HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1977-01-26, Page 71956.57, was a past president of
the Huron County Soil and Crop
Improvement Association and
was at present chairman of the
Board of Directors at Alexandra
Marine and General H ospital in
Goderich.
In his remarks 'after the
swearing in ceremonies, Mr.
McNeil noted that he had never
supposed he would be elected
Warden of Huron County when
he let his name stand for the first
time in 1965 for a post on
Colborne Township Council.
He observed that County
Council members must work hard
at their job or they would not hold
their seats."I consider I have
worked reasonably hard on this
council to stay in office," he said.
He explained that the decision
to seek the warden's chair had
been made last June. "I
approached members of council
to see if any others would be
running," he said, "and none
were so here I am today."
"We work on the committee
system here," he noted, "and
that is good. We are working
together to improve the county.
"When asked why I wanted to
be Warden," he told the meeting,
"I said it was because. I was not
in the ,habit of looking back. We
must always go ahead and that is.
what I am asking of the County
Council for 1977."
After administering the oath of
office Judge F. G. Carter told the
councillors that the first Warden
of Huron was. Tiger Dunlop and
that Mr. McNeil represented the
109 successor to Mr. Dunlop, or
the 110 Warden of Huron
County.
"This is fitting," Judge Carter
noted, "because Mr. MCNeil was
a Scot as was Tiger Dunlop.
Warden McNeil is a resident of
Colborne Township as was
Dunlop.",
Judge Carter also predicted
that the new Warden would have
a busy year in Goderich taking
part in activities connected with
the County Town's 150th
anniversary and with
preparations for the International
Plowing Match which is set to be
held in Huron in 1978.
Retiring Warden Jack
McCutcheon noted that in his
remarks on taking office last year
he had called for the highest level
of service at as economical a level • as possible. "Service takes
money," he noted, "and we
always' have to stretch our
dollars."
"I have heard it said that
because the province will pay 50
per cent 'we should have it', and
that the. 'county pays'. But who is
the county? We are, and if we can
remember that things will be
better."
"We should expand services,"
he said, "but only to the limits of
what we can tax people for."
Mr. McCutcheon also called on
the new warden and council to
preserve the autonomy of Huron.
Goderieh Mayor Deb Shewfelt
'welcomed the new council back to
Goderich and presented the new
Warden with a copy of the county
town's new flag,
He told Mr. McNeil that Tiger
Dunlop had been known as the
'Warden of the Bush' but said he
hoped the new Warden would
come to be knowna s the 'Warden
of the People.'
Huron Middlesex MPP, Jack
Riddell said he would like to know
the secret of Doug McNeil's
success. "If I could get my
opponent during the next
provincial election to decline his
nomination it would save me a
great deal of grief, and save all of
us a great deal of money."
. He told Mr. McNeil that he had
a big job ahead and would find his
life busy for the next term.
The final item of business for
the inaugural session on Monday
was the naming of a striking
committee.• Robert Lyons, Reeve
of West Wawanosh, William
Dale, Deputy Reeve from
Seaforth, ' 'Thomas Consitt,
Deputy Reeve of Stanley, Norman
Durst, Deputy Reeve of Colborne
and • William Morley, Deputy
Reeve of Usborne were named to
that body.
Huron County council met in its
first business session of the
1977-78 term on Monday
afternoon.
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Douglas A. McNeil
Colbourn6 reeve acclaimed warden of Huron
Douglas A. McNeil, Reeve of
Colborne Township, was
acclaimed Warden of the County
of Huron for the 1977 term on
Monday aftt ernoon when the only
other candidate nominated,
McKillop reeve Allan Campbell,
withdrew from the election before
a vote was called.
Rising to speak after his name
was placed forward for the top
county council post, Mr. Camp ell
told the crowded council chamber
that he was as surprised by the
nomination as was everyone else.
Then he added, "You don't have
to sweat anymore Doug, I am
withdrawing my name from the
nomination."
The McKillop Reeve explained
that he had a standing promise to
take his wife to Florida this winter
and had decided that his family
would have to come first.
"There is now law saying I can
Obituaries
MRS. MELISSA SNOWDEN
Mrs. Melissa Snowden, of
Lapeer, Michigan, passed away
January 14, 1977. She was the'
. former Melissa Holmes of
Walton.
She is survived by her
husband, Aaron; four children; 13
grandchildren; two' brothers, Joe
Holmes of Blyth and Wilbert of
Flint, Mich.; three sisters, Mrs.
Edith Mean, Tory, Mich.; Mrs.
Martha Laird of Swift Current,
Sask. and. Mrs. Susan Laird of
Duncan, B.C.
Service and burial was in
Lapeer, Mich.
DOUGLAS ENNIS
Douglas Ennis died at Seaforth
Community Hospital on Monday,
January 17, 1977 in his 68th year.
He was the eldest son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ennis of
Brussels, where he received his
education. He moved to Walton
with his parents in 1926 where he
was employed with the late W.G.
Neal and later Bernie &
McLeod in a general store.
In 1934 he was married to
Gertrude Miller of Walton and
started his own business the same
year which he and his wife carried
on until retiring to Seaforth in
August 1972.
Besides his wife, he leaves one
son Ronald of Whitby and one
daughter, Mrs, Ruth Freethy of
Seaforth,
He is also survived by one
brother, WIlliam Cosby. of London
and two sisters, Mrs. Alex Kelly
(Mary), Nobleton, Mrs. Ross
Cunningham (Anna), Brussels
and four grandchildren. He was
predeceased by a sister Mrs.
Kenneth Ritchie (Edith) Seaforth.
A former member of Duff's
United Church, Walton he has
been a member of Northside
United Church, Seaforth since
retiring to Seaforth.
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not try a third time," he added,
alluding to an earlier attempt at
winning election as warden when
he ran against Brussels Reeve
John L. McCutcheon last term.
"If I am re-elected to township
council, and if my health remains
good, I may try again," he said.
Mr. Campbell called on all
councillors, "especially the new
members" to speak their minds
during council debates.
"Councillors should speak up,"
he said, "good debate is an asset
to the county council."
The new warden was
nominated by Goderich Township
Reeve Gerry Ginn. He described
Mr. McNeil as a man with the
assets of "leadership and
experience." . .
He pointed out that the
Colborne Reeve had served on
County Council now for some six
years, the past two as chairman of
the executive committee, and had
just been acclaimed as Reeve of
Colborne for another. two years.
Outlining his background Mr.
Ginn explained that Doug.
McNeil had worked for six years
on a Great Lakes Tanker. He had
served in the Royal Canadian Air
Force between 1942 and 1946 and
"like so many, married following
the war and bought a farm."
Mr. McNeil , he told the
councillors, was an elder of Nile
United Church, had been
president of the Huron County
Federation of Agriculture in
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