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The Seaforth News, 1931-06-11, Page 2PAGE TWO THE SEAFORTH NEWS. THURSDAY,JUNE 11, 1931. Huron County Council The opening session of the June • meeting of Huron County Council ,waselee'ld Tuesday afternoon, June 2. In his address to the council W'at•- • den Beattie ;welcomed hack Coun•cil- .1or.Ri•tclue, who was ill during the December session and mentioned the .tosssustained in the death of ex W'arden A. E. Backer and Judge E. id." Lewis. He extended • congrattila- •ti:ons to Judge D. E. Ratites and wel- comed Judge Costello to the county, 'The Warden delved into the salary nut and the situation in which it was left when alt but seven councillors .accepted full pay after:.the council passed a resolution adapting the five •per cern reduction' which it was'thor- oughly , uader'•stood was to include' the sessional pay of members ,of the council. In view of the uncertainty .as to what council really meant no reductions 'tvcre made the first, three -months of this year; but since April. 1 five per cent had been deducted front the salaries of the clerk wouldand treasurer. One of the duties be to clear up the uncertainty exist- :ing, xist-:ing, declared the warden. The warden toed the commit that after some hesitancy and intsestiga tion, he had given his assent to hold Heron County Home Coming 'Week, July 1 to 0. He had not cont- -initted the county to any expense in connection therewith. ,He had communicated with Thom- as McMillan and George Spotton, members ,for North and South Huron, •who had interviewed Premier Ben- -nett regarding the return of $17.- t000, 17;t000, rhe residue of all the estate of 'the late William Scott, which he had 'betilueathed to .the Minister of Finance of Canada to be used for the relief of destitute widows and orphans of soldiers. The Minister said he had no power to change the will but :would have the stoney earmarked for Fluron County purposes. The Warden asked the council to keep in mind' next year the equal- teatime of assessment, when the county would be revised. This is _Ione every five years, Wednesday being the King's birth- • day, the warden suggested that coun- cil take a half holiday and visit all the institutions. }:edge Costello, recently appointed eetdge of Huron County. was present and was welcomed by the warden, who invited him to address the coun- cil. Judge Costello said he believed Huron County is one of the best and `he was more than pleased that he. -w-as appointed to the bench here. 'The cotutty is composed of a num- ber of thriving towns and villages :and Goderich was a beauty spot. He .expressed his pleasure in his wel- come he had received at the hands of the officials of the county. His Honor said he hoped to move his family to Goderich in a week or two, and expressed his appreciation of the .renovation of the judge's room. The Warden explained that the 'books of the late Judge Holt had been removed to make t'ootn for those of judge Costello. Mr. Holman read some correspond- ence of 1900 relating to the system of :appointing the Warden. •\ letter from Wilfred I. Wilson, county clerk of Napanee enclosed the following resolution: "That the Com- missioner of ont- ani; ioner,of Pryrincial Police of On- tario he rettueeted by this council to a=k tra rte cancers to desist £runt the practce of demanding production of driver's permits and licenses from aut,m tn:e drivers in thie county un - lets by sotne occurrence or accident the pr odttction of the sante seems tieeeessi y ur advisable, as the pr•,;•,ti` prat e i, en enn,t>a'ice and un- neceesery inte.tr.ence with the reeid- ems efi. , arty, ani that a c.ipy .:,f telef estearded to ether counties iu Ontario."—Referred ts, Legislative committee. .\ lsoter ft. en the Dc ratty Peovin- ci:rl Seeretcry respecting. county sal- aries, t , tee only items the Gov- ernment w• tl l be intcreetel in were these acesctire jail:salariesand that it is net permissible for the council to recluse,: j.ti1salaries without consent oI the ::ep:tetment. Tee teeeetment reels. :ne-tkiu,z in general terms. that Jai; .:ui t'., fir from overpaid, Tht ar,c- he ee net n1 _c in crs ese 1 t:my street tett,,, is recent tear of `high prices. The jail officials of the Cont ef Hu:eel rc este Jailer. with reeidenee, ht. etc1:1trt ma - teen $225: jail pltys c $12e; turn- key. -ssienent eesieettee.-fuel. etc.. $950. ens t the Execet..e C to- mM;tee. From tate clerk ei Town of r„>•. • erieh enclosing assees:nent to tee •aauuty ,,f ' 8.3ti, on local in. pr:,; e - •meat c ,nstrectien si le:ya'k at Children's Shelter and ren Napier and \t .deet streets between, Vic- toria and Norte street. $227.64.—Sent to Property Committee. Dr. Jamieson. chairman of Ohl Age Pen ins Commissien, in a letter stat- ed it is net tile nOlen' the Cott- -mission to have lists of pensinners furnished to any person or to have then made public in any way.