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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1932-12-15, Page 3THURSDAY, D'E,CEMiBER 15, 1932. THE SEAFORTH NEWS. PAGE THREE.' County The 'reco'mmendations of the Agri- cultura'l Adtvisiory Contlntitte,e and hearing the report df the Old Age ,Pensions Committee occupied moat of 'the 'Wednesday morning session of (Huron .County Council. The former report was full of important informa- 'tont'o the rural members. The clause reonrc nlendling the establishment of a sugar: beet factory, it was ,conceded'.' in the discussion, was as1 interesting to tawii as to country. 'Reeve J. J. lWniglrt Who submitted ' the report, said 20,000 tons Of sugar beets were .produced in huron County. The re- port was taketn. clause 'by clause with Reeve Garnabie in the chair and carried with the exception of clause 8, 'which 'wa's'relacheid at noon and' the report laid on the table for further consider- ation. ,Advisory Council Report l'IThe report of the ,Agricultural' Ad visory Council -read as fdl!lotws: 11, In view of the interest displayed in. the recent Ibac:on hog field day and auction sale at Walton, the advi's'ory council rec'o'm'nnends that one or two siix filar ,meetings be conducted .in the county next year, preferably either be- fore or after spring ;Seeding Operations, it would appear that the standard of Ontario, bacon ;hogs shall have to be raised in order to meet the exacting requirements o'f .the British Market 'and as this necessitates con'siderabl'e improvement work, the council re- commends that the agriculture repre 'sentative compile a boar census •of the county; that adivisory council ,recam- men'ds that a day be set aside next spring to be kn'dwn ,as :Huron. County 'Sheep Dipping Day and that this be given publicity in the county papers and through the :medium of circular letters to all owners Of community d'ipp'ing tanks in the -County. din view 'of the. heavy Iosst;'s sustain- ed by the cattle industry through the, IWartble Flies, and the damage ,caused 'by Bats in horses, the council recom- mends that publicity be given to the methods of control and prevention, and suggests that an endeavor be made to establish an .area in the .coun- ty in •which the farmers will under- take to treat all horses and cattle for • the extermination of these ,pests. O!w- ing to the fact that a great deal of wend seeds are ann.ually beingsown with cereal grains and small seed's; the council wishes to recommend that, the agricultural representative conduct a seed drill survey in which the samples 'collected' will, as far as possible, be taken direct from the seed drill, 'The council recommends to the .1+933 council, continuing :the customary grant of $200 for •j.unior extension work and a grant of $20 tdward each school fair conducted ,in the county. (Lt is the .wish df the council that the county council consider the advisabil- ity of having a sugar beet factory es- tablished ,in the county and a letter to this effect be prelp'ared•and forwarded. Council .Whereas at the present time, it takes albout dee hog out of every four, or one bushel of wheat. out of every four to snake up the difference in ea0cha1age between English and. Ca- nadian currency, we respe'c'tfully 're- quest that this county, council serious- ly consider this situation and ,that a motion be prepared wind forwarded to the Hon. Robert IWleir, Federal Min- ister of Agriculture," requesting that he use his influence to,establish the English pound on a parity with the Canadian dollar in Canada. Under ,enquiries, Reeve ,Wright ask- ed the facts regard'in'g towns get- ting back a percentage df payments 00 County ,Roads. This +matter: was referred to the Highways er Good Road's Commission to give the requir- ed inforinia!tion with explanations. 