HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1931-12-10, Page 2'Eckert asked why the debenture in-
debtedness was not included in the
tre'asurer's statement, It was pointed
out that it was not customary to do
so; that this year the payment was
$1'2,950 on. the highway debenture and
the interest on the 15 -year patriotic
debenture issued in 191S, the principal
of which alas due in 1933.
A motion by Messrs. Eckert and
Goetz was carried as follows: That all
unpaid debenture principal be placed
on the treasurer's report as a liability.
H. C. Cox, ex -reeve of Godenich
Township, addressed the council. He
spoke of the method he bled adopted
in overcoming the lack of corn owing
to the corn borer nuisance. He had
tried the plan of growing peas and
oats and culling the crop when the
oats were in the milk state, and this
was cut with a binder and placed in
the silo in the same manner as corn.
He said he had splendid results and
recommended the plan as well worth,
trying and it would help to get rid of
the corn borer much sooner than other
wise,
The Warden said he was in error
when he said at a previous session
that D. E. Holmes was working un-
der the fee system as Crown Attorn-
ey and Clerk of the Peace. Insofar as
the county is concerned, the Crown
Attorney is on a sear}, o'f $1;100 com-
mutation of fees, -\4r. Holmes h'ad
said, however, that he was willing to
change over to the fee system on a
mouth's notice. •
Council recommended the return of
Warden Beattie to the council and a
resolution to this effect was ordered
sent to the clerk at Seafnrth, -
Bylaw 1.6 confirming bylaw -No. 5
of Goderich Township, closing up a
certain • roadway and bylaw No. 17
covering expenditures were read re-
quired number of times and passed.
The council expressed their appre-
ciation with Warden J. W. Beattie in
a finely worded address. His teras
had been fraught with difficulties ow-
ing -to the depression which prevailed
throughout the country, but these
served to bring out the sterling qual-
itiet of his leadership. His kindness
and devotion to duty had endeared
him to his fellow members and the
hope was expressed that the munici-
pality in which helived would recog-
m
nize his ability by returning himfo.r
many years.
'The warden: was presented with a
handsome cane. Warden Beattie ex-
pressed his appreciation of the gilt..
Executive Committee,
The executive committee's report
that the bylaw closing a small por-
tion of road at Holmest'ille, in Gode-
rich Township, duly passed by the
Talons -hip Council was not considered
a natter for the committee to -deal
with by the open council, was car-
rfed,
Education Committee.
The education committee reported:
We have examined the different levies
made by the several High Schools in
our county and in adjacent counties
as follows:
-Clinton—Levy, $10;125;42; return of
previous year, $694.83; total, $10,820:
T5,
Seaforth—Lely, $9,673.64; return of
previous year, $786.28; total, $10,4'59.-
93.
Goderich—'Levy, $9,3.16.90; return
of previous year, $1,705.70; total, $1'1,-
4x5.'60,
Wingee: Levy, $5,973162; return'
Uri previous year, $$04.44; total, .$6;778-
06,
Exeter—Levy, evy, $83915.20; return ai
previotis year, $052.66; total, $9,447.26;
Totals — $43,1484.78; $4.1646,32, and
$481111:10,
...Cele adjacent High Schools, Sltrat-
fiord, $293)30; Harr;ston, $3139:19; St..
Malys, $172,30 P'arldhnI! $411'344; Fo-
rest, $49•i&9; London, $537:40; Libtow-
el, $1,097.96; total, $2,903.41, making a
total paid by the county to our own
and adjaicen't high schools of $5'1y -
034.t511, -_Carried.
'ilhe cost of the county' continuation
scitoels.and itr adjacent counties lash
year were as follows: the returns for
this year ate not complete, but no far
are about the same as last year. Hen -
$247 -517.01;, Brussels, $2,663.65;
IBllyth, $2405,90; Wroxeter, $1,8809.130;
1Ford'witb` (lHowick) $2;107,110; Zurich
.(IHa'y) $753;00; Total Iluron Schools,
$122,300,66;;- Adjacent County -Contin-
teation Schools:. Milverton, $100.06;
ILucknow, $1;5158:63; Clifford, $&40.415;
Total, $2,+498.48, a grand total of
$65',839X65, requiring a levy' of nearly
1i% 'nulls on our assessment.
