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Clinton News-Record, 1974-09-05, Page 15John Garrett of Bayfield and his dog were among those who were dressed in some of the best costumes ever at the Bayfield Fair parade last Saturday. The Fair attracted an all- time, high of 2,000 persons. (News-Record photo) Don't think of it as fitness, - think of it as funness. iwnllaparnon The, an adan rnor(msent lot personal IM1n ass Fitness.ln your heart you know it's right. ROME COMFORT • problems To-clay * ALL WEATHER AUTOMATIC OIL DELIVERY * BP FURNACE FUEL OIL BUDGET PLAN No carrying charges, service charges or interest . Ten equal monthly payments cover your whole season's supply We take the worry out of home heating KERRIGAN FUELS FOR DEPENDABLE SERVICE 319 VICTORIA ST. 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Time takes away the edge of grief But memory turns back every leaf Lovingly remembered by wife and family.-36p KEYES—In loving memory of a dear husband and father Elmore A. Keyes who went to be with the Lord September 7th, 1967. We feel so sad when one we love Is taken by Death's dark hand But it will ease our sorrow If we only understand. That death is just a gateway That all men must pass through And on the other side of death Is a world that's bright and new Our loved one waits to welcome us To that land that's free from tears Where joy becomes Eternal And time is not counted by Years. Lovingly remembered and sadly missed by his wife Florence and sons Grant and Gerald.-36p 26. CARD OF THANKS .FLEMING— I would like to thank the nurses and staff of Clinton Public Hospital for all their kind- nesses to me while a patient there and special thanks to Dr, Flowers. Mrs. Phoebe Fleming , Seaforth, On t GIBBINGS—I would. like to thank my friends and relatives for cards and treats I received while in the hospital, A special thank you to Drs. Flowers, Baker and Watts and the kind nurses on first floor, Marni Gibb ings.-36b SHEPHERD--My sincere thanks to friends and relatives who remem- bered me with cards, letters and visits during my stay in Victoria Hospital, London. Thanks also to Doctors, nurses, Rev. Lewis and Rev. S. MacDonald. Annie Shepherd.-36b PUGH—I would like to thank all those who visited me , sent cards, flowers and treats while a patient in the Clinton Hospital. Special thanks to Dr. Parsons, and Dr, Newland and all the nurses and staff on the first floor. Percy Pugh.-36b Provincial enumerators will ''Visit all households in Ontario -during September to conduct the annual. municipal enumeration, Revenue Minister Arthur Meen has reminded citizens. "Annual municipal enumeration is quite different from the enumerations conduc- ted in preparation for federal and provincial elections," Mr. Meen explained. "Special voters' lists are required since eligibility to vote is different at the municipal level," The right to vote in federal and provincial elections is based upon citizenship, age and BY MRS. 11.1F, BERRY Congratulations are in order for Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Wilson on the occasion of their 60th wedding anniversary on Sun- day, September 1st. The family held a dinner at Brucefield United Church on Saturday and open house on Sunday with many guests calling to wish them many more anniver- saries, Mrs. Haugh is a patient in Seaforth Hospital,- Mr. and Mrs. William Pepper spent a day last week with Mrs. Pepper's sister at Harriston. Mr. Douglas McBeath spent a few days with his mother, Mrs. Pearl McBeath, Mr. Wesley Ham visited last weekend with his mother, Mrs. Ham and with Miss M.E, Swan. Mr, and Mrs. Raye Mason, Mrs. Stewart Knox, Sarnia, were guests on the weekend for the anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Wilson. Mrs. S. Neal, London, visited on the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. M. Wilson. . Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Elliott, London, Mrs. T.A. Dutton, Miss K. Elliott, Clinton atten- ded the wedding of their cousin, Miss Jennifer Elliott, Newmarket, and also visited with Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence miley,aErin. . residency,. The right to vote in a municipal ejection is more tenslve since it allows a lion- resident who is at least 18 years old and a Canadian. citizen or British subject to vote, it' that person owns or rents property in the municipality. The spouse of such a non-resident is also en- titled to vote in that municipality, "However," Mr. Meen poin, ted out, "We require more data than voter eligibility. The enumerators must record the names, ages, property status (either owner or tenant) public or separate school support and Mr. Wilfred Ross received word that his brother-in-law, Mr. Ed Shrunk, Port Credit passed away suddenly while cutting the lawn. Mrs. George Henderson, Mr. and Mrs. John Henderson visited a few days with their daughter, Mrs. George