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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, . LL-OKNOW, ONTARIO
dune Session o
atter.f;
Bruce County Council Conven
ed for the . Jude Session at the
Township 'Hall, Lion's, .Head, on
Monday evening, June. 6thit
Warden William C..h
W
• Winter pre
siding and all members present
except the ..Reeve •of • Annabel,
which office is vacant owing' to
the recent . resignation " of Reeve
Earl NI. Aiken.
The meeting *as saddgnxd .ow�
ing to the sudden passing ,•'.dur
ing the cession, : of ' Mr.'` Geor
Stephenson,• esteemed County
Engineer and ",!.goad Su erin -
p ........ten.
dent: 'Mho•:bad' 'been' a faithful
public servant for Many years.
Council attendedthe funeral ° in
a body •on Friday afternoon.- The
members also returned • to their.
hornes,on Thursday to• cast their
votes. in the Provincial Election.
The Session proved a busy one
and I number, of, important' items
of .business were "dealt•" with 'in
'ddition to the usual routine mat-
ters. •
Council:, after : making a capital
• grant of '$25,000.00 to. the Owen'
Sound General and Marine' Hos
pital at tihe January Session, •de-.
cided riot to commit itself to axis
future. capital or_:_maintenance
:grants this : year. The, total share
for Bruce County; a's requested•
Eby the •Hospital :..Board ' was
,$35,000.00, based on the ;number.
of 'Bruce patient days at the Hos-
pital. It, was left for future coun-
cils 'to
oun-cils'to decide ..whether or. not - the
additional $28,000.00 asked' :for
.would:. be;;:gratited.
•
County Council placed. ,itself
Squarely .on., record • as • favouring.
the Elora • Road from Glint? Cor-
ner to .:Southampton as' the next
county highway - to be ' assumed
as, a •. Provincial Road. A motion
sponsored ; • by : Reeve' : Norman
Hagedorn of Paisley, and backed.
•by • a petition signed .by 23 reeves
and; deputy, reeves, passed .with-
out a: division.'•
Seeks Juvenile Court
At the request of . County
Magistrate, Otto'. McClevis, - a
special, committee: was set up. to
investigate ' the advisability -of
establishing a Juvenile ..Court" in:
the• County •of Bruce. •
`',A special :committee was also
set. up to arrange for a County
Councilpicnic,: forthe members.
and their families, at Southan-p-,
ton on September :11th.."
:. Another, special committee was
set up .to investigate • the tourist
trade. in Bruce County and report
at the November Session. •
A request by the Tara: muni
cipal• council. that Tara. be attach,
ed, for high school purposes, to
the Owen Sound Suburban •Area
was . also dealt with at this ses-
sion. •On recomnien'.'ation, of the
'Consultative C tt
tion was taken' on this request,
Rate Unchanged
Most •. important . afnong . • the
routine 'mat er under'' consider.
tion was the setting of, the Coun-
ty rate - for the current year., The
rate was;set' at 13 mills,' the same.
as' last year. Of this arnount,51/4
mills •is for highways' and, 734
mills for general purposes:
County • Engineer" George • E.
$tephenson,_.in.,a_repo,ttprepared.
and submitted just before his', un-•
fortunate demise, stated, that.this.
past .spring the roads • suffered
more deterioration 'than for..: many
years "This • he •att•ri� �t1-tS'•"ti're
of ollowing • conditions the very
wet -,fall, 'the open winter, the
exceptionally', :warm weather
'early in` the spring' which brought
the frost. out rapidly, , and ndfi-•
compliance with the' law • during
thalf-load 'season in •March and
levels tlie. road and is sufficient
to. renew the•' old surface which.
in time becomes cracked and
driedout.' About two. mile's of
road • near' Tara and four miles
near Pais:ley broke up so badly
it was considered advisable •to.
place -on. top, about ten inches of
:run gravel consolidated in, layers
and treated with chloride,; This.
is being :.followed with , crushed
gravel and chloride and the . tra=
yelled: portions..'of: thesesections.
of road will .be larirried , , !w}t
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-as alt and.' a: light 'top put
at the rate of about 300 c.y. p
mile. The latter may not he don
this year, 'depending on• condi
tions .later., The • gravel road
should all be treated'' with chlor
ide very' 'shortly., Weed . cuttin.