'The resolution of the county coun-
cil of Lennox and Addington approv-
ing a one-year term at Normal School'
and that a pupil. attending -Normal
School and passing exam'ina'tions: in
good standing be given -a ,permanent
certif;ca'te after teaching - two - years
was endorsed:
The committee also recom.mende'd
the following clauses in the report
su'bm'itted by the Educational -Co'm-
mittee of the, County of Lanark and
they were carried by Huron County
Council.
1. That the inspectors should not
be, vested with the authority they
have independent of the co-operation
of the trustees.
2. 'We would recommend that the
ptt'biic school inspectors on their per-
iodic visits to rural schools be -author-
itatively- instructed to - advise high
school entrance examination pupils
to attend the nearest examination
centre regardless of the inspectorate
'Continued on Page Three.
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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO,
THE SEAFORTH NEWS.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1931.
VMS
Huron County Council
The County Council held its last
session of the year, opening on Tues-
day, December 1, and concluding on
Thursday evening. All members were
in attendance at the opening meeting
Tuesday afternoon, except !Deputy
Reeve•Ritchie of Ashfield, detained by
Illness, and Deputy Reeve Moser of
Goderich, Who is suffering' from the
effects of a recent accident.
Warden Beattie, addressing the
'council, dealt with the work of the
past year, outlining briefly the chief
business to come before the council
at this December ,meeting: He thank-
ed the manubers for their hearty co-
operation during the year and ex-
pressed regret at the absence of
Messrs. Moser and Ritchie. The gen-
eral expenditures had been kept well
within the estimates during the year.
The expenditure on criminal justice
account, however, had increased con-
siderably. owing to extra courts, but
.he accounts were all in order. He
believed legislation should be sought
to lessen the cost of law enforcement
in the county.
The accounts had been regularly
audited and sent down to the proper
authorities in Toronto, where they,
-were approved, and those considered
exceptionally high had been investig-
ated
nvestibated by the county judge and found in
nyder.
The change froth salary to -fees in
eontiection with the Crown Attorney's
office had accounted for most of the
difference between this year and other
year: in that office,
At the conclusion of the Warden's
remarks the following communica-
tion, :were dealt with, being filed or
sent to the appropriate committee.
From F. ,Fingland, barrister, 'Clin-
.,,n, er.ci ,seg bylaw- No. 5, 1931, of
Ci.rlerich t=t,wrship, to close an orig-
inal road allowance and requesting,
confirmation of same by the county
council.
The presentment of the .grand jury
at the recent fail assizes.
From the clerk of the united cJun,
tie; of Stormont, Dundas and Glen-
garry-, enclosing a 'resolution for which
'Lipp ,rt : a., -ought, requesting res-
trict: ,• .to '„ placed on bus and
truck lines on the highways. This
was referred to the legislative com-
mittee.
Fran the united counties r' Len-
nox and Addington a resr,lntion set-
ting forth recommendations on school
matters. Sent to education c mmittee.
The gaoler'; report for the past six
m nth, :'„tying (t7 persons cnnjinit-
te.1 in this s rrrl, for ,f inets as fol-
'ot+s: 1-.C.A. violation, 24, theft 13,
vagrancy 5, non-payment of orders 4.
fraud 3, juvenile delinquency 2, leav-
ing scene of accident 2, indecent as-
sault 2, ch'cken theft 2 forgery 2
breaking <url .taring 2, traffic act
contempt of court 1t cruelty to ani-
n:as 1. perjury 1. carnal knr,wledge 1.
An applicatisn from Abner Casette
;;f \\Ingham 6,r the position of
county amlit r.
A c,tnmun cutin faint Dr. A. C.
'Ifunter of U- lerich, stating that De-
puty Reeve Moser would he unable to
attend this meeting of council because
of a broken arm.
Mr.Featherston of Bayfield headed
a deputation risking for the reopening
of a certain road in Bayfield which
had recently heen closed. This is the
.,cl on the north -'dc 'tf the river
.ear tt t', old bridge. Mr. Feath-
ers ,❑ plain t heti that this read al-
1aaance be'inged to the county and
should be npaned for the people's use
Instead of being fenced up by a priv-
ate pers•m. He asked that the c 'unty
eo'wcil take action.
