The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1949-01-27, Page 1•r
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Single Copy 6 centsSeventy-sixth Year
Names Officials at
with Mr,
the
She
the
ribs
abraisions to the face and
car,
was
upper left arm, had
fractured, and suf-
from in
auto acci-
Main St. Church
and
given by
and
and
over on its top
Mrs. Atkinson
ox’ was thrown
hitting the icy
severely bruised
"You will have to put on rose-coloured glasses, as there
will not be much brightness in the 1949 budget/’ County
Treasurer A. H. Erskine told Huron County Council before
submitting the estimates for the year. The estimates were
referred to the financial committee.
other reports
the different
committees of
by G. W.
EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1949
$
Annual Meeting
The twenty-fourth Annual
Congregational Meeting of Main
Street United Church Exeter
was held 0x1 Friday evening Jan
uary twenty-first, 1949,
The minister, Rev. H, J,
Mahoney was appointed chair
man and W. G. Medd secretary
for the meeting.
Financial
were
organizations
the church
Layton church treasurer.
The minister, Mr. Mahoney,
in giving his report, spoke of
the fine progress made in ,all
the departments of the church
work as shown in the reports.
He spoke, also, of the splendid
co-operation and happy fellow
ship of pastox* and people of the
■congregation throughout the
year.
A period of silence was ob
served in memory of the depart
ed members of the church when
theix" names were read. Ten
members were removed by
death. There were added to the
church during the year seven
teen oxx professioxi of faith and
twenty by letter.
(The results of the election's
were as follows:
Medd, W.'
Campbell
for three
for one
Stewards:
Hockey, K. J. Lampman, A.
Sweitzex* and Paul Balkwill fox’
three years and Ex-nest Jones for
two years. Trustee Boai'd: 'Cecil
Wilson. Flowex- Committee: Mrs.
W. Martin, Andrew Campbell,
Miss Evelyxi Huston, Mrs. H.
Jensen, Mrs. G. McKnight and
Mrs. P. Merkley. Auditors: W.
Martin and Claude Blowes.
On adjournment the Woman’s
Associatioxx provided a tasty
lunch .which was< enjoyed
group social fellowship.
AdmiHed to Hospital
After Car Turns Over
Mrs, Owen Atkinson is ill in
Victoria Hospital, London, where
she was taken Monday in an
ambulance, suffering
juries received in an
dent Sunday,
She was motoring
Atkinson on the Thames Road
when, about three miles east of
Exeter, the cax’ went out of con
trol and turned
in the ditch,
eithex’ jumped
from
road,
about
some
fered
legs. She is also suffering from
She was attended by Dr.
Milner <5 before being ad-
to the hospital,
Atkinson escaped with
shock.
F, J.
mitted
Mr. . - .- - -
minor scratches. The top of the
car was somewhat damaged.
f
3.
C.
and
years
year.
B. W.
Session: W.G.
Pearce, Andrew
Gerald Skinner
and Geo’. Taylor
committee of
Tuckey, 'Norman
J.
'Lip Is Badly Cut
B. W. Tuckey suffered a nasty
gash in his lower lip Wednesday.
He was standing
in the James St.
and was in the act
•one of the racks,
with a jerk . and
Tuckey ixx the lip. There was a
beam just above Mr. Tuckey's
head and he received the full
force of the impact, cutting the
lip badly. Six stitches were
required to close the wound.
a
te n a truck
church shed
of lifting off
It came up’
struck Mr.
'Catches Hand in Wringer
Jimmy, three-year-old son
Cpl. William and Mrs. Verth,
-had the misfortune to get lxis
right hand caught in an electric
wringer Monday morning. Mrs.
Verth was doing the family
washing and had just turned
tier back when she heard a
scream from her young son. She
quickly shut off the machine
and freed the hand. The lad was
taken to the office of Dr. Mil
ner and fortunately it was found
that no bones had been broken
ni but the hand was badly bruised.
