The Seaforth News, 1934-12-13, Page 3THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1934
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
PAGE' THREE.
son Joshua Moi'nertux.
(Another ;paper of concent was from
the younger element of the village,
and pertaius to sport. It throws a
sidelight on the wteys and means of
providing a day of sport for the
'Queen's Birthday.
'We, the young men of the Village
of II'anp'urh'ey and :vicinity have re-
solved to celebrate the approaching
anniversary, •of the bieth of Her
Most Gracious retaljesty as becometh
loyal and well affected subjects: -
But although lour loyalty isaup to
Ithe mark .our finances are dawn to
zero. Therefore we 'feel ourselves
under the necessity of ap'pe'aling to.
ehose who really are in possession of.
the dimes to contribute liberally to-
ward the good cause.
The money .collected shall be for
,the purpose of rewarding the success-
ful cohmestitors in the .athletic games
Iso be celebrated in tthe Village - 03
iHarpurhey on the day above named.
1We .cordially invite the public at
large to come on that day and witness
our performance, being positiveily
sure that they will find it advantage-
ous in these dull times to shorten the
length of their faces at least a quarter
of a yard and make themselves merry
!Lor one day in the year.
We have appointed Angus McDcr-
mid our secretary and treasurer and
!au'thorized him to solicit sttbscrip-
dion's in our naives and return thanks
for the same,
'Ladies and gentlemen,
your loyalty will be the
your su'becreptions.
IGod Save the Queen.
iHarpurhey, Lath May, 114'515:
An invitation to e dance was writ-
ten in the following ways
Thomas Knox's,
,Harpurhey Hotel,
Tlarpurhey.
"The honor of the Company of
Mr. end Ladies, is res-
pectfully requested at a Ball to be
given an the occasion of the opening
f
the Harpurhey Railway Station on
slay, Dec, ,1101h, 15518. Tickets $-----
each.
$-each. Dancing to commence at --
p.m, precisely. Music by
There are persons whose locks long
since were frosted white, who still
eenieneber the stirring days of Har-
purhey. Nevertheless, we opine that
nobody could he found who took part
in the Presbyterian Chards concert
referred to in 1659; believe that there
is no one living who signed the peti-
tion sent to parliament in session;
wonder if there is a single athlete still
alive who contested in the celebra-
tion of the Queen's Birthday in 1185$;,
doubt if anyone still recalls having
danced a reel in Icahox's Hotel in
honor of the opening of the ,I-Iarpur-
.410 ey flag station.
Most of the personas of that day
and generation have long since re-
turned to dust. The homes and places
of business, the church and the
school, all located at the curve in the
road or not far there from, long ago
were things of the past.
As connecting licks with that far-
away time, we realize that there is
still the whistle of an engine in pass-
ing; still the song of birds in glee.
[In season there is still the green of
leaves on the ,trees and the freshness
the test of
amount of
IV
of grass in the fields.
There is still a part o'f the build-
iteg Mc1Derrnid eall'ed home; end there
is still'the bend in the road.
MUNICIPAL EL•ECTLONS
Mayors Elected
Brantford -M. A. Cokltrhouas.
Galt -'A. W, 'Mercer.
!Guelph -HI -leery Mahoney,.
Hamilton-IHenbent Wilton,
London -IG. A. 'Wlenige':
54. Thomas -IA. W. Johnston.
.Sarnia -IL L. 13.eda'rd.
Stratford -O. 5. Kerr,
Winughem-'J. W. 'Hanna.
Windsor-IGeerge 13ennett.
Woodstock -•'W. J. MactArehur.
Reeves Elected
eAeh1fneld-M. Matheson.
(Ellice -!Leo Stock.
Exeter -Tho MRS Pryde.
Goderich Twp. -Wilmot 1Haacke,
Hensall-W. J. Jones,
Listowel -IJ. F. Vandrick.
Parkhill -M, M. Pennington.
]Wingham--IF. L. Davidson.
Walkerton-iJ'ohn Clancy.
•Wingharn
In the municipal elections on Mon -
lay, Dec. 3rd, Mayor J. W. Hanna
was re-elected by a majority of 48'3
over Councilor G. L. Baker. 'Reeve
r. L. Davidson was re-elected with a
majority of 19, over Thomas fens and
Commissioner \V. 'H.,Gurney was re-
elected also with 19 of a majority.
