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degg o se o o ie kok oi kok k o e o ake ke t e e e te e le kok i k ge k oe e e e h o o e k e e ote se te ie e k ob ol oke te e ol o ol l e d se e ke t ol o t t h kok l o k k e ol te ol % # % * % % x *% % 4 * a % % 3 Mr. J. Stewart Childerhose, the present Reeve of Ross Township $ * % i was a great grandson of one of the pionsers of the Township. $ % *# * a : % . % lerng +c wig He was born on the farm on which he still * 7 x s "l" 4 4 % 1 S , . o $ fl n lives on the east side of Muskrat Lake. He * ¢ % % | x § § ~~â€" bad bis early education at 8. 8. No. 1 Ross % * * Euns x * C . Fe and later attended the Continuation School $ x i _ sn y # ( 6 a : x . U J at Cobden for two years, after which he reâ€" â€" i * _A P OP j x % Po demeAmnne Smd : x f ra s se turned to work his father‘s farm, He was a * # kz 4 * £ l rainh e iaigeie on o member of the School Board of S. 8. No. 1 & e _ > * fln‘ s ;' x $ E. â€"â€"_â€"_ Ross for six years. $ % % # moriep c e : #% STEWART CHILDERHOSE $ % a * x ; % * In the year 1947 he was appointed to the Ross souncil as a Councilâ€"fi *# * # 4 . 2 e % * lor and the following year he was elected Reeve, which office he has held @ % x # f 3 % * since that time. In the year 1955 he was clected Warden of Renfrew & * % * County. Buring his term of office many controversial subjects were $ # x * o 3 : a s x % brought before the County of which he took a very prominent part. x x a *# s 5 f 5 x * In 1954 a committee was appointed by County Council, of which % # # x i HMr. Childerhose was a member, to investigate the possibility of building $ * # & a Home for the Aged. In 1955 he was appointed to the building committee & y § % es s : 2 ‘ « i â€" for the Home. From 1956 to 1960 he was appointed on the committee to 3 * # x x * operate the Home. During his term of office he was Chairman of every * * * i committee at one time or another. * * t x In 1954 he recommended a program to the County for the possibiliâ€" § . * # 7 * & 8 « ~ « 5 Tess * ty of construction and paving of county roads and in 1955, while as Warden,fi & % * ar T . â€" s â€" > *# * he presented to Mr. Frost, then Premier of Ontaric, a county plan for x * # % â€" paving roads, for which legislation was passed by the Ontario parliament * % x * which would allow any municipality to construct ahd pay their roads. T * % # & * * * * % -.)e Lo .(,4'J:z:*********************?‘l!*x**********:1‘-**:’:*#*********’*****4:::*’?*r,~*>i<***fl:********: