HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1931-12-10, Page 3THURSDAY, DE'CEM'BER 10, 1931.
THE SEAFORTH NEWS.
PAGE THREE'
The Passport to Health
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PoflmaiVs Bowilog Alley
and Barber Shop
Now open to Public. Alleys refinished and now in first-class
condition.
LAD'IE'S ESPECIALLY INVITED: ARRANGENIENTS MAY BE
MADE FOR A LADIES' NIGHT
A prize on every sheet. Special Prizes
every Monday,
UP-TO-DATE BARBERING
HURON 'COUNTY COtU'NiCIL
'Continued from Page Two.
in which they reside.
3. That the ,matter of the purchase
of school supplies and the appli'catio'n
to the tow'ns'hip councils for monies to
pay teacher's salaries should be left
'entirely in the hands of the trustees.
4. That we are of the opinion that
;in'spe'ctors of rural schools should be
chosen from rural school inspector-
ates and not from unb.an centres for
the reason that rural in'spec'ttors are
'snore familiar with rural conditions.
5. That there should be ` a sub-
stantial reduction in the salaries of
inspectors and teachers owing to the
present depressed fin'enci+al conditions
throughout the county.
Legislative Committee.
The legislative connni'ttee's' report
wag . considered dauise by clause
with Mr. Armstrong in the chair and
adopted by the whole .council as fol-
lows:
1. We would like to have the In-
digent Act as contained in Chapter
R.S.IO. 1907, and amendments thereto
a'tnended so as to snake the indigents
orthe parties placing then in hospi-
tals report the inform'a'tion as to ili-
•digence.
2. That no indigents be placed in
any hospital outs'id'e our own county
unless our hospitals are not able to
take charge of such, and that the.
county be not held responsible for
any patient p'llaced in any hospital
.contrary to the provisions of the fore-
going clause unless under special cir
eums'tances beyond tite skill of our
own. p'hysee:ans.
We want the residence clause am-
ended by the changing of months to
years. I't is not reasonable or just to
allow an indigent to live his life in
.Municipality A and by crossing the
road into ;B for three m'on'ths, to make
B responsible. The clause as at pres-
ent con.stituted seems de'signated for
tramps and not genuine residents.
Regarding the resolution of the
County Oo•uncil of ,Startnont, Dun-
das, Glengarry, the following clauses
were recommended and carried:
"Whereas interurban bus lines and
interurban freight Tines are gradually
m'onopolizing the use of the pron*inial.
and other impr'oved highways. Thatt
the speed limit enforced against auto-
mobile drivers should be strictly en-
forced against the said bus and fireigiht
traffilc and that their time schedules
'be .submitted to the department for
approval and should •nont be permitted
to exceed the: Statutory limit. That
there should be more careful supervis-
ion over ,some .regulation .of the driv-
ers employed on such bus and freight
lines."
The County Property Committee
'6ouiid'all offices and buildings in .good
condition. The Crown Attorney's of-
fice had beenre-painted and re-
decorated.
Roads Committee.
The report of the roads comrnittee
read as foll'ow+sl
"While it was not possible to carry
out the program outlined in June, due
to the limited; funds, the following
work has been carried out:
"Fifteen miles of roads have been
reconstructed and' gravelled. Eight
concrete culverlts and bridges were
erected.. A considerable number of
pipe and tile ,cullverts were insltalled.
"On maintenance, , work was carried
out as economically as praicticable, and,
fhd road's were in fair condition
throughout the year, but considerable
gravel will be neededon many o'f the
roads next year. Tiwo bridges were
refloored and ten bridges painted and
ALL KINDS OF
BLHLDING
Mk,TERIAL
FOR SALE
Half Million feet of
Pine, Hemlock, Tamarack,Oak,Ash
f.
