BX September 23, 1914

Whirlwind Campaign for Patriotic Fund Commenced - $15,744 Raised This Morning – Ten Teams of Business Men at Work Canvassing for Patriotic War Relief Fund of $100,000 – Reports Received of Work – Average Subscription Needed is $25

Handicapped by weather conditions which mitigated against the formal opening last evening, and which hampered the work this morning, the teams in the whirlwind campaign to raise $100,000 for war and war relief purposes which opened this morning were able to announce at noon that the sum of $15,744 had been raised, of which $11,925 had been raised by the executive committee and the remainder by the tames, with team No. 1 W.H. Whittaker, captain leading with a total of $700.

At noon today the teams had lunch at the headquarters and following this were given instructions as to the method of canvassing. Factories were allotted and several rumors mitigating against the captains of the campaign were denied.  

Not For New Road

Chairman Lloyd Harris emphatically denied the report that a part of the fund raised would be used in the building of a road from Brantford to Hamilton.  There would be no such use made of the funds.

The teams he announced were to stick to their lists, and thus create completion between themselves on a fair ground.  It would be unnecessary for every team to average $25 per man listed to bring the amount up to the mark set.  The teams would have to work hard and aim high.  Factories to be canvassed should be announced.  

Pointers for Teams

G.L. Goodwin campaign organizer gave some pointes on details of the work of securing subscriptions.  Installment payments, each on the first payment should be made within a week.  Each subscriber should receive either a cash receipt or a receipt of his promised subscription.

Factories Chosen

It was announced that the various teams could choose factories in which to canvas and the following factories were chosen, the executive have the stores employees under consideration.

Team No. 1 Goold Shapley & Muir, P.H. Secord
Team No. 2 Cockshutt’s and Verity’s, Crown Electric, Watson Mills
Team No. 3 Slingsbys
Team No. 4 Waterous Engine Works
Team No. 5 Canada Starch Co., Brantford Scale Co., Brantford Laundry
Team No. 6 Buck Stove Co., O.S.B., American Radiator
Team No. 7 Barber Ellis Co., Brandon Shoe, Brantford Roofing
Team No. 8 Adams Wagon Co., Brantford Carriage Co., Piano Case Co.
Team No. 9 Brantford Cordage
Team No. 10 Ham & Notts, Schultz Bros.

Go to Prison Farm

Mayor Spence denied the rumor that a farmer had asked his men to go to the country, but all had refused.  This was not correct.  There were 4 or 5 and they had refused.  There men had been placed on a black list and would not go work from the city, but in due course they would be given work on the Guelph prison farm, whether they wanted it or not.  That was the way unemployed men who refused to work would be treated.

Decry Suggestion

The suggestion was made in a local paper last evening that part of the money raised be spent to build a road between Brantford and Hamilton.  This has been suggested by the executive committee and all the members, who are unanimously against using the money for any such purpose. The funds will all be used for purposes already announced.

The Marshal

Dan Noble was the marshal for last evening’s parade and made a splendid showing, though the weather undid some of his efforts.

Reports Daily

The teams in the campaign are to report daily at noon at headquarters, where they are served with lunch so that their work will be practically uninterrupted.  After the luncheon the attainments of the various teams will be given out.

The Active Workers

The teams for the whirlwind campaign to raise $100,000 have been fully selected and this morning went to work with a will, aided by a large number of lists.  The full teams are as follows:

Team No. 1 – Captain W.H. Whittaker; S. Thornton, Fred Chalcraft, A. Lockington, F.D. Reville, John Colter, Charles Ingleby, Rev. L. Brown, John Muir, Mr. Secord

Team No. 2 – Captain A.S. Van Westrum; F.J. Calbeck, W.A. Burrows, W.C. Boddy, John Hill, I.W. Champion, Percy Shultes, W.N. Andrews, Gordon Scarfe, Fred Popplewell

Team No. 3 – Captain George Kippax; T. Whitaker, G. Woolams, G. Stedman, Gordon Cockshutt, George Cockshutt, Kenneth Bunnel, Charles Crompton, Spencer Large, Ernest Read

