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ii'iiii'ijik0o COUNTY COUNCIL PRESENTS ESTIMATES FOR YEAR To Make The Lincoln County Council at its April session dealt with various mat- ters including estimates for the year. The following reports of committees were presented and adopted: , The Starling Menace Moved by Mr. Copeland, Seconded) by Mr. Irvine, that this Council ii:) commend to all residents the use otl, the small net boxes as a means to) some extent at least in eradicating the Starling menace as suggested by Pro- fessor LeDrew and that the Chairman of Agriculture interview our Agricul- tural Representative, Mr. Neff, with the view in mind of having him give this resolution all the publicity possi- ble and that a copy of this resolution 156, forwarded to the Department of agriculture and also to the O. A. C. at Gue1ph.-Carried. Indusfalal’ Home , T "tc,' "’ . . in of Management be authorized to make an expenditure not to exceed $250.00 on the construction of a Manure Pit for the Barn at the Industrial Home. That the Superintendent and Matron and the Board of Management attend the_Association of Managers of Homes for the Aged and Infirm at Toronto on June 26th, 27th and 28th, 1934, and that their expenses be paid. Agriculture f ; ‘ That the sum of Fifty dollars/be given to each Agricultural Society within the County, including the Thor- old and Grantham Agricultural So- ciety, for prizes in Agricultural Pro- ducts, providing Exhibitions are held by each of the above societies; said prizes to be submitted to the Warden and Chairman of Agriculture for ap- proval. ' Finance l That the County Solicitor be in-i structed to collect from the Corpora- “M resmotrsi'oye, the Hospital ex- ".Mr. Clifford Telfer. ", grants be made to the Hu- Fety, the mowmen's Associa- vat. Catharines Riding and V, ,.._ -uiti2., _ w --.-.._..c, -....t" That the Hospital accounts be paid on the OK. of the Chairman. That the account of Chas. Hart be placed in the hands of the County Solicitor for collection. That the Auditor's report for the ayetrir'i933" be received and adopted and printed in the Minutes. That the Estimates for the year 1933 be as per the attached state- ment. Payments: I Administration of Justice .re... 13,000.00, Juvenile Court _"_'_'__r_'_r__'_'..."'."P_'_"_. 1,480.00' Jail .r..rr_..tr.t..qm....tr_rr_t__V.r__.V...P...._.F..N.FF.e..8._..9.. 6,300.00 Registry Office m.....__m.r.rr..._.._.m..rr.r__.. 1,500.00 Court House _......................................... 6,500.00 High Schools ._VVV_V_rVV_..F_.e.V_VrFr_..._.Vrv..... 71,000.00 Public Schools _....................'.............. 21,500.00 Industrial Home ..t..q._r_trt..$._r._._t___v_. 13,500.00 County Council & Salaries ._. 10,000.00 Agriculture m..........'.............................. 500.00 Postage, Printing and Stationery _...................... Provincial Highways County and Suburban Roads, (1934 '....F.F..FWrr..._.....6..._.. 55,000.00 County and Suburban 7 l Roads (1933) ____ _ T...................... 6,524.00] County and Suburban Roads _ " (Supplementary Maint,) 8,000.00 County and Suburban Roads (Supplementary Const.) Interest and Discount ..P.v._..... Hospitals C...,?:..............................,... Benevolent Grants .mr._._rr.._r........ Children', Shelter m....................... Spraying has become general the last few days, and in most orchards the ground is dry enough to carry the big power Sprayers, but a. few growers have been spraying with hand pumps. Some people have been work.. ing on early garden land, getting ear- ly vegetables planted. F. B. and Mrs. Henry, who have been living in Hamilton during the winter months moved back to their home here. The April meeting of the Women's association of Fifty United church was held in the Sunday school room with' an attendance of 25. Much ot the afternoon was spent in quilting two quilts. The condition of J. B. Pickett has somewhat improved. There was a meeting of the Winona Horticultural society at the home of Mrs. M. Cudney on Friday evening, Ke nApcuuu/puc ALI! =6.N.V.F-'i--e"' i--e"_ee Small Net Boxes In Eradication of Starling Menace - Grants of $50 Each To Agricultural Societies of County. (Held Over From Last Issue) Expenditure At Industrial Home - Recommend Use of ' __ ' “ ,. - ,L:-__ at! Q+nulium Mon-non - Estimates - 1934 WINONA 19,000.00 28,000.00 23,500.00 1,100.00 3,500.00 1,250.00 4,444.00 Mothers' Allowances .. Old Age Pensions ""'"'"'", Insurance .....rr.rrrt..rrwt'""""""""" Corn Borer Inspection Law Costs _..........