Maple and Elm Lumber
From $15.00 per Ni
300,000Brickss5per
Sashes at 25c and up
Piping from 2c ft. up
Machinery,
Shafting, Pulleys, Etc,
Fire Wood at $3.00 per load
2 Complete ere SpHinitler Outfits
Canadian '',t', recking&Salvage
Co,
Bell Factory
unm
Box 274, Wingham
twenty-four miles 01 road were sut-
faced with tar or asp'h'alt.
"Stop .signs were autloorized ander-
ected ata number of points..
"Many requests from alil parts for
snow `fences have been received, and
while it is possible tosupply only a
small 'p'ant oif the (len-rand) a carload
'ha; been purcihssed and is being dis-
trtburted•
"It is expected that there will be a
mull surplus fro!m the ,mill and a
'half levy at the close of the
Year:"
Treasurer's Report.
County Treasurer Condon Young aft
the Thursday .morning session, said
t'ha't the McNeil brot'hers'• trial had
cost the county $2,903.31, Three petit
juries were called in addition to the
grand jury. The costs were as follows:
IFerst petit jury $502.94; grand jury,
$204.316; June Court, petit jury, $2'711,-
37; November court ,petit jury, $207.69-
T'he're .were live Cro'w'n witnesses who
received $1:417:00, -$32,90, $19l'20, $12.00
and $244.00
bThe can'sleabiles' pay sheet for Feb-
ruary Court amounted to $97.50; June
$115; November ‘$144.5.0.
'Conveyance to and from the jail for
three Courts was $8:00; conveying the
petit jury to Brussels, ordered by Jus-
tice Logie, $25:00; .providing . accolnr
ntoolation for the jury, $1.9; Harron
cafe, .$112.9;;' British ^ Exchange hotel for
lodging; June court, $139; British.' Ex-
c'lfange hotel, N1ovensber count, $129.-
50; telephone account, $2;715; Vers.
Reynolds, stenography, $40; two plans
of Brus'sel's' bank, $20 and $23; tran's-
cri'bing evidence, $1112.85; the whale
being $,903.311,
Young also gave the .costs` of
the various committees. The roads
committee .with 13 meetings were $610
old age pensions board, nine meetings,
$9415155; county prolperty, committee,'
one .meeting, $43,90; children shelter
committee, three meetings, 002.20;
House of Refuge, four meetings
$.2110170.,
The Treasurer said that under the
new' basis, the Ps'o'vin:cial school
grants were $25,000 less than •estimat-
ed. In addition• there was a balance of
$4'5,000 left over from 1930 whilch he
saw• no hope of reducing, so this li-
ability would have to be carried over,
The administra'tio'n of justice costs,.
and the old age pen'si'ons, had increas-
ed this year. The estim+ated'.expendi-
tures over and above the total ap-
proximate receipts of ,$138,000 would
equal . $40,000.,
Adiininiseration• of j'usti'ce cost $16,-
500; old age pensions $24,580; grants,
$3,000; jail, $3,200; mothers' allowance
$9;6150, wth more to come; children's
shelter, $2,300; municipal. governinnit
$11,600 with more to coque; county
property $1,'300; hospitals and chari-
ties $4,470; water, light, ,division court,
etc., $2,500. The expenditures for the
whole year in the general account will
be approximately $1+35,000 and the re-
ceipts about the same, maybe .more,
but not materially.
The treasurer said in his report on
Provincial Highways that year 1930
was started With a balance of $23448;
the County levy was $41,2712; interest
at 4 per cent. $924; making a total off
$70,321. The total expenditures for
193:0 was $60,9909,B4; principal and in-
terest on IIIighway debentures $13,000
leaving a deficit of approximately
$3,600.
Reeve M'cII{ibhon .of W6ng :Naim
pointed out, and the ITre'asnrer agreed
that the County rate siloul,d have been
a 'half mill higher, that is one and a
half mills..