—Filed. The total amount of the statement for orad construction teas, $130.543, • 70; the itetns being county roof eup- eint:endent $5,29723; road construc- t', e an true -ti i1iXSd. i urban inmeevement, $11.275.00; purchi_ce of gravel p ite, $R72,75; budge construction, $2,- 782.37; maintenance and repair, $07,- 318.48; machinery, 012,857.69. 'Amount of grant 50 per 'cent, or $67,946:37; expenses to rods super- ' intendents' .conference, $33.95; am- , oust bf grant. 50 per cent., $16.97; receipts, $3:521:60; disallowed, .$95.61; • total amount of grant, $67,95324. Nearly all seek quality nearly all drink Salada 'Fresh from the gardens' The following items are disallow- ed: Auditor's deductions, superin- tendence, $48.95; auditor's' deduc- tions, maintenance, $e6.66, -Referred to Roads Committee, ;H. L. Cummings, ' secretary of the Select Committee on Municipal Act Revision, wrote, inviting councils and their officials ,to send suggestions for the proposed revision of the mtrficipal act.—Referred to Legislative Com- mittee. The -auditor's report showing re- county of Victoria urging that the ceipts, of $326,604.66 and payments of government assume a much larger 0327,718.59 was referred to the fin- proportion of the ,cost of all roads and ante committee, Letters from Mrs, A. E. Backer, Brussels, and Mrs.' J. A. Irwin and Dr. A. W. Irwin, acknowledging letters of condolence were received and filed. A. H. U. ,Colquhoun, Deputy Min ister of Education wrote informing council that the legislative grant ap- portioned to rural and public schools for 1931 in the County of Huron for equipment to which, under the Schools Act the county council is re- quired to raise an equivalent, is for the public schools $1,342.89, and for separate schools $137.50. Filed. The Western Ontario Chamber of Commerce wrote announcing their next meeting in Owen Sound on June 15, 19 and 20 and asking representa- tion. This was filed. The following resolution was en- closed in a letter from Chas. C. Pile grim, clerk of Varna: Moved by J'no. Etue, second -ed by Fenwick Stewart: "'t`h'at the speed cop be asked to pa- trol the Blue Water Highway bet- ween Bayfield and Grand Bend on Saturdays and Sundays.” Referred to Good Roads Committee. A communication from the county clerk advised that the follow•iag be- quests had been made to the county, and the Children's Aid Society; Cal. Hoare, $200; W. •DloDougall, $500; The McKay Estate, $1,000. Sent to executive committee. The gaoler, 5. B. Reynolds, report for the pant six months showed 37 prisoners; theft, 6; intoxicated, 6; va- grant, 4; insane, 3; fraud, 3; selling' liquor, 3; robbery while armed, 2; carnal knowledge 2; forgery 2; as- sault. 1; breaking and entering, 1; false pretenses, 1; rape, 1; highways approval and endorsation of this cowl - act, 1; escaped from Bow•manvil'le, 1; ty council." about 5 p.m. to is 12 ec. There are Council adjourned Cost of daily rations t/ eix prisoners in custody at present, meet at nine o'clock \Vednesday mor - .Filed. A letter from W Dfc'Ghie director of the Globe Indemnity Co. of Can- ada submitted renewal of policy re- newing public liability and property .lamage insurance on roads and ad- vised that "due to your good experi- ence that rate this year has been re- duced from $ 1.90 per mile to $1.70 per mile a total premium of $613.17, 'Re- ferred to Good Roads Committee. Al- so a letter from W. \fc'Ghie, director e E. Wilson Se Co., Limited, re- gardiny insurance was referred to the sante committee. Mothers' Allowance Report on Mother's Allowance ;natters was su'b'mitted by Mr. Hole mates is of ehe leery best. The farm is well kept, the stock is in No. 1 ,con - clition, which is` greatly to the credit of itr. Jacobs. Dr. Shaw looks well liter 'the health of the inmates ted your' committee believes the services laid down in 'the• amendment to the Highway Improvement Act whereby. the powers of the council are dele- gated to a committee, the personell.io'f, which committee 'may be composed of other than members of,the comity council. ,Referred to Legislative com- mittee. A receipt acknowledging grant of $250 for • the Salvation Army Rescue home at London was filed. A resolution was received from the wdrkin'g the same cul on. the an- nuity basis is a big improvement as the pension in this way, is bated on a mathetnetcal calculation and will be delfinite and fair to all, and al's'o eliminate any possibility of a change rendered by those in charge of the of favoritism toward any applicant, home are 0,1 a very high order. Cal• ried, St was detided to rent 114 acres ac- ross the road from the arouse as the rent was' low and the place furnished extra pasture, hay, etc„ of which the home is in need, On account of the scarcity of fe- male help in the home and the great amount of laundry work to be' done, your cotnmietee installed an electric ironed' which the matron reports as giving the best 1)f satisfaction, The cost was $240. Carried. Repairs were ordered to the floor of the men'e' smoking roost, also to the