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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1936-02-06, Page 6TMVKKUAY, ««>» MB THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE County Council R. J. Bowman, reeve of Brussels, was elected warden, of Huron Cuon- ty Council at the opening session on Wednesday morning. He was chosen in a caucus o'f the Conservative members. Th© new warden was in troduced by Warden Sweitzer ot 1935 and duly installed in office. Judge T. M. Coste.lo in swearing in tll^» IV3-1 den, said in part: “My first thought is that 1935 and 193 6 for you as British people are two entirely different years. In 1935 you met as subjects of our be loved sovereign, King George V, and in 193 6 we are subjects of our be loved young King, Edward VIII.” His honor eulogized the late mon arch and continued, “One attribute which endeared him to us was his democratic manner and his service to his people.” He complimented the county council on the ’work of the past year. “I see in spite of my advice you are still dividing up as Grit and Tories. However, it don’t matter, all are working for the best. He urged the council to be kind in thought and word. Rev. A. Calder, of St. George’s Church, offered prayer and later spoke briefly. In an eloquent address Warden Bowman thanked the retiring war den for his help and said he consid ered it an honor to follow Mr. Sweit zer. He promised to do the best he knew how in the conduct session. Empire an able King. “We He had son spoke of the suffered and should follow of the loss the felt the that late ourwell be proud of and villages and towns CANADIANS AND THEIR THEIR BANK GRAIN GROWING more funds are provided somewhat less work can be accomplished this year since there will be no relief grant. There are three nsowplows oper ating at present and it is felt that five plows could keep nearly all the county roads open in normal times, and if any paving is decided upon in, 193& that Highway No. 4 be coni’ pleted to the town’of ’Wingham. And we, the members of Huron county council now in session, think this section of the county deserves better highway facilities, Carried. Elliott, W. Turner: That the Do minion Government give considera tion to the opening up of the coal mining area within the Dominion on a more extensive basis, as it will result in more use of Canadian coal, and it would tend to relieve unem ployment and help out the rail and lake transportation cost both ways. Carried. B. Turner, Elliott: That a grant of $800 each be paid this year to the hospitals at Goderich, Clinton, Sea ler th and Wingham. Carried. Cardiff, Davidson: That the coun ty give the same grant in 1936 to j the Plowmen's Association, Agricul- I tural Societies and Spring Shows as I in 1935. Executive. i E’.liott, Pryde: That the Bonding Co. be notified that Huron county I council are withdrawing the person- i al bond of $5,000 n Huron County i treasurer. Carried. j Davidson, Pryde: That the public I libraries in Huron county be paid a grant of $25 each for 1936 and that all public libraries receiving county grants be required to file with the clerk an audited statement of their receipts and expenditures of the pre vious year. Carried. Cardiff, Bryans: That the county council appoint Reeve P. W. .Scott and Clerk Roberts as county audit ors on the Criminal Justice accounts Carried. Matheson, Archibald: That J. M. Eckert be one of the county road commissioners for three years. Car. A feature of Thursday’s session of the Huron County Council meeting here was thfe passing of a by-law, drawn up by the County solicitor, that anyone keeping an automatic vending machine -of a type set out in the byj-law shall be required to make application to the county for a license-. The annual fee required for each machine shall, be $500.00 payable within 15 days from the date thereof. Towns and incorporat ed villages- will set their own by-laws regarding the matter. County Treasurer A. H. Erskine read a letter from the town of In gersoll in which’it was stated that muncijality had passed a by-law prohibiting slot-machines. An app-li-' cation for a license, accompanied by a. cheque for $5 0Q;“-had been re ceived ’from a hotel proprietor there and the application had been refus ed by the council. The man was brought before the Police Magistrate and a conviction registered against him. He appealed the case and Mr. Justice Hogg has reserved his deci sion until some time Reeve McNall said present in court the had gone -out that all were to be removed from Huron Co., and he felt that the County Council bylaw should prohibit the machines altogether without giving an -option of paying a license fee. Reeve Geiger was strongly in favor of Mr. M-cNalVis suggestion. Mr. Erskine explained that the by-law does not make it necessary for an -officer to discrimnate between certain types of machines as he would have to un der the Act