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JOHN HILL
JOHN HILL COMES TO WARDENSHIP
AT MOMENTOUS PERIOD IN THE COUNTY’S HISTORY
[Welland Telegraph, 26 January 1912]
Brief Biography of New Warden
John Hill, Reeve of the township of Wainfleet, was elected Warden of Welland county on Tuesday afternoon. The honor is doubly high for the reason that the year 1913 is going to be the most important in county annuals in half a century. We believe that since the year the Court House was built no Council has been freighted with such weighty responsibilities as has the County Council of this year. The great problem of course, is the putting in operation of the Good Roads Bill. Next to that comes the enlargement of the Industrial Home. The duties will probably be still further added to by the building of a new Registry Office or enlarging the one now in use.
This is the present Warden’s fourteenth year in municipal service. He has represented Wainfleet for thirteen years and his accession to the Warden’s chair is an indication that he is well thought of by his associates. He has never been defeated for municipal office. This is the Conservative year for the holding of office so it goes without saying that he is a Conservative.
John Hill was born in Wainfleet township and has resided there during his entire lifetime of fifty-one years on this sphere. For three years, however, he served his apprenticeship as a builder in Humberstone. It will thus be seen that Welland country’s present warden is a builder. He promises to build up a good many improvements in the county while he is Warden, too. But he is more than a builder for he owns two hundred acres of rich agricultural land in Wainfleet township, which is tilled by his two sons. After this year he intends retiring.
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