water tank 'which was leaking badly. Carried, As the use of the hone cemetery has been definitely discontinued and as there are about 120 graves there, all without headstone's, and as the place is in rather a neglected condi- tion, on motion of Mr. Geiger,. sec- onded be Dor. Craigie it was decided to enclose the burial ground, level same and erect a suitable memorial with names engraved and that the place receive penpetual care. Agricultural Report.. The agricultural report was pres- ented by J. J. Wright, chairman, .Re- quested a half day to discuss agricul- tural conditions; posting of Huron County signs on all roads leading to the county; that all moving, breakable parts of farm machinery be staddard- ized; every Reeve asked to join his nearest chamber of commerce , or board of trade. That township au- thorities recommend the use of chem ical weed killer where practicable and economical. Children's Shelter The Children's Shelter, committee reported as follows: We have visited the. Children's Shelter and found it in good condi- tion. There are at present six children in the shelter ranging in age from 2 to 1.1 years. Two girls 11 years old. Two boys 6 and 5, and two babies 2 years old. One child is su'b-normal and requires a lot of attention, but the other five are healthy and three are going to school. ''\\re find the matron, Mrs. Oliver, is keeping the Shei'ter in good condition also keeping the children nice and clean. The Shelter should be supplied with a frigidaire, but owing to -the present depression we feel it should be left over at the present time. All clauses in this report were car- ried. Old Age Pensions. A comprehensive and informative report of the Old Age Pensions com- mittee was given by Dir, Holman, chairman, and was adopted as read, The number of new applicants re- ceived since Dec. 31, 1930, was 73 but a number of applications carnied over from December meetings made the total number considered and recon- sidered 125 or 25 for each of four The committee also approves of rare method of asking a return of peed pensions where such is possible, as the' same will have a tendency to avoid the method resorted to if coti- ceaitnent of , financial capacities or transfers in moire only and not in fact, and tore care will be given in preparing the statements contained in the application when it is_known, that any default will p'rejudi'ce any chalice of success and will receive a careful checking up. It has often been Pointed out that chiidgen are liable for their parents tinder the 'Maintenatoce' of Parents Act, whereby any sons or fdaugh'ters who ,have property in their own name are.lia•ble. That is the Act and there are so many unwilling, and have been brought into court in certain parts of the province but not in Huron. The part of the Act is hard to enforce and sometimes works a grave injus- tice. We cannot follow the children outside the province, and;there are families in Huron where most of the fancily, who are able, live in the Unit- ed States or in other provinces, and it .is very unfair to make those in On- tario pay for the whole family. We can't collect from a daughter who is married welt off, unless she has means in her 'own right, as well can't compel a son-in-law to' keep his wife's parents. Whenever this method has been tried out, it has'caused very much litigation, separated families, and with- the result that only some can be realized on, hence the resort to the other safeguard to secure pro- per accounting. The following figures sh-ow amount hs of months h first four n paid out fort @ 1931, by months: 'Totals -0101668.$5;- $11,442.91; $10,- 291:25; 0111,454,09. Paid by Dominion -45,0'34.4'3; $5,- 721.46; $5;145:63; $5,727 0n. e Paid by Province—$3200.66; ,$3,- 432,87; $3,087:38; $3,43623. Paid by County—$2,133.'717 $2,288.- 58; $2,058i?5; $2,290,82. Total on roll --430; 649; 656; 672. The county paid 20 per cent. or $111- 156.22 and the average paid isy the county per month was $2,231.25. ,The total registered applications for pen- sions was 694. Ninety-two deaths have occurred. The total number granted is 672, leaving 5,30 at present receiving pensions. OE this. number 50 are in the House of Refuge. The latter receive $240 a year but must as- sign to the county $216 of this or $18 a month, retaining $2:00. It was. moved by Matthew Arm- strong and Owen Geiger that the sal- ary of Mr. Ed -wards, Children's Aid Inspector. be reduced from $1,000 to $600 for 1931. Referred to executit+e. committee. Owen Geiger and M. Armstrong moved the adjournment of council to meet at 1 p.n. Carried. Council resumed at 1 o'clock and after reading the minutes adjourned put the gaso'tine tax at a rate wench will ade'qua'tely finance the und'ertak- ing. Referred to legislative commit- tee. A resolution was received from^ the County of Norfolk urging that the. government be asked to increase the gasoline tax by three cents a gallon, the monies derived therefrom to be returned to the