This was a record vote, the total vote
cast being 929.
Bayfield
'Village trustees elected Harold
Brandon 1101 votes; Donald Murray
91 and Leslie Elliott, 76. Defeated
candidates were Murdock Ross 74
votes, and Samuel ,Houston 55.
Exeter
So 'crowded were the polling booths
in the afternoon that extra space had
to be provided. At one booth so many
voters were admitted just before five
o'clock that voting was not completed
until an hour later, .At another, the
regular ballot box had to be supple-
mented with a large cardboard box
!which was also filled. Out of 300 vot-
ers at poll No. 2 only two were ebsehtt,
!For reeve, T'obnhas Pryde 571; W.
da, Sanders, 2716; majority for Pryde,
1295. Council -Tames Morley 556; Wr.
!G. Roulston 4105, W. Rivers, 4104; W.
Fern, 21717. Public utilities, Luther
Penhale, 4154; Paul Coates, last year's
member, 3152. For board of education,
three new members -,A. 0. Elliott,
5720; J. M. South'cott, 477. C. V, Pick-
ard 41011, 'Mrs. 'Roxie 'Beaver's, last
year's member 318111.
Ashfield
!Reeve, :Murdock Matheson; deputy
reeve, Samuel Sherwood; council -
Arthur Culbert, Gilbert Frayne, ;flex.
MclD'onald. Ml three councilors are
new ashen. This is Mr. Matheson's
third term as reeve anis Samuel Sher-
wood has served several years as a
councilor.
Goderich Township
1\Vil'anot Haalcke was re-elected for
a. fourth term by a majority of nearly
300 over Frank Powell, There was .na
contest for council, Oliver Jervis, Her-
bert Cox, Ben .Rathsvell, Harry Corey.
Grey Township
(Henry A. Keys was elected reeve of
-Grey Township by a majority of 1123
over John McNabb, former reeve,
Oliver Hemingway was elected dep-
trty reeve by 'a majority of 111216 over
1Si.lae Johnston, Thotiias C. Wilson,
Walter 'Broadfoot, T'hom'as Dougher-
rty were elected councilors.
Election Notes
(Four centres voted agaieat permit-
ting sale of beer within their bound-
aries, Petroli•a, Stra'throy, Chealey,
Iilarrow. At Brantford Mayor M. M.
:MadBricle, M.LaA.-elect, many times
mayor and a veteran campaigner, was
defeated by Got. M. A. CoIquhoun.
tAt Windsor George !Bennett, labor re-
presentative on the Windsor council,
will be the new mayor, succeeding
q:Ion, David A. Croll, Ontario minis-
ter of welfare and municipal affairs,
'Who did not run. Mayor O. J. Kerr
defeated AId. A. Pbrtridge in Strat-
ford. Ald. IR. G Murdie, former resid-
ent of MclKillop, was re-elected in
Stratford. Kitchener chose their may-
or by acclamation last week. .
Olean Nests, Clean Eggs
'It takes less time to place clean
Craw in the nests than it takes to
clean eggs. Some eggs will become
dirty in spite of the best of care, but
the egg cleaning work is greatly re-
duced le be nests are 'cleaned at egg
gathering tine when dirt is noticed
and a little clean straw is added once
or; twice each week. This is a good
early morning job before the hens
start using the nests. If you have
no straw stack, keep a bale of straw
in each laying house so that a meas-
ure of loose straw can be worked up
and added' by handfuls to any nests
where the boards are becoming bare
or the straw is soiled.
A Remarkable Holstein
IA 113 -year-old Holstein cow that
on November 23rd gave birth to her
113th lively calf, and that has in her
lifetime produced 107.,715(1 Bounds 0f
mill: and 4,3915 pounds of butter, is
something worth while to talk about
and much more worth while to see,
This is the record of Colantha
Toitilla 0. A. C. 1,1,11539 GM., a cow
bred at the 0.A.C., Guelph, and still
in the college herd along with seven
of her otvn daughters. Three times she
has borne twins and seven times,
single calves.
Colantha Toitilla represents several
generations of college breeding: Her
,ire, Sir Paul Colanthus, was former
sherd sire at the 0.1:\.C. and was a.
double grandson of the famous found-
ation cow, Pauline Colantha Posch.