School Flag-Pole Lowered
The majestic flag-ipole that
has graced the grounds in front
of the Exeter School now lies
flat upon the 'ground. During
the windstorm on Tuesday of
last week it developed quite a
slant and the wire-stringing
gang
was
pole
done
found that the bottom supports
of the pole had rotted away and
broke as the pole was being
lowered.
.One could imagine a tragedy
should the pole have fallen when
the children were playing about
the school. It was one of the
tallest flag staffs to be found
anywhere.
iiilliii
County Treasurer Warns
Committees re Budgets
On-
re-
ac-
of the Exeter district hydro
called upon to lowei’ the
and fix it. The work was
on Saturday, when it’ was
Winter arrived Wednesday
with several inches of snow.
MISS MARIE MELVILLE, R.N.,
a recent graduate ifronx Victoria
Hospital, London, has accepted a
position with the Sarnia General
Hospital and assumed her new
duties on Monday of this week.
NEW REPRESENTATIVES—Elected by the U.N, General
Assembly, Cuba, Egypt and Norway are this yeai* beginning
to serve two-year terms on the Security Council in succession
to Belgium, Columbia and Syria. Here General A. G. L. Mc
Naughton of Canada (second from the left)m* ■sxu.xAM.u.o. ^ouvuuu. axvui. Luc -lcalE January’s
Council president, greets (left to ’right) Alberto Inocente
Alvarez of Cuba; Mahmoud Bey Tawzi of Egypt; and Finn
Moe of Norway.
Peter and the Wolf:
A 1949 Version
On Saturday last a wolf
bagged in a rabbit drive in
Township near Zurich.
American hunters came over
from Detroit an staged a drive
for jack rabbits, coupled with
the hope that they might run
across the two bears recently
reported in that township. The
wolf was shot by Peter Butchke
who was uncertain at the time
whether he was faced by a dog
or a wolf. He will be entitled
to a $25 bonus provided by the
of Melbourne visited on Sunday
was
Hay
Several
Celebrates Birthday
Congratulations to Mrs. Hanna
Taylor, Andrew Street, who on
Sunday celebrated hex’ 86 th
birthday. A number of friends
called to offex' theix* felicitations
and were served afternoon tea.
Three Bu sinessmen
Jo in Lions Club
At the Exetei’ Lions Club
per meeting Friday evening of
last week, the guest speakex’ was
Mr. A. Copeland of Seaforth,
who gave an interesting account
of tile life and habits of the Es
kimo in Baffin Land. He de
scribed them as living principal
ly on fish and game and dwell
ing in igloos made .from ice and
Show. He spoke of the country
as being rich in minerals. Mr,
Copeland was introduced by Lion
Elmer Bell and an expression of
appreciation was tendered by
Lion R. N. Creech.
Three new members who re
ceived theix* initiation were Jack
Doerr, Fred Darling and Norman
Walper. Guests present were
Lions W. T. Tlel and Merton
Reid, of Seaforth, and Allan
Hobbs, of Galt, in the absence
of the president, second vice-
president E. R. Hopper presided.
sup-.
County Council
Names Rosters
The striking committee of
Huron County Council brought
in the following report on Wed
nesday morning, the first flamed
being chairman—
Executive: M. Johnson, H. I Berry, G. Armstrong, S. Snyder,
I W._ J. Baker.
Legislative: A. Nicholson, J.
Stirling, H. Johnston, H. Bea
ver, D. Beurman.
Finance: F. Sills, G. Mathie-
son, E. Lawson, ’A. J. Sweitzer,
H. Gowdy,
Education: C. Rowland, E.
Finnigan, Gowdy, Sweitzer, Bak
er.
Property: H. Beaver, G. Arm
strong, M. Johnson, Beecroft, A.
Nicholson.
County Home: Beecroft, Kers*
lake, Cousins, Berry, M. John
son.
Agriculture; Farrislx, Snyder,
Beurman, Finnigan, Rowland.