The County .highway account would
just about balance, according to the
Treasurer, possibly a surplus of $1,-
500, The highway accounts were in
good ehape at the present time, there
are no outstanding notes in tie county
highway accoupit,
Sheriff . Middleton addressed the
Council- in answer to Reeve Gold
thorpe's query of the day before
"Why did the :McNeil trial not go on
the second clay?"
tISa said the court was delayed at
the iie iclNeil trial because the ;Crown
Prosecutor, itIr.;IBull was seriously in-
disposed; and as 'far as he (the sher-
iff) was concerned the trial was in
good order. ,Mir,; Bull was not strong
and had s-ecend'ly suffered bereavement
in the death of his :wife. w e. IAs a result
of adjournment of
court the judge had
1 chance, to go on with other cases
which proved an advantage and the
costs because of the adjournment have
enriched' the county 'by '$384, 'Sheriff
3fiddlelton urged the selection of com-
petent men as jurymen. He wanted
1-Iurout County to be one of the clean
est in the Province. ":S.omte of -tine
farmers from the townships ai arereal.
solid men, nol saying anything against
the town men,ccntcluded the sheriff.
He asked the reeves to exercise
more -care in theirselection of jurors
-oncl'to endeavor to pick, strong, fear
.less sten. The steenuciis times
through which we are passing arc re-
flected -in a sheriff's work, 711r. 7ficitile-
ton said. 'There were a goodly number
of executions and collections and law-
yers were aslcing him to push soles
' it gets my goat eonle'titnes. I am try-
ing to make things as easy as possible.
during this depression. I am trying to
use di'kcrction," said the sheriff,
'Re'eve' Golclthorpe-"Did you have
a doctor's certificate for 1r, Bull?"
;Sheriff liicielleton-t'I did not."
,Reeve GoUldtthor'pe `T# a juryman
failed to show up and dill not send a
doctor's certificate he would be Sued.
would be not"
Sheriff Middleton -- "There have
been none fined since I toalc off,ee '
Reeve 'Goldithorpe-"'B:ut there was
'before your tune."
Iloltnan, chairman of the "Mo-
ther's 'Allowance Board reported
a
slight increase in the cumbers of mo-
thers drawing the allowance the past
twelve months ehe number beingga17
.
The total amount paid out to these
57 mothers for the twelve months end-
ing October 31 was $10,540, or an av-
erage per nioiiR'h of 'rb78.35; Jfilfty -per
cent. of this or $5270:00 for the year;
and $439.117 'per month Wes paid by
the Province and Ifi'fty per cent. 'by
the 'Coutnty.,
1The distribution of the allowance
to the different beneficial -les was as
'Sorrows: 2 received each $16 per
month; 4 at $20, 11 at $215, 16 at $30,
111 at $33, 9 at $40, 1 at $45, 3 at $5.0,'
or trait average of $33.43 per month,
the•county''s share being one-7ralf.
:Attention was called to this phase
'orf tete Mother's 'Allowance Act, con-
stituting an amendment to the Mo-
ther's Allowance Act adopted in 1928:
"The lie:diher's Allowance 'Act of
Ontario provides for assistance to .be
given to 'the wide of a mon who is to-
tally and perineanently incapacitated
from'any form of remunerative labour
provid'in'g she lived in Ontario when•
the disability ,trade its first appearance
and for two years innnuedia'tely prior
to making her application for ellow-
antce."
The other c'ond'ition off the Act re-
mains practically as before.
A'll' cases of irregularity have been
dealt with by reporting the 'saine to
the Department and having the same
investigated and reportetd on by the
inspector 'appointed by the Depart-
ment.
County Home Report.
IJ. lir Go.veitd'ock, Inspector of Hur-
on County IHam'e, addressed the
council. A farm of S0 acres had been
rennted. Everything was working sat-
isfactory. 'During t'he year inmate's
were admitted from several municip-
alities as .follows: Uslborne 1, Turn-
-berry 1, IGo,dleri'clh township 1, Stan-
ley 2, Hay 1, ISeep+hen 1, East lWawan-
osii 1, Exeter 1, 'Lhndbn 3, 'Go'derich
3, Olinton 1, Brussels 1. The .H'o'me.
is self-sustaining and the Warden re-
marked that it would he a wonderful.
h'eip if some other .departments were:
'Oate of the reeves said: "The admini-
stration of justice for instance!"
