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No. 49 — FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS
ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1960
ZURICH RATEPAYERS, at the first election since the Village was incorporated in 1959, selected
their second council, Monday, December 5. Shown above in the centre is Reeve Lloyd O'Brien, who
was elected by acclamation, and on his right, Milton Oesch, new councillor. Re-elected and standing
beside Oesch is William Siebert. On the extreme left is Harold (Tiny) Thiel and Leroy Thiel. Last
year the Reeve and Council were elected by acclamation. (Citizens News Photo)
Village Council Elected By Light Vote
In First Election since Incorporation
Only a little over half of the el-
igible voters in the village of Zur-
ich went to the polls on Monday to
elect a four -man council, for the
coming year. Victorious candida-
tes in the voting were Leroy Thiel,
Milton Oesch, William Siebert and
Harold Thiel. The defeated candi-
date was Hubert Schilbe.
The election was the first one
held in Zurich since the village
became incorporated last year, and
ratepayers showed little enthus-
iasm in the voting of men who will
run the affairs of the municipality
for the coming year.
HOW THEY VOTED
Leroy Thiel 192
Milton Oesch _ _ 172
William Siebert 157
Harold Thiel 149
Hubert Schilbe __ 94
A popular member of the coun-
cil for the past few years, Leroy
Thiel again headed the polls with
his 192 votes, out of a possible 220
who cast 'ballots. In second place
was newcomer Milton Oesch, who
stirred up a bit of a controversey
over the building of a new road
into the liquor store. Both Siebert
and Harold Thiel were members of
last year's council, as well as Hu-
bert Schilbe.
Following the voting on Monday,
a short meeting' of rateria rfi was
held in the Town Hall. with all the
candidates present. Also attending'
the gathering ware Hav TnTwnship
- reeve, V. L. Becker; Stanley Town-
ship reeve Harvey Coleman, and
Stanley deputy -reeve Alvin Rau.
Returning officer, A. J. Kalbfleisch
acted as chairman of the group.
The chairman remarked that he
was happy to see the defeated can-
didate present, and added that
quite often the loser is equally as
good a man as the winners.
Reeve O'Brien informed the
gathering that since Zurich has be-
come incorporated three other
municipalities have been here
seeking advice as to the advisabil-
ity of being an independent munici-
pality. He went on to say that
since the new council was the pick
of the ratepayers it should be a
good one.
Leroy Thiel told the gathering
that he hoped the council could
have the same co-operation as they
had during the past year, and if
,this was done it should work out
to the advantage of all the rate-
payers.
The new councillor, Milton Iesch,
reported thathe was happy with
the results of the voting, and ad-
ded that he would do all in his
power for the village of Zurich,
since he was deeply interested in
seeing the village go ahead.
William Siebert stated that he
was pleased to act in the capacity
of councillor for another year. He
added that it had been a pleasure
working for the municipality dur-. t
ing the past year.
Councillor Harold Thiel told the
group that if the council of 1961
could get along as well as the
council of 1960 did, it would be a
pleasure being on the council.'
Taking his defeat like a real
man, Hubert Schilbe assured him-
self of many votes in a future el-
ection, if he should decide to run
again, by being present at the
meeting. He congratulated the
new members of council on their
victory, and hoped they would get
along as well as the 1960 council
did.
Reeves Coleman, Rau, and Beck-
er each brought greeting from
their municipalities, and congrat-
ulated both the winners and los-
er for the fine spirt they showed.
Both Coleman and Rau told the
meeting that they have the highest
regards for the village of Zurich.
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Webb And Hayter
Elected in Stephen
Glenn Webb was re-elected as
reeve of Stephen Township, at the
much -talked about election in that
municipality on Monday. Elected
as deputy-reve was James Hayter,
of Dashwood. who almost doubled
the vomit nn !i7s annonent, Stephen
Dundas, whn was Pausing all the
excitement in the election with his
charges of mismanagement in the
township.
HOW THEY VOTED
FOR REEVE:
Glenn Webb 624
Wellington Haist ... .. 465
Edward Gill 84
FOR DEPUTY -REEVE:
James Hayter . • .._ . 613
Stephen Dundas 354
Willis Gill 193
Returned At Grand Bend
James Dalton was returned as
reeve of Grand Bend, squeezing out
a narrow 188 to 179 victory over
his opponent, Bill Sturdevant.
The four councillors who were el-
ected to office at Grand Bend
were: Stewart Webb, Emerson
Desjardine, Earl Deters and Will-
iam Cochrane. Bruce Thompson
was the defeated candidate,
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GAMES COMING UP
The Zurich Lions Juveniles will
play host to the Hensel].Juveniles
in the Hensel arena on Monday
night.. This will be the first meet-
ing of these two old rivals this
season, and promises to be a real
bang-up game.
On Friday night, the Zurich Ban-
tams and Juveniles will be journ-
eying over to Mitchell for a double-
header with the teams in that town.
All the boys are asked to gather at
he hotel corner at 6:00 p.m,
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Zurich Lions Host
To Lucknow Club
Twenty-two members of the
Lucknow Lions Club were guests
of the Zurich Lions Club at their
regular dinner meeting this past
Monday night, at the Dominion
Hotel. They travelled to Zurich on
a bus.
The Lions heard details of the
new proposed dam which is being
planned near Parkhill, from An-
drew Dixon. the public relations
officer for the Ausahle River Con-
servation Authority. Mr. Dixon,
who is a high school teacher at
Exeter, was introduced by Lion
Jake Haberer, and thanked by Lion
Ralph Latimer.
The speaker told the gathering'
that the length of the dam would
be 1,100 feet, and the width at the
base would be 310 feet. It will be
55 feet high, with a new highway
planned to run over the top of the
dam. There will be 9,709 acre feet
of storage created by the dam. and
the approvimate cost will be $798.-
000, of which the government will
pay the large share.
Showing pictures of the propos-
ed site of the new dam, Mr. Dixon
added that the construction would
make an ideal winter works pro-
ject.
Lion Hubert Schilbe, chairman
of the Ladies Night committee, re-
ported that they have made ar-
rangements to hold the annual ev-
ent in the Dominion Hotel, on
Monday, December 19.
Lion Delbert Geiger, chairman
of the bingo committee, told the
Club that all arrangements are
made for the annual fowl bingo on
Wednesday, December 14.
'Reporting for the health and
welfare committee, Lion Jack Ban-
nister gave a report on two child-
ren which the Club sponsored at
Woodeden Camp this nest sun-mr+•.
Each member of the Lueknow
Club was called upon in introduce
himself to the Zurich. CIub, an ev-
ent which created considerable
amusement to the meeting,
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Tempers flared at a stormy ses-
sion of Stanley Township Council,
on Monday, December 5. Angrily
thumping the council table, Reeve
Coleman exclaimed, "It is time that
the Clinton District High School
Board stood on their feet and ran
the school business and not let
the hired help do it as in the past,"
The situation came to light last
Saturday. The school board had
called for applications for the pos-
ition of a part-time secretary, with
the deadline to be Saturday, Dec-
ember 3. Coleman's daughter had
submitted her application to H. C.
Lawson, of Clinton, secretary of
the board, on Friday, December 2.
"On Saturday," her father stated,
"she called back at the office to
pick up her application as she
wanted to make a slight change in
it. The application was no longer
init's sealed envelope but was
picked up in several pieces and
handed back to her.".
"This application, and others,"
thundered Coleman, "had been op-
ened by the secretary. Nat only
this, -some of the applicants had
been interviewed by the principal
of the school, who has absolutely
n .authority: to do 'so. To top this
off," he continued, 4"A1i this was
still "going on , while applications
were still being , accepted. The
fact that my daughter was involved
in this case has absolutely no bear-
ing on the stand I am taking today.
I fully expect that the action I am
taking will definitely rule out any
possibility of her being accepted
for the position, but it does give
me the proof that I needed of the
odious situation in existence."
"This incident in itself is very,
very small," he said, "but it is a
definite indication of what is go-
ing on,+` I have represented this
Township for 13 years as councillor
and reeve, and it is my responsibil-
ity to ,clean this situation up."
Menno Steckle, Stanley's repre-
sentative on the school board, at-
tempted to answer the barbed
charges of inadequacy and poor
management flung at him. He
agreed that, "the procedure was
not proper, but it had always been
done this way."
"I don't care what has always
been done," shouted Coleman, giv-
ing vent to his rage, "It has got to
stop. These applications have been
opened, and some applicants in-
terviewed. All this was done be-
fore the committee appointed to
handle this business was consulted.
All this should have taken place
after the closing date for applica-
tions, and in the presence of the
proper committee,"
"Would the Township council
back me up," queried Steckle, "if
I asked the school board to adver-
tise again for the position in this
particular instance."
"We'll do that and more," boom-
ed the Reeve, "this situation has
been going on for years, and we
are going to clean it up."
Ernest Talbot, senior councillor,
favoured backing the board mem-
ber to the limit, and suggested that
council should get legal advice on
the matter.
