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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1927-12-15, Page 3WUIWIUY, DECEMBER <15, <037 THE EXETER T1MES ADVOCATE County Council f The cdunty council, meeting last ***%•/eek in its final session of the year, ‘ has made two important appoint- v ments. Mr. Gordon Young, ex- Jleeve, of Colborne township, is the hew county treasurer, succeeding Mr William Lane, who has been in the service of the county fo£_ thirty-six years, first as clerk and latterly as treasurer. Mr. J. M. Govenlock, of Seaforth, formerly Reeve of McKil- lop arid for one term member of the „ Legislature for South Huron, is ap­ pointed to the position of inspector of the county house of refuge at Clinton, This position is being va­ cated by Mr. John Torrance, of Clin- ' ton, who after twenty-three years ip the position has resigned owing to failing health. Mr, Young as treasurer will re­ ceive a salary of $1500 a year, and the position of house of refuge in­ spector parries a salary The appointees were ballot at a caucus meeting of the A day afternoon, applications "•"^ship and ten for Only one ballot y.feach appointment. ceived a majority , of the entire vote on the ballot for1 the treasurership, and Mr. Govenlock being similiarly favored in „the balloting 'for the house of refuge position. The se­ lection by ballot not being a formal appointment, resolutions1 were intro­ duced at the evening session, and were adopted unanimously, making the appointments, and these will be confirmed by. by-law before the close of the session. I The question was raised whether 'Mr. Young, being one of the county auditors this year, could legally be appointed treasurer, but the diffi- i^culty was solved when Mr. Young’s* resignation as auditor was submitt­ ed and was formally accepted by the council. The December session of the Coun­ cil opened on Tuesday afternoon of last week with all the members pre­ sent with the exception of Mr. Bal- lantyne, o'f Usborne, who arrived for Thursday’s meeting. Warden Klopp in his opening remarks, said: “Gentlemen, it is a pleasure to be assembled here again at the county seat of our grand old county of Hu­ ron. It is also pleasing to see you all present. I am satisfied that you all have discharged your duties faithfully and honestly. This has i ibeen a busy year. The different committee were very diligent with their work, which made my duties very pleasant. Our* expenditures of $300.00, chosen by committee ■on Thurs- were eigh- or council There for the treasurer- the other position, was required for Mr. Young re­ were large in connection with some of our county properties. The dif­ ferent committees felt the impor­ tance and the necessity to recom­ mend the different improvements and repairs, to keep the county pro­ perties up to a certain, standard which will be an asset to the couji- ty-“The valuators’ report in connec­ tion with the new equalization was a'difficult matter to adjust to the saisfaettion of all concerned. I am pleased to state, by getting together shoulder to shoulder, we were able to make a fairly satisfactory equali­ zation. “The Good Roads Commission met at regular times to check pay sheets and order the payments (and tried to be very exact with their work, which is very important, owing to the very large expenditures required to keep our roads, safe for. the large amount of traffic. The work of .maintenance and construction was ‘inspected at different intervals. The same was satisfactory and well done. This year’s program, as outlined at the beginning p'f the year, is almost completed and I feel and believe to the satisfaction of all concerned^.“The road and bridge comihjittee Inspected the county bridges and the approaches and the particulars will be included In their report. “The House of Refuge committee met at Clinton for the regular meet­ ings. It was necessary to hold three special meetings owing to the large amount of improvements at the county home. Youi’ committee found it necessary to have tlje main wing of the home re-wired. On hav­ ing an inspection made the wiring was found defective and not safe. The iiainting was found necessary to protect the wood-work from going td“ ruin, also other repairs" were need­ ed. Your committee also realized the necessity o'f having the home