Accident claims third victim after disaster
Robert W. Lethbridge, 49
Born: July 1, c. 1878 (Port Hope, Ont.) Died: Dec. 20, 1927 (Welland County General Hospital, from an accident that occurred Dec. 10, 1927 at Bridge No. 13, Section 7, Welland) Cause of Death: septicaemia (infection from a fractured leg) Occupation: diver, Georgian Bay Shipbuilding and Wrecking Co. doing well. However, a few days later his condition deteriorated and he died of septicaemia on Tuesday, Dec. 20. His body was taken to the Sutherland and Son Funeral Home on East Main Street, and then transported to Midland for burial in the family’s plot at Lakeview Cemetery.
Lethbridge was unmarried. He was survived by his mother Maggie and siblings William, John, Daisy Beatty and Jennie Lavigne. He was predeceased by his father Thomas M. and a brother, Thomas Harold Lethbridge. — This article is part of a series remembering the men whose lives were lost in the construction of the Welland Ship Canal. The Welland Canal Fallen Workers Memorial Task Force is a volunteer group established to design, finance, and build a memorial to recognize workers who were killed during construction of the Welland Ship Canal. For more information about the memorial, or to contribute to the project, visit: www.stcatharines. ca/CanalWorkersMemorial.
Wainfleet council, committee of adjustment and library board members cost taxpayers $85,396.48 in 2016.
Thefigures,requiredtobereported each year under the Municipal Act, will be presented in a report to council at its meeting, Tuesday, March 28.
Council benefits include wages, a 1/3 tax free allowance, telephones, food allowances, conferences and mileage.
Mayor April Jeffs’ total expenses for 2016 were $27,367.62, which includes her salary of $14,351.12, conferences at $1,497.78 and telephone at $1,844.96.
Ald. Richard Dykstra came in with total expenses of $15,108.75, of which $7,536.01 was his salary and $3,062.81 was for conferences.
Alds. Betty Konc and Ted Hessels came in with expenses of $13,260.31 and $13,206.34 respectively, while Terry Gilmore cost taxpayers $11,936.37 in 2016.
Committee of adjustment members Mark Feduck and Gary Balicki came in with the highest expenses at $1,641.06 and $981.75 respectively.
Library board members, Lynn Hunt, Joan Anderson, Michelle Tingey, and Pam Garner cost taxpayers $1,050 in total through honorariums paid to them.
The remuneration report can be found on page 50 of the township’s council package http://wainfleet. ca/images/sections/council/files/ agenda_packages/2017/2017%20 03%2028%20Council%20 Agenda%20Package%20C07.pdf