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The Huron Expositor, 1960-06-23, Page 9• •.• .ABFORT D CASES OF RABIES IM ANIMALS FOR TEAR 1959 Huron Sets 1.60 Tax � Rctte Studies Aid fpr Hospitals Winding up a three-day session, Huron County Council on Friday gave final approval to the annual appropriation by-laws. The by-laws will raise $416,931.81 by a 6.9 -mill levy for general purposes, and raise ,$422,974.29 by a seven -mill levy for road purposes. The total county levy in 1960, will thus be 13.9 mills. Council turned down a request from Seaforth for the re -instate- ment of a $1,000 operating grant which the county had paid Huron hospitals for many years. The grantwas discontinueda year agog Frank Waikom, reeve: of God rich and chairman of the county executive committee, noted that last• year all the hospitals in Huron showed operating surpluses. His committee' was of the opinion, he said, that capital grants for hos- pitals might be needed from the county, but that operating grants are not necessary. Plan Meeting ' On the recommendation of its finance committee of which Ralph Jewell, reeve of Colborne Town- ship, is chairman, council decided Thursday to organize a conference of county representatives with re- presentatives -of the five hospital boards, to' try to chart the probable need in the next few years for cap- ital grants to assist in providing more. hospital b d space. On the recommendation of its legislative committee, of which Clarence Hanna, reeve of East Wa- wanosh- is chairman, council de- cided to support a city of St. Thomas resolution on the subject of blood trar';,sfu,Sions..for children. The St. Thomas resolution asks for new legislation, to make it pos- sible for blood transfusions to be given to children without delay, in cases where parents refuse con- sent for transfusions, and doctors advise them. The suggested legis- lation would allow a transfusion on the authority of a certificate of necessity, signed by two doctors, and •would put an end 'to the pre- sent requirement for a court order. Continue Itabie Payments Huron will continue to pay com- pensation for animals 'destroyed because of rabies, at 20 per cent. of the present rate, after the 80 - per -cent government subsidy ends June 30, council decided. On the advice of -the agriculture commit- tee, of which Valentine Becker, reeve of Hay,. Township is chair- man, council decided to• ask the provincial and Dominion govern- ments, each of which has been ^ contributing 40 per cent of the rabies compensation money., to continue after June 30. Accepting thfe ,advice of the con- sultative committee, of which Jos. Kerr, reeve of Wingham is chair- man, council decided to .take no action now on a proposal to estab- lish a vocational secondary 'school in Huron. lteeve Kerr said he and his Ltommittee members consider that more information is needed before a decision can be made, and that his committee will have further talks with school principals and inspectors. -The charge for tax payment cer- tificates issued by the county clerk's office will be increased from 35 cents to $1.00, it was de- cided on the recommendation of the warden's committee, of which Reeve Walkom is chairman. Seek Parking Space On motion of Harvey Coleman, reeve of Stanley Township, and Al- vin Rau, Deputy -Reeve of Stanley, council will ask the Goderich town council, which is preparing a new parking restriction by-law, to al- low reserved parking for county councillors and courthouse Staff, on the inner side of the circular street called "The Square." On motion of Reeve Hanna and Baillie Parrott, reeve of Morris Township, Huron will ask the On- tario Government to amend its new legislation governing county -libraries, to provide that a county libiary board may consist of six county councillors, - In its present form, the law requires that a coun- ty library board have three county councillors and three members who are county residents, but not members of county. council. Museum Popular Paid admissions to Huron Pio- neer Museum already number 3,340 in the current summer season, it was reported to Huron County Council Thursday by curator Herb- ert Neil. Groups who have visited the museum since 'the beginning of June have included' six schools with a total of 263 children, and five Women's Institute branches, he said. Another 30 or 40 busloads of school children, are eitpected be- fore the end of the mnth. As a result df changes made during the past winter in the ar- rangement, with the aid of the space given by the newest addi- tion, it is now possible to have 200 children at a time being conduct- ed through the Museum, he said, and crowding is not as much of a problem this year, as in the past. Improvements this