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Zurich Citizens News, 1960-03-30, Page 1ZUR CH N ws No. 13—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1960 $2.50 Per Year -5 Cents Per Copy VOTE OFFICIALS — Every time a vote of any kind is held officials are required to conduct balloting. At Tuesday's voting under the Liquor Control Act, this group of men all took a promin- ent part in the activities. Front row, left to right are: Chris Haist, scrutineer for the drys; Ted Mittel- holtz, scrutineer for the wets;; back row left to right are: Albert J. Kalbfleisch, returning officer; and Rev. A. M. Amacher, campaign manager for the drys. (Citizens News Photo) County Council Highlights A county tax rate of 13.9 mills, unchanged from the ~"1959`°" rate," was established by Huron County Council at a special one -day ses- sion, Thursday, March 24. The rate is calculated to raise $838,986, to- ward an estimated county expen- diture for 1960 of expenditure for 1960 of $1,712,155. The 13.9 mill total consists of 6.9 mills to be levied for general county expenses, and seven mills to be levied for county roads. The budget estimates of expenditures, as presented Thursday, March 25, by John G. Berry, county clerk - treasurer, show that provincial grants totalling $826,575 are ex- pected to make up the biggest part of the difference between the county tax levy, and the total esti- mated expenditures. and $7,000 of miscellaneous revere: Costs of county government have been rising, and the only reason. the tax rate has not had to rise to match, is that indigent hospital costs have decreased since the new hospital insurance plan came into effect, Mr. Berry told councillors Thursday. "Our costs are rapidly coming to a point where this dif- ference no longer will be appar- ent," he warned, "and as a result further .increased costs would mean increased taxation." The money raised by the sale of debentures for the new Huron County Home building has been reinvested, Mr. Berry reported, to earn interest until it is needed. It is now drawing from four to five and a half per cent interest, and can be expected to yield revenue of $10,000 to $12,000 before it has to be spent on construction costs for HCH. INCREASE REBATES Other items of county revenue estimated by Mr. Berry include $5,000 from the Huron Pioneer Museum, $7,000 from the opera- tion of the county registry office, $3,900 in Dominion grants, $5,000 from refunds of amounts paid out for care of indigents, and $12,000 to be drawn from surplus account. The lion's share of the county's total outlay for 1960 is to go on the county road system which has a budget of $1,270,130. Of this total, which includes $300,000 to be spent on development road work which is subsidized 100 per cent by the Ontario Dept. of Highways, the county expects to recover altogether, in provincial road subsidies, the amount of $855,500. Amounts allotted to other spending departments of the county for 1960 include $28,000 for thecounty jail; $11,000 for protective programs which in- clude the county weed inspector's program, the fox bounty program and expenses for thecontrol of rabies; $30,000 for the administra- tion of justice; $18,000 for the Hur- on County Home; $44,000 for the Huron County Health Unit; $12,- 500 for the county library system; $7,125 for the Huron Pioneer Mu- seum; $18,000 for hospitalization of indigents; $50,000 for child wel- fare; $8,000 for the registry office; $4,500 for assistance to reforesta- tion projects. The budget for the Huron Coun- ty Home's 1960; operation fore- casts a total expenditure of $108,- 000, of which the two biggest items are wages and salaries totalling $49,000, and food costs estimated at $23,500. The cost of operating the HCH is expected to be balanc- ed by $60,000 from paying resi- dents, $23,000 in provincial grants, $18,000 provided by the county, By the narrowest margin pos- sible, 18 votes to 17, Huron County Council voted Thursday to increase its rebate to urban centres for road purposes, from 40 per cent to 45 per cent. With a full atten- dance of the 33 members of Coun- cil, 17 voted for the better deal for urban centres, and 16 voted for it. The 16, however, included the two representatives of the Town of Goderich, Reeve Frank Walkom and Deputy Reeve James Bisset, each, of whom is entitled a double vote, because of Goder- ich's greater population. The increase in the amount re- bated by the county to towns and villages, to be used for town and village streets, was requested in January by the Goderich represen- tatives, and was recommended Thursday by the county roads committee. The increase voted Thursday is expected to give Go- derich a rebate of about $18,000 a year instead of about $16,000. Other municipalities which will benefit proportionately are the towns of Wingham, Seaforth, Clin- ton and Exeter, and thevillages of Hensall, Zurich, Brussels and Blyth. In Thursday's debate, Reeve Walkom noted that Goderich is now paying the county more than $40,000 a year in county road tax, and has been receiving inreturn only $16,000 a year from the coun- ty to be used on streets in Goder- ich. "We have no county road in or coming to Goderich," said Reeve Walkom. "We regard this suggest- ed increase from 40 to 45 as a very small step in the right direction." Reeve Ivan Forsyth of 'Tucker - smith township, who spoke against the proposal to give more rebate