Her dam was a college bract cow,
'Toitilla Rue IIT., with a four-year-old
record of 1(3,12513 pounds of milk and
354 pounds of butter fat, and was sir-
ed by Johanna Rue IVs Lad.
This cow is a splendid example of
a combination of production and re-
production. She and her offspring will
COUNTY COUNCIL MEETS
10Continyhect from last week,)
A 'letter from the escretary of Hu-
ron County Children's Aid Society
expressing the society's appreciation
of the matron, Mrs, Oliver and the
superintendent, F. T. Edwards, was
received and filed.
IA Letter from the inspector o4 pri-
sons re inspection of Harron County
gaol giving a detailed account of
daily expenditures and conditions 91-95
placed on file as was a report o:f the
gaoler, J. B. Reynolds.
A report of the advisory agricult-
ural committee by the chairan'an,
IReeve Cardiff, was read and adopted.
,The only account to receive discus-
sion was one of •Clinton, Hospital for
a sum of money for the treatment of
IDeisy 'Shaw of London. Miss Shaw,
who has been in the limelight for
&orale time in magistrate court thews,
left a hill unpaid at Clinton and the•
question remains who is' to pay the
bill -the city of London, Huron Co.
or Daisy.
J. M. Goveulock, inspector of the
!Molise of Refuge, addressed the coun-
cil as to conditions -at the House of
!Refuge. Mr. G'ovenlock paid tribute to
the management for their excellent
work at the home. He referred to the
satisfaction they were getting from
the stoker, which had been installed
sand to the economy effected. He stat-
ed. that twelve more ;mattresses would
have to be purchased this year. The
building is well ventilated and kept in
!first class condition, said Mr, Goven-
lock.
[Inquiries: Mr. Bowman referred to
the recent proposed change in the
handling of 0'16 _Age !Pensions. :He
enquired whether .the county council
wished to pass a resolution to retain
the local pension board and he was
advised by the warden to hand in a
resolution and i twould be dealt with.
'Several members entered into this
discussion and all agreed that the Hu-
ron County Pbiisions'Board, `especial-
ly- lir. Bowman, were very efficient.
Motions: Moved by Reeves Bow-
man and Sveitcer that the members
of Huron county council regret the
absence of Harvey Erskine, capable
treasurer, through illness and that a
letter of sympathy be sent to him.
The motion carried.
Moved by Reeves Bowman and
Sweitaer that the clerk prepare ht re-
solution to he forwarded to the ...Min-
ister of Public ,Welfare that the coun-
cil is not in favor of doing away with.
the local ince a aall,g committee on
pensions and a copy be forwarded to
the members from Huron. This mo-
tion w -as referred to the legislative
cunnnittee,
The meeting then adjourned until
9,30 a.m., Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY
The question of whether a county
employee can get married if the
county council does not 'authorize
the expenditure" arose at ' Wednes-
day afternoon's session, after the
leading of the House of ,Refuge com-
mittee report.
IGeogre Mc'Nall, jovial reeve of
Blyth, always ready to lighten the
grave and somewhat heated: atmos-
phere of the council session, pointed
out a certain clause in the 1 -louse of
Refuge report which read:."A co.in-
nhittee of two members, namely
,Elliott and Jas. Leiper, were appoint-
ed to purchase a suitable gift for th
assistant matron, who is to be mar
' ried in the near future, providing th
be much in evidence in the denhonstra
.tions during the agricultural confer
ence and short course at the 'college
:January 2tihd to 1111th, when scores cr
Ontario's best young farmers will con
cane to discuss their problems and t
enjoy ten days of real college life.
IA letter from Andrew Doig of
V/Troseter was read in 'which he ap-
plied for the Position of operator of
a county road scraper dor 149315, The
letter was refenred Co the Good
Roads comanittee.
Reeve (Eckert inquired from. the
county treasurer whether the county
.was liable for 20 per cent of the pro
vin'cia'l highway account for :October,
November and December, 1034, The.
treasurer stated that he :had no defin-
ite instructions, only that he saw by
the poses that the county would have
to pay.
IDsputy-Reeve Turner inquired- if
the council would be prepared to
purchase the paint for redecorating
the barristers' room, This was dealt
with when notions for the afternoon
were brought in.
(Reeve Scott read a letter frons .the
mo'ther'•s allowance commission ap-
pointing J. M. (Roberts to the local
'board and a letter concerning sante
.from 51r. Cooper of Clinton, the sec-
retary of the Huron board.
The report of the 'Criminal. Audit
Board react as follows: The accounts.
which have been presented to this
Committee during the current year
have been Prost carefully checked. In
some cases error sin calculation have
been discovered and have been cor-
rected accordingly. 'In some cases ac-
counts have been disallowed,
!During the present year we will
have recovered from th-e Provincial
!Government about $300 that had been
overlooked in the past. This was due
to Hydro bills at the gaol not being
sent in from the 'Criminal Audit, bills
covering a period from May !1, 1032
to ''Dec, 311, 1933; also to a coal ac-
count at the gaol that had not been
included with the Criminal Audit
accounts in 30132.
Committee for the Selection of
,Purer'; tt is believed that the mem-
bers of this committee could perform
their dutics of the selecting c,1 jurors
within a period of four :MUM- Thn
normal practice has been to meet for
perhaps ae hour per day for eight
days at the rate of $ per day. This
practice is not conducive to economy
and the result is a cost to the Count;
of probably twice what it 5110016 be.
'Re Auditing of Criminal accounts;
We believe that the auditing of the
Criminal ,Audit Accounts could be
accomplished in a period of - three
days, provided such accounts are in
proper order for presentation on the
dates set for such audits. We have
found that almost inevitably these
audits alive been prolonged by the
bills not being presented to the audi-
tors in good shape.
This report was re -read clause by
clause and adopted subliject to the
following .motion which was carried.
Moved by Reeves (Bowman and
Sweitzer that if a County 'Constable
is needed, that the nearest County
Constable be sent by Provincial Con-
stable McCoy or by the crown attorn-
ey and the county pay the usual fee,
since they get the fines.
Mored by 'Reeves 'Eckert and Jones
that the municipal auditors pay coun-
ty constables according to the rules
and regulations of Ontario statutes.
THURSDAY
Huron County 'Council en Thurs-
day decided to request the Ontario
Department of Highways not to clear
the Ki;i:g's Highways in Huron of
show- this coming winter, but to leave
at ,east six incites of snow on the
roads. A resolution to this efeet
pobns out that when the roads are
here a hardship is imposed on persons
living adjacent to then who wish t'
use .sleighs. .A request will be made,
however. to keep the roads open.
On motion of Reeves Cardiff and
'Ec:kart a committee will be 'named to
investigate the situation with regard
to county constables, this committee
to take its findings before the County
Judge and report back to the Coun-
cil. Members of the committee are
Reeves Cardiff Bowman and McNabb.
The treasurer was granted author-
ity to transfer from the general ac-
count all monies belonging to the
County honkie to that account. A mo-
tion that the chairman of the Proper-
ty committee be granted authority to
purchase paint for the barristers'
room, providing the caretaker will
agree to supply the paint, -was refer-
red to the Property committee.
'Council went on record as strong-
ly disapproving of the time wasted
and the uncalled for expenditure in
selecting jurors and decided to send
a resolution to the Provincial' gov-
ernment asking that the statutes be
changed. A. motion making the op-
ening of the clerk's and treasurer's of-
fires on'Saturday afternoons optional
was approved. The hours on Satur-
days will lion' be from 10- a.m. to 1
pen. A motion to have the county
take over the town line between. Hur-
on and Middlesex as a county road
was referred to the Roads committee.
County Engineer's Report
County Engineer Patterson, inform-
ed the Council that since 'is10y 16,
when notice was received of the'ap-
prhval of the application to carry out
works - under the relief measure, ,411
the expenditures ' practicable have
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e
0
`'I heard you had a luucl-speaker
to dispose of ?"
"Yes, and you cam -have her another
as well," - -
council authorizes the expenditure."
. Mr. Slcl\Tall wanted to know that
in case the council would not author-
ize the expenditure, could the assist-
ant matron be :married.
All members being present. the
minute. of the morning session were
read and adopted.
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been mode under that Act. A type df
work was adopted on which a" maai-
mum number of men could be em-
ployed to best advantage, such as hill
cutting, grading and draining," and
while the costs were somewhat great
er than by using other .methods, a
great Ileal of work was done, and the -
res•ults were gratifying. Due to the
extra grants being given by the Do-
anhvion, the County -has been able to
spend about $30,000 more than under.
normal conditions.
