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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1961-12-21, Page 12PAGE TWELVE SANTA VISITS ZURICH Hundreds of anxious children were on hand in the Zurich Community Centre last Saturday afternoon, when Santa Claus paid his official visit to the children of the community. Saint Nick is shown here trying to hold back the interested little fans he has attracted. During the course of the afternoon, the children were shown movies, and treated to chocolate milk, courtesy of the Hurondale Dairy. Members of the Zurich Lions Club, sponsors of the annual event, assisted Santa in handing outaff packsPhof candy to the children. Hensall Council Gives Hiring Of New Clerk To '62 Officials The council of the village of Hensall, at their last regular meeting of the year Friday night, decided to leave the mat- ter of picking a new clerk to the 1962 council. In moving for the application to be left over to the new council, Jack La- vender said, "I think it is only fair to let the new council find their own clerk." The motion was seconded by Lorne Hay. Reeve Henderson stated he did not agree with the men on their idea, and he again asked Mr. Campbell if he wouldn't re- consider his resignation. "I have no intention of changing my mind at the present time," Mr. Campbell replied. Only one application was re- ceived for the position, and the council agreed to notify the applicant that the matter would be dealt with at the first meet- ing of the new year. Seek Source Of Gas The council were informed by their reeve that Huron County Health officials had been asked to visit the village in an effort to determine the source of either gas or oil that is appearing in several drains. The action was taken after a letter had been received from Mrs. Charles Wilson, who blam- ed the fumes coming from her drain as the cause of her at- tack of pneumonia that confin- ed her to a hospital for five weeks. In a letter to council, she said her sickness had been. cau- sed "by someone's carelessness of putting gas in the drains" She said the same condition still exists in her house. "There has been a lot of buck passing and it has gone far enough," she said. She said she would write health of- ficials herself in an effort to get action on the situation. "I don't think anyone is try- ing to pass the buck," reeve Henderson stated. "We tried to find it." Councillor Minnie Noakes re- ported she thought the odors were getting better in the Wil - ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS No Paper Next Week THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1961 There will be no edition of this newspaper next week, owing to Monday and Tues- day both being holidays, At the best, it would be some- time Friday before a paper could be prepared, and it is felt this would be too late to be of any benefit to the ad- vertisers. The few days lay-off will allow some necessary service work to be done to the machinery in the printing plant at Zurich. Next issue of this newspa- per will reach the subscrib- ers on Thursday, January 4. However, we ask all news correspondents to send in their weekly news budgets next week, the same as usual. If you are having visitors over the holiday season, be sure to give your correspeu- dent a call and advise them of your activities. Your co- operation will be appreciat- ed. son house. "I called the fire They had turned down the chief and told him if there was request at the last meeting be - 1 cause the PUC had failed to let them know what cost was involved, and reeve John Hen- derson had left a letter at home that was to have been present- ed at the Friday night meeting. In other business, at their final meeting, council: Decided to engage Clarence Reid to plow the streets during the corning winter, commending his work over the past years. Declared Boxing Day, Tues- day, December 26, a public holiday. a fire hazard in town he should look into it," she stated, "but apparently he never." "People have been putting up with this since November 11," she said. "They sure have more patience than I have." Following a request from the Hensall Legion, council voted to donate an old machine gun to the local club to place in their rooms. The gun was presented to the village following World War I, and has been in a shelf in the clerk's office for a number of years. Council decided to shelve a request from the Hensall PUC for permission to erect new street lights on the main street and move some of the present ones. 0 OBITUARY Mrs. F. Bender While Activities Are On C ron r's jury Parking in Front n A coroner's jury in Zurich PC Donald Westover, of Exe- not seen the child before the on Monday afternoon returned ter. described being called to a verdict of accidental death atithe scene of the accident at the inquest into the death of i 11.23 p.m. and found the child Linda Miller, R.R. 1, Dashwood,i lying on the pavement. He in - who died on December 1 after terviewed the mother and was being struck by a car in front I informed that Linda had been of the Zurich Arena, on No- vember 25. The jury found the girl ran into the path of a motor vehicle driven by Alfred J. Smith, Hen- sall. Their report said, "The evidence indicates that the ac- cident was unavoidable and no blame is attached to Mr. Smith." A wise recommendation was brought in by the jury, when they suggested that when any activities are being held at the Arena the parking lot adja- cent to the building be used in- stead of having cars parked on the highway. Members of the jury includ- ed Harold Satd.e, foreman; James Parkins, Howard Klopp, � Milford Doerr, and Elroy Des- jardine, all Zurich business- men. Joseph Miller, the child's fa- ther, testified that his daughter was on the north side of Main Street and that his wife and several children were in the car on the south side of the street. The mother had called for the child to return to the car when she was struck down by a car driven by Alfred Smith, 54, insurance agent of Hensall. A well-known resident of Zurich for many years, Mrs. Fanny Bender passed away in St. Marys Hospital, London, on Monday, December 18, in her 72nd year. She had been in failing health for the past cou- ple of years. Born in Hay Township on June 10, 1890, Mrs. Bender was the former Fanny Cecile Kip- per, a daughter of the late Mr and Mrs. Leano Kipper. Her husband, Herbert Bender, pre- deceased her some years ago. Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Susie Bosnell, Saskatoon; Mrs. Julie Fulton, Edmonton; and (Mary) Mrs. Percy Weston, Bayfield. One brother, John, died about a year ago. The body is resting at the Westlake funeral home, Zurich, until Thursday morning, Dec- ember 21, when Requiem Mass will be sung at St. Boniface Church, at 11 a.m., by Father C. A. Doyle Interment will be made in the adjoining ceme- tery. accident but realized from the impact that they had struck something, but did not know what it was. Alphonse Grenier, of clay Township, was standing in front of the arena talking to some friends. He saw the Smith car approaching, heard the impact and saw the little girl fall to the pavement. Russell Oesch, Varna, an i n- cle of the girl, was parked in front of the arena when he heard a scream and saw the Smith car pass and come to a stop. PC Harry Reid told of exa- mining the car and found it in good mechanical condition. Dr. J. C. Goddard, of Hensall, the coroner, presided for the inquest, and Orown Attorney , J. W. Bushfield, of Wingham, conducted the questioning playing with children on the other side of the road and was summoned to return to the car when the accident occurred. Alfred Smith, driver of the death car, stated that he and Mrs. Smith hacl been in Zurich from about 9 p.m. to 11 o'- clock and was returning home when the accident took place. He was travelling about 20 miles an hour and did not see the child until she was from 5 to 6 feet away and then he felt a bump and knew he had struck something. Mrs. Margaret Smith corro- bated the evidence of her hus- band. She stated that she had Re -appointed Laird Mickle to the SHDHS board for another two year period. Appointed Wilmer Dalrymple to look after the village dump. Council was advised by clerk Campbell that there is $1,408.- 24 1,408:24 still owing in tax arrears. I ensadI-Zurich Combines Split Two Games During Past Weeks Activities The Hensall-Zurich Combines suffered their second defeat of the season during the past week's activities, when they went down to a 7-6 defeat at the hands of the Lambeth Jun- iors, on Monday night in the Lucan Arena. Last Saturday night they came from behind to seek out a thrilling 9-8 win over the Watford team, in the cigar -box arena at Watford. Combines 9 — Watford 8 After trailing during the first two periods on Saturday night, the locals came back strong with six goals in the last stanza to squeeze through with their 9-8 victory. Watford banged in three quick goals at the start of the game, before the Combines could get their bearings. Before the period ended, however, Gerald Overholt and Steve Kyle each tallied, to bring thg local squad back into the game. Early in the second period Watford scored again, to take z 4-2 lead, before Earl Wagner potted his first of two goals. Late .in' the period, Watford scored again to take a com- manding 5.3 lead. Bryan Bonthron opened the third period, on a neat play with linemates Steve Kyle and 13111 Shaddick. However, Wat- ford again came back with ano- ther counter before the local squad really came to life, and scored four quick goals to take a lead for the first time in the game. John Varley started the big rally going, with Steve Id Overholt, and Still Time For Gift Subscriptions It is still not too late to send that gift which will be enjoyed for 52 weeks in 1962. Just drop into our office and buy a gift suscription to the home paper with the news. It's only $2.50 per year in Canada, $3.50 in U.S.A. This is a gift that doesn't need wrapping, and we'll mail it for you. Also, we'll send a seasonal gift card 010 charge) to tell your friend the home paper is on the way. as the hero of the night, with his second and game -winning goal. A total of 15 penalties were handed out, including four ma- jors for fighting in the third period. Wayne Willert and Ger- ard Overholt were each tagged for five minutes, along with Brown and Forsythe for Wat- ford, for their parts in what almost developed into a brawl. Harry Moir played goal for the Combines, in the absence of Dennis Mock, who is out with an injured ankle. Lambeth 7—Combines 6 The Hensall-Zurich Combines suffered their second defeat of the season on Monday night, when they were edged out 7-6 by the Lambeth squad, in a short three -period affair. Lambeth opened up early in the first period, to score three unanswered goals. In the se- cond, the Combines came back strong, banging in four goals, while Harry Moir was keeping the Lambeth crew off the score sheet. Earl Wanger start - while Harry Muir was keeping order by Steve Kyle, Bill Shad - dick, and Bryan Bonthron. Lambeth tied the count ear- ly in the third, then Shaddick scored his second goal of the game to give the Combines another short-lived lead. At this point in the game the roof fell in for the locals, as Lam- beth rapped in three quick goals. With just a little over a minute left to play in the game Wayne Willert banged in a pass from Earl Wagner, but the rally fell short of tying the Skates Needed For Eskimo Children New Brownies are In Zurich Groups