roded, a protection against electrical storms and,a safeguard to life and property. The repairs and improve­ ments made here at the court house and Children’s Shelter may be in­ spected by all while you are here at this session. “To the finance committee I beg to say that they should further dis­ cuss the importance of the present legislation regarding indigents in hospital, which are charged to the county. It would be better to re­ vert to the formed system to have the townships or municipalities charged. I believe it will be a bet­ ter way to keep in touch with the pa­ tients requiring and deserving as­ sistance. “We have some very important work to do at this session. You all know that our worthy friend the treasurer, Ml-. Lane, has decided to j lay down his’ reins of office. I am sure I will voice the sentiments of everyone III saying that we are ex­ tremely sorry to have him Quit this office. He has been a faithful worker and always to the best inter- sets of the county. “ « “Mr. Torrance has also decided to lay down his reins of office. He also has been a worthy friend and faithful worker and deeply interest­ ed with our county home, also with the care of the needy ancl unfortun­ ate folk o'f our county. He always worked to the best interest of the home and county. “It is to be hoped that we will be able to appoint suitable persons to fill these positions, and by the number* of applicants we have to se­ lect from there is no doubt that we can fill both positions with well- qualified persons. “I made several visits at the Chil­ dren’s Shelter. Conditions are not what they should be. The county property committee should make an early inspection of the shelter and I believe may give some suggestions or pass some resolutions which avIII be to the best interest of our county. This county always has been will­ ing and ready to assist in’charitable work.” The following is the list of appli­ cants for the positions: For Inspector of the County Home —W. H. Lobb, ex-Reeve of Goderich Township; George Turner, treasur­ er o'f Tuckersmith, who has now moved to Clinton; Jas. A. Ford, Clin­ ton, a former member of the County Council and chairman of the House of Refuge Committee; Wm. L. Mair, Clinton; Lome Tyndall, Clinton; Herbert Crich, ex-Reeve of Tucker­ smith; R. R. Sloan, Goderich Town­ ship; J. M. Govenlock, Seaforth,* a former member of the county coun­ cil; T. R. Wigginton, Clinton; and D. C. Doran, of the House of Re'fuge. For Treasurer—E. Douglas Brown Goderich, chemist with the Western Canada Flour Mills Co.; Geo. S. Ho­ ward. Exeter, school principal; Mrs. I, Hetherington, clerk of the Town­ ship of Colborne; Gordon Young, of Colborne; Mrs, Effie Gien Hoggarth, Los Angeles, Cal., a sister of Mrs. Wm. Jewell, of Colborne; Thos. G. Shillinglaw, of Seaforth; Geo. Die­ chart, o'f Zurich; Paul Coates, of Ex­ eter; C. F. Chapman, of Goderich; Alex Porterfield, clerk of E. Wawa- nosh; Peter- Gardiner, ex-treasurer of Blytli; John E. Harn well, clerk of Stanley township; Miss Edrie Tye book-keeper in the County Engi­ neer’s office and assistant to Mr. Lane; Thos. McNabb, Brussels; Al­ fred E. Erwin, Bayfield, a former warden on the county; L. W. Cur- rell, Clinton; Robert Higgins, Hen­ sall, a former county auditor; and Jos. Forest, R. R. No- 3, Seafortin Among the correspondence were th© following: From the ..clerk of the united coun­ ties of Northumberland and Dur­ ham, enclosing a resolution of the county council asking that the re­ cent change by which the collection of payments due hospitals for Indi­ gents is made from the county, be changed back to the old system of collection from the minor municipal­ ity, as the local municipality has a better knowledge of conditions. A resolution from the clerk of the United Counties of Prescot and Russell, asking the province of On­ tario to assume ah the cost of Pro­ vincial Highways and asking the co­ operation of the Huron County council in the matter. From I. A. Humphries, inspector of legal offices, Toronto, calling at- tendion to the need ofMsome new reports for the county registry of­ fice. Notice from the Highways Depart­ ment that the London road as far north as Clinton was assumed as a Provincial Highway at noon on Sept. 14th, 1927. From Thos. McMichael releasing the county of further obligation re his House of Refuge account, From Mr. W. A. Galbraith, the clerk of Wingham, enclosing a re­ quest signed by Dr. Milne as chair­ man and himself as secretary, ask­ ing the co-operation of the county council in an attempt to secure the adoption by the Highways Depart­ ment of the London Road north of Clinton as a Provincial Highway. From the treasurer of the Gode­ rich Hospital enclosing the finan­ cial statement for the past year. From the Deputy Minister of Edu­ cation giving a statement of the grants to the. High Schools in the county for the year 1927 as follows: Wingham, $1515.00; -Clinton $1963.