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FlrcDeslro Pearce cadence The large summer home of Claude Pearce wai totally destroy cd by fire in the early hours of Tuesday morning When the fire was lint noticed it was through the roof and the reflection on the sky could be seen at Strand The fire equipment arrived and was successfulionly in blocking out the fire after the building and contents Awcre completely de rstroyed Mr Pearce former alderman in Toronto had been resident of the summer area of Belle Ewart for about 30 years is wellknown for his personal in terests in the welfarc of the local xesidentsaadi also ih affairs of community interest lie had chen up just prior to Christmas and had brought with him car load of dressedturkeys and other gifts which he had distributed among local friends Since the death of the late Mrs Pearce much of his personal be longings had boon moved to the cottage Mr Pearce had been making that his home for the long season He is thought to have left for Miami Beach recently where he has another home for the winter Onc ofhis hobbies was his flogler gardeh and lawns The whole propertywas mass of garden blooms the entire sum mer and those were personally at tended to by himself The the searched one tree which is close to the dwelling Had the wind not been west and favorable there might have been more thanone Qhomedestroycd The paint on the cottage immediately north was badly blistered Cause Uhkriown That the fire did not start from any electrical short circuit has been definitely establisheda The main switch was disconnected cuttingiail electrical equipment dead at the entrance Therefore othe fire must have started from some cause other than the usually blamed electricalrwiringr Mr Pearce was not known to have been at the cottage since before Christinas and no one else who had authority to have been there has been located There wasan oil space heater in he living room but even had this been left on low it would have burned itself out before the fire at this date Unless someone had been inside and deliberately started fire or been using the fireplace or other equipment no other cause can be suggested Feel Cor Patrol Not Sufficient The system of patrolling the district from the police car is felt by many of the residents not to he asnfficient When the oottagers paid for shore patrol the men hired used to go on4ootand ex amine every cottage They would soon discover tracks or other signs that some unauthorized per son had been around They wouldfifnd open windows and shutters removed and quickly have them closer Speaking for group Harold dheppald stated that it wasthe inion of the members of the iuusru By 65 additional equipment and water supply in theifost growing areas At Paimicl creel could be used with water ramto push water to tank somewhere near the lumber yard and most of the homes chroy has creek also and many flowing wells that could be used to feed storage system The fire truck well manned should be in thenrea and with all equipment on call quickly catastrophe could be averted Registrars Office Is Expanded We had occasion to use the County Registration office this pastwcek and were greatlysue prised to see changes that have taken place there in order to keep up with theexpanding amountof transnctions that pass through the office annually The report for this will be among the matters that will be placed before the County Council liowever we felt that the inside changes that have been made arc worthy of mentionr immediately as one enters the front door instead of passage way which had openings to two offices counter is now across just back of the doors to the side offices At this counter one passes his papers over to have attended to whatever is required However if lawyer or individ uai desires to look up rec0rds the large office formerly occupied by the registrarihas been taken over as place where thiswork may be taken to tables and chairs Also on the west side the counter which was previously inside the main office has been moved so that from the room mentioned above the public may get to this counter and have his book of re4 cordsplaced there for examina tion 0n the east side of the main doorway the small office is now occupied by Mr Kneeshaw the registrar who also has the microfilm reader and tile mn chlne in the corner of his office All Records Micro Filmed instead of the photostat ma install in the basement and re quired expensive films and oper ation microfilm machine is now in use This machine which films the documents on rolls of 190 each roll ata costof about can he used right in the of co girl passes the papers over the machine and touch ofa foot pedal does the work for aech page when the roll is completed it is numbered and processed then filed in drawers if desired thesefilms could be done in dup film and even with the photo they had as highns $6000 per month credit account which made chine which cost about $6000 to as ll eutlun sr JbfiNSNfld cmwen dlands on private detective to claims hed like atry It solving camel wfoundland most haff iloguus alterlee retired from the Newfoundland Constabulary last yen bccansc of heart attack has SEVENTEENYhnnOhi Aunasnmrcnatc poses for thts outofsenson picture in Brgndon enveloped Western Canada ManA warm spell As Eastern Canada shivered Western Canada basked in weather that boosted thermome ter readings wellabové normal Edmontonrcochedn rec 461 ohDec26 visethbridge had 43 above NewYears my after reaching 53 at Christmas Year temperatures ranged from 40 to 50 degrees In BritishColumbtnNew The mer cury in Brandon as Audrey myth the snow wasp mildfio licate and copie placed in some other storageso that destruction of wthe Earrlc buildin would leave them intoct About 1000 of these rolls of film can be stored in adrawcr not larger than that of kitchen cabinet Previous to the of slatsystem thestorage was con siderably larger Thereadcr machine whenvthe film is placed on it showsa full page document as readableins the original The affairs at the registrar of fice are now being handled on cash basis All transactions are paid for at the time and lawyers are required to have payment ready when the tronsactionfor work is completed Previously on additionalamounLof work to look after sample of the costs of this work is that deed amounting to less in the amount of sale than $500 has tax and registration fee of $5 with trans actions these daysinthe many thousands citrisjeasy 10 vtmaginc the amount of turnover that the annual transactions will amount to in theCounty Registration of ficc Ling home alone had ndt the invit ation come we learned that the New Years Story One of the bestblew cars stories that hasVreachedus this l857 happened rightin ourown locality Dotvnat the foot of the 8th line and lhé lakeshoro area there is as growingeommum ityIcallcd Aleona Bca fThey have new tworoomcd school therennd this soon will not be large enough Homes are being built and cottages are being changed to winter residences and new people are coming and going Morris llfartln Ill excavation contractor and his lovely wife have been residents there long beforethey ever thought it would be rcsidentialcoinmunity They are the leadership type of couple who just love to help others en joy themselves Realizing that there must be some around themwho would not have any placeto goon New rs Eve Morris made can vass and invitedall the couples he found to come to their home Some of these he had never met before in the meantime Mrs Mart was busy getting cheese biscuits and other tidbits that would go to malicheats When gotunderw it was In conversat with one of thesewho would havegbeen siti success and that thoroughly enjoyed they did It associationthat there should be more supervision of the police and insistence that they patrol on fact all cottage areas Tlf tbeyarsnot instructed to they will not walk he stated At the time this fire com menced the township police car withtwomen was within smile of the fireysaid to have been Watching cottage in that neigh borhood Ne Equipment in red This fire showed the need of fire truck being located in the area around Belle Ewart The lapse of time which is required to get equipment from Stroud is too ongto do more than prevent firefrom spreadin The Boardrof Underwriters al low deduct of 10 on res idential prop if located with in fhreemiles of an approved fire tation Mihe cost would more than be repaid by this reduction aloneto rayonothing of thelsaving in pro perty hy equipment being quickly could be placed at Lefroy wart and larger type got for he horthendwhere the runs longerand include more hills laces along the lake water from there but no water closethe ws must dependzon the water pplemented terns in the villages so ire getsbeyoiid volume of water can th the township was amped Wehavefgonerglgng ne tilt the good work It piece ofequlpment tguck req ed to have additional equio iVery amall New Mpffat od type baking elements assure ideal heatlflow Drawer Re NOW ONLY for better results ALI New Aaitgmafic oven éfukini rim pp iance Du et ht Oven Full Width guitar travelling back the province 14 secrecy and Lhave 25 years service Now ccling In the nk and hhck ia harness sprint operative forth zeros fld rather not tell ybn about the ti work on says infr My clients pledge mcto to respect that Bnt sayshcd like to try his hand at Corner Brook CISQ which has baffled the authorities The body of Genevieve Whllfen l5yearold waitress was found floating in the Humbchfirm there in anuary 1955 The mystery of hcrldcath has never been solved know it wouldba acold trailL Mr Lee says butlhen you never know has opened friendship forthem allvthat will make thclrNew Years Eve party something to remembcr and that wont be headache We salute the Martins They are needed everywhere Relief Officer in mention of the innisfil ite lief Officer the word Mrs prefixed to the nameof Gordon Mason in Our Christmas greeting story Mrs Gordon Masonhasno connection with the work other than being the wife of the 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