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1980
Page 1 Newspaper articles re. Ken Webster's first report as Warden (includes photograph of Ken
Webster), new associate agricultural representative Gary Stephens, fate of the Oxford
County jail, and South-West Oxford's dispute with the County over establishment of a
dump site near Salford
Newspaper headlines re. gold fever and tornado fund. — 4,5 January 1980.
Page 2 Newspaper articles re. County doesn't need new administration building, County waste
contingency plan, spending increase of the public works department, County Council
policy and filling vacancy on County Library Board, museums loaned surplus furniture
from the Court House, and converting County Jail into a city police station
Newspaper advertisement by Marjorie E. Larmon re. Save the Jail
Page 3 Newspaper advertisement re. Help Save the June
Newspaper articles re. County purchases land from South-West Oxford for procuring
gravel for road maintenance, Burgess Graham Securities Limited named fiscal agents for
the County, Warden's dinner set, separate elections proposed for city and county, and
movement to save jail expanding
Page 4 Newspaper headline re. County jail as possible restaurant
Newspaper articles re. County reward to combat vandals, County planning exhibit at
19880 International Plowing Match, and hospitality suite at the Ontario Good Roads
Convention not a waste of taxpayers money
Newspaper photograph of Graham McCutchen, Roberts Painting and Decorating,
cleaning Warden's portraits
Page 5 Newspaper article re. Judge Kenneth Y. Dick (includes photograph of Judge Dick in his
robes
Page 6 Newspaper photographs of Marjorie Lanaway, Ken Peers and Bruce Halliday
Newspaper article re. 1980 International Plowing Match (includes photograph of
Ingersoll Mayor Doug Harris and Kernel Korn)
Page 7 Newspaper articles re. Canadian embassy helps U.S. diplomats flee Iran (includes
photograph of Jimmy Carter) and preparing a contingency plan for County waste disposal
Page 8 Newspaper articles re. restoring Oxford Court House, petition to change Oxford County
Act would mean change in the Woodstock municipal ballot, passing of former Warden
Charles Thomas Milton, County councillors to be paid extra for seminars and
conventions, and Tornado fund compensation cheques
Page 9 Newspaper articles re. solving the County's short and long term garbage woes,
renovations to the Court House basement to fulfill space needs, operation of water
systems, and whether orchards, churches and cemeteries will be covered by the tornado
relief fund
Newspaper advertisement for printing tender for the 1979 Oxford County Minute Book
Page 10 Newspaper headlines re. federal election and Oxford results. —19 February 1980
Newspaper articles re. refurbished County chambers and a limited budget tree -planting
program along county roads
Newspaper advertisement saying thank you from the Oxford, Brant, Haldimand-Norfolk
Disaster Relief Fund Committee
Page 11 Newspaper articles re. fight over Salford dump site over (21 February 1980), amending
Official Plan to permit controversial high-rise development along south shore of Pittock
Lake, Westwood Hills Snowmobile Club allowed to establish trails through the Oxford
County park in Beachville, Ontario Hydro to buy easement in South-West Oxford,
Woodstock's water system extended to former Denby landfill, and County responsible
for replacing trees on county road allowances
Page 12 Newspaper articles re. Bank of Canada's trend -setting bank rate (11,14 March 1980), Joe
Pember appointed representative on the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority,
1980 International Plowing Match, County Christmas party for staff, thank you from
Princeton, Missouri to Princeton, Ontario, honoraria for lay members of the land division
committee, tenders accepted for supply of gasoline, diesel fuel, furnace oil and
replacement of five mobile radios, and public works committee budget
Page 13 Newspaper articles re. getting Salford landfill site in operation (Ken Webster), passing of
Oxford Museum Curator Herbert Milnes (includes photograph), passing of James H.
Chesney, former County Jail to be saved and Huron Construction Co. awarded contract
for resurfacing Highway 2
Page 14 Newspaper article re. Tornado relief committee winding down operations
Advertisement for the Ministry of the Attorney General pamphlet re. Provincial Offences
Act
Page 15 Newspaper headline re. prime rate. — 3 April 1980
Newspaper articles re. County water agreement with the municipalities and establishing
fire communication and alert systems in Oxford County
Newspaper photograph of Murray and Edna Gray celebrating their 73`� wedding
anniversary at Woodingford Lodge
Page 16 Newspaper articles re. installation of fire communications and alert systems and increase
in price of solid waste disposal (includes photograph of Warden Ken Webster) and Zorra
Page 17 Newspaper articles re. Canada to boycott Moscow Olympics and County could become
fist municipality in Canada to process garbage through a baling plant
Newspaper headlines re. Ontario budget (23 April 1980) and U.S. attempt to save
hostages in Iran fails (25 April 1980)
Page 18 Newspaper articles re. Bert Freeman to prepare plans for an information booth touting the
county at the International Plowing Match, public works to tour county landfill sites, road
paving and surfacing planned, Ontario Humane Society found shelter in Oxford County
and the disbanding of the Oxford, Brant, Haldimand-Norfolk disaster relief committee
Page 19 Newspaper articles re. County's impending garbage crisis (15 May 1980), Woodstock
truck bypass, replacing trees on County Road 6
Newspaper headline re. Holbrook and water supply
Newspaper cartoon re. sculptured monkey on Court House
Page 20 Newspaper photograph of the eruption of Mount S. Helens
Newspaper articles re. Mount St. Helens, B.C. volcanoes (includes diagram illustrating
the makeup of St. Helens), Holbrook water supply, and call of tenders for the proposed
county -wide fire communication system
Page 21 Newspaper headline and article re. Quebec referendum (21 May 1980)
Page 22 Newspaper articles re. forest fires in Northern Ontario (Kenora 23), County budget,
heritage designations to now apply to areas and not just individual buildings in the
County
Page 23 Newspaper notice to property owners to destroy noxious weeds
Newspaper articles re. county -wide liaison committee to promote and co-ordinate
industrial development within Oxford, Oxford Men of the Trees to arrange trees to be
planted in the Oxford County park in Beachville, and opening of the Salford landfill site
Newspaper advertisement re. for qualified Land Appraisers for the County
Page 24 Newspaper articles re. reconstruction of County Road 16 and Zorra Township land
owners, proposed Oxford County fire alert system, spraying 2,4,5-T herbicide, 1980
Canadian Institute of Planners national conference (24 June 1980), and Donald O.
Smith's concerns with the reconstruction of County Road 16
Page 25 Newspaper articles re. Court House heating and need for a building maintenance fund (10
July 1980), waste management conference in Winnipeg, and heat wave in South and
Midwest U.S.
Newspaper notice to County of Oxford landowners re. destruction of trees
Page 26 Newspaper articles re. installing a county -wide fire communications system, Dr. William
Butt resigns as Oxford County's medical officer, resignations of William Butt and
Dolleen Rampersaud, annual tree -planting by students and appointment of James
Carnwath as County judge for the Regional Municipality of Halton (includes photograph
of James Carnwath)
Page 27 Newspaper article re. blackouts during storm and the death of Ross Emerson Warboys
after being electrocuted. (Woodstock -Ingersoll —16 July 1980)
Page 28 Newspaper article re. Judge Chester Misener (includes photograph)
Page 29 Newspaper articles re. first anniversary of the 1979 tornado (7 August 1980), clean water
for Denby area homes, and school trustee allocation disputed
Page 30 Newspaper articles re. County registers objection with South-West Oxford protesting
proposed zoning bylaw revisions, County of Oxford 1979 Financial Highlights and
passing of Fred Slater
Newspaper notice of application for approval to expropriate land
Page 31 Newspaper articles re. Terry Fox, Don Milton appointed new curator of Oxford County
Museum (includes photograph), Ontario Dairy Princess (includes photograph of Mary
Ann Vanwyk), South-West Oxford trying to block proposed landfill site, and
redetermination of the composition of the County board of education
Newspaper headline re. Canada's output (30 August 1980)
Page 32 Newspaper articles with photographs re. Terry Fox (8 September 1980)
Newspaper articles re. new heating for Court House and Dr. Ian Brown appointed acting
medical officer of heath
Newspaper photograph of Gov. -Gen. Ed Schreyer presenting Terry Fox with the Order of
Canada (Daily Sentinel -Review — 20 September 1980) Loose
Page 33 Newspaper articles re. County -wide mapping grid, passing of John Baigent, road signape
for thoroughfares heavily travelled by Amish buggies, Vining water system in Lakeside,
reconstruction of Tillson Ave in Tillsonburg, Ingersoll petitioning wanting the County to
retain ownership of County Road 6 and Lieutenant -Governor John Aird sworn in
(includes photograph of John Aird)
Newspaper advertisement for four part time Tree Commissioners
Page 34 Newspaper articles re. community centre in Oxford Centre, opposition to extending use
of the Holbrook landfill site and County general welfare assistance expenditures
