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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1960-10-06, Page 1ZURIC No. 40 -- FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS NEW ZURICIfI, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1960 BUILDING GOES UP - Construction is well advanced on the new building which will house the combination beer and liquor store for the village of Zurich. The store is located in the east part of the village, General contractor for the project is Don Oke. (Citizen News Photo) Results Of eels TB Survey Announced By nt X11© epartnent f Health On behalf of the Huron County Tuberculosis Association and the Department of Health, the following results of the recent county -wide mass survey are submitted herewith. 1. Total number processed 24,184 2. No reportable disease or abnormality 23,650 3. Pulmonary tuberculosis 17 (of which 8 or 0.03( were diagnosed as active) 4. Other diseases and abnormalities 515 These results compare favour- ably with those of the previous survey in 1956 when 19,525 per- sons were processed. The addi- tion of tuberculin testing to the latest -survey; increased the cover- age to all children and was exceed- ingly well-received in most centres. All persons over 40 years of age who attended the survey have had the additional satisfaction of know- ing that they were also screened forr conditions such as irregular heart shadow, possible tumour and ether abnormalities which occur more frequently from this age on. Some adults may have inadvert- ently missed the survey; they are advised that their family physician tan test them and refer them if advisable to the monthly free chest clinic in their area. Both the mass survey and the referred clinics are supported by Christmas Seals. 0 Ken Parker New Arena Manager The Hensall parks board has .approved the appointment of.Ken- neth Parker as arena manager for the 1960 - 61 season. Mr. Parker took up his duties on Monday. The new arena mana- ger, assisted by Lloyd Mousseau, hopes to have the ice plant re- conditioned and ice laid down by the end of October, Village r f Hensall To Seek peer and Liquor Retail Store The council of the village of Hensall has decided to ask the Liquor Control Board of Ontario to establish a combination beer and liquor store in the village. The action is being taken at the request of the Hensall Busi- nessmen's Association, which cir- culated a petition for the outlet. The request follows closely the announcement two weeks ago that the village of Zurich was to have a combination store. Hensall residents turned down five proposals for establishement of beer and liquor outlets in a plebiscite June 22. The rejected questions were for beverage rooms ilex men and women, beverage rooms for men only, beer and wine with hotel meals, liquor, beer and wine with hotel meals and cocktail lounges. The opposition vote was 51.8 per cent of the eligible electorate. Council also approved a plan for a proposed new York Crescent subdivision, and agreed to con- struct the necessary road allow- ance. The subdivision, on the south side of town, west of High- way 4, will include 28 residential lots. Final approval is being await- ed from the Ontario Department of Municipal Affairs. The clerk was instructed to pre- pare a by-law closing a portion of the road allowance on York from Albert Street to Highway 4. A by-law was passed setting Nov, 25 as nomination day and Dec. 5 as election day. A grant of $50 was made to the school fair board. Council also voted to hire Clar- ence Reid to plow snow fromthe streets in the village this winter. 0 Stanley Township Okays Debenture Stanley Township council has given approval to $40,000 in deben- tures to complete an addition to the Clinton District Collegiate Institute. The town of Clinton will issue the debentures for the high school area board, The debenture is the second and final one for the $328,000 addition which is now being completed. The township will mu -chase an $18,231 motor grader from a Goder- ich firm, subject to the approval of the Ontario municipal board and the Ontario department of high- ways. Reeve Harvey Coleman said the grader will be used for snow- plowing nowplowing township roads as well as grading them in summer months. Township Clerk Mrs. Harold Elliott reported the township has completed its first tile drainage work under loans made available through the Ontario Tile Drainage Act on. the farm of Gordon Hill, at Varna. The Stanley Council held their