Patte.rs'on, county engineer,
evas asked to speak regarding the
complaint of resi'd'ents o'E the village
of Bayfield of a road being feh.ce,d off.
The road reac'hes back to the early
days of the county. lir, Peters • had
bought some property and had end-
ertaken to fence in this road. He had
no 'right to erect the fence and any
individual has a right to take it doWm.
IISe then -wilt there 'was no record of it
being a county road and should conte
under the jurisdiction of Ithe township
oe the police village of Bayfield.
Reeve Mc'Kibbon asked if it required
a bylaw to put road's bacla on the
towns'hi . The.engineer
saiait would
d
but this road is covered by an old by-
law of 1872. Reeves Henderson and
IFrancis moved that the county coun-
cil should take no a.ctaou.
Mr. lic1ICn b-
bon- asked that the deputation be
heard.
Mr, Finglaud of Clinton, said: "It
is a question whether this road is in
the jurisdiction of the township Of
'Goderi,ch or the county, and on be -
hall of the delegation I ask that it be
referred to the 'Roads Commission."
;Reeves 'Armstrong and Goetz moved
this be clone which carried.
john MdLeod, agricultural repres-
entative, in an informative address,
said the past year had been an ex-
tremely trying one for fasnaers as far
ars ,financial returns were concerned.
The work of his. office was increasing
the number of letters-vciritten, 3,284;
circular letters' sent out %123,438; tele-
phone calls, 1,565; number of visitors,
1910;number
of meetings held is of-
lice,
ff c 1]2
number of bulletindistribut-
ed,
i 'tr`
s d s tout
ed, 3,040 The best form of contact
with framers is the personal inter-
view, lir. 'McLeod 'declared.
Prices are poor in livestock but
l'here is no reduction in the number
orf 'livestock' kept in Huron county
Just as many ,metres are being bred
as when tints were good. This, the
year ifir sl e ye. of "Better butt" area, has
been successful. Out at 17 in the
,lune inspection 15 were passed and
two ol'ecteu-ed ineligible and a bonus
of $219 distribitled to the owners. in
October $285 in 'bonus Money was
'distributed. One thousand more
sheep were dipped Mitis year than last:
10,9716 'being the total ,this year.
Huron Comity sold. 54,500 hogs in.
eleven months. During the year 12
new bacon ;hog areas were formed
and the .type of hogs compares favor-
ably, juuiorr:'farmers are a'ctit•e to
Poultry farming.
Very little fertilizer dyad be'ee circ1ons taaces. Moth very few excep
bought for ;rees but where ;orchards tions, I found every'thin'g satisfactory.,
There were a few cases where I. re-
commended a reduction. I wish to
commend the Local 'Board for their
businesslike method of dealing with
all applications,"
The reconnutentlations to the report
reads:
Your committee regretsthat the
gran'tin'g of old age pensions bas been.
accompanied by a very pronounced
disposition manifested r
0 on na t fested on the pare of
1 n
some sons and daughters
eo forget
their duty to their parents, and 'Nave
constituted themselves agents in se-
curing tt rn" pension.c
. for their fathers.and
mothers instead of contributing to re-
turn some of elle care and financial
assistance lavished upon themselves.
This feature hes become so pronounc-
ed that the committee would be exer-
cising their right to fitting such per-
sons beforea magistrate, as is done in
many cases in. 'On'tario, or have t'helnx
exposed in some other way.
were treated, goad crops :resulted.
There was a splendid crop of applies,
the only disappointment being the;
price, He was convinced acid soil is
not prevalent in Huron county and
farmers need not fear the application
of lints.
Its sp'eakiug of farm labour Vit.
M'!cbLeod said there were 115 :nen aitd
12 boys unemployed on .fanny in the
county, a considerable number being
fa•oin 'Toronto. Applications received
now for boys are emoting $10 per
month.
