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THE SFAFORTH NEWS
111, Is Stuart ()I.17;1•NEWS •
$ito}ydon 1'3ros., full ors •
WALTON
At the anneal vestry meeting of St.
John's Anglican. Church, Brussels,
' held in the S. S. room on Tuesday
evening, Jan, 1511i, a presentation of
a cai)itiet of silverware was tirade to
Rat M P. and Mee. Oldhatn, and a
silver brooch to Mrs. M. R. Oldham.,.
who have been residents of the Rec-
tory since 1942, and who are leaving
tor Camden East Clic end of the
month, Mr, Ed Morrow read the ad-
dress, and Mr: John Fischer, the-
peo-ple's warden, made the presentation,
The recipients thanked the congrega-
tion of St. John's, Brussels, and St,
George's, Walton, for these beautiful
gifts and spoke of Trow notch they
enjoyed their sojourn in Brussels,
also the kindness and co-operation
received. The church reports show
that the church has had au excellent
year and obligations met. The budget
was paid 103%. 79 services were held
with an average attendance of 50. All
organizations have a balance on hand
to start the New Year. The S. S. has
an enrolment of 71. Lunch was served
at the close of the meeting, and a
social hour enjoyed. Mr. Oldham will
preach his farewell sermon on Jan,
27th at Henfryn 13. am, Walton 3 p.ni.
and Brussels 7 p.m..
Mr. and Mrs. Pringle and daughter
of Kitchener at the home of 'his Par-
ents in'Walton,
We are sorry to report the illness
of Mrs. D. McCallum. We wish her a
speedy recovery,
Miss Bernice Hackwell of 'Stratford
at her home.
The annual meeting of Duff's 97nit-
ed Church, Walton, was held on Tiles•
day, . Jan. 15, in the Sunday, School
room. There was 0 good attendance.
Rev. R. G. Hazlewood opened the
meeting with a short worship `service.
Mrs. Gordon McDevitt was appointed
secretary for the meeting and" the
minutes of the last annual meeting
were read and adapted. In the ab-
sence of Miss Mary Smillie, the trews
urerei report was read by Mr. John
Looming. showing a substantial hal-.
ante on hand. The report of the Ses-
sion was given by the minister, show-
ing 285 members. 3 funerals, 13 wed-
dings; joined on profession of faith
22, by letter 5, The Missionary and
Maintenance report was given show-
ing that the sum of $750 had been
raised which was the allocation for
the year. The- W.112. S. reports were
given by Mrs. W.-Hackwell and Mrs.
P. Holman, showing that the alloca-
tion had been exceeded by over $100.
Mrs. Walter Davidson and Mrs. Nel-
son Reid reported for the W. A. and
Mrs. W, Hackwell read the report of
the Sunday School. Mts. Arthur Mc-
Call gave the report of the Mission
Band and commented on the interest
shown by the children in the work
during the year, The report of the
Young People's Union was given by
Mr. D. Lawless. Musical numbers
were given -by Margaret McArthur,
Helen and Leona Johnston and Mrs.
D. Lawless, asci a reading was given
by Mrs. Roy Bennett. In the election
of officers the following were elected:
Stewards—W. J. Bennett Wm. Knox.
H. Kirkby. Collectors—Harvey John-
ston, Rae Houston, Andrew Coutts,
with John -Mats
A haI
1an 1 c 'nc-
� r. SholI
ice as assistants.
Ushers—Barry Mao.
shall
Herb, Travis, Jack Bryans,
Har -
3(t a bW.J. Leeming, ng, Stewart
McCall, Auditors — Bert Johnston,
C'larenee Martin. A vote of apprecia-
tion was given. to Rev. and Mrs,
Hazlewood for their work durhng, the
year, andthemeeting eel ug was dosed by
the benediction.
Death of Mr. John H. Hislop'
The tlurer'a1 took place at. Walton
on Wednesday aftern0ou of the late
John H. Hislop, who passed away at t
the home ofhis sister, Miss Ma1re1
Hislop, Reg.N, at Ayr, Ont, The de- t
Creased was born on the 10th of Grey
years ago and went 'West us a 1
young num and settled at Areola.