counties in which it is collected, sante to be applied he reducing the tax on farm lands which are now becoming unbearable. Refer- red to Legislation Committee. :A letter From Robert :\dcEwett, of Stratford, asking to submit prices for vault fittings for Registry office if council intends buying same, was sent to property committee, The financial statement of the $200 county grant received from the County of Huron was, submitted by Ian M-clLeod, agricultural representa- tive. The total receipts from all sources was $345.83, the total expen- ditures 'being $267.73.. A letter from J: T. Simpson, coun- ty clerk of Simcoe County, enclosed a copy of report by the standing com- mittee on Roads and Bridges: "That we have very carefully consi- dered the resolution passed by the council of the County of Huron at their December, 1930, session in con- nection with the request of the City o.f Guelph and other cities for relief from all suburban road assessment. Also the last clause of the resohn- tion relating to the increased sub- sidy on county roads has been consi- dered and we wohld strongly recom- mend that the principles of the above resolution should receive the hearty ntng. Wednesday Morning In honor of the King's birthday the Wednesday morning session of Hur- on County Council opened by singing the national anthem and the after- noon was spent visiting the various. county institutions. The hat was passed to provide a 'gift of fruit for the old people at the County Horne. B. J. Bowman, Brussels Reeve, who was elected Tuesday was welcomed by the warden. Mr. Bowman briefly ad- dressed the council in reply, express- ing his appreciation of the welcome and assured the members of his co- operation. Reeve J. W. McKihbon, and R. A. Goetz moved that Mr. Bowman be placed on the education and Warden's committee, and that the chairman of the warden's com- mittee he chosen by then. This was carried, The report of the Children's Shel- ter committee was read. A lively dis- cussion ensued regardingthe running expenses of the Shelter. Reeve J. W. Eckert took the chair and H. E. Ed- wards, Inspector of the Children's Aid Society, was called upon to ans- wee many questions relating to his salary and the upkeep of the Shelter. Reeve Arm:trng contended the cost was in the nei ltberhoad of $5,000 a year and a free house, Mr. Edwards s paid $1,000 a year by the county, $300 for expenses and $600 from the Government for enforcing "Unmar- ried Parents' Act." The pay sheet of the committee showing $62 for two monttis each and smaller amounts la- ter also came in for some adverse criticism front Reeves Goldthorpe and Me\abb. Others argued the ex- penses were not exhonbitant. The Corn Borer Iinspecto'r's ser- vices, it was urged, might be discon- tinued, but it was pointed out that this could not be done without the consent of the department, the council regulating the salary. Another discussion centred around the last clause of the, House of Re fuze report with Reeve Louis Rader in the chair and the report was final- ly passed as amended below. The q-te...tian of bringingcoal in by car- loads fur the county itnstitutiens w -as another economical scheme discusse but no action was endorsed at this session, The House of (Refuge Com'tnittee reported as follows; 1. 4t the meeting on March 3, the premises were thoroughly inspected and the committee found everything in -first class condition, the inmates seem satisfied. are well fed, kept clean' and comfortable. The matron de-' serves special credit for the condition Another resolution from Lincoln of the house and the relationship ex - County Council v^ieh to place on re- cord our sincere regret at the loss this county and county cotutcil have sustained in the 'death of our esteem= ed colleague and ex -warden, Alfred C. Backer, who for the past teat years represented the village of Brussels as reeve and during the past year 1930 as,ivatden of the county. We desire at the sante time to ex- press our high appreciation of his en- el'gy and a'bility as councillor and warden and his , characteristic's 'of ai th'oyiouglhttess , m carrying on the county business and that of his vil- lage of Brussels ,Which were fully tes- tified -to by the fact that he was ac- corded ten consecutive acclamations as reeve. "We would join in sympathy with his bereaved .widow" and family and order this re�salution to be inseribed in our minutes and ,a copy seat to Mrs. B•aeker.•• "'We wish at .this time also to'place on record our regard for the work of two other etc wardens, viz., Dr. Jas. A. Rollins, a former reeve of Exeter and warden of Huron county in 191)0, and Dr, 5, A.Irwin, ex -warden of 1910, who died. recently. These men, like Ex-IWarden Baeker, served our country and county well and ably, and their passing is a distinct loss to the citizenship of our country." G. A. Goetze and W. H, -'Switzer moved that W. B. Oliver be.appoint- ed constable at Grand Bend for the months of July .and August at the same salary as last year and that the clerk write Ieam'bton county council asking their co-operation 'iii policing. Grand Bend, as part of Lambtof county was included in the police vil- lage of Grand •Bend: Cafried, J. W. MOKib'boin and W, J. Hen- derson, that Rev. F. Schaffer he ap pointed to Winghatn High School Board to complete the term of the late Dr. A. J. Erwin.