- 50; Seaforth, $1574.50; Exeter $1491.48; Goderich, $1532.50. Resolution of the Norfolk county council asking the Province to as­ sume all the cost of Provincial High­ ways and soliciting the co-operation of the Huron County council. From the Canadian National In­ stitute for the Blind, Toronto, so­ liciting an increase o’f'Sthe county grant to $300.00. o An appeal from Segt.-Major Mc- Math, of Humboldt, Sask., address­ ed to the sheriff of the county of Huron asking the county to render him some pension or consideration for past services, An appeal from Miss Baechler to recompense her for the loss of a coat injured during the centennial week. Filed. Au appeal for a grant to the Mem­ orial Children’s ' Hospital, London. I'- A letter from L A. Humphries, in? spector of legal offices, as to im­ provements needed in the sheriff's office, also blue prints and estimat­ ed cost of the same; also an applica­ tion from the sheriff for a new type­ writer machine of the large 14-inch variety for the office. The following statement was made by the clerk regarding the Mothers’ Allowance-payments for the past ten months: January, February March April May ’ Junqf July August Sept, Oct, 51 mothers received $875 K Q “ ------------ *54 54 53 54 54 52 53 53 $835. $897. ’ $869. ' $877, ’ $872.50 ' $875. ’ $860. ” $840. " $872.50 Total $8,664.00 intended moving to Chatham* but changed his plans after he had gold his property. Willard Ingram has sold one of his brick houses in the north ward to William Brown, who sold h<» own house to William Lin* ton, of Logan, recently. Both get posesssfoi* about the first ot the year spoke of the results of fjhort courses home garden clubs, etc/’ As to the school fairs they had had lots of suc­ cess and lots of adverse criticism. Fifteen out of <9 of the school fairs showed much better and more numerous exhibits than ever before, Borne of the fairs were in sections which did not include enough’ schools to make them successful, as it was found that about ten schools were necessary to make a good fair. Mr. Patterson said'the first stock judg­ ing conpetitlon had been held this year, 19 boys taking part, and he also referred to the fine trip of ten 1 J which it was in­ repeated another ten boys. . police magistrate and juvenile court judge made the following’ report: 332 cases of in­ fractions of the statutes and 53 ju­ venile court cases tried by him dur­ ing the year ending November 30th, with $6,657.50 fines collected. Of : this sum $265.00 went to the Pro­ vincial treasurer, $3,265 to the On­ tario Government re Q. T. A. and L. C. A.; $1860 to the Dominion gov­ ernment; $475.00 to the town of Goderich; $40.00 to the Village of Hensall; $40.00 to the Town of Sea­ forth; $482.50 to the County of Hu­ ron; $180.00 to the Town of Wing­ ham; $10.00 to the Township of Tuckersmith; $5.00 to the Township, of Ashfield; f------- ‘ ---- of Exeter Morris; J Howick.. The cases tried were* 153 under the Crimnal Code, 103 under the O.T.A, and Liquor Control Act; 24 under Ontario statutes; 36 under the Highways Traffic Act, 5 under the Inland Revenue Act; 11 under county and municipal by-laws and 53 Juvenile Court cases. Two cas­ es under* the Criminal Code were sent up for trial at the defendants’ request. Formerly all criminal cases were tried by the county judge with or without jury, with the ex­ pense borne by the county. ( boys to Toronto, tended would be year, for another Mr. C. A. Reidj or an average of $866.40 each month the Province is paying a like amount The resignation of Mr. Lane as county treasurer and that of Mr. Torrance as inspector of the House of Refuge were read. Mr. Lane has jieid the position of treasurer for ten years and previous to that held the