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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1960-01-27, Page 6'AGE SIX Blyth Reeve Heads Huron County Home Committee; Full Slate Listed William Morritt, reeve of Blyth, was allotted the chairmanship of the Huron County Home commit- tee for 1960, when the slate of committees for the year was ap- proved Wednesday by County Council, The county home com- mittee, which is expected to be responsible this addition for the bouild- ing of a proposed TOP PRICES PAID FOR .. . • CREAM • EGGS • POULTRY Give Us A Call! O'BRIEN'S PRODUCE Phone 101 Zurich Home near Clinton, is expected to be one of the busiest commit- tees. Chairmanship of the finance committee went to Ralph Jewell, reeve of Colborne Township; and chairmanship of the executive committee to Frank Waikom, reeve of Goderich. George McCutcheon, reeve of Brussels, is the new chairman of the county roads committee, which has control of a bigger share of the county budget than any oth- er committee of Council. The committee slate, with the first -named being chairman in each case: Executive: Reeve Waikom; Dep- uty -Reeve Karl Haberer, Hay; Reeve Cliff Dunbar, Grey; Reeve William Ball, Seaforth; Reeve Morritt. Legislative: Reeve Clarence Hanna, East Wawanosh; Deputy - Reeve Morgan Agnew, Clintdh; Reeve Thomas Leiper, Hulled; Reeve Lloyd O'Brien, Zurich; Reeve Roy Adair, Wingham. Finance: Reeve Jewell; Deputy - Reeve James Bisset, Goderich; Deputy -Reeve Glenn Ficher, Exe- ter; Deputy -Reeve Edward Gill, Stephen; Reeve Bailie Parrott, Morris. Reforestation: Reeve Melvin Crich, Clinton; Deputy -Reeve Al- vin Rau, Stanley; Reeve John Tieman's Hardware • Plumbing • Heating • Oil Burner Service • Electrical Work SALES and SERVICE FURNITURE, COAL and CEMENT PHONE 8 -- DASHWOOD 17-tfb WE STRAIGHTEN 'EM OUT FAST! FIRST AID TO BATTERED CARS! Have you rust spots and bruises on your car? Give your auto a new lease -on -looks with our expert paint job. What a fabulous difference it makes! The Cost? Less Than You Think. Very Fast Service, Too! - DESJARDINE AUTO SUPPLY PHONE 38 — ZURICH "PROMPT REPAIR SERVICE TO ALL MAKES OF CARS" Exeter Library Joins Huron County System With Exeter Public Eibrek'y having joined the Huron County' library system in 1959, there are now eight public libraries enjoy- ing the pool facilities of the coun- ty library, it was reported to Hu- ron County Council, at its January session last week, by Mrs. R. G. Ecknnier, county librarian. The Huron County Library, which is one of the longest -established of its kind in Ontario, is' organized to make all the books of the cen- tral library available, on a rotat- ing basis, to local libraries in all parts of the county. Public libraries and association libraries that use the county lib; rary bookmobile service now in- clude those at Auburn, Bayfield, Belgrave, Belmore, Bluevale, B1y- th, Brucefield, Brussels, Centralia, Clinton, Cranbi 000k, Crediton, Dashwood, Dungannon, Ethel, Ex- eter, Forwich, Goderich, Gorrie, Hensa1l, Kirloton, Lakelet, Londes- boro, Lucknow, Molesworth, Mori- creiff, St. Helens, Saeforth, Varna, Walton, Whitechurch, Wingham, Wroxeter and Zurich. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1960 To Continue Use of Salt on Highways After Hearing Rochester Experiment. Use of salt on highways and police officials, traffic engineers and the public was wanted. The irvvo officials who initiated the experiment reported that this is what happened: "By afternoon, with dropping temperatures, the complaint bur- eau and ice and snow control of- fice were flooded with complaints from police officials, transit cam- pany, our own supervisory person- nel rand) many private citizens. "The superintendent of street ()leaning said conditions would be- come intolerable unless salt was used. And the remarks and state- ments of individuals were acrid." The -order was given to salt the streets and, the report continues, the hazardous conditions were re- lieved after one run of the salt spreaders. An hour later the city was back to normal. F. Dow Hamblin, the commis- sioner of public works, explained streets during winter in order to facilitate safe movement of . traf- fic has become such a matter of contention the Department of Highways