Children’s Aid: Berry, Law-
son, Nicholson, A. P. Wilkes, A.
M. Robertson.
Warden’s Committee: Berry,
G. Armstrong, M. Johnson, J. ED.
"Beecroft, A. Nicholson.
Equalization: Bailxton, Mathie-
son, Lawson, W. A. Galbraith,
A. Amy, H. Johnston.
Health and Hospital: F. Sills,
G. Armstrong, <F. Bainton, Kers-
lake, G. Nott.
Reforestation; C. Rowland (1
year), M. Johnson (2 years), B.
J. Farrish (3 years).
Airport: D. Beurman, Mathie-
son. Baker;
Police: H. Johnston, Finnigan,
J. Stirling.
Good Roads: Woods, C. John
ston, E. Webster,
Criminal Audit: J, McNabb,
N. W. Miller, Judge T, M. Cos
tello.
Conservative: Beecvoft, Kers*
lake, Berry,
the
Council Briefs
The regular meeting of the
Municipal Council of the Village
of Exeter was held in the coun
cil chambers with Reeve Sweit
zer and Councillors Hern,
Hughes, Lindenfield and Snider present,
The minutes of the -last meet
ing of January 10 were read
and adopted on the motion of
Councillors Hern and Snider,
Communications were read and
dealt with as follows: Exeter
District High School Board, re
quest for $25/000 from deben
ture proceeds. It was moved and
seconded by Councillors Snider
and Hughes that this payment
be included in the accounts.
Department of Health, regard
ing post-sanatorium care. To be
referred .to medical health offi
cer.
Salvation Army, regarding a
grant.
Wax* Memorial Children’s Hos
pital, regarding a grant.
It was moved and seconded
'by Councillors Hern and Snider
that grants of <$25.00 be given
to the Salvation Army and the
War Memorial Children’s Hospi
tal.
John Howard Society of
tario, regarding grant for
habilitation of prisoners. No
tion.
Department of Health, regard
ing local hoard member. Atten
tion of the clerk.
Department of Puiblic Welfare,
regarding old age pensions.
’Filed.
Association of Assessing Offi
cers of Ontario. Attention clerk.
J. L. Graham & Company, re
garding debenture issues. Atten
tion clerk.
Exeter Arena Board, regard
ing policing. This mattex’ was
left in the hands of Councillors
Hern and Snider. (Protection to
Persons and
tee).
The Public
tee reported
Carscaddexx had been engaged as
municipal tax collector at
salary of $350.00 per annum.
The
given their three readings
passed:
By-law 1, 19 49, making
pointments to several offices
fixing remuneration, if any,
1949.
By-law 2j 1949—To provide
for taking the assessxnent of the
village annually and for the col
lection of taxes semi-annually,
and to provide for discounts and
penalties.
By-law 3, 1949—To appoint a
tax collector.
By-law 4, 1949—To amend
By-law 3, 1948, as regards. to
the salary of the clerk-treasurer.
By-law
for the
roads and
It was
Lindenfield and seconded by
Councilloi’ Hern that we apply
for grant undex* the Highway
Improvement Act oxx expenditure
made during the yeai’ 1948 in
the amount of $6,466.61.
In that the Exetex’ District
High School Board has requested
that the parts of Brock Street
and Gidley Street cutting its
property be closed. It was moved
and seconded by Councillors
Snider and Hughes that the
clerk be instructed to prepare a
by-law and to take other proced
ure necessary to close the parts
of these streets.
It was moved and seconded
by Councillors Lindenfield and
Hughes that the application of
Pooley to build sun
to his residence- be
Deputy Governor Traguair
Warns Lions to Be on Alert
Property Commit-
Welfare
that Mr.
Commit-
Eric H.
a
following by-laws were
and
ap-
and
for
5, 1949—To provide
19 49 expenditure'" on
streets.
moved by Councillor
and
E. C.
porches
granted.
It was xnoved and seconded
by ’Councillors Snidex* and Hern
that the following be appointed
to the Arena Board fox* a period
of two years (1949, 1950): Re
presenting citizens at large, Rus
sell Hopper, Robert Soutlxcott;
Exeter District H i g lx S c h 0 0 1
Board, Charles MacNaughton;
Exetei’ Public School BOard,
Wallace Seldoxi; Exeter Agricul
tural Society, left open.
It was moved and seconded
by Councillors Lindenfield and
Hughes that the mattex* of en
forcing traffic and parking by
law be takexi up by the Protec
tion to Persons and Property
Committee.The following accounts Wex’b
read and ordered paid on the
motion of Councillors Snider and
Lindenfield:
surer,
School
ceeds,
Huron,
E. D. Howey, trea-
Exeter District High
Board, debenture pro-
$25,0010.00; County of
_____ hospitalization, .$18.00;
The Municipal World, subscrip
tions, $14.00; Salvation Army,
grant, $25.00; Gerald Cornish,
labour, $31.69; Samuel Grain
ger, labour, $26.99; Arthur
Baynes, labour, $22.74.
All motions were carried. Ad
journment oh the motion of
Councillor Hern.
—C. V. Pickard, -Clerk
District Deputy Governor J.
Albert Traquair paid his official
visit to the St. Thomas Lions
Club Monday evening and .his
address to the club was broad
cast over CHLO and was
heard by a number of our resi
dents.
The St. Thomas Times-Journal
reports as follows: A challenge
to get a vision of a future full
of opportunities for service in
many spheres of life was thrown
to the • members of the St.
Thomas Lions Club on Monday
night by Lion District., Deputy
District Governoi’ Albert Tra-
quaix* of Exeter, on the occasion
of ihis official visit to the local
club in the Home Dairy dining
room.
“While we »zjnay pride our
selves on 6uf"r accomplishments,
rather than congratulate our
selves on them/’ he declared,
“we need to dedicate ourselves
to the development of a program
for
and
our
The
speakei’ contended,
crucial in the history of the
Lions Club as in the history of
nations.
In voicing the appreciation of
■the club to Mr. Traquair, Mayoi’
J. B. Caldwell, himself a Lion,
presented him with a cigarette
lighter, suitably engraved, the
product of one of the city’s new-
cr industries.
Community’s Future Vital
Deputy Governor Traquair.
who was introduced by
national Councilloi’ Dalt
paid tribute to the work
>St. Thomas Lions Club
past, but he said that the ques
tions of the future welfare of
oui’ own community were of vital
concern. A weakness of any sort
in our club, he added, weakened
the group in working for the
Exeter Lady’s Father Dies
Mrs. Win, Cutting received a
phone call Friday night stating
that her father, Mr. Wm.
Pringle, had passed away in the j
Owen Sound hospital. Wo ox-i
tend our sincere sympathy to the bereaved. I
the quarter century ahead
set about ascertaining what
■club needs to carry it out.”
next twenty-five years, the
will be as
Inter
Higgs,
of the
in the
Celebrate Fiftieth
Anniversary
On Tuesday, January 18, Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Hicks celebrated
the .fiftieth anniversary of theix’
wedding. At nooxx they enjoyed
a fowl dinner with tlxe imme
diate family, and Rev. Robert
Hicks, of London, Mrs. Rhoda
Shapton, Exeter, and Mr. and
Mrs. George Lawson, Exeter.
The dinner table was centred
with a tliree-tiered wedding
cake, banked with tall tapers.
There was also a large bouquet
of bronze mums. The bride wore
a black and white sheer crepe
dress with a corsage of red and
talisxnan roses.
During the afternoon, several
relatives and friends called and
conveyed their congratulations.
During the evening, the neigh
bours and several friends called
and congratulated the couple.
Miss Anne Luther, on behalf of
the neighbours, read a very ap
propriate address and Miss Alma
Sillery presented Mr. And Mrs.
