The Wingham Advance-Times, 1936-02-06, Page 2*
WINGHAM ADVANCE-TIMESPAGE TWO
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Reeve R, J. Bowman Elected Warden
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Conny Smythe, of Maple Leaf hoc
key fame, refused $35,000 for Harvey
Jackson. The price asked for good
hockey players gets bigger and big
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J*, Roberts, RD,, Appointed
Wingham H. S, Board
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Six months, $1.00 in advance.
To IL S, A., $2.50 per year.
s’Foreign rate, $3.00 per year.
Advertising rates on application.
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should be represented
The annual meeting of the Ontario
Municipal Electrical Association held
in, Toronto last week was the scene
of indignation because Mr. Lyon,
Chairman of the H.E.P.C. was not
present to give the usual annual ad
dress of the chairman of the Commis
sion. It was too bad that Mr. Lyon
could not be present but if the mem
bers of the association look at the
matter fairly, we believe they will
agree that due to the trouble Hydro
has at present over contracts with
■Quebec companies, it was better that
he be not present 'Until the legal
points in connection with this matter
are cleared up.
We do think, however, that the On
tario Municipal Electrical Association
•should have a representative on the
Hydro Commission. The municipali
ties have a great amount of capital
invested and are the Users of the .pow
er consumed and as such are entitled
to representation.
A pleasing feature of the conven
tion was the resolution stating that
the association is anxious to co-op
erate with the Commission. Much
can be gained by co-operation but
much dissatisfaction can creep in with
out it.* *
TO TOXOID
It is pleasing to note how progres
sive in health matters many of the
Municipalities in this district are. The
■Council of West Wawanosh have ag
reed that the School Boards of the
Township should take advantage of
the offer of the Medical Officer of
Health, Dr. Vokes, to toxoid and vac
cinate children of school age.
It has been noted when public tox
oid clinics are being held that many
more children are taking advantage
of this sendee since the picture of
■“The Quints" being toxoided by Dr.
Dafoe was published. These children
are probably the best cared for kid
dies in Canada and people realize that
what is good for them should be good
for their children also.
In Wingham there are many kid-
•dics who cannot afford this treatment
which prevents diphtheria, and some
arrangement should be made so that
it is available to them.
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A SUGGESTION PASSED ON
At the banquet given recently by
Mayor Hanna, Reeve Davidson and
Commissioner Walker in the Bruns
wick Hotel, it was suggested by
Councillor Hetherington that it would
be a splendid idea if a sports organ- <
ization were formed to control all the ■
sports in the town. ’
' Since that time we have heard many ■
•others state this is a good idea. We \
understand that it has been tried out j
aiere before with little success, but ■'
<despite this, it is a good idea, and
one that could do much to foster
sports here.
Shirl Bowers, of Ripley, is 51 years
old and has played hockey for thirty
eight years. He may be a veteran
but he still packs a mean body-check.
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Riots were stopped in Egypt by j
the police spraying indelible ink on
the student rioters. A case of
fountain-pen being greater than
sword.
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There is talk of King Edward VIII
making a tour of the Empire after
his coronation. His Majesty would
receive a royal welcome in all parts
of his Empire.
THE UNITED FARMERS’ CO-OPERATIVE
COMPANY, LIMITED.
Wingham, - • Ontario. ■
Phone 271 J
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CONDENSED REPORT
OF COUNTY COUNCIL
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paid a great portion of revenue to
the provincial government in car lic
enses, gas taxes in the past and up
to the present time we have no pave
ment in North Huron. And at this
time we would ask the Minister of
r Highways to give our case his earnest
consideration and if any paving is
decided upon in 1936 that Highway
No. 4 be completed to the town of
Winghwu - ,
And we, the members of Huron
Coxmty Council, now in session, think
this section of the county deserves
K. J.
was elected Warden of Huron Coun
ty Council at the opening meeting of
the January session on Wednesday
morning last week. He was chosen in
a caucus of the Conservative mem
bers. The new warden was introduced
by Warden Sweitzer of 1935 and duly
installed in office.
