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Len Coles' Scrapbook Index
1981
Page 1 Newspaper articles re. 1981 — International Year of Disabled Persons
Page 2 Newspaper articles re. Message from the Warden including Council issues and farming,
County's solid waste problem (14 January 1981), County hospitality suite at Ontario
Good Roads Association conference seen as a waste of taxpayers money, and Allan Ross
Webster appointed provincial court judge in Elgin County
Emblem of the International Year of Disabled Persons (1981)
Page 3 Newspaper headlines and articles re. 52 American hostages in Iran released and Ronald
Reagan sworn in as President of the United States (19,20 January 1981)
Page 4 Newspaper headlines and articles re. American hostages in Tehran returned home (26,28
January 1981), and fire grid identification system in the County and assigning street
names and numbers to urban areas (21 January 1981)
Newspaper advertisement re. printing tender for the 1980 Oxford County Minute Book
Page 5 Newspaper articles re. farm bankruptcies, increase for all non -union Oxford County
employees and council members (28 January 1981), total cost to County taxpayers for the
proposed Salford Landfill, and passing of Gordon Armstrong former Blandford Reeve
Newspaper obituary for J.C. (Jack) Smith former Beachville Reeve
Page 6 Newspaper articles re. J.C. (Jack) Smith, raise for County Councillors, and celebrating
Judge Robert Groom's 40 years on the bench (includes photograph of Judge Robert
Groom speaking to an audience)
Page 7 Newspaper articles re. Dr. Harry Parrott retires from politics including photographs of
Dr. Parrott, William Davis, Stuart Smith and Michael Cassidy (3 February 1981), Ross
Webster sworn in as Elgin County's family court judge (18 February 1981), surplus in
the 1980 County budget, and new heating and air conditioning system at the Court House
Page 8 Newspaper articles re. contract for a heating and cooling system for the Court House not
tendered, and Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles to wed
Newspaper photograph of Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles
Newspaper announcement from the Canada Post office re. commemorative stamp
honoring Emily Stowe
Page 9 Newspaper articles re. stamp honoring Dr. Emily Stowe (includes image of the stamp),
Oxford County roads in need of construction and roads budget, and Mayor Harold Vogt
of East Zorra-Tavistock wants the County jail torn down
Page 10 Newspaper articles re. Court House heating contract and call for tender policy, and
splitting cost of Oxford County's central dispatch fire alert system
Newspaper photographs of John Finlay, Dick Treleaven and Wayne Colbran
Page 11 Newspaper articles re. Treleaven wins election, County departments told to review
budgets, Oxford County Council opposes proposed central ambulance dispatch system
for Thames Valley, and Council adopts a tendering policy
Newspaper headline re. Premier Davis wins election
Page 12 Newspaper articles re. proposed Warden's chain of office (25 March 1981), bankruptcies
in seven counties, and Ronald Regan survives assassination attempt (31 March 1981)
Page 13 Newspaper articles re. Warden's remarks concerning co-operation, waste management
and the Court House including photograph of Ross Livingston (March 1981), long-term
homecare for chronically ill patients, Oxford public school budget and public works
budget
Page 14 Newspaper photograph of the launch of space shuttle Columbia (12 April 1981)
Newspaper article re. space shuttle Columbia including photograph of Commander John
Young and pilot Robert Crippen (14 April 1981)
Page 15 Newspaper articles re. House of Commons praises successful Columbia mission and
Ernest Wood retiring as administrator of Woodingford Lodge (includes photograph of
Ernest Wood)
Page 16 Newspaper articles re. accidental lock up at the County Jail during annual shunpikes tour
including photograph of Barry Wallace (10 May 1981), Council bides farewell to former
MPP Dr. Harry Parrott, and Zorra Township to participate in the Oxford County fire alert
system
Magazine(?) photograph of the County Court House (colour image)
Page 17 Newspaper articles re. County budget, Oxford County park between Woodstock and
Beachville may get new trees planted, and County -wide fire alert system
Page 18 Newspaper headlines and photograph re. Pope John Paul II shot at St. Peter's Square (13 ,
14 May 1981)
Page 19 Newspaper articles re. Committee to negotiate an agreement on the County fire system,
