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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1961-11-02, Page 1ZURI No. 44 — FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS 01 ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1961 $2.50 PER YEAR — 5 CENTS PER COPY '4.t,••• 4 • *17 '- • • ....• • mwetttt.. • • • -•f•-'''•; -•,,w4.• • 1,,r".t4„. .•••b‘1,, • 4.4••4',,. *4'10440-1, •' NEW BRIDGE — The first steel bridge in Hay Township was moved into position this week, when a 72 -foot structure the council purchased from the County of Waterloo was mov- ed to it's new location, on the sideroad between concessions five and six. The new bridge is located where the former McDonald Bridge used to sit. Purchased for only $500, the new bridge is of first class steel, with hardly a trace of rust on it. The total cost of the project, including the bridge, moving it, and the cement base and floor will cost in the neighbourhood of $6,000, only a fraction of what the estima- te of $30,000 for a new bridge would have been. The general contractor for the job was C. A. McDowell, Centralia, while the Parson Contractors, of Staffa, had the contract to move the bridge from it's location in Waterloo County to the pres- ent (action, which took approximately five hours. An escort of provincial police and Department of Highways crew was provided. Shown here in front of the new bridge at it arrived at its destination are: councillor Jack Corbett; deputy - reeve Karl Haberer, clerk H. W. Brokenshire, councillors Delbert Geiger and Jack Soldan, and reeve V. L. Becker. (Staff Photo) Zurich Woman Now 93 Years Young Receives Her First Birthday Cake Even though she has had 93 birthdays in her young life, the oldest resident of Zurich had the pleasure of cutting her first birthday cake last week. Mrs. Caroline Weber was 93 last Tuesday, October 24, and her neighbours and friends joined her in an open house to i years ago. She is the oldest observe the occasion. Dahlias member of St. Peter's Lutheran and ivy, and a lovely decorated, Church, in Zurich, as well as cake, complete with candles,being the oldest resident in the decorated the living room of village. Mrs. Weber's home for the par- She has one son, Roy, living ty. in London, and one daughter, Mrs. Len Prang, a devoted Lillian, Mrs. Ted Foster, of De - neighbour of the elderly lady, troit. There are also five served tea and sandwiches to grandchildren and 14 great the guests, while Mrs. WeberI grandchildren. herself enjoyed the honour of cutting her first birthday cake. Also in attendance at the party was Rev. and Mrs. W. P. Fis- cher, who called in to bring the lady birthday wishes. Zimmerman and Mrs. Mary Brenner, were remembered with a piece of the birthday cake. Mrs. Weber is in fairly good health and has been living alone since 'her husband, the late Louis Weber, passed away ten As well as the party, Mrs Weber received many cards and gifts on the occasion. Among the wishes were the thoughts of a faithful neighbour, Miss Anna Hess, who was unable to be present at the celebration. Miss Hess, along with two other friends of the lady, Mrs. Sol Hensall Printer Moves To Dresden Clinton Man Suffers Injury Don Spearman, who for the past two years has been opera- ting a printing business in the village of Hensall, moved his equipment to Dresden on Mon- day, where he plans to continue in the commercial printing bus- iness. From the time Mr. Spearman came to Hensel two years ago, until the end of August, he pu- blished the weekly newspaper, The Hensall Observer. At the first of September, the publica- tion of the weekly was taken over by the plant of the Zurich Citizens News. Before coming to Hensall two years ago, Mr. Spearman was associated with the weekly newspaper in Dresden for a nuniber of years. Dresden is his home town. Mrs. Spearman and children moved to their new place of residence several weeks ago. The printing business in Zur- ich, which publishes both the Zurich Citizens News and The Hensall Observer, is now being operated under the trade name of South Huron Publishers. The firm does commercial printing as well as operating the two weeklies. Heisc" vismen. Treat Chikiren The annual Kinsmen sponsor- ed Hallowe'en party for the children of Hensall and