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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1961-02-02, Page 1ZURIC NEWS No. 5 — FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2, 1961 $2.50 PER YEAR — 5 CENTS PER COPY NEW UNIFORMS — The members of the Zurich Lions Juveniles have been sporting new uni- forms for the past couple of games, and are quite proud of their smart new white and red sweaters. Shown here, after their 6-3 victory over Hensall in the first game of the playoffs, are, left to right, Gerard Overholt, John Masse and Bob Johnston. All three players played an important role in the victory, with Gerard scoring three goals, John two, and Bob one. (Citizens News Photo) St. Peter's Lutheran Church Making Preparations For Centennial Anniversary Members of St, , Peter's Luther- an Church, who attended the an- nual congregational meeting on Wednesday evening heard plans of the Centennial Anniversary, which is to be observed in the fall of this year. Chairman of the com- mittee in charge of the Anniver- sary is A. J. Kalbfleisch, who ur- ged those attending the meeting to give their fullest co-operation in compiling the history of the chur- ch. Rev. W. P. Fischer acted as chairman for the meeting, at which time the various groups in the con- gregation, gave their reports for the past year. Albert Deichert gave the secretary's report; Earl Weido the treasurer's report; Reg. Black the Benevolence report; Ed Datars the Sunday School report; Mrs. Charles Thiel reported for the Lad- ies Aid and the Choir; Mrsl Harold Thiel the United Lutheran Church Women; Milfred Schilbe the stew- ardship report; Victor Dinnin the evangelism report; and Fred Hab- erer Jr., the report for the Church Council. Mr. Datars, who is superintend- ent of the Sunday School, urged the members to give consideration to the need for additional and more suitable accomodations, for class- rooms. if an addition is built, he felt there should be allowances made for this project. The report of the church coun- cil included the hiring of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Schilbe as caretakers, and Ron Klopp as organist, for the coming year. Mr. Haberer also told of the work done at the ceme- tery during the past year, and ex- plained new regulations which are coming into effect with all ceme- Plan Improvements To Local Harbours L. Elston Cardiff, MP for Huron, announced Saturday he has been in- formed by the Honourable David J. Walker, Minister of Public Works, that it is expected harbour im- provements will be carried out at Goderich and Bayfield during the 1961-62 fiscal year. The work will cost about $80,000 and this has been allocated in the new estima- tes which have been tabled in the House of Commons. At Goderich about $50,000 will. be spent to reconstruct the south pier to provide improved facilities for the mooring of boats. Repairs to the worf at Bayfield are expec- ted to cost about $30,000, teries, regarding perpetual care: H. W. Brokenshire, who has ser- ved as chairman of a building com- mittee for the past year, gave a re- port on the findings of his com- mittee. He advised there would be more information coming to the congregation shortly. J. W. Haberer, chairman of the Constitutions committee, of the lo- cal congregation, gave a report on the findings of his committee, and advised that the constitutions of the Lutheran Church in general would be changed in the next year, due to the merger of various bran- ches of the Church. George Deichert was appointed as the delegate to Synod from the local congregation, with Bert Klopp as the alternate. H . W. Broken - shire was selected as the delegate to conference. Auditors for the next year will be Ted Steinback and Henry Eickmeier. Fred J. Haberer Jr., one of two members of the council whose time had expired, wes re-elected to of- fice; while the other, Glenn Weido, wishes to retire. His position on the council is being filled by Clif- ford Pepper. 0 Women's Institute Hold Summary Day (By our Hensall Correspondent) Crediton, Kippen East, Londes- boro and Seaforth branches partic- ipated in Summary Day for the Women's Institute of South Huron, at the Legion Hall, Hensall, on Thursday, January 26. 60 attend, ed for the project, "The third meal." Following a noon buffet lunch- eon, Mrs. Robert Doig, of Seaforth, took the chair. Informative dem- onstrations were presented by the branches. Kippen East, making of a lemon sponge pudding; Crediton, steak and kidney pie; Londesboro, how to arrange a buffet luncheon; Seaforth, proper way to set a din- ner table. Mrs. Dale Miller, home economist for Huron County, was in charge of the day, and Miss Mary Macln- nes, Toronto, of the Home Econom- ics Service, commented on work completed and discussed problems. Committee in charge were: Mrs. Verne Alderdice, RR 2, Kippen; Mrs. Robert Doig, RR 4, Seaforth; Mrs. Richard Etherington, RR 1, Hensall, and Mrs. Earl Neil, RR 1, Exeter, Fire In Hensall Causes Damage (By our Hensall Correspondent) Hensall firemen responded to a fire Friday afternoon, when a tool shed owned and built by Billy Fish- er, 14, housing a bicycle, stove and other articles, burnt to the ground. Billy, in school at the time of the blaze, had started a small fire in the stove at noon, and his mother, Mrs. W. V. Fisher, thoughtperhaps the fire resulted from this. The building was situated on a lot housing four trailers with fam- ilies, including, Mr. and Mrs. Fish- er, Mr. and Mrs. Keith Wonnacott, Mr. and Mrs. Rene Laporte, and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Whiteman. New Regulations For School Buses Come Into Effect It was announced last Friday by Hon. H. L. Rowntree, QC, Minis- ter