grants for the Springford Area Agricultural Society and Hastings County Flood Relief
Fund, and payment plan for the fire system (24 June 1981)
Newspaper headline re. Bank of Canada rate
Newspaper photograph of Jeanne Deans, executive director of the Oxford Family and
Children's Services at her retirement party
Page 20 Newspaper advertisement re. Census day
Newspaper photograph of Hugh MacCauley, Chairman of London Hydro
Newspaper headline re. prime rates
Newspaper article re. raise for Oxford County road workers
Page 21 Newspaper articles re. Ross Dawson hired as executive director of the Oxford Family
and Children's Services (includes photograph), zoning variance and Doug Pettit, and 50-
50 fire alert system
Newspaper photograph of Eva Skloud, Ross Livingston, Bill Hanly and Fred Haberer at
the University of Western Ontario's Councils' Day
Newspaper advertisement re. Oxford County Library Book Sale
Page 22 Newspaper articles re. Drumbo landfill site, South-West Oxford Township councillors
vote against Salford, and Drumbo and Lakeside landfill sites
Newspaper public notice of the Ontario Municipal Board re. Salford
Newspaper article re. Salford landfill site, amended legislation and an environmental
assessment hearing (10 June 1981) LOOSE
Page 23 Newspaper headline and articles re. Terry Fox passing and stamp to be issued (28 June
1981)
Newspaper photograph of Terry Fox
Newspaper Notice to Property Owners re. destroying Noxious Weeds
Page 24 Newspaper articles, headline and photograph re. Terry Fox
Newspaper article re. five year road construction plan for Oxford (24 June 1981) LOOSE
Page 25 Newspaper articles re. possible postal strike (29 June 1981), funeral for Terry Fox (13
July 1981), and the passing of Gordon (Sparky) Inns (includes photograph of Gordon
Innes)
Page 26 Newspaper articles re. waiving necessary hearing to approve the transfer of garbage to
landfill sites in Drumbo and Lakeside after the Holbrook site closes (8 July 1981), Brian
McReynolds named mew administrator of Woodingford Lodge, and Ken Miller resigns
as Woodstock city clerk (includes photograph of Ken Miller)
Newspaper headline re. postal walkout (7 July 1981)
Page 27 Newspaper article re. mosquito control officers and ridding the county of mosquitoes
(includes photograph of Jennie Ogden, Heather Perks and Joan Fagervik at display booth
at Blandford Mall)
Page 28 Newspaper articles re. Ontario Municipal Board adjourns landfill hearing (20 July 1981),
rural post offices open during strike, and Unionized staff at the County Board of Health
reached two year contract settlement
Newspaper advertisement re. open houses in Beachville concerning the conversion to a
new alarm system for the Southwest Oxford Fire Department
Page 29 Newspaper graph showing Bank of Canada's bank rate
Newspaper notice re. Public Information Centre concerning County Road 10
reconstruction
Newspaper articles re. Oxford County garbage and the rise of the Canadian dollar
Page 30 Newspaper article re. wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana, including photograph
of the couple (29 July 1981)
Page 31 Newspaper photographs of Prince Charles and Land Diana Spencer on their wedding day,
and of the County Court House (includes a short history)
Newspaper public notice re. Oxford Social Services and persons receiving General
Welfare Assistance
Page 32 Newspaper articles re. closing of the Holbrook landfill site, and testing the landfill sites at
Lakeside and Drumbo
Newspaper headline re. St. Thomas area dumpsite an alternative for the County
Newspaper graph showing Canadian dollar values (30 July 1981)
Page 33 Newspaper photograph of Ernie Wood and Doris Campbell, president of the
Woodingford Auxiliary upon his retirement
Newspaper article re. postal strike halted (11 August 1981)
Newspaper article and photograph re. the registry office
Page 34 Newspaper notice to truckers re. County seeking proposals from trucking companies
interested in hauling solid waste from Woodstock to the Southwold Sanitary Landfill Site
Newspaper articles re. County seeking government approval to temporarily send garbage
to St. Thomas (12 August 1981), four -day controlled deer hunt and expanding power
transmission lines from Bruce Nuclear to Southwestern Ontario
Page 35 Newspaper articles re. permanent satellite garbage transfer stations, Southwold Township
doesn't want Oxford's garbage, and new oil pricing agreement between Alberta and the
government of Canada
Page 36 Newspaper articles re. Southwold Township's opposition to Oxford dumping, Fire Co-
