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TH! LUCK.NOW SENT.IN NI. LUCKNQW, ONTARIO
CHURCH
South Kinloss AA
Mrs, Harold. Campbell was host- a
essto South lcinloss W. M. S at her
home on Wednesday, August 31
With Mrs, A . Hughes. and Mrs.. Rosa
MacMillan as directors.' Mrs. Gib
Hamilton presided and Mrs. L.
MacDou gall read minutesand cor-
respondence.
or-respondence. A thankof feting. .
meetin
for
and greetings s tenOctober
to Mrs. P; Steer,
' gs
' The Bible .study for August, an
also that for September were gone
over, one being, Pauls• letter to the
Philippians Chapter 2 add the
other Paul's letter to Corinth, Cha-
pter 5. Roll calls °were "Salvation"
and "Reconcile". The Prayer
Circle was formed by Mrs. D.
•Graham , • Mrs, Rod MacLeod and
Mrs .. T . Coli.'yer Mrs. Sandy : .
MacLeod read a poem "The Shad-
ow of the hand of God••is over
Everything..•,.
• Mrs., Hughes° read a section front;
"Realms .of Our Calling", regard-
ing work.with Non -Church organ-
izations abroad and Mrs: MacMil-
lan read about Medical .work in,
Formosa and in •India . Mrs. Sandy
MacLeod accontpaaied by Mrs.
Hughes contributed a' solo and
hostess and' Directors served lunch.
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Committee Report
GODERICH*: T :HUrCn County's
emergency measure* p'amme,,
as now established, will be drastic-
ally curtailed under the County
Clerk _Treasurer .as acting co -oidia
ator at an honorariUtn of $50. per
month.
W. S. Forbes. the EMO- coordin-
ator, is rellev'ed of his duties, with
his salary .continuing until Sept-
ember 30, 1966. . • .
Direct action along Chia linewas
taken by Huron•.County. Council
at:a'special session its the Court
House, Goderich., Tuesday even-.
ing of last week When* recorded :
division, of 32-6 supported the rec-
ommendations of Emergency: Mea-•
sures Comrnittee udder the chair-
man, George Wonch, deputy ".reeve
of Clinton. • .
FOR the report:. Alexander. Boyd
Cook, Corbett, Cuthill,, Dalton,. •
Dunbar, Etherington, Gandon,
Geiger•, Gibson, Hardy. Elmer Hay
ter,' Hendrick,, Jewell. (two), •Kerr.,,
McIlwain, McKenzie, Moody(two),
Noakes ,_. Robinson'', Smith, Snell,
Stewart , Stirling. Talbot, Thiel,
Duff Thompson Elgin'Thompson,
Wonch: total. 32.
AGAINST the report; Boyle, Jim,
Hayter',,.Krauter,.Leiper. McFadd-
en, proctor; total, 6; . .
The special session opened shlirp.
at..8 30 'p . m . ; the Queen was 'sung
at 10;,20 p•m.•.• • •
Warden Kenneth Stewart; McKi,.
hop, welcomed: members; with •
only one absentee. Hilliard:Jeffer
son;. West Wawanosh,, away on a •
fishing trip: arranged •before. the
meeting was called
"Actually. , 1 did 'Can the meeting
to receive a report of the.Agricult-
: Ute and Re forestation•Cotnmittee
which -met Hensall last week,
withthe idea of :pressing for the:
establishment of some' Sort of, ag-
ricultural college at Centralia,
Air Force .Base" he commented '
"As a county council: we should ,
pramote anything brout before
us so that . was why the meeting
wascalled so quickly', There also'
Was the ,report of: the. Emergency.
Measures' Committee to consider',
and one from the Huron County
Library Co-operative:"
Supporting the committee report.,
George Wonch ,..Chairman •.; stated •
that 'it,.was unfortunate; this, situat
ion has arisen;,"because soinebod'y
has to get hurt": Council members
had received copies• Of reports of
past meetings' and "the committee
'hasn't been asleep" .; .Oiiinions had,
been voiced from all sides. ' He de-
nied press reports which referred to
a seciet,report."There never was
a secret report ," he. declared.
"Secondly, 1 didn't appreciate
quitea urnber'.of phone call's at
my place of work. Statements lav:
been made that you 'people fired a
person before the County Council
session. That is not true either."