draws attention' to an experiment that was condufred in Rochester, N.Y., that sharply pointed up the pros and eons of 'the salt question. Henderson, Hensall; County En- gineer J. W. Britneil; Douglas Mil-. es, agricultural representative. Property: Reeve Arthur Gibson, Howick; Reeve Morritt; Reeve Val- entine Becker, Hay; Reeve Ivan Forsyth, Tuckersmith; Reeve Han- na. County Home: Reeve Morritt; Reeve Adair; Reeve Jewell; Reeve W. J. Forbes, Goderich Township; Reeve Gibson. During one snowstorms this win- ter Rochester, a city of 350,000 population, used no salt in its snow clearance program. Only snow plows were used. Rochester of- ficials, like road and highway of- ficials throughout Ontario, were constantly under fire from indiv- iduals and groups who objected to the use of salt, complaining that it caused corrosion of automobile metal as well as deterioration oaf sidewalks and roads. In order to discover what would be the effect on traffic of a "no salt" policy, the city manager and commissioner of public works agreed to use no salt, only plows, during one snow storm. This experiment, .which is de- scribed in an American municipal magazine, was undertaken by the two men on their own. No one was advised of the experiment be- cause the unbiased reactions of Children's Aid: Reeve Ball; War- den John Durnin, West Wawan- osh; Reeve Andrew Ritchie, Ash- field; Rev. G. R. MacMillan, God- erich; John G. Berry and B. G. Haply, of the county clerk's of- fice. Agriculture: Reeve B e c k e r; Reeve John Willits, Turnberry; Reeve Forsyth; Reeve Gill; Reeve Daniel Beuermann, McKillop. Library: Reeve Hanna; ' Reeve Ball; Reeve Gibson; Deputy Reeve Bissett; Deputy -Reeve Agnew; Deputy -Reeve Haberer. Equalization: Reeve Willits; Deputy -Reeve Fisher; Reeve Beck- er; Reeve Leiper; Deputy -Reeve Rau. Roads: Reeve McCutcheon; Reeve Clayton Smith, Usborne; Reeve Glen Webb, Stephen; Reeve Chester Mawhinney, Exeter; Dep- uty -Reeve Harvey McMichael, Howick. Health: Reeve Parrott; Deputy - Reeve Joseph Kerr, Wingham; Reeve Willits; Reeve Beuermann; John Morrissey, Crediton. Airport: Reeve Jewell; Reeve Forbes; Reeve Harvey Coleman, Stanley. Consultative: • :Deputy - Reeve Kerr; Reeve Henderson; Reeve Leiper. Historic: Reeve Beuermann; Deputy -Reeve Gill; Warden Durn- in; Reeve Dunbar; Reeve Crich; Reeve O'Brien. Civil Defence: Reeve Henderson; Reeve Waikom; Deputy - Reeve Haberer. Warden's committee: Re e v e Waikom; Reeve Forsyth; Reeve Parrott; Deputy -Reeve Kerr; Reeve Ritchie. Special ALUMINUM STORM WINDOWS with Self -Storing Screens Only $17.95 Councillors Must Attend Meetings To Receive Pay By a vote of 18 to 17, the honor system for payment of county councilors attending committee meetings was - sustained 15y Huron County Council, Thursday. The one -vote margin defeated a rec- ommendation from the 1959 war- den's committee, that councillors who do not attend committee meetings should not be paid for attending. The custom in effect in Huron has been that if a county com- mittee meeting is called, between sessions of 'co}.n.cil, all committee members are paid, whether or not they actually attend; the assump- tion is that every councillor will carry oet his committee chores, if he possibly can. By a one -vote margin,. the custom survived Thuirdiay's debate. The finial report of the 1959 warden's committee sparked the discussion, with a recommenda- tion: " . that any member of County Council who is unable to attend a committee meeting shall not be paid»for said meeting'. O Counter Check Books on Sale at Citizens News that the no -salting test had beers conducted under conditions which gave a maximum possibility for success.. "Yet in a period of half -an -hour driving conditions in the city de- teriorated from good to intoler- able," he said. "We are convinced that salt. properly used with plowing, is still) best fir snow and ice control" In the discussions surrounding use of salt in Ontario, there have been frequent references to the use of chemical additives to in- hibit the corrosive action of salt. The Department points out that for. years—ever since salt began to be used irr, any quantity there has been a constant search for an effective inhibiting additive. 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