
"The more raised locally, the greater
the chance."
The latest campaign figures released
Friday stand at $970,000. Fund-raising
committee chairman Ceorge Simmons of
Woodstock said organizers are "very
confident" it will at least double what it
has today.
However, if the campaign falls short of
its goal, there Is a chance victims may go
,"cap in hand" as It will not be enough to
cover uninsured losses, estimated at $20
million.
Crop losses, fences. swinnning pools,
Drain debenture issued
On behalf of Norwich Township, Oxford County coun-
cil Wednesday authorized the treasurer to issues deben-
ture for $4 t,50o under the provisions of the Tile Drainage
Act.
Inspection and completion certificates for Frank
Peters. $28.200, Sierp and John Ysfelatein, $II.oOti. and
Ksaveras Ratavicius, $5,3INt, were Included in the ad-
ministration and finance committee reporl..
trees, and luxury items such as boats and
trailers will not be covered by the fund.
Committee chairman Ken Peers of
Norwich said rumors that Woodstock will
receive most of the assistance are
groundless. "Nobody need have any
doubts that Woodstock is getting the bulk
of the funds. Eighty per cent of the unin-
sured losses will go to the farming com-
munities," Peers said, adding that's
where most damage occurred.
Peers said it would likely be rive or six
months from the date of the tornado be-
fore funds are distributed. Meanwhile,
most victims have some insurance or are
borrowing money.
Parrott said the province will absorb
part of the interest on loans made by the
victims. The province will subsidize any.
thing ever .six per cent paid as interest to
lending institutions, Parrott said,
"This could be the largest part of the
province's commAltuv t," Parrott said.
The province is also providing $190,000 to
the North Norwich Telephone Company,
FUND HITS S1.4 MILLION
The Oxford, Brant, Haldimand-Norolk Disaster Relif Fund
stood. at $1,464,%4 by the end of Wechtesday. The goal is Si
million to be raised locally.
APPOINTMENT AT RELIEF OFFICE
County administration and finance committee Wednesday
recommended to county council that Helen Simpson, of RR 4,
Woodstock, be hired as a temporary clerk -typist for the
disaster relief office,
County gets pay increase
Oxford County council
voted itself two pay in-
creases Wednesday totalling
8,896 per cent, one
retroactive to January 1 and
one to take effect January 1,
1900.
A five per cent increase
retroactive to Jan. 1, for 1979
council salaries, brings
county councillors to $5,775
per year, up from $5,500 per
year, and the county warded
to $17,325, up from $16,5W.
The 3-8% per cent increase
effective January 1, 1980,
will bring 'councillors'
salaries up to $6,000 per year
and the warden's salary up
to $18,000 per year.
County council has not had
a salary increase since 1977,
Clerk Harold Walls said.
The recommendation of
adlinistration and finance
committee for the increases
was scheduled to come up in
council's in camera legal
and personnel session, but
Councillor Charlie Tatham,
of Woodstock, argued that it
would be appropriate to
discuss council pay in public
session.
Councillor Joe Pember, of
Woodstock, pointed out that
councillors are elected
employees of the taxpayers
and should have their salary
debate in public in the
taxpayers could see where
they stand on the issue.
Councillor Phil Poole,
Woodstock, asked why
councillors should receive an
increase below the rate of
inflation and would be losing
"Purchasing power" when
council had "gone through
the exercise" with union
employees of the county and
given them a larger in-
crease,
Council salaries were
"high enough at the outset,"
Councillor Andy Mackenzie,
Woodstock, chairman of the
administration and finance
committee, said.
"We felt the salaries were
high enough as is, but the
committee felt it should
support the principle of an
increase," he said.
Mr. Pember said he felt
many councillors were
overpaid at the county level,
but underpaid at the local
level- He also maintained
that some committees are
more demanding on coun-
cilors' time than others and
should pay more.
"We're not all overpaid at
the county level," he said.
"There are some com-
mittees that are very
demanding on time. I can
accept this (the pay in-
crease) but we should look at
a per diem rate so those who
do the work get paid for it
and those like myself who
don't put in as many hours
don't get as much,"
Councillor Jack Warden,
Ingersoll, felt the pay in-
crease was "reasonable,"
but agreed with the concept
of per them rates.
"It's been heavy for me
this year with negotiations,"
Mr. Warden, chairman of
health and social services
committee, said. "Com-
mittee chairmen often have
to go above and beyond the
call of duty. A per diem rate
would compensate me for
these things I'm expected to
do and I don't mind doing."
Landfs*1te
area resi dents
to get water
By GREG BOTHWELL only for the existing city limits, and unless
Sentinel -Review staff writer further supplies are found, they cannot
Residers of the former Denby landfill site guarantee any extensive supplies outside the
area in South -Wet Oxford Township who city.
have been without drinking water for two
years will soon be getting water from
Woodstock.
County council Wednesday accepted
proposals from Woodstock city council on the
conditions with which the water will be
Provided.
The city has made an exception, on grounds
of compassion, and for the first time has gone
against its policy of not supplying water
outside its boundaries.
But the city has made it clear that the
watermain to the 10 residences will not be a
precedent -setting step and has laid out
guidelines for any further hookups to the
waternlain extension.
The city said it has more than l,000 acres of
land to service with water in the city.
The Woodstock Public Utility Commission
has told city council that while there is a
WSW exploration program ggoing on, their
present water supply in coast dered sufficient
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City council also told the county its is
concerned about strengthening the downtown
core and does not want to see any more large
commercial establishments on the fringe
areas of the city.
The Denby residents have been affected
with contaminated water caused by runoff
from the landfill site.
South-West Oxford Township has said it's
the responsibility of the county to provide
water, and not them.
The cost of construction, estimated at
$134,000, will be split by the county, the
province and the Denby family.
All customers on the line will pay double
rates designated by Woodstock council and
will be subject to the same rules and
regulations as all other Woodstock PUC
customers
Future hookups to the system outside the
city must be preceded by a further amend-
ment to the Oxford County official plan.
If councillors have to at-
tend negotiations or
meetings beyond regular
meetings, they should be
compensated, he said.
Councillor Jack Burn,
mayor of Norwich Township,
said he felt a five per cent
increase was "pretty
generous to the taxpayer,
but felt per them rates were
not necessary.
"This year there isn't a
committee chairman who
didn't ask for the job," he
said. "It's something we
should do because we like to
do it, not because we get paid
more."
County council should
offer adequate remuneration
to encourage people to give
up time from their jobs to
serve, Mr. Pember said. He
said some potentially good
councillors may not run
because they cannot afford
it.
Councillor Doug Harris,
mayor of Ingersoll,
requested the warden ap-
proach the finance and
administration committee to
review the possibility of per
diem rates. A former op-
ponent of per diem rates, Mr.
Harris said the per diem
system might prevent
cancelling meetings due to
lack of a quorum.
Warden Ken Webster,
Tillsonburg, said he would
bring the proposal before the
administration and finance
committee for discussion,
"but I don't know what the
outcome would be."
Mr. Poole argued against
per diem rates because it
would be "unfair" to non -
council representatives on
some boards, such as the
board of health, if the council
representatives were to be
paid to attend the meeting
but non -council represen-
tatives were not.
"I've felt for years there
were inequities in the system
that could be changed, and
changed for the better,"
Warden Webster said.
Mr. Mackenzie noted that
the committee felt it should
stick to the three -to -one ratio
of councillors' salaries
versus the warden's salary.
But Councillor Ross
Livingston, mayor of
Blandford-Blenheim
Township, felt the warden's
job should pay more since it
is almost a full-time job,
Attendance at almost 400
meetings per year, or more
than one per day, certainly
make the warden's job a full-
time position, Mr. Pember
said.
Provincial
takeover
of park urged
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — The Oxford
County -owned Reachville Park -should be
managed by the provincial ministry of
natural resources, the county's adminis-
tration committee recommended Wed-
nesday.
The county bought the ZB"cre site
near Beachville for $.50,0oo from the Ca-
nada Cement LaFarge (Ltd.) in 1976,
Since then the mainly floodplain area has
remained undeveloped, although a report
by the Upper Thames River Conserva-
tion Authority (UTRCA) in June recom-
mended it be developed for quiet me-
reation for about $145,000.
The authority's report also recom-
mended the county plant trees on part of
the site as buffers.
However, a ministry spokesman told
the committee Wednesday only about 50
acres are suitable for planting. W. C. Gil-
more, a forest management supervisor
with the ministry in Aylmer, recom-
mended white pine, walnut and silver
in trees be used since they would be
the most suitable for the floodplain area.
If the ministry took over management
of the park it would oversee the tree
planting in return for a 40-year lease with
the county, he said. The county would re-
tain ownership of the land.
Gilmore said it would cost about $4,000
to plant the trees. The ministry would
pay the initial costs and bill the county
when the lease expires. However, any
profit from the sale of wood in the park
would be used to repay the debt, he said.
Gilmore said the ministry probably
would be willing to establish hiking trails
in the park but it would not want to build
permanent structures which might be de-
stroyed by vandals.
If the ministry took over the manage-
ment of the park it would still let the
Beachville Optimists Club build a base-
ball diamond on part of the land, a re-
quest already granted by county council.
The committee also recommended the
county ask the ministry to arrange for 2,-
000 trees to replace those lost in the tor-
nado last month.
The trees, mainly silver maple, little
leaf linden and black walnut, would be
planted next spring. They could be sup-
plied by the ministry, UTRCA and the
Grand River Conservation Authority,
Ministry and conservation authorities
would be asked to supervise the planting.
Both recommendations will be sent to
county council for approval.
Works meeting
The Oxford County public
"orks committee will meet
'Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the
County Court House, Woodstock,
Appointments approved
Oxford County council t'ix4111V'Aoy approved the ap
pointment of two councillors to the board of directors of
the Family and Children's scr% 1PeS of Oxford Coinly.
Taking the positions for t078-au MV CouncillOr Robert
Gilholm, Blandford-Blonheim Township, and Counvitlol'
Barry Wallace, Zorra Townvlup.
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Ministry asked
,for new trees
The natural resources ministry is expected to be asked to
provide 2,000 trees to replace those destroyed by the Aug. 7
tornado.
County council's administration and finance committee
Wednesday recommended to county council that the
arrangements with the ministry be made, with planting slated
for 1980.
The committee also recommends that the ministry and area
conservation authorities be requested to provide supervisors
for local organizations planting restoration trees.
Bill Gilmour, a natural resources ministry representative,
told a meeting of disaster relief coordinators Aug. 22 that new
trees shouldn't be planted until this spring, due to normal
setbacks from drying out in the winter and the possibility of
other winter damage.
Quick growing trees are being considered for the replan-
ting. species such as silver maple, black walnut and little leaf
linden
Six to eight fool tree stocks will be used in replanting, but
consideration will be given to planting one or two larger trees
on each farm site hit by the tornado.
Bank
� rate
'rises
to 12% %
OTTAWA (CP) —The Bank of Canada
raised the bank rate effective Monday by
half of a percentage point Friday even-
ing to a record 12t/ per cent, signalling
another general rise in the cost of loans
for consumers and businesses.
The rise is the ninth since March, 1978
and the second under the new Progres-
sive Conservative government whose
members were highly critical of previous
increases while in opposition.
The rate was increased to 11 % p@r cent
July 22.
RESTORATION WORK AT THE COURTHOUSE
Employees get 3% more
Non -union Oxford County employees were granted an
additional three per cent increase in t979 salaries by
county council Wednesday
In accepting the recommendation of the warden'v
committee, council approved the increase to bring nm,
union employees in line with the settlement for union
employee'..
The county's outside workers, members Of the Carta.
than Union of Public Employees, settledtheir contract
with a 9.6 per cent increase.
Waste fee paid
Oxford County council Wednesday approved payment
Of a $96 fee to Prof. Les Emery for attending county
council September 12 to speak on waste management.
Prof. Lrnery told council composting was a more effi-
cient m0hod of solid waste disposal for municipalities
than lanoidl sites.
Councii also agreed to petiCon the ministry of environ-
ment to consider inspections of various solid waste
management compost facilities now in operation
throughout the world to which representation of any
municipality could attend.
Foreman Henry Doherty, bottom, and Wayne building. The stone, along with others
Graham, both of Brantford, remove a dormer removed, are numbered and will be relaid
stone from the Oxford County Courthouse as during the work. It's expeetd the entire ,job
part of the restoration ;job at the 191h century will take about a month.
Tornado fund
over
hurdle
The tri-county tornado relief
fund has topped the half -way
hurdle and now stands at
$2,008.b'7O.Ol,a spokesman at the
county treasurer's office said
today.
