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Len Coles Index 1979RECORD GROUP: 6Ph 2 &4 4 0+4 SERIES: c" RDA: waXcx_002.995 ITEM:(u&td a& &h4 Cmn� MA q 7 0 �� 00 YEAR: 1 q7q. COUNTY Off' OXFORD Len Coles Fonds Len Coles' Scrapbook Index 1979 Page 1 Newspaper article re. County Council to ask the province to make the County Board of Health a Committee of County Council, construction delayed on a motel -restaurant complex on the Harris Estate, farmers and the province yet to reach agreement concerning land for Woodstock Truck Bypass, request to make the County's financial business open to tenders, extending daily subsidy of the Woodstock Women's Emergency Centre and Oxford names conservation authorities reps Page 2 Newspaper articles re. discussion between the Ministry of the Environment and County Council concerning recent landfill site decision, allegations of jury tampering (16 January 1979), and County Council to keep Burgess Graham Securities as fiscal agent for one year Page 3 Newspaper articles re. Governor-General and national unit, dumping domestic garbage at the Holbrook landfill site, County program cuts and staff layoffs may be necessary, fire call system being considered and County Council wants no part of buying or assuming responsibility for private water system Newspaper headline re. Edward Schreyer, 22°d Governor-General Page 4 Newspaper articles re. petitioning the Minister of Inter -governmental Affairs to allow the County's municipalities to acquire and develop industrial land, Oxford County Board of Health may layoff staff, Oxford County's crest may be copyrighted and County should abolish the practice of giving grants to programs not run by the County of Oxford Page 5 Newspaper articles re. 11 percent increase in the Public Works budget, Agricultural groups want the County to resume funding through grants, disposal of Tillsonburg garbage, and an Oxford County hospitality suite at the Ontario Good Roads Convention Newspaper advertisement for tenders for printing of the 1978 Oxford County Minute Book Newspaper headline re. Holbrook landfill Page 6 Newspaper articles re. differences of opinion on the proposed Salford landfill sire in South-West Oxford Township, County Council guidelines for awarding grants to community organizations and a tax-deductible tree fund through the Planning Committee Newspaper photograph of International Plowing Match 1980 Committee delegation to Provincial Plowmen's meeting (Warden Ken Webster, Les Dickson, John Hoftsetter, Mascot Kemal Korn, Cheryl Ann West Queen of the Furrow, Ray Dedman, John Summerhayes, Bill Weatherston, Weldon Burrill, and Glen Kitchen) Newspaper photograph of South-West Oxford Mayor Louis Barrett pointing to the area of the proposed landfill site to County Engineer Don Pratt and Blandford-Blenheim Councillor Bob Gilholm Page 7 Newspaper articles re. expansion to the Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital, parking lot at the Court House square, and a special committee established to examine methods of solid waste disposal Newspaper photograph of an eclipse (The London Free Press — 27 February 1979) Newspaper headline re. hospital costs Page 8 Newspaper articles re. preliminary budget for Woodingford Lodge, Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital to receive grant for construction costs of a planned outpatient facility, Public Works budget, appointment of the new special committee on solid waste management, County Budget, and new lighting system in the main courtroom of the Court House Page 9 Newspaper articles re. report on Woodstock's boundary expansion, official plan amendment for a mobile home park near Hickson is rejected by County Council, and Zorra Township wants and is one step closer to obtaining the right to construct its own water supply system Page 10 Newspaper articles re. new lighting at the Court House, consolidation of Blandford- Blenheim Township's four fire departments, food prices have risen and an 1853 Oxford Bond (includes photograph of Brenda Beckenridge) Page 11 Newspaper articles re. Oxford County's fraud and conspiracy trial and the three men convicted Newspaper photograph of Harry Parrott and Pierre de la Rochelle discussing Canada Cement Lafarge Ltd's use of garbage as an energy source Page 12 Newspaper articles re. Fellowship Day, County Council's upward revision of its 1979 budget and provincial government criticized by the County for