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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1961-06-15, Page 1ZUR CH No. 24 — FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1961 $2.50 PER YEAR -- 5 CENTS PER COPY Hensall Spring Fair attracted an unusually large number of entries in the livestock divisions last Friday night, as well as an estimated 1,000 spectators. One of the highlights of the horse show was the appearance of seven four -horse hitches at once. Dainty stepping hackneys added a great deal to the interest, and shown above is one of the teams competing gs in Observer' s class. las.(HePhoto) TEACHER LEAVING MUST HAVE HEARING Andrew Dixon, agricultural and science teacher at South �® Huron District High School for 7 County Council Highlights HEALTH UNIT A bylaw establishing fees for plumbing was discussed at len- gth Monday by Huron County Council and deferred for fur- ther study to Friday. Reeve Lloyd O'Brien, of Zur- ich, a plumber, said he favored some system of plumbing in- spection. Regardless of whether council took action on it now or not, legislation would be eventually be enacted (by the province), Reeve O'Brien sug gested. The bylaw was recommenRed to council by the Huron County board of health. Fees asked in the brief are, for inspection of plumbing, ex- clusive of buildings, drains and building sewer, 50 cents per •fixture unit; inspection of build- ing drains, $3; inspection of storm drains, $3; inspection of rain water stack, $1; inspection of pumps, $1; and alterations to plumbing without additional fix- tures, $2. SELLING HOME? in care at the home, including 23 special care patients. Mr.,Johnston said sale of the old furnishings brought $1,100. Chairman of the county home is in progress on the new -road- committee, Roy Adair, said work way and parking area. Final arrangements on the landscap- ing have yet to be made. Plans are to have the official opening of the home known as "Huronview" early in Septem- ber. Mr. Adair said the' pillow speaker system installed by the Lions clubs of Huron County is now in operation. POPULATION DOWN Figures released by County Assessor Alex A. Alexander to Huron County council show the county has a population of 48,- 682, down 87 from the 1960 to- tal. Advisability of selling the Hu- ron County farm at Clinton is expected to be discussed by council as a whole before the end of the June session, Tuesday members of county council toured the farm and the new county home addition. The question of selling the farm has been discussed for some time. Superintendent Harvey John- ston told council member that residents were moved into their new quarters April 25. Demoli- tion of the original building started June 7. He said there are 118 patients 48 normal care, 47 bed care and tendered for health reasons. Mr.' Dixon, who has also been a member of the Ausable River Conservation Authority for the past 10 years, came to the high school from Hagersville in 1947. He introduced an agriculture training program which has gained province -wide renown. 0 TEACHERS MEET Nine women teachers of the Hensall-Hay Unit, namely, Mrs. Shirrey and Mrs. Haugh, of Hen- sall; Mrs. Earl Desch, Mrs. Earl Deichert and Miss Ayre, of Zur- ich; Mrs. Norminton, Mrs. Claire Deichert, Mrs. Elmer Desjardine and Mrs. Herb Neeb, from the rural schools attended the an- nual meeting and banquet for Huron Two and Three Associa- tion, FWTAO, held in Exeter last Wednesday evening. The guest speaker, Rev. C. F. Waite, assistant pastor of Met- ropolitan United Church, very ably and at times humorously described the origin and work of Frontier College. Musical numbers were rendered by a male quartette and a children's band from Centralia. 'nage Council ith Plans For AA the past 14 years has submitted his resignation to the school Mr. Dixon's resignation was The council of the village of Zurich have received instruct- ions from the Ontario Municipal Board that further particulars must be given them before they can proceed with any permis- sion to erect a new municipal office in the village, The letter from the OMB states that they must first have an engineer's or architect's estimate on the cost of the project, and then a public hearing must be held in Zurich before the final approval can be given. The council must also furnish proof of financial arrangements having been made for the pay- ing of their new building. This information was given to members of the council by clerk A. J. Kalbfleisch at the regular meeting last Wednesday night. Seek Loan Previously the cost of the new building had been estima- ted a $10,000 by the council, but apparently the OMB wants a more definite estimate: The council had intended