This puts the fund past the
half -way mark toward the
target of $4 million organizer_
hope to raise to offset $20 million
in uninsured losses from the
Aug. 7 tornado. The $20 million
total will be reached if the
provincial government pays $4
for every dollar raised locally
Businesses, companies,
municipalities, service clubs
and community groups and
private individuals throughout
Oxford,Brant and Haldimand
Norfolk and beyond have made
donations to the fund.
Some of the largest con-
tributions have included more
than $414,000 raised in a
radiothon held by radio stations
in Woodstock, London. Kit-
chener. Stratford, Midland,
Orillia. St. Catharines, Simcoe,
Brantford and Chatham; $SO.1100
from the city of Toronto; $25,000
from the city of London; $25,001)
from the Ontario Milk
Marketing Board:$'L5,000 from
Brant County; $15,000 from
Perth County; $15,000 from the
United Auto Workers and $10.000
from the city of Stratford.
BLUES CHASER
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magv people the Li>mpifk% Cali (Werak,
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Restructuring
act
should bkept
councillors say
By NANCY GALL
Sentinel -Review staff writer
Bill 95, Oxford County's restructuring act,
should be improved, not thrown out as proposed
by Woodstock Aid. Ken Bullen, several county
councillors said Friday.
Sullen presented city council with a notice of
motion Thursday night to approach the provin-
cial government to rescind Bill 95 which restruc-
tured the county in 1975.
He said the bill is not functioning as it was in-
tended, referring to the Denby water situation as
a problem the bill should have guarded against.
"I think there is always a need to continually
be revising and updating (restructured govern-
ment)," County Warden Ken Webster of Til4on-
burg said Friday in a telephone interview.
"It's still a young form of Woodstock Mayor Wendy
government and we have to Calder said a review of
work on the problems as they restructuring possibly should
come along.
Webster said he ho ed to compare municipalities'
Bullen'sWoodstermotion, but even ifk council would de it sibilitbest� before ons n and ea ton-
er
was approved. it would be restructuring.
defeated at county council. in "It is the County of Oxford Act
any case. the province would and I don't think one
turn down a request to rescind municipality could have it
the bill, he said, rescinded," she said. "There
The province wouldn't are a lot of areas where there
rescind Bill 95. We were set up may be dissatisfaction with
as a model government for restructuring, but we shouldn't
restructuring, "he said. be going back to the old system,
BLUES CHASER
The boy next door reports why the tW-
test kid in his club was elected treasurer:
"We wanted someone we could catch."
p
Ken Webster
...need time
we should work on restruc-
turing."
As an example, she said local
traffic bylaws should not have.to
be approved at the county level
as is the case now.
Abandoning restructuring
Wendy Calder
...review
would mean a return to the
system of boards and com-
missions.
Under restructuring, it's the
politicians who are accountable
and that's the way it should be,"
she said.
Would aid health unit
If the province comes up
with "its share" of a $25,000
deficit faced by the Oxford
County health unit, Oxford
County will come up with its
share, council decided
Wednesday.
Council agreed to pay 25
per cent, or $6,250, of the
deficit, since the county
funds the health unit in that
proportion. However, the
grant is conditional on the
ministry of health agreeing
Oxford clears way for water line
but provincial approval still needed
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford
County council cleared the way Wednes-
day for Woodstock to extend water ser-
vices to a South-West Oxford Township
neighborhood, but the residents still may
fare another dry winter.
Oxford planning commissioner Peter
Atclieson said It could take two months to
get provincial approval of the official
plan amendment made by council to al-
low the ;134.000 project. Technical de-
tails also must be worked out and upcom-
ing winter weather will cause further de-
lays.
About 10 homes on Oxford County Rd. 9
have ben without drinking water since
their wells were polluted by a nearby
landfill site three years ago. Costs of the
4,400-foot pipeline are to be paid by the
county, environment ministry and own-
ers of the now -defunct landfill operation.
The county agreed last month to allow
the extension but, because the pipeline
will pass 35 rural properties before it
reaches the affected homes, added a call-
dition that no unaffected residents could
use the service.
Woodstock requested the condition to
prevent [urge -scale development in (hat
area. Bill the city's public utility
commission checked and In formed
county council that the Ontario Public
Utilities Act requires the municipality to
provide water to any property owner
along the pipeline who wants service.
However. Coun. Andy MacKenzie of
Woodstock told council the act ulso says
water must be extended only If then: is
sufficient supply. Woodstock could argue
that further hookups, particularly on a
large scale, would prevent the, needy
homes from getting water.
"We're probably on reasonably safe
ground." MacKenzie said. "If sgmabody
wants is take legal action, we can argue
the supply Is sufficient for the (affected)
homes but not for other hookups.
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to pay the remaining 75 per
cent, or $18.750.
Health board Chairman
Jack Warden, of Ingersoll,
said he was glad to see the
county agree to pay its share
of the deficit,
"It may just get us over
the hump," he said.
A temporary two -week
staff layoff at Christmas to
correspond with the school
Christmas holiday may be
forced if the province does
not come through with more
money, Mr. Warden has
said, The health unit facers
the deficit because of cut-
backs in health ministry
funding.
Health board officials are
meeting with Health
Minister Dennis Titnbrell
October 29 to ask for an
increase in the health mut's
operating budget,
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Absent councillors to be docked pay
d 1 WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford fromstart to finish," Conn. Phil Poole. of
I County councillors absent from more Woodstock said. Poole said the five -per -
Ithan four regular council or committee cent proposal was "vindictive" and
meetings a year will be docked two per would only apply to two or three of the
cent of their pay for each additional council's 20 members.
meeting missed. "It's all right to rap a guy's knuckles,
County council approved the resolution but must you bat him over the head with
Wednesday after rejecting a stronger a baseball bat," said Corot. Ross Livings.
proposal to deduct five per cent of
wages. Councillors now earn $5,775 a
4 year. At two per cent, that works out to
$115,50 a meeting. In January, 1980, when
councillors' salaries are increased to $6,-
000, the penalty will work out to $120 a
sleeting.
Councillors missing meetings because
they are away on county business or be-
cause the meeting date was changed will
not be marked absent.
In the 'past, the penalty for missing
more than four meetings was one per
cent and there were no exceptions for be-
ing absent.
Members of the county's administra-
tion and finance committee argued the
penalty should be increased to five per
cent, which works out to $288 a meeting,
to curtail chronic absenteeism.
But the majority of councillors dis-
agreed-
"It's (absenteeism) never been a prob-
lem. I think it's a silly recommendation
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Users of the
oxford County Library can heave a sigh
of relief.
The library board decided it will not
charge city or country residents for using
its facilities, reference librarian Beth
Ross said Tuesday.
The board considered implementing a
lee after the city's public library adopted
a policy of charging nun -city residents
July 1. But it decided against it because
of differing financial circumstances,
Miss Ross said in an interview.
"The reason the city did it was for bud-
get problems. We're certainly not going
to do it in retaliation."
ton of Blandford-Blenheim, who sug-
gested councillors be paid by the meeting
in addition to a basic salary.
If the penalty had been raised to five
per cent, chronically absent councillors
could have ended up owing the county
money if they missed enough meetings.
The two -per -cent penalty more aectt-
Won't retaliate
rately reflects the value of each meeting
missed, said Corot, Doug Harris of Inger-
soff.
Councillors attend an average of 21
county council and 24 standing Commit-
tee meetings a year. That does not in-
clude subcommittee meetings.
count library fee rejected
Y "We haven't encountered too much re-
sistance.- said Lee Bennett. --Even some
City people have offered to pay. They feel
it's good value for their money."
The library has collected about $1,708
from non-residents since the policy went
into effect and expects to collect another
$300 by the end of the year, she said.
"I think we're going to come out with a
balanced budget."
The library has also reduced its hours
to save motley.
Despite the introduction of film rental
tees, borrowing also doesn't appear to
have decreased
The county library has 25 outlets and is
financed by the county while the citv's
public library is financed by Woodstock.
Miss Ross said circulation at the Gra-
ham Street county library has doubled
since the city set up a $5-a-person or $20-
a-family fee for non -city residents using
its library.
The city library also charges for films
and records and to reserve books. It was
forced to introduce the fees after city
council slashed its budget.
The city's acting chief librarian said
the library hasn't suffered a significant
drop in circulation since the fees went
into effect.
WOODSTOCK-INGERSOLL, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1979
MBank of Canada announces
1 another interest rate increase
I
OTTAWA tCP) — Gerald
Bouey, governor of the Bank of
Canada announced today he is
raising the bank's lending rate
to a record 13 percent, although
he is aware the high level of
interest rates in the country is
hurting individuals and
businesses.
Sibbick on child welfare
review committee
Per"
, Q�Y' , 4-4 k, former
1tvarderikPf Oxford County
and former councillor for
Blandford-Blenheim
'township, was selected by
county council Wednesday to
sit on a child welfare review
committee to estimate the
1979 expenditures of the
county Children's Aid
Koclely.
In correspondence, the
Provincial community and
social services ministry
advised the county that
Toronto lawyer Jules Kronis
has been appointed to the
committee to represent the
province. The Ontario
Association of Children's Aid
�(tcieties has been asked to
appoint another member.
Woodstock Councillor
Andy Mackenzie said the
county should appoint
someone "pretty high-
powered" since the ministry
has such powerful
representation on the
committee.
In a special lunch-time
meeting, the health and
Tornado fund payout
social services decided to
recommend Mr. Sibbick for
several months away
the job. A deadline of Oc-
tober 15 was set for the
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — It could he
appointment.
months before proceeds from the tornado
The child welfare com. li
relief fund are distributed to victims.
mittee is being established at
the request of the county.
hatrgchairman Ken Peers said
for
A
meeting of the committee is
zers
hriday that organisers are wailing
Friday
to settle with their insurance
in be convened to give the
victims
before distributing tilt'
Bounty, the children's aid
id
companies
The trait is necessary to gel a
society
society and any other
nth in-
stoney.
total of uninsured losses, he said.
ted party op-
true
portunityteresto present
evidence and make sub-
missions.
BLUES CHASER
All add finh•r i.s a "toff a -ha tv"'d la trap
Ow hot all ill seho0l fill )ifs It'll la 11,111,
Now. he ba.s a boy who drop., ho" ')it at
worA on Iris way' to sch"al,
Tree planting
job granted
The Oxford Men of the Trees
Wednesday, the committee
will be asked to co-ordinate the
received a letter from the
planting 012.000 trees on tornado
ministry's district manager,
affecteproperties when they
P.R. Davidson, saying the
became available from the
ministry doesn't have a policy
natural resources ministry.
for such projects but will
County council's ad-
develop one..
ministration and finance
In his letter Davidson said the
committee had asked the
county will be, advised assoon as
ministry, at the request of the
the pulley is formulated, but a
Men of the Trees, to make 2,000
meeting should be held in
trees available.
January to discuss theactual
organization of the program.
Davidson said the projec! will
require tact-ordinated planning
tKrtween the county, ministry
and nearby conservation
authorities, He also indicated
the planting of the trees will be
left to the county, with super-
vision possibl4y being available
from the ministry.
The committee decided to ask
the Men of the Trees to take of
the project.
$7,000 so for
Tornado relief
j funds deposited
to earn interest
Ity J.\XWE VANSICKLF.
Sentinel -Review staff writer
The Oxford, Brant,
Haldimand-Norfolk disaster
relief fund is growing on its own.
Money from the fund is being
invested in short-term deposits
that have so far netted $7,000 in
interest, County Treasurer
Howard Day said in an in-
terview today.
The total fund
$2,SM.606 and Da
investments coin
much as $30,000,
how long the f
tact.
Day said $2 million has been
invested so far in 30 and 60day
term deposits with
denominations ranging from
$100,009 and up. Interest rates
vary from a low of 10.9 per cent
to 12.6 per cent.
It appears it will be a few
months before the fund is
dispersed among tornado vic-
tims. The relief fund committee
is waiting for provincially -
appointed insurance appraisers
to wrap up investigation of the
more than 650 claims filed for
uninsured losses and for victims
to settle with their insurance
companies.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for
the intergovernmental affairs
ministry has said the province
could make a decision on its
contribution to the fund within
the next few weeks.
The province's chief in-
surance claims appraiser has
been asked to submit an
estimate of uninsured damage
losses to the cabinet within two
weeks.. Fred Hamblin said.
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f
Cabinet could then make a
decision at any time, be added.
Locally raised funds will be
matched at least dollar -per -
dollar by the province. But
Environment Minister Harry
Parrott, Oxford MPP, has said
provincial aid could go as high
as $4 for every $1 raised locally.