position of clerk for 26 years. Mr. Torrance has been in­ spector for 23 years. MovedNjy J. J. Hays, seconded by F. J. McQuaid, that the county coun­ cil accept with njuch regret the re­ signation of County Treasurer Lane, who, owing to failing health, feels unable to continue the duties, hav­ ing this year completed 36 years of service as clerk and treasurer. Moved by W. D, Sanders, second­ ed by R. A. Goetz, that we accept the resignation of Mr. John Tor­ rance, who has filled the office of inspector of the House of Refuge with credit to himself and satisfac­ tion to the county council for the past 23 years. Both these resolutions were, as a matter of courtesy and an express­ ion of genuine regret on the part of the council, passed bT" the council standing in silence. .Before the adjournment Mr. Mc­ Quaid with a burst of his old time vigor and eioquence, and with much feeling expressed his thanks to the county council and officials for the beautiful Christain spirit manifested by them during his recent very se­ vere illness. Mr. Hugh Hill, on behalf of the council, very suitable expressed the great pleasure'nnd satisfaction felt by all at seeing Mr. McQuaid in his accustomed place at the council board and voiced the hope of all that he would soon be restored to his old time health and vigor. At the second session of the coun­ cil, Wednesday morning, the clerk announced that reports from the Police Magistrate and the secretary of the Children’s Aid Society "would be submitted during the session. Printed reports of the. Children’s Aid were subsequently distributed. Several appeals for charity were referred to the executive committee. Mr. T. R. Patterson, the county egnineer, madA a verbal- report re­ garding the work of his department during the past year, dealing parti- (culaily with the financial expendi­ tures ahd the work done and the state of the roads. The widening of . many of the roads and the construe- I tion of guard fences had much im­ proved the safety of the traffic. The Provincial Highway Department was extending the system in the county materially this year and thus co-or­ dinating the work of these roads. Several applications had been made for increasing the Provincial High­ ways in the county, notably the Blue Water Highway and Mr. Patterson said he thought these roads would eventually be adopted -and the Pro­ vincial system much extended there­ by.Replying to a question by Mr. Me- : Quaid Mr. Patterson .said the of trucking gravel, was about per yard. Several of the council part in further discussion of matter. Mr. Ingles said that a very satisfactory arrangement had been made for the Lakelet road and he said he thought the heard for some time ing question. Mr. Oswald Ginn, I; $25.00 to the Villag^ $5.00 to the Township of $5.00 to the Township of PRESBYTERY OF HURON look into of Lane’s committee cost 24c. took the last had been as to this vex- Those who made a apple growing invariably spraying. Mr. Patterson ONTARIO . -KI. Advance Showing In this advance showing you will find the ultimate expression of automotive engineering and 'design. You will find a new standard by which every other automobile, large or small, low priced or expensive, will be measured. * ( 1 Whatever you do, set aside sufficient time to visit this advance exhi­ bition of the Netv Ford car at your local Ford Dealer’s showroom on Thursday, December 22nd, only SNELL BROS, Ford Exeter, Ontario Dealers FORD MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED,tfORIX corn borer in­ spector, made a verbal report of the work performed in this department. Mr. Ginn gave instances of the rav­ ages particularly in other counties where he had gone to observer the process of dealing with the pest. Much educative work had been done in distributing literature regarding' combating the destructive corn bor­ er. Owing to weather conditions and other circumstances, great diffi­ culty was experienced in carrying out precautionary measures. The worm worked from Within jyid for this reason spraying was not effec­ tive. The borer could only have been brought into the county in the cob, not with loose seed in the bag. Moved by Messrs. Henderson and MacEwan that, owing to the increas­ ing heavy traffic,' the boundary road between Morris and Turnberry from Wingham to Bluevale, a distance of about four miles- is now worn out and very badly in need of repairing, We would request that this Work be done as early next spring as pos­ sible.