Mr. Wonch said the public ,was . ,
not interested in EMO and: if inter=
ested , .w'ould not take part. • leavin;
it all to elected officials: Some
think the problem might be beeaus
of geographical locations. 4
"The biggest beef from. Toronto
is that Mr. Forbes, (the co-ordin-
ator) has not produced; an over-all'
programme for the county. There •
are two sides to the story.' Toronto
is not altogether satisfied with us',
but II am not altogether `satisfied
with Toronto. .
"Quite possibly, Mr Forbes het
tried hard. His .exuberance; perhaps,
stepped on a few toes,"
Mr, Wonch recalled that,EMO
was proving'its worth in various
ways. in Canada such as the Ottawa
bridge collapse. •
Duff Thompson, reeve of Clinton/
nguired if mutual fire 'aid 'and
uxiliary police would be continue
nder the present proposal..
Clerk -Treasurer J.C. Berry said'
it could.
Alvin D. Smith, reeve of Turn-. -
berry , . askedd If, the committee was
unanimous.
Chairman Wonch replied that it
was: done in the proper way, and
was the unanimous thinking of the
committee members,
Thomas Leiper, reeve of. Hulle'tt,
asked if funds would be .available
under the :proposed.plan,
Mr. Berry replied that they would
be as.long as.the plan received
grants in the ordinary way'.
Duff Thompson said an emer
P g.,
ency could be by natural action or
man;-made'action. He wondered
in the event •of evacuation from
larger, centres,, why . we should pre-
pare plans.. . , •
Mr Berry stated that it was. :
generally considered that this area,
would be the receiving areafor
larger centres. 'It was basically a
plan to carry. on the functions of
government and also heli out the • •
surrounding. area .
Mr .
Wonch stated that N.W. .
Timmerman, director; EMO, said
Huron County didn't have. a plan
at all. We asked and there was no
answer. ' .
Timmernianr had stated that Mr.
Forbes had not co-operated with
Toronto and he felt he never, would
Mr: Wonch pointed out.. . .
'. Mr. Hayter agreed but' felt Tor-
onto had "sold. us this: EMO" . "Big
army men came up here with fla-
shing uniforms to get US' to go ,into
it:"
E1gtn Thompson',. reeve .of Tuck
ersmith, had' the final" word in the
debate;
don't think a 'plan is necessary.
in. a .place like ,Huron•County "
Discussion on..the :report took 35
'minutes .:The report read as foll
ows; •
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REPORT OF THE EMERGENCY
MEASURES COMMI.TTEE OF.
COUNTY :COUNCIL
TO THE WARDEN AND MEMBERS .
OF• HURON COUNTY COUNCIL
At the'June`$e;ssion of County,
Council , Motion No . 49 '1966' was
passed; This motion i as,as follows:
"That,'Huron County Council give
consideration to withdrawing from'
the Emergency Measures Or;ganiza=
tiop and further that this .matter be
referred to the Emergency Measur-
es Committee of County. Council,
with a full report to be presented
at the September Session of County
Council ."'
As. a result.. of the foregoing mot-
ion, a meeting was called on June
24th. At this meeting. in addition'
to the full. Committee, were the,
representative •of the Department
of the, Attorney. General, Mr. N:W
Timmerman, the Director and Mr..
A.C..Clarke, Field Officer. Also
present for this meeting was Mr..
W.S. Forbes, the County Co-ord-'
inator. '
A lengthy discussion ensued re-
.
garding the; problems in.connection
with the present Emergency. Meas -
ores. Program; Attie meeting of
June. 24th, ' it was recomMended
that the Emergency. Measures Pro=
gram be disbanded but that the
Council would be asked to continu
their contact'with, the •Province'in
the event of a need to reactivate
the Program
Following the above meeting, a
letter was forwarded to the Depart
meet of the Attorney General, •ad-
vising of `the Committee's recom-
mendation, .On July 22nd , a reply
was received from the Department
outlining the procedure necessary
.in order that the. County might
withdraw from the Emergency
Measures Program. The instruct-
ions' were as follows:
1. The present By-law passed in
e
PAM
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V(M:
'1962 establishing the Organization
will need to be rescinded. Once.