The province already has
offered subsidies on loans for
farmers whose businesses were
struck when the Aug. 7 tornado
ripped two pathes of destruction
through the tri-county area.
now stands is at County rummage sale?
y is optimistic
d bring in as
depending on
and remains in-
Oxford County may find
itself in the rummage sale
business to dispose of older
furniture items recently
catalogued in the county
courthouse.
The county's public works
committee received a report
from Howard Pye and Len
Coles recommending
disposal of certain items
found to be surplus. The
committee told council
Wednesday it would review
the surplus items and
recommend a policy for
disposal at a later date.
In their scrutiny of the
courthouse's nooks, cran-
nies, attic and basement, the
two men came vp with an
imposing listing of surplus
furniture, some of it dating
to 1892. Their report in-
dicated which items could be
disposed of by sale, retained
or ditched, or donated to
various historical societies
or museums.
In the attic, the pair found
12 wicker chairs and a 12-foot
dismantled cherry counter,
,,purchased in 1892, that was
taken from the former
probation office on the top
floor of the building. While
these items could be
disposed of, the men
recommended the eight
county council desks, also
purchased in 1892, be
retained.
On the top floor of the
building, a supreme court
judge's chair, heavy wood
"with beautiful carving,"
although the cloth back and
seat are moth-eaten, and two
side chairs that had been
recovered in red leatherette,
that could be disposed of, In
j addition, a leather bound
warden's chair and two
warden's side chairs, both
dating to 1892, could be
disposed of.
In the supreme court
judge's private chamber of
the courthouse, the men
found, and recommended
disposal of, an office -type
desk, now with arborite top,
a leather -covered easy
chair, desk chair purchased
about 1940 and a 10-by-12-foot
rag purchased about 1944.
An 1892 cherry wardrobe
found in the provincial court
office is being used to store
office supplies, but staff
would like it removed and
shelving installed, the report
said. In addition, an 1892
glass -fronted cherry book-
case in the office and a 12-
foot counter could also be
removed from the office and
disposed of. Another cherry
1892 wardrobe was found in
the clerk's office and could
also be disposed of, the
report said.
In the county engineer's
office, the two men came
across a green chesterfield,
swivel desk chair and swivel
secretary's chair that could
all be disposed of, the report
said.
In a basement storage
area, the two men found two
wooden desks, but recom-
mended retaining them sipce
they are being used by the
staff of the Oxford-Brant-
Haldimand-Norfolk Disaster
Relief committee.
However, the same room
proved a treasure trove for
surplus furnishings,
yielding; a set of 48 small
drawers in a four -by -eight -
foot cherry cabinet, pur-
chased In 1892; a five-foot.
square cherry table, pur-
chased in 1892; an old oak
bookcase with a six-foot
base; a glass -fronted oak
bookcase; 16 units of old
metal roller shelves for filing
large books; and 256 small
Me drawers, divided into
three sections in a 12-by-15
foot cabinet that were
brought to the courthouse
basement in 1952 from the
former registry office.
Two leather easy chairs
found in the basement
reception room were
recommended for disposal.
Another basement storage
area in the former social
services building yielded a
i2-foot table, that may have
been purchased in 1892, that
could be used elsewhere, and
a counter with an arborite
top.
The list of surplus fur-
niture was compiled by Mr.
Pye and Mr. Coles at the
request of the administration
and finance committee.
DRF hits $2,640,666
The tri-county tornado
disaster relief fund stands at
$2,640,666, committee chairman
Ken Peers said Friday.
The committee has received
650 claims of damage, and 20
appraisers appointed by the
province are working on ap-
praising the damages.
The work of the appraisers
cannot be completed though
until most of the tornado victims
have reached a settlement with
their own insurance companies,
Peers said.
"We anticipate this will take
several more months to com-
plete,"
Only then will they be able to
give the committee a true total
j on the tornado losses.
Donations will be cut off once
ithis appraisal is complete, they,
will be audited and the com-
mittee will then distribute the
fund, on a formula based on
Wines and the amount of money
receivers
"The disaster relief com-
mittee members hope that the
tornado victims appreciate that
all of these events take time, and
as soon as the committee has
obtained a true accounting of the
losses, and of the donations, we
will distribute the fund," Peers
said.
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County ordered
Ito pay Innerkip
couple for land
fly JANICE VANSICKLE
Sentinel -Review staff writer
Oxford County has been ordered to pay an Innerkip couple
$4,250, plus interest, as compensation for land expropriated in
1974.
The land compensation board has also ordered the county to
pay the legal, appraisal and other costs incurred by William
and Cobie Hanenburg in taking their claim to court.
The county expropriated 3,335 acres of the Hanenburgs
property along the south border of Innerkip, for the purpose of
widening County Road 4.
In its ruling the board said the county must pay six per cent
Sibbick named boss
of dump committee
Former Oxford County
Warden Perry Sibbick of
Blandford-Blenheim Township
was named chairman of the
county's waste management
committee Wednesday.
Sibbick, the restructured
county's first warden, was the
only nominee for the position of
chairman on the eight -man
committee.
A statement of the com-
mittee's purpose drawn up by
South-West Oxford Township
representative George Kinder
fwas adopted by the committee.
The committee will study all
aspects of waste disposal. in
Oxford County and make
recommendations to Oxford
County council on both short and
long-term solutions to waste
disposal problems, Kloster's
statement said.
The committee also voted to
obtain information on com-
posting of waste in Denmark
and France.
County Warden Ken Webster
of Tillsonburg said the com-
mittee's work will be somewhat
limited until the Supreme Court
of Ontario hands down its
decision on the Salford landfill
site. A decision on whether the
county acted legally in
acquiring the Salford site was
expected in September.
"Were a hale bit bamstrung
until we get the legal decision on
the Salford site,' Webster said.
"if the Salford site does become
available, we'll have to bring it
onstream as quickly as possible.
H not, we'll have to look in-
tensively to het somethings for
.our use here.
The committee meets Nov. 13
at 4 p.m.
. MOPE STREET BEING REBUILT
Hope Street East (County Road 24) in Tavistack will be
reconstructed at a curb -to -curb width of 40 feet, Oxford
County council decided Wednesday. Council acted on the
recommendation of the county public works committee.
STUDY FOR CONCESSION STREET
A feasibility study on the eastern extension of Concession
Street. In Tillsonburg will be undertaken by Oxford County,
county council decided Wednesday at the recommendation of
the public works committee. The extension, suggested by the
town Mile
would create a second eastern access to
the town and relieve traffic pressure on Oxford St.
SIGN WILL GO UP
A symbol -type sign indicating "accommodation" will be
erected on Dundas Street in Woodstock east of Ingersoll Road
to direct motorists to available acconiodallon on Ingersoll
(Clad, Oxford County council decided Wednesday. Recom-
mendation to erect the sign came from the county public
works committee.
(Iq-,6t
interest on $4,000 of the total compensation for a period of two
years from March 21, 1974..
In presentingappraisal evidence for the Hanenburgs,
Woodstock reator Clifford Roach estimated the claimants'
loss at $7.800,
Roach estimated the value of the expropriated land at
$7,000, loss of a maple L-ee at OM, relocation of a fence at $250
and sod replacement at $N.
County property agent Charles Wilitoa estimated com,
pensation at $1,062.
Willton put a market value of $443 m the p Mnated land.,
$734 for sod, $35 for the maple tree and $25s far relocation of
the boundary fence.
Willton's formula for determination of market value was to
al low for agricultural land at the rate of $1,000 an acre, adding
it cents a square foot for properties zoned commercial or
residential.
"The board cannot accept Mr. Willton's conclusion as to
compensation to which the claimants are entitled, a board
report says. "His estimate as to value of agricultural land
may be within the area of reasonable accuracy for strictly
agricultural areas but that is not relevant as the zoning of the
I subject lands is residential."
In estimating market value of residential and commercial
properties, Willton had considered the saleof properties in the
Innerkip area between Sept 1970 and Aug. 1973.
"On the other hand the board feels that Mr. Roach has erred
on the side of generosity in his estimate."
The board said Roach's estimate of the proxy's value
prior to expropriation was at least $3,t100 too high.
In its decision the board allowed $4,000 for market value of
the property and "injurious affection," plus $250 for
relocation of the fence.
Damaged churches..
and orchards can
be covered: Wells
By JANICE VANSICKLE
Sentinel -Review staff writer
Churches and orchards damaged In the Aug. 7
tornado can be covered by the disaster relief
fund, says Intergovernmental Affairs Minister
Tom Wells.
Wells said at a meeting of the in-
tergovernmental affairs estimates committee
that it is up to the local fund committee to decide
if the damage claims are acceptable.
It had been thought by members of the Oxford.
Brant, Ilaldimand-Norfolk disaster relief fund
committee that churches and orchards were not
eligible for coverage, along with luxury items
and crops.
Harry Conally, an intergovernmental affairs
spokesman, said in a telephone interview
Tuesday that orchard trees are viewed as a
capital asset, while fruit from the trees is cou-
sidered it crop.
Thomas Wells
...minister
Council says no
way to reviewing
;Oxford County Act
By NANCY GALL
Sentinel -Review staff writer
Restructured government in Oxford County
will not be reviewed in the immediate future, Ox-
ford County council decided Wednesday.
Council accepted a recommendation by its ad-
ministration and finance committee that a com-
plete review of the County of Oxford Act, which
restructured the county in 1975, would be
premature. The committee recommended Wood -
stock's proposal for a review of restructuring be
taken under advisement, with the intention that
problems arising between the county and mem-
ber municipalities be continually reviewed by
council.
BLUES CHASER
Inflation — a stab in the buck.
Halliday gets posted
to Parliament body
Oxford riding MP Dr. Bruce Halliday was elected chairman
of the House of Commons standing committee on health
welfare on social affairs Thursday.
He assumes his duties immediately.
Halliday has also been assigned to the standing committees
on justice and legal affairs, public accounts and management
and members services. There are 20 standing committees at
the House made up of members of Parliament from all
political parties.
As a committee member, it will be Halliday's responsibility
to study the spending estimates of all related government
departments and analyze legislation which has passed the
second reading stage in Parliament.
After a clause by clause consideration of the bill, the
committee may recommend amendments in preparing the
bill for third and final reading. It must then receive senate
approval and royal assent by the governor-general before it
becomes law.
During these procedings the committee has the authority to
call witnesses to give expert testimony.
Brantford donation
Tornado fund rises $400,000
WOOD.STOCK (Bureau) —The tornado
disaster relief fund set up to aid victims
of the Aug. 7 tornado received a major
boost Monday when Brantford contribu-
ted slightly more than $400,000.
Most of the city's donation was raised
through a special radio appeal and by
private donations. Brantford city council
donated $10,00. WOODSTOCK-INGERSOLL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1979
Bruce Halliday
...new post
Bank of Canada gets go ahead
to boost lending rate to 14 p.c.
GETS GRANT
Oxford County has
received a $32,050 com
?J • 5;,
munity planning grant from
the provincial housla
ministry. A rovinCIO p
spokminan said the money
will be used to update zoning
bylaws.
BUY SYSTEM
The purchase of a private
water works system from the
Innerkip Homesites Water
Supply Ltd. in The former
village of Imaerkip has been
authorized in a bylaw by
Oxford County council. The
bylaw provides for the
rehase of the system by
countg for $11,000. A
separate bylaw outlining
operation, financing and
water rates for the system
will be required, County
Engineer Don Pratt told
council.
County fire communications system delayed
Supreme court validates
Oxford landfill site purchase
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford
County's acquisition of land for the pro-
posed Salford landfill site has been i sled
valid by the Ontario supreme court.
But the decision is only the first of sev-
eral hurdles the county must clear be-
fore the controversial dump can be built.
In an interview Monday, Oxford
County Warden Ken Webster of Tillson-
burg said the court ruled in favor of the
county on all counts in its decision, but it
may be a year before the site in South-
West Oxford Township is ready because
the province's environmental assess-
ment board must approve it.
An Ontario Municipal Board hearing
may also be called to hear objections, he
said.
"The county is pleased to the point that
we've got the go ahead. At least one
roadblock has been set aside."
The township — which took Oxford to
court in dune over the site — may pre-;
sent the county with another roadblock if
it decides to appeal the court's decision.
Township council is to meet with its law-
yer today to discuss the decision.
During a two-day hearing before three
Ontario supreme court justices, the
Oxford studying
emergency plan
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford
County council may get a peacetime em-
ergency plan.
The county's administration and fi-
nance committee decided Wednesday to
ask its staff to examine a copy of Lon-
don's emergency plan and suggest ways
of adopting it to suit Oxford's needs.
