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1985
Page 1 Newspaper articles re. County's ongoing garbage problems, and Safa Sakka is
Woodstock's first baby for 1985
Page 2 Newspaper articles re. MPP Dick Treleaven resolves to get more government aid for the
County in 1985, and County's ongoing garbage problem (includes photograph of Warden
Charlie Tatham)
Page 3 Newspaper articles re. Garbage problems for the County (continuation of article on page
2), and construction on the Salford Landfill resumes after a temporary shutdown
Page 4 Newspaper articles re. Committee to meet to discuss co-operative computer study,
residents of Norwich Township's Ward discuss separation (includes photograph of John
Heleniak), possible Woodstock General Hospital loss of the Board of Health as a tenant
(includes a photograph of Ken Peers), and Board of Health moving from the Hospital
(includes photographs of Jack Warden and Ken Peers)
Page 5 Newspaper articles re. township -wide garbage pickup and separation being investigated
by South-West Oxford, moving Fanshawe College's School of Nursing from Woodstock
to London (includes photograph of Wendy Calder), and Councillor Don McKay
convinced it- won't be beneficial to renovate the old County Jail (includes photographs of
Don McKay and Charlie Tatham)
Newspaper photograph of Warden Charlie Tatham presenting a gift to Rev. John Davies
at County Council
Page 6 Newspaper articles re. Woodingford Lodge seeking additional beds, Ross Livingston not
seeking re-election in Blandford-Blenheim, South-West Oxford residents curious about
tendering of work at the Salford Landfill Site, Ontario Heritage Foundation grant for
renovations at the old County Jail, and a Kitchener company wants to help the County
recycle their waste
Page 7 Newspaper articles re. Ontario Cabinet ordered to disclose its information on the Salford
Landfill, County to join a computerized land -related information system, and lawyers
stalling Salford Landfill (includes photograph of Charlie Tatham)
Page 8 Newspaper articles re. Premier William Davis stepping down and Frank Miller assumes
Premier elect status (includes photograph Frank Miller, Ann Miller, and others)
Page 9 Newspaper articles re. South-West Oxford Township's lawyers wants the province to halt
work on the Salford Landfill, parking at the Court House doesn't meet Woodstock zoning
bylaw (includes photograph of Charlie Tatham), and paying a Clerk of Works to oversee
the County Jail renovations (includes photographs of Ross Livingston and Phil Poole)
Page 10 Newspaper articles re. Woodingford Lodge understaffed, lawyer David Estrin to
challenge development of Salford Landfill, and Oxford County investigating proposal to
establish and operate its own archives
Page 11 Newspaper articles re. Upper Thames River Conservation Authority's plan to restructure,
and proposed changes to the Unemployment Insurance Act
Page 12 Newspaper articles re. proposal to establish a County Archives, and Salford residents
attend County Council to hear lawyer David Estrin (includes photographs of Walter
Wilson and Ross Livingston)
Page 13 Newspaper articles re. possible impact on natural gas rates by proposed takeover of
Union Enterprises Ltd in Chatham, and Norwich Township contractor questions County's
tendering practices
Page 14 Newspaper articles re. Unicorp corporate takeover, Southwestern Ontario Municipalities
want to make sure citizens will be protected in the takeover bid by Unicorp, and Council
to not finance Municipal Intervention Committee (includes photograph of Ed Down)
Page 15 Newspaper articles re. Provincial NDP Agriculture Critic Mel Swart backs Salford
Landfill opposition, County supports the union fighting to ensure three Woodstock
ambulance dispatchers don't lose their jobs under the new central dispatch system
(includes photograph of Jack Warden and Jim Gibb), and Oxford Soil and Crop
Improvement Association to not longer farm on Salford Landfill Site, and tipping fee
might encourage more people to separate their garbage (includes photograph of Ron
McKay)
Page 16 Newspaper articles re. County may takeover operation of the Lakeside landfill site,
Salford Landfill site criticism, and South-West Oxford claiming County relocated part of
a municipal drain on the Salford Landfill Site without following proper procedure
Page 17 Newspaper articles re. life of Holbrook Landfill site to not be extended, Municipal
Seminar to be held in Woodstock (includes photograph of Charlie Tatham), Board of