—Carried. The tax rate for the County for this year was struck at 6% mills on. Thursday, a reduction of one-half a mill from last year. This reduction is equal to $22,000. The various rates are, general account 3% mills; old. age pensions % mill; county high- way, .1% trills; provincial highway 1 mill; total We mills. In fixing county roads expenditures for the year at 1'% mills, a reduction of % mill on roads, county cou•nci'1 refused to put $22,500 on new con- struction work which the Roads Commission proposed to debenturize. The rate of wages was left at $4:50 for men and team and $2,25 for man. A motion to cut the rates to $4 and 02 respectively was defeated by a vote of 21 to 6. Mr. Hoare, the provincial engineer, was present on Thursday morning and was asked to, address the coun- cil, but declined to have anything to say at present. 1H. Edwards spoke to the council regarding the crippled children as looked after 'by the Lion's Chiles of Seaforth and Goderich, and asked for the co-operation of the counci'I- ors in giving information re cases known. The warden emphasized the import- ance of this work and also bespoke • the co-operation of the .county coun- cil, oun cil, and gave examples of good work clone under the case of the Lions Club. Cotttity Engineer Patterson ad- dressed the council dealing with the - (Oontitiued on Page "'Three.) ton for the oast five months: The tote! recent ns' the another arrow~ ar ce, -the last payment, was 55 and :he payments were as follows: one .ccivei per month $15; four at $20; 19 a $25: 19 at$30.; 1-0 at $35; seven - tt1; one at 45; one at 050: two at enol 55 at $1750 50 , om county and pro- vince. eat n bearing 50 per cent. or 887ctr an average of $32 per month te each mother in all. The total nuttt- i . wh•o have received the allow- anze from the county since the act aa, put in force -11 years ago is 145, eittety of w•hont having ceased to be eta tis, Oz the .firet 33 granted the ,awante only one, NO. 26, is left: Tse graduation of the grants i eased on several matters. The num eer children, under 16 years, gen- end circxmstances, of the mother as te a home or no home paying rents r e amount;... - Attempts have been- made by dep- metione front urban centres to Mare olte ba is of grant reduced to one child ..-teed of -ttt-o, but this has been re- tscd. chiefly owing to the increased ee+.;sion involved; and in the majority : cases one child, it has been aster tabled. ;vas more of a spur than a hindrance. This report concluded with words -raise ,r the err:ees rendered to the county by Mrs. R. M. Graham, in- sl)ertor in the dtstnic., Who suffered a •.ts b eel. to syn and after a rest been transferred to South West - ere Ontario, Her place has been ta- ken by etre. Tel-fer ni Taranto. Who ae -stna c.,.:fidenet and es:eetn. This report was filed. Thomas H. Fenner ,-'f the General Accident Aseuranee Company of Canada. -reported- the boiler in the crurt h muse in good- The ond The tout y of Literal; asked sup pert of. a resolution to have the pro- vincial government pay 80 per teat,- the ent:the salaries of weed inspectors in the various municipalities. Referred to 'Legislative comtnittee, meetings held; of these 95 were sub- to meet at 9.30 on Thursday tnorn- niitted to your committee of 1931 and ing. dealt with. Before adjourtitnent on Tuesday The comtnittee is of the opinion night the fallowing motion by J. W. that the new method of pooling the MaItibbon and B, M. Francis was liquid assets of husband and wife and passed: That the members of Huron expressed opposition to the principles isting between her and the women in-' Rita plans her vacation in a hurry Evening rates on "Anyone" (station -to -station:) calls be- gin at 7 p.m. (local time). fret give "Long Distance" the member you want — it speeds rip the ser'vice.'If you don't know the distant num- ber, ut-ber, "information" will look it rip for yo:t. Rita had to arrange her vacation trip in a hurry. A sudden turn of events at the office made it a matter of now or never'... and Rita chose "now". After seven o'clock that evening (when evening rates over Long Distance were in force) she called her old school chum Helen. to ask her suggestion as to the best place to go. "Wonderful", said the happy voice at the other end of the line after she had explained everything. "We are all going to Seabeach for two weeks tomorrow. Now you will be able to come with us." And so Rita spent the most enjoyable vacation she ever had,, thanks to her call over Long Distance. And the cost of that call was less than the tip she gave to the colored porter.