shifting family and children's services costs to the local level Newspaper headlines re. County spending and education Newspaper photograph of Inuvik students arriving in Drumbo Page 13 Newspaper articles re. threat of a reactor meltdown in central Pennsylvania, radioactive particles, new postal rates, record breaking blizzard in April, and the Woodstock bypass listing in the Ministry of Transportation and Communications 1979-1980 work schedule Page 14 Newspaper articles re. 126-year old debenture bond, Public Works Committee to hire consultant to design a County -wide fire call system, Blandford-Blenheim Township should be allowed to purchase a portion of county -owned land for a proposed fire hall site in Bright, lighting in the Court Room and cataloguing various pieces of furniture and office equipment in the Court House that is no longer in use Page 15 Newspaper article re. car crash on Governor's road that killed six including former Reeve of North Oxford Hartwell Baigent (includes photograph of Hartwell Baigent) Newspaper photograph of the Baigent family (Mary Joyce, Hartwell, Darwin, Linda and Owen) Newspaper obituaries for Joyce and Hartwell Baigent Page 16 Newspaper article re. Thamesford funeral for the five victims of a tragic accident on Governor's road (includes photograph of two coffins being carried from the Westminster United Church in Thamesford) Page 17 NewspTer articles re. Hartwell Baigent (includes photograph of Hartwell Baigent), and the 100 birthday of Kate Murray, a resident at Woodingford Lodge (includes photograph of Ernie Wood and Kate Murray) Newspaper headline re. Catholic School Board budget Page 18 Newspaper articles re. taxes on fuel, tobacco and alcohol go up (Woodstock -Ingersoll — 11 April 1979), Salford landfill site and a bid to reduce the number of conventions Oxford County Councillors can attend failed at Council (includes photograph of Doug Harris) Page 19 Newspaper articles re. Tillsonburg dump to be full at month -end, family and children's services budget to be brought before the review board, flooding of the Thames River and Cedar Creek and the Pittock Dam and Reservoir (Woodstock -Ingersoll —16 April 1979), muskrat hunting in Beachville park, increasing per diem rate of the Red Cross Homemaker Services and foreign ownership of prime agriculture land in the County Page 20 Newspaper articles re. approval of the County Official Plan from the provincial Housing Ministry (includes photograph of Claude Bennett, Ross Livingston, Donald McKay and Peter Atcheson) and Oxford should develop and over-all recreational plan for its parks Newspaper advertisement for bookkeeper for the Public Works Department Page 21 Newspaper articles re. improving the working conditions of Oxford's four tree commissioners, approval to add a banquet hall to an Ingersoll motel -restaurant complex at Highways 19 and 401, County Council to buy back 126-year old debenture, 6% wage increase for nurses, privately owned Innerkip homes site subdivision water system for sale, and County seeking banking tender Page 22 Newspaper headlines re. Tillsonburg's garbage site is closed and additional waste is being stockpiled at the town's industrial waste site, Tillsonburg seeking new municipal office, County Council allows salvage operations at County landfill sites subject to rules, Tillsonburg's landfill problems, and the official opening of the first new gypsum mine in Ontario in 50 years located in Drumbo Page 23 Newspaper articles re. special reunion of former County Councillors, death of former Warden Cecil Riddle (9 May 1979), and allowing trapping on County property if the trappers assume liability for accidents Newspaper headlines re. Ingersoll, Blandford-Blenheim and Norwich Township taxes Newspaper advertisement for students interested in supervising and assisting in a park development and nature trail program in the Beachville area Newspaper advertisement re. library hours and services in East Oxford, Burgessville, Otterville and Norwich Page 24 Newspaper photographs of Ron Calhoun, Liberal; Bruce Halliday, Progressive Conservative; Nancy Hurd, Libertarian; and Marjorie Lanaway, New Democratic Party Newspaper photograph of Bruce Halliday and wife Janet following election win Newspaper listing of Oxford riding poll -by -poll results Page 25 Newspaper articles re. renewing the Province's five year lease on the Court House, policy for allowing trapping on County -owned land, Women's Emergency Centre of Woodstock in financial difficulty again, and Public Works Committee to investigate turning part of the Woodstock jail into commercial or residential space Newspaper headlines re. Pierre Trudeau's election lose to Joe Clark (includes photograph of Joe Clark), and County Road 6 Bypass Page 26 Newspaper articles re. hearing testing clinic (includes photograph of Judy McLaren and Penny Hall), and a plane crash at Chicago airport (26 May 1979) Page 27 Newspaper article and photographs of Don Taylor, long-time agriculture representative for Oxford County who is retiring Newspaper article re. William Jones nominated posthumously to the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame Page 28 Newspaper articles re. designing a fire communications system for the County, Province to launch expropriation proceedings against nice farmers affected by the proposed Woodstock Truck Bypass, County Bank Tenders, and owners of the Holbrook landfill site jacks prices Newspaper photograph of Joe Clark taking the oath of office as Prime Minister from Privy Council clerk Michael Pittfield as Gov. -Gen. Ed Schreyer watches Page 29 Newspaper articles re. Public Works asking why Tavistock needs a sewage system expansion, Optimist Club in Beachville will be allowed to construct a sports field and picnic area, County road sides and bridge placed off limits to trappers, repairing the exterior of the Court House, Oxford to buy the privately owned Innerkip Homes Sites subdivision water system, and the International Plowing Match Newspaper notice to property owners re. destroying noxious weeds Programme for the University of Western Ontario Councils' Day — 13 June 1979 (loose) Page 30 Newspaper articles re. Provincial legislation allowing Oxford County's municipalities to purchase industrial land, Ken Peers in hospital following farm accident (includes photograph of Ken Peers) and tribute to retiring Agriculture Representative Don Taylor (includes photograph of Don Taylor and unknown individuals at the Oxford Auditorium) Page 31 Newspaper articles re. increasing the per diem rate for residents of the Women's Emergency Centre, approval of an in-house study that will convert zoning bylaws to metric, developing forestry management areas within the County owned park between Woodstock and Beachville, proposed 20-year lease agreement with the Optimist Club of Beachville so it can use part of the County -owned Beachville park, and bids for the restoration of the stately 124-year old Court House Newspaper photograph of Norwich Mayor Jack Burn partaking in a donkey baseball game during Norwich Minor Ball Day Page 32 Newspaper articles re. Outdoor Adventure Nature Trail and Playground at the County Park (includes photograph of Linda Morden),County owned Park between Woodstock and Beachville and an Ontario Experience '79 Project, County day care rates and residents opposing Oxford County's plan to cut down 17 trees in front of the Zorra Highland Park School Page 33 Newspaper articles re. appointment of a long-term solid waste management committee to examine different methods of garbage disposal within the County, County debenturing in the United States, water well contaminated by the nearby Denby landfill site, and Skylab debris lands in Australian desert (includes map of Australia) Page 34 Newspaper articles re. County Council briefs including flashing lights at the intersection of County Roads 13 and 18, garbage rate hike at Holbrook Landfill Site, Health Unit may move to the former Tillsonburg News Office, C.L. Routenburg and Sons Ltd awarded contract to demolish and remove houses on Graham Street and enforcing pollution regulations, County and outside workers reach two-year contract agreement, Mill Street in Woodstock near completion, increase for public health nurses, recommendation to tear down the vacant turnkey residence adjoining the County Jail, and Bank of Canada raises the bank rate Page 35 Newspaper articles re. Jaws of Life (includes photograph of Paul Hird, Jim Pallister, Constable Jack Ross and Ken Vyse), death of former East Zorra Township Reeve Percy Wettlaufer (includes photograph of Percy Wettlaufer) and Tillonsburg's downtown redevelopment project Newspaper headline re. chronic care beds in Tillsonburg Page 36 Newspaper headlines and article re. tornado hits Woodstock, Oxford Centre, etc Page 37 Newspaper photographs of tornado and destruction