Management should study setting up a County Archives, Ambulance dispatchers assured
work
Page 18 Newspaper articles re. County to use reserves to soften tax blow, establishment of a
County of Oxfrod Archives Board of Management, and Norfolk Township expect to sign
final draft of a Tillsonburg-Norfolk boundary agreement
Page 19 Newspaper articles re. Zorra Township Mayor Wallis Hammond not happy with
proposed County takeover of the Lakeside Landfill (includes photograph of Wallis
Hammond), County's image is questioned (includes photographs of Paul Plant and Ted
Hunt), and proposed publishing of a good "news"letter for the County
Page 20 Newspaper articles re. County turns down plant that turns garbage into electricity due to
costs, and problems with waste disposal seen as political and social ones and not
engineering issues
Page 21 Newspaper article re. Message from the Warden concerning the year ahead (includes
photograph of Charlie Tatham and the canon in front of the Court House)
Page 22 Newspaper articles re. County Budget for 1985 (includes photograph of Don McKay) and
Councillors give themselves a pay raise (includes a photograph of Joe Pember)
Page 23 Newspaper articles re. Oxford Board of Health Nurses strike plan, Nurses go on strike,
and County to take no action on energy -from -waste study
Page 24 Newspaper articles re. Norwich Archives receives temporary financial assistance from
the County, County Board of Health Nurses back to work temporarily (includes
photograph of Industry Minister Sinclair Stevens), and County studies grant request from
the Stratford General Hospital Board
Page 25 Newspaper articles re. breakdown in negotiations between Nurses and the County's
Board of Health, Nurses want the Ministry of Health to withhold funds, and increase in
Oxford taxes
Page 26 Newspaper articles re. Don McKay angry over Councils treatment of municipal levies
(includes photograph of Don McKay), Provincial election and Frank Miller's win, and
lockout of Board of Health nurses
Page 27 Newspaper articles re. results of the Provincial election for the County, "good" newsletter
for the County, contract dispute between the Board of Health and its nurses, and funding
for the Stratford General Hospital Building Fund
Page 28 Newspaper articles re. County approvals cooperative housing development in
Woodstock, and provincial election and Oxford County Returning Officer Shirley Foster
Newspaper obituary for David J. Chambers
Page 29 Newspaper articles re. co-operative housing development in Woodstock not approved by
the County's planning committee (includes photographs of Charlie Tatham and Doug
Harris), Trillium Place Housing Co-operative receives County Council approval, and
Oxford County Museum shifts focus to the history of Woodstock rather than the whole
County (includes photographs of Wendy Calder and Wallis Hammond)
Page 30 Newspapers articles re. Gilvsey Construction of Tillsonburg wins tender for the Oxford
County jail restoration project, and Oxford Health Administration's hoping to end Nurses
lockout (includes photograph of Dr. Cecile Rochard)
Newspaper photograph of Doug Ross, President of the Oxford Fish and Game Protection
Association, along side a limited edition print
Page 31 Newspaper articles re. resolving contract dispute between the Board of Health and its
nurses, Board of Health to make new offer to the nurses, Board of Health hoping to meet
with the Minister to discuss funding (includes photograph of Lenore Young), Nurses
break off negotiations again
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Page 32 Newspaper articles re. Tornadoes in southern and central Ontario, work under way on the
jail renovation, no new talks schedule with striking nurses, and Oxford to donate to
tornado relief fun for Barrie and other committees hits
Page 33 Newspaper articles re. retirement of Judge Robert Groom (includes photograph of Judge
Groom), and Alex Graham to be appointed provincial Court Judge for the County
(includes photograph of Judge Graham)
Page 34 Newspaper articles re. Elizabeth Ottaway (includes photograph), Rev. John Davies
celebrating his 100'h Birthday (includes photograph of Rev. Davies) and Oxford's Nurses
join demonstration on Queen's Park
Page 35 Newspaper articles re. parking problems at the Court House, residents sought to serve on
a Committee to investigate establishing a County Archives, costs for maintaining
Holbrook Landfill site to increase, and tentative agreement reached between the Board of