covering such machines. Reeve Murdoch Matheson: “Does the paying of this license fee legal ize the machines?’” Mr. Erskine, “Yes, but the fee is so high that it is unlikely, that anyone will pay it.” Warden Bowman explained that the County -Council has not the power to make such machines absolutely illegal, but that it has the power to set a license fee on them. i i may county town, in the county, and of the farms and produce. “The debenture debt is only $56,- 000, and our county road system is one of the best in the province. The County Home and Children’s Shel ters are worthy institutions . “In the general account there is a carryover of $3,900. The removal of the magistrate’s quarters to the court house will mean a saving of $500 a year.’’ Mr. Bowman asked for the co-op eration of the councillors and hoped the rate would remain at 5 1-2 mills. A resolution was. endorsed pledg ing steadfast and devoted loyalty to King Edward VIII. The sending of a letter to His Excellency the Go vernor-General requesting him “to convey to His Most Gracious Majesty King Edward VIII, the Queen Mo ther and members of the royal fam- the profound sympathy of Huron County council in their great sorrow and bereavement,” was endorsed. Routine business occupied the re mainder of the session, when a long list of communcations were passed on to committee. Committees Appointed A striking committee composed of Reeves, Sweitzer, Hemingway, Matheson, McNall and Stewart brought in a report appointing the follow ng to the standing committees of the county council for 19 36: Executive—T. Pryde, O. Geiger, J. Scott, R. Grain, T. Lovell. Legislative—A. Mellick, J. Moser, S. Sherwood, Peter Scott, H. Key's. [Finance—H. Keys, O. Geiger, J. Scott, C. Mawhinney, G. Feagan. Education—W. Archibald, Thos. Pryde, J. Bryans, W. Turner, O. Hemingway. Property—Geo. McNall, M. Ma theson, F. Davidson, G. Westcott, C. Mawhinney. County Home—W. Archibald, W. Sweitzer, G. Elliott, A. Mellick, W. Stewart. Agricultural Advisory-—O. Heming way, Geo. Feagan, T. Lovell, H. Mogridge, H. Grain. Children’s Shelter—R. Turner, J. Bryans, R. J. Bowman. Warden’s Committee—W. Sweit zer, J. Moser, P. Scott, M. Matheson. Good Roads—L. E. Cardiff, W. Haacke, J. M. Eckert. Appointment of representatives to the various schools in the county resulted as follows: Exeter Board of Education, R. N. Creech; Wingham, Rev. E. L. Roberts; Clinton, Frank Fingland; Seaforth, William Black,; Goderich, Dr. Harold Taylor. Motions Presented . Davidson, McNall: That the lowing resolution be passed and warded to Hon. T. B. McQuesten, Minister of Highways: That we in the electoral district of North Hu- ♦n’on have paid a great portion of revenue to the provincial meat iff the .past we Have ron. ask ,the Minister of Highways to give •our case his earnest consideration this month. he had been day an order slot machines Wants Cut Restored Patterson stat- been in office that he is now of $900 less Motions Presented W. Turner, Hemingway: That the H.E.P.C. now give rural subscribers lower rates on certain appliances to encourage the sale of surplus power We submit that if contracts were let to rural users on a basis of 2 cents per mile instead of 3 cents, more contracts would be taken out and more power sold. We submit this would ibe a better plan than giving concessions to preferred customers and petition the Commission to make this change. Further, that rural subscribers holding more than one contract be given credit or portion thereof for power used over the min imum for one contract. Motion tabl ed until this afternoon session, Cardiff, Eckert: Owing to the fact that this county does not carry any insurance on county trucks and ow ing to the fact that we .have had a few accidents in the past year, that we do now start a sinking fund to be laid aside so that we would have money available to take care accidents in the future. Roads Commission. Geiger, Turner: That in the members of the County Roads Commission Ibe appointed for one year only. Legislative Committee. Hugh Hill addressed the council with respect to the motion regard ing Hydro charges and stated had perpetrated the motion. He. plained the various clauses of motion to the council and said, is not fair to have reduced the rates for one and not for another. Reeve Geiger expressed the opin ion that there should be a flat rate for Hydro the same as there is in our postage system. Mr. Hill stated that he thought that would be too great a step to expect at once. of such County future he ex- the “It Resolution Passed passed at the advocating the fol- for- govern- car licenses, gas taxes in and up to the present time no pavement in North Hu- And at this ■ time We would Before reading his report County Engineer" T. R; Patte'rson applied to the council for a restoration of the amounts cut from his salary in the past few years. Mr. ed that he lias now almost 17 years and working at a salary than the amount that it was agreed to pay him to remain in his position some years ago. He also reminded the council that only one half of his salary is payable by the county. The County Engineer’s report showed expenditures for 1935 to be as follows: Maintenance, $83,067.73 Construction; $9,297.99; Machinery, and repairs, $7,437-s43; Superintend dance, $4,477.32; total, $104,280.