Many applications are being , re-
ceived from schools for trees, and
2,019 trees have been planted.
:In, Junior Livestock competition's
Huron County stood I'Sth out of 33
;teams at Royal Winter Fair, The
Department sponsors a trip for five
girls to the Royal. 'In .an exaiilita'tioit
based on household science' Miss .Mar-
garet Durnin of ,Auburn stood high-
est in the Province,
,'Harry Strang o'f Exeter was the
winner of the County Scholarship.
Beth Halton, of Lucknow, was the
winner of the $50 County 'Scholarship
in Girls' IS+chool Work.
Shortcourses will be conducted in
rDungannon 'i11 January.
A vote of appreciation of air. Mc-
Leod's address and 'work was heartily
accorded him,
The Good Roads expenses this year
to date are $610 Reeve .Ballantyli'e in-
formed an in.quir.er,
'Reeve ?IIcI{i'bbon inquired, after the
report of the House of Refuge Com-
mittee had been read, if the crude
granite plates in use could be replac-
ed with white crockery and what the
present method is of procuring cloth-
ing, The warden explained that gran-
ite stands wear as the old people are
often shaky. The matron and keeper
secures the clothing. Inspector Go
venlock said each gets $2 to, spend on
themselves.
Children's Aid Report.
H. Edwards, inspector of Children's
Aid Society, said there: were ten chil-
dren in the Shelter; two two years of
age; two, 5 years of .age; one, 7 ye'ar's;
one, S years; two, 11 years and two,
16 years.
The Society has only had to take
two children of unmarried parents; in
scene cases, mother and child have
been cared for in their own Homes by
the intervention o'f the superintendent.
Expenses incurred would, be down
considerably for the year. Reece
•Craigie also spoke on the reduction of
costs. In the administration of the
Unmarried Parents Act for his timely
advice and work, said lir. Edwards
deserves the thanks of the whole
community which the Warden ..heart-
ily endo'rse'd,
Under the 'heading unfinished busi-
ness, Reeve Armstrong read from the
Criminal audit account items pertain-
ing to the accounts received by Con-
stable Gundry totalling $921, a trip to
Port Arthur costing $191.20, and the
$200 salary to Me. Gundry being es-
pecially criticised by Mr. Armstrong,
who asked, "What does Mr. Gundry
do with the $200 "
-Provincial Constable Whitesides
mho was p're'sent was asked to ex-
plain. Mr. Gundry can only charge
Tac a mile and prisoner's railway fare
and meals.t
to one thousand o n
sa d nniles
he would get $150. He gets nothing
for the use of his car. He has to pay
his own railway fare and may go by
rail or car'1
w uchever
wayhe wishes.
wts es.
He is practically out of pocket on
short trips and uses up the ,,x'`200 on.
expenses, 'There are many tines
when enforcing.1L.C.A„ etc., that he
doesn't charge. If he didn't have the
$200 he could charge $3;00 a day.
Council seemed satisfied with this ex-
planation.
Children's Shelter Committee.
The Childress Shelter Committee
report, J. 1W, Craigie, chairanan, eves
adopted as follows:
14Ve have visiteal the Cleildren's
Shelter and found it its good condi-
tion; there are at present ten children
in the ,Shel'ter ranging in age from
2 to 16 years, Four are going to
school. One girl, 16 h
a t age, is
years8
being, ;,s
placed out in a'home at once.
We find the matron, .Mrs. Oliver, is
keeping theShelterin good condition.
Also keeping the children nice an'tl.
clean. The children are beingtaught
to be obedient and are well cared for.
Old Age Pensions.
The Old Age Pension, Committee
met eight times and considered an
average of twenty-Ilbl'e - applications.