Team No. 4 – Captain G. Brereton; W.P. Kelly, John Powers, W.A. Robinson, S.E. Buck, J.F. Carson, John McGraw, L.E. Percy, A.S. Burnley, J.W. Watkins, C.H. Emmerson

Team No. 5 – Captain C. Cook; Joseph Henry Minshall, W.J. Muir, W.H. Hammond, A McFarland, Sam Stedman, O.E. Truesdale, J.B. Detwiler, D.T. Williamson

Team No. 6 – Captain, A.S. Pitcher, C.G. Ellis, Frank Kitchen, Austin Ludlow, A.C. Lyons, Donald Thorburn, J.G. Townsend, T.H. Miller, Reginald Dymond

Team No. 7 – Captain, J.J. Hurley; Peppy Fox, M. MacPherson, John Conway, Allan Ellis, George Trail, rev. Gordon, Dr. J.R. Will, J.L. Dixon, A. Brandon, T.A. Cowan

Team No. 8 – Captain, J.A. Sanderson; W.H. Fitton, T.H. Whitehead, J. Adams, J. Moffat, L. Whitaker, Harvey Cockshutt, A.N. Harley, N.W. Creech, J. Ruddy, W.B. Scace

Team No. 9 – Captain J.M. Young, Thomas Logan, George A. Elliott, Alex Ballantyne, W.E. Long, James C. Spence, John S. Dowling, T. Harry Jones, Gladstone Whittaker, Clayton S. Moyer

Team No. 10 – Captain Joseph Ham; Frank Sterne, D.G. Husband, G.H. Malcolm, George Hately, Thomas Lyle, Logan Waterous, Sam Burnley, George Batchelor

BX September 29, 1915
 
In Honor of Volunteers
 
Under the auspices of the Echo Place Tennis Club, a corn roast was held last evening in Mohawk Park in honor of Percy Kirkpatrick, Ralph Gray Ashbury and Clayton Moyer, members of the club, who have enlisted for active service.  Gifts were presented to the boys on behalf of the club by F.T. Morrow, the president, and a most enjoyable time was spent by all.​

BX July 31, 1980

By Carol Ann Wilson
Expositor Staff Writer

Moyer Has years of Experience on the Road

Clayton S. Moyer has served on the Brantford Suburban Roads Commission for so long he remembers the advent of the paved road.

The 85 year-old St. George Street man says that when he was first appointed the city’s representative in 1932 all suburban roads were gravel.

“We didn’t need paved roads because traffic was so light in those days,” he says.  “In fact, when we began paving roads, we did only one side at a time.  “Money was scarce, and there wasn’t much traffic and the chance of meeting or overtaking another vehicle was remote.  “At that time, there were more horses on the road than cars and it was easy for the horses to pull over.  “The only place both lanes were paved was on the brows of hills. This was done to avoid head-on collisions,” he says.

When Mitch Hepburn was premier of Ontario, back in the 1930’s he undertook a program of building concrete roads – one side at a time.

When he was turfed out of office, the province was left with many one sided concrete roads because the new government didn’t want to pursue this manner of road building.

George Spencer, county engineer, says that some of these roads still exist today – concrete on one side and asphalt on the other.

The suburban roads commission first came into being here in 1917, set up to administer and maintain arterial roads leading into the city.

All suburban roads are in Brant County, but are administered jointly by the county and city. Funds for maintenance come from both municipal bodies as well as the province of Ontario.

When the commission first was inaugurated, there were only three members on it, representing the county, city and province.  This was enlarged to five members – one extra from city and county – when the population of Brantford went over the 50,000 mark.

There now are 59 miles of paved suburban roads under the watchful eye of the commission.

Last year, its budget was $606,000 with most of the money spent on the Lynden Road.

Mr. Moyer says that when he first began his service with the commission it cost about $1,200 to build one mile of road.

“It now costs thousands and thousands of dollars,” he says.  “In fact, the three miles of road being built on the Lynden Road at the present time is expected to cost over $800,000 – more than $250,000 per mile.