West- cutt, Michigan. Mrs, George Henderson, and Mrs, William Holland attended the funeral of a friend, Mr. Hicks, Owen Sound. Mr. and Mrs, Hans Lep- pington and family of Brucefield had a surprise party on the occasion of Mrs. Lep- pington's parents' 25th wed- ding anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. Benson Good of Carmine on Sept. 1. Mr, and Mrs. Harold Good and Mr. and Mrs. Verne Willis, parents of the anniversary couple, were in attendance. Mr. and Mrs. Kirkconnell and family, Mr. and Mrs. Fred White, Mrs, John Overholt and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Gilders and family, Mr. and Mrs. William Melick and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Morris and family, all of Goderich, also attended. Mr, Wayne Willis from Toronto and Mr. and Mrs. Werner Bross and family from Vanastra also attended. residency of all members of each household." This information is required for five purposes: The preparation of voters' lists for local elections to be held December 2; the division of the education portion of property taxes between the public and separate school boards; the distribution of provincial grants to local governments to help reduce local tax bills; the preparation of jurors' lists; the determination of local population statistics to assist in municipal and provincial plan, ning. "Consequently, we cannot use the information collected prior to the recent federal elec- tion or any other election," Mr. Meen observed. "With most of Ontario holding municipal elec- tions on Monday, December 2, we hope this will create greater interest and voter turnout in elections for councils, school boards and public utility com- missions." Council members and trustees will hold office for a two-year term. The only municipalities not holding council elections on December 2 (Due to recent local government reorganizations) are those in Oxford County and in the Regional Municipalities of Hamilton-Wentworth, Haldimand-Norfolk, Peel, Halton, and Durham, the Townships of Goulbourn, Rideau and West Carleton in the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton, and the town of Wasaga Beach in the County of Simcoe. However, households in these areas will still be enumerated to collect information for the other pur- poses mentioned previously arid, in some cases, for the pur- pose of school board elections, About 11,000 enumerators have been trained to conduct this year's program. These enumerators carry Ministry of Revenue identification cards And large blue binders _con- taining enumeration forms. Mr, Meen noted that the Enumeration takes no more than a few minutes of the local resident's time and should be conducted at the door. "It is not necessary to admit the enumerator to your home," he added, The enumerators will have a preprinted notice of everyone currently on record in the household. "If the resident agrees that the information is correct and complete, he signs the enumerator's record and keeps a copy of the notice," Mr. Meen said, If changes are required as, for example, an addition to the family or new occupancy, a change in school support or the attainment of voting age, then the enumeration notice is corrected on the spot. The responding adult verifies the changes and a revised notice will be mailed to the household by the assessment office. If there is no one at home when the enumerator calls, the notice will be left with instruc- tions for checking and revising it. Non-resident owners or tenants will receive their enumeration notices and relevant instructions in the mail. Mr. Meen said that 2.4 million pamphlets have been sent to householders to alert residents to the September enumeration. News of Brucefield Retiring chief librarian of the Huron County Public Library, Miss Ethel Dewar, glances over the literature accumulated through her efforts in acquiring a Canadiana section in the library. Miss Dewar has reached the end of her formal em- ployment as a professional librarian and describes her term in Huron County as the best of her career. (staff photo) Huron County Librarian retires after four years of service The chief librarian for the Huron County Library retired at the end of August af- ter four years of faithful service and there is a possibility that a large number of people In the ounty did not know who she as or what her job entailed. Miss Ethel Dewar had the eins of the library handed to er in 1970 and since then has teered it through a complete hange in distribution system and has planned and initiated the library's new headquarters on Lighthouse Street. Shy and humble, Miss Dewar is what most people imagine a librarian to be and yet there is evidence everywhere that she 18 capable of planning, organizing and putting in motion her ideas of what changes are necessary to give residents of Huron County good library service. Her first job in a library was in her