'this is done, no furtherfunds can
be made available under.the Fin
. uncial Assistance: Program .•
2;
,Huron County would have to
refund the 'Federal and Provincial:
share of the money spent on pur-
chases of all items under Classific-
. ation••11,. 111; and. IV since the est
ablishment of Organization,
after depreciation at the rate. of
10% per, annum,
': •The' letter from. the', Department
did make the followingsuggestiorx •
"As an alternatives to• the drastic'
step of disbanding the''Organization,
we would be -prepared to consider •
the'payrrtent of a modest,honorar` tt
to some other rliunicipal offfccial,.
such as yourself as Clerk -Treasurer
and'to assist this : official in any way.
possible in the .development of the
emergency plans required under Th -
Emergency. Measures'A ct .. The equi
pment :purchased previously.; col ld
thenbe retained and:eventually put
to good use at some future date
.wh€n a new Co-ordinator would be'
required to carry .out the training. 1
and exercise program necessary to
maize these' plans work." '.
Following receipt of this letter, •
another meeting of the Emergency.
Measures Committee of Council ••
was called under date.of August 5th
A11 members of the committee'
were present on this occasion. At
this meeting it was pointed out that
the, cost of withdrawing from the
Emergency Measures Program would
be in the neighbourhood of $4,000.
to $6,00&; depending on the final
calculations of the items to be.de-
preciated: The .larger.amount of
the depreciation' would prevail if
Auxiliary Police uniforms were con-
sidered as a depreciated item.
The Municipal Act under Section
378-B, Section2 and •Section 3
provides: for the establishment and
the maintenance of.an-Emergency
Measures Program . Under the Emer-
gency Measures. Act 1962-63, Sect-.
ion 4, Subsection. 2 it states that. •
each•County,.together with the ' .
e local municipalities within the
County, that do not form part of
the County for municipal purposes;
shall formulate a plan to provide
for the continued function of Mun-
icipal Government and the .nec-
p essary services of the municipaliti-
i es in the event of an emergency..
As pointed out by the Department
of the Attorney General, who ad
-
I ministers the Emergency Measures
!Act, the main duty of a County is
Ito provide a plan. A plan can be
l written and prepared without the
I County being involved in'the full
, Eiriergency'Measures Program. Con:•
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psidering these facts, and theappar-
ent lack of 'interest in Emergency
Measures within .the County, the
Committee wishes to recommend,
certain recommendations. At the'
same time., in view of the fact that
it might cost between $4,600. and
$6,000. to have our.Prograrii.ent-
irely disbanded, the : Committee
is in agreement that :the original
idea be changed ,and that the Pro7'.
gram be maintained on .a much..
more modified scale.
•As a result of its investigation
and letters ftom Toronto, your
Committee makes the following: ,
recommendations: :. ,
1. That the present Emergency
Measures Program as now estab-'
lished be Curtailed:, • ' i
2. That the Emergency Measures
Program be operated in<accordance
with the Emergency Measures Act
R. S. O 1962-63 and that the 'Clerk-
Treasurer prepare a written.plan in
conjunction with the requirements
of the Department of the Attorney
General:
3. That the Emergency Measures
Co -Ordinator be relieved of his
duties' as Co-ordinator , . with his
salary to continue until: September
30,/1966and that By-law No. 17,
196413e recinded .
1
•
4. That .the County Clerk-Treasur
er be apppinted Action Co-Ordin-
aior.
5 ;'That the Acting Co -Ordinator be
paid an honorarium of 350. per:
month, effective August i966 .
with the said honorarium to be r_e-
'Viewed at a later date:
6. That 'the function of the Emerge-
ncy Measures Program be curtailed
as of August 5,.1966:
7. That the "Acting Co-ordinator be
authorized to close out the.office
and arrange staring of all equipme-
nt that will notbe required for the
present:
8. That the A'cting Co-ordinator
arrange to• contact the Provincial
officials as soon as possible to
prepare •.the ground work fol ,writing
the necessary plan. .
9. That, the clerical staff of the Em-
ergency Measures office be termin-
ated at the descretion•of .the Acting
Co-ordinator but that the secretary
be paid untilat. least September 30
1966.,
10. That all"'holidays dike to the Ern,
agency Measures personnel be .
taken prior to September 30 , • 1966.
Respectfully, submitted,
George Wonch, Chairman.
/, •
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