-.....-..'.'""'" Miscellaneous m....rrwr-..__rr_""". vneniployment Relief County Roads (Sink. Fund & Interest) Suburban Roads Debentures: (Sink. Fund & Interest) Provincial Highways (Sink. Fund & Interest) Registry Office (Sink. Fund & Interest) |Sink. Fund & Interest) Patriotic Fund Administration of Justice Juvenile Court _...m.r....e.wrr""""""' Registry Office w...................'...., Industrial Home .e...rtr_.m____rr""' Public Schools .......wr...wrrw"'"'"e'""' Interest & Discount .wrtr...__'. Govt. Grant Receipts: (Co. & Suburb 1934)...-.. Govt. Grant (Rebates to Urban Municipalities) (1932) 4,000.00 9,500.00 18,000.00 Govt. Grant 1934 Supple- mentary Co. & Sub. ...... City of St. Catharines (Award) w.:....................,..........., City of St. Catharines (Sub. Roads) .wr...__.__rr'.."____. Govt. Grant Corn Borer Inspection "y'"'"'"'"'"'"" Old Age Pensions.....-... Hospital refunds from Municipalities ......rr.._..F. thitrnmmymmitmarer'r Dom. Govt. ..r.F..r_mm_rrrF_. 6,66 Ont. Govt. t.m..r.wr-m.t.-r... 6,66 Dept. of Highs f.-cautat. this council strongly approve I of the building of the suggested High- way from Fort Erie via Niagara Falls, , Niagaira-on-the-Lake, Pt. Weller, St. ) Catharines and Welland to Fort Erie, , and that the Clerk Write the Prime , Minister expressing the Council’s ap- l proval of the above. Catharines ..vF....q 724.00 Grimsby Town _........ 1,193.00 Beamsville Village 1,188.00 Vineland Police village ..r..wtt...P___.rr._. -704.00 City of St, '1 Roads That the Superintendent be instruct- ed to prepare estimates for the con- struction of Road IE from Pt. Dal- housie to Pt. Weller in ten and twenty ft. widths and also for providing a permanent base, for Road 8N. That the following program of con- struction be completed if possible: Culverts, drainage and widening to the proper width on Roads IE from Pt. Dalhousie to Pt. Weller and 8N and base on Road 8N as far as funds per- mit. Total (Held Over From Last Issue) The Grassle W.I. met at the home, of Miss Bernice Ross, with a. good at- tendanee. The president, Mrs. H. Stirling, had charge of the meeting. The roll call was answered by: "How to make a little extra money." Mrs. P. Black and Miss B. Ross gave read- ings, and a contest was won by Mrs. / H. Stirling. 1 The Community club met in the , Grassie hall on Tuesday evening of‘ last week with " tables of progress-) l $ve euchre in play, the prizes for which were won by Mrs. G. Douglas, I Mrs. Konkle, Arthur Hysert and f George Douglas. Post's orchestra 3 played. April 20, to make plans for the spring premiums. The South Wentworth branch of the Canadian legion held a meeting with the newly-elected officers in charge. Total Receipts .t..r.w.r._-..__rr'"""' 166,603.00 Amount of Tax levy .......‘.$370.100.18 GRASSIE 11,075.00 28,216.00 6,666.00 6,666.00 178,405.18 $536,703.18 358,298.00 120,803.50 700.00 2,500.00 3,500.00 35,000.00 10,330.10 17,906.75 26,188.72 8,000.00 8,000.00 2,500.00 _ 6,500.00 19,000.00 10.000.00 138,387.00 27,500.00 31,500.00 3,176.11 28,216.00 166,603.00 13",'500.00 4,500.00 1,282.00 11,500.00 9,000.00 1,055.00 350.00 2,700.00 nil MUSIC FESTIVAL _IS BIG SUCCESS Unusually Large List of Entries -Grimsby Wins Numerous Awards. The finals for the second annual Mu- l 'sical Festival for Lincoln County held] in Beamsville Saturday, April 21st, at- tracted nearly 2000 people who packed the spacious Community hall to capac- . ity during the afternoon and evening, the morning session was also well at-1 tended. In the afternoon between 700‘ and 800 school children took part in school choruses and in the evening‘ High School Choirs, Womens' rnsti-) tute choruses, Church Choirs, and Or-1 chestras were mostly in evidence and provided most acceptable entertain- ment of a high class nature to the ’many interested friends from nearly every township, village, town and city within a radius of thirty miles or more. Visitors were also present from Brantford and Toronto. The contest- ants in the individual classes provided popular selections which were greatly enjoyed by the very appreciative au- dience. S. J. Wilson, M.P.P. acted as chair- man in the morning, Rev. DeRose in the afternoon, and Wm. Bell, in the evening, most acceptably. The adjudi- cations made by Messrs. W. H. Hew- Jett, Mus. Bac. and G. Roy Fenwick, Mus. Bac. both of Hamilton, were con- sidered by even the most critical to be exceptionally constructive and fair to everyone. Their remarks