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THE I;VCKNOw SENTINEL, LUCXNOW, ONTARIO
Immediate Ruignatiogi
of inspector 6. •C, b�b$on
trhe Bert Elgin Times)
- Without, precedent in the
toy of Bruce County and:.a
Witbaut parallel in the Pro
.df, Ontario was the action t
last'm' when n'0mb! one
Areal and fifty pubic school t
t+ a urban -and rural, met at
t nsltip hall at Underwood
signed a petition asking for.
*mediate resignation of In
tor. Ceo.: C. Dobson, inspect.
PUb .ie schools.
All :e• the -pent-up. indign
which has accumulated thro
out: west,Bruce over, a perio
_-years, .;burst forth .in a man
so savage and ruthless, that
inspector stood Condemned, s
as no -man has been in the ' eo
ty's history. -71.1-"Mr° Geo.
Kay,, ' elected chairman of
meeting .said, "It seems impo
sible, to . find one good word
the man"..
The . unanimous `decision .of
meeting resulted: in .a petit
which was signed by the trust
which will be sent to the, Depa
rnent of Education; , the Chief
spectol of.Schools, and to
Dobson in which his itnmedi
resignation is demanded. To f
ther strengthen the force of
petition the meeting voted
Reeve Kenzie Foster of Bru
Township imrriediately . cont
the reeves of the other rnunici
sties in Mr. Dobson's . inspector,
asking that they call meetings
school' boards : fir the purpose
Signing the .petition. This is
petted to take place_this week:
he-opinion-genera/1Y expr..
ed at the' meeting; however, w
that ‘Inspector Dobson' could
expected. to •submit his resign
tion without waiting for the pe
it -ion when he was. informed
the rebellion: against him and
methods by' such a large . sectio
of his inspectorate.
'More than thirty represent
tives addressed ,the meeting an
ahnost without exception, attack
ed him with such, bitterness;, that
before 'an hour had, elapsed the
whale—gathering was at fever
pitch. .
Inspector Dobson, was accused
of the following misdeeds and the
demand for his resignation was
based- on. these points as given
bye trustees:
L "The, greatest evil . of . Mr4
Dobson is that great _numbers of.
teasers won't' come. into the in-
spectorate". Several teachers had
refused to accept positions in the
inspectorate because of Mr. bob:: invariable habit of handing
in bad reports for some time hand
to generally improve them so as
to indicate that he alone was res-
ponsible ,for their' improvement.
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2. His statement that- `.`T : am
going to close out several schools
in this inspectorate before I am
through", was repeatedly made:
• In many instances the : rat payers
have been up in arms because of
this attitude. In every section in
which he has closed or threatens
to close the. school, property val-
ues are dropping;
3.' His dictatorial attitude to-
- wards teachers, trustees and rate-
payers drew the Continent that,
'That's s coming pretty close to
being a dictator. He ought to be
over ,there with ' Hitler". The
meeting' alleged. that Mr. Dobson's
overbearing manner had on many
-occasions so upset teachers 'and
the students that they were unfit
to continue work after one of 'his
visits.
4. Mr. Dobson was openly char-
ged with falsifying- his reports.
He is said" to have stated certain
things regarding his own Work in
these reports which- were absol-
utely without foundation.
5. charges, which.of hwas e mthe ezepost eri-
ence of many boards apparently,
arose out of the inspectator'sehab-
it of telling teachers to resign be-
cause he would' get them better
schools. This was done without
the knowledge of the trustees.
6.. So =Settling is the effect of
Mr. Dobson and his methods -that
can't can'give the best °ser-
vice under such conditions. The
education of our children is -suf-
fering and that is too important
for us to allow to continue". Mr.
Dobspn's flair for criticism • had
reached such proportions,, it was
reported, that he even reprimand-
ed a'teacher in.front of the pupils
for: a garment that 'he was wear-
ing.
7:.Sev'eraj•speakers pointed out
that he tried to drive a wedge
between teachers and their boards
and when confronted with his ac-
tions, roundly denied having made
any such statements. As one trus-
tee said, "He's an awfulnice
rkceei-talker':
8. Other representatives char-
gedthat he'
e was continually after
school boards to obtain more and
more ,equipme, in order to get
grants -whether the equipment
was needed or not. It was further
charged that he was attempting
to get school beards to buy ad-
ditional "prepe* r . without justifi:
cation: One, tru ` e said that when
his school had '7 pupils, the. pre-
sent amount Oland was consid-
ered more than, adequate and yet
now that there are only =five pu-
pils he demanded' the purchase�of
much more land.
At theclose of the meeting,sthe
question arose that it was diffi-
cult to follow the °approved pro-
cedure of 'Sending' the . request for
his resignation td the Minister of
Ed" tio;�-ih, . sew of the act- t
Mr... Dobson is reported to be re-
lated to that official and that
there might be political .collusion,
However, as one trustee pointed,
out, a provincial,' .election was in
the offing and that perhaps the
Minister would bear in mind that
such an expression of public op-
inion . would carry weight : with
any elected representative to the
government 'regardless of other
considerations.