Under the municipal and emergency
measures acts the county has the au-
thority to handle peacetime disasters but
a plan would make it easier to enforce in
the event of another disaster such as a
tornado or snowstorm, the committee
said.
BLUES CHASER
township argued that the county acted
illegally when it acquired land for the
site in 1975 and 1977.
It said the acquisition should be de-
clared invalid because the county did not
inform the township or the OMB and it
did not pass a bylaw authorizing the pur-
chase of part of the land. The rest was
expropriated -
The county argued that Oxford did not
have to inform the OMB because it has a
restructured government. The fact that
that the county approved the sale of the
land without a bylaw was "absolutely of
no consequence" for practical purposes
because the people selling their land did
Even food for termites is expensive.
Have you priced a taro -by -four lately?
For churches, orchards
Air exchange system
so voluntarily, Oxford's lawyer said.
Webster said it's doubtful the project
will be ready by next December when
existing landfill sites in Oxford are ex-
pected to be full. The county hasn't de-
cided what it will do if that happens, he
said.
The Oxford Federation of Agriculture
and area residents oppose the proposed
site, which would occupy 210 acres of
"good" farm land. Residents are also
concerned the dump may pollute their
wells and lower land values.
Because of the county's urgent need
for a landfill site, Webster said the pro-
vince may be able to hold a combined
OMB and environmental assessment
hoard hearing to consider all objections
at once.
The county has also guaranteed resi-
dents they will receive an adequate sup-
ply of water if it is built, the warden
said.
"We're quite witting to enter into an
agreement with the township. We're not
trying to impose something on people
that will decrease the value of their
property "
Renovations to the county Court House council chambers
will include equipment for an air exchange system that could
eventually become part a new heating system for the entire
building.
The public works committee has given County Engineer
Don Pratt the go ahead to install the equipment when
renovations to council chambers are carried out later this
month
Pratt told the committee he has come to the conclusion the
E7-year-old building is not lacking in heat, it is just not being
distributed properly.
Voicing complaints of being cold during a council meeting
earlier in the week, Pratt said the chamber renovations
should include duct work and a fan to force warm air from the
ceiling to the floor level.
The work would include installation of a false cefling to
conceal the fan. Pratt said an added benefit of this would be
improved acoustics.
The committee has given Pratt about $30,000 and the reins
to carry out the chamber renovations.
Goodwill to employees
Goodwill towards men and county em-
ployees prevailed at county council Wed-
nesday as councillors approved a Christmas
party for the county's 300 workers at an
approximate cost of $2,100 to $2,5W.
The first county Christmas bash to be held
in several years will be held Dec. 15 at the
Mutual Buildings at the fairground.
Blandford-Blenheim Mayor Ross
Livingston said the party would provide a
good opportunity to meet county staff,
"Next year is the time for restraint -- lets
start the staff oft in the new year on a good
inne and work from there." said Woodstock
('oun. Joe Pember speaking in favour of the
t'hrislmss party.
Relief committee gives
first okay to coverage
Oxford orders
renovation job
for courthouse
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) —The inside
of the Oxford County courthouse will get
a facelift for Christmas.
The county's public works committee
agreed Thursday to install carpeting and
paint the Interior of the county council
chamber, also used for provincial court.
It also agreed to refinish the room's
wooden furniture, to upgrade lighting
and to make the wooden seats in the gal-
lery more comfortable.
Eventually the county may Install a
public address system, said Warden Ken
Webster of Tillsonburg. He said the pro-
vince may help. pay for the improve-
ments since it uses the chamber for
court.
The repairs, to be done in December,
will be paid with money set aside for
courthouse renovations in the county's
1979 budget.
The county spent about $57,000 of its
$90,ofto 'judget to improve part of the
building's exterior this fall.
The committee hopes to get more
money next year to continue repairs to
the Srryear-old building.
Township to appeal
ruling on dump site
By NANCY GALL
Sentinel -Review staff writer
South-West Oxford Township will appeal the Ontario
Supreme Court's decision to allow Oxford County's
acquisition of 210 acres of land near Salford for a landfill site..
Council voted Tuesday in a recorded vote to authorize its
lawyer, David Estrin of Eden Mills, to apply for an appeal of
the decision released Nov. 16.
"We believe there were several errors of law in the court's
decision," Estrin said in an interview following his in -camera
meeting with council.
Among the issues in dispute is the court's decision that the
county did not need a bylaw to purchase land in the township.
Estrin said.
"This seems contrary to some Supreme Court decisions,"
he said.
South-West Oxford is also questioning the court's finding
that the county did not need township permission to buy land
for the landfill site, Estrin said.
"The outcome of this will be important for all regional
governments," he said.
Environmental Assessment Board and Ontario Municipal
Board COMB) hearings on the landfill site will not be held until
the outcome of the appeal, he said.
"Even if the township loses the appeal, there's no way the
county can get on the lands until about 1984," and Oxford will
have to come up with alternative methods of waste disposal in
the interim, he said.
The application for l will probably be heard in
December and it the aa_ ppppt1 tlon is granted, the appeal could
take place by the middle of next year, he said.
If the appea1 is turned down, it could be taken to the
Supreme Cant of Canada, although, council has not discussed
this, he said.
"1 would regret gtvmg up now, definitely," Maya' Lou
Barrett said after the vote.
Coun. Marcy Armstrong east the only vote against laun-
ching the appeal
In a telephone interview Tw Mday aFght. be said he voted
against the resolution because rtunril did net. have a chance
to study the court's decision in detail
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Oxford seeks views
on control of water
WOO1)STOCK (Bureau) — llxfOrd
County'% eight municipalities will be
asked to comment on a proposal that the
county assume responsibility and control
over water systems in the county.
County council decided Wednesday to
table the proposal from its public works
and administration and finance commit-
tees at its Feb. 13 meeting. Area munici-
palities will be asked to submit a written
report expressing their views by Feb. 6.
The county was given authority over
water systems in the county when it was
restructured in 1975 but until now it has
relegated the responsibility to the indi-
vidual municipalities.
Council debated the suggestion for
more than an hour before deciding to —
send it to area municipalities for their
reaction.
If it is accepted, all water systems in
the county would have to meet minimum
standards or design. operation and main-
tenance. Conn. Andy MacKenzie of
Woodstock said.
If the county doesn't impose stan-
dards, it could be in financial trouble 10
to 15 years from now if the systems de-
teriorate and the municipalities, unable
to repair them, turn them back to the
county, he said.
MacKenzie said if council does not
agree to assume full responsibility for
water systems it should ask the province
to amend its restructured government
act to return this power to the municipal-
ities.
The county has two types of water
agreements, one for urban and one for
rural municipalities. Coon. Joe Pember
of Woodslock suggested the county es-
lablish n single agreement, so the rural
municipalities would not feel they are
being treated differently.
Wallis Hammond of Zotrra Township
said the county should create a single
water commission. He said It is unfair to
expect the smaller rural systems to meet
the same standards as the urban ones
because they have fewer customers and
cannot afford the necessary repairs,
ttowevor, Conn. Harold Vogl of East,
Zorra-Tavistock Township said it is also
unfair to expect residents of one commu-
nity to pay higher water rates to finance
repairs to a system which serves another
part of the county.
Now you pay
to park car
at hospital
Free parking at Woodstock
General Hospital is about to
become a thing of the past.
A 25cent flat rate for parking
is expected to go into effect at
the hospital lot Monday, ti(GH
Administrator William Pogue
said Friday.
The new charge applies to
both staff and visitors and will
probably generate about $100 a
day in revenue, Pogue said.
The provincial health ministry
provides no fundingforhospital
parking and the WGH board
decided to implement pay
parking to recover the money
spent on improving hospital
parking facilities completed
earlier this fall, Pogue raid.
Construction of an additional
83 parking spots hao bi ought
total parking capacit, at the
hospital u�. to 278.
"There s no government
funding for parking — there's
not reason for it, it's just a
policy. We've had parking
problems here over the years.
and in order to provide decent
parking the board of trust sent
many thousands of dollars, he
said.
Approval in principle
Oxford County's $51,500 share of the cost of proposed
renovations to St. Marys Memorial Hospital has been ac-
cepted in principal by county council:
The county's approval is subject to the counties of Huron.
Perth, and Middlesex accepting their share,
A 7,000 square foot addition housing relocated emergency.
radiology, surgery and other services Is planned for the
hospital, which serves about 7,O00 patients per year, a hospital
report included in the committee material said.
The project will cost $1 million, totally funded from heal
resources. The provincial health ministry, although it has
approved the project, will not participate in the funding, the
report said.
Half the cost will be taken up by the hospital, through
donations, bequests and Investments, with the remaining 50
per cent coming from area municipalities served by the
oapital based on use by residents of the municipalities.
A total of 10.3 per cent of the hospital's patients come from
Oxford County, the report said.
Ingersoll Mayor Doug Harris said the coat could end up
much higher than originally planned and referred to the
county's light finances.
"If this is not a high priority for the province, 1 don't know
where it Giv into our orioritles." he said.
Oxford County gets
new returning officer
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Shirley
Foster of Woodstock has been appointed
returning officer for Oxford County and
will be responsible for both federal and
provincial elections in the constituency,
it was announced Thursday.
Her appointment was approved by the
privy council in Ottawa Nov, a and by
the Ontario cabinet on Wednesday.
She replaces W. D. Richards, who re-
signed in September after serving for 20
years as Oxford returning officer.
County council chambers
undergoing renovations
Move for new county building on jail site again defeated
By NANC'Y GALL
Sentinel -Review staff writer
For a few moments at county council Wednesday night, it
looked like a flashback to the lTn-78 courthouse square project
stalemate, but councillors defeated a motion calling for con-
struction of a new county adminisrationbuilding on the present
county jail site.
The recommendation to construct 20,000 square feet of new
administration offices on the site of the counly jail came from the
warden's committee report. That report was originally
odseduled to be heard by council in camera, but council approved
a resolution by Woodstock Coon, Joe Pember to have the report
beard in open council. -
Support a united Canada
Oxford County went on record Wednesday in support
of a united Canada and opposed to the Quebec white
paper on sovereignty association.
County council supported a Barrie resolution asking
all Ontario municipalities to indicate to Quebec that "we
believe in a united Canada within the framework of Con-
federation. -
Barrie also suggested that municipalities endorsing
the resolution advise Quebec Premier Rene Levesque of
their stand in French,
The warden's committee motion also called for an in-
vestigation of the feasibility of a connection between the
proposed new building and the county courthouse and the
possibility of using the present council chamber after the new
offices are built. The present county offices in the courthouse
would be rented, Warden Ken Webster said.
Discussion That followed found no two councillors with exactly
the same point of view on what should be built, what should be
lorn down and what should be retained.
"When it was originally proposed I supported building another
i office? — what we do here will always be makeshift.' Pember
said. "But money is so tight now —1'm a pessimist when it comes
to our future — next year or the year after is not the time to start
Plan amendments approved
this,"
fie opposed financing the new construction through deben-
luring.
"We're running out of space." Woodstock Coon. Andy
MacKenzie said, "We don't have enough space for meetings, the
warden doesn't have an office where he can nice( with people
privately, the clerk and treasurer don'I have offices whew they
can meet with people privately. There's a very well demon--
straled need for more administration office space.' lie favoured
keeping the present county council chamber.
Norwich MayorJack Burn agreed in principle with the need for
new county offices, but said a Zo.000 square foot building would be
too large.
Ministry of housing approval for Amendments 1 and 2
to the Oxford County official plan has been received by
the county, council learned Wednesday.
In the planning committee report to council, notation
was made of the approval of the amendments pertaining
to the extension of Woodstock water to Denby area
residents and a rezoning in Tillaonburg.
"Du we realm want a building twice the six rd toe Arnum"
ibuard of education offices?" ' he asked. "I'm not in favour M
saving ihepil. Itshould be demolished.. Reoovaluyt it will create
more inefficient flow suaor."
tilatdford-Rfetdteim Mayor Ross l.ivinastoa said more ~t)
offhrs-t7ae� isneeded.bulibepresentbuildingsdnttldcueamoeto
be tattd
"l can't buy renmating the jail for Office spare;' he said Tor
original architect's PrOPOW iof twO veim tram was for
something like St mil iiai. We should biuld whal we reed nor
instead of talking about it
Turn to Paine s-
Want elevator regulations
Oxford County called Wednesday for the institution of
provincial regulations for elevators to provide for the
transportation of safety equipment and stretchers.