'Reeve 'Slweitzer asked if there was a (bylaw prohibiting the running of cat- tle and other 'lives!toick at large on the public highways. He was informed that a .bylev was passed in 1925 re cattle running at Targe._ The report of the 'Old Age Pensions Gonmi'tree was taken clause by clause with Reeve Ballantyne in the chair, The committee has had +1.45 ,applica- tions to date. The tonal' number on the. play roll since the Act came into force is 620, of whom nine have oo'me in from bather counties.. Afternoon Session. , W411iam Dloig, of 'Ttackersmith, an ex -schoolte'ac'her, in the County, spoke When Council resumed in the after- noon. Mr. Doig said he. was ,b'onn in tTu!ekersnn!itth wlhere his parents .had built a log house eighty years ago. He taught school Where he learned his ABC's 'and had since been a trus- tee. He announced that he inibend•s to be .a candi'd'ate for the Reeveship o'f 1Tuckersmith, where he considered taxes were too' high. (Mr. Archibald, present Reeve of Tuckerenuith, asked if it were usual for a candidate to express his views to the county .council. The Warden • in thanking ,Mr. Doig ruled that the lat- ter was expressing his opinions as a ratepayer. ' The reports of the Educational Committee and, the Mothers' Allow- ance Committee were read. The num- ber of mothers increased from 56 to 64, The total number of beneficiaries is 106. Educational Report. 'The report of the Education Com- mittee gave the levies for this year and the returns Of the amounts paid by each school district, town or vil- lage of the rate levied for these school the previous years. 'They are listed as follows: Levy Return Hensel' 21107.09 $1167.90 Brussels . 907144&7 '104:55 Wroxeter 114516.012. 68,119 Blyth ' 11171318.41i '115826 Fordwicli 20517.01 85.00 The fdllolwinlg mama were levied by to the St. Lawrence .Sugar Co..o'f Ontario 'Continuation Sc'ho'ols or ad- 'r Montreal. ja'cent County Scho'o'ls: ILucknow IRs le P y !Rates levied lay the County were Clinton IGodericd .,.;,......11b56.20 11185,46 the High Schools in as follows: . $111i,05F41,7.1 113)1;59.015 ISeaforth , I W in gihan (Exeter ....... ,.,10,0158.12 7,0145:32 .,,,,,.,, 8,559.69 Total Levy -4417,556.89 Levies paid to other county high schools for students attending' from I-Fsaron 'County were paid as follows: :London, $699,80; iS;t. (Marys, :$19829; (-Parriston, F$297,52; 'Stratford, $1'52.68; iUils'towe'1, $81712.iO3; P'arkhillly $925.58, Total, $2,745))55. 'The total sutras paid by the county 'For ,continuation and high school 'edu- cation for 1932 are: Huron Continua- tion S'chool's, $1105951916; Ad1ja'cen't County !Sldhools, $1,18411i.66; Huron' .High Schools, $447,856.89; Adjacent County "I31ig'h Slcho!ols, $2;71415:55; To- tal $63,040.06. otal$63,0'40.0!6. This sum ne'pre'senits. over a mill . and two-fifths on the equalized county valuation Of $44,2711,- 175. (Referring. .to the above figures the sums of $1,0411,46 anld :$2,71145!515, a total of $4,587.0l1: .elan be -charged up to the several 'Continuation and High S'chdols in Hturon and deduct- ed frotnt their levies. The commit- tee rec'o'mmended ` that, since the County is not arranged into High and Continuation S'clroo! districts, the matter stand as at present and that the new Council for 4930 deal with this matter with a view to making these divisions and make othe'r ar- rangements to prevent the exodus of ichill'dlren to .s'chtools outside the county. 'With reference to resolutions sub- mitted, the committee reported as follows: "Re the resolution of Middlesex County Council making parents or guardians not resp'onsib!le for the tui- tion of pupils over 116 years in attend- ance at seoonda'ry sdhools."—Carried. 'tRe the resolution submitted by the Counties of Wentworth, Halton, "Dufferin and Simcbe: (a) Giving the County Councils 'the right to set m'axim'um on which they will pay m'ain'tenance grants to High Scho'ol's and that for .1933-34 the max- imum salaries for teachers be $1,800 for principals and $1,000 for assist- ants. ---Carried. (b)-1T'hs;t the ,Lower. School work be removed from High Schools and made a public s'chool coarse in el schools where a teacher holding a first class certificate is employed, The council could: not agree to this "as it will disorganize our present system in too drastic a manner," hut then recommended that more atten- tion be paid to the 'Public Schobl teaching .course, introdu'cin'g such subjects as will encourage children to remain on the farms: "(c) Raising the school age to 6 years instead of 5 -wh'en' kindergartens are used." No action; (d) That in the matter of the many improvements a'ske'd for the Public School and other sc'h'ool boards that these demands