to the towns and villages, said he understood that towns within counties receive, in addition to the county rebate, provincial subsidies of 50 per cent on road maintenance and 80 per cent on bridges. Se- parated towns he added, receive only 33'/a per cent provincial sub- sidy, but Huron has no separated towns. WAGE BOOSTS A wage increase of 10 cents an hour for hourly -rated employees of the county roads departments was approved by county council, on the recommendation of the roads committee, of which Reeve George McCutcheon, Brussels, is chairman. The new rates provide a minimum of $1.00 an hour and a maximum of $1.20 for unskilled Tabor; $1.30 for truck -drivers; $1.30 to $1.40 for skilled labor. (continued on page five) Zurich Goes "Wet" Large Majority Favours Eighty-five per cent of the eli- gible voters in Zurich turned out at the polls on Tuesday to hear- tily endorse the opening of liquor outlets in the village. Three hun- dred and seventy-three voters, out of a possible 411, cast ballots on the three issues. The vote was be- lieved to be the largst turnout at the polls in the history of Zurich. The men's beverage room re- ceived the largest vote of any of the three questions, with 227 vot- ing yes and only 79 no. The din- ing lounge received 274 yes and 83 no, while the cocktail lounge vote was 270 in favour and 84 op- posed. A break -down of the two polling booths shows the following tot - Open House Mr. and Mrs. George Thiel will be at Borne to their friends, rela- tives and neighbours in honour of their Golden Wedding Anniver- sary, on April 6, 1960, from 3 to 5 p.m. No gifts, please! 0 London Man Charged In Grand Bend Entry George Penfound, London, is in the Huron County Jail at Goder- ich on a charge of unlawful pos- session of a firearm following a re- port of a breakin by an armed pian at the home of Remy Ravelle, R.R. 1, Grand Bend, late last Fri- day night. He will appear in Goderich po- li e court Thursday afternoon. .' R'aveelle -said..a,man,.l okee into his house about 10 p.m. after smashing two windows and threat- ening him with a weapon. The intruder asked Mr. Ra- velle for information but was tur- ned out of the house. Penfound was taken into custo- dy by London city police and then turned over to provincial police from Exeter. Liquor Outlets als: POLLING BOOTH NO. 1, (all north of highway 84) yes no Men's Beverage room .... 148 53 Dining lounge 147 56 Cocktail lounge 143 53 POLLING BOOTH NO. 2, (all south of highway 84) Men's beverage room 129 26 Dining lounge 127 27 Cocktail lounge 127 31 A quick figure would indicate that approximately 77% of the vo- ters voted in favour of all three outlets. Only 68 residents of the village failed to vote, and many of them were unable to get out due to sickness. Gordon Surerus, campaign man- ager for the wet forces, described the outcome as "overwhelming". He said he had hoped for at least a 65 or 70% vote in favour, but had not expected a 77% yes vote. MAKING PLANS Immediately following the out- come of the vote, Ross Johnston, proprietor of the local hotel, an- nounced he would make applica- tion for licence for his premises. He plans on making extensive al- terations to his building, and when finished the property will be a credit to the village. Returning officer for the vote was Albert J. Kalbfleisch, while the two D.R.O.'s were Jack Turk- heim and Albert Hess. Lorne Klopp and Mrs. Earl Zimmer were poll clerks. Juveniles Tie Series With Plattsville; Play In Exeter Wayne Willert, Earl Wagner and Murray Bell each scored two} goals on Monday night, to lead the Zur- ich Lions Juveniles to a 6-4 vic- tory over Plattsville in the second game of the OMHA Juvenile D finals. The game was played in Ayr, on artificial ice, due to the mild weather. The best of five series is now tied at one game each, with the third game scheduled for to- night, Wednesday, in the Ayr Ar- ena. The fourth game will be play- ed in the Exeter Arena on Fri- day night, at 8.30 p.m. Grab Early Lead ,;, Willent,„Be • IN:40149X g41.• scored once in the first stanza for Zurich, with Sararas notching the lone Plattsville goal, to end the period with the locals leading 3-1. Cressman and Sararas each countered once in the second for Plattsville, to tie the game at 3-3. At the 1243 mark in the third period, Earl Wagner notched his second goal to again shoot Zurich BLUEWATER and BAYFIELD NEWS Mrs. Russell Grainger, Correspondent Miss Phyllis Grainger spent the week end with her cousin, Miss Shirley Keys, at Varna. Successful Dance. The Bayfield Agricultural So- ciety held a very successful eu- chre and dance on March 18, in the Bayfield Town Hall. High pri- zes went Mr. C. Houston, Goder- ich, and Frazer Stirling. Low prizes to Bonnie Stirling and Don A Thirsty Village? No! Some time ago a neighbouring weekly newspaper came out with glaring headlines, calling Zurich a thirsty village, and added that the people here were going after liquor outlets whole hog. This story irked us at the time, but we remained silent until after the vote here had been held. We don't think that Zurich has any more thirsty citizens than any other municipality around us. As far as we are concerned the overwhelming victory on the part of the wets was not so much a desire for a place to be able to quench one's thirst as. it was a vote of appreciation to two grand people who have done so much for the community over the past years. For