Judge T. M. Costello swore in the
warden.
Rev. A. C. Calder, of St. George’s
Church, offered prayer and later spoke
briefly.
In an eloquent address Warden
Bowman thanked the retiring warden
for his help and said he considered
it an honor to follow Mr. Sweitzer.
He promised to do the best he knew
how in the conduct of the session. He
spoke of the loss the empire had suf
fered and felt that an able son should
follow the late King.
“The debenture debt is only , $56,-
000, and our county road system * is
one of the best in the province, The
County Home and Children’s Shel
ter are worthy institutions.
“In the general account there is a
carryover of $3,900. The removal of
the magistrate’s quarters to the court
house will mean a saving of $500 a
year.”
Mr. Bowman asked for the co-op
eration of the councillors and hoped
the rate would remain at 5i mills.
A resolution was endorsed pledg
ing steadfast and devoted loyalty to
King Edward VIII. The sending of
a letter to His Excellency the Gov
ernor-General requesting him “to
convey to His Most Gracious Ma
jesty King Edward VIII, -the Queen
Mother, and members of the Royal
family the profound sympathy of
Huron County Council in their great
sorrow and bereavement,” was en
dorsed.
Committees Appointed
A striking committee composed of
Reeves Sweitzer, Hemingway, Math
eson, McNall and Stewart, brought in
a report appointing the following to
the standing committees of the coun
ty council for 1936:
Executive—T. Pryde, O. Geiger, J.
Scott, R. Grain, T. Lovell.
Legislative—A." Mellick, J. Moser,
S. Sherwood, Peter Scott, H. Keys.
Finance—H. Keys, O. Geiger, J.
Scott, C. Mawhinney, G. Feagan.
Education — W. Archibald, T,
Pryde, J. Bryans, W. Turne, O. Hem
ingway.
Property—Geo. McNall, M. Math
eson, F. Davidson, G. Westcott, C.
Mawhitmey.
County Home—AV. Archibald, W.
Sweitzer, G. Elliott, A* Mellick, W.
Stewart.
Agricultural Advisory—O. Heming
way, Geo. Feagan, T. Lovell, H. Mog
ridge, R. Grain.
’ Children’s Shelter—R. Turner, J.
Bryans, R. J. Bowman.
Warden’s Committee—W. Sweitzer,
J. Moser, P. Scott, M. Matheson.
Good Roads—L. E. Cardiff, W.
Haacke, J. M. Eckert.
Appointment of representatives to
the various schools in the county re
sulted as follows: Exeter Board of
Education, K. N. Creech; Wingham,
Rev. E. L. Roberts; Clinton, Frank
Fingland; Seaforth, William Black;
Goderich, Dr. Harold Taylor.
Request Highway No. 4 Be Paved
to WinghamI Davidson, McNall: That the follow
ing resolution be passed and forward
ed to Hon. T. B. McQuesteii, Minis
ter of Highways: That we in the el-
j ectoral district of North Huron have
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Elliott, W. Turner; That the Do
minion Government give considera
tion to the opening up of the coal
mining area within the Dominion on
more extensive basis, as it will result
In more use of Canadian coal, and it
would tend to relieve unemployment
and help out the rail and lake trans
portation cost both ways. Carried.
Cardiff, Davidson? That the county
give the same grant in 1936 to the
Plowmen’s Association, Agricultural
Societies and spring shows as in 1935.
Executive.
Davidson, Pryde: That the public
libraries in Huron county be paid a
grant of $25 each for 1936 and that
all public libraries receiving county
grants be required to file with the
clerk an audited statement of their
receipts and expenditure of the prev
ious year. Carried-.
Cardiff, Bryans: That the county
council appoint Reeve P. W. Scott
and Clerk Roberts as county auditors
on. the Criminal -Justice Accounts.