Hicks with a beautiful gold
blanket. The evening was spent
with singing songs and numbers
given by several of those pre
sent.The bride and groom of fifty-
years
Mr. Erskine reported a $16-
000 deficit in the general ac
count in 1948. A slight increase
was noted in the Children’s Aid
expenditure for 1949, as another
worker will be added to the
staff. As the Huron County local
Old Age Pensions and Mothers'
Allowances Board has been dis
banded, this' enabled the esti-
mates to be reduced by $600.
The estimated expenditures for
this yeax* totalled $273,476,
which included $35,000 fox’ es
timated repairs and
to the registry office,
revenue is $275
surplus, $2,138.
An estimated
mills was made
General account,
county highways, 3.50 m ills.
Mr, Erskine warned that com
mittees would have to operate
closely to get by on the budget.
If the county
as we go, it
mills to meet
Neill Museum
A considerable discussion fol
lowed the report of the 1948
property committee, recommend
ing the purchase of J. H. Neill’s
museum at Gorrie, for $3/000.
Mr. Neill stipulated that he be
engaged as custodian at a salary
of $800 plus living quarters and
the provision of a place to house
the articles.
A motion by Reeves Elmer
Lawson and D. Beuermann was
endorsed that the Neill collec
tion be bought for $3,000',
left as it is until further
rangexnents can be made.
• Endorsation was given a
tion sponsored by Reeves
Gowdy and H. Johnson that
county council petition the pro
vincial government to enact leg
islation to prohibit the use of
•any coloring, resembling butter,
in margarine or butter substitute
as a protection to the cream
producers of Ontario, as well as
consumers. Copies are to be sent
to the Premier of Ontario, legis
lative members, and all county
councils.
F. L. Davidson was appointed
to Wingham Hospital Board;
Harold Walpex* to Exeter Dist
rict High School Board;. G. W.
Nott and Roy Cousins
Huron County Board of
for three and two years
tively; N. W. Miller
Criminal Audit Board;
Reid, Varna, to
School District Board; Elmer
Pickering and Thomas Doherty
were reappointecT corxi borer
spectors.
613
alterations
Estimated
estimated
of eightrate
up as follows:
4.50 mills;
continues “to pay
will require eight
the ’budget”.
to Be Bought
officials, and authorized grants
to various organizations.
The salaries of County Clerk
N, W. Miller and Treasurer A.
H. Erskine were increased from
$3,300 to $3,600 each; 'County
Assessor A. Alexander from $3,-
010 0 to $3,300; James Shear
down, janitor, from $1,500 tp
$1,800; Miss Evelyn Cooper,
•court reporter, from $1,680 to
$1,800; Miss Margaret Tudor,
stenographer, from $1,320 to
$l,50i0'; Miss Pearl Miller, clerk
in county assessor’s office, from
$1,300 to $1,500.
A show of hands was taken
on the recommendation of the
executive committee that the
sessional indemnity be increased
from $35 to $40 plus mileage of
car-
fifteen cents, an increase of
cents. The recommendation
ried 15-9,
Mrs. Mabel Gray, whoMrs. Mabel Gray, who has
been reporter and clerk for the
juvenile court .for the past nine
years without pay," was granted
axx Ihonourarium of $100.
A suggestion that the warden
should be paid a higher salary
did not meet with thes approval
of Warden Armstrong. He said
he felt he would 'be well paid
in the enjoyment of the work
and the contacts he would make.
Grants Approved
The following grants, recom
mended by the executive com
mittee, were approved: Univer
sity of Western Ontario, $5,0010';
Navy League, $500; Salvation
Army, $1,200; Canadian Nation- *
al Institute for the Blind, $1,-
nn'' Hospital for Sick Children
Wax* Memorial Hospital,
hospitals at Goderich, Clin-
Seaforth, and Wingham,
$1,000; Ontario Agricul-
•Council, $50; Ontario Con-
best interests of the community
it sought to serve.