year, he re- ported, include 156 feet of new railings, and 60 feet of new glass showcase fronts. The rest rooms have been doubled in capacity, and redecorated, and the addition at t it a east end has been painted -on the outside, and lined with gyproc. Two new parking lots have been laid out on the museum grounds, to get rid of the traffic problem that was created on North St. last summer by the parking of double lines of cars in front of the mus- eum property.. James. Chisholm, employed to help prepare exhibits, is doing good work repairing and cleaning,items of pioneer machinery, Mr. ,Neill reported, and is doing the black- smith work and painting needed to restor collectors' items of farm equipment to "as new" condition. Warden John Durnin commend- ed Mr. Neill for the continued de- velopment of ;the museum. . As the session opened Wednes- day, Clerk -Treasurer John G. Berry reported that substantial surpluses were recorded in all de- partments. . For the period ending March 31, the general surplus was $6,049.84; county home, $1,659.68; county farm, $274.05; county home build- ing' fund, $72,996.68; Children's Aid Society, $4,829.76. • Consider Airport , Further negotiations are to be conducted with Keith . Hopkinson, proprietor of Sky Harbor Air Ser- vices, before Huron County Coun- cil completes a three-way arrange- ment to reorganize the county air- port holdings. On the final day, Friday, of its June session, council accepted two parts of the proposed arrangement, approving the recommendations of its airport committee that the air- port property should be bought from Crown Assets Disposal Cor- poration, and that some of the buildings should be resold to Gode- rich Manufacturing Co. The third element in the three-way arrange- ment would be to sell the remain- ingbuildings to Mr. Hopkinson, and to lease the airfield to him. Council decided the negotiations with Mr. Hopkinson should be clpr- ified, to make certain there is agreement on the future mainten- ance of the airport, and assurance that Mr. Hopkinson will both buy the buildings and lease the airfield. The matter was referred back to the airport committee, of which Ralph Jewell, reeve of Colborne Township, is chairman, for fuher study of these points. • • --' A call for tenders for repair to stone walls at the Huron tCounty Jail was authorized by council, on the advice of its property dommit- tee. Arthur Gibson, reeve of How - ick and chairman of the property committee, said the walls most- in need of repair are interior walls, around the exercise yards at the jail. The outer wall, he said, ap- pears to be in good condition. Sightseeing Tours Organizations wishing to have sightseeing tours through the Hur- on County building will in future have to make arrangements in advance, council decided.. There have be@pt,pases, said.Reeve Gib- son, in which groups have arrived at the courthouse without warning on days when courts were being held, or when, for other reasons, they could not tour all of the build- ing. County Clerk John Berry said the organized tours have most of- ten been by schoolgroups, which are always . welcomed, if they - come at times that do not conflict with the courthouse schedule. Thursdays are not suitable days; he noted, because police court is usually being held on the third floor that day, and there is no chance to take • groups of sight seers to the third floor. The best times of day, he advised, are 30 a.m. and 2 p.m. • • The station wagon that has been owned by the county, to accommo, date groups of county councillors or county officials travelling on official business, is to be sold by tender. Reeve Gibson's committee advised Friday that it would be more economical to hire a vehicle as required. • SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1960 -- SECOND SECTION, Pages 946, June p airy. Month Them Is Salute to Area Indust Huron is Tops With Most Rabies With 93 cases during 1959, Huron County had the largest number of confirmed rabies cases in animals recorded for the province, Dr. R. M. Aldis, Medical Officer of Health for Huron County, told county council last week. (See map above left). Human exposure occurred to some degree in most of the local instances, he said. Through the splendid co-operation of the county office of the Health of Animals branch, Canada Department of Ag- riculture, it was possible to check promptly on all cases which iit volved humans. Rabies vaccine, while available through branch laboratories, is also kept in stock by the Health Unit and in several urgent cases it was possible to dis- patch vaccine immediately on re- ceipt of the request for prophylac- tic treatment. Dr. Aldis added that despite some initial apprehension, the people of Huron County