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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1981-04-16, Page 1- SAUERKRAUT SUPPER — There was a good turnout for the Chamber of Commerce sauerkraut supper held at the com- munity centre, Wednesday. The auditorium at the Zurich arena was just beginning to fill up when this picture was taken about 6 o'clock. Four injured in local accidents The area's accident -free period came to a halt, Tues- day, and by the end of the current week, the Exeter OPP investigated seven collisions in which four peo- pie were injured. The Tuesday accident which halted the record at 10 days, occurred on Highway 23 north of Kirkton. Drivers involved were Bruce Habermehl, Alma and William Cox, RR 2 Mitchell. Damage was set at $500 by Constabel Don Mason. Two people were injured in the only collision on Wednesday, it occurring on Highway 4 south of the Kirkton Road. A vehicle driven by Kenneth Breen, London struck the rear of a vehicle driven by Lorne Kleinstiver, Dashwood. Damage was set at $4,000 and Breen and his passenger, Martin Cun- ningham, Strathroy, sustain- ed minor injuries. The collision was in- vestigated by Constable Waynne Charlton, a new member of the Exeter detachment. There were two collisions on Friday, the first involving vehicles driven by Ralph Mathonia, RR 2 Zurich, and Charles Krull, RR 1 Branchton. They collided on the Main St. of Zurich and damage was set at $525 by Constable Charlton. In the other mishap, vehicle driven by Douglas Shaddock, Parkhill, rolled giver several times. on the Crediton Road east of Highway 81. He suffered minor injuries and damage Please turn to page 5 No. 14 /„�, , `\ FIRST WITH LOCAL NEWS APRIL 16, 1981 Price Per Copy 25 Cents Stanley accepts tenders on municipal drain work Stanley Township council accepted tenders for maintenance and revision of three municipal - drains at their April 6 meeting. Clerk Mel Graham said the drains will be cleaned out and some cu v nets... replaced ( or alter type of work, Graham said. is not just normal maintenance, but is done every 10 to 15 years. L.H. Turnbull, Grand Bend, submitted the lowest of two tenders received for work on the Stanley -big - drain. The cost will be $14,- 850. Five tenders each were received for the Hood drain - extension, and the Rathwell- Varna cleanout. A $1,240 bid from MacKenzie -Henderson of Arkona, was accepted for the Hood drain. Hanna - Hamilton, Listowel, will do the work on the Rathwell- Varna cleanout at a cost of $1,835. Five tenders were also received for hauling and spreading of 16,000 cubic years of gravel. Jennison Construction of Grand Bend won the contract with a bid of *1.98 per cubic yard. The total cost is about $31,680. Council accepted a quote from. Pollard Brothers, Harrow, for calcium choloride at $135 per flake ton. The calcium is spread on the gravel to help hold it in place and to keep dust down. Council accepted budgets from three area fire boards. The Zurich area fire board Is $15,345. Stanley Township's share is $3,222. Clintion and Bayfield fire boards sub- mitted budgets of $50,750 and $22,125, respectively. Stanley's share for Clinton is $1,512; the share for Bayfield is $7,330. The Stanley rec com- mittee budget of $6,555, for 1961, was also accepted. The recreation budget is for maintenance of two lighted baseball diamonds. The committee may build a fence to separate the two playing fields. This budget handles summer sports in Stanley Township. The firm of B.M. Ross and Associates has been engaged to continue a study of the possible extension of the Grand Bend water pipeline - to Bayfield. The company did a study for Hay Township on exten- ding the pipeline into Hay. The study proposed by Stanley council would look at further extending the pipeline from Hay, along Highway 21, to Bayfield. The study is expected to cost between $6,000 and $7,- 000. The township's 1980 finan- cial statement shows a deficit of $21,000. Graham said the dificit was shown because of accounting methods. The fiscal year runs from January 1 to December 31, but road accounts ruz from December 15 to December 15 the following year. Gramham said the township is "actually doing well". He said the council in- creased reserve funds by 13,- 000 this year. In other business: Council sent a letter to Hensall supporting the village council's attempt to establish a seniors' home. Council approved grants of $50 to the St. John's Am- bulance and $'35 to the Zurich Agricultural Society. Five applications for tile drainage grants were accepted, conditional to government grants. Council passed a tile drainage loan of $156,000 to clear-up last year's ac- counts. About 20 tile - drainage applications were accepted last year. Arena fees to be raised Zurich council discussed requests for grants from 12 area groups. The council will grant funds to the Zurich Agricultural Society, 1150, and $50 each to the Huron Country Playhouse and the Blyth Centre for the Arts. These grants were also given in •1980. The Zurich and District Chamber of Commerce will be granted 1125. The other requests were considered, but only these four grants were put into the year's budget. The council accepted the minutes of the Zurich recreation parks and community centre board. They approved recom- mendations that, sign rental fees in the arena be in- creased from $50 to $75 per year. The rental fee for stags heldin the arena auditorium was set at 1100 for the auditorium and bar. The streets, sidewalks and drain committee meeting minutes were also accepted. Ken Gerber will be asked to submit an estimate on installing curbs and gutters on Victoria Street, from Mill Street to Rosalie Street. The Ontario Lottery Corporation advised the council there was no chance of holding a Wintariodraw in Zurich, in conjunction with the 125th anniversary celebration. The cor- poration's letter said they were still filling applications from 1977. Council endorsed a resulution from the township of West Nissouri. It asks the governments of Ontario and Canada and the companies running natural gas distribution networks, to look at expanding and ex- tending natural gas pipelines to include small urban and rural services. Council members will be attending meetings of the county Municipal Officer's Association in Lucknow, April 16, and the Develop- ment Department in Clinton, April 14. Village clerk Sharon Please turn to page 5 LOCAL FIRE — Fire destroyed a small shed Township last Wednesday. The fire damaged another small -shed. • at a house on lot 15, concession 14, in Hay parts of the roof of the house, and the roof of Wind helps, hinders fire A number of lucky in- cidents made a potentially disasterous fire a relatively minor one, Wednesday af- ternoon. Mrs. Sally Lovie and husband David rent a farm house on lot 15, concession 14 of Hay township, south west of Zurich. Mrs. Lovie said she heard a crackling noise and thought it was her children playing. She opened a kit- chen door that enters into a small shed on the north side of the house and saw flames coming out. Mrs. Lovie got her three children, ages, 2, 4, and 5 years out of the house and called the fire department. The telephone had just been installed the day before. Unsure of how to give directions to the house Mrs. Lovie mentioned the house was rented from Joe Miller, RR 1 Dashwood and the telephone operator was able to help with the directions. Zurich fire chief Chuck Erb commented later the fire department arrived in good time. They were able to get the fire out before it burned out of control, he said. Fire destroyed the shed at the side of the house, and burned part of the roof. A small brick shed to the north of the house also had fire damage to the roof. Mrs. Lovie said it was very windy that day, but the wind was blowing away from the house. It was also blowing away from a large wooden driving shed about 30 feet to the west. Unsure of when the fire started, Mrs. Lovie said the firemen turned off the hydro when they arrived and her clock had stopped at 3:30. She said there was some damage to the kitchen door, Mrs. Lovie had thrown water on it to keep the fire from spreading, but there was no fire or water damage inside the house. "The firemen were very good," she said, "They went all through the house checking every corner -- lucky it's a brick house." Thw wind probably fed the fire, Mrs. Lovie said, but it could have been worse. Erb said the fire depart- ment was not really in- vestigating the cause of the fire because he said it was "classified as a relatively minor fire."