regular meeting in the Township Hall on Monday. Tenders Called For New Past Office Tenders are being called in this. edition of the Citizens News by the Department of Public Works for the construction of a new Post Office in the village of Zurich. Tenders are to be in the hands of the Secretary by Thursday, Octo- ber 27th. Pians and specifications for the new buii:,ing are obtainable at the local Post Office. Land for the new Post Office was purchased some time ago from •Nornisn Gascho, on Goshen Street north, next to his residence. - Plans are to start the construc- tion later this fall, under the winter works program being spon- sored by the Federal Government. The project is to be completed by spring. Evangelical Men eet In Zurich The Annual Congress of the Evangelical United Brethren Church Men was held in the Emm- anuel E.U.B. Church, Zurich, on Saturday, October 1st, with Rev. A. M. Amacher as host pastor. There were both afternoon and evening sessions. The president of the group, Lorne R. Weber, acted as chair- man for the congress. A welcome was extended to all the various men by Rev. Amacher. In the after- noon Stanley Beisel introduced the guest speaker, Dr. Roy Steller, and several musical numbers were rendered. During the Fellowship Hour, when a dinner was served the group, the various reports were given, and the election of officers held. At the evening session the guest speaker was again Dr. Stotler. A highlight of this session was the presentation of E.U.B. Men's pins to the men of the Zurich congre- gation. The congress concluded with a dedication service by Rev. E. E. Hallman, the Conference Superin- tendent. On Sunday, October 2nd, the Anniversary Services were held at the E.U.B. Church, Zurich, when Dr. Stetler addressed the gather- ings. HURON COUNTY CROP REPORT D. H. Miles, Agricultural Representative for Huron County. Frost in most areas of the county has bit coins fields. Recent rains has helped pasture, but not sufficient to make plowing easier, Wheat is growing nicely. Feeder steer prices at local sales indicate optimism on th part of beef men, $2.50 Per Year -5 Cents Per Copy NopIncrease In Mill late For Ratetayers In Hay Townshi The mill rate for the Township of Hay has been set the same as last year, even though the county rate has been increased,2 mills and the road rate .3 mills. The factor which helped in the holding of the same rate as last year is the reduction by 1 mill of the Hay Township School Area rate. The total combined rate for farm and residential in the Township in 31 mills, while the commercial rate is dropped from 34 miles last year to 33 mills this year, A break -down of the rate shows: County rate, 13.9 mills, South Hur- cin District High School rate, 7 mills; Township roads, 7.6 mills. liay Township School Area, 12 mills; Stephen Township School Area, 11 mills; U.S.S. No. 9, Hay and Stanley, 12 mills; Separate School No. 1, Hay and Stanley, 12 mills; Township rural fire protec- tion, two-fifths mill; Federation of Agriculture, two-fifths mill. " The general rate for farm and residential has been reduced from 3.1 mills to 2.5 mills, and for .'ommercial it has been reduced from 6.1 mills to 4.5 mills. Rate for the police village of Dashwood has been set at 15 mills. the same as last year. No road 'ate is to be charged to the rate- ayers in Dashwoo 1. The new chedule of rates was set at the regular meeting of the council on Monday afternoon. A suitable date is being arranged with the county assessor for the holding of a court of revision on the assessment role. In other business at the Mon- day meeting the council set a rate of 16c per head for spraying cattle for warble fly, and 12e per head for brushing. A wreath has been ordered to be placed at the Ceno- taph in Hensall on Remembrance Day, November llth, A by-law authorizing the pur- chase of a quantity of telephone line in Stephen Township from the Bell Telephone Company was given second and third reacting,. Leroy Thiel, a member of the council of the village of Zurich, was present at the meeting and explained the plans for supplying water for the Township to their Crowd °own at Bayfield Fair Although Exhibits are Doubled Although the crowd at the Bay- field Fall Fair this year was smaller than in previous years, eseficiele were still pleased: with the fine showing of exhibits at the 104th Annual event. In the in- side exhibits baking entries doub- led last year's display. Vegetable, root, and poultry en- tries' also showed