responded most -in- telligently to the threat -in some instances actually on their door- step -and no human cases develop- ed here. While this year there has' been a marked overall reduction •in the incidence of rabies in Southern On- tario, the reduction is based on the marked decrease of 72 per cent in the number . of cases of proyen rabies in the fox. There has been no reduction in the number of proven rabid skunks during the current year. In eleven Ontario counties, skunks were the only wild creatures reported with rabies. Six other counties reported rabies also in cattle, dogs, cats and horses. Dr. Aldis pointed out that it is HURON HIGHWAY EXPENDITURES REACH RECORD $1,125,000 As reported earlier, the year 1960 shapes up to be another record year for expenditures on . Huron County roads. Our expenditures this year will again exceed a mil- lion ,dollars and may be broken down as follows: Regular By -Law ' $500,000.00 Supplementary By -Law425;000.00 Development Road 200,000.00 $1,125,000.00 Included in the 1960 program is the following: • Grading: Road 5, Highway 4, Mt. Carmel, 8 miles; Road 25, Highway 4 westerly, 21 miles; Road 19, County .Road ,16, Ethel, 11/4 miles. Paving: Road 25, Dunlop East- erly, 11 miles; Road'$1, Varna- Hillsgreen, 5 miles. • Bridges: B-43 at Summerhill; B-48, north of Seaforth; B-61, near Mt. Carmel; Tri -County Bridge. Culverts: Five reinforced con- crete culverts ranging from 7' x 14' x70'to7' x 20' x 70'. The Development Road is pro- ceeding as fast as funds will per- mit. Our 1960 allotment of money will complete the grading , and granular base to No. 4 Highway, and will pave from Dunlop to a• point 33/4 miles east of Auburn. While we had originally hoped to finish this project this• year, it would have necessitated applying hot mix pavement over a newly - laid gravel base. It has been our experience in the past that when a road is paved too soon after base construction that in many cases pavement failure occurs due to base settlement. I am sure most of you have seen cases of this type. We do, however, fully expect to complete the project in 1961. It is your committee's intention to meet with the Minister of High- ways just as soon as an appoint- ment can be arranged and request that he designate all, or at least a portion, of County Road 12, from Seaforth• to Belmore (30 miles), as a Development Road. The spring breakup was more severe this year than in the past years, as we are sure you were acutely aware, and we have found it necessary to cut our construc- tion program back in order to fi- nance the application of much needed gravel to the worst of the badly broken roads. :•Your committee realizes that there are a great many miles of county road badly in need of ma- jor reconstruction. We must, how- ever, report that some of these pro- jects will have to wait 10 years or more before work will be carried out. The reason for the delay is obvious -our road system of 390 miles of road is too large for our assessment of 60 million dollars. If we .do not ',increase our mill rate substantially, or reduce the size of our road system, a large percent- age of the lesser travelled county roads will not be improved in the next 20 years. Ourpresent plans call for building the, roads, that best serve the ratepayers of Huron County as a whole, first. One of the most important factors in the importance of a road is the volume of traffic using it. We think you will all agree that the road with the highest average daily traffic count is the most important road to the county as a whole. Each road in the county has . been as- signed- a sufficiency rating. This rating takes into account, not only traffic count, but alignment, safe- ty, present conditibn, etc. It is your committee's intention to build the roads, as far as possible, that have the lowest sufficiency rating. -9eorge McCutcheon, Chairman. , HUNDREDS OF WOMEN, hoth urban and rural, attended the recent Farm and Home Week at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph. They found the exhibits In Macdonald Institute particularly interesting. In the photo, Miss L. E. Brill, left, of the Macdonald In- stitute staff, explains the various uses of wheat in the diet to Mrs. Fred Glanville, Walton; Mrs. Ross Leeming, Walton; Mrs. M. Lee, Hamilton; Mrs. Jack Bosman,, Walton, and Mrs. William Dennis, also of Walton, • Hy, ron County is recognized as an important centre of the dairy industry. As a result, particular significance attaches to the annual June is Dairy Month program{ That is why several pages of this issue are devoted to telling the story of the dairy farmer, In the face of rising costs all facets of the dairy industry have been streamlined to operate more significant that of the