Zurich Citizens News, 1980-08-28, Page 1•
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Festival kee
In what has become an
accepted norm, the Zurich
Bean Festival once again
proved to be a highly suc-
cessful event with around
15,000 people jamming the
community for the fifteenth
annual celebration 'of the
white bean.
Under ideal conditions of
warm, sunny weather
combined with a light
breeze, patrons of the
valuable cash crop from
across Ontario gathered in
the community to enjoy a
meal of beans, coleslaw and
ham and to take in the
carnival -like atmosphere.
Publicity chairman Glen
Thiel said the crowd was in
keeping with past bean
festivals and said the festival
committee was very pleased
the way things turned out.
The day got off to a bright
and early start for members
of the Zurich Minor *Athletic
Association as they served
up hundreds of pancakes to
the early festival goers.
The day began in earnest
at around 11 a.m. when the
first of almost' 7,000 bean
dinners were served up.
Thiel said they had about
the usual amount of beans
and ham Deft over but came
very close to running out of
coleslaw.
One of the highlights of the
day was the crowning of this.
year's bean queen
ld Christina 1 n of RRS
2, Zurich who represented
Oesch's Shore Store.
First runnerup for. the title
was this year's Miss
Friedsburg, Debbie Taylor
of Exeter while Michelle
Regier of RR 2, Zurich was
second runnerup.' Other
contestants taking part were
Theresa Dietrich of Zurich,
Kim Bedard of RR 2, Zurich
and Julie Ingram of Hensall.
Judges for the contest
were Andre Beauregard,
director of publicity and
promotion for 20th Century
Fox of Canada, Brent
Scrimshaw of Molsons'
Breweries and , Joan
Wakeling of Port Stanley.
One of the more popular
areas to be at, the bean
festival was near the stage
set at the corner of Mill and
Goshen streets. Entertaining
at the stage was a magician
and Tom Destry and his
band.
Meanwhile in the area
between .the stage and post
office, things were hopping
along in the annual frog
jumping contest sponsored
by Doctor • Charles Wallace.
.)A total of 25 frogs were
entered with Danny Thiel's
amphibian taking top spot
for frogs under three inches
in length. Frogs entered by
Paul Dickert and Peter
Overholt finished second and
third.
Peter Jacob's ends_ for
hoppers grit than" -thee'
inches in length took first
place followed by frogs
managed by Trevor Lan-
sbergen and David Thiel.'
Brad Oke headed
forSaudia Arabia
While most of us only
dream of far-off places, a
former resident of Zurich
1 a country
half way around the world in
September. ,
Brad Oke, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Don. .Oke will be
heading for Jeddalh, Saudi
Arabia at the end of Sep-
tember.
Oke who has bees em-
ployed at the London
operations of Bell Canada
will be one of 600 Bell per-
sonnel ,involved in the
modernization of the Saudi
telephone system.
Oke who is married to the
former Janice Hayter of
Dashwood will be working in
Arabia for a one year period.
"I'm really excited about
going over," stated Oke who
has been with Bell's
engineering department for
two years.
ZURICH FARMER
CONVICTED.
The first conviction in
Southwestern Ontario, for
polluting a 'stream by a
farmer has been obtained by
the Ontario environment
ministry's London region
office.
John Jacobs, RR 1, Zurich
wai fined =300 in provincial
court inGoderich Friday -for
dumping pig manure into a
water , course in Hay
Township on February 8, a.
violates of a section of the
Ontario' Water Resources
Commission Act. Jacobs
pleaded guilty. •
Fred Durham, manager of
• industrial abatement for the
region, said Jacobs pumped
manure from a tank to the
ground and the manure
flowed into a municipal
drain.
Two London -area men
have also been jointly
charged with discharging
manure into a London
Township water course April
17 and are to appear in
. London provincial court
October 16, and Richard
Moffit of Brooke Township in
Lambton County has
been charged with twocounts
of the OWRC section.
in the Ontario. doubles
horseshoe pitching cham-
pionship held at the com-
munity park ball diamond
Zurich's Richard Scihilbe and
his partner from Tillsonburg
placed second in the B
The festival concluded
Saturday when 700 people,
packed the arena for. the
bean festival dance.
President of this year's
rowin
event was Birdie Flnkbeiner
With Mary Haggitt acting a•
secretary and Nancy Lee as
treasurer.
'Al Scott was first vice-
president and Chuck Erb
- was second vice-president.
Glen Thiel headed the
publicity department, Betty
Kirk was food convener and
Grant Lee looked after the
concessions. .
Eveni
the hat doesn't fit,wur it
RKET tE S — You have to give a lot of credit to the Ontario Bean Producers Marketing Board; they get
Illmra!mbers g and'"young. Trying on some marketing board hats were nine week old twins Kristen and
Siobhann, daughters of Martin and Jean Smyth of Richmond Hill. Mrs. Smyth is the daughter of Ellen Batstone of
urich. Stuff photo
Hits light standard
Car jumps gear, driver injured
For the second time this
summer, the Exeter OPP
have investigated an ac-
cident in which a driver was
struck by his/her own car.
The latest incident oc-
curred on Friday when
Audrey McIntosh, Zurich,
sustained minor injuries
when her car reversed after
being parked on Goshen
Street north of Highway 84 ih
Zurich and knocked her to
the pavement as she was
walking behind it.
The vehicle continued on
and struck a light standard.
Constable Bob Whiteford
investigated and set damage
at 6200.
Earlier this summer, a
Hensall man sustained a
broken leg when he was run
over by his vehicle which
slipped into gear and tolled
backward.
The first of the week's
accidents. occurred on
Monday when a vehicle
driven by Eugene King, RR 1
Exeter, struck a tree after it
left a concession road west of
Highway 81 in Stephen
Township.
The driver sustained
minor injuries in the ac-
cident investigated by
Constable Jack Straughan.
On Tuesday, a vehicle
driven by Donald McGee,
Goderich, went out of control
on Highway 4 south of the
Crediton Read in heavy
fog. It struck a culvert in the
ditch and damage was set at
$1,000 by Constable
Whiteford.
The driver suffered minor
injuries.
There was .one accident
investigated by Constable
Whiteford on Saturday, it
occurring on a private
laneway east of concession 6-
7 of - Stephen. A vehicle
driven by David Cooper,
Exeter, went out of control
and struck a parked vehicle
owned by Peter Heath,
Huron Park.
Total damage was listed at
$1,400.
The final accident was
investigated on Sunday when
a vehicle driven by Daniel
Galloway, RR 1 Crediton,
veered into a ditch and
struck a hydro pole on
sideroad 5, east of con-
cession 6-7 of Stephen.
The driver had minor
injuries but no report of
damage was available at
press time. Constable
Straughan investigated.
More charges laid
in fraud case
Former Bayfield village
councillor Milton Van Patter
was remanded to September
29 on Monday when he ap-
peared in Goderich
provincial court facing 10
charges of fraud involving
about =70,000.
Van Patter, 52, a real
estate agent, resigned from
council a week before his
arrest on three fraud
charges totalling $30,000.
By his court appearance
Monday, another seven
charges had been added. His
lawyer, W.J. MacEwan
Egener of Goderich,
estimated the total amount
involved in the charges at
$70,000.
His arrest followed three
weeks of investigations by
Det. -Sgt. D.A. Ormsby of the
OPP aniti-rackets squad in
Toronto.
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