of Transport for Ontario, that additional regulations governing the operation of school buses had been made by order in council. The Minister said, that the new regulations related to all vehicles operated by, or under contract to school boards, and vehicles used solely forthe purpose of transpor- ting children to and from school. The regulations require that all such vehicles are clearly marked with signs reading, "School Bus." All vehicles, when used solely for transportation of children, shall be painted yellow with black trim. The regulations also require all vehicles carrying ten or more children to have the following saf- ety equipment at all times; Mrs. Rowntree ' continued. They must have an interior mirror; tire chains or snow tires on rear wheels except duals; a speedometer; the body floor constructed in such a way as to prevent the entry of exhaust fumes; two windshield wipers and a defrosting device; inside lights; an axe or clawbar and a fire exting- uisher, dependable tires; and em- ergency exits. The Minister added that all ve- hicles used as school buses would require a certificate of mechanical fitness, being filed twice a year. In respect to the requirements for the driver of school buses, Mr. Rowntree said that all applicants must he 21 years of age or over and would be required to pass a special driving test. A higher standard of proficiency 'would be required in the test, with added emphasis on knowledge of the rules of the road and sign recognition. The test would also contain references to bus and equipment maintenance. The driving test must be taken in an actual school bus. The applicants for school bus operator's licences would be re- quired to file a medical certificate of physical fitnses and a standard of vision higher than is required for an ordinary driver. The minister said that he thought these new regulations would do much to ensure the safer operation of our school buses and the safety of their valuable cargoes. Zurich . i.lve, ;files T ke 6-3 Victory in First Game f Play f f e ith ,.x;email 9 The Zurich Lions Juveniles drew first blood in their hest -of -five playoff series with the Hensall Ju- veniles on Monday night when they came through with a 6-3 vic- tory on' their home ice. The next game will be played in the Hensall Arena this Friday night. with the third game scheduled for Zurich next Tuesday night, February 7. Banging in three goals in the fir- st period, the locals were never behind as they added one more in the second and two more in the third frame. Hensall scored their first goal in the second, on a play that should not have counted, and added their other two in a wild third period. Gerard Overholt opened the scor- ing in the first session on a beaut- iful backhand shot after he work- ed the puck out from behind the net. Half -way through the period he scored again on the neatest play of the game, on a pass from Bob Johnston and Wayne Willert. At the 14.43 mark John Masse let go one of his slap shot specials, to make the light blink behind Hen- sall goalie Moir. Early in the second period at the 1:33 mark, Bob Johnston banged in a pass from Gerald Overholt, to shoot the locals into a commanding 4-0 lead. With only a minute left in the period, Chipchase let go a drive that knocked goalie Amacher to the ice with a cut to his cheek. Failure of the referees to blow the whistle resulted in Bonthron flip- ping the puck into the empty net. Later the Zurich goalie needed two stitches to close the gash. In a wild and scramhly third period, Hensall came back strong with two quick goals to pull with- in range of the Zurich crew. How- ever, with only a few minutes left in the game. Masse slapped in his second goal and Overholt his third, to salt away the victory. At various times throughout the contest tempers flared as the bit- ter rivals started bumping each other a bit hard, without having any penalties called on the rough- ness. The work of the two refer- ess, who were appointed by the WOAA, left much to be desired. Hensall: goal, Moir; defence, Hor- ton, Chipchase; centre, Shaddick; wings, Kyle, Bonthron; alternates. Jacques, Christian, Smale, Jones, Chapman. Zurich: goal, Dennis Amacher; defence, John Masse, Larry Bed- ard; centre, Bob Johnston; wings, Gerard Overholt, Wayne Willert; alternates, Paul Weido, Earl Wag- ner, Russell Klopp, Don Johnson, Tony Bedard, Ron Deichert. First Period 1—Zurich, Gerard Overholt (L. Be- dard) 1:50 2—Zurich, Gerard Overholt 10:29 3—Zurich, .John Masse (P. Weido) _ 14:43 Second Period 4—Zurich, Bob Johnston (Overholt) . 1:33 5–:.Hensall, Bonthron 19.00 Penalties: Overholt, .Jacques. Third Period 6—Hensall, Christian 4:53 7—Hensall, Chipchase 9:47 8—Zurich, John Masse 14:10 9—Zurich, Gerald Overholt (Bedard) . 16:40 Penalties: Klopp, Chipchase., Bon- thron, Bonthron, Amacher, Smale, Chipchase, Shaddick. Association Of Loc l Busir essneris Formed; Standard Store Hours ` rranged A new organization, known as the Zurich Businessmen's Associa- tion, came into being on Tuesday night, as close to 25 local business- men met in the Township Hall, to discuss matters relating to business in the village. Main purpose of the,Association is to regulate hours of opening and other important Matters which may come up from time to time. While there is a Chamber of Commerce in the village, it was made quite plain at the meeting that this group would in no way interfere with the operation of the Chamber. The general idea of the meeting was that there should be one represen- tative from each business in the village belonging to the Associa- tion. An election was held for officers of the group for the corning year, and resulted as follows: president, Edwin Gascho; vice-president, Al- bert Hess; secretary -treasurer, Mil- ton Oesch; and directors, Ivan Yungblut, Milford Doerr, Harold Stade and Jim Parkins. The As- sociation hopes to hold regular meetings at least once a month. The first item of business for the new association was to agree to Saturday night closing hours for the winter months. During Jan- uary, February and March, the stor- es all agreed to close at 9:00 p.m., every Saturday evening. They al- so agreed to close every Wednes- day afternoon for their half -holi- day. In other business the Association decided to send a recommendation to the council fo the village of Zur- ich, that a transient trader's lic- ence by-law be passed. The mem- bers all agreed that it is not fair to have outsiders coming into the vil- lage and pedal from door to door without paying a special fee for this privilege. As a result of the new organiza- tion coming into effect, both the businessmen and the customers will benefit from better understand- ings as to the hours of opening in the village. The way it has been in the past, people were never sure whether stores were open or not, on any special occasions. The new group plan on advising customers at all times when their places of busi- ness will be open and closed. Zurich Agricultural Society Annual Meeting Re-elects V. L® Becker President V. L. Becker, reeve of Hay Town- ship, was re-elected as president of the Zurich Agricultural Society, at the annual meeting held last Fri- day night, in: the Township Hall, Zurich. First vice-president is Bert McBride, and second vice-pres- ident, Leroy Thiel. Mrs. Marge Schilbe was again appointed as secretary -treasurer. Sixteen Directors A major decision of the annual meeting was the idea to change the number of directors on the board from 12 to 16, according to a new regulation which has come into effect. Nine of the old direc- tors were returned to the board, with the addition of six new mem- bers. The old directors are: V. L. Becker, Arnold Merner, Bert Mc- Bride, Ed Schroeder, Joe Hoffman, Leroy Thiel, Bert Klopp, Herb Turkheim Mrs. Anne Flaxbard, while the new appointees are: Mrs. Irene Steinback, Mrs. Belle Mer- ner, Mrs. Vera Thiel, Bill Baechler, Herb Klopp, Alvin Rau and Allen Armstrong. Both Mr. Rau and Mr. Armstrong have been mem- bers of the Bayfield Agricultural Society for many years. and will prove a valuable asset to the Zur- ich Society. A. J. Kalbfleisch, clerk -treasur- er of the village of Zurich, acted as chairman for the election of direc- tors, while the president, V. L. Becker, chaired the rest of the meeting. About 25 people were. present. Considerable discussion took place at the meeting in regards to ways and means of improving the Fall Fair for another year. No de- cision was reached as to the date for the 97th annual event. Big Prizes Prize money awarded for the past year reached an all-time high, ac- cording to the report of the sec- retary -treasurer. A total of almost $2,240 was paid out for the var- ious classes, including the school department. The Horse Show, which has been increasing in popu- larity each year, had almost $1.100 paid out in prize money. Jake Haberer and George Deich- ert were appointed as auditors for the society for the coming year. a position they have held for a num- ber of years. The matter of appointing 4-H leaders for this year was left until the next meeting of the directors, which is to take place in about two weeks. sugar and Spice ChIuzn Most Populycr Of Any Feature Carried Jy e r ,Aspapers. Canada's favorite humorist, Bill Smiley, whose column "Sugar and Spice" appears each week in this newspaper, has won the ditsinct- ion of being syndicated in more papers than any other Canadian columnst. He is now being read by 111 newspapers throughout the coun- try. Smiley is 40 years old and says the feels every day of it. A native of Perth, Ontario, he grew up there, and graduated from high school when he was to old to play on the football team any longer. He went off to University of To- ronto, and commenced a course in honor English. In 1941 he joined the RCAF, and tra'ned as a fighter pilot. He flew with the Tactical Air Force in Normandy, and was shot down on Friday the 13th of October, 1944. He spent the rest o£ the war in a German prison camp. Returning to university in 1945, he fell in love with a girl who has Since become famous in Sugar and Spice as The Old Battleaxe. A serious illness delayed graduation until 1949. In that year, he fell into the weekly newspaper busin- ess, and for the next decade was editor of the Wiarton, Ontario, Ec- ho. During that period, he began writing, just for fun, a column in which he said exactly what he pleased. A neighboring editor, George Ca- dogan, of the Durham Chronicle asked if he might use the column. Soon half a dozen editors were do- ing the same. Steadily the column increased in popularity. A year ago the problems of dis- tribution became so big that Smil- ey contracted with the Toronto Tel- egram News Service for national syndication of the column, Since then, its circulation has increased steadily. Last year, Bill decided to try something new, went to teachers' college, and is currently regaling the students at Midland, Ontario, high school with his own peculiar brand of English. He claims that teaching is about as restful as wor- king in a steel mill. The Smileys have two children, Hugh and Kim, 13 and 9, who have provided a lot of material for the column, in the past. Readers of Sugar and Spice are sometimes- infuriated, often amus- ed but never bored, as they per- use the prose of a man dedicated to looking at life without benefit of rose-colored glasses.