It Can Happen Here,
The Paisley Advocate last week
asked, "Whatever became of the
Board ` of Trade?:' A number of
committees , were appointed by
the Paisley Board some time ago
to investigate the possibility of
bringing a phase of the plywood
industry to that__village--so far -
the sum.tatal of what'these com-
mittees have •done is nothing and
The Advocate comments, "Is it
any wonder Paisley is daily slip-
ping further back towards' . the
ultimate fate of becoming nothing
more nor ' less than a four -corner
hamlet?" • -
Goes Active
Lieut. Murray Hetherington" of
the Huron -Middlesex Regiment
will shortly report ' to the Royal
Canadian Engineers at Three Riv-
ers, Que. He went active last
week. He is'well equipped for
his new' 'post and it . Should' be to
his liking, for as an employee, of
the Department of `Transport he
has had much to do in ,an en-
gineering Capacity with. the est
' ablishment of airports in Huron
County and elsewhere. He also
has had a fine record with the
Middlesex -Hurons, A brother,.
Capt Robert Hetherington, is in
the R C.A. Both are sons ?if Mrs;
Jean. Hetherington of Goderich,
and their father,- the late Major
Isaac Hetherington, gave distin-
guished service. in the 1914-18
war.--Goderich Signal -Star.
Completes Excellent Record
According to:the --current' issue
Of' the Holstein Monthly Test Bul-
leti.n, Priscilla Beauty -Canary, a
member of the purebred herd of
Larne B. Reid, Huron Township,
has, completed ' an excellent rec-
ord of performance test. Starting
as a five-year-old, she produced
14,098 lbs: milk containing 459
lbs. butterfat in 305 !days on
twice -a; day milking
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Arrives M s Caroline
East
From i
ne Wellwood,. a xis
sionary in China for over thirty-
five years, recently arrived in
Ontario after a..long and hazard-
ous journey. Miss . Wellwood has
been in China since 1906, except
for regular furloughs back home.
After leaving China last year, she
was in India for some time before
securing passage. She left. 'In-
dia last October, and will rig
doubt have some interesting ex-
periences
x=periences to tellabout her long
trip home. •
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Passes In West : '
The death of Thomas Jamieson,
in:his 73rd year, occurred at Wey-
burn, Sask. A son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. .Thomas Jamieson, he
was'. born on '.Con. 9, East Wawa -
nosh. He went West in 1910. Sur-
viving are .,two brothers John and
•James of East Wawanosh, and a
sister Mrs. Robert Stonehouse,
Agnes) of Belgrave.
OBITUARY.
MRS. HARRY McGEE
The death of Mrs. '. Harry Mc-
Gee occurred in Toronto on- Mon-
-day -'"of' last' `week after: a -five'
months' illness. She' was in her
77th year.
A native of Toronto, Mrs. Mc-
Gee was the widow of the •late
Col. Harry. McGee, vice-president
of the T. Eaton Company. He
passed away in April 1939:.
The- -fu'nera-l: -service- was -
in the Timothy: Eaton Memorial
Church: Rev. Dr. , David Mac;
Lerman, .'who officiated, said the
names of Col. and Mrs. McGee'
were • woven into the very fabric
of the church, not only because
- f—the--t. o---windo-vva--flus cora
memorate them, . but through
their work for the church. °
Chief mourners were the : de-
ceased's two daughters, Kathleen
McGee and Mary Lou Porter; her
grandson, John McGee. Porter;
Mrs. Porter;'Leonard Porter, son-
in-law; ' Mrs. Limbert Graham,
niece; Mr. Graham; Mrs. J. Mc-
Farlane niece; .Gordon Webster,.
Nephew; Mrs. J.* Crook, niece;
Mrs.` S. Lawther, niece; and Mr.
Lawther. Mrs. Mabel Scott, sis-
ter of the deceased, was too ill.
to attend the funeral. ' Another
grandson, Lieut. H. E. Porter, is
overseas with the lith Canadian
Army Tank Regiment.
Pallbearers were six nephews
of the deceased—Dr. Alex 'Fee,
G. R. McBride, W. G. Allen, A. J.
Smith, C. Cain and Bert McGee.
A large_ congregation of mourn-
ers ers included Lady Eaton, Col, R.
Y. Eaton, J. J. Vaughan, O. D.
Vaughan b and . Brigadier T. D.
Switzer of . Ottawa and Toronto.
Entombment took place at Mount
Pleasant Mausoleum.
JESSE GRAY
The funeral of . Jesse Gray was
old from the family residence,
oderich, on Thursday afternoon,
ev. R. H. Turnbull' of North St.
nited church officiating. The
alibearers were Leonard, Geo.
rid' Earl Westbrook, . Thos. Cara-
ck, Earl Coope and John Me-
enzie. Interment took place . in
e Dungannon cemeteryl
Up to the time of an accident,
little over a week ago; in which
.had fallen and broken his hip,
r, Gray, though in his 90th year,
was active and had enjoyed plant -
g. -and looking after his. vege-
ble garden.