In 193'1 there wens 160 of the latter,
Out of 855 for the past three years,
753 have been granted; 121 have ceas-
ed 'to be claims through death,
'J. K. Feirfull Government Inspec-
tor of Old age Pensions, reported as
follows:
"I find that the local committee
give a good deal of their time and al
so their eriott consideration to ev-
ery application that is placed before..
thein. To the licit of their ability,
they gather all the information requir-
ed
equned in connection with the applicants'
House of Refuge Committee.
The report of the House of Refuge
committee was adopted: There are
95 inmates, The physician's report
speaks very highly of the condition
care and management of the County
'Ronne and the committee had nothing
but words of approval for the .manner
in which the farm and Hoare have
have 'been conducted.
The report continues: We regret
very much that some unjustifiable re-
marks were trade by an irresponsible
inmate, which caused .Mrs. Jacobs and
her two assistants very much worry
.but we need only to consult those in-•
mates who know how to appreciate•
good food and kind treatment to be•
convinced that such unkind criticism'
Should receive no publicity,
'The committee have installed a new
power pump system to replace the .old
systema which had been troublesome
and this is working satisfactorily,
During the year the _committee
took up the matter of erecting a suit-
able memorial to the deceased 'in-
mates who were buried in the small
cemetery on the Home farm. The lot
has been partially levelled and it is
the intention to complete the levelling -
and seed it down and erect a suitable
fence, A cairn was erected at the
north side of the plot with three white
marble slabs containing the names of
the 124 whose remains .lie buried in
the little plot, engraved thereon. The
work was well perfomned and the
cairn and the engraving are a credit
to those who did the work. It is hop-
ed that next year's committee will
complete the levelling and erect a suit-
able fence.
At the September meeting an agent`
for a firm manufacturing a tubular
system of fire escape gave a moving
picture illustration of how the systems
works. The installations of the sys-
tem would cost $2,250 and the agent
was informed that the committee was
not prepared to entertain the idea. \Ve-
woui'd recommend the incoming coune-
cil to take this into consideration.
During our se.vera'1 visits we have
noticed with much satisfaction that
the inmates were well provided for,
and we have every reason to be proud'
of our hoarse -like institution. \V. J-1.
Henderson, cheirntan.
Motions
Reeves Rader and t B '
o wm;an in- a
resolution expressed the regret of the
council that • lir. Moser. Deputy -
Reeve of G'oderich, and lir. Ritchie,
Reeveserf
of to cid are unable to at-
tend this session of the council and
sincerely hope they may have a spee-
dy recovery and that their navies be.
placed on the pay sheets,
Reeves 'Uclleibbon and W. J. Hen-
derson were sponsors of the following
resolution: ''\Ve respectfully •wish te.
draw the attention of the Provincial
'Government eo the matter that ire.
1930 they expended a considerable
amount more than the amount of
$44,000, as our share of work on Pro-
vincial Iiigilways, and we wish again.
to draw their attention to the verbal
agreement that the County of I•iurot:;:
m'ade with the Hon. Mr. Henry that
the average annual county payment
would not exceed $4+1,000, so we could
paya
a to
t go.This �
� t as carried.
"There is nothing so satisfactory es:
te clear conscience."
'"No, and the next best thing is a
good lawyer.''
Mother Forced to Leave
Fatherless Children..
Annette looks at you rateeully
asg
You pauee ate her bedside x ad-
mire her needle work. feels
expert
has she become that she feele curl
a table runner she has made will
"Ba a phone" the fair back bring.
Back home" -words words wit brig's
tears as she tells you how she longs
to be there to look after her family
once more.
A,nnette's husband died of tuber-
oulosis, leaving her to ram for the
children as best she could.
It was not long, however, b foro
she too was claimed by thin c,t-
ease, when she was sent to tho To-
ronto reoepitel for Cn nn, to
with no great prospect of t x: very
Here, the os.reful regimen the
quiet, n the fresh art and patient
nuestng at greatlyt d Annette.
to, climb the steep road back to
health.
Stieb wort: can only be continued
with tete std of many generous
friends. Will you please senda gift
. Tto oront.hAtr. oA,. IL. Ames, 223 College St„