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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1960-08-04, Page 1ZUR C Fi NEWS N. 31—FIRST WITH TIIE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1960 $2.50 Per Year -5 Certs Per Copy eigligeo BLOOD DONORS — The Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic which was held in Zurich last Wed- . nesday afternoon drew a total of 117 persons. Shown here having blood taken from their arms are Rev. W. P. Fischer and Keith Westlake. (Citizens News Photo) Lumberkings Make impressive Showing in 7-2 Victory Over Mitchell Lincolns Playing heads -up ball without three of their regulars, the Zur- ich Lumberkings, behind the steady pitching of Ken Patterson, scored an. easy '7-2 victory over the Mitchell Lincolns in Mitchell last Wednesday night. Danny Trushinski, Doug O'Brien and Bill Craig were all missing from the lineup. Arn Meyer filled in at short, Earl Wagner at sec- ond, and Bruce Moir moved over to centre. Zurich took advantage of three hits in the first inning to score two big runs. They added on in the third, one in the fifth, two more in the seventh, and registered their final tally in the eighth. Mitchell scored once in the se- cond and once in the seventh. Manager Don O'Brien was top man with the willow for the lo- cals, smashing out three hits in four times at bat. George Parker, Arn Meyer, Bruce Moir, and Bob Welsh each hit safely twice, and Pete Masse banged out a double. One of Meyers' drives was a double, and he also hit two long fly balls which would have been a home run in any other park but Mitchell. In going the full eight innings, Patterson showed his best form of the season, limiting the Lincolns to eight hits, three of which they had in the seventh. He struck out five, and gave up only four bases on balls. Good fielding played a big part Licences Granted For Dominion Hotel By Liquor Board The Ontario Liquor Licence Board has approved the applica- tion of the Dominion Hotel, Zur- ich, for licences, it was announced last Friday. The application covers licences for dining lounge, cocktail lounge, and men's beverage room. The ap- plications were first considered by the, board at a hearing in Kitchen- er last June. Other communities which also have been granted licences are: Seaforth, Clinton, and Stratford. The licences become operative on the completion of the altera- tions and improvements to the ho- tel. These are now under way and are expected to be completed early in the fall, in the Zurich victory, as two or three double plays were executed, and a number of base runners were thrown out stealing. Only two' errors were committed by the locals, while Mitchell had five mis- cues. R R E Zurich 201 010 21 — 712 2 Mitchell 101 000 10 — 2 8 5 Ken Patterson and Don O'Brien; Gary Hopf and "Porky" Wallace. 0 Kings Wallop Dashwood 13-5 Pounding out a total of 11 hits, including two doubles, a triple, and home. run, the Zurich Lum- berkings walloped. the Dashwood Tigers 13-5 last Friday night, in an abbreviated contest played on the local diamond. Failure of league umpires to make an appearance made it ne- cessary to recruit two officials from the crowd to replace them. The game got under way at about '7.30 p.m. Doug O'Brien was the big gun in the Kings first victory this year over their arch -rivals. He smashed out two singles, a triple, and an in- side the park homer. Usually a left- handed batter, O'Brien drove out both his triple and home run swinging from the right side of the plate, against southpaw Jerry Bell, a former Zurich player. Zurich scored once in the first, six times in the second when 11 men went to bat, and three in each the third and fourth innings. Dash- wood scored three times in the first, and added single runs in both the third and fifth. Bob Welsh pitched the entire game for the locals, giving up eight hits, walking none, and striking out three. Steve Mitro hit a home run off Welsh in the first inning, over the left field fence. Dashwood used three pitchers in anattempt to stop the heavy onslaught of hitting by the Lum•- berkings. Jim Russell started and was tagged for six hits in the two innings he worked. Jerry Bell was touched for five hits before he was pulled in favour of Mitro, who fi- nally put out the fire. Dashwood Zurich Jim Russell, Steve Mitro (4) Bob Welsh and R H E 301 01 — 5 8 4 163 8x —13 11 1 Jerry Bell (3), and Jim. Attrill; Don O'Brien, TB Clinic Here Draws Nearly 1000: Almost 1,000 persons attended the Tuberculin Clinic at the Coma munity Centre, Zurich, on Friday' afternoon and evening. Another gee persons were turned away due to the lack of the necessary serum. Sponsored by the Huron County Tuberculosis Association, the Clin- ic was conducted by nurses from the Ontario Department of Health. The Zurich and District Cham- ber of Commerce looked after the necessary details in connection with the clinic, such as calling on everyone ahead of time, and ar- ranging to have the clerical work done at the Community Centre. 0 Township Council Discusses Drains Meeting in regular session on Tuesday night, the Hay Township Council received a written request from Antionette Bourque and Hec- tor Forcier regarding the closing of two streets at St. Joseph. The matter was turned over to the township solicitor, James Donnelly of Goderich, for furher informa- tion. In other business the council authorized their engineer, C. P. Corbett, of Lucan, to add an extra charge on the Munn drain, for disposal of extra earth and work done. The clerk was authorized to pay Robert Rowcliffe 80 per cent of his contract for the construction of the Decher municipal drain. 