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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1961-02-23, Page 1No. 8 — FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURIC ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1961 GIDEONS PRESENT TESTAMENTS — Members of the South Huron Camp of the Gideons made their official visit to the Zurich Public School on Monday afternoon, and presented New Testaments to the pupils of Grade five. A special feature of their, visit this year was the presentation of a gold testa- ment to a pupil of the Zurich School. Shown here left to right, are: T. Harry Hoffman, secretary of the South Huron group; Edgar Cudmore, president, who is presenting the gold Testament to Jerry Rader, a grade five pupil at the local school; Marilyn Gascho, one of the pupils who received a Testa- ment; Rev. W. P. Fischer, who offered a dedication prayer; and Don Jolly, a member of the South Huron Camp. (Citizens News Photo) Zurich Lions Club Hears Details Of Establishing - School -Safety Patrols Fred Cronkite, of London, a dir- ector of the Safety Patrol Branch of the Ontario Department of Tran- sport, was a guest at the Monday night dinner meeting of the Zur- ich Lions Club, and briefed the members on the establishment of a Safety Patrol for the pupils of the Zurich Public School and the Zur- ich Separate School. Mr. Cronkite informed the Lions Club that there is only one city in Ontario and three towns which do not have such patrols for the saf- ety of the school children, in oper- ation. He stated that safety patrols first started in Detroit early in the 1900's, and have continued to grow rapidly ever since. `There has been a 62 percent reduction in ac- cidents involving school children since the patrols have come into being," he added. Attending the meeting with Mr. Cronkite were OPP Constables Ce- cil Gibbons and Hank Reid, of the Exeter detachment. Constable Reid has been doing considerable work on school traffic safety in this area during the past couple of months. Father C. A. Doyle and Mr. Jam- es Carey, principal, representing the Zurich Separate School, were guests at the meeting. Principal of the Public School, Donald O'B- rien, is a member of the club The intentions of the Lions Club is to sponsor a Safety Patrol which will serve for both schools, "jointly. Fine words of praise were ex- tended to the Zurich Lions Club Native Of Zurich Director At School A native of Zurich, Quimby F. Hess, who has been with the De- partment of Lands and Forests for many years, has received a promo- tion to the position of Director of the Forest Ranger school at Dorset in northern Ontario. The school which Mr. Hess will be in charge of has a total of 116 students, with nine teachers work- ing on the staff under his: super- vision. For the last number of years Mr. Hess has been living in Peterboro, where he has been on duty with the Department. The school at Dorset is north of Peterboro, and Mr. and Mrs. Hess and family will be moving to that location in the very near future. for the work they are carrying out, by Father Doyle who reviewed for the guests some of the projects ac- complished by the local group. Zone Chairman of the Lions Club, Ross Middleton, of Clinton, was also present for the meeting, and spoke briefly to the Club on the subject, 'How Lions Clubs are chosen." Five members of the London West Club, along with Wil- fred Klopp, a former Zurich boy, were also guests at the meeting. Special entertainment was pro- vided for the gathering by Jerry Hartman, of Zurich, who played se- lections on his guitar and also sang. 0 Firemen Honored At Turkey Banquet A banquet in honour 01 the Zur- ich Volunteer Fire Brigade was held last Wednesday evening in the Dominion Hotel, sponsored by the village of Zurich. All the firemen, along with their wives, were preesnt for the occas- ion. Chief of the local brigade is Milton Dietz, while Len Prang is motor mechanic. Other members of the force are: James Parkins, El- roy Desjardine, Hubert Schilbe, Le- roy Thiel, Howard Klopp and Herb Turkheim. Members of the village council, along with their clerk A. J. Kalb- fleisch, and the PUC manager, Mil- fred Schilbe, also attended the spec- ial evening. The reeve, W. Lloyd O'Brien, pre- sided over the banquet, A brief discussion was held on some of the articles needed to round out the equipment that is now in use. A meeting of the members of the brigade and the village council is to be held shortly to further dis- cuss items if interest to both the council and the firemen. 0 Winter In Florida Mr. and Mrs. William Hess, of Pontiac, Michigan, who are spend- ing some time in Florida, sent an attractive shipment of fresh fruits to Miss Anna Hess, of town, who in turn treated some of her friends with a sample of the shipment. The editor of the Citizens News received an attractive picture post card from Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gin- gerieh, who are spending the win- ter months in the south. They re- port enjoying themselves very much. Subscriptions Due; Please Renew As Soon As Possible With this edition of the Citizens News, all subscriptions marked February, '61, and having not been paid for in the past couple of weeks, will be due. You should re- new your subscription as soon as you possibly can. According to post office regula- tions we are not allowed to send papers to people unless they are paid for in advance. While we will not do so immediately, after sev- eral weeks we will be forced to drop all subscribers who are in arrears. Your co-operation in renewing your subscription as soon as pos- sible will be greatly appreciated. If you have recently renewed, and your label is not corrected, it will be next week. ANNUAL MEETING HELD Fire Insurance Coinpany� as T est Surins 'Vlany ears $2.50 PER YEAR — 5 CENTS PER COPY The annual meeting of the Hay Township Farmer's Mutual Fire Insurance Company on Monday afternoon revealed that the Com- pany has experienced their largest increase in surplus in history, going ahead almost $36,000. This