Health and its nurses
Page 36 Newspaper article re. fall of the Provincial Tories
Page 37 Newspaper articles re. County Council endorses tentative nurses agreement, Nurses to
return to work, Nurses to get pay raise, Clerk of Works has been hired to oversee jail
renovations, and Council seeks legal opinion on agreement with the Ontario Heritage
Foundation for restoration grants for the jail
Page 38 Newspaper articles re. David Peterson sworn in as Ontario Premier (includes photographs
of David Peterson and Frank Miller), and long distance telephone rates for some County
residents to call County offices (includes photographs of John Heleniak and Wallis
Hammond)
Page 39 Newspaper articles re. inadequacy of Court Room facilities (includes photograph of
Judge Robert Groom), and South-West Oxford seeks injunction to stop work on the
Salford Landfill
Page 40 Newspaper articles re. rejection of bid to stop Salford landfill construction, lawyers back
in Court concerning the Salford Landfill Site, and South-West Oxford Township lawsuit
could result in a lengthy trial
Page 41 Newspaper articles re. Council awards Salford contract to Hyde Park firm despite
ongoing dispute, and legal action against the County by Salford residents
Page 42 Newspaper articles re. South-West Oxford Mayor Walter Wilson calls County's decision
to award Salford contract "jumping the gun" and Oxford Officials to appear before
Woodstock committee of adjustment requesting variance on parking requirements for the
new Board of Health
Page 43 Newspaper articles re. Woodstock to allow nineteen parking spaces for the Board of
Health and South-West Oxford residents wait to hear if they can proceed with legal
action against the County and provincial cabinet to stop the development of the Salford
landfill
Page 44 Newspaper articles re. planned Hydro corridor to cut through South-West Oxford and
Norwich Townships, Province reluctant to pay hire rent for Court House, and Essex
County Flood Disaster Relief Committee seeks donation from the County (includes
photograph of Wallis Hammond)
Page 45 Newspaper articles re. South-West Oxford doesn't get injunction to stop work on the
Salford Landfill, Ontario's new environment minister to investigates the Cabinet's
decision to approve the Salford Landfill, and Jim Bradley's comments concerning Salford
Page 46 Newspaper articles re. environment minister to investigates the Cabinet's decision to
approve the Salford Landfill, no lasting damage from the nurses strike, Ontario Municipal
Board Hearing set for Woodstock's first housing co-op, and Ontario Treasurer and
Liberal House Leader Box Nixon opens a constituency office in Paris
Page 47 Newspaper article re. passing of Tommy Williams (includes photographs)
Page 48 Newspaper articles re. Lakeside landfill being filled quickly (includes photograph of
Wallis Hammond), birthday party for Canon John Davies (includes photograph of John
Davies receiving a kiss from Barb Swarts) and South-West Oxford Councillors feels
there more to the reconstruction of County Road 46 in Salford then meets the eye
(includes photographs of Howard Cook and Walt Wilson)
Page 49 Newspaper articles re. Council questions value of forming a recluse committee to
monitor hermits, and Warden gives municipalities mandate to determine who should
control solid waste management (includes photographs of Charlie Tatham, Ed Down and
Ross Livingston)
Page 50 Newspaper articles re. deadline for closure of the Holbrook landfill and need for transfer
stations, County to assist several communities near Sudbury hit by floods (includes
photograph of Wallis Hammon), excavation work at Salford Landfill site continues
despite legal challenges
Page 51 Newspaper articles re. municipalities asked to discuss the future of garbage in the
County, pipeline being installed along County Road 46 from the proposed Salford
Landfill site raises questions, County asked to help form a special recluse committee, and
Allyson Hagerman advances to the semi-finals of the Ontario Dairy Princess competition
(includes photograph of Allyson Hagerman)
Page 52 Newspaper articles re. fate of the Trillium Place House Co-operative of Woodstock in the
hands of the Ontario Municipal Board
Page 53 Newspaper articles re. Ontario Municipal Board overturns Woodstock's rejection of the
proposed housing co-operative, routing of new Ontario Hydro transmission lines to be
closely scrutinized by the County, and Allyson Hagerman is chosen Ontario Dairy
Princess (includes photograph of Allyson Hagerman with a cow)