district on Tuesday night drew the largest crowd in, the history of the event, as over 500 attended. According to Kin president Wil- liam Fuss, the organization was more than pleased with the splendid response. The evening got under way with a parade from the Town kali to the Arena, led by a special Hallowe'en band. At the arena, the costumes were judged with the following re- sults: Best costume, seven and un- der, Bradley Baker, Allison Fi- ford, Deborah Clarke. Best costume, 10 and under, Michael Davis, Steven Arnett, Janice Bonthron. Best costume, 10 and over, Ann Mickle, Lois Simmons, Pe- ter Bisback, Heather Reid. The judges for the event were Mrs. R. H. Middleton, Rodger Venner and Howard Scene. Members of the band included Keith Buchanan, Jack Simmons, Ed Little, Dave Kyle, R. A. Orr, Harold Knight, Ross Jinks, Ell- wood, Truemner and Mrs. liam Fuss. An accident on highway 4, one mile south of Hensall, on Saturday, caused injuries to the driver and an estimated $325 in damages to the vehicle. Leslie Nice, of Clinton, trav- elling south on the highway, ran into the ditch when his car developed steering failure. He struck a driveway culvert of galvanized iron in front of the property of Carl Payne, and the car rolled on it's right side. Mr. Nice was taken to South Huron Hospital, Exeter, with a fractured left wrist, and injur- ies to the inside of his mouth. After being treated by Dr. G. M. Gans, he was later released. OPP Constable D. M. West- over, of the Exeter detachment, investigated. Many Costumes at Iliallowe'en Dance Damages Light hi District On Hallowe'en Fun for everyone was the theme at the annual Hallowe'en Masquerade Dance at Bluewa- ter Danceland last Friday night. A large crowd. was present for the occasion, with the largest selection of costumes in years. 1S1 According to Ron Mock, pro- prietor of the Hurondale Dairy in Hensel' and Zurich, there is no need for concern about the safety of fresh milk for Manan consumption due to fall -out from nuclear explosions being carried out by the Soviet Un- ion. Mr. Mock told this newspaper on Tuesday that they had been notified by the Ontario Milk Distributor's Association that at the present time there was no danger from the radioactivity. A statement released by the Honourable J. Waldo Montieth, minister of the Department of National Health and Welfare, follows: "In view of public concern about fallout, I want to empha- Very little damage was caused in the Hensel]. and Zurich dis- trict on Tuesday, Hallowe'en night. Pranksters resorted to minor tricks, such as smearing windows with soap, taking steps away, and dumping outbuild- ings. The only disturbing trick took place at Hensall, when some jokers decided to set off the village fire alarm, at about 10:50 p.m. Firemen quickly re- sponded to the call, only to find it was a false alarm. One stop sign was also pulled out at Hensall. Both Constable E. D. Davis, and fire chief Byron Kyle patrolled the village during the evening. In both Hensall and Zurich, public school children were out collecting for UNIFEF. The Hensall children collected $104.- 53 for the project, while about $50 was collected by the Zurich children in their first canvas for UNICEF. 0 Prizes fon -,the best costum- es were awarded as follows: best fancy couple, Pat Regier, Zurich, and Evelyn Denomme, Zurich; best comic couple, Bob Baynham, Hensall, and Ann Koehler, Dashwood; best Hal- owe'en couple, Mrs. Ken Mc- Clinchey and Mrs. Jack Hutch- inson, both of Parkhill; men'scornic, comic, Larry Ducharme, Zurich; men's fancy, Dianne Burney, De- troit; ladies' comic, Clarence Rau, Zurich; best ladies' fancy, Mrs. Gordon Block, Zurich. Judges for the event were Miss Mary Shea, Miss Helena Kende, and Wilfred Hoffman. Desjardine's orchestra played for the dance. 