in Woodstock Page 38 Newspaper articles re. Oxford Centre destroyed by tornado, County Council business takes back seat to storm, and Insurance Companies set up emergency claim areas Newspaper headlines re. Tornado aid and neighbours, Hutterite group help with tornado cleanup Page 39 Newspaper articles re. nation-wide fund to assist tornado victims (10 August 1979), cost of damage caused by the tornado, and minimal used of electricity urged following the tornado Newspaper headlines re. number of homes hit, relief centres, Bell working overtime to repair damage and Environment offices aware of the storm but unable to call radio station Newspaper photograph of individuals working at a relief centre in Woodstock Page 40 Newspaper articles re. volunteers to help with cleanup operations in the wake of tornado and farmers not covered for tornado crop loss Newspaper photograph of working digging out from under the tornado's mess Page 41 Newspaper articles re. Norwich Township residents suffering property damage will not have to pay for building permits, and Norwich Township handling Tornado damage Newspaper notices re. Tornado Disaster public information meeting and information centres Page 42 Newspaper article re. Tornado disaster information meeting, insurance and relief funds (top left photograph: MPP Harry Parrott and Bruce Halliday; top right photograph of Howard Day and unknown female; bottom photograph: Kerry Johnson, Ken Peers and George Simmons) Page 43 Newspaper headlines re. death of John Diefenbaker (Woodstock -Ingersoll — 16 August 1979), nearly $60 million in Tornado loss (Woodstock -Ingersoll — 17 August 1979), Province to pay for administration of the Tornado Relief Fund and Relief Fund exceeds $300,000 Newspaper notice re. Tornado Relief Offices set up Page 44 Newspaper articles re. donations to Operation Rebuild, unveiling of an historic plaque commemorating the site of Caister's Tavern in Tavistock, and tobacco farms hit with dreaded blue mould Newspaper notice of application for approval to expropriate land in the Township of Zorra Page 45 Newspaper articles re. Ontario to pay the salaries of appraisers investigating uninsured losses of tornado victims, the Oxford, Brant, Haldimand-Norfolk Disaster Relief Fund, Helen Simpson hired as a temporary clerk -typist for the disaster relief office and drain debenture issued for Norwich Township Newspaper notice re. claims for Disaster Relief Assistance Newspaper photograph of Basil Baines posing for Pat Gibson Page 46 Newspaper articles re. County Council votes themselves a pay increase, Province should manage the Oxford County owned Beachville Park, Denby Landfill site and lack of 4 drinking water, meeting of the Public Works Committee and appointments to the board of directors of the Family and Children's Services of Oxford County Page 47 Newspaper articles re. Ministry of Natural Resources asked to provide trees to replace those destroyed in the tornado, Bank rate rises, Non -union Oxford County employee granted wage increase, payment of a fee to Prof Les. Emery for attending Council to speak on waste management, and the tri-county tornado relief fund Newspaper photograph of Foreman Henry Doherty and Wayne Graham removing dormer stone from the Oxford County Court House as part of the restoration job Page 48 Newspaper articles re. improving Bill 95 (includes photographs of Ken Webster and Wendy Calder), Woodstock to extend water services to South-West Oxford Township, and a deficit faced by the Oxford County Health Unit and the County's and Province's share Page 49 Newspaper articles re. Councillors absent for more than 4 meetings will be docked pay, County Library fee rejected, Bank of Canada rate increases, Perry Sibbick selected to sit on a child welfare review committee, Tornado Relief Fund distribution, and the Oxford Men of the Trees to be asked to co-ordinate planting of trees on tornado affected properties Page 50 Newspaper articles re. interest on the Tornado Relief Funds, possible County rummage sale to dispose of older furniture items in the Court House and the tri-county Tornado Relief Fund Page 51 Newspaper articles re. Tornado damage, County ordered to pay Innerkip couple as compensation for land expropriated in 1974, Perry Sibbick named chairman of the County's waste management committee, Hope Street in Tavistock to be reconstructed, feasibility study on the eastern extension of Concession Street