“Confronting us is a future
that will bring many new condi
tions into our lives, • a future
that has great promise for us
as Lions if we but keep abreast
of the
alert to
arise,”
son for
Lions Club movement, he con
tinued, is that it has something
to offer a prospective member
ox’ a community, and has proved
a positive
an extent
bers.
Of the
warned that to realize its prom
ises, careful attention must be
given to the physical develop
ment, mental training and moral
, education of youth to prepare
them for constructive citizen
ship. He intimated that
should examine the school
tem and see if local schools
der it ere adequate; that
should study to see how moral
standards can be raised and de
linquency reduced; to probe the
mattex’ of recreational facilities,
and find if the community need
ed more playgrounds, swimming
pools, gymnasiums ox’ the like.
Favour “Living Memorials”
“These are the things
will be needed now, more
evex’ before,” Mr. Traquair
tended, “needed to help develop
a generation capable of assum
ing the responsibilities of to
morrow’s world.” These are the
things that can become “living”
wax’ memorials, and more worthy
to oui’ heroes than “dead” sta
tues, he claimed. At the same
time, he said that the cultural
needs of a community shouldn’t
be neglected, and we should re
member that
public mind is
bodily strength
vantage.
The speakei’
the need for
communities, as people thrived
best, lie said, in pleasant sur
roundings. This opened up ave
nues „;of service in improving
parks and removing eyesores,
and ixx urging oxx civic authori
ties the need fox* street repairs
oi’ the like. We should look on
our community as a first-time
visitoi’ does, he suggested, as this
would cause us to see where im
provements could be carried out.
“Finding what the home town
needs and then seeitxg to it that
those needs are fulfilled should
be the Lions Club’s paramount
activity,” Mr. Traquaix* intimat
ed. While it Was a big task, the
community looked to such well
equipped clubs as the Lions to
do something about it, lie added.
Lions Led Servico Clubs
The visiting speaker referred
to the service club idea as a
more recent development in our
social life, and he pointed out
that one of the amazing things
about it was the record of at
tendance that lias beembuilt up.
He spoke of the way that so
m any organizations, such as
lodges, have members who have
somewhat the same background,
oi’ have much in common, but
of how the Lions Club had given
leadership in the service club
field to bring together those of
diversified interests. After Lion-
ism had done so, he intimated,
the other service clubs followed
the same pattern.
The Lion has been a symbol
of fidelity throughout all the
ages,” he said in some conclud
ing remarks about the signifi
cance of the club name. It means
loyalty to a .person, to principles,
to duty and to a trust, and is
linked closely with courage,
strength and activity^
changes that come and
our opportunities as they
he suggested. One rea-
the great growth of the
force for good to such,
that it attracts mem
future, the speaker
one
sys-
un-
one
that
than
con-
a n enlightened
as important as
or economic ad-
pointed also to
beautification in
years ago received numerous
cards and several beautiful and
usefftl gifts. iDuring the day,
over one hundred registered in
tlxe guest book.
Those
Mervyn Wilson,
Rhoda
LawsOn,
Johns, Woodham, and Mr, and
Mrs. Garnet Hicks.
assisting
Shapton,
Exeter,
were M r s.
London, Mrs.
Mrs. ’George
Mrs. Clarence
and
ar-
mo-
H.
the
to the
Health
respec
to the
George
Clinton High
Board;
in-
si<
Huron County Council, at
concluding session on Friday,
creased the salaries of county
the
in-
Dr. Stanbury
Heads Red Cross
Dr. W. Stuart Stanbury, a
native of Exetei’ and son of
Judge J. G. Stanbury, St. Cath
arines, one of the world’s lead
ing medical authorities on blood,
has been named national commi
ssioner of the Canadian Red
Cross Society, the society an
nounced on Thursday. He suc
ceeds Dr. Fred W. Routley,
whose retirement was announced
last December 31. Dr. Stanbury
for the last two years has been
national directoi* of the Red
Cross national blood transfusion
service and assistant national
commissioner.