0 Annual Picnic Of County Council The annual County Council pic- nic was held at Harbour Park, on Wednesday, July 27, with an at- tendance of approximately 200. Included in the group was May- or Allan Johnston, of London, who happened to be vacationing in God- erich at that time. Also Mr. John Hanna, M.P.P., was able to join the picnic for a short time in the afternoon, accompanied by Mayor McKinney, of Wingham; also in at- tendance was Michael Fisher, War- den of Bruce County, accompanied by Mrs. Fisher. A.morIg winners of lucky draws at the picnic were V. L. Becker, reeve of Hay Township, and Mrs. Doreen Webb, wife of reeve Glen Webb, of Stephen Township. Thiels Store is Giving Dinners A rather unique feature is being carried out at Thiel's Superior Store during the next few weeks. Each week end five lucky couples will be given free dinners at the Dominion Hotel, with the courtesy of Thiel's Store. This past week end the fol- lowing couples were treated to the dinners: Mr. and Mrs. A. Ticknor, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pfaff, Mr. and Mrs. James Dinsmore, Mr. and Mrs. An- thony Denomme, and Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Dietrich. Anyone entering the store on either Friday or Saturday is eligible to win the free din- ners. 0 Zurich Fire Brigade Has Gone One Year Without A CaII For the past several weeks members of the Zurich Volunteer Fire Department have had their fingers crossed in the hopes there would be no fire calls. On Friday, July 29, exactly one year has pass- ed since there has been a fire call, and it was the hope of the group they could go this long with- out any fires. One year ago, on July 29, 1959, the brigade answered a call to the farm of John Groot, where the barn burned down, and since then there has not been a single call for their services. But people do • not have to become alarmed and. worry that the engine will not work if it is called, for at regular intervals the truck is taken out and tested to see that everything is in good working order. And if another year passes be- fore the siren screeches, none of the firemen will be the least bit disappointed. Former Athlete Dies Suddenly A prominent district athlete of years gone by, Lee W. Hoffman died suddenly at his home in Zur- ich on Wednesday, August 3, in his 66th year. A son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William H. Hoffman, he was born in Zurich on October 13, 1894. Mr. Hoffman was an outstanding athlete in his younger days, ex- celling at both baseball and hock- ey. At times in his early years it was thought he would become a professional athlete. Very seldom Over 100 Donate Blood At Red Cross Clinic Here Last Wednesday Night A total of 117 persons donated blood at the Red Cross Blood Cli- nic in the Community Centre, Zurich, last Wednesday. Accord- ing to the Red Cross area supervi- sor, John Anderson, of London, this number far exceeded their expectations. While close to 150 persons had signed pledges to be blood donors, a number of them were on vaca- tion, some were sick,and some were turned down. The Clinic was sponsored by the Zurich Lions Club, with J. E. Bannister as chairman. Assisting the Red Cross staff of nurses were the following group of ladies, under the supervision of Mrs. H. W. Brokenshire; Mrs. Tom Meyers, Miss Inez Yungblut, Mrs. Irene Farwell, Mrs. Theresa Hartman, Mrs. Harold Zehr, Mrs. Ervin Gingerich, and Mrs. A. M. Amacher. Cookies and coffee were served to all the donors after they had given their blood. It is interesting to note that in London alone the Red Cross esti- mated needing 100 pints of blood over the holiday week end, prac- tically the entire amount which was given in Zurich. Hay To Ply, }s Tr r nship ScliPol re Bo rd nsiortation For Students The mill rate for the Hay Town- ship School Area has been set at 12 mills, down one mill from last year. This rate was decided on at the meeting of the School Area Board on Friday night. At the meeting, the board met with a number of ratepayers from SS l4, in regards to where they wished to send their children to school for the coming term. Two alternatives were offered the sec- tion: (1) the children could attend school in Hensall, with the par- ents paying the tuition fees, and the board supplying the transpor- tation; or (2) the children could at- tend school at SS 7, Hay, in Zur- ich, where the entire costs would be paid for by the board. Parents had until Tuesday night to decide which choice they would make. New tenders for transportation are being called for the children from this section, Two contracts for transportation were let: Elgin Hendrick will re- ceive $750 for transporting child- ren from SS 11 to SS 15 and Wil- liam Watson will receive $1,700 for did he ever miss a baseball game or hockey game in Zurich. Surviving besides his wife, the former Mary Lamont, are: one daughter (Marjorie), Mrs. Harvey Pfaff, St. Marys; one brother, Clarence, Galt; one sister (Mil- dred), Mrs. Leroy O'Brien, Zur- ich. There are also two grandchild- ren. The body is resting at the West- lake funeral home, Zurich, until Friday noon, when it will be re- moved to the Evangelical U. B. Church, where a service will be held at 2 p.m. Interment will be made in the Bronson Line Ceme- tery. Rev. A. M. Amacher will offi- ciate. transporting the children from SS 6 to Zurich. Other tenders will be let shortly. In other business the board au- thorized Norman Fleisehauer .to make repairs to the floor in SS 10 and to install a new ceiling in the shop room of the school in Zur- ich. It was also decided to have the furnace taken from the school at SS 14 and installed in SS 8, with Stade and Weido to do the work. Mrs. Earl Deichert was engaged to teach in the school at Zurich, to replace Miss Olive O'Brien who has retired. St. Marys Plays, Here Friday Night. In Group Pia off The Huron -Perth League base- ball playoffs will begin on the lo- cal front this Friday night, when the St. Marys Lincolns will be here for the second game in their best - of -three series with the Zurich Lumberkings. The first game was to have been played in St. Marys on Wednesday night. If a third game is needed, it will be played back here on Monday night. The winner of this series will meet the Dashwood Tigers in a best -of -five series, for the right to either meet Mitchell or Strat• ford in the finals. After a rather dismal showing in the early stages of the schedule this season. the Zurich entry has finally caught fire and won the last four games in a row. They are confident they can eliminate both St. Marys and Dashwood, to reach the finals. Game time on Friday night will be at 6.30 p.m. DIGGING OUT — Excavation began on Monday morning for the new addition whichis to be built to the Dominion Hotel in Zurich. The cement work is to be completed by the end of the week. Lorne R. Becker, Dashwood, was in charge of the excavating, being watched by a number of inter- ested persons. (Citizens News Photo)