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No. 46 — FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS
ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1960
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IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY took place on Tuesday, November
' 8, when five Brownies "Flew Up" into Girl Guides. Standing on
chairs, holding gift compasses, presented to them for the good work
they .,had done as.Brownies, are left to right: -Bonnie Banco, Lynda
Thiel, Dorothy Wagner, Kathryn dimmer, and Mary Ellen Bannis-
ter. Standing, on the left are, ,Carol Erb and Mary Shea. On the
right are Mrs. Isabel! Gascho a l Mrs. Donna. O'Brien.
- (Citizens News Photo)
Lutheran Church Women Organize
Golden Age Christmas Party For Dec. 4
The regular monthly meeting of commentary by Dick Sutcliffe on
the United Lutheran Church Wo-
men was held on Tuesday evening,
November 15, in the the home of
Mrs. Leonard Prang, with 21 mem-
bers, two visitors and Pastor pres-
ent.
"These are Serving" was the
topic presented by Mrs. Herbert
Klopp, assisted by Mrs. Anne Tur-
kheim, Mrs. Ed. Datars, Mrs. Earl
Flaxbard, Mrs. Carl Willert and
Mrs. W. P. Fischer. Flash cards
were used in drawing attention to
those women who are Serving in
the mission fields today not only
those of whom the church has sent
from this country, but the women
of Hong Kong, Liberia, Japan and
India who have been trained, to re-
place missionaries.
Rev. Fischer played a recorded
VARNA NEWS
The members of LOL 1035, held
their annual Fowl Supper last Fri-
day evening in the orange hall,
when about 100 members, and
their families sat down to a turk-
ey supper. A short program fol-
lowed. Musical numbers were
presented by Mr. E. Oesch, of
Zurich, and Mr. John Armstrong,
and solos by Miss Mary Elliott, of
Clinton.
County Master, Borden Brown,
of Constance, gave a short address,
followed by an address by Rev. T.
J. Pitt, of Varna.
Mr. George Jefferson, of Clin-
ton, was guest speaker. He gave
an interesting and informative ad-
dress on Education, past and pres-
ent.
The sympathy of this community
goes to the family of the late Mr.
Lawrence Stephenson, in their sad
bereavement.
A number from here attended
the annual meeting of the Huron
County Temperance Federation,
which was held in Londesboro,
last Tuesday evening.
Several members of the Varna
Library Board, attended the coun-
ty meeting of libraries, which was
held in Blyth, last Thursday after-
noon,
the Biennial Convention of the
United Lutheran Church of Am-
erica held in Atlantic City, in Oc-
tober. Mr. Sutcliffe gave interes-
ting comments on subjects dealt
with at the Convention which sub-
jects included Church merger, nu-
clear weapons, Holy *Communion,
television, budget and capital pun-
ishment.
Mrs. Leonard Prang, president,
was in charge of the business
meeting. Plans were finalized for
the annual Thank Offering Service
to be held in the Church on Sun-
day evening, November 20, at
7:30 p.m., and to which everyone
is welcome. Guest speaker will be
Mrs. Lloyd Schaus, of Waterloo,
who is president of the United
Lutheran Church Women of the
Canada Synod. Mrs. Schaus will
have an inspiring message for all.
Plans are also under way to
entertain members of the church in
the.70 and over age group at a
"Golden Age Christmas Party" on
December 4, from three to five in
the afternon in the church base-
ment. Invitations will be forwar-
ded by mail.
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Local Insurance
Agent Honoured
A steak dinner in the dining
room of Hotel Clinton was ten-
dered the agents of Huron Co-op-
erators Insurance Association on
Monday night by the committee of
Huron County Federation of Ag-
riculture. Harvey Taylor, Bruce -
field, chairman of the committee
was master of ceremonies.
The special occasion saw the
presentation of bonus cheques
totalling $1,900 to four agents of
CIA: Bert Klopp, Zurich; George
Turton, Goderich; Ross Francis,
Kirkton and Russell Knghts, Brus-
sels.
Murray Maxwell, London, div-
ision manager og CIA told of his
pride in Huron County, which re-
ceived more in bonus cheques than
any other county in Ontario for the
past year.
Local Men Attend
Easter Seal Meeting
Representatives of Lions Clubs
of 14 centres in District No. 5 .On-
tario Society for Crippled Children
met in the town hall, Clinton,
Thursday night. Purpose of the.
meeting was to hear the outline
of the 1961 Easter Seal campaign
by J. R. Sarney, Toronto, Easter
Seals supervivsor.
Chairman of District No. 5
council, William Haysom, Goder-
ich, called for verbal reports from
Lions Club representatives from.
Goderich, Seaforth, Clinton, Grand
Bend, Exeter, Bayfield, Blyth,
Brussels, Wingham, Zurich, Listo-
wel, St. Marys and Stratford.