selling debentures on the project, but at their meeting they decided to negotiate with the Bank of Montreal in Zurich to see if the necessary funds could be loan- ed instead of being placed on debentures. Reeve Lloyd O'B- rien and Clerk A. J. Kalkfleisch were instructed to visit the bank with their proposal. Plans Delayed The •fact that the OMB has de- cided.,a hearing is necessary .be- fore the new building can be erected will delay the plans of the council to a certain extent. They had hoped to begin con - The total high school equaliza- tion is __61,500,104. ROAD REPORT Huron County has been assur- ed by the Minister of Highways for Ontario that everything will be done to provide sufficient funds to complete work on the development road from Carlow to Blyth. . The amount Huron- originally obtained for this work was con- siderably less than the amount required, because of a misund- erstanding by the department's development road engineer, the district municipal engineer, and the county engineer. At the same time that the minister, Hon. F. M. Cass, was told of the shortage of funds, Huron County also took the op- portunity to resubmit its official request of another development road. The county was informed, however, that the development road funds are fully committed for this year, and that it is not likely that one county would be awarded a second development road until the first was com- pleted. The minister did sug- gest that the county renew its request in 1962. An honest effort by the municipality to bring its system up to standard, he said, would greatly enhance the chances of securing future development roads. This information, along with outlines of present country road work was submitted by Clayton Smith, reeve of Usborne, and chairman of the road committee, during the opening of the June session of Huron County Coun- cil, Monday. A total of $915,00 has been budgeted this year for Huron County roads and bridges, Mr. Smith said. Mr. Smith in a report to council, said $386,000 was ear- marked f o r construction of roads, $330,00 for maintenance of roads, $179,00 for bridge construction and $20,000 for maintenance of bridges. Work is proceeding on the county's 1961 road and bridge program, following a late start owing to wet weather in May. Huron County employees wor- king on an hourly basis were granted an increase in pay of eight cents an hour it was repor- ted. A by-law was approved by council, expropriating certain lands abutting County Road 17 from Carlow to Nile in order to provide for reconstruction in 1962 of the roadway, in accord- ance with the five-year road plan adopted by the county. Town Population Goderich heads the towns with 6,232 followed by Clinton with 3,107. Other figures show Exeter with 2,888, Seaforth, 2- 260, Wingham, 2,770. Hensall has the largest population for villages with 903 followed by Zurich with 737, Blyth 743 and Brussels 835. Zurich Mileage Low Stephen Township has the largest population in the town- ships with 2,880, followed by Howick with 2,719. Goderich Township has the largest road mileage, 171 miles. Zurich has the lowesst road mileage, 3 miles. Huron County has an acreage assessment of 795,805 and a to- tal overall assessment of $62,- 497,739 for county equalization. Huron County Librarian Is Fired By Council At Their June Session County Council Monday called for the resignation of Mrs. R. G. Eckmeir, the county's chief librarian, and the resignation of her husband, also an employee of the Huron Library Co -Oper- ative Board. "It has been quite apparant for some time that Mr. and Mrs. Eckmier have not been satisfied with their position here," states the June report of the co-opera- tive board. The action came as a result of a letter circulated to all members of council by Mrs. Eck- mier, in which she asked a ser- ies of "Did you know?" quest- ions concerning the operation of the co-operative library sys- tem in Huron. The "Did you know?" points 0 CROP REPORT (By D. H. MILES, Agricultural Representative for Huron County) Frequent heavy rains and hot humid weather has encouraged excellent growth of all crops during the past week. This growth has been most noticeable in fall wheat, hay and pastures. There is swe lodging in wheat and hay. Corn is making excellent headway. Yellow Rocket is fast becom- ing a problem in hay fields. as Problem ew tui1.ing struction in the near future. Some council members felt there should be tenders called for the construction of the new building, while others felt this was not necessary. A definite decision on the matter was not made at the Wednesday night meeting. In other business at the meeting, third and final reading was given the new parking by- law