A graduate of the University
of Toronto, he headed the Brit-
i s h national blood transfusion
service during tlxe Second World
War and was also a divisional
medical officex* of the British
Red Cross. For his Work, he was
decorated with the M.B.E.
Since his return to Canada in
1946, lie has headed the new
Red Gross blood transfusion ser
vice. He has been treasurer of
tlxe International Society o f
Haematology since its formation
in 1946 and was elected to a
charter fellowship in the society
in 1948.
Local Clubs Sponsor
Benefit Dance; And Draw
Two Ideal organizations
sponsoring community schemes.
The Exeter Gun Club is putting
on a draw for a hind of beef
and groceries, the funds from
which will be used for a game
preservation for this area. With
the co-operation of the councils,
the club is hoping to stock and
protect pheasants.
The other, organization, the
Beta Sigma Phi, is this Thurs
day night sponsoring a balloon
dance. The girls plan to use the
profits for the playground they
started last year in Victoria
Bark.
are
000;
$5’0;
$50;’
ton,
eacli
tural
servation & Reforestation, $25;
Ontario Education Association,
$15; Ontario Good Roads Asso
ciation, $15; Association of Rur
al Municipalities, $10; Bluewater
Highway Association, $200; Crop
Improvement Association, $200;
Huron Plowmen’s Associations,
N. and S., $ HO 0 each providing
a match is held; agricultural re
presentative, $500; junioi’ exten
sion fund, $500; -three district
Women’s Institutes, $25 each;
spring fairs, $200; fall fairs,
$200 each; Boundary fall fairs
(Clifford, Lucknoxv, Kirk ton)
each
each;
$HOO;
$200;
000;
ciatioxx
$10;
$25; Ontario
tion, .$25.
Appointments
Council concurred in the re-
coxnmendation of the health and
hospital committee that Reeves
Frank Bainton of Blyth and
Hugh Berry of Upborne be 'ap
pointed to the new 'County Board
of Health. Others appointed ear
lier ixx the session were Reeves
R. B. Cousins and G. W. Nott.
Authorization was given to the
recommendation of the property
committee for an expenditure of
$35,000 on remodelling the reg
istry office, and the tho exterior
of the jail be .painted and
changes made in the interior as
rece&imended by the inspector
and the sheriff.
Spent $59,433 in Construction
T. R. Patterson, county en
gineer, reported that $59,433
had been spent on construction
in ’48; maintenance, $179,445;
new machinery, $7'0,741; snow
cleaning, $51,000.Dr ......
the County Home,
the
tlxe
inmates admitted in 1948,
seven deaths recorded.
J. B. Reynolds, governox* of
the county jail, reported ninety-
foui’ prisoners confined there
; during 194S, and thirteen <at
; present. The cost of daily ra
tions a (prisoner is 21% cents.
E. R. Meadows, game and
\ fisheries inspector of the Huron
district, in answer to a question
by Reeve Hugh Berry, stated
that a by-law barring non
resident hunters should be sub
ject to the Games and Fisheries
Act.
1 He informed council that the
department is interested in plac-
: ing ’pheasants in the townships
! of Hay, Stanley, and Stephen,.
. which are out of the cold belts
1 where snow covers food, and ho
. believed the birds would survive
, there. He advised the restriction
[ of non-resident licences. Tho de
partment supplies licences free
> of charge and tho townships get
- tlxe revenue. Pens are supplied
1 by the townships, and the birds
> by the department. The phoa-
r sants are educated to find their
i own food. Licences pay for the
initial outlay* jJ
$100; school fairs, $25
Holstein Breeders’ Club,
Wingham Horse Show,
Library Association, $4,-
libraries, $40 each; Asso-
of Assessing
Field
Officers,
Crop Association,
Municipal Associa
Madc
J. W. Shaw, physician at
commended
“home-like atmosphere” in
I-Ioxne. There were twelve
and