The president of the Ontario
society, L. P. Whaley, St. Marys,
announced that the annual meet-
ing of the Ontario society would
be held February 28, in Toronto.
A panel discussion on the Eas-
ter Seal campaign was led by Jack.
Sarney as moderator, with K. J.
Lamprnan, Herb Ziliax, Listowel
and Len Ford, Seaforth, as mem-
bers.
GUIDES GIRL
(By Cheryl Stade)
At our meeting on Tuesday, Nov-
ember 8, the Girl Guides entertain-
ed the Brownies at a special get-
together, when five of the Brown-
ies flew up into Guides. The five
who flew up were Mary Ellen Ban-
nister, Bonnie Banco, Lynda Thiel,
Dorothy Wagner, and Kathryn
Zimmer.
The new Guides were welcomed
into the Guide Company by patrol
leaders Ruth Ann Flaxbard and
Barbara Clausius. They were pre-
sented with compasses by Brown
Owl Mrs. Isabel Gascho and Tawny
Owl, Mrs. Donna O'Brien, in re-
membrance of the good work that
they had done as Brownie mem-
bers.
An interesting feature of the
evening was the installation of
Miss Mary Shea, by Mrs. Isabel
Gascho, as the new Girl Guide.
Captain. Special guests at the
meeting were the mothers of the
new guides.
A delicious lunch was served
after the ceremony, and a socia]
hour was enjoyed.
Zurich Chamber
Launches Drive To
Secure An Industry
`There are many places to spend
money, in Zurich, but few places to
earn it." This is a quotation from
the Chamber of Commerce meet-
ing held last Thursday night.
A somewhat animated discussion
took place during the meeting re-
garding the ways and means to ac-
quire industry for the village.
Without industry to provide em-
ployment, it was argued, the ec-
onomy of Zurich, could never pros-
per.
A suitable piece of property,
close to Zurich, has been made
available as a building site, for any
industry wishing to establish a
plant in this area. Gerald Ginger-
ich, Carl Decker, Charlie Thiel,
Ralph Latimer, and Herb Turk-
heim were delegated as a commit-
tee to 'Get Industry."
The Chamber has accepted the
responsibility of sponsoring the
Pee Wee hockey Club. The Pee
Wees have been entered in the
Shamrock League. Jack Bannister
was appointed manager and Jim
Bedard coach.
Local Truck Driver
Inured In Accident
In Usborne Twn.
Elam Shantz, of Zurich, crawled
unassisted from the cab of his
overturned gravel truck, yester-
day. The heavy vehicle went out
of control on the fourth conces-
sion of Osborne, careened into the
side of a bridge, and came to rest
in three feet of water.
Shantz was taken to South Hur-
on hospital in Exeter, after he
went to the near -by farm house of
Sandy Easton, for assistance. He
was . treated in hospital for a
cracked pelvis,
• The truck crashed into the
super -structure of the 16 foot
bridge, and toppled it into the wa-
ter. Police said the bridge would
have to be re -built, Damage to
the truck was estimated at $1,000.
Provincial Constable H. Reid, of
Exeter investigated.
Hensall Legion Honours War Dead
Padre Pleads For Peace At Ceremony
Remembrance Day service hon-
oring the dead of two world wars
was held in Hensall on Friday,
under the auspices of Hensall Le-
gion Branch 468, which included
the traditional laying of wreaths at
the Cenotaph followed by a mem-
orial service in the town hall.
The RCAF Band from Centralia
led the parade past the cenotaph,
where the salute was taken. Par-
ticipating in the parade were Leg-
ion and Auxiliary members, Scouts,
Cubs, Guides and. Brownies.
Rev. Currie Winlaw, branch pa-
dre, gave the chaplain's address at
the town hall service. "Tyranny
and hatred and strife will still
stalk our world; the spectre of war
still haunts our world; the dream
of a free world at peace, for which
so many gave their lives, now
seems to be threatened as never
before." he said, "When will we
learn that we cannot go on kind-
ling fires and pouring blood on
then to put them out ... we can
not continue to hate and fight and
kill and bury our dead, then build
cenotaphs, plant flowers to keep
their memory alive."
In conclusion he said "We do re-
member them and we thank God
for what they have done for us.
We thank God that he has taken
that army of -valiant dead to be and
live with him. But we must do
more than merely remember them.
Under God, with his • help; let us
promise and resolve that we are
going to make our lives, our com-
munity, our land, which they have
died to save, a hope and a blessing
and a power for a world at peace.
Only then can we keep faith with
those whose memory we honour to-
day."