Carried,
Slot Machine License Set at $500.00
A feature of Thursday’s' session was
the passing of a by-law,, drawn up by
the County solicitor, that anyone
keeping an automatic vending mach
ine of a type set out in the by-law
shall be required to make application
to the County for a license. The an
nual fee required for each machine
shall be $500.00 payable within 15
days from the date thereof. Towns
and incorporated villages will set
their own by-laws regarding the mat
ter.
Engineer Wants Cut Restored
Before reading his report County
Engineer T. R. Patterson applied to
the council for a restoration of am
ounts cut from his salary in .the past
few years. Mr. Patterson reminded
the council that only one-half of his
salary^ is payable by the county.
The County Engineer’s report
showed expenditures, for 1935 to be
as; follows: Maintenance $83,067.73;
Construction, $9,297.99; Machinery
and repairs, $7,437.43; Superintend
ance, . $4,477.32; 'total, $104,280.47.
The Government subsidy should be
$50,291.58. The report points out a
special effort was made to keep the
Expenditures within the limit. It also
states that unless more funds are pro
vided somewhat less work can be ac
complished since there will be no re
lief grant
There are three snowplows operat
ing at present and it is felt that five
plows could keep nearly all of the
county "roads open in normal times.
« Want Lower Hydro Rate
W. Turner—Hemingway: That the
H.E.P.C. now give rural subscribers
lower rates on- certain appliances to
encourage the sale of surplus power.
We submit that if contracts were let
to rural users on a basis of 2 cents
per mile instead of 3 cents, more i
contracts would be taken out and
more power sold. We submit this
would be a better plan than giving
concessions to preferred customers
and petition the -Commission to make
this change. Further, that rural sub
scribers holding more than one con
tract be given credit on the second
contract or portion thereof for power
used over the minimum for one con
tract. Carried.
School Inspector’s Report
Inspector of Public Schools, E. C.
Beacom, presented his report. It
showed that there are 89 rural and 4
urban schools in the inspectorate and
that 125 teachers are employed, 101
in the rural schools and 24 in the ur
ban schools. There is an increase of
six in the number of teachers hold
ing first class-certificates, 73 such tea
chers being employed in the county.
The report states that the teachers
are doing good work and that the
rural teachers are staying longer at
their schools. The inspector states
that he believes many changes will
be advocated by the committee which
was appointed by the Legislative As
sembly.
The total enrolment of students for
the years was 3,400, and attendance
was kept at a satisfactory level. Av
erage salaries paid teachers in rural
schools was $614 and 22 increases
were given last year. The total leg
islative and county grants amounted
to $16,424.27. Five schools held fairs
last year.
“Time is not far distant when High
School Entrance examinations will be
abolished entirely. The year has been
one of substantial progress in
schools,” says" the report.
Ask Salary Boosts
Letters were received from A.
Erskine, county treasurer and George
Do You
Ever
Wonder
Whether the“Pain”
Remedy You Use
is SAFE?
Ask Your Doctor
and Find Out
Don’t Entrust Your
Own or Your Family’s
Well - Being to Unknown
Preparations
T^HE person to ask whether the
preparation you or your family
are taking for the relief of headaches
is SAFE to use regularly is your
family doctor. Ask him particularly
about “ASPIRIN.”
He will tell you that before the
discovery of “Aspirin” most “pain”
remedies were advised against bv
physicians as bad for the stomach
and, often, for the heart. Which is
food for thought, if you seek quick,
safe relief.
Scientists rate “Aspirin” among
the fastest methods yet discovered for
the relief of headaches and the pains
of rheumatism, neuritis and neural-_
gia. And the experience of millions ’
of users has proved it safe for the
average person to use regularly. In
your own interest remember this.
“Aspirin” Tablets are made in
Canada. “Aspirin” is the registered
trade-mark of the Bayer Company,
Limited. Look for the name Bayer
in the form of a cross on every tablet.
Demand and Get
“ASPIRIN"
James, court house caretaker, request
ing salary raises.
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Executive Committee Report
That , a grant of $650 be paid this
year to, Goderich, Wingham, Seaforth
and Clinton Hospitals; that a grant
of $25 each be paid to all public lib
raries in Huron county and that all
public libraries receiving the county
grant be required to file with the
county clerk an audited statement of
their recepits and. expenditures; $25
to the Belmore library in 1936; $80
to the Seaforth, Clinton and Hensall
Spring Stock Shows and $25 for the
Hensall Seed Show and $40 for Kirk
ton, Clifford and Lucknow; $80 each
to the' South Huron and North. Hur
on Plowmen’s Associations. An aud
ited financial statement must be filed
with the clerk; $150 to the Salvation
Army; $150 be made to the Canadian
■National Institute for the Blind; $25
to the Howick Township Library As
sociation; that no action be taken in
regard to the membership fee of the
Ontario Association of rural Muni
cipalities.
That Ross Johnston of Zurich be
‘appointed corn borer inspector for
Huron at a salary of 45c per hour
and that he furnish his own* trans
portation.
. We suggest that the bylaw dealing
with patients in public hospitals be
amended to read, “That the said coun
ty shall pay full costs of hospitaliza
tion in a public hospital' after he has
received 90 days’ treatment, and that
outstanding accounts come under this
bylaw.
Legislative Committee Report
The report was taken up clause by
clause with Reeve Bryans in the
chair.
The legislative committee report
recommended: That regarding the
resolution from Peel County asking
that this council endorse a resolution
t6 petition the government to compel
the cutting of weeds.by the owner of
property, no action be taken.
Regarding resolution from Elgin
county, requesting the government to
compel all drivers to carry insurance
before being granted a license, no ad-
tion»
The following report of the Agri
cultural Advisory Committee carried:
that O. Hemingway be sent at dele
gate to the Ontario Agricultural Con
vention at Toronto; that a grant of
$50 be made to the Agricultural Coun
cil.
The Children’s Shelter report read:
“As we made a report at the Decem
ber session there is little to report
now. There .are 10 children in the
Shelter at present, seven boys, rang
ing in age from 6 to 14 years, and
three girl of 15 years of age. All are
going to school except two of the
girls. The home is irf good condition
and the children are healthy and well
cared for by the matron, Mrs. Oliver.
Matheson, Turner: That In future
dll delegations and individuals desir
ing a hearing before county council
in session make arrangements before
hand at the clerk’s office. This rul
ing should now be placed in the form
of a bylaw.
Agricultural Grants
Hemingway and Lovell that
grant the usual grant of $50Q to
agriculture office, also the $200
junior extension work and’$16 to each
school fair under our representative's
supervision. Carried,
Turner and Geiger, that Reeve
Moser be appointed a member of the
Goderich Marine and General Hospi
tal Board for the year 1936, Carried.
Davidson and Turner, that the
Good Roads Commission purchase at
least one heavy snow'plowing outfit
before next season’s operations begin,
Good Roads,
Moser and Scott, that the usual
grant be made for the upkeep of .flow
er beds around the Court House, Car
ried.
Overdraft Explained
An overdraft of $3,925.82 in the gen
eral account was shown in the finan
cial statement presented by the treas
urer, A, H. Erskine, The overdraft
is explained as follows: $1,600 was
spent at the county home to bring the
fiscal year to Dec. 31 instead of Nov,
30, $1,400 was spent on the court
house, $700 at the registry office, and
$300 was granted to the 161st Bat
talion re-union. These three items
were expended after the estimates
were accepted as was also $400 for
two porches at the Registry Office.
Apart from these items, .the estimates
covered the expenditure.