Councillor Joe Pember, Woodstock, said the exclusion
of such regulations leaves residents of multiple•famfly
high-rise buildings without the same security from
danger or even death that other citizens have. The abili-
ty to transport a stretcher or other safety equipment in
an elevator should be included in the regulations forcon-
struction of ail new multiple -family buildings with
elevators, he said.
In the write
The various signing of all the forms necessary to run a
county government has depleted Oxford's store of coun-
02 ty pens.
Council Wednesday authorized Clerk Harold Walls to
purchase 2,000 pens imprinted with the county logo for
an approximate cost of $600.
Computerized county
Oxford County's warden's committee will investigate
the potential computer usage in the public works depart-
ment,
The,county's business computer is being used in the
preparation and management of job cost, accounting
records for the department, County Engineering Direc-
tor Don Pratt reported to the public works committee.
The computer provides video or printed copies of infor-
mation.
Mr. Pratt said the department is "eager to expand the
works department's use of the computer" to other areas
of management. He suggested the possibility of reducing
the county's dependence on consulting engineering
rums by 50 per cent or more.
Oxford holding back
on tornado donation
By KARF/N MONCK
Oxford County council is in
doubt whether it should
contribute to the Oxford --
Brant - Hal
dimand -Norfolk
Uisasler Relief Fund set up
to aid victims of the August 7
tornado that swept through
the three municipalities,
leaving a trail of devastation
in its wake.
A recommendation from
the administration and
finance committee that the
county not contribute to the
fund was tabled by council
Wednesday until a report
from the province on
recovery of expenses in.
curred by municipalities for
repairs, clean-upsand tax
write-offs. is received.
i Councillor Doug Harris,
Ingersoll mayor, said he was
disappointed that the ad-
ministration and finance
committee felt the con-
tribution should be withheld.
"I felt that th county
would contributt- about
1 $50,000 as it did to the (St.
Mary's) hospital project,"
Mr. Harris said. "This is an
up -front piece of money that
could be taken."
Mr. Harris said Ingersoll
made its contribution of
$10,000 to the fund with the
Idea that the county would be
contributing,
"We might have been a
little harder on our own
projects if we'd known
county money was not going
to be available," he said.
Councillor Wallis Ham-
mond, mayor of Zorra
Township, said his
municipality never doubted
that Oxford would contribute
to the fund and took that into
account when making its
contribution.
C nu nc i l for Ross
Livingston, mayor of
Blandford - Blenheim
Township, said Brant County
and Haldimand-Norfolk
Region have both made
contribiti�ns to the fund
because they fell the money
was needed.
"We're, this is the only
word I can think of, cheap in
taking this position," he
said.
Councillor Charlie
Thatham. Woodstock,
requested the item in the
committee report be tabled
until the provincial report is
in. The county has agreed to
make a presentation to the
provincial treasurer on
behalf of area municipalities
affected by the tornado to
recover expenses incurred
for repairs, clean-up and tax
write-offs.
The committee minutes
said no donation was
recommended because area
municipalities have paid out
about SLAocl0 for expenses
incurred and the committee
felt the residents of Oxford
have "already adequately
contributed to the fund."
In other tornado business,
Warden Ken Webster.
Tillsonburg, agreed to set up
a meetingwith the mayors of
affected area municipalities
and members of the fund -
distribution committee.
Councillor Harold Vogt
expressed "mounting
concern" that payments are
being promised from the
fund before the rod of this
year, when they were to be
made in 1980 as all
tabulations were completed.
• i Plattsville Health unit
Province okaysSystem scrubs plans
Startup In
for layoffs
• Two Weeks
famfly
WOO health (Bureau) a The Oxford
services pleased
to h residents will be County health unit has cancelled staff
pleased to hear that they can layoffs and will carry its ltrf9 deficit into
start using the new mumccpal the 1990 budget. chairman Jack Warden
water system by December of Ingersoll said Thursday.
I Oth, and the sewage system The imit's board decided last week to
two weeks later, temporarily lay off 35 of its 42 staff
i n e re a s e d budget The starting date depends members [$2 two weeks without pay t
upon the outcome of a make b a ;1 t. The
d deficit in o its as open
meeting the township council ..sting budget. The decision was made
is having with a represen-
tative from the ministry of the i titer provincial Health Minister Dennis
environment from Toronto, Timbrell informed the board it would not
Ity NANCY GALL "We'll be getting a letter from the ministry in the township council receive additional money this year to
Sentinel-tieview staff writer instructing us to go through the entire chambers on Monday, cover the deficit.
A budget agreement for Oxford County (budget! procedure again," he said. ..It, December 3rd. The ministry., However, the board reversed its deci-
family and childrens' services 1979 ex- back et square one." which will give the green light sion Thursday after receiving a letter
penditares has been accepted by the com- The Nov. 8 child welfare review committee for the hookup procedures, from Dr. Boyd Suttie, deputy health min-
munity and social services ministry, family hearing was requested by Oxford County will help Blandford-Blenheim iiter, indicating it will receive extra cash
and children' services accountant Ray council last April after it appeared the familycouncil draft by-laws for rates
Haweyacid today. and childrens services budget would exceeacid hook-upprocedures. The next year to upgrade its programs.
"All in all, it's no surprise," Hawey said in the province's five per cent increase limit. by-laws' shold be passed at The letter said eight of the most seri-
a telephone interview. A ministry spokesman said at the hearing the regular township council ously gpderstaffed health units in the
The ministry has agreed to a $e!W,000 that the five per cent limit apppplies only to meeting on December ou province will receive enough motley to
-
budget for the agency and to conditions fixed items such as admidetration casts and Flushing and testing of the upgrade their levels of service. A tale•
outlined la a child welfare review committee not to uncontrollable costs such as child care. phone conversation confirmed Oxford is
bearing last month that the agency would be. The agency originally requested a budget system is scheduled to begin one of the eight, Wardell said.
able to apply for supplementary funding In of $729,010, but agreed to the lower figure this week. These are the final The the
ision means the unit will oper-
case of further deficit and would also be able when it learned of the supplementary funding steps that are needed before
to move funds from area to area within the provision, ndividual line hook-ups can ate throughout the holiday season and
budget, Hawey said. '"We've been spending on the basis of towgin. staff have been instructed to remove the
The information was contained in a copy of need," Hawey said. Hook-up procedures fell a layoff wounds.
a letter from Community and Social Services Now he's looking forward to a pile of week behind the December The ministry has not said bow much
Minister Keith Norton to hearing chairman paperwork before the budget agreement Ist deadline because of money it will give the board to upgrade
Jules Kronis received Thursday, Hawey said. becomes a reality. delivery trouble at the water its 8ervlt next year. However, a raporl
Official word to the agency is expected "We're goln to be burning the midnight pumping station when a mu +
nch
shortly, he avid. oil" he said. B 8 B P '- by
It needs tow more enurses thealth omeet
expanding community needs..
TORNADO
FUND
NOTICE
NOTICE TO PERSONS WHO HAVE REGISTERED CLAIMS to the
OXFORD, BRANT. HALDIMAND-NORFOLK DISASTER RELIEF
FUND, as a result of the TORNADO of August 7, 1979. There
will be interviews in Woodstock, at the Disaster Relief Office,
comer of Hunter and Graham Sts., on December 10 to 14,
1979, from 9:00 a.m. - COO p.m.. to process eligible claims
and arrange payments to people who have suffered damage in
the August 7. 1979, tornado.
There is limited interview space available so claimants will be
contacted by the Provincial Government adjustors to arrange
for a convenient time.
As there are many claimants these interviews will continue
over several weeks, until everyone is interviewed.
Settlement interviews in Waterford will be held on December
18, 19 and 20th at Waterford Baptist Church, in the Persall
Building. the Office will be open from 9:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m.
For information please phone
539-8700, 539-8001
or Zenith 18010
Canada's population
reaches 23,742,000
OTTAWA (CP) —Canada's population
on Oct. 1, was an estimated 23,742.000,
according to Statistics Canada figures
released Monday.
Population figures by province and ter-
ritory were: Ontario, 8,517,709; Quebec,
6,302,300; British Columbia, 2,587,200;
Alberta, 2,030,800: Manitoba, 1,026,100;
Saskatchewan, 960,000; Nova Scotia,
848,500; New Brunswick, 703,500;
Newfoundland, 577,400. Prince Edward
Island, 123,200; Northwest Territories.
43,200; and the Yukon, 21,800.
Settling tornado claims
Victims of the August 7
tornado will get a much
appreciated early Christmas
gift as the Oxford, Brant.
Haldimand-Norfolk disaster
relief fund prepares to begin
settling damage claims.
Chairman Ken Peers said
the committee will soon
begin to hold interviews and
distribute the money to those
who have filed claims with
the disaster relief com-
mittee.
interviews will be held at
the Woodstock office of the
disaster fund at the corner of
Hunter and Graham
Streets. An office will also be
extablished in Waterford.
The -committee will be
contacting all persons filing
claims either by their claim
number or in alphabetical
order.
Damage for uninsured
tornado losses has been
estimated at $12 million. As
of Friday donations to the
local fund stood at $3,212,305
and the province has said it
Will Pay up to $9 million.
Provincial regulations
prevent the province from
paying any more than 90 per
cent of the claimant's losses.
As well, the local committee
has decided to pay no more
than $10,00o on uninsured
contents.
Damaged churches and
orchards will also be eligible
for money but those claims
will be settled after the
others. It is hoped most of
the claims can be settled by
Christmas.
Water for e10 homes
I
approved by province
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — The pro- ferred to the county's public works com
vince has approved Oxford County coun- mittee to work out technical details of
cil's decision to extend water to 10 South- the pipeline, expected to cost $I34,000.
West Oxford Township homes west of The provincial environment ministr
here. y
Theresidences, along County Road 9,
have been without nearby drinking wa-
ter sources since their wells were pot-
luted by a landfill site three years ago.
In a letter to the county's planning
committee Thursday, housing ministry
spokesman Phyllis Miller of London said
council's amendment to its official plan
to allow extension of the pipeline from
Woodstock was approved Nov.26.
However; Warden Ken Webster of Till-
sonburg said in an interview residents
w_ ill probably have to wait until spring
before a pipeline can be constructed.
Webster said the matter will be re -
Gold reaches
record $451
NEW YORK (AP) — The price of gold
hit a record $451 an ounce Tuesday as m-
vestors went on a buying spree fed by
;worries about the Iranian crisis, file
prospect of higher oil prices and the
'state of the U.S. dollar.
has agreed to pay$72,000 and the family
of the landfill site owner $10,000. leaving
about $52,000 to be picked up by the
county.
Webster said area residents with pol-
luted wells, and not just those affected
by the landfill site, will be allowed to use
the water.
The latter point was a matter of con-
cern with the environment ministry. In a
letter to the county, regional director
D. A. McTavish of London said several
area residents living along the proposed
pipeline route should be allowed to hook
up to it because their wells are contami-
nated from road salt and septic tank ef-
fluents.
BLUES CHASER
We owe a debt of gratitude to the Ca-
nadian packaging industry. For the first
time in history, one bag of groceries now
,makes two tags of garbage.
William Cohoe
'Farm leader' killed in crash
By KEN WILLETT
Bar14e4-Review staff writer
Frederkk William Cohoe, of RR 1,
Burgesirril , described as one of
Ontario's most innovative farmers,
was killed Sunday in a two -car crash
nes r Norwich.
Cehae, 62, of RR 1, Burgessville, died
fifer a 4.35 Pm. collision about five
kilometres north of Norwich at County
roads 14 and 21,
Provincial police at. Tillslmba,g said
Colvae was esafbound on County Road
21 when his ear was involved in a
#r 9 1
s`
collision with a southbound vehicle
driven by Robert Charles Murray, 29.
of Tillsonburg
Cecelia Weber. 39, of Tillsonburg, a
passenger in the Murray car, was in
aelisfactory condition today at
Woodstock General Hospital. She
sustained head injuries in the accident.
Murray was treated and released
Sunday
Both vehicles were demolished in the
accident. Police estimate total damage
at $12,000
Tillsonburg OPP said the accident
scene. the three-mile curve near
Norwich, was damp in spots with light
snow on the shoulders of the niad when
the crash occurred.
No charges have been laid. Police
are continuing their probe of the ac
cident.
Don Taylor, former Oxford
representative with the Ontario
agriculture ministry, said today Cohoe
was a farm leader who moved In "quiet
sincerity. Ile was so effective, of he
moved in such a quiet manner. '
Taylor said the Cohve farm near
Burgm. vllle was acquired from the
Crown generations age. "Family
larming has always been the tradition
there," Taylor said, "He grew up in it,
lie's always lived and farmed in
Oxford."