A native ' of hlanshard town-
ip, he carne to .Ashfield as a
ung man and farmed there un
1912, . and later in Goderich
wnship. All his life he had
ken an active interest in church
rk: While he was in Ashfield
was the superintendent of the
nday school of the Methodist
urch at Crewe. In Goderich,
ere he had lived retired, he.
s a member of North Street
ited church. He is survived by
wife, formerly Jane, Steel of
bo township, three daughters
three sons, Mrs. F. Howard'
r-nin, Toulon, Man.; Mrs. Mat
Shackleton, Crewe; Mrs, E.
ford Webb, Goderich; Asher
y, Saskatchewan; Lawrence,
leville, and Willard;: San'.
THURSDAY, JULY 1st, 1943
MEDICAL EX.AMININit'r BOARD'
SET ,:CiIE' AT LISTOWEL
A number afrom the village and
community are reporting at List-
owel for re-examination for mil-
itar service: The Listpwei. centre
has" been, established for the ex• -
amination of men living within
a fifty mile radius.
Major Blakeman of Ottawa is
head of •the Exainining Board
which will be established at List-
owel for about ' three weeks:.Th.
work is being done by doctors of
-i_the Roy-al--Car3adian a rmy- .Medi-
cal • Corps who,, are dispatched
from headquarters 'at London.
Of those of low category, who.
have been already re-examined,
about -fifty per cent receive cate-
gory changes.'
Weak on Scripture
Miss Agnes Macphail may, pose
as an.authority on things govern-.
jmentat but—wi'ien = iV-comes'.t--0
knowledge of the- Bible, which'
many good people believe is•. the
source of true..government; she
claims no special distinction. The.
other evening. she appeared on a'
quiz program and when'she was
informed that she'-hadchosen_a-
1nblieal question her ejaculation
`"heavens" indicated 'khat ' she . an-
ticipated the worst. "Give the
names of the three sons of Noah",
came. from the master of cere-
monies. "Name. one of them"; he
urged. Again there was no reply.
Canada's first woman • of • parka'
heidrme`nt via completely stumped.
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Visits Walkerton
Mr. 'George R. Patterson, for-
merly "Bruce County Agricultural
Representative, who has::nov__-
tained the responsible.. of
post of
Canadian Trades Commissioner
to Great Britain. (livestock
branch) and has been in. England
for the past three years, paid a
brief visit to, Walkerton recently.
He expects to return to England
in midsummer.
MARKED GAS
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TAX FREE
.. The problems relating to the
sale ofmarked gasoline and re-
fund of the Ontario Gasoline' Tax
thereon, have been under inves-
tigation by the Department of
Highways ,of the Province of On-
tario for some time.. Numerous
requests have been .received for
some ,change in the, present sys-
tern of refunding the Ontario
Gasoline Tax.
Alter studying the situation ip
all its asiects, the Province has
now decided to allow the sale of
marked gasoline (i.e. gasoline
markedurple in accordance
with the orders of the Oil Con-
troller sof Canada) free from the '
Ontario Gasoline Tax to farmers,
licensed "commercial fishermen,
licensed guides and licensed or
ather__bona fide tourist outfitters,
commencing July 1st, 1943.
The new system will eliminate
the necessity of submitting claims
for refund of the tax, as the On-
tario Gasoline Tax will now be
exempted at the time of purchase,
-on presentation "by the purchaser
of his purchase permit ' and a
properly completed and signed
"exemption statement" Purchase
permits and—exemption state-
ments will be bound together in
book form and mailed .directly to
the purchaser'. from ° the Depart-
menti_os>-appr-o-val.-p his- applica-
tion.
The purchaser should secure his
"Application. for Purchase Per-
mit" from -his retail .dealer in
marked gasoline, any Division
waof the Department of High•/
Office
y .c , or1he Gasoline Tax. Branch''
of thel • Department of Highways
at Toronto.
It is anticipated that if the co
operation of sellers and purchas-
ers is received that this new pro-
cedure will be of considerable
benefit to the persons involved:.
It's Time For A Change
John W. Hanna, Progres-
sive -Conservative candidate
_for Huron -Bruce, has thus
far in his career followed
the footstepsof his father.
His ' father served as coup=
cillor and mayor of Wing-
ham and John 'has had a
similar experience, having
been on the council for 8
years—five as mayor., 'Like •
his father his wliole_life
has been lived in this dis-
trict and for sixty-three
years the name Hanna has
been symbolic of merchan-
dising in ' Wingham. Busi-
ness ' has ' 'changed much
since the ' early days but
John went through the but-'
ter and egg stage of the
general store. His experi-
ence in this rural area has
well equipped him to un-
derstand the problems of
the farmer and he is well 1
aware that we must have a
prosperous agriculture to
have real prosperity in this
district or throughout •On-
.'-'tario.
WORTHWHILE OBJE(TIVES
1. A square deal for the farmers, who in my opinion, have
never had one.
2. Reconstruction program followingthe'
equal rights for - the fanner.
war to include
3. Electric Lights and Power on every farm at reasonable
rates: °
4, A live reforestation
policy for Ontario.
5. Relief offarm labour shortage: -
6. Ceiling on farm produce raised to a' level that will give
prosperity. .
If elected I promise to the best of my ability to carr
out the above pledges. y
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