in Tillsonburg, symbol - type sign indication "accommodation" to be erected on Dundas Street in Woodstock, and damaged churches and orchards to be coved by the Disaster Relief Fund (includes photograph of Thomas Wells) Page 52 Newspaper articles re. reviewing the Oxford County Act, Dr. Bruce Halliday elected chairman of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health Welfare (includes photograph of Bruce Halliday), Tornado Fund, and the County has received a community planning grant from the Provincial Housing Ministry Newspaper headline re. Bank of Canada boosts the lending rate (Woodstock -Ingersoll — 25 October 1979) Page 53 Newspaper articles re. acquisition of land for the proposed Salford landfill site ruled valid by the Ontario Supreme Court, renovation of the Court House, County may get a peacetime emergency plan, County Christmas party for staff, and South-West Oxford Township to appeal the Ontario Supreme Court's decision on the Salford Landfill Site Newspaper headlines re. County fire communications system and Tornado Relief Fund Committee Page 54 Newspaper articles re. County's municipalities ask to comment on a proposal that the County assume responsibility and control over water systems in the County, County to share costs of proposed renovations to St. Marys Memorial Hospital, parking fee at Woodstock General Hospital, Shirley Foster appointed returning officer for the County, motion defeated calling for construction of a new County administration building on the present County jail site, County opposing the Quebec white paper on sovereignty association and Amendments 1 and 2 to the Oxford County Official Plan Newspaper headline re. renovations of County Council chambers Page 55 Newspaper articles re. institution of Provincial regulations for elevators, depletion of County pens, County Council yet to contribute to the Oxford-Brant-Haldimand-Norfolk Disaster Relief Fund, budget agreement for Oxford County Family and Children's Services 1979 expenditures, Plattsville water system and Oxford County Health Unit cancels staff layoffs Page 56 Newspaper notice re. Tornado Fund Newspaper articles re. settling tornado claims, extending water services to South-West Oxford Township, Canada's population, price of gold, and William Cohoe killed in car crash (includes photograph of William Cohoe) Page 57 Newspaper articles re. application for a zoning change to permit a high rise development along the south shore of Pittock Lake, Tornado fund, Provincial aid for tornado victims (Woodstock -Ingersoll — 9 November 1979), and the County to receive provincial grant to help update zoning bylaws in six of its eight municipalities Newspaper headline re. hostages in Iran (10 November 1979) Page 58 Newspaper articles re. Mississauga explosion (Woodstock -Ingersoll — 12 November 1979), federal and provincial representative to attend the next meeting of the Oxford County's newly formed solid waste management committee, death of Judge Leslie MacDonald Ball (includes photograph of Judge Ball), provincial grants for municipalities hit by the tornado, farm severances and the Woodstock Choralaires to donate portion of sales of their Christmas album to the Tornado Disaster Relief Fund Page 59 Newspaper headline re. Federal Budget (Woodstock -Ingersoll —12 December 1979) Newspaper articles re. Highlights of the Budget and the Federal General Election (Woodstock -Ingersoll —14 December 1979) Page 60 Newspaper articles re. interviews for tornado compensation begins (includes photograph of victims waiting their turn) and South-West Oxford Township's application to appeal a Supreme Court decision concerning the Salford dump site Page 61 Newspaper articles re. County jail and it's future (includes photographs of Doug Harris, historic plaque and Ed Bennett outside the jail) — Woodstock -Ingersoll —13 December 1979 Page 62 Newspaper article re. death of former MOH Dr. Grant Sutherland (includes photograph of Dr. Sutherland) — The Daily Sentinel -Review —17 December 1979 Newspaper articles re. Ken Peers seeking the Liberal nomination in Oxford (includes photograph of Ken Peers) and United Nations declaration of the rights of the child Newspaper notice re. Tornado Relief Fun close out date Page 63 County of Oxford Handbook — 1970-1980 Newspaper photograph of Ken Peers, Lee McWebb, Peter White and Shirley Cromwell talking tornado relief efforts - The London Free Press (loose clipping)