To date Cohoe is the only Oxfor-d man
to ever be provincial president of the
Ontario Soil and Crop Association. He
held that post in the mid 1*05 and was
also a long -lime member and president
of the association's county branch.
Ills involvement also spanned the
provincial and kraal ranks of the
Ontario Cattleman's Association.
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WILLiAM COMOE
Innovative faraaler
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Apartments approved
for shore of Plottock
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — After listen-
ing to arguments for 90 minutes, city
council approved, an application for a
zoning change Thursday to permit high
rise development along the south shore of
Pitmck Lake.
But it will be at least three to five
Near-, before the development can take
place -
The application by Goff Construction
Ltd. of Woodstock has to be approved by
Oxford County's planning committee and
county council.
And at least one of the numerous objec-
tors vowed to take the matter to the On-
tario Municipal Board.
"It surely will (go before an ,OMB).
There's no question,"- Bob Smith, a
spokesman for Scanit Investments Ltd.,
said in an interview after council ap-
proved the application in a six -to -one ree-
orded vote.
The 18-acre Goff property is north of
the Scanit subdivision and west of Lans-
downe Avenue and overlooks South Shore
Park and the lake.
The developers plan to erect six U. and
12-storey apartment buildings.
However, Smith said the 682-unit com-
plex would put pressure on Scanit to de,
velop its vacant property because the
only access to the Goff site is through the
Scanit subdivision.
"Gaff is completely dependent on
Scanit for access. The pressure will be
put on Scanit to develop its north portion
of land for access," he said.
Council also received letters from
other residents complaining the develop-
ment would ruin the park's rural atmo-
sphere and scare off its wildlife.
But Mayor Wendy Calder and most of
council said they supported the motion
because of the urgent need for apart-
menns in Woodstock.
According to a 1979 survey by the city's
planning consultant, Woodstock has a
zero vacancy rate in apartments.
Calder said the apartments would help
attract industry. By building within the
city, Woodstock would not have to use va-
luable agricultural land to accommodate
residents, she said.
The mayor said the county will hold at
least two public meetings before it
makes a decision on the application. As
well, the city and the county will have to
approve all stages of construction, in-
cluding the height of the buildings, she
said.
The developer has agreed to turn six of
the 18 acres over to the city for parkland.
Aid. Andy MacKenzie was absent and
Aid. Ken Bullen declared a conflict of in-
terest and did not vote.
WOODSTOCK-INGERSOLL, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1979
Tornado fund
near $3 million
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) —The Oxford,
Brant. Haldimand-Norfalk disaster relief
fund needs less than $1.000 to put it over
the $3-million mark.
As of late Wednesday, the fund stood at
$2,909,000, officials said.
But it was expected to top the mark
soon when it receives a $10.000 donation
from about 12 service clubs and agen-
cies.
The money, held in a trust fund, was
raised by the groups six years ago during
Happening '73, chamber of commerce
manager Roy Hancock said. The organi-
zations decided to donate the money at a
meeting Tuesday night, he said,
Provto
incial tornado -help figure
$9 million, Parrott announces
Estimate of loss
now $12 million
By JANICE VANSICKLE
Sentinel -Review staff writer
Provincial aid to tornado victims will be $9 million, Oxford
MPP Harry Parrott, provincial environment minister, said
today.
That means the province will contribute $3 for every dollar
raised locally.
Parrott said information supplied to cabinet showed that after -
insurance losses to Aug. 7 tornado victims are estimated at $12
Million, not $20 million as earlier believed.
"Our best information is that 49 million) will likely do the
job," Parrott said in a telephone Interview.
The Oxford Brant, Haldimand-Norfolk disaster relief fund has
surpassed the $3-million mark, making about $12 million
available to victims of the Aug.7 disaster.
Details of the cabinet decision, reached Wednesday, were
released Thursday afternoon,
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1979
Zoning revisions in Oxford
to get provincial assistance
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Oxford
County will receive a provincial grant to
help update zoning bylaws in six of its
eight municipalities.
The county applied to the housing min-
istry in July far a grant to cover 50 per
cent of the cost, estimated at $200,000,
senior planner Liz Ottaway said Tues-
day. The county would pay the rest.
The province has approved a grant of
$32,050 h) update bylaws in South-West
Oxford and Zorra townships this year. It
has also approved in principle an appli-
cation for funds to update bylaws for In-
gersoll and the townships of Blandford-
Blenheim, East Zorra-Tavistock and
Norwich at a later date, she said.
Woodstock made a separatq applica.
tion under the program and is awaiting a
reply. TWsonburg did not apply because
its zoning bylaws do not need updating.
Most of the work involves updating
maps and converting bylaws into metric
measure.
But county planning director Peter
Atebeson told South-West Oxford Town-
ship on Tuesday its bylaws need consoli-
dation. The township consists of three
former municipalities amalgamated in
1975, and in some cases it has three sets
of regulations, one for each of the former
municipalities, he said.
World leaders working hard
to free 100 hostages in Iran
71'i—j;,
WOODSTOCK-INGERSOLL. ONTARIO, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1979
Mississauga explosion leads
to largest evacuation in history
Oxford inquiry More than 220,000 leave
Waste.committee
asks about grants
By Denys& Lanouette
Woodstock Bureau
WOODSTOCK — Representatives of
both federal and provincial environment
ministries will be asked to attend the
next meeting of Oxford County's newly
formed solid waste management com-
mittee.
County council formed the committee
earlier this year to examine and recom-
mend other methods of waste disposal
besides landfill sites.
But the committee decided at its first
meeting Tuesday to invite ministry
spokesman to discuss available provin-
cial and federal grant programs before
considering options.
Ken Peers, a former county warden
and representative for Norwich Town-
ship, said incineration and landfill sites
appear to be the most suitable ways of
getting rid of garbage in Oxford.
Burning garbage would reduce its bulk
and prolong the life of landfill sites, he
said. But it would also be a more expen-
sive way of getting rid of garbage.
George Kloster, president of the Ox-
ford County Federation of Agriculture
and committee representative for South-
West Oxford Township, said the commit-
tee must examine long-term as well as
short-term methods of waste disposal.
It should also be concerned not only
with waste disposal but with the selection
of waste disposal sites, he said.
The county produces about 200 tons of
garbage daily.
Other members of the committee are
Perry Sibbick from Blandford-Blenheim
Township, Mike. Bragg of Woodstock,
Wallis Hammond of Zorra Township, Bill
Muir from East Zorra-Tavistock, Seldon
Wilkinson from Tillsonburg, Wayne
Campbell of Ingersoll and Warden Ken
Webster of Tillsonburg.
as Ottawa offers help
MISSISSAUGA, Ong. (CP) —
The threat of deadly chemical
gases being wafted by winds
from the site of a burning
derailed train has forced an
estimated 223,000 persons out of
a 130-square•Icilometre area in
the largest evacuation in North
American history.
No serious injuries have been
reported although about 220,000
residents in this city of 250:000
were urged by police to leave
their homes on Sunday.
The evacuation involves more
than twice the population of
Prince Edward Island or four
times as many who fled the
Three Mile island nuclear ac-
cident in Pennsylvania earlier
this year.
Grants will help ease
taxes lost to tomado'
WOOMOCK (Bureau) — Municipal!- severance
Q /� /'�
ties hit by the grants
t T tornado sate receive Land V e� V rQ n �,I e issue
provincial graofs to compensate for Ions Q
of assessment resulting from storm dam-
age, the director of !Feld services for the
intergovernmental affairs ministry said
Tuesday.
Fred Hamblin of Toronto said the
grants will be based on a percentage of 'By Denyse Lanouette
the lost Assessment and will not cover the { Woodstock Bureau
full amount.
WOODSTOCK — Oxford County coun-
cil wants to change the provincial agri-
culture minister's mind about farm
severances.
Council decided Wednesday to send a
letter to Lorne Henderson and to Premier
William Davis expressing concern over
Henderson's views on granting land
severances for rural retirement lots.
The agriculture minister has said If a
man had been farming for M years he
should he granted a severance, to build a
retirement home on part of his farm.
But the county's planning committee
RECORD SALES TO RELIEF
The Woodju :k Choralaires will donate;) cents from each
sale od their new Christmas album at the annual Choral -Eve concert to the tornado disaster relief fund. The concert will be / �r
held Nov. 14.
has Oxford concerned
disagrees. it; a report to council, the
committee said the minister's position
reflects an "apparent lack of concern for
preserving good agricultural land and re-
ducing the potential land -use conflicts for
the agricultural Industry In Ontario."
Coun, Ross Livingston, a Blandford-
Blenheim Township farmer, said it was
shortsighted. The home eventually be.
comes occupied by someone else, he said.
"Sixty per cent are never used by
farmers. It's not good planning."
Livingston said retirement lots should
not be treated differently from other ap-
plications for rural severances. Young
farmers, some with substantial mort-
gages, often are concerned about resi-
dential Iota near their farms, he said.
The severances could create problems
if a farmer wanted to expand his opera-
tions.
Livingston said rural land severances
In Oxford art, allowed according to a
point system. If a farmer wants a sever-
ance for a retirement lot he has to com-
ply with the system, he said.
Judge Ball
dead at 69
Judge Leslie MacDonald Ball,
69. of 159 Light St., died
Saturday at Woodingford Lodge.
The retired judge was born in
Sydney, N.S., Oct. a, i91o, the
son of the late Edmund Murray
and Lillian Maude Ball.
He attended Trinity College at
the University of Toronto where
he received his B.A. in 1931. He
then attended Osgoode Hall Law
School.
He read law with Fasken,
Robertson, Aitcheson, Pickup
and Calvin, and was called to the
Bar of Ontario in 1934. He was
appointed a Queen's Counsel in
1957.
Leslie Ball
...judge
He practised law in Woodstock
until 1966. He was a provincial
magistrate from 1941-45; Oxford
County's juvenile and family
court judge from 1942-52; and
county court judge for the
district of York from 1%6-76.
Judge Ball was a trustee and
chairman of the Woodstock
board of education.
He is survived by his wife,
Helen; two daughters, Helen
Adriane McKinley, of Iowa, and
Ruth Marilyn Kara, of Wood-
stock; a son, Gordon Sperling, of
Toronto; and by eight grand-
children -
A memorial service will be
held Tuesday at 2:36 m. at
New St. Paul's Anglican Church.
BLUES CHASER
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mi ut, ain't it hat if tk evd to lit"
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Federal general election has been called for Feb. 18
overnment defeated by 6-vote margin
Liberals jubilant
as PM lashes out
OTTAWA (CP) — Prime Minister Joe Clark
announced todav that Parliament has been
dissolved and a general election called for
Feb, iR.
Clark made the announcement in the Commons a few hours
after returning from a visit with Gov Gen. Ed Schreyer where he
asked that Parliament be dissolved.
Clark met with Schreyer for So minutes starting at Sam EDT.
10 hours after the defeat of his minority government in the
Commons.
The announcement was greeted by laud cheers from I<1Ps on
both sides of the Commons.
Liberal MPs then met behind closed doors to discuss who will
-
lead them through the winter campaign.
Pierre Trudeau announced three weeks ago that he intends to
resign as leader and a leadership convention has been planned
for March 31P430 in Winnipeg.
Victims of the tornado shown waiting to face the interviewers —Staff Pboto b, C.nth —
Interviews for tornado compensation
first step in what may be long process
By NANCY GALL
Sentinel -Review staff writer
'-It's probably the first step of a long drawn -out process,"
predicted tornado victim Bill Harley of New Durham as he
waited Mondav for his interview to discuss his application for
tornado fund assistance.
About 40 people met with provincially -appointed adjustors
at the tornado relief committee offices in Woodstock Monday
to find out if they would receive compensation for their tor-
nado losses from the $3.5-million disaster relief fund.
"It's hard to say how it went," Harley said after his in-
terview- "It depends how the wheels turn."
He said he expects to hear "very shortly" whether he will
receive compensation for the cheese business he lost in the
Aug. 7 tornado.
"It sounds like they want to get this wrapped upin a hurry,"
he said-
- There's nothing, fellas — you'd better go on home," said
one disappointed applicant as he strode out of the office after
his 10-minute interview.
The Woodstock man, who asked not to be identified, said
before his interview he was confused about how applications
for assistance would be judged and who would be eligible. He
lost his home to the tornado but has since rebuilt.
"We don't even know anything yet — what standards do
they have?" he said.
Salford dump site
appeal grounds
ruled insufficient
South-West Oxford
Township's application to
appeal a recent Ontario
Supreme court decision in'
favor of Oxford County's
acquisition of land for the
proposed Salford landfill site
was rejected by the Ontario
court of appeal last Monday.