for the village. The by-law has now been sent to Toronto for final approval, following which the new regulations will be put into effect. This should take place within the next coup- le of weeks. Tax Rate Set The tax rate for the village for 1962 will remain the same as it is at present, 13 mills for residential rate and 18 mills for b iand commercial rate. The only change that seems pos- sible for the next year is a one - mill increase in the county rate. All school rates are expected to remain the same. Council approved the paying of $500 to the accounting firm of A. M. Harper, for the recent audit of the village books. Part of the amount is to be billed against the hydro system, and part against the water system. A grant of $125 was made to the Zurich Agricultural Society, towards the 1961 Zurich Fall Fair. Considerable discussion took place at the meeting in regards to repairing streets in the vil- lage. The council will also go on an inspection tour of the sidewalks in the near future, to determine what work is neces- sary in this department this summer. Annual Synod Of Lutheran Church Sees Various Groups Join Together touched on salaries, service, grants, staff, and the operation of the bookmobile (which her husband was hired to drive). The report of the co-operative board also stated that Mr. and Mrs. Fackmier had advertised in "the Bulletin Board seeking an- other position," while at a re- cent convention in Hamilton. The couple were informed of the request Monday morning Resignation is effective June 30. Applications for the position of county librarian will be call- ed for by council. There will be no change in the office staff. An earlier motion appointing Mr. and Mrs. Eckmier as dele- gates to the Canadian Library Convention was rescinded by the board. Centennial year celebrations of the Canada Synod of the Lu- theran Church began with a rally at the Kitchener Memor- ial Auditorium, Sunday, June 4, which 6,000 Lutherans attended. Rally theme was "One Hundred Years with Christ in Canada," with the Rev. Dr. A. G. Jacobi, retiring president of the Synod, as keynote speaker. He envis- ioned the day when all Canad- ian Lutherans would be united in one church. Registration for the conven- tion which was held at Preston, totalled 230, with 118 pastors, 86 Lay Delegates, eight official vistors (speakers) and 18 regis- tered visitors. Two new congregations were received into Synod; Augsburg Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brampton, the Rev. Albert Da - tars, pastor; and St. Mark's Ev- angelical Lutheran C h u r c h, Sault Ste. Marie, the Rev. Eb- erhard Schwantes, pastor. One of the highlights of the first day was the centenial ban- quet, with 300 people packing usness Record Crowd Attends Hensall Spring Fair Last Friday Night This year's Hensall's spring fair was "one of our best yet," president Earl Dick, of RR 1, Cromarty, said Friday night af- ter welcoming a crowd of more than 1,000. The fair opened with a school parade led by horesmen and the was shown by Keith Rader, of RR 3, Zurich and the award for best market animal went to Ro- bert Winsman, of Cromarty. Major horse event winners were Nile Shantz, of Plattsville; Charles Halliday, of Chesley; Allan Knill, of Paris; Orval Bes- Clinton Community Concert tard, of Thorndale; Fred Jones, Band. Prizes for marching were of Belton; Wallace Munroe, of won by SS 7, Hibbert; SS 10, ` Embro and Mrs. Hazel Wallis, of Hay and"""SS 1,: Tuckersmith. ` I Granton. A novice competitor William ' In the baby contest, winners of the six -month -and -over divis- ion were Cheryl Ford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Ford, of Hensall; Garth Hargreaves, soar of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Har- greaves, of Brucefield and Bren- da Ballantyne, daughter of Mr. , and Mrs. Lorne Ballanty..e, of RR 3, Exeter. In the under six months i iv- ision, winners were Ruth Chap- pel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Chappel, of Seaforth; Edward Webster, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Webster, of Hen- sall and Dale Marie Armstrong, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Har- old Armstrong, of RR 1, Exeter. The fair was opened by El- ston Cardiff, parliamentary sec- retary to Agriculture Minister Harkness and Conservative MP for Huron. He was assisted by Ivan Forsyth, warden of Huron County. St. Peter's Fellowship Hall, on a very warm night. Represen- tative of the United Lutheran Church of America, the Rev. Dr. George Harkins, spoke on the subject, "God demands a finer Synod." Four demands of God for the coming days are: To be joyously Christian, spiritually articulate, unashamely faithful, and to gird