—Carried. At Wednesday afternoon’s session Mr. Patterson, the county agricul­ tural representative, made a verbal report on the work of his depart­ ment. The first year Mr. Patter­ son was in the office he said he ad­ dressed thirty meetings, including about 1000 "people; this year he ad­ dressed 67 meeting, including about 3000 people. The office work was about the same as previous years. As to senior work, that is work with the adult farmers, Mr. Patter­ son said he waited till requests for information came to „Ms office and it was surprising how many inquiries he received as to the securing of seed grain, fertilizer or stohk, etc. OnA> of the big things Of the year was the putting across of the first hog fair, at McGaw. This was one of the big fairs of the Province and 29 men received priz^st There were a lot of good apples raised in the county and there could have been a lot more. success of had used The Presbytery of Huron met in Londesboro on December 6th. Rev. J. E. Hogg, B.A., chairman of Pres­ bytery, presided. The work o'f the Lord’s Day Al­ liance was recommended to the fa­ vorable consideration of the various charges of the Presbytery, A commission consisting of Rev. C. F. Clarke and W. A. Bremner and Messrs. Adam Johnston and W. Bailey were appointed to the matter of the sale Church property. The was given power to issue. A remit re the ordination of wo­ men was received from the secretary of the General Council, and was plac­ ed in the hands of the'Committee on Remits, with instructions to report at the next meeting of the Presby­ tery. The secretary was instructed to send a letter of sympathy to Rev. James Hamilton who was ill and not able to attend the Presbytery. In the matter of the call 'from St. Andrew’s Church, Bly th, to Rev. J. W. .Stewart, B.A., B.D., of Malahide Presbytery, resolved that in view of the divided vote in the matter, the Presbytery finds it inadvisable to proceed with a settlement at the pre­ sent time and recommends continu­ ing the present arrangement with the hope that a satisfactory call may be received. Rev. J. E. Ford gave an inspira­ tional address on: A Tale of Two Cities “Paul’s Letter to Philemon.” The address was greatly enjoyed and a hearty vote of thanks tendered to Mr. Ford for his splendid presenta­ tion of the subject. The secretary was instructed to prepare a printed synopsis. of the minutes of -Conference and distri­ bute them as ordered at the preced­ ing meeting of the Presbytery. It was arranged that the next meeting o’f Presbytery be held in Wingham, the date to be announced later. Rev. B. Snell presented a report of the teacher training Institutes in 8&mth Huron and West Huron. The following was added to the Religious Education Committee of Presbytery:—Rev. J. M. Colling, who shall have charge of Boy’s Work; Miss Mabel Bailey, who shall have charge of Girls’ Work; and Mrs. (Rev.) R. A. Lundy, who shall have charge of Children’s Work. It wasw agreed that the Presbytery become responsible for the payment of one half of the registration fees of all students attending the ensuing Summer School at Goderich provid­ ing they live within the bounds of Presbytery. Mr. Norris, of Bruce'field and Mr. Eugene Howey, of Exeter, were re­ ceived as candidates for the ministry and the former was certified to Union Theological College, Toronto. As Rev. M. M. Bennett has remov­ ed from bounds of Presbytery, Rev. S. Davison was appointed convener of the Home Mission Committee. Rev. D. McTavish presented the obituary of the late J. D. Kestle and Presbytery approved of it and order­ ed it to be sent on to Conference. Rev. Peter Bryce, D. D., of Toronto, gave a very fine address showing how the church depended on the M. & E. Fund 'for the success­ ful carrying on of its various bene­ volent enterprises. Rev. W. D. McDonald presented an interim report of the state of the M. & E. Fund in the Presbytery and also gave the allocations for the year 1928.” The usual vote of thanks brought one of the most successful meetings of Presbytery to a close. FcixMother and Dad! rtIVE the “folks” Coleman LT Quick-Lites this Christmas! 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