HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1980-11-20, Page 5By JACK RIDDELL
The recently imposed
price ceilings for alcoholic
beverages served at certain
special occasion permit
Citizens News, November 20, 1900
Revoke alcohol ceilings
functions have been revoked.
The regulations limiting the
total number of social (non-
profit) and fund raising
permits issued toa group in
60 years ago
Mrs. A. Johnston and son
moved their household ef-
fects on Wednesday into
their new dwelling they have
just recently purchased from
Mr. Henry Datars, of New
Hamburg.
Daniel Gascho has sold his
dwelling property in Zurich
to Noah Sararas, who gets
possession on January 1.
:Mrs. Casper Roerig, of
the 14th concession, will hold
an auction sale on Tuesday,
November 30.
Ward Fritz, of Kitchener,
spent the weekend at his
home here.
H.G. Hess, of London, was
a weekend visitor at his
home in Zurich.
Mr. O'Dwyer, of Lucan,
was a visitor at the home of
his brother Dr. and Mrs.
O'Dwyer, on Sunday.
William Meidinger has
moved into the dwelling he
purchased from Herb Bloch.
Mr. and Mrs. J.J.Berry
left last Wednesday for their
new home in Dunnville.
50 years ago
Dr. Joseph Rouledge at-
tended the funeral of the late
Dr. Charles McGregor at
Seaforth on Wednesday.
Thomas McMillan, M.P.
for South Huron, called on
Zurich friends on Wednesday
last.
A quiet wedding took place
at the manse of First
Presbyterian Church,
Seaforth, last Thursday
morning at 9 o'clock, when
Miss Goldie, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Uttley, of
Zurich, was united in
marriage to Walter Arnold
Scott, youngest son of Mr.
and Mrs. T.G. Scott, of
Seaforth.-
Harry Weber, who has
been confined to his bed for
some weeks, was on Sunday
taken to London by Dr. P.J.
O'Dwyer, where Mr. Weber
will receive treatment in
the hospital, and will likely
be operated on.
Mrs. E.F. Klopp and Mrs.
J. Hey, Jr., are attending the
Western Ontario Convention
of the Women's Institute at
London this week.
Quite a number are
visiting the Hensall railroad
station to see the new oil
burning engine coming up
with the morning train. It
comes to Hensall at 11 a.m.
and back again at 5 o'clock.
35 years ago
Mrs. Edward Datars, Sr.,
and daughter Anna,- have
moved into their new home,
which was formerly owned
by Charles Thief. Keith
Westlake and family have
purchased the former
Datar's home and intend to
equip it as a funeral home.
W.H. Edighoffer and
Milton Oesch attended a
banquet at Clinton, on
Tuesday evening, sponsored
by the Huron County Ninth
Victory Loan Committee.
Miss Elda Reichert, Mrs.
Henry Atkins, and Howard,
spent a few days with friends
in Detroit last week.
Earl Flaxbard has pur-
chased a lot from Clarence
Datars, on Louise Street,
where he intends to build a
new home.
Mrs. J.A. Addison, of
Clinton, was the guest of
Mrs. W.B. Coxon and Mrs.
Ward Fritz last Tuesday.
Archie and Ivan Masse, of
London, spent Sunday with
their parents, at St. Joseph..
25 years ago
We are pleased to report
that John E. Gascho and
Peter Denomme, who have
been patients in St. Joseph's
Hospital, London, have
returned to their homes and
are progressing nicely. We
wish them continued health.
Hay Township lost one of
its well known and beloved
citizens on Friday,
November 11, in the passing
of Wilfred Frederick Weido,
in St. Joseph's Hospital,
London.
Rev. and Mrs. Lloyd
Kalbfleisch, of Neustadt,
accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Kalbfleisch, of
Windham, were visitors here
last Friday with Elmore
Klopp and family, and other
relatives.
Ivan and Earl Youngblut,
Ferd and Jacob Haberer,
have returned home after a
pleasant hunting trip in the
Haliburton district, last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Stelck, of
Dashwood attended the
Royal Winter Fair, at
Toronto. While in the city
they visited with their son,
Mervyn, who is in charge of
the Allis-Chalmers farm
machinery exhibits at the
fair.
20 years ago
Remembrance Day ser-
vice honoring the dead of two
world wars was held in
Hensall on Friday under the
auspices of Hensall Legion
Branch 468, which included
the traditional laying of
wreaths at the Cenotaph,
followed by a memorial
service in the town hall.
any one year, have also been
revoked. These regulations
to the Liquor Licence Act
took effect July 1st, 1980.
They were intended to
curb certain abuses of
Special Occasion Permits
issued for non fund raising
functions particularly the
practice of some individuals
who were making a personal
profit on the sale of alcoholic
beverages at Social or non-
profit functions.
However, since fund
raising by Special Occasion
Permit evening is an in-
tergral part of the financing
of community organizations,
it was not clearly understood
by these organizations that
they would continue to
operate without any price.
controls or other restric-
tions.
The intent was to
eliminate the abusers so
that the fundraising
organizations could
maximize the profit from
their evening and the
regulations did accomplish
this but because of confusion
and a delivery system that
could not cope with the
complexities of the fund
raising organizations, a
severe burden was placed on
these groups. Due to
Opposition pressure in the
Legislature this burden was
lifted.
The Honourable Lorne
Maeck, Minister of Revenue,
introduced an amendment to
the Assessment Act which
would postpone to Decem-
ber, 1981, the return of
Assessments at full, market
value, across the Povince.
The Bill will allow the
Government to continue with
the Section 86, Reassessment
Program, which has been
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implemented in 108 muni-
cipalities to date.