The summary of receipts and ex
penditures in the general account is
as follows:
Receipts: county taxes, $141,667.-
79; licenses, $719.00; taxes collected
for township, $12,001.37; schools,
$96.34; registry office, $217.41; ad
ministration justice, $4,741.51; mag
istrate's fineS, $819.55; bank' ld'ans,
$85,000.00; Division Courts, $45.99;
redemption of lands, $663,63; interest
Children’s Aid bonds, $60.00; Twp’s
share hospitals, $3,266.92; sundry,
$238.45; or ov. treas. Children’s Aid
grants, $133.32; miscellaneous, $151.-z
43; bank balance, Jan. 1, 1935, $6,304.-
16; total, $256,156.87.
Expenditure: Mothers’ allowances,
$14,542.50; Children’s- Shelter, $4,614.-
29; administration justice, $15,572.26;
Old Age pensions, $15,615.10; grants,
$5,680.00; municipal' government, $6,-
259.90; schools, $62,387.54; registry
office, $1,226.33; jail $3,560.08; print
ing, postage and stationery, $1,497.42;
redemption of lands, $658.33; bank
loans reired, $85,000.00; county prop
erty, $3,111.55; insurance, heat and
light, $1,793.63; hospitals, $19,806.35;
transfers to county home, $5,400.00;
miscellaneous, $301.56; sundry, $765.-
90; taxes, returned to twp., $11,898.13;
A young Harvard physicist, Edwin
H. Land, 27, demonstrated a new
type of gTass which will protect mot
orists from headlight glare, enable
Those who have deposited their money in this
Bank have their capital intact to-day and are
receiving interest regularly, while many
who invested in unsound securities and
speculative ventures have lost both capital
and income. Open a savings account with
The Dominion Bank and safeguard your
funds.
THE
DOMINION BANK
„ * ESTABLISHED 1871
J. R, M. SPITTAL - - MANAGER
WINGHAM BRANCH
tranfers to exchange account, $200..00;
total, $260,052.69; overdraft, Dec.. 31,
1935, $3,925.82,
> County Home
, A summary of the County Home
Receipts and Expenditure: Receipts
—Sale of Live Stock $4,444.79, Frem
Inmates $1013.44, Old Age Pensions^
$7981,52, Tranfers from County $5j-
400.00, Sundry $6.78, Bank balance;.
Jan. 1, $91.95, $18940.48. Less Ex
penditure $18547.42; Dec. 31. Balance1
in Bank $366.06. Net cost of Home1
to County for 13 months’'period: Jan1..
1, 1935. Cash on hand plus inventory
$3524.19; Transferred from General
Account to County Home $5400.001
Total $8924.19; Dec. 31, Cash in bank
plus inventory $3,581,11, plus $400.00'
charged to capital for porches $400.00/
$3981.11. Net cost to County $4943.091
County Highway Accoutns
Receipts, 1934 Relief Payments on
Unemployment Scheme $11507.25,
1935 Relief Payments on Unemploy
ment' Scheme $1843.86, 1934 Rates
paid in 1935, $2270.70. Interest on
unpaid rates $70.00, 1934 Subsidy-
Low Night and Week-end rates now
apply on both “Anyone” and
movie-goers to see films ih three dv-
menslohs, protect babies, hremt broken
nursing bottles, by making weakness
detectable beforehand, and make it
possible for to locate their
Thursday, February 6, 1936
$48421.66, 1934 Gas Tax Rebate $1,-
■536.00, Bank Loans $97,000.00, Sundry
Revenue $5,993.22, 1935 Rates $51,-
678.52. Less* overdraft Jan. 1, 1935
$3,025.90. Total $217,295.29.
Expenditure
Vouchers No. 1 to 48 inclusive
l$114,193.55. Committee Pay Lists
'$541.95. 1934 Loans paid off $58,000.-
;00. 1935 Loans paid off 42,000.00.
!Loan interest $3,297.73. Total $218,-
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Eye Service
. CONSULT
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Eyesight Specialist
Phone 118. Harriston
quarry at a glance, at the Waldorf-
Astoria hotel, New York City. Photo
shows Miss Kay Heddcrman looking
thfdtigh a disc of Polaroid glass upoft
which is turned a powerfttl headlight