suggesting improvement, and encouragement for future work were much appreciated by the contestants particularly. Copies of the adjudicators scores and remarks are available to the con- testants, and may be secured by writ- ing the secretary, Mrs. C. P. Glass, cio Agricultural Office, St. Catharines, en- closing a self-addressed stamped en- velope. . Cups or other trophies are being pro- vided by the Assn. and other donors very generously in practically every class of the 42 on the list and these will be presented to the winners at a Gold Medalist Concert which the exe- cutive are planning to hold in St. Ca- tharines possibly May 3rd and which will be announced shortly. Besides these trophies, gold and silver medals will be presented to all those who won first and second in their classes, pro- vided they obtained over 80 or 70% respectively, other than those in the choral and group classes. Three schol- arships have also been arranged, one in vocal, one in piano, and one in vio- lin. These will also be presented at the time of the Gold Medalists concert and have been won by the following: Vocal, Norman Upper; Piano, Ed- ward Hattey; Violin, Victor Scherer. The winners iry each class are listed herewith: Results of Musical Festival Finals, Held at Beamsville, April 21st, 1934 Class l-Piano Solo (12 and under) "Air de Ballet". l. Catharine Boud- reau, St. Catharines. 2. Helen Turner, St. Catharines. Class 2--Piano Solo (16 and under) l, "So1feggiette". 1 Gladys West, Beams- l " ville. 2. Evan Cameron, St. Catharines l 1 Class 3--Boys' Vocal Solo (11 analS under), "Where Go the Boats". 1, Gar- I reth Burgess, Grimsby. 2, Eric Welch, [, a St. Catharines. IV Class 1-93oys' Vocal Solo (unchang- l C ed voices) "Who Is Sylvia". 1. Douglas I Potter, St. Catharines. 2. Earle Wat- Q son, St. Catharines. , Class 5---Girls' Vocal Solo (12 and under) "Daisies". 1. Frances Kemp, Beamsville. 2. Muriel McFarlane, Grimsby. Class 6---Gir1s' Solo (15 and under) "The Magic Month of May". 1. Helen Nielterson, St. Catharines. 2. Pauline Anderson, Beamsville. ines Class T-Violin Solo (13 and under) "The Swan". 1. Mary Neff, St. Cath- arines. 2. Albert Andrews, St. Cathar- Class 8-Violit1 Solo (16 and under) "Swing Song". 1. Shirley Ashdown, St. Catharines. Class 13--Soprano Solo "To a Hill Top" (21 and under). 1. Ruth Tallman Beamsville. 2. Ella Raeburn, St. Cath- arines. Class 14-Contralto Solo "(21 and under) "Kashmiri Song". 1. Blossom Claus, Beamsville. Class 16--Bass or Baritone Solo (21 and under) "King of the Road". 1. Wm. Tufford, Beamsville. 2 Whitmore Griffin, St. Catharines. Class 34 - Piano Duet, "Spanish Dance". l. Edward and Louise Hattey, St. Catharines. 2. Evan and Carolyn Cameron, St. Catharines. Class 15-Tenor Solo (21 and under) "Give a, Man a Horse He Can Ride" 1. Norman Upper, St. Catharines. 2. Stanley Bean, Grimsby. Class 25-Piano Solo "Deux Arabes- ques". 1. Edward Hattey, St. Cathar- ines. 2. Herbert Lett, Thorold. Class 26-- Boys' Vocal Solo (un- changed voices) (The Market". 1. Willie Atkins, St. Catharines. 2. Wes- You Can Do All Your Tire Shopping At This Sign You don't have to led, compare and enquire to disco"! the beet the velue. Whatever mind the you went- whether foi pauenget on, and: or trrettttr-yot' an be pededly can of am. You get more for you money d o Goodyear' deoler'l then onywheve eke. ley Schwab, Niggara Falls Class 27-Gihs' Vocal Solo (15 and under) "April Goes a Walking". I. Helen Nickerson, St. Catharines. 2. Gladys West, Beamsville. . Class 17.---Puhlie School Chorus. (1 room) (a) "Going to the Fair". (b) "The Land of Spain". 1. St. Anus Pub- lic School, Eldon Comfort, St. Anus. 2. o. No. 7 Pelham, Lillian Neal, Jordan. Class 20-Harmonica Band (Public Schools). 1. Connaught School, W. E. Thompson, St. Catharines. 2. No. 2 Grantham, H. C. Wrigglesworth, St. Catharines. Class 18---Pub1ie School Chorwr(2 and 3 rooms), (a) "The Little Dust- man". (b) "It was a Lover and His Lass". 1. Grimsby Park School, Flora Alton, Grimsby. 2. No. 2 Grantham, H. C. Wrigglesworth, St. Catharines. F Class 41--Ladies' Trio (a) "Japanese Love Song", (b) "Lullaby". 1. Beams- ville W. I. Ladies' Trio, Mrs. Geo. Sheppard, Beamsville. 2. Lincoln Lad- ies Trio, Sylvia Creet, Beamsville. Class 38 - Public School Chorus (large). 1. Grimsby Public School, Kenneth Griffith, Grimsby. 2. Victoria Public School, A. A. Morrison, St. Ca- tharines. Class 19-Publie School Chorus (4 rooms and over). 1. Victoria Public (Continued on page 8)