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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1963-09-05, Page 11 CH NO. 36—FIRST WiTH THE LOCAL NEWS 4 SEC ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1963 $3.00 PER YEAR — 7 CENTS PER COPY NT IT SISTERS ARRIVE IN ZURICH — Four Sisters from the Order of St. Joseph arrived in Zurich over the weekend, to take up residence in the newly renovated Sacred Heart Convent, across from St. Boniface Church. Shown here, lft to right, •are: Sister St. Dorothy, housekeeper, Sister Mary Magdalene,, primary teacher at St. Boniface School, Sister Lucy, eompanion, and Sister Eileen Marie, principal of St. Boniface School. (Staff Photo.) Education Boss Explains Changes In Youth Branch Guest speaker at the Pro- gressive Conservative nomina- tion meeting last Wednesday night in Clinton was the Hon. William G. Davis, Minister of Education for Ontario. Mr. Davis described the recently .annuonced youth branch of his department. He said the branch will look after the close to 500,000 stu- dents who, for one reason or another, drop out of school be- fore graduation. He hoped that by January or February the department of education would be telecasting programs across the province to elementary schools. Guests at the meeting in- cluded Elmer Bell, QC, of Exeter, president •of the On- tario Progressive Conservative Association, and L. E. Cardiff, •of Brussels, MP for Huron. Mr. MaeNaughton and Mr. Cardiff where made honorary presidents of the Huron PC As- sociation. Other officers elected were: President, John Durnin, Au- burn; vice-presidents, Mrs. Mae Mooney, Go deri.ch; James Donnelly, Goderich; Douglas Freeman, Clinton; treasurer, John Morrisey, Crediton; sec- retary, Mrs. F. G. Thompson, Clinton; executive members, Harvey C o 1 e m a n, Zurich Joseph Allaire, Goderich; Roy Counsins, Brussels; Gordon Orr, Goderich; Earl Mills, Walton; Harry Bolger, Walton; Cleve Coombs, Egmondville; Tihom- as Webster, Auburn; Verne Pincombe, Exeter; Valentine Becker, Dashwood; Elgin Mc- Kinley, Zurich. Highway Costs Mr. MacNaughton said the expense to each of the 8,187 families in the riding of Huron for King's highways in the past 10 years has been $1,169, and the cost •of the riding's munici- pal roads in the same period has been about $600. Total cost in this time for the 133 miles of King's highways has been $16,088,345. Reporting on his experience in the Legislature, the highway minister said the period served seemed to be brief but enjoy- able, filled with reward — and frustration — but rewarded by the backing and support of so many people. He accused the Liberal party of having already started off its campaign with abuse, smear and innuendo. Voters in Hay Area Approve Plans For Additions to Zurich School With a majority of 18 votes, electors in the Hay Township School Area last Friday ap- proved the board's plans for an $80,000 addition to the area school in Zurich. There were 226 yes votes, compared to 208 no votes. The poll in the village of Zurich turned the tide in the voting, as 112 yes votes were registered, while there were only seven no's. Two other polls also gave a yes majority —number three ,and four com- bined voted 46 yes to 15 no, and number five poll turned in eight yes votes and six no votes. Two polls came up with a de- cisive "no" vote. Number two poll reported only two yes votes, votes, compared to 43 no's, and number eight poll recorded 23 yes votes and 58 ,no votes. Only 43% of the eligible voters in the Hay Township School Area cast ballots on the issue. Many voters were away for tie long holiday weekend while others were not interested enough to vote. The yes vote gives the school board power to proceed with their plans for a two -room ad- dition to the school located in Zurich. Along with the extra two classrooms, .the plans call for the building of a gymator- ium. With the extra two class- rooms the board will be :able to bring in all the children in the Hay area into the Zurich school, and close the remaining rural school. The move will also pro- vide transportation for all chil- dren in the area, regardless of where they live. While the board has no defi- nite date set for starting their project, it is felt they will pro- ceed as soon as tenders can be called and a contract Jet. Polling Booth Number 1 Number 2 Number 3 & 4 Number 5 Number 6 Number 7 Number 8 Zurich Yes No 14 42 2 43 46 15 8 6 10 21 11 16 23 58 112 7 TOTALS 226 208 Hearing on Mensal! Road Closing Delayed Due to Error in Notice HENSALL — The meeting to hear objections to a proposal to close up part of Wellington Street, was postponed .on Tues- day night when a request was received from Jim Donnelly, Goderich, solicitor for Cook Bros. Milling Co. Ltd. Mr. Donnelly, of the firm of Donnelly, Donnelly and Murphy, pointed out that there had been an error in the advertising in the Hensall Observer of the no- tice of street closing for three of the four weeks