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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1961-08-03, Page 11+1,I/4 MN, CpN�DlAN Wats( r a Pq k4 BOG\F�tl O\>S NEWSPAPERS COMP zu C S No. 31' FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THRRSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1961 $2.50 PER YEAR — 5 CENTS PER COPY FILLING IN PARK — Work commenced this week on filling in the Community Centennial Park in Zurich, as two trucks began drawing fill. Shown here dumping their loads are Elam Shantz and Ervin Gingerich, who are busy trucking the fill from the gravel pit of Elzar Masse, on the Bronson Line. The Park Board hopes to complete as much of the fil- ling as possible in the next couple of weeks. (Citizens News Photo) Huron County Reforestration Scheme Will Provide Cheap Trees For Farms The County of Huron is en- couraging its landowners to re- forest those lands which are marginal or sub -marginal for agriculture. By entering into an Agreement with their local Township,owners may have their land reforested for the very nominal fee of one dollar ($1.00 per thousand trees plan- ted. This is only slightly over one dollar per acre, In order to obtain this benefit the owner must agree to proper- ly fence from livestock the area to be planted; leave the trees . to grow for a period of 20 years; to be present or have someone present when the planting is being done to supervise and do any hand planting that might be necessary; and pay the nominal $1,00 per thousand tree charge. Most •of theplanting is done by a machine which is owned and operated by the ounty of Huron. For very difficult situa- tions, at the discretion of the Zone Forester and the Huron County Reforestation Commit- tee, a hand planting job maybe 'undertaken. Each township sh- ares in the cost (20 to 30 dollars per acre) by paying one half of the planting costs. The County pays for the planting stock as well as one half of the planting costs, but, receives a grant from the Ontario Department of Ag- riculture to cover part of the expenses. The Stratford Zone Forester is responsible for organizing each year's planting. In the summer he lines up prospects, explains, the agreement, inspec- ts the 'land, draws up a planting plan with the owner, witnesses the signing of the agreement form and makes certain the pro- per completion of a tree appli- cation form. The owner will not likely hear from him again until the following spring when notice is given as to the arrival of the tree planting crew. During this time the Zone Forester, togeth- er with the local Township Council and the County officials have provided for the approval of the agreement, passing of Township By-laws, ordering and paying for stock, preparation of machine and hiring of a crew. Interesting landowners should contact the Zone Forester, De- partment of Lands and Forests, Box 338, Stratford. Annual Deichert Reunion Was Held On Sunday At Walton Farm Home On Sunday, July 30, approx- imately 75 persons gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed- gar Elligson, RR 2, Walton, for the annual Deichert Reunion. Afternoon sports were direct - ted by Mrs. Shirley Keller, RR 2, Dashwood. Results of the races were as follows: Pre-school, Elizabeth Deich- ert; 5-6 years, John Elligson; 7-8 year Margaret Elligson; 9-10, Allan Bohner; 11-12, Lester Hohner; 13-14, Roger Keller; 14 and over, Ross Eichler; men's wheelbarrow, Fred Deichert and Elgin Keller; boys wheelbarrow, Roger Keller and Allan Hohner; men's 3 -legged, Allen and Ross Eichler; boys 3 -legged, Roger Keller and Tommy Merner; soft- ball throw, Dorothy Greb and Roger Keller; woman's kick the shoe, Margaret Deichert. Driving the nail, women, Ruth Greb; mien, Allen and Wilfred Eichler (tied); , peanut game, men, Ross Eichler; women, Mar - Ross Eichler; mystery box, garet Eichler; guessing contest, Clara Deichert; Other prizes were won by: youngest bay, Jamie Learn; old- est man, Alfred Pfaff; youngest girl, Donna Eichler; oldest lady, 1Virs. F. Elligson; woman with most grandchilden, Mrs. Victor Deichert; man with most sons and grandsons, Mr. Peter Deich- ert; couple married 30 years with anniversary closest to date of picnic, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Pfaff; newest couple, Mr. and Mrs. Keith Keller; largest cou- ple, Mr. and Mrs. Claire Deich- ert; family coming furthest, Mr. and.Mrs. Max Learn and family, Petawawa; largest family pres- ent, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Diech- ert. and family.. The picnic supper was served by Mrs. Harvey Hohner and her committee. Following the supper, a short business meeting was held con- ducted by the president, Edgar Elligson. Historian, Peter Dei- chert, reported that during the past year there had been one birth, three weddings and two deaths. A new executive was elected: president, Earl Deichert; vice- president, Bev Lindenfield; sec- retary, Mrs. Albert Deichert; treasurer, Claire Deichert. Sports convenors, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Eichler, Mrs, George Deichert; lunch convenor, Mrs. Wilfred Eichler. An invitation was received from Mr. and Mrs. Earl Deich- ert, RR 1, Zurich, to hold the 1902 reunion at their home. Relatives and firends atten- ded the picnic from Zurich, Walton, Exeter, Dashwood, • Len - don Petewawa, New hamburg, Brodhagen, Stratford and Ren- frew. BLUEWATER and .BAYFIELD NEWS Mrs. Russell Grainger, Correspondent Miss Phyllis Schade spent a few days with Miss Helen Grain- ger. Mr. and Mrs. Eric Cleave, Kit- chener, spent the weekend with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cleave and Mr. and Mrs. Clif- ford Talbot, Sr. Mr.a nd Mrs. Clifford Talbot, Jr., and three boys, London, vis- ited with his parents, Mr. and. Mrs. Clifford Talbot, Sr. Mr.a nd Mrs. Clifford Talbot Sr., left on Monday for a trip to the west coast. Ralph Geiger is spending a few days with Jimmie Grainger. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Robinson and Randy, Goderich, were Sun- day visitors with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Greer. Patti Lynn Greer returned to her home on Friday from Clin- ton Hospital, after having sur- gery there on Thursday morn- ing. Miss Brenda Stirling spent several days with: Wendy Greer. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Layton and three boys, 'Mrs. 0. Elliott and Bob, Mitchell, were Sun- day visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Dunn Jr., and Douglas. Home From Trip Mrs. Alice Johnston and fam- ily returned home after accom- paning Mr and.s. M. Brun - skill and family, of•. London, on a two week tour of•. Northern Ontario, going north as far as the twin cities of Port Arthur and Fort William. They came home by way of Sault Ste. Mar- ie, crossing the ferry to the USA, then overone of the lar- gest brdge in the world at the Mackinac Straits. They crossed into Canada at Port Huron. ST. JOSEPH and DRYSDALE (AL. FRED DUCHARME, Corresnondentl Mr. and Mrs. Garl Deitrich, of Kitchner, paid a short visit to the Ducharmes, enroute to Port Huron, on. Thursday last. Mrs. Deitrich is a neice of the Duch- armes. Mr. William Jennison, of Grand Bend, called on Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ducharme on Thurs- day last. He was returning from Bayfield enroute home. Mr. Jennison is an old time friend of the Ducharmes, and when on the farm south of St. Joseph was a neighbour, he be- ing the threshing man in this surroundings for some years. He later disposed of his farm and took residence in Grand Bend. On Sunday Last visitors at the Jeffrey home in St. Joseph. were Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Masse, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Masse, of Windsor and Mr. and Mrs, Hub- ert Carey, of Mt. Carmel. Mr. Joseph Cantin, who has been a patient in South Huron Hospital for some time, is well on the march, but will not be released for some time yet. Mr, and Mrs. Leon Bedard, of this ,highway, and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Masse, of London, mo- tored to Courtright, on Sunday last where they were visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bed- ard. Harvest Time Wheat harvesting in this com- munity has started. The ground which farmers thought would be boggy and soft is not bad to go over with their heavy mach- inery. Now that the month of July, with five Sundays, the op- inion of many being a wet mon- th, is now past. Also the pre- dicted July frost, that too is out of the way. Farmers are hopeful the mon- th of August will be nice and dry to complete their grain har- vest, The next month with five Sundays will be Oetober, but by that time bean crops will be out of the way, we hope, which will release the farmer of further headaches. The bean crop, where the re- cent down pour did not damage, we believe, farmers can expect a high yield, perhaps the high- est in years. 0 Township Council Plans New Bridge Meeting on Tuesday night for their regular monthly meeting, the council of the Township of Hay instructed the clerk to send notices to all assessed owners on the new Drysdale Municipal Drain, that the engineers report will be read on Monday, August 14, at 10:00 p.m. In other business the council instructed B. M. "Ross, P.Eng.,. to call for tenders to construct. the proposed McDonald steel truss bridge. By-law No. 12-1960, regard- ing individual trailers on pro- perty, was ordered to be sent to the Department of Municipal Affairs for their final approval. A grant of $20 was made to the Zurich Public Library. Next regular meeting of the Hay Township council will be held on Tuesday, September 5, at 8:00 p.m. CROP REPORT Continued rain is still ham- pering farm operations. Some wheat has been combined and some spring grain has been cut and stooked. P aures are good and milk production is holding up very well. Corn has ben making ex- cellent growth despite cold nights. Next Week is Holiday Time At Citizens News The Citizens News will not be published next Thursday, August 10, to allow members of the staff to enjoy their an- nual holidays. The office will also be closed from Friday, August 4, to Monday, August 14. Correspondents and other news contributors are asked to send in their regular bud- get of news, even though there will be no paper next week. All the news will be included in the following week's edition. The publisher of the Cit- izens News will also be on vacation, the first