many years Mr. and Mrs. Ross Johnston have operated a hotel here, which we all know has ° been a tremendous credit to Zurich and vicinity. They have catered to all types of organizations, banquets and wedding dinners, and weall know their profits on the food they served have been very small. The hotel has berm the meeting place of both the Lions Club and the Chamber of Com- merce, and their catering to these groups has just been out of the goodness of their heart; they have not made money on the venture. Any organization which had no funds to rent a hall to hold a meeting in could always have ° the use of the meeting room in the local hotel, free of charge. The Johnstons have gone out of their way for years to render a service to the community, which can never, in any way, be repaid. However, by voting in favour of the outlets here, the citizens of Zurich have returned in a small measure the courtesies they have received over the past years from these two fine people. We know for a fact that many people who voted in favour of the outlets did so because they wanted to say "Thank You" to Ross and Marg for all they have done for the community in the past years. This is why we take offence to being called a thirsty village. The people voted "Yes" for the betterment of the community, not for their own personal pleasure. Could it be that neighbouring towns are jealous of Zurich? Taylor. The door prize was won by Russell Oesch, Varna. Music was provided by Carruthers Or- chestra. The lunch counter in the basement was well patronized. Late George Campbell The sympathy of the community goes to Mrs. George Campbell, and daughter, Mary, in their loss of a husband and father. Mr. Camp- bell passed away in St. Joseph's Hospital, London, on Saturday ev- ening. Mrs. Bessie Treckleton, Pt. El- gin, and William Turner, Windsor, are staying with their sister, Mrs. George Campbell. Mr. and Mrs. Harold White and three children left on Tuesday morning for their home in D'arcy, Saskatchewan, after spending the past ten days with his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. James Cleave and family. Mr. and Mrs. White also visited relatives of Mr. Whites in this vicinity. into a lead. Murray Bell made it 5-3 less than a minute 'later, but at the 13.43 mark Sararas brought into the Plattsville back game, when he scored his third goal of the night. Thirty-four seconds la- ter Wayne Willert added an ins- urance marker for the locals, when he scored from Bob Johnston and Gerard Overholt. Zurich came out on the short end of the penalties, drawing sev- en to only four for Plattsville. PLATTSVILLE—goal, Hobernehl; defence, Becker, Fried; centre; House; wings, Sararas, Cressmanz alternates, Bourne, Becker, Fer-- �guuson„4,,; Jacob Harmer, 13ullock Davidson, Tliomsoii,' Gra am. "- ZURICH—goal, "ZURICH—goal, Dennis Amacher;.-, defence, Murray Bell, Lary Be- dard; centre, Bob Johnston; wings, Wayne Willert Gerard Overholt; alternates, John Masse, Earl Wag- ner, Bill Wagner, Don Johnson, Paul Weida. FIRST PERIOD 1—Zurich, Wayne Willert (Bell) 1.40 2-Plattsville, Sararas (Cressman, Fried) 4.24 3 -Zurich, Murray Bell (Johnston) 11.38 4 -Zurich, Earl Wagner (B. Wagn- er, D. Johnson) 11,43 Penalties: B. Wagner (slashing) 6.27; Bullock (cross checking) 9.32; Willert (tripping) 12.08; Bedard (interference) 19.36 SECOND PERIOD 5-Piattsville, Cressman (Sararas) 5.45 6-Plattsville., Sararas (Cressman) 13.10 Penalties: Overholt (hooking) 4.41; Bourne (tripping) 14.37; Mas- se (charging) 18.10; Graham (hook- ing) 19.56 THIRD PERIOD 7—Zurich, Earl Wagner (B. Wag- ner, D. Johnson) 12.43 8—Zurich, Murray Bell (Masse) 13.30 9—Plattsville, Sararas (Graham, Cressman) 13.43 10—Zurich, Wayne Willert (Bob Johnston, Overholt) 14.17 Penalties: B. Wagner, Bourne, (high sticking) 9.07; Overholt (el- bowing) 10.50 DASHWOOD and DISTRICT (MRS. E. H. RADER, Correspondent) Mrs. Harold Walper, Grand Bend, is recouperating at the home of her daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Becker. Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Weiberg and family, Waterloo, were week end guests with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weiberg and Mr. L. H. Rader. Mr, and Mrs. Peter Irwin, Ha- milton, spent the week end here. Dashwood Merry Maids Dashwood Merry Maids held their second meeting of their "meat in the menue club" on Sat- urday, March 26, at the home of the leader, Mrs. Sid Baker. Six girls and the two leaders were present. Notes were given on the follow- ing topics "The Spice of the Meat Supply", "The Wise Choice of Meat", ;"How to Learn to Disting- uish Meats In Beef and Pork." Members learned and discussed the different cuts of meat. Home assignment: 1. Start to make table of cuts of beef of which when complete will be si- milar to that in the leader's man- ual; 2. Fill in column sections of beef; 3. Work in record books." Roll call for the next meeting, "How our family gets its meat supplies." Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hayter and family and Mrs. Bertha Hayter spent Sunday at Brantford with Mr. and Mrs. John Snyder. Little Janice Hayter also celebrated her fourth birthday. New Bus Coining Lloyd Guenther left London air- port on Sunday, flying to North Carolina, where he will obtain and drive home a new bus. Mrs. Guen- ther's sister, Miss Lorene Oesch, Zurich, is staying with her while Mr. Guenther is gone.