required. "This is important and prob- ably vital to the case," he said. Councillor John Lavender stated that it was not council's error, but had occurred in the publisher's hands. Lawyers for E. L. Mickle & Son Ltd. indicated that they were not prepared to make presentation Tuesday night in piecemeal fashion. They had brought in a consultant from London. Decision was reached by council, headed by Reeve Nor- man Jones, to re -advertise the meeting, which is now called for October 8. The village solici- tor, Peter Raymond, Exeter, also attended the meeting. Douglas ,and Robert Cook re- mained after the other parties had left, to consider changes in an agreement with council which had been requested by council. Cook Bros. had offered to pay costs of the legal work involved in closing up of a part of Wellington Street, in order to acquire the use of a strip of land 11 feet by 44 feet to in- stalI additional equipment for their feed mill. Council felt the wording should be that the firm would pay for actions "commenced" within 90 days, Cook Bros. feel that the wording should be "concluded" within 90 days. More consideration will be given to this matter by the vil- lage in consultation with their legal adviser. Cook Bros. pointed out that this was the first time in 80 years that their firm had asked council for any concessions. Municipalities have given tax concessions and even land, to persuade new industries to lo- cate. "If we can't get room to put in this semi -lift," said one of the Cook brothers, "and if we cannot expand, we'll have to move to another centre. The question is whether council feels it's worth it to have our firm operate in Hensall in the future years, and continue to contribute money to the tax `kitty'." Drain Tenders In other ...ti,:einess council learned that no tenders had been received for the job of laying drains; part of the clay tile has already arrived. Permission was given to Stan Tudor, owner of the Commer- cial Hotel in Hensall, to instal a filter bed for sewage, accord- ing to specifications of the Huron County Health Unit. Building Permits Building permits were auth- orized for Frank Harburn to re- model a pantry, $500; to Clar- ence Park to remodel a kitchen, $1,200; to Crest Hardware to lower a ceiling and build a par- tition, $500; to Maurice Tudor to remodel the Commercial Hotel, $20,000. Assessment Roll The assessment roll was pre- sented by Assessor Earl Camp- bell. Official population of the village is 949; taxable assess- ment is $1,028,226; exemptions total $98,475, making a total assessment of $1,126,700. 0 Test Drilling For Pipeline Water at Lake AY Four sections of the Hay Pownship School Area have petitioned the council of the Township of Hay to release them from the township school area, following a vote last Fri - clay which approved complete consolidation, The vote had approved the addition of two classrooms and a gymnasium to the area school located in the village of Zurich. Presenting the petitions to the township council at their regular meeting on Tuesday night were Lloyd Alexander, Edison Forrest and Leonard Lovell, for section 14; Alec Munn, for section 10; Gordon Minn, for section 2, and Elgin Hendrick, for section 15. Oppose Zurich About 20 delegates attended the meeting, to register their opposition to the plans of the school board for an addition to the school in Zurich. It ap- peared quite obvious that the delegates were all opposed to the inclusion of the village of Zurich in the Hay School Area. When Zurich was incorporated several years ago, the village remained as part of the Hay Township School Area. Wants Out One of the sections, No. 14, definitely wants to be released from the Hay Area, so they can form a part of the Hensall Pub- lic School, according to the three representatives present at the meeting. While No. 15 sec- tion indicated they would be in- terested in going into the Grand Bend school, they were not .definite as to their plans. Spokesmen for the other two sections made it quite clear they would be in favour of re- maining in the township school area if a new school were to be built in the township, and Zurich were not included in the area. GRAND BEND—Test drilling equipment arrived in the Grand Bend Harbour on Monday from Wallaceburg, to begin work on test holes for the water pipe line which is expected to be built from Lake Huron to London. According to Harbourmaster Wellwood Gill, the equipment is designed to drill holes 90 feet deep. When work com- mences the barge on which the drilling equipment is installed. will remain at anchor in the lake. It is expected that the test holes will be made somewhere offshore in the Port Blake area. (Port Blake is the area at the west end of the Dashwood Road or Highway 83, and is marked ori Ontario road maps as Brew - Steve The barge and equipment did not go out into the late on Tuesday, but is moored on the south side of the harbour near etere.'s Riverside Marine. Said. Hay