Approximately 110 more
municipalities will be
reassessed under section 86,
later this year for 1981
taxation purposes.
In addition the Minister is
proposing in this bill, ad-
ministration amendments to
further clarify and update
certain operating provisions
within the Assessment Act.
There has been con-
siderable debate on a
government bill "The Dog
Owner's Liability Act"
which would hold a dog's
owner liable for dog -bite
damages. The Act interprets
owner to include someone
"who possesses or har-
bours" the dog, and if the
owner is a minor, liability
extends to the person
responsible for custody.
The liability of the owner
does not depend upon
negligence and the common
law principle of requiring
foreknowledge of a dog's
viciousness. However, the
court can reduce damages
by the extent to which the
victim's own fault or
negligence contributed to an
attack.
One major extenuating
circumstance is outlined: an
owner isn't liable for his
dog's attack on a person who
is on the owner's property
with "the intention of
committing, or in the
commission of a criminal
act".
A Private Member's Bill
on retirement has received
second reading, or approval
in principle. Liberal and
Conservative Members
combined to give approval.
New Democrats had sworn
to veto the Bill but failed to
Board asks for
negotiation advice
The Huron -Perth County
Catholic school board
Wednesday endorsed a
resolution from the Lanark,
Leeds and Grenville County
Catholic school board asking
the Ontario Separate School
Trustees Association to
resume providing resource
material and advice to
boards on salary
negotiations.
The board endorsed
another resolution asking for
the Ontario Separate School
Trustees Association to in-
itiate a study of long-term
disability plans for teachers
and other employees.
The four newly elected
trustees attended the board
session Wednesday as spec-
tators. They are Jeannette
Eybergen, who will be
representing Stratford;
Lorraine Devereau, who will
represent Seaforth and the
townships 'of Tuckersmith
and Stanley; Ray VanVliet,
R.R. '7, St. Marys, who will
represent the townships of
Downie and North and South
Easthope; and Ernie
Vanderschot, R.R. 7, St.
Marys, for St. Mary's,
Mitchell, and the townships
of Blanchard, Fullarton and
part of Zorra.
The new (elected) trustees
will be attending an orienta-
tion meeting this week at the
board office to acquaint
them with all aspects of the
board's operation.
The board members
agreed that the Canadian
Inventory of Historic
Buildings, Parks Canada,
may include four of its early
schools in its study of early
schools in Canada, con-
structed before 1930.
The members suggested:
Immaculate Conception,
Stratford, built in 1922; St.
Mary's. Hesson, built in
1924; . the present board of-
fice in Dublin, the former
Dublin Continuation School;
and the former Beechwood
school. St. Columban.
Three 'trustees will attend
the Trustee Professional
Development Day to be held
November 29 in Toronto,
which is sponsored by the
Ontario Separate School
Trustees ' Association —
Arthur Haid, Listowel; Vin-
cent Young, Goderich and
Tim McDonnell, Gadshill.
rally enough Members.
The Bill would prohibit
employers from requiring
employees to join pension or
superannuation plans or any
other employee benefit fund
which obliges them to retire
before 70 where the only
reason for retirement is
having attained a certain
age.
At present retirement age
in pension plans is normally
65, although some employee
groups have bargained for
earlier retirement, often
based on years of service.
According to the explanatory
notes of the legislation, the
purpose is to prevent people
being forced to retire before
70 "where the person is
willing and capable of
performing his or her job".
A governement
spokesman indicated that it
has not yet been decided
whether the legislation
should be allowed to become
law or whether the Minister
of Labour will supersede it
with similar legislation.
The legislation is con-
sidered timely for two
reasons: an increasing
portion of the population is of
retirement age, placing a
heavy burden on pension
plans, and forcing people
who want to work into
retirement is a form of
discrimination
During the debate, David
Peterson (Lib. London
Centre) warned of the
overloading of the pension
plans, and the loss of skilled
people in the work force. "In
five or six years, when the
labour situation changes in
this province, we are going
to be begging these people to
work."
' Several consulting firms
have been hired by the
Ministry of the Environment
to investigate 47 privately
owned industrial waste sites
across Ontario. This study is
in addition to a review of 192
old municipal garbage
dumps which are already
being checked out to
determine whether they pose
a danger to public health.
According to a list of the
privately owned sites
provided by the Ministry, 15
of the sites are still
operational. The in-
vestigation will involve
taking an inventory of the
waste desposited into the
sites. Total cost of the
project is about $140,000.
In this connection, it seems
clear that the Ministry of the
Environment knew a
Thorold company was ac-
cepting metallic sludge at its
landfill site beyond a certain
time despite protests to the
contrary.
Liberal Leader Stuart
Smith produced a letter in
the Legislature which in-
dicated that Woodington
Systems Inc. a subsidiary of
Walker Bros. Quarries Ltd.
had warned the Ministry that
unless it received contrary
instructions waste from
Ford Motor Co. of Canada
Ltd., among others, would
continue to be accepted.
CRAFTS FOR SALE — Merle Corriveau
Corriveau show some of the craft articles
bazaar at the Bluewater Rest Home.
and Martha
at Saturday's
Staff photo
Keith and Margaret Westlake, Robert and Kenneth, wish
to sincerely thank the people of the communities served by
Bonthron and Westlake Funeral Homes. Through more than
38 years we were entrusted with providing funeral services.
We appreciate the confidence that you have shown in us.
Keith will assist our successor Michael O'Connor, and we
trust that Michael will receive the same kind support.
On behalf of the Westlake Family, Thank You.
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