Newspaper photographs of John Hargreaves and Dwayne Remington
Page 35 Newspaper articles re. projected attendance records for the International Plowing Match
and population of Canada
County of Oxford Handbook 1979-1980
Newspaper photograph of Lt.-Gov. John Aird officially opening the International
Plowing Match
Page 36 Newspaper articles re. plowing match events and first day of ladies' activities at the
International Plowing Match (includes photograph of Norma Howe)
Newspaper photographs of Cecil Wells and Hon. Lome C. Henderson, and a corn display
Page 37 Newspaper photographs of Premier William Davis, Minister Lorne Henderson and
Woodstock Mayor Wendy Calder, traffic lined up on County Road 17 and Gov. -Gen. Ed
Schreyer with an official of the Ontario's Plowmen's Association (all at the International
Plowing Match)
Page 38 Newspaper articles re. students at the International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery
Show, Chrysler Canada Ltd. and Massey -Ferguson Ltd., and Richard Bourassa escapes
police custody at the Court House
Newspaper photograph of the International Plowing Match (aerial photo)
Page 39 Newspaper articles re. Zenith line operating to Harry Parrott's office, Mayor Ross
Livingston of Blandford-Blenheim tops mayors' plowing class, proposed new chair of
office for County Warden, possible withdrawal of the federal government from the
Community Services Contribution Program and Social Services feeling the pinch
Newspaper photograph of work crews taking down the temporary buildings at the site of
the International Plowing Match
Page 40 Newspaper articles re. new health officer Dr, Cecile Rochard (includes photograph), and
residents seek provincial probe into the Oxford, Brant, Haldimand-Norfolk Disaster
Relief Fund
Newspaper notice of application for approval to expropriate land (16 October 1980)
Page 41 Newspaper articles re. County should take full responsibility for domestic waste (The
Daily Sentinel -Review — 23 October 1980), foreign farm ownership in the County,
keeping Highway 19 ad a provincial highway, and continuing operation of the Holbrook
Landfill site
Page 42 Newspaper articles re. small earthquake in the Woodstock area, Ken Webster stepping
down as Warden (includes photograph of Ken Webster), and proposed renovations to the
Oxford Museum
Page 43 Newspaper articles re. Wayne Shipton hired as Woodstock's chief administrative officer,
Salford landfill application under the environmental protection act, one year extension of
Embro dump, debentures for County capital works projects, and Everett Wilson to cur
garbage by 90%
Newspaper photograph of Sheriff Richard Beaudoin and Judge Kenneth Dick upon his
retirement
Page 44 Newspaper articles re. proposed policy whereby the Oxford County Library would pay
full cost of building maintenance, financial aid to residents whose water systems become
polluted by landfill sites, and request to make the Court House more accessible to the
handicapped by adding an elevator
Newspaper photograph of Oxford Museum curator Don Milton and Kernel Korn, County
Mascot at the 1980 International Plowing Match
Page 45 Newspaper articles re. earthquake in Italy (25 November 1980), Kenneth Webster
stepping down as Warden (26 September 1980), Ald. Andy MacKenzie, Lou Barrett and
Roger Oath, Centeal Ambulance Dispatch, Norwich Township Traffic Bylaws and Zorra
Township Traffic By-law and Water Rate Bylaw, sale of debentures, deferring immediate
capital expenditure and new debentures for Zorra and Blandford-Blenheim Townships
Newspaper advertisement for a Senior Secretary for the Oxford County Public Works
Department
Newspaper headline re. appointment of Helen Dickson as chairman of the Oxford Board
of Education
Page 46 Newspaper articles re. home -care program to enable the chronically -ill in the County, and
County having hard tile filling two nursing positions
Newspaper photographs of Barry Wallace and Shiela Kimberly at the Warden's banquet,
and a raccoon
Newspaper notice to property owners in the County re. Tree Commissioners in each
Township
Page 47 Newspaper articles re. Jim Picard day and Picard peanuts, including photograph of Lorne
Henderson, Jim Picard and Renee Picard (1 December 1980) and James Hutchinson
wants elevator in the court house
Page 48 Newspaper article re. Brian Dawe and his book "Old Oxford is Wide Awake" (includes
photograph of Brian Dawe)
Newspaper photograph of train derailment on the CN overpass at County Road 4 (6
December 1980)
Page 49 Newspaper articles re. John Lennon shot (8 December 1980), Ross Livingston elected
Warden (includes photograph), Warden and new Council sworn in by Judge Chester
Misener (10 December 1980), and Council Striking Committees
Newspaper headline re. Bank of Canada rate
Page 50 Newspaper articles re. first phase of Woodstock truck bypass, including photograph of
Minister James Snow and Isobel Parrott performing ribbon cutting (12 December 1980),
first meeting of the 1981 Administration and Finance Committee, meeting of the Health
and Social Services Committee, new representatives on the Woodingford Lodge
management committee, Lenore Young to represent Oxford County Council on the
Thames Valley District Health Committee, Phil Poole to represent Council with the
Victorian Order of Nurses and Planning Committee named members of the land division
committee
Loose Souvenir Edition of the Daily Sentinel -Review "Plow Match `90" -- 26 September 1980
Newspaper article re. Court House (includes photographs of the interior and exterior)