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current reeve Lloyd Mousseau. Past reeves were Earl Campbell, Valentine Becker. John_
Corbett and Jack Tinney.
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Tile drainage loans
busyStanley,
Matters ' pertaining to tile
drainage loan occupied
much of Stanley Township
council's July meeting,
Thursday.
Clerk Mel Graham
reported correspondence
from the Ministry of
Agriculture and Food
requested that all tile
drainage loan applications
be sent into the ministry.
Council will add an ad-
ditional nine applications for
about $55,000 in drainage
loans passed Thursday, to
the applications it will, be
sending to the ministry.
Thursday night also saw a
by-law passed to make
$17,000 available to four tile
drainage loan applicants.
A single application for
$800 to be used for a
shoreline protectioin was
also accepted by council.
Stanley council supported
resolutions from the
Townships of Bangor,
Whikglow, and McClure, and
the city of Missisauga.
On the former, the com-
bined townships would like to
see the system for collecting
tax arrears be speeded up.
This would allow
municipalities to begin legal
proceedings after one year,
and thus collect tax arrears
in two years, instead of the
three years it now takes. •
The city of Vlissisauga
resolved that counties should
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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS, JULY 9, 1981
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LEADING THE PARADE — Starting off the 125th anniversary parade, Saturday, was this
girl's trumpet band from Seaforth High School.
Celebration successful
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Zurich anniversary events
Greetings from five levels
of government were given to
Zurich at the 125th an-
niversary banquet, Satur-
day.
Fted Haberer, Zurich's
reeve and Huron County's
warden, was acting as
master of ceremonies .
Since he had the multi -role
of MC, reeve and warden, he
said he would let others
make the greetings.
Leroy Thiel said he was
ordered to keep the greetings
from the village short. Thiel
said he was good at taking
orders.
"Ask courted," he quipped.
"I haven't too much to say."
"Many more years of
success in the future," was
the greeting from Hay
Township, as conveyed by
Hay reeve Lloyd Mousseau.
Mousseau said he hoped
the village and the township
could get along as wellln the
next 25 years as they have in
the past.
Stanley reeve Paul Steckle
brought greeting's from
Huron County.
Steckle praised Zurich for
their anniversary and
reminded the audience of the
celebration of Canada's
114-h birthday and the
sadness of Terry Fox's
death.
Huron -Bruce MPP Murray
Elston presented Fred
Haberer, in another role as
chairman of the 125th an-
niversary committee, with a
plaque and a provincial flag.
The plaque, signed by
Huron -Middlesex Mpp Jack
Riddell (who was unable to
attend) and Ontario Premier
William Davis, said in part:
"Zurich has grown and
developed into a community
which has now become an
important part of
Ontario...your , enthusiastic
progress in the past means
that the village of Zurich will
continue to Vow and prosper
and contribute to the
development of our
flouishing province of
Ontario."
Elston said it was good to
see people co-operating and
celebrating the 125th an -
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niversary when facing
difficulties the way the
economy is going.
The MPP commented on
how good the weather had
been for the celebration,
noting it had rained during
his drive from his home in
Wingham.
But, he said, it was "pretty
much dry in Zurich,"
Looking towards the bar at
the end of the arena, he
reconsidered.
Federal congratulations
came from Huron -Bruce's
MP Murray Cardiff.
Cardiff said he was looking
forward to the changes to
come in the next 25 years. He
said he had checked the
parliament library in Ottawa
to brush up on . Zurich's
history.
Haberer said there was a
number of people to "whom
we are indebted" but did not
name them for fear of
missing someone.
He did however make
special note of Zurich clerk
Sharon Baker who helped co -
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Beach parties a plague
Drugs, drinking,
wreckless driving, nude
swimming, late night parties
and "threats to burn cot-
tages" are plaguing St.
Joseph beach -front property
owners, Arlene Cantin told
Hay Township councillor's
July meeting, Monday.
Cantin said she was
concerned about vehicles
driving along the beach to
the north of the township
road. Children playing on the
beach sould be hurt by
wreckless drivers, and
drivers who had been
drinking she said.
Wild parties go on until 2 or
3 at night on weekends and
the beach is being littered
with broken bottles and
garbage, Cantin said.
She asked if council could
set a curfew on the area or
put up signs to ban vehicles
from the beach.
Deputy reeve Lionel
Wilder said the township's
jurisdiction ends where the
road ends.
Police had been called, but
they are unable to stop
people driving on the public
beach. Cantin said the party-
goers must have a CB radio
turned -in as they know to
disperse when police are
coming.
Councillor Gerald Shantz
suggested steel posts could
be put in the road to the end
of the township property to
limit traffic on the beach.
Councillors agreed any
signs put up would be inef-
fective, and only the police
could enforce the
regulations. ; - •- - -
Tony Bedard said the
area's member of- the
provincial parliament should
be contacted to point out the
shortages of police. He said
there were only six men to
patrol the whole township 24
hours a day.
Vandalism doesn't stop at
the lake," Wilder pointed
out. "It seems to be
widespread."
Reeve Lloyd Mousseau
related an incident when his
mail box had been destroyed
by vandals.
"Some of them (the
vandals, he said, "would
do anything–under dope."
Part of the problem is the
jurisdiction of the govern-
ments involved. The
township controls the roads,
the province the beach, and
the federal government the
lake.
Someone questioned who
would own the land if the
lake dried up.
In a special presentation
roads superintendent Ross
Fisher was presented with a
certificate from the Ontario
Good Roads Association.
Fisher completed a course
at the J.T. Mahoney road
school -in Guelph earlier this
year.
Fisher said he thoguht the
course was a good one, and
could perhaps be repeated in
several years as a refresher.
Hay council passed a
borrowing bylaw for $600,000
for tile drainage use.
Clerk Joan Ducharme said
the bylaw is passed about
every two years and states
farmers may be able to
borrow up to 75 percent of
the cost of installing tile
drainage, though Hay limit
amounts to 65 percent.
Dick Rau agreed saying
lowering the limit would
spread the money around to
more land owners. He also
suggested the maximum of
$20,000 per year be cut back
to $10,000.
Loans of $10,000 could be
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THAT IS INCREDIBLE — Dan Rau and his lawn tractor gives the StanleyTownship float
tow. Rain held back, and attendance was good for Saturday's parad.
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