Mr. \lcLeed eupeerterl 1Ir. Feath-
tt in demanding the restoration or
the r,arl to the people.
There was considerable discussion
Wt 1 roference t , the appointment of
cent]tt c nsttbles. It was claimed
that ,e irt•i •f most concerned should
be con stilted as t the :uitabiaty of
persons pro's aged for the office bur,
that this seemingly had n -,t been con -
•i iercul necessary. I.t tas pointed out
that in stmt cave= the people had
made vee„ntmenrlatoet5, but in alt.
cases the appointment rested -lith the
I_t'r syn at t rite ant the county judge.
Wednesday.
9t, th lir.' tivisi to 1f the session,
the County Conned \\ etinesrlay after-
noon voted t:, strike out a recout-
tnendati•,n from the report ,i the old
age pension committee, reconunenrl-
ing that the age qualification for total -
1y incaretcitated persona to he lowered
to GO years. The vote was -25 to 2
against. it wee argued that the old
age net :ons were already a heavy
tax burden, now costing the country
$24,:000 a year, aiid that a reduction in
the age qualifications would only open
the door for further abuse, Complaint
was heard that J. K. Fair'ful, Govern-
neent inspector old age pension's, h'ad
snot c,msuited the county committee
during his visit here, Reeve McKi'b-
bon of Wingham, chairman of the
comittee. slid that Inspector Fairful
told him that he.OFair'futl) had instruc-
tions not to confer or consult county
•
ality has
o suu,stitute
old age pension boards in the course
of his investigation. - The suggestion
to lower the age qualification was held
up to ridicule by the councilors,
"I suppose the next move will be to
reduce the age qualification to 40
years, This should make a lot of peo-
ple limp a little more pronounced,”
said Reeve Wright,
"Strike it out. The act is unpopular
enough as it in," said Reece McNab,
"There are thousands of men over 80
years working hard every day to help
pay these pensions. • I know of one
man, 72, who is working 150 acres."
"I know of numerous people lying
on their backs unable to move, a great
deal more deserving than many who
are now receiving the pension," de-
clared Reeve McRibbon, wha cham-
pioned the clause,
A clause in the report, which car-
ried, reads: "Your committee regrets
that the granting of old age pensions
has been accompanied by a very pro-
nounced disposition manifested on the
part of some sons and daughters to
forget their duty to their parents and
who have conretituted themselves ag-
ents in securing pensions for their
fathers and mothers instead of con-
tributing to return some of the care
and financial assistance lavished upon
themselves. This feature has become
o pronounced that the committee
would be- exercising its right to bring
inch persons before a magistrate, as
i; done in many cases iti:Ontario, or
to have them exposed in some other
:ray.,,
For fully an h sur Pr:,viucial Con-
stable Whittsides appeared before the
council when the questions of eon-
eta',:c'; fees, mileage, expenses, court
costs, etc„ were deive:l into. The
constable said there ogre many mis-
givings abroad on these :natters and
invited question:. Specific cases were
cited and explained to the satisfaction
of members. The officer said that his
lees as a provincial constable were re-
mitted' to the Government and that
only time he was paid by the coun-
ty was when he was detailed by the.
croon attorney to investigate a trim-
final matter, and then he was only al-
lowed mileage. He explained where
notch of his service was given gratis
to the county and holo police court
costs mounted up when people con-
tested their cases and witnesses had
to he brought from a distance. -
Reeve Armstrong, a member of the
criminal audit board, read a statement
showing that County Constable Gun-
dry bad received over $900 in fees and
expenses for the first three-quarters of
this year, in addition to his salary.
Under questioning the -reeve admitted
that much of this sum was out-of-
pocket stoney paid in advance by the
officer for transp,rtatiott ..,f himself
and prisoners, One trip to Fort Wil-
liam cast 8.100. Another tit, Cochran;
The cpm tcti was satisfied with ex-
planation- gis''n to questi`..:us asked
Tuesday and considered that these
matter: should be known to the pub -
'ie. It ssou:rl clear tile air of 'nano
ugly ruiners, it was explained by the
warden. Much of Wednesd'ay's ;es-
i,t was taken up with the presenta-
tion of county officer's reports.
A resolution asking that provincial
snowplows be kept off the highway,
'his winter in the interest of economy
was sent to -the good roads commit-
tee.
Council unanimously passed a mo-
tion calling the attention of the gov-
ernment that this year it spent over
844,000 (one mil) on -highway, in Hu-
ron County, which in a breach of tt
verbal agreement with Hon, G,- S,
Henry when he was minister of high-
ways, Thin year Huron County only
`cried one mill for provincial high-
way..
Thursday.
The County Council, at its conclud-
ing session Thursday by a vote of 21
to 7, endorsed a motion of Reeves
MelNab and Geiger, asking the Prov-
incial government not to undertake
any paving in Huron county until can-
irlitions are improver. The yews and
neas were called for on the division,
The council also decided not to do
any snowplowing on county roads this
winter but left the question of keep-
ing provincial highways open to the
discretion of the government. The
vote was 15 to 9.
A clause in the legislative commit-
tee's report, asking that doctors or
whoever is responsible far taking indi-
gent patients to hospital be required
forthwith to furnish the county clerk
with particulars evoked much discus-
sion, but finally passed.
The council went on record in sup-
porting the resolution brought in by
Reeve Mc•Kibbon asking the Provin-
cial Government to amend the recent
Order -in -Council passed by the Leg-
islature that there should be no train-
ing schools in hospitals with less than
fifty beds, W. H. Golding of Sea -
forth, appeared before Council asking
support of the resolution. He said
the Nurses' Association was behind
the action,
"There seems to be a movement to
neutralize all power. We have a dis-
position to blame the government who
are not really to blame. The Cabinet
listening to the appeal of the Nurses'
Association with no counter appeal,
passed the Act. The smaller hospi-
tals could not stand the strain of em-
ploying graduate nurses and if this
teem not awarded it would mean the
dosing of these which are filling a
long -felt want." -
The following resolution was - car-
ried tutani.mnusiy:
"This Council places itself on re-
cord as being i ppr,sed to the Order -in
-Council which requires all hospitals
to have at least fifty beds to be eiig-
ible to carry on as a training school
for nurse
"That as a Council we believe that
this decree will work a serious hattdi-
csp stn our small hospitals and will
force them to increase their fees or
close their doors which under present
conditions will be a serious hard -hip
on the patients, on the municipalities
and also on the county.
We - believe these smaller hospitals
are filling a long felt want in many
municipalities and we are of the op-
inion that the training the students
receive in the well conducted smaller
hospitals is such that the graduates
are well qualified to take their places
among the graduate nurses of any
hospital in the Province,
"We would therefore beg the Hon-
orable Minister of Health Dr, J. ll.
Robb to give the question his very -
serious consideration and have a sttit-
ahle amendment made to this Order -
in -Council cancelling these close;,"
Under the healing of rep'.irts of.
County Officers, O. Ginn, County
Corn B'orer Inspector, gave an ac-
count of his work during the ye'ar. He
said to close the work of corn borer
inspection on the first of June was
on eons as it was. impossible to cnm-
,lete the work by that time. To hie
knowledge, the corn borer in this dis-
trict had increased during the past
year, and the danger had not passed.
He urged 'hist precautions should be
continued indefinitely. The corn borer
had increased in Goderich Township.
In answer to Reeve Thontns ,n's in-
gttiry 'Aft-, Ginn said Itis remunerration.
is $4,00 a day and ten cents a pure.
County Engineer. Patterson reported
an conditions et the present time and
the work during the year. Tarring
treatment has been resorted to and
considerable valuable information had
?teen gained in this.new type of road,
rendering the cost much less than
gravel construction.
Reeve Haacke of Goderich Town-
ship asked, "\\'hat are the costs per
mile for trelattnent nn the Barfield
Road?" and was told $11.00 per mile.
Mr. Hoare, provincial engineer, was
asked to address the Council and con-
gratulated the comity on its road pro-
gram carried out this year and was
not prepared to make any lengthy
statement. -
Thursday Afternoon -
Reports of committees submitted
by the various chairmen occupied the
afternoon session on orr Thursday. -
Under the head of enquiries Reeve
m: