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The Wingham Advance Times, 1934-12-13, Page 2PAGE TWO WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES The es e Tltm Wingham ,�1,d'i►81t1c Published at WINGHAIVi - ONTARIO Every Thursday Morning by The Advance -Times Publishing Co. Eu,bscription Rate— One year $2,00 Six months, $1,00 in advance To U. S. A., $2.50 per year. Foreign rate, 58.00 per year. Advertising rates on application. DECEMBER SESSIONS OF COUNTY COUNCIL County Had Very . Successful Year Financially. gaoler, J. B. . eyno s• cu - i r a ti ! the d so a v g A report of Y t7ural council by the chairman, Reeve Cardiff, was read and adopted; this report to be included in the June les. i nu ni The only account to receive discus- sion was one of Clinton Hospital for a sum of money for the treatment of Daisy Shaw of London. Miss Shaw, who has been in the limelight for some time in Magis- trate's court news left a bill.unpaid at Clinton hospital' and the questions remains who is to pay the bill—the city of London, Huron County or Daisy? J. M. Govenlock, inspector of the House of Refuge, addressed the council as to conditions at the House of Refuge, Mr. Govenlock paid tri - Huron county has had a most sue- i Bute to the management for their .ex- cessful year, both in financial and in ! cellent work at the Home. He re- public service matters; said Warden f ferred to the satisfaction they were which had George H. Elliott when addressing � getting from'the stoker, Huron County Council at Goderich Tuesday afternoon. Council met on. Tuesday afternoon for the December session, the sittings lasting until Fri- day. "The result has not been accom- lished without the loyal.support of you gentlemen who have served with been made under that Act. A type of work was adopted on which a iii- ititum.number of awn colud be em- ployed tobest advantage, such as hill cutting, gradingand draining, and, while the costs were somewhat great- er than by using other methods, a great deal of work was done, and the results were gratifying. Due to the extra grants being given by the 'Do- minion, the County has been able to spend about $30,000 more than under normal conditions. Among the works carried out, there was completed 15 miles of grading, 12,8 sniles of tile drains were install- ed ;a number of culverts constructed; six hill-uctting operations; 3 miles of road rnix bituminous surfaces; 85000 cu. yard of crushed gravel placed; as. well as all other general work. The again, number of mets on the payrolls were Mr. Henderson, former reeve of 239— my •i as follows: May 60—June J Y Morris township,spoke, and left a 428—August 418—September 448 — few facts for thought among the October 477. members. Mr. Hanna, mayor of At the' end of October when most Wingham, was present, and was in of the works had been completed, traduced to the Council. there had been expended on the grad- On motion of Reeves Cardiff and ing, draining and culverts of the prin- Gamble the appreciation of the-coun- cipal jobs, as follows: til was expressed to the Lions Clubs Road No. 4, Stephen west, $4,438.- of . Seaforth and Goderich for their 32; 14 McKillop �'� Logan $906,55; 21 work with the crippled children of Grey % Howick $2,188.71 21 Morris Huron, Ve Turnberry .$7,974.60; 23 Ashfield A, T. Cooper, of Clinton, came be- $5,060.52; 25 East Wawanosh %Hud fore the council to furnish any infor- let $2,242.38; 27 Ashfield % West illation available on the Mothers' Al- Wawanosh $1,308.16; 32 Tuckersrnith lowance Commission. $7,162.05;; 35 Goderich Township $3, The ' Mothers' Allowance Board 989.90; 21 East Wawanosh % Turn- consisted. of J. M. Roberts, Col: R. berry $1,160.74. S. Hays, Mrs. Fowler, Mrs. Palmer Old Age Pensions Board and A. T. Cooper. The report of the Old Age Pen- Mr. Cooper said the board had not sions Board was presented by the been functioning properly .because of chairman, R. J. Bowman. Since the uncertainty of the status of Mr; Hol - June une session showed that the number man, ex -clerk of Huron County. The of application granted was 53; aP- board has since then been re-organiz- pl'ications recommended, 61; applica- ed. tions not recommended 14; applica- . J. M. Govenlock, inspector of the tions deferred 10; increase in pen-_ Mouse of Refuge and Mrs. Jacobs, sions recommended, 11; increases in manager, presented themselves before pensions granted, 15; reductions in the council to reply to several guess mended reductions tions on:which -members were not pensions recommended, 5; decoration m the en in pensions authorized, 4; notices of clear. was and treasurer's officers, also the til- deaths and those transferred to other The. main question at issue which have been install- Reeve Bowman of Brussels moved .localities, 34; request for reinstate- raised by Reeve McNall as to wiry an ing cabinets, lastlythe runner in the hall the adoption of the report and said ment 1; applications for pensions re -itemized statement showing the actual ed and h is a decided improvement. that such a report was a credit to the fused, 8. The amount paid Board profit on hogs could. not be given whit provinc-covering rather than a lump sum showing en A letter from. the deputy clerk. cost of meetings was $308.- ial secretary regarding conditions at The report of Roy Patterson, the 20. Total amount paid for old age ceipts only. Mr. Govenlock replied County' goal and address -county engineer, was adopted on mo- pensions within the period was $7, that a profit of $2,000 less feeding the Huron ed to Sheriff Middleton of Huron tion of Reeves Munnings and Dern -667.28; Pensioners on the payroll at costs was derived from these hogs. Count . was read. The.letter showed erling. the June session was 683; pensions A new system of bookkeeping will Y. the gaol to be, generally speaking, in Reeve Davidson brought the eaten- granted; 53; .pensioners since taken be used at the Home in 1935. good condition. This letter was left tion. of the council to a child, aged off the roil, 34; pensioners on payroll The education committee report do ted after being proger y years, , � , Grand Jury Report pounds. He stated the necessity of Treasurer's Report gone over clause by clause. The clerk The presentement of the Grand j something being done regarding this The report of Treasurer Erskine was instructed to communicate with Jury, enclosed in a letter from the child. As a result the following mo- showed receipts in the general ac -the secretary of the board of educe - clerk of the Assize Court showed the j tions were tabled until the afternoon count, $140,402.28; expenditures $107,- tion, London, and the county clerks need of better ventilation and new isession, following a rather lengthy 968,60. County highways: Receipts of the adjoining municipalities to hold mattresses for the beds at the coon- !discussion. $229,166.11; disbursements, $180,815.- a meeting and arrange a proper fee ty home and that the Children's Shel- Moved by Reeves Cardiff' and Gani- 04 and report back at the January meet ter was in very good condition in all ble.that the council recommend the Highways to Be Kept Open ing. The present fees are to be paid filed.child at Wingham in was decided to request the On- until new arrangements are made. respects. The letter was placing of the g It was Officials Praised a private home, until such time as it tario Department of Highways not John Ferguson Appointed County on County Children's A letter from the secretary of Hur- is able to walk and that this county to clear the King's Highways in Heir- exceed eir Constable. i • t ___ pay their share, such expense not to on of snow this coming winter, but The report of the special committee _- per day. to leave at least six inches of snow to investigate county constables was. been installed and to the economy effected. He stated that twelve more mattresses would'have to be purchas- ed this year. The building is well ventilated and kept in first class con- dition, said Mr. .Govenlock. "The year 1934 has been extremely good from a financial standpoint," inc during the year, and also to the.said Harvey Erskine, treasurer of a es - unselfishness of the county officers Huron County, at Wednesday's ses- who have labored early and late to accomplish the result attained. Officers ?Praised Huron County has a right to be proud of her clerk and treasurer and I am sure that I only voiec the senti- ment of.this council board when I say to both of you that you have done your work faithfully and well and that you are not only a credit to yourselves but to the County o Huron as well. I would like to pay tribute to the different committees who have looked after the work as cion of Huron County.•Council, The county will have a surplus in its general accounts this year of $5,000, after having paid off total gen- eral accounts of $45,000. The treasurer's report was well ap- plauded and Warden Elliott said that in four year's service on the county council he had never heard ` so fine a report as that given by Mr. Ers- kine. Reeve Gamble moved the adoption of the report and also that a note of appreciation be sent to the clerk and signed to them and especially to the treasurer of the county. Reeve Isaac tions concerning the use of certain fertilizers on grains. He assured Mr. u s' ii thistle, !t R s to at a. Goldthorpe h t God p t which has been causing some annoy- ance to farmers of Colborne Town- shii, would be added to the list of pest weeds, The report was adopted: Reeve Ballantyne asked the treas- urer what the total expenditure of hospitals was for 1934, Mr, Erskine replied that the totals were $17,000, which included grants of $2,600; $8,000 of this was for sanitoriums, leaving $4,000` for indigents, for which the townships were liable to halve the cost, Walter McKibben, of Wingham, an. ex -warden of Huron County, address- ed the' council and expressed his pleasure at meeting his old friends Thursday, Dec. 13th, 1934 for $900. "Traffic Officer Leaver was hurt in an accident while carrying on his dut- ies, and has been of work since July. Payments on account of this accident have been made, totalling $446,10. ,,ex- pected it is At the end of the year that the 'receipts and expendi- tures of account of roads will be ap- proximately as follows: Total pay- ments $140,00,00; receipts: Levy $53,- 125.41; relief grants, $30,000; subsidy $50,000.; sundry receipts $7,000.; tot- al $140,125.41: "Re letter.from M. Ross of Bay- field regarding, payments for lights, no record of any approval for pay- ment of such lights can be seen, and as the road is now Provincial High- way, we can see no place for action by the County. "Letter from the Deptarment of Highways, advising that the east town line of Usborne has been as- sumed as a Provincial Highway, we approve of the taking over of this road. "Letter from J. A. Doig of Wrox- eter, we find that there are no open- ings for grader operators at this tinier of the year. "Motion of Messrs. Sweitzer and McWhinney that, the south town line of Stephen be assumed as a County road, we recommend that action be deferred until the situation can be ex- amined." A feature of the final meeting on the resentation of.' a chairman_ of the property ocrnmittee who' has looked after the work and li engineer's, clerk's Wright seconded the notion. The county clerk, J. M. Roberts, then submitted his report, which re- ceived just praise. with the t committee. twoe s which only weighs six at the present time 702 was read. and adopted Friday was I? gold -mounted cane to the retiring Warden for 1934, George H. Elliott, of Clinton. Reeve Bowman'occupied the chair during the presentation. The presenting of the cane by Reeve W. Gamble was followed by an` address read by Reeve John McNabb which expressed the graftitude of the coun- cil for the service Warden Elliott had rendered during the year. Mr. Elliott assured the members that it had been a pleasure to act as their Warden for 1934 and said it the was his' ambition since •entering council to aspire to that poet. He is undecided, now that he has retired from the county council whe- ther to run for the post of Mayor of Clinton or not. James Ballantyne asked to say a few words and spoke of his friend- ship with Mr. Elliott and in comment in w tic t IIAT AND PE DRESS IALS NOW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY eat ea.,. it• THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY ONLY AND LADIES' READY-TO-WEAR tZA ea r ME F. pressing the society appreciation o the services of the matron, Mrs. Ol- iver and the suerintendent, H. T. Ed- wards, was received and filed. A letter from the inspector of pri- General accounts for the quarter sons re inspetcion of Huron County ending Nov. 30, 1934, were audited gaol giving a detailed account of daily and found correct. The new garage, expenditures and conditions there was � which was authorized at the last placed on file, as was a report of the meeting was inspected and found to (be satisfactory. The cost of construc- I'tion was less than $200, the amount I authorized. i The acounts paid for the four quar- ters of the year ending Nov. 30th 28 4558,92; lM a 31,_ re:o Februar , $ , Y we Y , House of Refuge Report The following House of Refuge re- port was read and adopted: Insure and Make Sure All the best old established Companies. FIRE! . AUTOMOBILE/ ACCIDENT Thirty -Five Years in the Bud- ness. Abner C oseris Insurance and Real Estate. EIRSEI $4,549,88; August 31, $4,939.14; Nov- ember 30, $3,204.19.._ The total receipts for the four quar- ters of the year ending November 30 were as follows: February 28, $1,- 457.31; 1;457.31; May 31, $1,584.95; August 31, $1,563.94; November 30, $889.77. County Engineer's -Report County Engineer Patterson inform- ed the Council that since May 16, when notice was received of the ap- proval of he application to carry out works under the Relief Measure, all, the expenditures practicable, have on the roads. A resolution to this read and adopted. By this report affect points out that when the roads John Ferguson, of Blyth, is to be sta- are bare a hardship is imposed on tioned at Goderich as a full time persons living adjacent to theirs who county constable to take over the dut wish to use sleighs. A request will ies of Thos. Gundry. be made, however, to keep the roads Mr. Ferguson is -to be paid $200.00 open. salary as an officer under the L. C. Council went on record as strong- A., payable quarterly. The yearly fees ly disapproving of the time wasted are about $1000. The council is to and the uncalled for expenditure in .petition the. Ontario Legislature to ing on the June elections, i 1 1 he, Mr. Ballantyne, was •elected to the Provincial Government, he stated that he and Mr. Elliott opposing him ran "a clean fight." Reeve John McNabb of Grey, who was defeated in the contest . for the reeveship and, therefore will not be on the County Council next year, 'ad- dressed the council for a fewmo- ments as did William Gamble, speak- ing for those members who did not selecting jurors and decided to send have Mr. Ferguson appointed and J. a resolution to the Provincial'govern- Ballantyne, 'M.L.A., is requested to ntent asking that the statutes be see that the appointment is made. changed. The report of the finance commit - A ruction making . the opening of tee was read and adopted. This r e- the clerk's and treasurer's offices on port showed the expendituresforthe Satruday,afternoons optional was up- year amounted to $61,806.23 as come proved: The hours on Saturdays will pared, with $66,250.12 last year. A now be from 10,00 a,rn. to 1.00 pall, number of .accounts were also con Children's Shelter sidered. The report of the Children's Shel- The finance committee' met school ter committee showed the place.to inspectors Field and Beacons in the be in first class condition and the judge's chambers in connection with .. . children to be well cared for. At pre- the dispute of inspectors' expenses for sent there are foruteen children in the months of July and August ,1930. the home, aged six months to 14 Judge T. M. Costello reserved his de - years. vision. The committee i tee wished to advise Council, onmotion of Reeves Scott the mothers and fathers to teach the and Bowman, extended heartiest n con - children the points about life that they gratttlations''to Reeve Melick, of I y should understand. Attention was. Township, who celebrated his 55th drawn to the wonderful work the birthday. Mr. Mellick is serving for matron, Mrs. Oliver, is doing. Ex- his second year on the county conn penses will be . about $3,500, about the til. Good Roads Report same as in 1933. Reeve Scott' replying to the report The report of the Good Roads said he would be glad if some means Committee was read and adopted. could be found whereby some of the The report states that: evils before young people' could be Since June all work carried.. on eradicated. has been in accordance with the re - Reeve McNale referred to the loss lief measure, on which grants were .t year s of a, highway contract last through a petition of the council to pave No,' 4 highway' an ertta ten feet, as it was con1idered unsafe to leave it a ten -foot highway. Mr. McNabb wished the council to recommend that the provincial government reimburse him for the loss sustained in not se- curing the second contract. A Motion by Reeve Hemingway and Reeve Switzer to the effect that Mr. Nabb should be reimbursed for his loss by the Provincial govern. ment, carried, Xan IVIeteott, g ricultttral represen- tative, read his report which was adopted. 11/fr. McLeod answered guess MattiF a! , ry c:rea yers Of know yet whether they would be re- turned to the council for 1936. In the morning session Reeve Scott inquired regarding the advertising of taxes in the Ontario Gazette, a paper which, it , is claimed, reaches few of the taxpayers of the county. Mr. Er- skine ,the treasurer, advised advertis- ing for such sales in the local press. together with that placed in the On- tario Gazette. The treasurer stated that the cost of advertising in the Gazette is $10 for Warrant and 60 cents for each parcel of land. Grants to Fairs The question of grants to certain cared for. The patient is in con.dit- fairs was raised and it was moved ion to do light work and his disease by Reeves Ballantyne and Demerling is healed. h Leglislative Com - that erin lin- The report of the g that the fair boardsntyecov g mittee was- read clause by clause on es of the County receive a grant of he re - $50. Motion carried. the. request: of the .members. T, w lauses: t Mr. Hay, of London, addressed the port cont Council and gave a detailed report on Re motion glued of lie Reevefos110 Boinwgmcan and Sweiteer, "that a resolution be for- matters pertaining to registry office e tti,pinent as it concerned the Coun- warded to the Minister of Public q 1 Welfare that this council is not in ty of Huron: favor of doingaway with the; local. An adopted motion made by Reeves- ' Gamble and Cardiff read, That we investigating committee for pensions,. and a copy bethe members sent to " memorialize the Ontario Legislature i Huron It was recommended a that the rate of interest on arrears of fo resolution be forwarded asking for taxes returned ,to the County Trees - tires be lowered from 10 per cent, to the present system to be carried on, =e consider under pre The • clause carried. te 6 per at�t, as sent conditions 10 per cent annually Re communication of Haldtmand, is an unreasonable rate of charge and "that the department focus"its atten- a copy of this resolution be sent to tion around the problems affecting Darr local members of the legislature. the production and marketing of dairy Another motion by Reeves Saund- Products to helpconditions general- ers and Goldthorpe recommended to ly." This clause was left to be dealt the provincial government that the with by, the council as a whole and age limit for old age Persons be not it was decided that a petition be sent lowered, to 65, Mit remain as it is. to the minister of agriculture. Motion carried 51 51 an FARMERS*UNITED ..OPE :Tfl1`E COMPANY LIMITED Wingham, Ont one271 00000MOMMOMOM MO MOMMONISOM SelIng Out '- a1e HERE ARE BIG SAVINGS IN RUBBER FOOTWEAR FOR DAD AND HIS LAD Men's 6 -Eyelet Mackinaw Rubbers $1.89 Felt Top Mackinaws, Reg. $3.95, for $2.98 1 -Buckle Overshoes $1.50 2 and 3 -Buckle Overshoes $1.95 Rubber Boots; knee high length, Black Sole, at $2.39 Fleece -Lined Shirts and , Drawers . 79c ea. Fleece -lined Combinations $1.39 Penman's Rib Wool Com- binations Penman's No. 95, Combina- tions, reg. $4.50, for $2.98 Penman's No. 150 Combina- tions, Reg. $6.95, for $3.95 Penman's No. 95 Shirts and Drawers ....... _....... ......... $1.89 ea. Men's Overcoats, Selling Out Sale, Reg. $12.95 to $37.50 For $7.95 to $17.50 Genuine Leather Windbreak- 'ers for .......... .- ..: .... $4.95 Genuine Leather Coats ... $7.95 Overalls and Smocks, Head- light, Carbartt, Walker and Lightmouse, from 1.00 to 1.69 Give Him for -Xmas - Slippers, Hats, Caps, Ties, Braces, Sox, Hankies, Gloves, Mitts, Shirts. BOYS Mackinaw Rubbers, 1 to 5...$1.69 Overshoes, 1 to 5 ..-:. $1.69. Rubber Boots, 1 to 5 $1.95 Heavy Fleece Combs ........-.....89c Leather Mitts 19c Helmets ................ Leather 49c Leather Hiking Boots, up to 5z, for $2.49 Overcoats on Sale from ...:... $3.49 to $595 COME ONE, COME ALL THESE PRICES STAND GOOD AS LONG AS THE MERCHANDISE LASTS. HU L 11-11 Va. 04 a feerr WINGHAM, ONTARIO to be used to help carry on their work. The committee recommended that the matter be left over for the January meeting and the clerk write and procure information on the work and the financial requirements: The report of the House of Re- fuge committee, read and adopted, dealt with the case of a tuberoular patient at Queen Alexandria Sana- torium in London. The House of Re- fuge physician, Dr. Shaw of Clinton,. felt that the House of Refuge was the proper place for this patient to be purchase by the, council of an arm- chair and footstool from H. Black- stone. The articles had been in the judge's chamber for some years and since their need was felt the motion: carried. After the presentation to the War- den, the singing of the National An- them brought. the session to a close. Py hour a and d payable only on an 8 1 y, BLYTH The Community Christmas Tree sponsored by our local firemen and citizens was erected and lighted up Saturday night. A community concert will be held on Friday evening, Dec. 21st. Huron County Council appointed Mr. John Ferguson County Constable assistant to Provincial ConstableMc- Coy, Coy, replacing Mr. Thos. Gundry. Mr. Ferguson's duties are to enforce the L.C.A. The White Gift Service will be held Sunday, Dec.. 16th in Queen St. Church, The beautiful pageant .entit- led "Good. Tidings" will be presented by the Sunday School. Gifts of mon- ey and clothing are being sent to Shamrock, Sask. ' Mr. Amos Snell and Mr. Joseph Heafy were taken to the House of Refuge at Clinton. Re resolution of the County of On - An account presented by Reeve tario concerning the taxing of chain Cardiff in connection with a patient stores by assessment, was left to be who was taken to the Ontario Hospi- dealt with by the council as a whole tal for the Insane; was dealt with in and after some lengthy discussion it . ter u the matt o • c is- was decided to take p again after the price spreads investi- gation had ended'. Re communication of County of Perth conceriri.ng a resolution of that council which embodied a request to the minister of health to have the Hospitals and Satitorlttnts Act am- ended whereby a parent or guardian would be liable for the maintenance of their children when they are living at home and the parents are in a com- fortable financial postian, The clin- rnittce recommended that tto action be taken on this matter. Another motion recommended the it was found that the County collide a motion after a great deal f 1` get• more work done for less money by paying 25 cents per hour for labor and working 8 hours per day, than by paying 20 cents acid working 10 hours. The 8 hour day and the 25 cent rate were accordingly adopted: A considerable amount of work has been carried ant in various parts of the County, and at the end of the year, it is expected that the receipts and expenditures on account of the year's work will be nearly equal, "Two gravel pits were purchased— three acres in Tiickcrsmith, for $x:00, and four acres south of Grand Bend cussion and controversy. The bill was for 535.50 and the motion "that the expenses of the investigation and the removing of the patient to the On- tario Hospital be paid by the cottety". was filed until Mr. Cardiff sends a bill from Morris Township. The report of the executive com- mittee was read' and. adopted. The re- port stated that the duties of the com- mittee had been very light for this session. The only matter concerned a come munication from the Agricultural Council of Ontario asking far a grant SCHOOL REPORT S. S. No. 9, E. Wawanosh For Fall Term. Number indicates per cent. of total. Sr. IV—Ariel Johnston 81„ Lenore Wellings 62. Sr. III --Kenneth Johnston 61, Howard Walker 56, Jr, III—Louise Coultas 78, Lloyd Shoebottom 64. Jr. II --Catherine Currie 89, Lois Johnston 78, Wilfred Walker 49. 1st class—Jean Leaver 92, Margar- et Shoebottom 91, June Johnston 90. Primer Class --Wilda .Montgomery, Ernest 'Walker, Charlie Currie, Little Johnny, aged seven, had been taken to the zoo, He stood before the leopard's cage for a few minutes stat- Mg intently, Then, turning to bis mo- ther, he asked: "Mother, is that the dotted' lion that everyone wants Dad to sign on?"