and 'spraying of. weeds will. b
carried on 'as usual..•A new move
is 'being :purchased -Lor o
ne <.of -t
tractors 'and . another •will prob
ably... be rented.. In` ' connectio
with • grading work, an_ unsatis
,factory condition . has men inz
proved .southwest_ ai' Mildnia
for 'a distance' . of about. half
mile.; ,'Grading'. around Goul
Lake is now being completed: an:
it is expected' -that 'the• road be
tween Burgoyne'' and Arkwrigh
will • be completed." Contracts
have, been let ,for • widening• a
bridge 'in ., Formosa, two . bridges
north of Bel more,' building•' of a
16' ft. ..bridge just east ••of .13e1 -
more and a:35 :'foot: rigid frame
east of 'M'ildirnay:; ,It is also ,ex-
peated..that a new bridge willbe
eonstru�ctecl. 'just east of Holyrood
and subject' to Council's, approv-
al, a new bridge at. Kincardine.
A 'few bridges 'should also be ,re-:
painted this' year. ' '
Reports on .County Equalization
County Assessor Everett •Fin=
nigan • reported to.. Council `that,
since last . June, seven nnunicipal-
iti,es have been' re -assessed, ;name-.
1y; Chesley,:'Southampton, Brant,
Bruce, Elderslie,., 'Annabel and
Albermarle: About half', of Sau
geen and Greenock . Townships
have •also ` ,been appraised. This
leaves 12 municipalities to be re-
assessed, in order to complete the
County. Ten- .of these have been
started,: with four of ".them' Well•
on the. way -to being completed,,
The reanaining two,' ;Hepworth-
and Paisley, • will be' started ' in
the'near ''future,.It may -be pass
ible to •bung/iii.: the new equal
ized assessment. An:` 1956 to be.
used for. county and 1-igh-Sc'hool'
purposes :.in 1957.
.The • Property.; Committee re-
ported that: an architect has been
engaged to'; plan an, addition toj
the Registry Office and Improve!
mentsto the.: Court room artd
e Court,' House; His' report.will'be
ansa tative or>7mi 'ee, na• ac= • available for the No_yernbr.:'Ses=.:
sign:
The . County.Homm. Committee
reported . • that: the • Towne � of
r proposed :.tha't'` a'
sewer Ibe . censtructed through
,part of ;,the new County Home
subdivision. This •se'vver °: is: to
serve the. • new • addition" to , the
hospital .and would' also serve a
section ' 'of the subdivision, This
sewer will cost . an 'estimated'
$,3;30.0,00 R,of which. -.$•3,7790 vioulcl_
be'the County's share :tin...a local
improvement basis.._..jt w,ilLpxolb
ably be .financed- on' 10 year de
benturesc@ 41/2 percent interest.
Extensive impairs are being made
to the verandahs' at• the County
Home this ,year.
The 'leforestation• Committee
reported that 165,000` trees have
been planted on County lands'
during the past spring:
Grants •were ''made during the
cession • as follows: • Lion's Head
Horticultural Society, for 'beach
improvement. $200; Bruce penin-
sula Resort •Ass'n. '$190; Tober-
of mors Tourist•Ass'n ,.'$200_, Salva -
April.. Iii' the latter connection
he suggested some system , of
patrolling the main roads at
night during this period to• ap-
preliencLvaolaters As ..r_esult
the severe spring damage "to : the
roads it was hard to know ,just
where 'to :•begirt. f`ir'st the holes
were dug out where possible .and
backfilled with gravel.and salt
Or'. chloride. Commencing about
May 1st the holes were ,pa:tohed
With asphalt' and sections *will lie'
given a new top" witha. mixture
Of asphalt and gravel at•the rate
of, 0 culbi:e yards per. mile. This
tion Army '$4-00;'Bruce Cti': fi
.COuncil $290;'•$15.06 t4 each pub-
lic library having 300 to • 1,50.0
volumes and $3D.00 to each hav-
ing 'over. 1,5.00. ..
The following resolutions were
•adopted by Council during . the
Session;'. •
That the Ontario Goy'erninen't
be requested to contribute a por-
tiort"of the cost of indigent ;pa.
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tents -in
That the Ontario Government
.grant a subsidy of 80: percent to
municipalities for 'rock excava-
tion necessary to regrade and re-
align road's;.
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That the Ontario Government
be requested to su'bsidize,... to the
extent of 80° percent the • hard
topping of ' roads' in counties,.