increases, but the horse classes were badly down. The fair was officially opened by Ernie Featherstone, Chairman of the village trustees, following a parade of eight district schools, led by the Clinton Concert Band. RESULTS Horses, wagon team and harn- ess, Bert McBride, Zurich; ponies, Elmer Johnston, Atwood. Beef cattle, Shorthorns, Thomas Webster, Varna; Roy Pepper, Sea - forth; Aberdeen Angus, Richard Doan, of Thornclale; Herefords, Ephriam Haase, Seaforth; Barbara Watkins, Hoffman Brothers, Dash- wood. Dairy cattle: Holsteins, Huron County home, Clinton; Bruce Bot- tles, Seaforth; Jerseys, Lorne Carter and Son, Seaforth; Thomas Rathwell, of Clinton; Ayrshire. Mervin ',ebb and Son, Clinton: Guernseys, Jack Donaldson, Ailsa Craig; dual purpose Shorthorns, John Keys, Varna. Sheep: Suffolk, Francis Powell, Clinton: Leicester, Donald Grah- am, Park Hill; Dorset Horn, P. E. Dearing and Sony Exeter; Lincoln, A.D. Steeper, Ailsa Craig; Oxford, Donald Dearing, Exeter. Swine, Tamworth, Donald Leary and Sons, Mitchell; poultry, Clif- ford Pepper, Dashwood, with 34 Catholic Women Plan Bake Sale The Catholic Women's League of St. Boniface R. C. Church, Zur- ich, held their regular monthly meeting in the Town Hall on Thursday, September 27th. The president, Mrs. Jack Pearson, opened the meeting with the league prayer. Plans for a Penny Sale later this fall were discussed. Prep- ai'ations were made to :attend a Deanery meeting in Stratford on October 19th. The meeting was closed and the con'unittee in charge served lunch. a HYDRO RURAL SERVICE Ontario Hydro operates more than 47,000 miles of distribution lines— firsts: Earl Becker, of Dashwood, with 23 firsts. Vegetables, Fred McClymount, Varna; Forest McClure, Bayfield; Fruits, Fred Middleton, Clinton; Fred McCiymon•t; Fraser Stirling, Bayfield; apple competition, Mrs. Alvin Betties, Allen Betties, Grant Stirling, Bayfield. Domestic science, Mrs. William Clarke, Varna; Mrs. Robert Taylor, Bayfield; Mrs. Herbert. Klopp, Zurich; Mrs. J.H. Johnston, Goder- ich; dairy produce, Mrs. William Klopp and Mrs. Herbert Klopp; ladies' work, Mrs. Russell Oesch, Varna; 1VIiss Velma Oescb, Zurich; Mrs. Eldon Yeo and Mrs, J. H. Johnston. Winners of the Domestic pie and cake competitions were Mrs. Alvin Betties and Mrs. William Clarke. new municipal office on the Blind Line. Mr. Thiel explained that. the Township would have to bear all costs in connection with the running of the water line to their property, and would also have to secure permission before they could allow anyone else to tap on to the line. The rates charged the Township for the use of the water would be the same as anyone in town is paying, he added. Clerk Brokenshire was instructed to apply to the Department of Highways for additional road sub- sidy on $4,000, for completion of road work in 1960. Several new bus routes have made it necessary for more work to he done on cer- tain sections of Township roads. The council received an invita- tion to attend the annual meetin of the Huron County Municipal Officer's Association in Blyth on November 9th, when Judge Frank Fingland will address the meeting on the subject of picking jurors. 0 Attendance Awards Presented To Lions Fifteen -year perfect attendance chevrons were presented to seven members of the Zurich Lions Club, at their regular dinner meet- ing in the Dominion Hotel last Monday night. Deputy District -Gov- ernor Russell Grainger presented the chevrons to the following mem-. bers:- Ed Deters, George Deich- ert, Jake Haberer, Ivan Kalbfl- eisch, Leroy O'Brien, Ivan • Yung- blut and Earl Yungblut. A 10 -year perfect :attendance chevron was presented fo Victor- Dinnin. Special guest at the dinner meeting was Ellwood Epps, prom- inent sportsman of Clinton. -He was introduced by Lion Bob Mc- Kinley and thanked by Lion Ed Gascho. Mr. Epps showed the club mem- bers a number of interesting films taken on moose -hunting and fish- ing expeditions in the far north sections of Ontario. The guest. who is a native of Varna. has appeared on the King Whyte show on television on numerous occa- sions. MR. AND MRS. PETER LAWRENCE BEDARD were married in St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, St. Joseph on Saturday, October 1st, 1960, by Father I. J. Poisson. The bride is Theresa Pauline, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ducharme, R.R. 1, Dash- wood, and the groom is the son of Mi.f. and Mrs. Percy Bedard, Zurich. The young couple will reside near Zurich. (Citizen News Photo)