be discontinued during the time of depression as far as p'ossi'ble." Carried. (The counties of Wentworth, Halton, Dufferii an'd'Simlcoe hold a meeting at Milton Oct..118th last to consider ways and means by which the ratepayers Could in some way be relieved from the high cost of secondary education and sent on the resolutions they ad- opted for Huron Council to pasts on airy that appealed to the members to the Department of Education and members Of plarliahnent, The resolu- tions v'ere as 001ioWs: Whereas ,taxa'tion' has become an in- tolerable burden, especially on the far- mer-, and whereas education costs are 3'3% of the total tax, he it resolved, that county councils wish: to positive- ly state that they will no longer set a tax rate to maintain our ,present High School system, and request the De p'arttnent of Education to amend the. Act, by giving County councils pow- er to set a minimum on which they will pay a main'tenance grant and for the years 193'3-314 pay on a maximum Salary of $1;800 for each principal and $1,000 for each assistant. 'Whereas 56% of. the students en- tering high school discontinue . their course at this end of the lower school, and whereas the lower school work is provided for in .the .public sc'h:ool. Course of study; and. whereas the cost of education in the public school is only $69 as compared' with $141 in High S'chool, and whereas over 100 one -roomed schools are taking the lower school work at present and the junior high school has proved to be a success in larger' centres, and whereas the cost of buildings is greater in a High School and 'Col'legia'te Institute than a public school, therefore be it. resolved that the course known' as lower school be removed from the High School course and made a pub- lic .slchooi ,or junior high school course in el ,sc'ho'ols in the province where teachers with a first class certificate may be engaged and where the cost of building and equipment is consider- ably lower,' and' that the costs of sec- ondary education be trade a local in- stead of a county obligation, Whereas it is ,generally conceded by teachers and parents that pupils ad- vance as quickly on. entering public school at the age of six as at the age df five and. an extra year alter the founth hook would be of more value than an extra year at the beginning, therefore we ask the Department of Education to raise the minimum age from 5 to 6 years. That the D'ep'artment of Education be instructed to delay all expenses not absolutely necessary during this time of depression. That county councils be given control of all high school ex- penditures. If a :municipality wishes to increase costs above that determined by the county council it May do so by paying the extra charge for the mu- nicipality in which the school is situ- ated. That a boy or .girl employed after fifteen be not compelled to attend school, That the 'Ontario School Trustees' and Ratepayers' Atssociation be asked to send an invitation to all county councils to send a committee to their meeting at Easter time, their 'branch eck • se We Are Selling Quality Books Books are Well Made, Carbon is Clean, and Copies Readily. All styles, Carbon Leaf and Black Back. Prices as Low as You Can Get Anywhere. Get our Quotation on Your Next Order. The Seaforth News SEAFORTH, ONTARIO. to be known as the County Council section. This list of resolution's was refer- red to :the ,education com'm'ittee. Motions. 1S!cott-IS'tewart:-; That the road be- tween concessions 8 and 9 in the ITowli,ship of East Wlawwa'n'osh run- ning westerly from 13'elgrave be. addeii to the County Highway Sys- tem as East W'awanlosh has no roads on county system except 'their share of boundary roads on the south; west and north sides 'of township, Referred to Good Roads Committee. ICaanplbell-Cardiff: That this council ask the inspec'to'r Old Age pensions, or Mother's Allowances to consult a member of the Board ofeach n unici polity before any pension he ,gran'ted or readjusted, Carried. ;Matheson - 'Archibald; That this Council recommend dispensing ' with. the county corn -borer inspector and transfer his responsibilities to the lo- cal weed inspectors. .Carri'e'd. II'aalce - IS1wei'tzer: T'h'at the County pay Goderi'ch !Township for