ordinator withdraws offer to cut salary, and County seeks another extension to a license
for the Holbrook Landfill Site
Page 37 Newspaper articles re. expansion of Tavistock's sewage lagoon system, Norwich Council
wants Holbrook landfill closed, Marathon of Hope (14 September 1981), and
construction of administrative facilities to house employees of the Oxford County Home -
Care Program
Page 38 Newspaper articles re. Norwich Township's battle to close Holbrook landfill, asbestos
lined ceilings in the offices of Family and Children's Services, and bank rate dips (18
September 1981)
Newspaper headline re. Westminster votes against accepting Oxford's garbage
Page 39 Newspaper articles re. extension of Holbrook landfill site and County Oxford Nature
Area between Woodstock and Beachville
Programme, ticket and napkin for the J.E. "Ernie" Wood Appreciation Night (25
September 1981)
Page 40 Newspaper article re. County Clerk Harold Walls and municipal government (includes
photograph)
Newspaper listing showing 1980 Financial Highlights for the County of Oxford
Page 41 Newspaper articles re. patriating the British North America Act (28 September 1981),
Trudeau and Premier to meet to discuss constitutional package, County able to extend
agreement with garbage contractor (30 September 1981), Woodingford Lodge's fire
safety improvement program and John McGinnis named Woodstock City Clerk (includes
photograph of J. McGinnis)
Page 42 Newspaper advertisement re. Official Opening of the 1981 Expansion of the Tillsonburg
District Memorial Hospital (6 October 1981)
Page 43 Newspaper articles re. testing homes with urea formaldehyde foam insulation, testing to
determine safety of Holbrook extension, Minister of Transportation's land acquisition
and Woodstock truck bypass, and County road 46 resurfacing project
Newspaper copy of a message from the Warden re. expansion of the Tillsonburg District
Memorial Hospital (includes photograph of Ross Livingston
Page 44 Newspaper articles re. bank rates dropping, County Council to retain twice a month
meeting schedule, promotion of waste awareness, landfill bylaw permitting use of
property east of Salford, and soil erosion
Newspaper headlines re. testing at Holbrook and Salford site zoning bylaw
Page 45 Newspaper article re. revised property assessment approved by municipalities
Newspaper photograph including John Young, Warden Ross Livingston and Mayor
Wendy Calder at the Canadian citizenship court held at Southside School
Page 46 Newspaper articles re. Quebec and the new constitutional agreement, Oxford County
branch of the Ontario Humane Society and Oxford County tops previous Cancer donation
mark
Newspaper photograph of the Prime Minister and Premiers at the constitutional
conference table (5 November 1981)
Page 47 Newspaper articles re. banks cute prime rates, Drumbo-Tavistock rail line to be closed,
fixing sharp curve in County Road 37, federal budget in brief and extending terms of
County politicians from two years to three
Page 48 Newspaper advertisement re, appointment to Boards, Authorities, etc
Newspaper articles re. Western Cable Tv. Ltd to televise County Council, Court House
facelift, Bank of Canada rate, Oxford drops hospitality suite at the Good Roads
convention, and County non -union staff get raise
Newspaper notice of application to ratepayers in the Township of South-West Oxford re.
Salford Landfill Site (LOOSE)
Page 49 Newspaper articles re. garbage problem (includes photograph of Ken Peers), absentee
councillors, and a new constitution for Canada
Newspaper advertisement for an assistant to the County Treasury Department
Page 50 Newspaper articles re. increase in welfare and unemployment assistance (4 December
1981), Norwich bylaw placing stringent regulations on the operation of waste disposal
sites in the Township, County to advertise Beachville as the Lime Capital of Canada, and
the cost of testing the Holbrook landfill site
Page 51 Newspaper Notice of Application for Approval to Expropriate Land in the Township of
Blandford-Blenheim
Newspaper article re. County pre -budget figures
Newspaper photograph of Bill Paquette holding winner of Woodstock logo design
competition
Page 52 County of Oxford Handbook 1981-1982
Loose Photocopy of newspaper articles re. Les Dickson and the Oxford Arboretum (includes
photograph of Les Dickson) and Tillsonburg sets hiring freeze
Newspaper articles re. Terry Fox his life, passing and funeral, including photographs (29
June, 2 July 1981)
Newspaper copy of the Woodstock logo
(found at the back of the scrapbook)