!Among the works carried out,
there was completed 115 miles of gra-
ding; 112,18 miles of tile drains were
installed; a number of culverts con-
structed; six hill -cutting operations;
3 miles of road mix 'bitunhinous sur-
faces; 195,000 cu, yd. of:crushed gravel
placed; as well as all other general.
work. The number of men on the
'payrolls were as follows, lel ay -,t ;
dune' -@'39; July -4318; August -418;
September -4141; 10ctober-=li717.
tA.t the end of October, when most
of the works had been completed,
there had been expended on the
grading, draining and culverts- of the
principal jobs, as follows:
!Road No. 4 Stephen west, $4,43&32e
lNo. '114 McKillop and Logan, $906,1513;
INo, Al'Grey and Howick, $12,118.712;
No, 21 Morris and Turnberry $7,974.-
61;
7,97'4.61; No. 33 As!hlfield, ,0601512; No. 25
East Wawanosh and Hullett $'2,242-
318; No. 217- Aelefield and West Wawa -
nosh $;1,!3051116; No. 312, 'Tsckersnlith,
$71112.051 No. 315 Goderich T'ow'n-
ship $3,989.90; 170, 211' East Wawa -
nosh and Turnberry $1.,11160:74.
Old Age Pensions Board
trhe report of the Oicl Age Pen-
sions Board was presented by the
chairman, R. J. ,Bowman. Since the
June session showed that the num-
ber of applications granted was 53;
applications recommended, 511; ap-
plications not recommended. 114; ap-
plications deferred, 111; increase :m
pensiahle recommended, 11; increase,
in pensions granted, 115; reductions in
pensions recommended, 5; reduction-
in pensions authorized, 4; notices se:
deaths and those transferred to mite -
localities, 34; request for reinstate-
ment, 1 applications for pensions re-•
fused, 5. The amount paid Board co-
vering cost of meetings w•a5 $303.20.
Total amount paid for old age pen-
sions within the period was $7,067,28.
pensioners on the payroll at the June
session was 683; pensions granted, 53-.
Pensioner's since taken off the roll, 34;
pensioners on payroll at the present
time, 702,
The report of Treasurer 'Erskine
showed receipts in the general ac-
count, $11140,402,12l$; expenditures $107,-
9,08a60. County highways, receipts.,
$4Z91166,111; disbursements, $130,
51115.0.4,
Appoint County Constable
(Huron County Council on Thurs-
day adopted a report of a special
committee investigating the "county
constables' situation," recommending
the appointment of John Ferguson,
chief constable of Blyth, as county
constable to enforce the Liquor Con-
trol Asa. air, 'Ferguson will remove
to Goderich and will be active assist-
ant to Provincial Constable McC'v3-,
replacing Constable Thomas Gundte
a veteran in the service. A salary of
34)0 is attached to the post, but the
yearly fees are in the heigh•borhood
of $1,000; The committee reported
that it had no 'hope of securing a sec-
ond provincial aificer for Hero.
„rutty.
c.\ccor11mg to tike committee report
Mr. Gundry is well over seventy years
of age and has other occupations and
the committee was of the opinion that
a younger man who wit'. be a fulls
time constable is required as a com-
petent assistant to Provincial Con-
stable 'P, E. McCoy.
!Crown Attorney D. E. Holmes sash.
that Mr. Gundry's name should not
be struck off the list unless on a
charge of misconduct before the
judge, The question was raised if a
man could not be retired frons his
position as a result of his age. Reeve
Bowman said that Constable McCoy
needed the help of a young men.
Children's 'Shelter
. wd's, superintendent,
pres(HenteT.d a
Edrepoarrt of the Children's
Shelter activities for the year. He
spoke of the difficulty of locating
honkies for small children, most peo-
ple wishing to adopt or act as foster
parents to children who are of .an age
that they: can act as helpers in the
home,
\l'r. Edwards regretted to say that
the number of cases of unmarried
parents showed a decided increase
over last year. The cacti of the two.
year-old girl brought to the attention,
of the council on. Wednesday by
Reeve Davidson of \Vinglham way
discussed and the natter handed over
to lir. Edwards to deal with. The
tarts of this case are fully understood
't1 Mr. Edwards.
Reeve Scott replying to the rep'er•
said he woulcl be glad if some mnca1'
.could 'be found whereby some of tees
evils before young peo_ele Bouts '
eradicated,
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