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"Thousands of people donated to the fund, I think on the
basis that all victims of the tornado would get something,"
Harley said. "A lot of people built and they were led to believe
they would get something. They will be financially hurt if they
don't."
Harley praised the "tremendous public response" to the
tornado relief fund.
Another applicant who also asked not to be identified said
prior to his interview he too had doubts about the allocation of
assistance, but left a happy man.
He said he expects a cheque Wednesday and called claims
co-ordinator John Brubacher "a fine gentleman."
Nevertheless, the compensation he receives cannot fully
replace his tornado losses.
"Livestock and crops lost are not being paid for (by the
fund?, neither are fences," he said.
For many applicants the wait in the stuffy corridor at the
disaster relief office was an opportunity to visit with friends
and neighbors- they had not seen since the tornado and as they
waited for their names to be called they discussed how the
long process of rebuilding was going.
More than 600 applications for tornado fund assistance have
been received. The fund now stands at about $3.5 million and
will officially close Jan. 4, although contributions will con-
tinue to be accepted after that date.
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WOODSTOCK-INGERSOLL, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1979
County council votes to get rid of it
Old jail could be demolished!
To make way for parking lot
but a battle expected first
By JANICE I ANSR KLE
Sentinel -Review staff wrtter
The death knell has sounded
for the Oxford County jail.
County c I' voted Wed-
nesday io demolish the 125-year-
old jag and adjacent buildings to
make way for new office and
parking facilities for county
staff.
The decision came at the end
of a series of surprise motions
from Ingersoll Mayor Doug
Harris. who said it was time for
council to take decisive action
on the need for additional office
space -
In a recorded 10-W7 vote
Woodstock Mayor Wendy
Calder. Woodstock aldermen
Joe Pember, Charlie Tatham,
Phil Poole, Blandford-Blenheim
Township Mayor Ross
Livingston, Blandford Blenheim
Corm. Bob Gilholm and South-
West Oxford Coun.e Cecil Wilson
voted against demolishing the
historic landmark.
Those in favor were Wood-
stock Aid. Andy MacKenzie,
Warden Ken Webster, Norwich
Township Mayor Jack Burn,
Norwich Coun... Orth,.: Zorra
Township Mayor Wallis
Doug Harris
...made motion
Hammond, Zorra Coun. Barry
Wallace, East Zorra-Tavistock
Township Mayor Harold Vogt,
East Zorra-Tavistock Coun. Don
McKay- Ingersoll. Coun.. Jack
PEOPLE LIKE Ed Bennett vow that a county
council decision to demolish the Oxford Coun-
ty jail is in for a fight,
BLUES CHASER
This is the only country in life world
where buslnemmen Met logelher over $15
steaks to discuss hard lilacs.
Warden and Harris.
Woodstock Aid. Lenore
Young, South-West Oxford.
Mayor Lou Barrett and
Tillsonburg Mayor John
Armstrongwere absent.
Council defeated a motion to
table Harris's demolition motion
until the public has a chance to
-come forward with uses for the
jail, which has sat vacant since
19W, in a narrow 9-to-8 eight
vote.
But the wrecker's ball won't
strike the building immediately.
In fact it could still be saved.
The building has been
designated under the Ontario
Heritage Act, forcing council to
wait 180 days before taking
action on the motion. That
Other stories,
photos page 9
leaves jail lovers with a chance
to fight their cause or make a
purchase offer.
Local historical and ar-
chitectural conservation groups
are expected to renew their fight
for the jail's continued
existence.
Harris' motion put the topping
on an issue that has existed
isince restructuring— the need
for more office space. The jail
entered the fray after it was
closed and prisoners transferred
to Elgin -Middlesex Detention
Centre at London.
Harris took council step by
step through a series of motions,
seconded by Burn, that began
with deciding if additional office
space is required by the county.
With the need determined,
Harris then had council decide if
the county should continue to
utilize its office space within the
courthouse. Council agreed to
that and a further motion from
the Inggersoll school teacher that
an aretdtect be hired to design a
new office building to be con-
structed in the court house
square.
Harris said he took the step-
by-step approach because
council has failed in the past to
handle the issue any other way.
At its last meeting council voted
against building a new ad-
ministration building that would
include a council chamber and
possible incorporation of parts
of the Jail structure.
HISTORICAL PLAQUE at the jail's entrance points out its historical
significance.
The building
has colorful history
Should county council's decision to demolish the jail come to
fruition, a building unlike any other in Ontario will be gone.
The 125-year-old jail dominates the south portion of the
courthouse square. Though slight changes have been made up
to 1977 to keep it habitable for prisoners, its central tower and
wings remain intact.
A feasibility study on the entire courthouse square, carried
out in 1977, describes the architecutre of the building as
I Italfnate with Tuscan Gothic details.
I! The irregular octagonal tower is made up of large windows
and brick. Circular camoned piers strengthen the comers of
the courtyard walls flanking the main entrance.
"The Woodstock jail is an excellent example of the style of
architecture of an era passed. It deserves better than the blow
of the wrecker's ball," the architects who prepared the
feasibility study said in their report.
Aside from the architectural significance, the yellow brick
structure is also steeped in colorful history.
A stone ;cask adorns the front wall depicting the face of
Tnomas Cook, who was hanged in IN2 for the murder of his
wife.
The body of J.R. Birchall, the sub)ect of one of the most
famous murder trials in Canadian history, is buried in the
Altogether five men were hanged at the jail and are woman.
The jail has sat empty since April, 1977 when it was closed in
a cast cutting measure by the province.
The study, prepared by Woodstock architect Leonard
Dickson and Hamilton architect Trevvi Garwood -Jones,
suggested the jail building be renovated into office space and
storage areas in conjuction with a new administrative
building.
They said all walls in the building appear to be structurally
sound And the building has a future life span of 7.5 years.
Council failed to act on the study's recommendations,
The need for more office space for county staff has been an
issue since restructuring in 1975. Until Wednesday council had
been unable come to an agreement on how the problem could
best be solved.
Council's answer new is to demolish the jail and adjacetu
buildings to make space for a new office building and mon
parking within the square.
The Doily Senfinel-Review, Mon., Dec. 17, 1979 Paf 9.'�
Former health officer dead
The former Oxford County
Medical Officer of Health, Dr.
Grant Q. Sutherland, of 68
Altadore Cres., died Sunday at
Woodstock General Hospital.
He was 70.
He was Oxford's medical
health officer from April, 1967 to
July, 1976
He was born in Victoria. B-C.,
a son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
William Angus Sutherland and
was raised at St. Marys,
Ontario.
Following graduation in
medicine at University of
Toronto, he practiced in Fergus,
out He then returned to Toronto
to obtain his diploma in public
health and served as medical
officer of health for Wellington
County, the city of Guelph and
Oxford County.
Ile is survived by his wife, the
former Lucille Rowe, a son
Donald and a daughter .lane,
both of Toronto.
He was predeceased by a
sister Mrs. L, T. fAileenl White.
Funeral service will be held at
2 p.m. Tuesday at Chalmers
United Church, Woodstock, with
Hev. Gordon Gillingham of
ficiating. Burial will be in St,
Marys; Ont.
Dr. Grant Sutherland
...former N10H
Oxford candidate
Peers to seek Liberal nomination
WOODSTOCK (Bureau) — Former Ox-
ford County warden Ken Peers, 57, said
Thursday he will seek the Liberal nomi-
nation in Oxford at a meeting Jan. 4 to
x,leet a candidate for the Feb. 18 federal
election.
Peers, a Norwich Township farmer, is
chairman of the Oxford-Brant-Haldi-
mand-Norfolk tornado disaster relief
committee. He was warden from 1977 to
I=. During that time he also served as
mayor for Norwich Township but did not
seek re-election in the last municipal
elections.
Ron Calhoun, a 45-year-old industrial
accountant from Thames€ord, was the
party's candidate in the last federal elec-
tion May 22. He has not announced if he
will seek the party's nomination again.
KEN
PEERS
- - -former
warden
of Oxford
TORNADO
RELIEF FUND
CLOSE OUT DATE
The generous response to appeals for
funds in aid of the victims of the
August 7, 1979 Tornado, along with
the commencement of pay -outs on
December 10, 1979, makes it ap-
propriate to close off the Fund as of
JANUARY 4, 1980.
Contributions from those having made
previous commitments however, will
be received beyond that date.
Sincere thanks and appreciation is ex-
pressed to the thousands who so
generously made contributions to the
Fund.
Ken Peers, Chairman,
Oxford, Brant, Holdimand-Norfolk
Disaster Relief Fund
He could not be reached for comment.
The Oxford member in the last Parlia-
ment, Dr. Bruce Halliday of Tavistock,
will seek the Progressive Conservative
nomination Jan. 4.
Halliday, 52, will be seeking his third
term. He was re-elected May 22 by a
margin of more than 10,000 votes.
Marjorie Lanaway, 58, a defeated Nev
Democratic Party candidate in the last
election, said she will seek the nomina-
tion at the party's Jan. 5 meeting.
Lanaway, a retired Oxford County
board of education employee and mother
of three, said energy and the economy
will be the main election issues.
BLUES CHASER
A key chain is a device that Permits u'
to lose several keys at one time.
BLUES CHASER
If you tell a man there are 300 billion
stars in the universe, he'll believe you.
But if you tell him a bench has just been
painted, he'll have to touch it to be sure.
The United Nations published its declaration of the
rights of the child for this year. It sums up the rights of
the child as they should be throughout the world.
'Those rights are:
The right to affection, love and understanding,
The right to adequate nutrition and medical care,
The right to free education,
The right to full opportunity for play and recreation,
The right to name and nationality,
The right to special care, if handicapped,
The right to be among the first to receive relief in times
of disaster,
The right to be a useful member of society and to develop
individual abilities,
The right to be brought up in a spirit of peace and univer-
sal brotherhood,
IThe right to enjoy these rights, regardless of race, color,
sex, national or social origin.
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KENNETH W.WEBSTER
Warden
"Home of the 1980
International Plowing Match"
September 30, October 1, 2, 3, 4
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THE COUNTY OF OXFORD
INCORPORATED 1850
RESTRUCTURED JANUARY 1, 1975
AREA 500,608 acres
782 square miles
POPULATION 84,539
EQUALIZED ASSESSMENT $825,663,141.
MILES COUNTY ROAD 315
TOWNSHIP OF BLANDFORD-BLENHEIM
Formerly Township of Blandford
and Township of Blenheim
TOWNSHIP OF EAST ZORRA-TAVISTOCK
Formerly Township of East Zorra
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 Nissouri,
North Oxford, West Zorra
and Village of Embro
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MEMBERS OF OXFORD COUNTY COUNCIL- 1979 - 1980
MUNICIPALITY
NAME
ADDRESS
PHONE No.