two human deaths from rabies which occurred 0lsewhere in the Province last year oth involved skunks. The one was seven-year-old boy, who was di- ectly attacked by a skunk, and the other was an adult male who became ill after he was bitten on the arm by one of his pups which had previously been bitten by a Skunk. Neither of these victims had been treated with vaccine pri- or to the onset of symptoms. While no one invites an encouni ter by skunk under the best of circumstances, Dr. Aldis said, children and pets do not always possess this sentiment. Parents should be aware of the danger of these animals to children, he warn- ed, and owner of pets should pro- tect their animals and keep them from running at large. No person should handle a skunk or treat it as a pet -it is possible that such an animal could be in the incuba- -tive - sage of rabies- when- taken from its habitat. "We may well, have to face the prospect of rabies as a continuing threat," Dr. Aldis concluded. "Dur- ing the past three years, the dis- tricts in Northern Ontario were comparatively free of"'ra les, but since the first of this year the rabies cycle hasreappeared in Timiskaming, Sudbury, Algoma and Parry Sound, with -the fox as the principal victim. As summer approaches, rabies is one more hazardwhich demands the respect of the vacationer and resident alike." Equalization Committee Acts The Equalization Committee, ac- companied by the county assessor, have made an inspection of pro- perties in every municipality with- in the county and agree that as- sessments generally are fair and equitable. We recommend to county council that for the purpose of county rates, that the following amend- ment be effective January 1, 1960, and be added to the by-law for County Rates for the year 1960. Following is the amendment there- to: The said section 87 as amend- ed by section 20 of the Assessment Amendment Act, 1955, section 14 of. The Assessment Act, 1957, and section 7 of The Assessment Act, 1958, is further amended by add- ing thereto the following subsec- tion: (ib) For the purpose of county rates, there shall be added to the aggregatecv iu tions of the munic- ipality, as increased or decreased under subsection i, the valuations of all properties for which .pay- ments in lieu of taxes are paid by the Crown in right of Ontario or any 'board, commission, corpora- tion or other agency thereof or The Hydro-Electrie Power Com- mission of Ontario. - Your committee recommends,that the report as submitted by the County Assessor be adopted and. in case of an appeal under section 89 of Ontario Assessment Act, we recommend same be heard by the County Judge. -J. Willits, Chair- man. (See additional Huron Council stories on Pages 13 and 16). Honor Couple At Kinburn Party About 100 neighbors and other friends assembled in Kinburn Hall recently to honor Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dodds and Mr. James Neil- ans, who have moved to Cromarty and Londesboro, respectively. The evening was spent in play- ing euchre. Prize winners were: ladies' high,, Mrs. Robert McLach- lan; ladies' lone hands, Mrs. Doni Buchanan; ladies' consolation, Mrs. George Pethick; men's high, Neil Dolmage; men's lone -hands, Robt. Smith; men's consolation, Stanley Garnham. The honored guests were called to the platform, where Mrs. Geo. Case read the following address: "Dear Folks: We're gathered here tonight, because, if we have heard aright, we're the losers of some neighbors fine who have mov- ed away to another climb. We're sad indeed they moved this May, but glad to say not far away. Ed- na, as busy a homemaker as you'd see, found time to quilt and then make the tea. Music came easy to Bob and Jim, they gave our par- ties extra vim. At cards all three were very keen, having. played with them, you know what we mean. Whenever we needed a help- ing hand we knew our wish was their command; so now, dear neighbors, please accept these lit- tle gifts with our respect. And when you see them collecting dust, just grab a cloth and think of us. -Signed on behalf of your Friends and Neighbors." Following the presentation of the gifts, refreshment's were serv- ed.. HURON COUNTY Cream Producers is among the or- ganizations endorsing June Dairy Month. Simon Hallahan of Blyth is president of the organization. efficiently. This had been a fight for survival that has seen thou+ sands of dairy farmers and hun- dreds of dairy operators leave the field. In order to operate at a profit the dairy farmer has had to in- crease productivity per man, per acre and per cow. Some 55,000 fewer dairy farmers last year pro- duced over two billion pounds more milk, utilising, fewer numbers of dairy cattle than ten years ago. The composite index of prices of