hometown of Belleville where she sold books for 25 .':ents an hour, During this period she was in training to ldd a Library Degree to the Bachelor of Arts Degree she eceived in university, After ;ompleting library School she was promoted to Children's Librarian at the Belleville Public Library and then moved In the chief librarian. She has devoted her life's work to library work and has seen very successful in the idd. She has served as chief ibrarian in Cornwall, Victoria Jourity and Oakville Public Abrades and just prior to timing to the Huron County stern had set up a resource centre library for the Lambton Kent Composite School in Dresden. Miss Dewar's arrival in Huron County was timed with the retirement of the book- mobile that had carried over 1,000 books to readers throughout the county since 1947. The rolling library, reputedly one of the first of its kind in Canada and dubbed "Miss Huron", was replaced by a station wagon delivery van and a new distribution system. The new system required .books to be selected at headquarters and sent out to the various branches rather than a quantity sent out to be selected locally. Add to this the planning of the new headquar- ters and the move from the basement of the Court House to Lighthouse Street and it is ob- vious that Miss Dewar's talents would be put to the test. Improving the book titles in stock in the libraries is a con.. stant challenge and Miss Dewar has systematically weeded out the worn out holdings and replaced them with popular literature and up to date reference material, The library serves 1,295 miles And over 50,000 people, largely rural. There are five town branches in Goderich, Clinton, Seaforth, Wingham and 8xeter. There are five ,village libraries and 14 deposit stations located in halls, homes or separate small qUartets and are open from three to eight hours pet week, Headquarters for this net- `work of book lending is on Lighthouse Street in Goderich and the planning for the small office has achieved maximum use for the relatively limited space. It is here that Miss Dewar's talent and experience has blossomed, The headquarters on Lighthouse Street is staffed by six people, Chief Librarian, a Library Technician, a secretary and three library assistants, The purpose of the centre is to control the flow of the nearly 200,000 books owned by the county. These books are con- stantly being moved from one branch to another through the headquarters and all new publications purchased are processed here, A system of sliding shelves purchased at Miss Dewar's request allows for maximun. use of floor space. The shelves are mounted on rollers and can be moved across the room so that there is only one aisle in use at any given time. Miss Dewar has scoured the book catalogues since her arrival here and has• put together an extensive history of the county that she calls her Canediana section, The literature covers all facets of life in the county including far- ming books from the last cen- Wry. The headquarters also serves as a resource centre since no one branch has adequate staff or resources to handle the job, If a reader wishes 'to borrow a book that the county library does not haves they can int, mediately contact the Kit- chener Public Library. If that library does not have the book, then the Regional office would be telexed and they, in turn, could draw on the national resources in Ottawa. The book could be located and sent out to Goderich. These efforts of Miss Dewar and her staff to modernize the library system have proven to be extremely successful and the chief librarian is more than satisfied with her final efforts in the field, She regards her work in Goderich as "a mar- vellous experience," "Working here," she said, "has been the happiest period of my professional life. I can only thank the people for the happiness. They are so warm and friendly and the office staff here is second to none." Miss Dewar will be leaving her Bayfield home to return to Belleville, She summered in Bayfield for three years prior to joining the county staff and consequently was familiar with life in Huron, She loves the lit- tle village dearly and has a great number of friends there that she hopes to come and visit regularly, Her retirement gift from the library board was a Jack McLaren painting of the Bayfield pier. She says she will treasure the painting always. She leaves the county in Sep- tember hut she feels her new lodgings in Belleville are rather unique. "My new home is Only two blocks from the 'Belleville Public Library where my career bega ti." Carolyn Jane, left, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Scot- chmer of Chatham won the over six month class at the baby show at the Bayfield Fair. Kyle Alexander, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ian MacKay of Don Mills was second. Dr. Bruce of Bayfield was the judge. (photo by Milvena Erickson)