Mr. Moyer says roads are built much differently now than in “the good old days.”  “Traffic is so heavy, roads must be built to withstand the constant use,” he says.

In the 1930’s, dirt roads were covered with six inches of gravel after grading and placing of culverts. These days, building a road is a major reconstruction…to provide better visibility.

Earth is placed to cut down hills and fill up hollows; next, 24 inches of pit run gravel is spread; then comes six inches of crushed gravel which is topped  with two inches of hot mix asphalt pavement.  Roads now can be used all year around, capable of carrying heavy traffic at all times.

Mr. Moyer could be called Brantford’s bridge expert.

He has served on committees that saw three major bridges built.

He was chairman of the works committee of city council the year the Lorne Bridge was built (1924), and his name is inscribed on the original plaque on the bridge.

As a member of the suburban roads commission, he had seen the Cockshutt Bridge built twice.

In the 1920s he served as an alderman for three years and was twice chairman of the works committee.  Following this he was a member of the board of education for eight years.

It was his decade of service to the city that was responsible for the request he serve on the suburban roads commission.

Mr. Spencer says it was Mr. Moyer’s idea to have all the suburban roads signed last year so area residents would know the road belonged to what road system.

Mr. Spencer says Mr. Moyer has played an invaluable part in the area road system.

“There is no substitute for the vast number of years of experience and service he has given to the commission,” he says.

“I have found him to be very impartial in his work – the fact that he is the city’s appointee never surfaces.  He’s there to do a job – operate the suburban roads system.  That’s his primary goal and he sticks to it.”

Over the years, Clayton Moyer has had many other interests along with serving the suburban roads commission.

In March of 1942, he was named representative of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board in the City and was in charge of the sub-regional office.  This territory included Simcoe, Paris, South Dumfries, Port Dover, Waterford, Delhi and Port Rowan as well as the City.

He was also chairman of Brantford’s civilian defence committee, a member of the Rotary Club of Brantford, serving as president in 1935, a member of the board of trade and a member of the executive of the Brantford branch of the Canadian Legion.

In the First World War, he served with the Canadian Field Artillery, 8th Army Brigade, in England, France and Belgium.

As a lad, he was one of the area’s best-known debaters, winning the W.F. Cockshutt gold medal.

“I once beat one-time Expositor editor A.T. Whittaker in a debating contest,” he says.

Because of his command of the language, as a young man he helped teach English to the Turkish families who emigrated to this area before the First World War.

Mr. Moyer was educated in Brantford and entered the grocery business with his father.  At one time he owned three grocery stores, all in East Ward.

He and his wife Clara have been married 61 years.  They have on son, David, and three grandchildren. 

In 1967, city council honored him for his outstanding personal achievements in community work.

In 1972 the suburban roads commission of Ontario awarded him an Order of Merit for his long and faithful service.

Clayton said his long association with the suburban rods commission has shown him how well the city and county can cooperate.

“In all my 48 years of service with the commission, there have been no disputes at all,” he says.  “All our decisions have been made in close cooperation with each other.”

BX August 24, 1982

Funeral Service Today for Clayton Moyer, 87

A private funeral service was held today at the Hill and Robison Funeral Home for Clayton Moyer, 87 who died Sunday at the John Noble Home.

Mr. Moyer served on the Brantford Suburban Roads commission for more than 50 years and was chairman of the board in the opening of the first Cockshutt Bridge.  He was also instrumental in the construction of the current Cockshutt Bridge and both the first and second Lorne Bridges.

He was an alderman from 1922-1924, a board of education trustee from 1930 to 1940, and a former president of the Rotary Club. He was also a member of Ozias Masonic Lodge.

Mr. Moyer was a prominent grocer, who at one time owned three grocery stores, all in East Ward.  In 1942 he was named representative of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board for the area.

He is survived by a son, David, a daughter-in-law Janet, grandchildren Clayton, Geoffrey, and Kathleen, and a sister Kathleen Elliott of Cambridge.  Mr. Moyer was predeceased by his wife Clara.