in three and a half years, and in any case of emergency customers are asked to phone Zurich 50, The next regular edition of the paper will be in the mails on Thursday, Auguist 17. Official. Opening Of Huronview The official opening of Bur- onview, being an addition to the County Home at Clinton, will be held on Friday, September 8, at 2:30 p.m. The Hon. Louis P. Cecile, QC, will officiate at this cere- mony and will cut the ribbon to declare the 'Wine- officially op- ened. Others taking part in the ceremony will be: J. Roy Adair, chairman -of the Huronview. Committee; Ivan Forsyth, War -1 den of the County; Charles Mac - Naughton, MPP; John Hanna, MP; Gordon Glover, acting on behalf of the Architects, Nolan and Glover, London; Robert Fuller, acting on behalf of the contractor, Con -Eng Contractor, of London. N. Drew and L. Ludlow, of the Department of Public Wel- fare, will also take part in the ceremony. Mr. Craig Peters, Minister of the Home, will of- ficate. Board members and of- ficials will be introduced by the county clerk -treasurer. Close To 100 Pints of Broad Were Given At Red Cross Clinic In Zurich Approximately 10 0 people turned out last Wednesday af- ternoon and evening at the Zur- ich Community Centre to don- ate their blood to the Canadian Red Cross, at the annual Blood Donor Clinic here. John Anderson, of London, who is the Red Cross area org- anizer, said the response was amazing in view of records of other communities which show- ed average donations of 30 pints of blood for similar population. Ninety-five of the donors who showed up were accepted. The local drive for Blood was Ied by Mrs. H. W. Broken - shire, who was overall chair - lady of the Clinic. She had a number of ladies from the com- munity assisting her in looking after the donors, and serving re- freshments after the blood had been given. The Clinic was one in a ser- ies of 36 Clinics conducted so far this year in Huron and Mid- dlesex Counties. The blood was taken in a refrigerated truck to London's Westminster Hospital where it will be cross-checked, processed and prepared for de- livery to hospitals throughout the district. Much of the clinic's success must be attributed to the local telephone operators, who con- ducted a telephone blitz during the day, reminding all the peo- ple of the Clinic to be held that night. The hours of the Clin- ic were from five o'clock in the afternoon until nine o'clock at night. Pinery Park and Grand Bend Both Report Past Weekend Season's Best They're running out of adjec- tives at Pinery Provincial Park, where all previous records were shattered last weekend. It was even bigger than the July 1 weekend. The Park office reported Mon- day that 9,100 cars entered the park during the past week—and the staggering total of 1,600 campers' permits weer sold. If the warm weather holds out, the coming Civic Holiday weekend may be another rec- ord -breaker. "We've been full for two weeks", a spokesman for Ip- ,fierKz. ll-. 7'ravineial Park said Monday. The turnover is aiout 10 campers per day, but the fig- ure for Sunday was nearly 50. Altogether, the park accommo- dates about 1,500 campers, sen- ding the overflow north to the Pinery During the weekend, 2,700 cars were checked in and out at Ipperwash Park. Some campers have reported theft of goods and money from tents and trailer sites in the provincial parks, but this seems to have been ended at Ipper- wash for the present. Police are holding men in this con= nection. Weekend business was also very brisk at Port Franks and Grand Bend. Provincial police at Grand Bend charged three persons with illegally selling liquor fol- lowing raids conducted Satur- day night. Charged are Harry Bossen-- berry, of Grand Bend, Eldon Hemingway, of RR 2, Grand Bend, and Edmund Currie. of 215 Hamilton Road, London. The raids were conducted by I Grand Bend OPP officers, in ' conjunction with OPP detach- ments at Thedford, Ipperwash and TOret ta,. "We intend to stamp this sort of thing out," a district officer commented. Weekend business at Grand Bend was described as very much improved" with cottage accommodation "sparse." Restaurant and food conces- sion proprietors said "business is the same or even better than last year even though there are new outlets opened in The Bend." Some proprietors credit- ed the increase to a greater in- flux of people coming up from Pinery Park camping grounds to "spend the day here." ON BUS TOUR . . A 'busload of Huron County Hog Producers travelled to Toronto last week, to see the new system of selling hogs by teletype, at the Toronto office of the Ontario Hog Producers. Show here, just before they are getting on the bus are, left to right, Lloyd Holland, a Clinton feed merchant; Bob Taylor, Of Varna, chairman of the Huron branch of the Farmer's Union, and Alfred Warner, of Bayfield, the secretary of the Huron Hog Producers r Association. The group also visited Canada Packers, where they saw the complete slaughter and processing program of hogs and cattle. Following this they went to the Union Stock Yards, and then to the United Co-operative of Ontario offices and warehouse. Representing the weekly press on the Trip was Herb Turkheim, of the Citizens News. (Citizens News Photo)