ourselves with a holy impatience, r. Harkins said. Dri Jacobi was given a pectoral cross on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his ordination, and a cheque as a farewell gift from Synod. President-elect of the Synod is the Rev. Dr. Alfred Lotz, pastor of St. Peter's Church, Kitchener for the past 21 years.. His election on Tuesday came on thet hird ballot, and his ac- ceptance was announced to the convention on Wednesday mor- ning after Dr. Lotz had reques- ted the overnight period to con- sider this call. Re-elected to office were. Mr. Emerson Kalbfleisch, treasurer; the Rev. Otto Stockman, statist- ician; and the Rev. Edgar Fisch- er, necrologist. The foreign missions commit- tee presented Mr. and Mrs. Rol- and Payne of Liberia, Pastor Fed Neudoerffer of the Foreign Mission Board, Dr. and Mrs. Leon Irschick who are retired from the India field, and Mr. Robert Datars, a new mission- ary. Mr. Datars was given a briefcase; he leaves soon to be an accountant for the India church. Three men were ordained by Dr. Jacobi on Wednesday even- ing: Harold Brill (a son of the host congregation) who will ser- ve St. Peter's, Brodhagen; How- Trushinski's double. He scored and Guse, who goes to the I on Paul Pearson's hot grounder Heidelberg-Erbsville parish; and to second. Doug O'Brien smash- Delmer m sh-Delmer Beier, who will establish ed out a line single, and took a new mission congregation insecond on a wild pitch. He scor- Fredericton, New Brunswick. I ed on Jim Bedard's single. Snow, of RR 1, Woodham, won top prize for finish in the Hen- sall Feeder Calf Club show, fea- ture of the evening. The 14- year-old's steer sold for 28 cents a pound in the auction that fol- lowed. The reserve award went to Margaret J. Broadfoot, of RR 2, Kippen, who received 261/2 cents a pound for her steer. Showmanship awards were won by George Townsend, of RR 3, Seaforth; Jim Papple, of RR 4, Seaforth; Joan Sinclair, of Kippen and William Snow. In the cattle classes, Whitney Coates and Son, RR 1, Centralia, captured both herd and get -of - sire awards, of Herefords. El- mer Ribery, of Underwood, won the Angus class and Shorthorn honors went to W. E. Parker, of Watford. Champion Holstein female This completes the land pur- chases required for the county's 1962 road program, Mr. Smith said, and will permit relocation of utilities and the erection of fences late this summer, pro- viding for more efficient con- struction procedures when the actual reconstruction begins in 1962. TO REVIEW INSURANCE County insurance will be re- viewed by the property commit- tee of Huron County council at the next meeting. Valentine Becker, chairman of the committee, told council any suggestions or inquiries would be welcomed. A dictating and transcribing machine has been purchased from the Dictaphone Corpora- tion at a cost of $800. Lumberkings Win One, Lose One Zurich Lumberkings downed the Exeter Mohawks 3-0 in a closely -played game on the lo- cal diamond Monday night. The locals picked up all three runs in a big third -inning rally, when they banged out three of their six hits. John Masse, on the mound for Zurich, gave up only one scratch hit in the five innings he worked. He struck out 11 Exeter batters, while walking five. Dan Trushinski finished the last inning for Zurich, and struck out two, giving up no hits. Doug O'Brien was top man with the willow for the locals, banging out two hits in three times at bat. Earl Wagner, Trushinski, Ron Deichert, and Jom Bedard each hit safely once. Boom Gravett picked up the on- ly Exeter safety. The Zurich Lumberkings lost their first game of the season last Friday night, when the Staffa-Mitchell Combines hung a 7-4 defeat on their shoulders. The game was played in Staffa cow pasture. The first period proved to be the downfall for the locals, as they allowed the home team to push five runs across the plate, before they put out the fire. Staffa picked up their other two runs in the seventh. Zurich scored twice in the sixth, and added singletons in both the seventh and eighth in- nings. Playing -manager Don O'Brien went the route on the mound for Zurich, giving up nine hits, walking five, and striking out five. The only time he was in serious trouble was in the first inning, when the poor playing field threw the whole team off kilter. The Zurich batters picked up nine hits in the eight -inning con- test, paced by Doug O'Brien, with three for four. One of his three hits was a triple, in the eigth. Paul Pearson and Ron Deichert each bit safely twice, with singles going to Jim Bed- ard and Dan Trushinski. The big rally for Zurich came in the third, when playing -man- ager Don O'Brien worked a base on balls, and moved to third on