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COLBORNE ACCLAMATIONS FOR.
(Signal -Star Staff)
CARLOW, Nov. 29. -With the
ar exception of a tail -end of meeting
'sr e outburst re transportation cif school
• pupils, the annual nomination
meeting of Colborne Township
here today was a placid one. The
attendance, a little smaller than
the preceding year, saw acclam-
ations given to office seekers for
the fourth consecutWe year.
John Kernighan is again reeve.
Councillors are Tait Clark, Wm, J.
Clark, Ralph Jewell and Ray
Fisher, School trustees are Elmer
Hunter and George Robertson. Mr.
s
Fisher will be serving for the first
time as councillor.
Presiding as the new township
clerk for the first time was Benson
C. Straughan. With the exception.
of the following . periods, Mrs
Straughan has lived in the area
all his life as the son of a pioneer
family: 1939-43, secretarytreasurer
of the Huron County Flying Train-
ing School; 1943-46; in the Can-
adian Army. In 1946 he decided
to return to farming. Be is a
former member of the Colborne
school board.
Also nominated for reeve were
Terence Hunter and Stanley SO -
der, both of whom expressed
thanks to their nominators but,said
they would not be running for
office.
• Among those nominated for
council were Anthony Vrooman, a
member of last year's council, whq
is now working at Sarnia and who
said he would not be seeking office
again. Others nominated were Or-
ville Ribey, 'Orville Blake and A.
Hamilton. Mr. Haniilton was not
present at the meeting,
Mr. George Robertson will be
serving as school trustee for the
first time, along with Elmer Hunt-
er. Also nominated were Neil
Lowey, who decided not to seek
o ice this year, and Leonard
Fisher, who was not present at the
meeting.
Perennial chairman Hugh Hill
conducted the meeting in his cus-
tomary spirited manner. After
looking over the gathering he re-
marked. that "keeping the meeting
in order shouldn't bo at big job."
He noted that the councillors had
nominated one another in order
to get the nominations in.
Mr. Hill paid tribute to Mrs.
William Sallows, the retiring toval,
ship clerk, who was present for
the first part of the meeting. "We
would like to express our appreci-
ation with flowers to those who
hive been of good service to the
community," said Mr. Hill. "There
is no one here Who does not feel
that Mrs. Bellows has done a good
job. According to an inspector,
she has a reputation for having
the best set of books of any town-
ship in the county. We are sorry
to see her quit. Time takes its
toll and we all, sooner or later,
have to take it a little easier,"
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he said. The meeting expreseed
its feeling with applause.
In replying, Mrs. Sallows said,
"II don't, think I'm worthy of all
this -what shall I say, flattery -
but again I would say thanks"." ,
Reeve John Kernighan
etween giving his report and
answering questions from the
floor, Reeve John Kernighan spoke
for about two ham. He express-
ed regreton seeing Mrs. Sallows
leaving but said that her successor
was "qualified to serve well."
After stating that. he would like
to be reeve again, Reeve Kernighan
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:added, "After that 1 intend to
drop out.",
Reeve Kernighan told of the old
gravel pit near Benmiller being
used to store dynamite wlaich is
used at the salt mine at
Goderieh. The township got $1,000
forse of this land, he said.
Be agreed that the property of
the Ontario Department of • High-
ways near the Saltford Hill was
not assessed for as much as it
might be, but this was because
they haven't been using the build-
ings much so far. Next year, he
added, the assessment would .peob-
ably be $5,000.
He told of the sum of $375 being
received for indigent hospitaliza-
tion. "If these grants continue to
come in, the mill rate Might be
reduced a little next year," he
said.
Speaking of the re-routing of the
highway going through Saltford,
Reeve Kernighan said he had
learned that the engineers at Code -
rich had not yet agreed on the
actual routing of the proposed new
highway. As a result, he said,
we are at a loss to make any plans
for we don't definitely know where
the highway will • go.
"The meandering Maitland
River" was credited for the neces-
sity for having many bridges in
Huron County. Reeve Kernighan
pointed out that the cost of keep-
ing these bridges in shape and
building new ones was consider-
,alale, He felt that evem„, the six
mills being stigkemed fatb.county
roads next year would not be suf-
ficient to take care of the mount-
ing costs of road maintenance and
construction in the county.
Reeve Kernighan said nothing
had been done on the road around
Forester's Hill and it- was unlikely
much would be done until a new
bridge was built. "This bridge,
Pm told, would cost about
$1,000,000," he said.
Laughter followed Reeve Kerni-
ghan's observation that there were
a few openings for patients at" the
County Hom.e, but none present
said they were contemplating mov-
ing in in the near future, despite
increased tost of living. -
Explaining Sky Harbor Airport,
Reeve Kernighan said the County
rents it from the Department of
Transport for the nominal sum of
$1.00 a year and Mr. Keith Hopkins
son, in turn, rents it from the
County for $1.00 a year. But, said
Reeve Kernighan, Mr. Hopkinsorlk
looks after the keeping in repair
of the buildings there and this
year it cost him $2,200 for painting
buildings and repairing roofs, he
said.
- One industry had approached
the township clerk during the past
year to seek information on tax
rates if it located in Colborne
Township, said Mr. Kernighan.