BLANDFORD-BLENHEIM
Ross Livingston
R.R. #4, Bright NOJ 1B0
Res. 632-7565
Robert Gilholm
R.R. #3, Bright NW 180
Res. 454.8529
EAST ZORRA-TAVISTOCK
Harold Vogt
57 Woodstock St., S., Tavistock NOB 2RO
Res, 655-2941
Donald H. McKay
R.R. #6, Woodstock N4S 7W3
Res. 462-2428
NORWICH
Jack B. Bum
R.R. #8, Woodstock N4S 7W3
Res. 467-5501
Off. 539-1712
Roger Orth
R.R. #1, Burgessville NDJ 1CO
Res, 424-9014
-_ SOUTH-WEST OXFORD
Louis Barrett
Salford NOJ 1WO
Res. 485-2758
Cecil Wilson
44 Clark Slderoad, Ingersoll NSC 3R9
Res. 485.3446
ZORRA
Wallis Hammond
R.R. #3, Ingersoll N5C 3.16
Res. 485-2107
Barry Wallace
Embro NOJ 1JO
Res. 4754001
Off, 4754192
TILLSONBURG
John G. Armstrong
336 Broadway St, Tllisonburg N4G 3S3
Res. 842-3358
Kenneth Webster
63 Parkwood Dr., Tllisonburg N4G 2B7
Res. 842.2173
Off. 942-3677
INGERSOLL
Douglas Harris
250 Tunis St., Ingersoll N5C iW4
Res. 485-1867
Off. 485-0120
Jack T. Warden
245 Tunis St., Ingersoll NSC 1W5
Res. 4854423
Off. 485-2430
WOODSTOCK
Wendy L. Calder
133 Vansittart Ave., Woodstock N4S 6E5 Res. 539.3083
Off. 539-1291
A. M. MacKenzie
457 Buller St, Woodstock N4S 4N3
Res. 5393150
Off. 539-2791
Joseph Pember
207 Catherine St., Woodstock N4S 2K8
Res. 5393004
Off. 537-5002
Philip Poole
467 Buller St., Woodstock N4S 4N3
Res, 537-5977
Off. 5373449
Charlie M. Tatham
655 Roselawn Ave., Woodstock N4S SS6 Res. 537-6040
Off, 5394851
Lenore Young
439 Lee Ave.. Woodstock N4S 6Y2
Res, 539-2273
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TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS
TOWNSHIP OF SLANDFORD-BLENHEIM
Clerk -Treasurer & Building Inspector ........ Keith Reibling
Drumbo NOJ 1GO, Office: 463-5347, Home: 462-2475
Tax Collector & Deputy Clerk ................ Robert Hoskin
Drumbo NOJ 1GO, Office: 463-5347, Home: 463-5336
Road Superintendent .. .... ...... ......... Herb Balkwill
Drumbo NOJ 1GO, Office: 463-5347, Home: 463-5343
Mayor ................................... Ross Livingston
R.R. #4, Bright NOJ 1BO, Home: 632-7565
Date of Meetings —
First Wednesday (day) and Third Wednesday (evening)
Township Office, Drumbo, Ontario
TOWNSHIP OF EAST ZORRA-TAVISTOCK
Clerk -Treasurer ............................. John V. Killing
Hickson NOJ ILO, Office: 462-2697, Home: 46241/33
Deputy Clerk -Treasurer & Tax Collector .... Walter Schaefer
Hickson NOJ ILO, Office: 462-2697, Home: 655-2964
Road Superintendent ..................... John S. Appleton
Hickson NOJ ILO, Office: 462.2698, Home: 462-2345
Building Inspector & Drainage Commissioner . James Harmer
Hickson NOJ ILO, Office: 462-2697, Home: 462-2331
Mayor ........................................ Harold Vogt
57 Woodstock SL, S., Tavistock NOB 2RO, Home: 655-2941
Date of Meetings — First and Third Wednesday
Township ORlce, Hickson, Ontario
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TOWNSHIP OF NORWICH
Clerk ............... _................... Robert C. Watkins
P.O. Box 100, Otterville NOJ IRO, Office: 879,6568-863-2709
Deputy Clerk .................................. John Gilbert
P.O. Box 100, Ottervilla NOJ SRO, Office: 87mM8
Treasurer ...................................... Fred Lowes
P.O. Box 10D, Otterville NOJ IRO, Office: 8796568
j Road Superintendent .... ......... ... ..... Robert Butler
P.O. Box 100, Otterville NW IRO, Office: 8796568
Tax Collector .................................. Fred Lower
P.O. Box IGO, Otterville NOJ 1RO, Office: 8796568
Mayor........................................ Jack B. Bum
R.R. #8, Woodstock N4S 7W3, Home: 467-5501
Date of Meetings — Second Monday and Fourth Tuesday
Township Office, Otterville, Ontario
TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH-WEST OXFORD
Clerk ................................ Mrs. Helen I- Pmuse
R.R. #1, Mount Elgin NOJ 1NO, Office: 485-D477, 877-2702
Home: 842-9468
Treasurer ................................... A B. Forrester
R.R. #1, Mount Elgin NOJ ING, Office: 877-2702, Home: 8424986
Road Superintendent ...................... Lawrence Rooke
R.R. #1, Mount Elgin NDI IND, Office: 8774953, Home: 877-2944
Mayor ........................................ Louis Barrett
Salford NOJ IWO, Home: 485-2758
Date of Meetings — First and Third Tuesday
Township Office, Dereham Centre, Ontario
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701,40
TOWNSHIP OF ZORRA TOWN OF INGERSOLL
Clerk -Administrator W. A Johnson
Box 306, Ingersoll N5C 3K5, Office: 485-2490
Treasurer (Mrs.) M. J. Thornton
Box 306, Ingersoll NSC 3K5, Office: 485-2490
Road Superintendent ...................... William D. Smith
Box 3U6, Ingersoll N5C US, Office: 495-2490
Tax Collector ................................ Donald Peach
Box 306, Ingersoll N5C 3K5, Office: 485-2490
Drainage Commissioner Ephraim G. Rout
Box 306, Ingersoll N5C 3K5, Office: 485-2490
Chief Building Official Ephraim G. Rout
Box 306, Ingersoll 1,15C 3K5, Office: 4852490
Mayor ................................ Wallis W. Hammond
R.R. ,'F'3, Ingersoll N5C 316, Home: 485-2107
Date of Meetings - First Tuesday
Township Office, Highway #19 at Log Cabin Road
(Box 306, Ingersoll, Ontario N5C 3K5)
TOWN OF TILLSONBURG
Clerk -Treasurer K. E. Holland
Town Hall, Tillsonburg N4G IY4
Office: 842-5252, Home: 842-8127
Deputy Clerk -Treasurer David C. Morris
Town Hall, Tillsonburg N4G IY4
Office: 842-5252, Home: 842-4188
Road Superintendent ....................... James Hornsby
Office: 20 Foundary St., 842-5951, Home: 942-4657
Tax Collector David C. Morris
Town Hall, Tillsonburg N4G 1Y4
Offlca: 842-5252, Home: 842-4189
Building Inspector .......................... Harry Sealers
364 Sirrcee St., Office: 842-2211, Home: 842-5705
Mayor .................................. John G. Armstrong
336 Broadway St., Tillsonburg N4G 3S3, Home: 942-3359
Date of Meetings - Second Monday and Tuesday and
Fourth Monday
Council Chambers, Town Hall, Tillsonburg, Ontario
Chief Administrative Officer Wm. A. Mactntyre
Town Hall, P.O. Box 158, Ingersoll N5C 3K5, Office: 485�0120
Home: 485-2303
Clerk ..... ..... ............. G. R. Staples
Town Hall, P.O. Box _I58, Ingersoll 1,15C 3K5, Office: 48541120
Home: 485-2344
Treasurer ........ W. L. Teed
Town Hell, P-O. Box 158, Ingersoll N5C 3K5, ONice: 4esol20
Road Superintendent Stephen Kovacic
Office: 4854930
Home: 485-2457
Tax Collector ............................ Mrs. Marion Knott
Office: 4854136
Home: 485-1302
Building Inspector E. A. Hunt
Office: 48549M
Mayor ...... ..... ....... Douglas Harris
250 Tunis Street, Ingersoll N5C IW4, Office: 485A127
Home: 4853867
Date of Meetings - Third Monday
Town Hall, Ingersoll, Ontario
CITY OF WOODSTOCK
Clerk Coordinator .......................... Kenneth Miller
City Hall, P.O. Box 40, Woodstock 144S 7W5
Office: 539-1291, Home. 539-9848
Deputy Clerk ........ ....... ..... John McGinnis
City Hall, P.O. Box 4% Woodstock N4S 7W5
Office: 539-1291, Home: 5333047
Treasurer ............ ...... Thomas A Battram
City Hall, P.O. Box 40, Woodstock N4S 7W5
Office: $3.9-1291. Home: 539-1750
F, City Engineer ........ Carl Hevenor
944 James SL, Woodstock N4S 165, Office: 539-9M
Home: 539A222
Building Inspectors Garth Ede, Don Parker, Clarke Daniel
944 James St., Woodstock N4S 1S5, Office: 539.gM
Industrial Commissioner ........................ W. A. Reid
Office: 539-1291, Home: 5376965
Mayor ......... .... Mrs. Wendy L, Calder
133 Vansittart Avenue, Woodstock N4S 6E5, Office: 539-1251
Home: 539-3083
Date of Meetings - First and Third Thursday
City Hall, Woodstock, Ontario
LAND DIVISION COMMITTEE
Councillor Charlie M. Tatham
Councillor Wendy Calder
Councillor Ross Livingston
Councillor Donald McKay
Mr. C. Wesley Dew, R.R. #4, Woodstock N4S 7V8
Mr. Edgar McKay, R.R. #5, Embro NOJ 1JO
Mr. Mervin Hicks, R.R. #7, Tillsonburg N4G 4H1
I TREE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
SrCharles Allin ................ R.R. #7, Tillsonburg N4G 4H1
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Phone:
842-3932
1 Ross Calder ...............
R.R. 12, Thamesford
NOM 2MO
yPhone:
283-6254
John Mitchell ..................
R.R. #2, Innerkip
NOJ 1MO
Phone:
469-3362
Stanley Gehring ........................
Otterville
NOJ IRO
Phone:
879-6792
WEED INSPECTOR
Bumice McAllister ....................... Salford NOJ 1WO
Phone: 485-1759
OXFORD COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH
M. 0. H.......................................
Dr. W. J. Butt
Woodstock Office ............................
Phone: 539-6121
Ingersoll Office ..............................
Phone: 485-1700
Norwich Office ...............................
Phone: 863-2330
Tillsonburg Office ............................
Phone: 842-9088
Home Caro Program .......................
Phone: 539.1284
Family Planning ............................
Phone: 539,7071
COMMITTEES
ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE — MacKenzie, Barrett, Bum,
Wallace, Webster
HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES— Warden, Harris, Armstrong,.
Orth, Poole, Wilson, Young, Webster
PLANNING — Livingston, Calder, McKay, Tatham, Webster
PUBLIC WORKS — Vogt, Hammond, Gilhdm, Pember, Webster
WOODINGFORD LODGE — Orth, Warden, Wilson, Webster
OXFORD COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH — Warden, Armstrong
Harris, Orth, Poole, Young, Webster
OXFORD COUNTY LIBRARY — Barrett, Bum, Wallace, Webster
FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF OXFORD COUNTY —
Harris, Poole, Young, Webster
OXFORD MUSEUM — MacKenzie, Pears
NORWICH & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY — Bum
VICTORIAN ORDER OF NURSES — Wilson
WOODSTOCK HOSPITAL — Calder
INGERSOLL HOSPITAL — Warden
TILLSONBURG HOSPITAL — Armstrong
COUNTY OFFICIALS
Warden .................. Kenneth W. Webster Res. 842-2173
Off. 842-3677
Clerk .................................
J. H. Walls
537-3911
Treasurer ..............................
H. G. Day
537-3911
Director of Engineering ................
D. L. Pratt
537-7961
Construction & Design Engineer ......
S. J. Watts
537-7961
Operations Engineer ................
R. E. Brankley
537-7961
Administrator, Woodingford Lodge .....
J. E. Wood
539-1245
Assistant Administrator and 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
Woodstock Day Nursery .......................
539.3992
Ingersoll Day Nursery .........................
485-1310
Planning Commissioner ............
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
539-6176
Court House Custodian ..............
Howard Pye
539-9710
Auditors ................ Monteith, Monteith & Co.
271-6550
PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS
County Judge ....................
Kenneth Y.
Dick
537-5811
Provincial Judge,
Criminal Division ..........
R. G. Groom
D.C.
537-2369
Provincial Judge,
Family Division ................
J. F. Bennett
537-2377
County Court Clerk and Sheriff ....
R. S. Beaudoin
539-6187
County Crown Attorney ..............
F. J. Porter
537.2611
County Judge's Secretary
and Court Reporter ..........
Mrs. Sylvia Reid
537-5811
Provincial Court Reporter ............
Harry Morton
537-2369
Provincial Court Clerk,
Criminal Division ................
Alan Gamer
537-2369
Provincial Court Clerk,
Family Division ............
Mrs. Jeanette Hill
537-2377
Land Registrar ................
R. Keith Thomson
537.62%
- Provincial Police Staff Sergeant
........ D. K. Ross
539-9811
Probation & Parole ..................
T. H. Griggs
5394803
- Legal Aid Director ................
Mrs. G. J. Grant
539-2381
Small Claims Court ...............................
537-8511
Oxford County Fire Coordinator
.. Charles C. Young
537-3412
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oxford County Board of Education ................
5394821 — NOTES —
Roman Catholic Separate School Board ..........
539-4877
Ministry of Revenue — Assessment ..........
Zenith 63310
Ministry of Natural Resources, Aylmer .........
Zenith 920M
Ministry of Agriculture and Food 537-6621
Hwy. #59 North,
P.D. Box 666.
Woodstock, Ontario
N45 7Z5
Honourable Harry C. Parrott 537-5222
M.P.P., Oxford
III Huron Street,
Woodstock, Ontario
N4S 6Z6
Dr. Bruce Halliday 539-4400
M.P., Oxford
Ill Huron Street,
Woodstock, Ontario
N45 6Z6
Mr. Robert F. Nixon 44e-1955
M.P.P., Brant -Oxford -Norfolk
R.R. #1,
St. George, Ontario
NOE 1NO
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