Wreaths at the cenotaph were
laid by the following: Auxiliary,
president, Mrs. Gordon Munn;
Township of Hay, Reeve V. L. Bec-
ker; Township of Tuekersmith,
Reeve Ivan Forsythe; First Hen-
sall Boy Scouts, John Baker; First
Hensall Girl Guides, Mrs. W. J.
Cameron; First Hensall Wolf Cubs,
Bill Fink. Standard bearers, Leg-
ion, Don Havens, Roy Smale; Aux-
iliary, Mrs. Harry Horton and Mrs.
William Brown; Guides, Linda
Noakes; Scouts, Bruce Morton and
Jerry Drysdale; Cubs, Paul Drys-
dale. In charge of the colour par-
ty, Jim Taylor; parade marshal',
Wilmer Dalrymple.
The united choirs assisted with
the service of praise and Miss
Greta Lammie was accompanist.
The Ladies Auxiliary provided
sandwiches, doughnuts, coffee and
chocolate milk to those who took
part in the parade.
Stiff Examinations Face New Drivers;
Huron Official Located In Clinton
The I;on. John Yaremko, QC,
Toronto, minister of transport for
the province of Ontario was in
Clinton, Tuesday, November 15, to
open the new Driver Examination
Centre, which is designed to ser-
ve Huron County.
Ceremonies were carried out in
the Council Chamber, of the town
hall, at 11 a.m. The public was in-
vited.
The offices for the new depart-
ment are located in the Credit Un-
ion building, on Ontario Street.
M. J. Holmes, of London, is the
examiner appointed to be in char-
ge of Huron County. Mr. Holmes
will be in Exeter, on Mondays to
conduct examinations, Tuesdays
he will be in Wingham. The bal-
ance of the week the Clinton of-
fice will be open.
Services of the present local ex-
aminers in Goderich, Seaforth,
Lightning Hits
Fertilizer Plant
Lightning struck a building owned
by Hensall District Co-operative
in Hensall, early Monday morning,
during a severe electrical storm in
the area. Adolph Otten, saw flam-
es coming out of the roof, and gave
the alarm. Lightning had also
knocked out the hydro, which op-
erates the fire siren. Firemen
were called by the ringing of the
town bell.
A large hole was torn in the
roof of the building, located on
the western end of York Street,
and about $200.00 damage resulted.
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Parr Line
Farm Forum
Parr Line Farm Forum held
their regular meeting at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Blackwell,
on Monday, November 14. The
question presented for discussion
co-operation with your neighbour
was "In what way do you think
co-operation with your neighbour
will improve your farm business?"
The answer was "We think a
farmer should have his own imp-
lements to the extent which they
can afford them. He could use
custom machinery for the balance
of his crops," It was agreed that
weather conditions made total co-
operation difficult,
Wingham, Exeter and Clinton will_
not terminate until December 2+..
This will allow for a two week ov-
erlap to allow the new plan time
to adjust and begin to operate:.
smoothly.
A searching four part test will
be given all applicants for drivers
licences. The test will include
vision, sign recognition, a written
test and a practical driving test.
Staffing the driver examination
centres with full time trainer, un-
iformed, civil service examiners is
part of an overall program to re
place present appointed examiners.
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Exeter Delegates
At Cancer Meeting
Some 200 delegates from across
the province attended the 1960 Ed-
ucation and Publicity Conference
of the Ontario Division, Canadian
Cancer Society, at the Lord Sim-
coe Hotel, Toronto, November 10-
11.
Chairman of the Ontario Division
Education and Publicity Commit-
tee which held the conference is
Mr. J. A. Brockie, Toronto, who
named Mr. Harvey Adams, Depart-
ment National Health and Welfare,
Ottawa, Conference Chairman.
The conference took the form of
nine lively Round Table Discus-
sions lasting the entire afternoon
of November 10, with summing
up and education films shown No-
vember 11.
Among those heading the dis-
cussions were such leading person-
alities as Mr. John Dunlop, Super-
visor, Institutional Programs, CBC,
Television; Mr. Cliff Garvin, De-
partment National Health and
Welfare! Posters and Flip Charts;
Mr. B. Armstrong, National Co-or-
dinator of Informtaion Service,
CBC, Special Events; Mr. Pat Bos-
well, Assistant Supervisor, Institu-
tional programs, CGC, Radio; and
Miss Frances L. Denney, Women's
Editor, Kitchener -Waterloo Rec-
ord, Press.
Guest speakers, chosen especial-
ly to represent the three faiths.
were Msgr. J. G. Fullerton, Tor-
onto; Dean R. C. Brown, London,
and Rabbi A. L, Feinberg, Toron-
to.
Among those delegates attend-
ing from Exeter Branch, were the
following, Mrs. Arthur Rundle.
Mrs. Harry Strang, conveners of
education; Mrs. Kenneth Johns,
convener of education Huron Unit.