0 Five Huron Men In London Crash Wil - Legion, Auxiliary Have Joint Party IN vi fluid milk are safe for consumption. "Concerning the poss:bility of milk being contaminated with radio activ e iodine from Soviet nuclear explosions taking place at the present time or in the near future, this is highly unlikely because cattle at this season of the year are reeving off pasture into barns. They are, therefore, consuming feed which was harvested prior to the resumption of the Soviet nu- clear tests and their milk is not contained with radioactive io- dine. "The government is following the situation very closely, and should contamination of food I occur, all necessary action will be taken to safeguard the pu- si that current supplies of ze blic." Mutual Fire Insurance Companies Meet In Zurich and Hear Reports Croup Four (London), of the Mutual Fire *Underwriters As- sociation, held its annual meet- ing on Wednesday, October 25, at the Zurich Community Cen- tre. Twelve Mutuals doing business in the London area, namely Usborne and Hibbert, Lobo, McGillivray, East Wil- liams, Downie, Ekfrid, Lon - d o n Township, Blanshard, Southwold, Carodoc, Westmin- At the annual Legion Hallo- we'en party held in Hensall last Friday night, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Rennie were presented with gifts from the Legion and the Legion Ladies Auxiliary. The presentations were made by Mrs. Gordon Munn and Mrs. William Brown. The Rannies suffered a bad fire in their home last week, and lost a considerable amount of their clothing and furniture. Both Mr. and Mrs. Rennie have been active in the Legion and the Auxiliary over the past years. Door prizes were handed out at the party, and a number of spot dances were held. The Auxiliary provided lunch for the event, and music was sup- plied by Jim Young and his or- chestra, of Exeter. The children were shown five cartoons, under the super- vision of Kinsmen Jack Drys- dale, following which they were served hot dogs, pop and pota- to chips. trated that all 12 companies had shown decrease in surplus over the past ten years of heavy los- ses in the London area. It also illustrated that Hay, Usborne, and Blanshard Mutuals were showing the best recovery over the past two years. The local Hay Mutual is sec- ond largest company in the group. Albert Keys, bresident of ster, and Hay Township, were Hay Mutual, was chairman of represented, and officials of the meeting. Reginald G. Black, McKillop Mutual were present secretary of the Hay Mutual as guests. Fire Insurance Company, is Special 'guests were Milton I vice-president of the Ontario Charlton, president of MFUA,' Mutual Fire Underwriter's As -- W. R. Cross, secretary, MFUA,' sociation. A. Hagyard, examiner of Farm Mutuals. The meeting was preceded by a dinner served by Planning Banquet the Lutheran Ladies Aid and the guest speaker was Robert The Hensall IOOF will be McCubbin. Rev. P. Fischer de -II sponsoring a baseball banquet livered the invocation address. to honour their minor ball The general purpose of the • teams, in the Hensall Arena, on meeting was to receive reports Friday, November 10. on activities throughout the as- Guest speaker for the occas- sociation and to compare mut- ion will be Harry E. Moore. of ual problems. The highlight of Sarnia, the area scout for De - the meeting was a question troit Tigers. A film l be drawer period, during -which • shown on the 1960 World Ser - many problems were discussed jos- and solutions attempted. I Anyone wishing tickets for A surplus graph depicting the banquet may contact one of the financial status of all the the members of the committee, companies in the group illus- or drop into Bert's Snac Bar. 0 Five Huron County men were injured Sat. when their car smashed into a ditch on the Hyde Park sideroad, as the dri- ver manoevered away from a barricaded bridge. Driver of the car, Roy Elliott, 48, suffered head and chest in- juries; Howard Edwards, 21, possible fractured right leg and head injuries; David Dales, 59, face injuries, all of Clinton; Joseph MacKenzie, 36, RR 1, Brumfield, leg and chest injur- ies; Donald Dayman, Kippen, 39, was shaken up. Constable Clarence Mitchell, of London, OPP detachment, said the bridge was being con- structed over the rail -lines south of Hyde Park. tV1 w w.4,4., ,g6ad HALLOWE'EN MASQUERADE — Everyone had fun at the annual Hallo- we'en Masquerade dance at Blvewater Danceland last Friday night. The selection cf costumes was probably the best in the history of the annual event, creating a problem for the judges. Winners in the various classes were: left sz • to right, Evelyn Denomme and Pat Regier, best fancy couple; Mrs. Gordon Block, best fancy costume; Bob Baynham and Ann Koehler, best comic couple. (Staff Photo)