Sask., when that community wa0 six- r
iy miles from a railroad, About forty
years ago he came East 0nd lived at
1'Iinhu, for a number of years, later
making his home of Walton. His 1
, the former Miss Elizabeth 1
Smillie, prederease9 hint some eyars
ago. He is survived by two sisters,
Miss Mabel Smillie, of Ayr, Bella who t
is married and lives at Paris, Ont., a
and two, brothers, James and Thomas, y
at Arcola. The funeral was held at
Duff's United Church and interment n
was at Brussels cemetery,
THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1946
I' 1945 council, endor'sation was given program.
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launched by' Reeve N. . Dorrance, would consider the children with no'
H11 ON COUNTY COUNCIL) At the November• session of the cliurclt affiliation in their recreational
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a Motion ion t] tat immediate steps J. H. Kinkead, and R. O. Staples,
] yen to piocee with .the eon- pu c sc too inspec'ote, addressed
b- str'uetion of a new Court House. the council on the forntatioit of high
Reeve. after reeve voiced' 'his. 5013001 distrlcls and their advantage
n opinions for' or against the project to children in the rural districts.
5- during the discussion. Some favor- The time Inas come, Mr. Kinkead
ed remodellingthe resent 510110- said, to have high school areas Ile-
i tune. 1 fined. . The Public School Act' pro-
WEDNESDAY
Provisional estimates for 1946 sn
mined to Huron County Council o
Wednesday morning by county tree
user: and referred to the finance con
suttee, showed estimated expend
tures of $169,550, revenue of 9109,06
be til t d l bli 1 7 t
1, Reeve R. Fe Turner of Goderich vides that county`ammo:Il:e can set up
said he was not in favor of taming it consultative committee to 0011019er
s down the present building, which all phases 01 the question, and report
ai he felt could be remodelled, and back to county councils.
that some accommodation could: be "Pee seem to have reached the
made available for $40,000 01' 850: stage that unless we have such a
000, • - strong, active committee in charge
n Warden Shaddick , pointed Out we are going to end up in a chaotic
0 that the idea was to house all 0011dltnon." He pointed out that edu
county offices in one Building, i cation today does not meet the needs
nil Reeve A, Nicholson - of Tucker- of agriculture nor industry, The
smith. I can't undersand people. in connnlittee, as set up, would . study
Goderich not wanting a new build- types of schools established 111 the
n _tug, Seaforth, Clinton and McKillop province which concentrate on educe-
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would be tickled to death to 11 tion in agriculture and industrial
and surplus of 9511.
An estimated rate of 413. mills wa
struck, made up as follows: genet•
account, .2.75 grills; county highways
1.79; total, 4,50 stills, plus the cost o
00001105U schools for townships.'
Mr. "Erskine said iu calmer to a
inquiry that the county bas'a 10501'0
fund of $215,000, of which $100,000 i
earmarked for the general fund
$.106,000 for county highways, a
$10,000 for Huron College, when con
struction of an addition is started.
County engineer T. R, Palterso
submitted the following report:
"During 1945 labor and materia
costs were higher, but it le not co
sidered advisable to assume the
costs will retnrn'to pre-war levels,
would be more logical to oonside
that costs will .he higher in view o
probable inflated prices generally
During the year, a few .bridges' wet
built; •six mites of hard -surface l'oa
cotistrueted; and 0 number of othe
items of construction were completed
but extensive grading and 9oundatio
work was not undertaken. In view o
lumber scarcity and outer materia
shortages, . it would appear' advisabl
to postpone the construction of.laig
bridges during 1946, if possible,' U
there lire a number' of smaller bridge
that could be considered,
"Supplies of equipment should b
better'. during 1946, but: if strikes eo
thine to hamper production, it ma
ave vocations. • •
i': it! - Provincial' Constable Frank Fox
u. Reeve R. E. Turner: "We have no explained the system of policing the
t opposition to a new building, .but I •county.
It think that under present conditions j The following 'appointments were
r it should have further consideration. Ltitade by council: W. ]3. Lobb to the
f 9 don't want the council to think ! Clinton Board of Education for three
Goderich does not want a new build- �
ing „ !Hospital
• George MacEwan to Goderieh
d Reeve A. Alexander, warden in Hospital Board; F. L. Davidson to
, Wingltant Hospital Board; Harry
a new Court House with Modern W. Henderson to Wingham High
1 conveniences is needed. } g
f Reeve Tuckey: "We saved stoney the Criminal Crlm ool nall Audit Board.,lerk 'Miller, to
1 for a postwar project, and now we., A motion by Reeves C. Johnston
e are miserly. We must do our share and A. Alexander that the council
e to rehabilitate. and .create employ- assist in the maintenance and. im-
ut 01001 for our returned men. This pr0vement. of roads leading to Port
s is the era we spoke of, and now are Albert for the International Plowing,
we going to wait until wages are Match, was referred to the good roads
e down below a living level. We area
commission.
n- public body and I can not see this Percy' Passmore, chairman of the
y council dithering on 0, project which .,,aunty plowing match committee, told'
will competitors. -.:are
I building this year, but of preparing needed for the match and asked the
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for the future. assistance of each reeve to secure 10
J. B. Reynolds, county jailer', re- 01111 ants in his municipality.
ported 89 prisoners admitted dui.•ing F.: 12. B. Stewart, agri'cultur'al rep-.
1 1945, At, present there are six prise resentative, advocated that demon-
, oilers, and the cost per prisoner per stratons bo 11e1d throughout the
i day is 1931 cents, county befo)e the plowing match is
The recommendations by the 1945 held so that. the young men can get
County "Hosie' committee, that im- pointers.
provements at the- • institution --re-' The 00u1ei1 adopted. a 'resolution
modelling or replacing the verandah recommended by the agricultural
and: the installation of an elevator— committee, asking the health of ani-
, be considered by the 1946 commit- mais branch of the 'Department of
tee, were adopted. Agriculture, that a T.B. test - for
The County Library Association cattle be made as soon as possible
reported total receipts of'92,717.78 in Huron.
and expenditures of 92,660.66. The Warden Shaddick and Reeve Alex
membership is 20 .librar'ies, an in- antler; chairman of the agricultural
crease of four; three farm forums committee, were authorized to attend
and one school district. There is a the provincial agricultural coilneil and
circulation of 3,149 books. the annual fee of $50 was ordered
A total of 1.134 investigations paid.
and patrols were made by the four On the recommendation of the
county constables, necessitating the committee, Glen Eicklnier, Goderich,
travelling of .88,938 miles, it was was appofutecl corn borer inspector
reported' by the 194'0 police commit- in North Huron.
tee. , No action was taken 00 a resolution
It was pointed out in the report from Tueltersmitii requesting that
that the county constables have been the council investigate the possibili-
ties
allotted certain territories in the of, having the hospital at the.
county which do not include the RCAF Radio School at Clinton turned
municipalities .which have an organ-
ized0000 police force
Reese B. W. Tuckey stated that
in the southern Dart of the county,,
when counts police are called, they
pre usually on patrol i0 the north ;
end,
t
,
Tt waspointedi t report
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out n thc e st
that "crime is now rampant and the
county constables a- l
o v h tie al theycant
do in the unorganized territories.
Therefore, the police of the towns
and villages will have to be alert
and maintain Iaw and order in their
own municipalities."
Reeve 3. F. Daly introduced a
delegation frfotti Seaforth composed
of 111. A. Reid, Dr'. McMaster, and
Mr. McConnell, who spoke in sup-
port of a request for a grant of
$25.000 to Scott Memorial Hospital
at Seaforth. The warden pr'omrsed
consideration by the health and hos-
pital committee
THURSDAY
Httrou County Council late Thurs-
day afternoon, on, a decision vote of
l6 to 11, endorsed a motion by Reeves
J. 3. Evans and A. Alexander, "That
this county council substantiate the
action of the 1946 council, and proceed
with the erection of a. new court!
house."
The vote w05 as follows:
Yeas --Alexander, Beecroft, Berry,
Cousins, Evans, Famish, Ginn, Mach-,
an, Pepper, Shaddick, Nicholson,.
Smyth, Tuckey; Wheeler, Wood„ 1
Winter -16.
Nays — Amy, Armstrong, •Bainton,
Dorrance, Haugh, Johnston, MacEwan.1
Nott, Rate, Turner•, Watson. -11.
Reeve J, F. Daly of Seaforth was I
absent.
The 1945 council carried the mo-.
tion to build a. new Court House by a I
vote of 27-3. Considerable opposition!.
had developed' since then and al
lengthy debate on the propriety and
necessity of building a new structure,
now was carried on at Weclnesday's j
aesslon,
II. T. ;Gdwasd, superhtten00ni:, and 1
Mrs. M. Chafee, social worker with
Huron. County Chlidren's Aid Soelety,.,
spoke after the report of the society!
had been given. There are 77 children'.
under the supervisiou of the local'
branch. 1,000 visits were made last
year, and there were S09 office inter-
views; 22,000 miles were travelled.
There were -15 legal adoptions; 341
cases under Child Protection; and 59
under the Unmarried Parents Act; 1
108 investigations of soldiers' depend
ants were carried out.
Questioned as to the juvenile de -1
linquancy situation in Huron, Mr.
Edwards said Huron and Bruce -oral
recognized. as clean, but delinquency'
is hncrea.sing. 1f reports of the Ply-,
enile courts could be published, he''
thought it would help to diminish it.
There should be more discipline, in
the homes and the schools. Service,
clubs are making splendid efforts to
offset delinquency, he said.
Mrs. Cheese stated that comrnuni
ties could not put a- more fitting
memorial to soldiers than a _mares-,
Clonal centre, Goderich' was to be!
commended for its organization of a''
teen-age group which takes in child-
ren from all the homes. She believed,)
that parents who live their religion,
and have a definite faith, are a good
,influence. She hoped the Lions Clubs
✓ 1946, was still of the opinion that Strang to Exeter Board of Education;
be that many machines cannot b
Secured. It is planned to sell severa
of, our old trucks and .replace the
with new ones. Other machines tha
Coil be used to advantage are power
graders, crawler tractors, a p0we
shovel, and tractor mowers. '
"Our snowplow equipment is now
mote, complete, but we find that al
snowplolvs should'be power control
led, and it is our plan to change al
Mind -operated wings to that type. We
now have 12 snowplows, or one fon
every 83 miles of road, but for the
worst conditions, which is that fol
which the supply of equipment should
be planned, thele is a need for more
Power grader units to push back the
banks. The field artillery tractors
recently acquired are proving to be
real assets.
"The county now owns 32 motor -
powered machines as well as snow-
plows, trailers, spreaders, and other
smaller machines, We have storage
for a limited number, and most of the
larger units are exposed to the
weather throughout. the year. Storage
Is required for lumber, calcium chlor-
ate, cement, and other commonly used
materials, and proper handling of
equipment and supplies is handicap,
ped until the need is supplied, It was
hoped that a hangar from an aband-
cued carport mold be secured, but it
10,0111 appear necessary to carry on
ac in the past for a bite.
"Tilts county has • re-engaged all
returned employees, but thele have
been quite a number of applications
mations
lA
from returned sten fol' jobs, whom we
have h, 1
t been unable null t Place. p ace. It is the
policy of the county to give prefer -
en( returned prefer-
ence to t nerl men when any jobs
are available, but. aside from this, I
do not see that the municipalities
should be expected to assume rospon-
sibilit3'. Re-employment of returned
soldiers must continue to be a Domin-
ion problem.
"Wont in 1945 amounted to about
945,000 more than in 1944, ecceunted
for largely by an increase of • about
$20,o0o in construction. expenditure
lncl $18.000 to snow -clearing costs. It
was round at the end of the year that
he limit of the appropriation by-law
twee reached, and 11 was necessary to
told over about $20,000 of accounts
IMO 1940 in order to get the Govern -
tient sn1sicly, However, suftci0ut
ln'nley'0 were raised t0 Covet' the
arn0001, Anil the treasurer's report
will Show a substantial surplus. Our
lest war reserve fund was `b11119 up to
la' expended al a time that economic
conditions In the county were no/
good and ratepayers found taxes hard
o raise. ft is not considered ad -68 -
We, therefore, to touch this fund as
'et; but to slake the year's e•evonue
and expenditure balance, it will be
ecessary to increase the county road
rate to 1.75 mills, if the expected pro-
gram of work for the year is carried
out."
e give work. It is 1101 a case of the 001)11011 that
Mrs. James Hamilton, .Detroit
Mrs. Sarah Monteith Hamilton, of t
Detroit, passed away after an illness a
of two years. Her husband; James 'e
Hamilton, predeceased her in July,
1940. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton were re-,
sidents of Clinton and Goderich until 1 R
1923, at which time they moved to
Detroit with their three children,' 8
Mrs. Hamilton was one of a family of .
six children of the late Alexander. and r
Elizabeth McMordie Mon Leith and ,T
was born at Auburn on September 28,
1870. Two of her children survive;
Mrs, Ernst E. •Dietzch, of Dearborn, 33
and I -Inward C. Hamilton, of Detroit.'
She leaves also three grandchildren, ,T
in Detroit and Dearborn; one brother,
Henry C. Monteith of Powassan, "',
Ont., and two sisters, Mrs. John A.
Dallas of Hensali and Mrs, T, T.
Leckie of Landon (formerly of Godo-
r'iclt). Another son, Winston A. Ham-
ilton, was killed in an accident at
Williams, Arizona, on January l3tb of
this year.,The funeral was from Sut-
ton funeral parlors, Detroit, with In-
terment in Grand' Lawn .cemetery.
Rev, R. A. H. Wilson Jr., pastor of
the Woodward avenue Presbyterian
Church, where. Mrs, Hamilton was a
member, officiated.
Nightmare Voyage With Murder
Petex Levins, writing ill The
American Weekly with this Sun-
day's (January 22) issue of The De-
troit Sunday Tines, gives a' vivid
account of a weird • sea voyage, with
jealous passions flaming into blood-
shed, murder mixed with mysterious
sickness, and superstitious seamen'
driven to panic by a voodooistic
maniac in the galley.
The report of the striking commit
ee was adopted on division of 20-8,
s follows, tate first named in each
ace being the chairman:
Executive, J. J. Evans, G. • Mac-
wan,EC. Wheeler, W. H. Woods, R,
ata.
Legislative, B. Smyth, G. W. Nott,
R. E. Turner, J. Winter, A. J. Amy.Finance, le, E. Turner, E, 3.' Far-
isleG. W. Not, F. Bainton, C.
ohnston,
Education J. D. Beecrof 1, B.
Smyth, E. J. Parrish, S. Machan, R.
Cousins. •
Property, A. Watson, J. Pepper,
. P. Daly, S. Machan, G. MacEwan.
County Home, 13, Smyth, A,
iicholson, J. F. Daly, J. J. Evans,
S. Machan,
Agriculture, A. Alexander, A.
Watson, J. I. Beecroft, J. Winter,
C, Johnston,
Children's Aid, R. Raiz, W. H.
Wood, II.. E. Shaddick.
Police, J. Winter, B. W. Tuekey,
C. Wheeler, -
War•den's committee, R. E. Shad -
dick, B. W. Tuckey, A. Alexander,
R. E. Turner, J. J, Evans, S. Meehan.
h 0ualization, W. Haugh, J. Pep-
per, B. Smyth, 3. Winter, J. J. Evans.
Health and hospital, A. Nicholson,
S. Haugh, G. W, Nott, A, 3. Amy,
R. B. Cousins.
Criminal Audit, Judge T, M. Cos-
tello, Hugh Berry, N W. Milder.
Good Roads Commission, N.. R.
Dorrance, G Ginn, J. Arrnstr-ong,
Reforestation, . F. Watson, G
Armstrong, R, Grails, H. Sturdy, A.
Alexander F. K. B. Stewart.
A, lengthy discussion on the erec-
tion of a new Court House was
hospital for patients at the County
Home; but council concurred in an-
otiher resolution requesting the War
Assets' Corporation to turn over mob-
ile dental units to county health units.
FRIDAY
Huron County Council spent a busy
afternoon at the-concludingsession
on Friday. Committee meetings were
held in the morning and it was 3 pan.
before the council session was
A grant of $25,000 to: the board of
governors of Scott Memorial Hospital
at Seaforth, for an addition to the
institution, was endorsed as recom-
mended by the health anti hospital
committee.
The following grants we0e author-
ized, as recommended by the execut-
ive committee:- each fall fair in the
county, .$100; ICirkton, Clifford and
Lucknow fall Pairs, $40 each; Salva-
tion Army, $800; each branch of the
Women's Institute, $26; Wingham
Horse Show, $100; each school fair,
$25; agricultural representative, 9500;
junior .extension work, $300; Goder-
ich, Clinton, Seaforth, and Wingham
hospitals, each $700; Institute for the
Blind, $500, instead of $500; War
Memorial Children's Hospital, $50;
Huron County Library Association,
$1,500, an increase of 9500; all lib-
raries in the county, each $40; Blue
Water Highway Association, $200;
0lrttni0 Conservation and Roforesta
tion Commission, $25; Hospital for
Sick Children, $50. "
The recommendation to give $150
to Hensel] anti Clinton Spring Fairs,
was amended to $200 after Reeve
Nott, of Clinton, and Warden Shad -
dick, 'reeve of Hensail, spoke strongly
In favor of the larger grant.
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eeeseeeseareeereree
The clausein the report fixing the
grants to the hospitals at $1,000 each,
was amended to $700, the same at
last year.
Proceeds from half a mill et the
tax, rate were authorized to be set
aside for the was' effort. to be under
the jurisdiction of the warden's corn. '
iiittee; any balance to be returned
to the general fund. Last year $23,000
was spent on the 'war effort. An esti-
stated expenditure of $20,000was
given in the provisional. estimates for
this yeah
The reeoinmentlation that Mies
Lillian MacPherson, who recently re-
signed as registrar of deeds, be given
a retiring allowance of $S00 in reeog•
nitiou of her services for the past ten
years, during which "she returned a
surplus of $28,000 to the county,,
largely due to her efficiency and in-
dustry." was lost on a division, vote
of 4-23.
• 0001193' treasurer A. Erskine stated
that au expenditure of $10,000 had
been made on the registry office out
of this amount, leaving a. balance of
91A11 inquiry revealed that the salary
of Miss MacPherson was $2,300 a
year. 'That ,of her successor has been
increased and another member added
to the staff.
'0118 Huron County klolstein Breed-
ers' Association was granted 9100. to
be paid to the Agricultural Society at
Blyth, where the show will be held,
The •tender' of the Clinton News
Record for the county printing was
accepted.
A consultative committee, 1'eeom-
niended by the education committee,
was named as follows: S. D. Beet
croft, Jolla Armstrong, A. Aniy, and
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hospital for patients at the County
Home; but council concurred in an-
otiher resolution requesting the War
Assets' Corporation to turn over mob-
ile dental units to county health units.
FRIDAY
Huron County Council spent a busy
afternoon at the-concludingsession
on Friday. Committee meetings were
held in the morning and it was 3 pan.
before the council session was
A grant of $25,000 to: the board of
governors of Scott Memorial Hospital
at Seaforth, for an addition to the
institution, was endorsed as recom-
mended by the health anti hospital
committee.
The following grants we0e author-
ized, as recommended by the execut-
ive committee:- each fall fair in the
county, .$100; ICirkton, Clifford and
Lucknow fall Pairs, $40 each; Salva-
tion Army, $800; each branch of the
Women's Institute, $26; Wingham
Horse Show, $100; each school fair,
$25; agricultural representative, 9500;
junior .extension work, $300; Goder-
ich, Clinton, Seaforth, and Wingham
hospitals, each $700; Institute for the
Blind, $500, instead of $500; War
Memorial Children's Hospital, $50;
Huron County Library Association,
$1,500, an increase of 9500; all lib-
raries in the county, each $40; Blue
Water Highway Association, $200;
0lrttni0 Conservation and Roforesta
tion Commission, $25; Hospital for
Sick Children, $50. "
The recommendation to give $150
to Hensel] anti Clinton Spring Fairs,
was amended to $200 after Reeve
Nott, of Clinton, and Warden Shad -
dick, 'reeve of Hensail, spoke strongly
In favor of the larger grant.
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The clausein the report fixing the
grants to the hospitals at $1,000 each,
was amended to $700, the same at
last year.
Proceeds from half a mill et the
tax, rate were authorized to be set
aside for the was' effort. to be under
the jurisdiction of the warden's corn. '
iiittee; any balance to be returned
to the general fund. Last year $23,000
was spent on the 'war effort. An esti-
stated expenditure of $20,000was
given in the provisional. estimates for
this yeah
The reeoinmentlation that Mies
Lillian MacPherson, who recently re-
signed as registrar of deeds, be given
a retiring allowance of $S00 in reeog•
nitiou of her services for the past ten
years, during which "she returned a
surplus of $28,000 to the county,,
largely due to her efficiency and in-
dustry." was lost on a division, vote
of 4-23.
• 0001193' treasurer A. Erskine stated
that au expenditure of $10,000 had
been made on the registry office out
of this amount, leaving a. balance of
91A11 inquiry revealed that the salary
of Miss MacPherson was $2,300 a
year. 'That ,of her successor has been
increased and another member added
to the staff.
'0118 Huron County klolstein Breed-
ers' Association was granted 9100. to
be paid to the Agricultural Society at
Blyth, where the show will be held,
The •tender' of the Clinton News
Record for the county printing was
accepted.
A consultative committee, 1'eeom-
niended by the education committee,
was named as follows: S. D. Beet
croft, Jolla Armstrong, A. Aniy, and
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