favourable experience was a result due primarily to the greatly lowered loss for the year 1960, of $35,264. Came Back Strong President for the past year, Har- vey Taylor, noted at the annual meeting that the Company had de- creased it's surplus in 1957 to the bare minimum after a succession of seven years of heavy losses and surplus decrease. In 1960 the Com- pany had the good fortune of re- covering to a very satisfactory pos- ition and Mr. Taylor predicted that with the present higher rates re- maining effective there was a good possibility of exceeding the Depart- ment of Insurance minimum re- quirement of 25 cent surplus per $100 of insurance in force during the current year. The present sur- plus is 18 cents per $100. It was further reported at the meeting that the Company contin- ues to grow with the direct insur- ance in force now exceeding 34 mil- lion dollars. Director Retires Fred J. Haberer, Sr., who has very capably served as a director of the company for the past 27 years, chose to retire this year instead of accepting another 3 -year term on the board. Mr. Haberer was renom- inated for the position, but with- drew in favour of Theodore Stein - back, whom he nominated. A hearty vote of thanks to the re- tiring director was moved by Rein- hold Miller, a director of the Com- pany. Albert W. Keyes, of Exeter, was elected to the office of president for the coming year. Harvey Tay- lor is past president, and the first vice-president is Max Turnbull. Reginald G. Black is the secretary - manager. Auditors for the coming year will again be George Deichert and J. W. Haberer. A motion was put forth at the meeting to introduce a $50 deduc- tible clause in all policies, but af- ter considerable discussion on the idea an amendment to the motion was passed. Chart Of Losses A chart of the losses of the Company since 1952 was presented by manager Reg Black, and poin- ted out an interesting comparison, showing how the surplus each year is governed by the amount of the losses. Mr. Black also gave infor- mation to the gathering on how the re -insurance business of the Com- pany operates. He pointed out that while the re -insurance program at the pres- ent time is a losing proposition, it is compulsory to handle the busi- ness. Mr. Black also added that ten and a half million dollars wor- th of Hay Company insurance is covered by re -insuring companies. It was revealed at the meeting that the extra five cents premium placed on barns for the past year will again be dropped, and the pol- icy -holders who had paid the extra premium during the past year will be credited with the amount they paid in. Shoot Area Board Approves Telephone IN Zurich School The Hay Township School Area Board, at their regular meeting last week, granted permission for the installation of a telephone in the Zurich Public School. They added the stipulations that there are to be no long distance calls made from the telephone, and that the service is to be used only in case of nec- essity. The new telephone will be located in the teacher's room. The board also granted approval to Rev. W. P. Fischer to show re- ligious films to the students dur- ing the Lenten season. Local insurance agent, J. W. Ha- berer, was present at the meeting with a representative of Frank Co- wan Insurance Company, to dis- cuss the various policies that the board has in effect. policy cov- ering boiler insurance is to be pre - South Huron Gideons Make ColorMu[ Presentation Of Testaments At School —The .South Huron Camp of Gid - eons International presented a grade five student at Zurich Pub- lic School, Jerry Rader, with a beautiful gold -covered New Testa- ment when they paid their yearly visit to the school on Monday af- ternoon. The presentation of a gold -covered Testament to a selec- ted student in the area was made to commemorate the 50th anni- versary of Gideons in Canada. Jerry was the unanimous choice of teachers and inspectors throughout South Huron, as the student who should receive this special honour. are being given out to grade five students in South Huron, by the Gideons. The Gideons International in Canada has experienced an unpre- cedented expansion in the last 20 years. Whereas in 1939 this Chris- tian businessmen's organization, which places Bibles in Hotels. Pris- ons, Schools and Hospitals, had on- ly six camps or local groups in Canada; today they number 143 stretching from St. John's. New- foundland, to Victoria, B.C. In 1939 total Scripture distributed amounted to 17,500 but in 1960 ov- The presentation was made by er 400,000 were placed or presnted Edgar Cudmore, of Hensall, who is in strategic domestic and foreign the president of the South Huron extension areas. Twenty years ago group. Also assisting in the cere- the Association's annual revenue mony were T. Harry Hoffman, of amounted to $12,681 as compared. Dashwood, the secretary; Don Jol- with $249,000 last year. ly, of Exeter, and Rev. W. P. Fis- The Cideons are an aF=soc'.ation cher, of Zurich. Each pupil in of Christian commercial and busi- gradepared for the board, and if it ap. five at the school received a ness men, inter -denominational in pears satisfactory it will be accep-New Testament, as well. character and international in ted. A total of 700 New Testaments scope. BOARD OF DIRECTORS— The annual meeting of the Hay Township Farmer's Mutual Fire Insurance Company was held in Zurich on Monday, and the board of directors was set up for anoth- er year. Two directors, Ezra Webb and Ed Hendrick were re-elec- ted for another three-year term, while the third man whose time had expired, Fred Haberer, Sr., chose to retire. His place is being filled by Theodore Steinback. Shown here, front row, left to right, are: William Haugh, agent; Reginald Black, secretary -manager; Max Turnbull, first vice-president; Albert Keyes, president; Harvey Taylor, past president, and Clarence Parke, agent. Back row, left to right, are: Theodore Steinback; Fred Haberer, Sr.; Ezra Webb; Ed Hendrick; Jack Scofchmer; Reinhold Miller and Otto Willert, (Citizens News Photo)