"Who appoints the secretary for
the High School?" asked Coleman.
"The High School Board," ans-
wered Steckle.
"Then why is the board' subject
to the dictates of the secretary,
or the principal? May the Town-
ship council send a representative
to the school board meetings?" ask-
ed the Reeve.
"You are welcome," Steckle an-
swered.
"Does the principal attend the
board meetings and does he stay
for the entire meeting?"
"Yes," answered the board mem-
ber.
"Can the board discuss nothing
without hired help being present,
or is it that the hoard hasn't cour-
age enough to ask the principal to
leave. I feel that it is time that
the board, appointed by the mu'1i-
ci,palities stand on their own feet
and run the school business, and
not take orders from the hired
help."
"I'll look into the situation and the year.
ement
report my findings,"
Steckle.
"I can tell you right now what
you will find," observed Coleman,
"Very poor manageemnt,"
Deputy Reeve Rau said that he
didn't feel that Mr. Steckle should
be held responsible for the actions
of the entire board.
"No, he isn't, replied Coleman,
"But if there are ten men on,:`th^'
board then he has one tenth,.o
responsibility, and he is our ',re-
presentative."
"I do think it is the duty of
council to wake up the High School
Board, stated Rau.
Mr, Steckle was instructed to get
a full report on the actions and
methods of the High School Board.
He was also asked to bring council
a statement of wages paid all tea-
chers and employees of CDCI.
Council gave the reeve their full
support in the action he had taken.
It was suggested that the principal
should retire from the meetings,
for part of each session, to give the
board an opportunity to discuss
business that should not require his
attention.
It was also decided by ccuacil to
hate representatives attend each,
,
High School Board meeting
Council received approval from
Public School llnspector Gamma
to close SS 1, and divide the assets,
in the amount og $2000.00 between
the school sections of Hay and'
Stanley townships,
The township library grant to
Brucefield was increased from
$10.00 to $20.00, and Varna's grant
was increased to $30.00. Baird's
cemetery was granted the usual
$15.00.
Current road expenses t -o
taling almost $1,000.00 were item-
ized by Road Superintendent Bill
Taylor, and were approved by
council.
Next council meeting will be
held December 15. when Mr. Stec-
kle will present his report on the
High School Board activities ancI
council finalizes it's business for
volunteered
Zurich, _ ayfield rig des ttle Fire
s Chicken Barn is Extensively Dunned
ed
Extensive damage was done to a
36' x 108' chicken barn at McKin-
ley's Farm and Hatchery last Sat-
urday afternoon, before firemen
-were successful in extinguishing
the blaze.
The building, which is a two-
story affair for the brooding of
chicks, is believed to have caught
fire from a brooder stove. The
Zurich Volunteer Fire brigade were
summoned to the scene, and after
fighting the stubborn blaze for
about two hours, were fortunate
in subduing the fire.
An ample supply of water in a
pond, Within reach of the building,
was' a great factor in licking t!'e
threatening fire. When firemen
arrived at the scene flames were
just beginning to break in the up-
per story of the building.
When it looked for a while as if
HONOURED OLIT WEST
.A brother of a local woman, Mrs.
Chris Heist, has received the hon-
our of being the $1,000,000 depos-
itor at the Grand Forks, BC, Cred-
it Union, Wes Mather -s had the
honour of making the deposit at
the Credit Union, which put the
total amount over the $1,000,000
mark in savings.
Mr. Mathers has been a member
of the Credit Union since it's be-
ginning, and holds the number two
membership in the group. To hon-
our the man on the occasion, he
was presented with a clock by the
officials of the CU,
the fire would get out of control,
the Bayfield Fire Department were
also called to the scene, to protect
two barns which were due south of
the chicken building; A strong
south wind was blowing at the
time of the fire.
Bob McKinIey, manager of the
chick hatchery, had high praise
for the efforts of the two fire de-
partments in pre!, t" t'ng a much
more serious disaster. Accorclln g
to Mr. McKinley, there were oi:'_
about 800 started chicks in U7r..,
building at the time. Since there
was no damage to the lower part
of the building. plans are f.r• the
immediate repair of the rugger
deck, added Mr. McKinley. The
Ioss is covered by insurance.
ALBERT J. KALBFL€'iISCH, deputy returning officer for the
Village of Zurich, looks over election returns following Monday's
election of councillors. Standing behind him aro two visitors from
Stanley township. Deputy reeve Alvin Rau is shown on the left,.
whilo Peeve Harvey Coleman stands on the right.
(Citizen's News Pito e)•
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