•towns and villages; •
That the Federal Government
be requested to halt the further
importation of dairy .the
as
.long as there are surpluses' in,
Canada; '
That the•'-Assessrrient Act: be
.,amended, ft, permit- the. assess
menV and" taxation of •eorrimercial
.ce rieteries; •
• That an open -.season for ':the
Bunting of deer be held in . JBr'uce,
County for three days in the lat-
ter perit of November;
That ;an extra fee of 25c be
'added' to hunting license'. fees to.
provide ,a • fund 'to compensate
farmers' for •loss of livestock 'ac-
cidentally shotduring; the hunt-
ing 'season;•, •
That the federal Department of
Transport.. be. petitioned . to re-
duce the.:dockage. fee of one cent
per foot for every 24 hours levied
on govern matwharfs 'iii the
County,' as this is considered' ex
cessive and detrimentalto traf-.
fir at these' .ports; .
That . the Provincial • Govern -
Ment be asked lo assume full
responsibility for all connecting
links on. Provincial Highways. in
towns' and.; villages owing to ex-
cessive 'highway traffic and con-
sequent ,.exhorbitant costs; - pre,'
sently borne by municipalities' of.
over 2,500 population. •
Council .adjourned .at noon on.
Saturday to meet at
Walkerton
ori Nov✓en°iber 7th.. ,
•
Zion W.M.S;Meeting
The W.M.S."'rneeting' was .held
,at the home' oil-MMrs': Gordorr:Kirk'-
land with .107 .present and `four
children.. The,'•�meeting was Open-
ed-with
pen
ed •'with hymn , 249' followed ..by
the Lord's' prayer..it:;. •was the
Grandmothers' meeting. Mrs. W.
O. Hunter gave .a reading.'Mrs.
Gordon Ritchie took .. care of the'
Christian Stewardship. Mrs. Wes.
'llatcrh'ie sang a. solo. Mrs. Ritchie.
had' the devotional. with Mrs.
Kirkland reading 'the'•' scripture.
a- ers w ere --r
tell about their wedding' dress,.
which was interesting, Next
meeting, is,IO .be the you:ag. lad-
les' ' meeting being at the home
of Mgrs, Pete Cook. Mrs, HIunter
took the quilt. down • to Mrs:
Saunders 'at Goderich. An, in-
; strumental was given by ,Mrs.
Jack Gardner. Mrs. Eldon Ritchie. :
took the study book followed by .
a reading • by Mrs. George .Hun-
ter. 'The meeting: was closed •
'with prayer after• whicch the host
ess served a` delicious lunch, as '•
sib by . Mrs. Lloyd, Hunter.
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Biaek-Henderson' Group
• Me June • meeting of. ,Group' .3
of, the WA. vwas held on. Wed-
nesday afternoon' at the home` of
Mrs.' Al Irwin with an attendance .
of • 23 • members and `six visitors.
Mrs. Black presided' for the op-,
: ening exercises- and. business pe'r
'good' report was . given by .:
the treasurer. ;The . convener ' of
'Christian Fellowship expressed
the thanks and' appreciation of
the -patients at the Baker Home
for the visit and treat's they. took
to all the patients there recently:
Mrs. Robertson presided for the.
following program.. Mrs
MacKenzie • gave the' . scripture..
reading 'and' Mrs. Ioag gave. the
meditation and. prayer. Mrs.
Roach :gave a• hum'o�rous• reading;
,Mrs. Wm: Porteous then • favored_
with a . very' interesting and in- •
structiv'e talk on ,their• winter. in
Florida and also showed, very;
pretty' ,colored views. An inter
eating, contest .concluded the:pro-.
grain after • w_ hiclh' :a dainty -Iunch •
Vvas served, by the ;committee in' ' •
charge. A :vote: of thanks: was
giiven.the hostess after which the
mizpah• 'benediction' was,. pro-
flounced.,
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Want Teeswater To` Pay More
'Municipalities in the Wingham.
Iiigl School; . District are'•putting
'the' pressure ."on Teestrater at
present, claiming that, not having,
yet adopted the new .Bruce Co.
assessment for school purposes,
;that 'the Culross' village Li' riot
paying its : rightful share . of
school ,costs. ' Teeswater Council
is 'siting pat, and:the.other area , s.
delegates are, reported to have
stated they will take' matter
;before a board of •arbitration.
ME LAUGH!
"1,know what. I'rii' talking about. No'.
wise man or woman would°be without
the setviices bi• a trust company in matters
concerning their estate --it's far too
im orta,nt
4 p . So,take my Advice, write for
the free booklet, "Blueprint 'For Your..
Family." It will, tell' you a lot ybu; should•
know about estate administration."
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