commodities ..and services used by farmers has increased by 34 per cent over the past ten years . , while the farmer has actually been getting no more for his milk than he did in 1958. This may sound unbelievable in an economy where price increases are the rule, but it' is nevertheless true that the farmer is getting no more for his -milk while paying more for every- thing he needs. Nor has the processing side of the industry . been a bed of roses. In one major metropolitan market where there was once scores of dairies operating there are now about. -eighteen. The dairy indus- try is processing the aforemention- ed extra 2 billion pounds of milk with about 25 per cent fewer em- ployees. During this, .period of increased production and decreased labor forces the dairy industry has in- troduced new products and new packaging methods. No other industry can exceed the record of efficiency shown by the dairy industry in recent years. The consumer can thank this effici ency for the relatively low price she pays for dairy foods. 'COUncil AppFoves ,disc Accolffits For Payment 4C.CQiu?fS .approyd 'for paYrn eg. at the .Tune •tneetin% ,qf Sc410401 l oupicl`l. •_ala Iffenda3r in0luded rhes•. Receiver-Deneral of Canada, ung -,. en1$ rment inswanm 420.82 gel. en PO" Police, $6.0O; Edwaxil Kehn, acct.,. $100; .A^,Millen sal- ary, $140; H, Om acct i $$5, •- , Price, overtime, $540; 4. Horne, salary, $48.40; ,P.U.C., acct, Seaforth Public I ihrabr, ad- Vance, $400; W. E. Southgate, sect., $2.5833; E. Hutchinson, salary., $333.33; S. Bates, salary, $275; 4, J. Calder, ,salary, $237..50; H. Ma- loney, salary, $243.32; A. Price, sal- • ary, $205.82; United Stationery Co, Ltd., acct., $15.53; Seaforth New*, acct„ $270,43; - A. , Horne, acct., $26.40; Davis, Dunn & Broughton, acct:, $750• ions Club, grant, $500; relief, $15"; Gown,) of Clinton, acct., $321; Department of Health"(Pro- vincial Treasurer), acct., $6.15; G. McGonigle, acct., $80; Exeter Dairy Ltd., acct., $75.74; George F. El- liott Construction, acct., $183.00; A. Matheson, acct., $121.00. ,. • Seaforth Machine Shop, acct., $30.35; Boyes Farm Supplies, acct,, $15.14; Geo. A. Sills & Sons, acct., $59.14; R. J. Boussey, acct., $&00; Mrs. H. Glew, accct., $30; Crown Hardware, acct., $5.50; The Flint- kote Co., acct., $199.20; Roses Met- al & Roofing Products Ltd., acct., $127.50; Levis, Contracting Co. Ltd., acct., $57.10; E. Scott, acct., $15; C. & C. Paving Co., acct., $190.46; D. Dapple, acct., $3; C.N.R., acct., $53.46; C. Dalton, acct., $7.93; J. Brock, acct., $72.78; J. Bach, acct., $4.95; M. E. Clarke, acct., $90.69; Sawyer -Massey, acct., $13.15; Ball - Macaulay, acct., $5.68; Langdon Mfg.-- CO:, Helier . - Transport, acct., $18; E. Kehn, wages, $74; A. Miller, wages, $96; Wm. Forrest, acct., $6.25; H. Bol- ton, acct., $4; C. Coombs, acct., $87.24; Seaforth Motors, acct., $84.80; C. Coombs, acct., $13.37; J. Flannery, acct., $6; Bell Tele- phone Co., acct., $76.90; F. Kling, acct., $4; B. Lansink, acct., $12; H. McLlwain, acct., $19.50. CALLING ONTARIO'S BOYS and GIRLS! LOTS OF WONDERFUL PRIZES! 2 RALEIGH BICYCLES -ONE BOY'S AND ONE GIRL'S and • 50 "SONO -LIGHTS" EACH WEEK ( Bike horn and Tight) GRAND PRIZE -A TRIP FOR TWO TO CANADA'S WEST All prizes sponsored tlby Raleigh Cycle Industries (Canada) Ltd. In the Interest of child safety. IT'S EASY -JUST FOLLOW SIMPLE DIRECTIONS 1. To enter, make up the last line of the limerick shown, 2. Any Ontario child of elementary school age may enter. 3. Each verse must be mailed with an entry blank or reasonable fac- simile. All entries become the property of Elmer the, Safety Ele- phant and cannot be returned. This picture shows the first of Elmer's six safety rules. Each week watch for a new limerick based on one of his rules. All you do is fill in the last line. Get Mother or Dad to help you. For the grand prize -a trip for two to western Canada -there will be a special six -verse lim- erick covering all the rules. min mmmmmmmmmImmo) lam ENTRY. FORM NO. 1 4, Children of employes of this news- paper, the Ontario Safety League and Raleigh Cycle Industries ( Canada 1 Ltd, may not • enter. 5. Judges of the contest Win be teachers, writers and t'r a f f i c authorities. The fudges' decisions are final. 6. Last line must rhyme with first two. WHEN CROSSING THE STREET ANYWHERE OF CARS YOU MUST ALWAYS BEWARE. LOOK BOTH WAYS, AND THEN LOOK BOTH WAYS AGAIN ( Fill in last line -mail before midnight June 29/60) Mail to: Ontario Safety League 208 King St. West Toronto 1, Ontario. Nann1e Address Age Telephone 1 mini uuNrvim - .! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 r This space is contributed in the interest of School Children safety by • Since 1860, Serving the Community First