He paid tribute to tile develop-
ment of 4-1I clubs throughout the
County.
"We have no children under the.
jurisdiction of the Children's Aid
Society. We have only one person
on relief and that is a very justifi-
able one. We must be a very fine
hunch of law-abiding citizens," said
Reeve Kernighan,
Objections Made
! Objections raised in the way of
questions from those attending the
meeting were: 1. The County owns
more land in CI,olborne Township
than in other townships and Col-
' borne should get a grant on the
land which -the County owns at
Sky Harbor. 2. Isn't the first six
inches of topsoil in Colborne stand-
ing just about all it can stand in
the way of providing taxes? 3. ,Is
there not any way in which the
amount of salt used on our roads
Can be reduced? 4. Can't somethira,r be done to stop cars speed-
ing over the brow of the hill at
Carlow before somebody is fatally
injured?
Chairman Hugh Hill expressed
his approval of the continued oper-
ation of Sky Harbor Air Services.
In case war Krol out, we have the
nucleus there which could speedily
be set up into service, he said.
.Referring to inquiries of indus-
tries in locating in the Sky Harbor
area, Mr. Hill remarked, "We
would have had an industry ern- ,
plovinn from 60 to 70 men there
now if we had only got the co
operation from the Town of God
rich that we $11Ould have got:4
Predicting that within the nest
three years there won't be any rail,
way passenger service between
Cloderich and iStratford, 3.1r. lidi
pointed to the value of Sky Harbor
Air Service for transportation is
the future. "Ile stated that the
Sheaffer plant officials made fp).
quent use of this service now.
Councillor Wm. Clark told of the
converting of the old school ints
a storage shed for the township
1957 COLBORNE COUNCIL.
Following is personnel of
Colborne Township Cott:will
who went in by acclamaliora
REEVE -John S. KernIghan-
COUNCIL-Wm. c!aric, Teit
Clark, Ralph Jewell, Ray
Fisher.
SCHOOL BOARD - Elmer
Hunter, George Robertson.
grader and estimated it woule
eventually cost about $1,gt/D wbic
he felt, was a good move. Be
said taxes today ran to about
$79,000 which figure was about
six times what the taxes were
about 20 years ago.
Councillor Tait Clark said that
about 3, miles of township road
had been resurfaced and' it was
planned to do about this • much
each year.
Councillor Ralph Jewell cited
costs'of various work in connection
with roads. Among the figures
given were $900 work done on the
10th concession, $950 on 1pew cul-
verts and $2,370 spent for A new
truck. Be denied that the truck
driver consistently tised the truck
to go home for dinner. skle said
it was used in this way only on
rare occasions when it was neces-
sary.
Replying to a complaint that
many township roads are too nar-
row and should be built up, coun-
cillor Jewell said that this would
be done just as soon as finances
permitted.
In announcing his decision not
to run for council this year, A.
Vrooman said he had served for
the past six years. Be thanked
, the school board for the co-oper-
tation they had shown re obtaining
the old schOol as a storage place
for the' township grader. ,
Transporting Pupils
Mr. John Dunbar explained that
the reason some children were not
picked up at their homes by the
school bus was because the schwa°
bus can't teirn around on some o
the side roads in the winter time.
Clerk Ben Straughan said the
school board was at present having
the school bus travel only on those
roads which the board considered
fit with the result that not all the
township school children were re-
ceiving complete transportation.
Objecting to the present sche-
dule whereby all the school child-
ren are not getting complete trans-
portation by the school bus were
Richard Buchanan and Stanley Me-
Gratten.
Mr. Straughan pointed out the
act said no school children should
have to walk more than three miles
to school. As it is now, no one
child is walking more than 13a
miles, he said,
Chairman Hugh Hill interrupted
the discussion on school transport-
ation by saying that this matter
should be brought to the attention
of th'e school board and not the
council.
Mr.\j-Turne Clutton thought that
rnore-n3oney was spent on the
grounds of the new school than
was planned. Mr. Dunbar replied]
that it was oriffinally planned to
spend from $250 to $300 but that
the work ran into a higher figure
than it was estimated it would.
One ratepayer sAid he felt a
basement should have been includ-
ed in the new school. It was ex-
plained that if this work had been
done the government grant woultil
have been cut down.
Should Take Turns
Mr. Neil Lowey said he planned
to drop off the school board for the
next year. He said the experience
!:aineit on the hoard had been rei,-
(Continued on page 6)
These four, young misses devoted their afternoon :rems period at
t.14 Goderich Public School to getting ready for the Christmas sea-
son. Seated at the corner of the new wing of the school, which pro.
vided a _windbreak, they were busily engaged In NvAiat, is cnaca PV01
knitting. Some relatives or friends need not Isq, surN480 if they
receive as Christmas gifts sone of the articles then ere v.ro-king oil
at recess time. They are, from left to right: Mace, tpusannie,OZ Ittr.
and Mrs. George Parsons, West Street; Laura, daught6r g fr, LIM
Mrs Thomas Semple, Palmerston Streot: Betty, daughtor of Me. and
Mrs. W, J. Vanee, West Street; Mary Ellen, datito,hter oMr. and
Mrs. Harold Bettger, West Street, SS,Pitoto by11-.11