- 47. The Government subsidy should be, $50,291.58. The report points out that a special effort was made' to keep the expenditures within the limit. It also states that unless If The Liver Is Sluggish Watch Out For Trouble OfOno of the principal fun- the h’Vfit is the formation which. I 'ijbbstancc is so ess aiding digestion and sorption of nutritive rived $om food. Likejbthor organs t qnentm’liable to at disordo® an d di seas' , * , . , of liverjiFouble is danger-and if diseased leads to serious dishirbanceof the * Take Milburn’s Izua-Livcr Pills for that sWgisli m iver is fre- He by certain / Henry: "James, I can remember Dad cell), ing us that, in his day, they used to thresh their grain with a flail. We couldn’t get along that way nowadays; there’s too much.” JAMES: "You’re right, Henry. We must have mechanical help to produce grain at a.profit in these days. But I’m in favour of employing as many men as we can.” HENRY: "That’s every sensible Canadian’s point of view. Our local Bank of Montreal manager tells me tha^-if the security is all. right, his Bank is willing to lend money for necessary modern implfpnents. By the way" our loan at the Bank been paid off i full and the manager hi^.promised to A resolution was afternoon session suggestion set forth in the motion that a copy be forwarded to the H.E.- P.-C. of Ontario. In the afternoon Inspector of Pub lic- Schools, E. C. Beacom, present ed his report. It showed that there are 89 rural and 4 urban schools in the inspectorate and that 125 teachers are employed, 101 in the rural schools and 24 in the urban schools. There is an increase of six in the number of' teachers holding first class' certificates, T3'“such tedciii ers Ibe-ing. employed in the county. The report states that the teachers are doing good work and that the rural teachers are staying longer at their schools. The inspector states that he believes many changes will be advocated by the committee which was- appointed by the Legislative As sembly. The total" enrolment Of students for the year was 3,440 and attend ance was1 kept, at a satisfactory level. Average salaries paid teachers rural schools1 was $614 and 22. creases were given last year, total legislative and county grants amounted to J16,424.27. Five schools held school fairs last year. “The time is not far distant when High School Entrance exam inations will be abolished entirely. The year has Ibeen one of substantial progress in the schools,” ’ says - the report. Aslc Salary Boosts , Letters were received from A. H. Erskine, county treasurer, and Geo. James, court house caretaker, re questing salary .raises. Mr. Erskine stated he was of the opinion the work of. his. office and the responsi bility; of a turn-over of $600,000 an nually .warranted the .request of the $200 addition, Mr. James set forth the argument that the additional work involved as a result of moving the magistrate’s office to the court house was worth $100 more per year The following report of the Exe cutive Committee was passed in its entirety: That a grant of $650 be paid this year to Goderich, Wingham, Sea forth and Clinton Hospitals; that, a grant of .$25 each be paid to all pub-j lie libraries in Huron county and; that all public libraries receiving the- county grant be required to -file with the county clerk an audited state ment of their receipts and expendi tures; $25 to the Belmore library in 1936.; $.80 to'the Seaforth, Clinton, and Hensall Spring Slfows and $25; for Hensall Seed Show and $40 for; J<irktbn, Clifford and. Lucknow; $80 each to th.fi South Huron and North; Huron. Plowmen’s Associations* An.; audited financial statement must be filed with the clerk: $160 to, thei Salvation Army;- $150 be made to; the Canadian National Institute fori the'Blind; $25 to the Howick Town-; ship Library Association; that no ac-< tion be taken in regard to the mem*' •bership ton ot ESTABLISHE ONTREAL Exeter Branch: W. H, MOISE, Manager vance n^fiey against the sale of our wheat to pay alon wflh ,.t harvest labour. We couldn’t get ithout the Bank’s co-operation. It helping us, as usual, when we need in the spring for seeding—and for hew barn we’ll have to build one of 'S.“ ime of the Bank’s services to Grain Grow ls: Business chequing accounts; savings ac- ibunts; jiioney orders and travellers cheques; rthe cashing of grain tickets and cheques; 'banking by mail; safekeeping of securities; loank for planting, harvesting and farm equipment. 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