Page 54 Newspaper articles re. Jack Warden seeking the Warden's chair after the coming
municipal election (includes photograph of Jack Warden speaking with George Taylor in
Ingersoll), Don Pratt taking to task for over spending during road reconstruction in
Salford, and restoring the Governor's house
Page 55 Newspaper articles re. criminal charges laid against DeKay Construction Ltd. who are
doing the earthwork at the Salford Landfill Site (September 1985), Coun. Les Cook
doesn't want his name a plaque to adorn the renovated jail, Norwich Township Mayor
John Heleniak eyes Warden's chair, and a one year delay in extending Highway 403 from
Brantford to Woodstock
Page 56 Newspaper articles re. Norwich and South-West Oxford Townships have opposing view
points on proposed route for new Ontario Hydro lines, Woodstock to seek County aid for
co-operative industrial promotion, Coun. Don McKay feels it was a mistake in appointing
members to a County Archives Management Committee, and designation of twenty-five
additional beds at Woodingford Lodge
Page 57 Newspaper articles re. Warden Charlie Tatham predicts the Salford Landfill will open on
time, purchase of computer system will eventually cut planning costs for the County and
Woodstock, criminal charges against DeKay Construction concerning Salford Landfill
are dropped, three-day hearing held in Provincial Divisional Court concerning Salford
Landfill
Page 58 Newspaper articles re, opposing Township views over Hydro power lines, Oxford to
partake in hearing on Ontario Hydro's routing of new power lines, County opposes to the
provincial government plan to permit the sale of beer and wine at corner stores, and
security guard for the County -owned parking lot on Graham Street
Page 59 Newspaper articles re. County awaiting on support from the Liberal government on the
Salford Landfill, surplus County office equipment sparks discussion, Provincial rental
fees for the Court House, and Oxford rejects aid to fight Ontario Hydro plan
Page 60 Newspaper articles re. Union Gas should pay the costs of relocating their utility lines and
equipment (includes photograph of Joe Pember), Don McKay doesn't want Council to
pay a consultant to reviewing proposed Ontario Hydro transmission line plan, thieves
break into the Court House, County to buy `land -related' computer system, South-West
Oxford Township to appeal ruling on Salford injunction, Salford Concerned Citizens
group to demonstrate in front of Queen's Park
Page 61 Newspaper articles re. Salford Landfill (includes photograph of site being developed)
Page 62 Newspaper articles re. Province calls meeting of"all interested parties" in the Salford
Landfill site dispute, Ontario Environment Minister Jim Bradley listens to both sides of
the Salford debate, and safety of the Salford Landfill main topic
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Page 63 Newspaper articles re. Salford Landfill, bid to get Premier to outlaw teachers strikes to go
to Council, Thamesford fire station likely to get new rescue equipment, and new seniors
initiative for Board of Health Nurses in the County
Page 64 Newspaper articles re. Municipal Councils balking at proposed transportation of domestic
waste to one single County landfill, East-Zorra Tavistock Township wouldn't object
establishment of garbage transfer stations, Zorra Townships request for reimbursement of
money spent to control dust cause by trucks, Norwich Township supports the idea of
restricting access to a County Landfill site, and County legal fees associated with Salford
Landfill (includes photograph of Coun. Phil Poole)
Page 65 Newspaper articles re. South-West Oxford Township opposes the County paying legal
bill of DeKay Construction, domestic waste to be taken to a single County landfill site
and farewell to Ross Livingston (includes photograph of Blandford-Blenheim Mayor
Ross Livingston), County to limit trucks to Salford Landfill, and Charlie Tatham praised
for work as County Warden
Page 66 Newspaper articles re. County honors retiring Warden (includes photograph of
Woodstock Mayor Wendy Calder and Warden Charlie Tatham), Zorra Township Mayor
James Gibb seeks Warden's seat, costs for County solicitor to attend hearings over
proposed Hydro route, and County Councillors opinions on arbitration in order to avoid
teacher strikes
Page 67 Newspaper articles re. Don Hart wins Oxford County Land Save Award and Provincial
decision on the fate of Oxford County Landfills unlikely till 1986