t'he .gravel taken from the'i'r pit on the Benniil'ler road which has 'been awing since the years 119128 and 1929, and this council go out and took ^this si'tuati'on over wlhen we adjourn this afternoon. Re- ferred to 'Goad Roads Colnmittee. (Scott -+Goldth'o'np'e: That this Coun- ty Council recommend to the various High School :B•aa'rds that fhe :maxi - num, salaries to be paid to principals be not more than $2,000 per an'nu'm owing. to the continued- d,eep'res'sion, with a view of relieving the taxpayers and 'having the teaching profession take their share of the existing Scarc- ity Of money. Referred to 'Education Oo'rnmittee, • jGeiger.MclNab: That a copy of the Old Age Pens'i'on rep'or't be printed and sent to the Reeves of each muni- cipality and after nomination day is over it is to remain with the :clerk for any information. .Carried. Cardiff -Taylor: That council petition the government to have township en- gineeris fees reduced by law. We with the municipalities feel that local en- gineers receive far to'o much money for service rendered•, ,Carried. Cardiff-lWrighlt: That this Council 'do' not give consent to the C. N. R. for the doing away .with cattle guards seithin the County as we still feel tha!t,they are 6f murk value to cattle being driven along the road. Carried. M!clKi+bbon - !Archibald: Tloat , this council desires to place on record our sincere'regretat the death of several of our esteemed members of former County councils of this county—the late 'William Is'b'es'ter, former reeve of Mortis and Wingh'am; Herbert Crich, former reeve of Tuckersmith; Amos Tupling, an ex -reeve Of 'Winghasn; James A. Morton, who was reeve of Windham in 118; 'Thomas Gregory, ex -reeve of Wingham; John ,Short - reed, ex -reeve al Morris; Finlay And- erson, Rdhert Buchanan, ex -reeves of East Wiawan!osh; J. Newton Camip- bell, ex -reeve of East !Wiawanos'h and ex -warden of Huron County, and the late 'Thomas ' MOMiitlan, H.P. We wish to place on. record our es- teem.and appreciation of their. able and honest efforts forthe welfare of the county. Under the heading of . unfinished bu'sine'ss, con'sid'erable discussion cen- tred around the last clause of the Ag- ricultural Advisory Council's report regarding "the placing of the English pound on a parity with the C'anadia'n dollar ,in Canada." Reeves 3,2rlKiblban and Bowman moved. that the clause be struck out as they felt they could not vote en it intelligently. The amendment was later retraoted and the clause was referred back to com- mittee. Justice Committee. The report of .the ,Administration of Justice Committee, and of the ,Conf- mitte'e ap'po'inted to snake 'enquiry re- garding the egarding:the sten'ograpby .in connec- tion with the same department were submitted by Reeves Goldthorpe and Scott, ,respeofively, at ,the afternoon session of Huron County Council on Thursday.:'T'h:e recommendations of the former committee ' centred around a general reduction 'ofCost and the dispensing .of the services of County Constable: Gundry. When . the report was taken up clause by clause a vote taken on the latter recommendation resulted in 22 voting in favor and it was declared carried. Reeve NpdKilb- bon was in the chatir. !The report of adaninistra'tion of jus- tice read as follows: 'We, the committee a'ppoin!ted to look into the criminal audit accounts tltt'd.; That the Crown Attorney has re- ceived for the first nine months of the year $40113.10; the S'heri'ff in fees $8711.02 besides salary; the county .0041. stable, Thos. 'Gundry' h'as received $108$66; the Warden, Crown Att- orney, Sheriff and Treasurer received in 19311 '$1164.20 for .selecting juror's, We also find other things in like pro polsiti+on and we recontmen&: ;That this County Council petition the Governinent to have 'fees and sal- aries of the Crown Attorney, Sheriff and ,all dither fees in connection with Services We Gan Bender in the time of need PROTECTION is your best `friend. Life Insurance —To ,protect your', LOVED ONES. Auto Insurance— To protect you against LIABILITY to PUBLIC aad their PROPERTY. Fire - Insurance— Sicknes°Po protect your HOME and ft$ •. SicanAent 3nsuranae— To protect your INCOME Any of the above lines we can give you in strong and reliable companies. If interested, call or write, E. CHACtBE L.AMN INSURANCE AGENCY Phone 334 • Seaforth, Ont, the Criminal Justice substantially re- duced to correspond with the present conditions, Carried. We also recommend that County •Consltable 'Thos: Gundry be relieved of his duties in .this county, Carried. We recommend that no criminal justice accounts be paid by the Coun- ty Treasurer ,before they leave gone 'before the Crinmiel A'u'dit and O.K.'d by the committee, Carried. We further recommend that the sele'ction's of jurors be allowed four days only for selecting jurors at $4,00 per day. Carried. IReporb on cornmi'ttee re steno- graphy was carried as follows: IAccordin!g to your instruction's we have made enquiry into the •matter of stenography in connection with the. admin'istnation of justice in this coun- ty. We were shown the, Order -in- Council dated Aug. 111, appointing Miss Edna We'bb,' now .Mss. J. E. Reynolds, court stenographer for the county. We were also shown fhe tar- iff all fees for court work of this kind, We were also informed by Mrs, Rey- n'old's that she had appointed Miss Olive 'SSchoenals as her deputy' and paid her personally for her services. Also that Miss Schoenals' name should not appear in county accounts under administration of justice as re- ceiving pay unless as the Deputy Court stenographer. Mrs. Reynolds also informed us that she is Matron of Huron County Jail. From the in- formation received to date, we feel the rate of pay for these services should he materially 'lowered during this time of depression, and further that the remuneration• should come from the same source as the appoint- ment. We recommend that this Coun- cil invite other counties to join in making a request to the Ontario Leg- islature to give local autom'ony to the counties in this province regarding these appointments. We recommend that the incoming Council take up the matter that all stenographers for county should be appointed by by-law. Another clause asking that the sten- bgrap'her in the Engineer's office he required to combine her duties with the stenographic work in the clerk's office was struck out as it was shown ith'a't the work df the former required all hien ,time. •,Mayor C. C. Lee headed a deputa- tion 'from Goder cih, the members of which spoke in protest on the recent action df the 1Department to do away 'with training schdols in smaller hos- pitals. His 'Wors'h'ip in asking the Council to go on record' as being against this, introduced Mr. G. L. !Parsons, President of the Goderich 'Hospital Association and Dr. Martin, a member of the medical staff.' The Counc'i'l went on record as strongly disapproving of the action of the Provincial Government in order- ing the discontinuance of a training school in small hospitals that have lived up previously' it every way to all government regulations regarding sante. A motion' to this effect was sponsored by Reeves Craigie and Smith .after hearing the deputation from Goderinh. The motion further stated "We feel that this will act as a real hard's'hip to rural communities, and greatly increase the cost of con- ducting these 'hospitals, if not entire- ly ;their discontinuance, which, we are sorry to say, appears to us will be the ultimate result' if this legislation re- mains in effect, A copy of this reso- lution is to be sent to olther County (Councils throughout ,the. Province and to the local members of Parliament:" IH. T. Edwards, Supt, of the G-,il'd- ren's Aid :Stociety, gave a; verbal re- port which covered that given by the Children's Sihetter 'Committee. There are ,l!fteen children in the shelter rang- ing in age from 116 years to one year, Mr. Edwards ' eulogized the work on 'beha!llf Of the children. ,Reeve Sweiitzer' said no better cause can be helped than assisting:' Mr. Edwards. (County Engineer Roy Patterson re- viewed the year's olpenaEions, Road Committee. ,The County Road Committee re- ported that the program of worries set 15orth in June hias, been nearly cram - plated and it isexpectedthere will be a surplus of $1,000 at the :end of the year. Econoumies, have been effected• itt nearly ail 'departments, particularly in gravel pits where the :cost of oper- ating crushers have been cut nearly 50 (Continued on Page 2) •