Township reeve, John Corbett, told the delegation, "the school board will not dic- tate to me. As far as I am con- cerned the people in Hay Town- ship turned the vote down, and the people in Zurich voted the by-law in. I am going to work for th people in Hay Township, that is what I am here for." Th;: reeve sueggested that a public meeting be called with the school board, the council, the ratepayers, and representa- tives of the Department of Edu- cation, to see if a satisfactory solution can be arranged. Mr. Corbett indicated, however, the t he was not in favour of having any section break away from the township school area. Build Without Zurich Alec Munn, the delegate from section 10, was not sure what the future should be. "If you were to build a new school for Hay Township, out in the coun- try, without Zurich included, I think the people would prob- ably be satisfied," he told the council. He also contended that the school area board was showing more interest in the people of Zurich than they were in the people of the town - council passed a motion that they would with -hold passing the money -borrowing by-law until a meeting was held with their solicitor and the school inspector for the area. The contents of the petitions presented to the council was as follows: "Whereas we the rate- payers of former school section No. -- of the township of Hay desire to be released Lem!, the Hay Township School Area. we .to hereby petition the council of the Township of H:: far such release. fully understand- ing that we remain liable for the present outstanding de en- ture debt of the Hay Tc unship School Area," According to one member of the township council, e:'::- a)aut half the ratepayers in his sec- tion had signed the petition. 0 Huron Liberals Pick Strang To Oppose Minister HENSALL — The 57 -year-old clerk of Usborne Township, who withdrew his name shortly after ship—(all five members of the he was nominated here Tuesday school area board are from the night. as Liberal candidate in township of Hay—Zurich is not l Huron riding, changed his mind represented on the board.) a few minutes later and decid- Mr. Munn added that the ed to seek election, when three Members of the school board others nominated dropped out. have never been elected to of -I Harry Strang, who was Lib - lice. "SomeFof them have been eral candidate in the 1959 pro - there for 12 years, and they vincial election, will oppose are getting a litttie rusty," he Charles S. MacNaughton, min - added. ister of highways in the last Another Forrest for sec - cabinet, the same opponent he Hon 14, Edison Forrr est stated , he was not in favour of meeting met in 1959.The Conservative government, with any officials. "1 have ear - and Premier Roberts and Mr. ried a petition around three MacNaughton i n particular. times asking to have our sec- t'on released from the area: came under heavy fire Leen both Mr. Strang and the guest he said. "I am sick and tired Opposes Township Area if it. and now we want some speaker, Vern Singer. MPP fez. Downsview in the last Le;a ia- One of the delegates, Lloyd definite action," concluded 111r• tura. Alexander, told the council "you ''orrest. The highways minister and are not doing what is best for the children by sending them a further distance to school than is necessary". Mr. Alexander suggested that the township school areas are a thing of the past, and that they should be replaced with community schools, which would allow all children to attend their closest school. "There is something wrong with our administration when children are drawn away from their closest school," he There were also some charges made at the meeting that a number of people in Zurich who own property in the township l+ad two votes on the question. Clerk H. W. Brokenshire ex- nlained that the council had a letter from their solicitor, .Tames Donelly, Goderich, that these people were entitled to vote in both municipalities, since they owned land in both. Following the two-hour hear- ing granted the delegation, the the argicultural minister, Mr. Strang said, are not qualified for the jobs they had. "If yeti are looking for ministers to lead departments, you w' uld choose ones with qualifica- tions." Mr. Singer took shots at the Conservative campaign sugges- tion of "looking to the record," and listed almost two dozen "cases of mismanagement" (Continued on page 11 HONOUR MRS. MacNAUGIITON --- At the atives last Wednesday night in Clinton, a special wife of Ontario's Minister of highways. She was Mooney, of Goderich, in tribute to her loyalty Shown here with Mrs. MacNaughton are, on t'-:. tion for Ontario, and on the right, Hon. C. 5. (Staff Photo.) nomination meeting of the Progressive Conterv- tribute was paid to Mrs. C. S. MaeNeughty presented with a bouquet of f' ewers by Mr , "I he and kind imderstai.ding tow a, ds her left, Hon. William G. Davis, Minister ofretn a- MacNaughton, Minister of Highways for Ontario-.