Mayor of Goderich Gives Zurich Group elpfal Ideas on Planning Ernie Fisher, the Mayor of Goderich, related an inspiring message to the members of the Zurich and District Chamber of Commerce, or local municipal government at the Christmas dinner meeting last Thursday night. He reviewed the early history of government in Can- ada, 'and stressed the import- ant pant local planning boards play in each municipality. "The population of Huron County has dropped from 60,- 000 in 1900 to 48,000 in 1961," the mayor went on to say, "and the odd part of the situation is that at present the rural po- pulation is much larger than the urban." He added that at present there are 27,000 peo- ple in rural Huron, and only 21,000 in urban Huron. "A well-planned and deve- loped community is more at- tractive to industry than any other," Mr. Fisher explained. He pointed out that the neces- sary tools for any planning board are a comprehensive map, zoning by-laws, land sub- division regulations, building codes, and a capital expendi- ture budget. Mr. Fisher went over the various branches of councils, which make a municipality function best. He paid special tribute to clerks, whom he feels are a very important part of any municipality. The guest speaker was intro- duced by Herb Turkheim, and thanked by Albert J. Kalbfleis- ch. A list of committees for the coming year were presented by president Jack Bannister, who presided for the meeting. At the close of the meeting Municipal Act. Enrolment Ceremonies were held on December 6, when six new Brownies joined the 1st Zurich Brownie Pack. Brown Owl heard each Brownie make the Promise at the Toadstool, then pinned the Brownie Man on each girl's tie. The Sixers received the new members, and the pack saluted with the Grand Howl. Those who joined were: Barbara Brown, Cheryl Clau- sius, Janet Meidinger, Carolyn Thiel, Sandra Webb and Julie Wercholaz. Several mothers attended the enrolment. During Pow -Wow the Brown- ies agreed to send gifts to Hu- ron County Children's Aid So- ciety for Christmas rather than exchange gifts in the Pack. The meeting held December 13 was devoted to craft work. A short Pow -Wow was held, and Brown Owl suggested as a Christmas Good Turn, the Pack send . $4.00 of Brownie Fairy Gold to CARE for pack- ages of food for needy child ren. The Brownies quickly agreed to this. December 20, is to be the Christmas meeting. The local Association will provide lunch Residents of southern Ontario are being asked to take their out -grown and unneeded skat- es to Cities Service service sta- tions for shipment to needy Eskimo children in Canada's Arctic. Last year at this time, King White and the Cities Service Oil Co. Ltd. sponsored a pro- gram which provided more than 3,000 skates for northern Ontario Indian children. "Last summer I was up in the western Arctic and found the same situation regarding skates for the youngsters," said King Whyte. "The Esk- imo children just don't have them — but they have plenty of ice and a long cold winter." The Department of Northern Affairs reports 2,500 pairs of skates are needed, mostly chil- dren's sizes. Once the skates are collected, CCM has agreed to sharpen them, Cities Service will provide new laces and the Toronto Gyro Club will pack them. The RCAF, Pacific Wes- tern Airlines; Nordair and Transair will assist with the shipment. "Last year we suggested that people who got skates for Christmas should bring their old ones into us and it worked very well," said Mr. Whyte. "Through a repeat of the gen- erous co-operation of the peo- ple of southern Ontario, we will be able to provide all the Esk: imo children in Canada with skates — skates that aren't be- ing used here," he declared, all the members joined hands in the singing of "Auld Lang Syne," to mark the end of ano- ther successful year for the Zurich Chamber of Commerce.. drawing a misconduct early in the third period. Play Boxing Day A big attraction has been arranged for Tuesday after- noon, Boxing Day, when the Hensall-Zurich Combines will Kyle, Gera play host in the Hensall Arena Earl Wagner following in quick to the Strathroy Juniors. Grime order. Watford knotted the score. score a few minutes later, only Each team drew five minor time for this holiday affair will to have Varley come through penalties, as well as Willett be two o'clock, 0 Zurich Council Declares Holiday On Boxing Day The council of the Village of Zurich, at the final meeting of the year last Saturday night, declared Tuesday, December 26, as a public holiday, in ob- servance of Boxing Day. In other business the council authorized the payment of $83 to the township of Hay, repre- senting their share of the ex- penses of the clerk's office. It was also decided at the meet- ing to start charging Hay Township rent for the clerk's office, beginning December 1. According to the agreement made bewteen the two munici- palities at the time of incorpor- ation, the Township was to have vacated the present clerk's office building by the first of December, 1961. A grant of $50 was made to the Zurich Public Library, to offset their operating deficit for the past year. A request from Westlake Ambulance service for a grant towards the operation of an ambulance in the village was left over for the new council to deal with in 1962. The inaugural meeting of the new council will be held on Monday, January 8, 1962, ac- cording to the statutes of the NATi1VITY SCENt -- This attractive scene of the Birth of Christ, located in front of Zion Lutheran Church, Dashwood, is attracting many visitors from far and near. Mary and Joseph are shown here in front of the manger, while the three Wise Men are seen at the left of the photo. Floodlights show the scene exceptionally well in the evening. (Staff Photo)