New
County Treasurer
County Council has appointed
Mr. Jonathan Porter to succeed the late Roger Crysler as country
treasurer.
The motion to appoint him
was presented by Messrs. McSloy and Duncombe, as passed unanimously.
The choice has been favorably received and it is the general
expression that the county will be well served.
Mr. Porter was born at
Rockford in Townsend Township and found his way into the legal
profession via that of teaching. He has been a resident of Simcoe
and a
member of the firm of Kelly & Porter since 1894.
He is a Past Chief Ranger of
the Independent Order of Foresters, and an ex-chairman of the
Simcoe Board
of Education.
He plays golf, and used to
play lacrosse; is chairman of the house committee of the country
club, and when considerably younger than he is now, held the world's
amateur record for flat jumping.
He is an Anglican and a
Liberal.
