Zurich Citizens News, 1963-11-14, Page 11
NO. 46—FIRST WITH THE NEWS
ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1963
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REMEMBRANCE, DAY was observed in Hensall on
Monday, under the auspices of the Royal Canadian Legion,
Branch 468. A highlight of the occasion was the big parade,
led by the Bannockburn Pipe Band. Taking part in the
evvent were members of the Legion, the Legion Auxiliary,
Hensall Girl Guides and Brownies, Hensall Boy Scouts and
Cubs. The parade formed at the railway tracks and mar, hed
to the Town Hall, where wreaths were placed at the Cenotaph
by representatives of various organizations and municipal-
ities. (Staff Photo)
ACHIEVEMENT DAY for the 4-11 girls in South Huron
was held on Saturday at the High School in Exeter. One of
the outstanding displays at the event was this presented by
the Goshen Gals, on "The Milk Bar". Shown here, left to
right, are the members of the group, Karen McKinley, Dianne
McKinley, Donna Peck, Pat Robinson, Dianne Peck, Nancy
Consitt, Marilyn Keys, and Carolynne Robinson. Leaders
of this group are Mrs. Bob McKinley and Mrs. Doug Robinson.
(Staff Photo)
)elay Verdict On Street Issue
til Next Council Me t
Since one member of the Hen-
sall village council was absent
from the hearing on Tuesday
night with regard to the street
closing application being made
by Cook Bros. Milling Co, Ltd.,
no vote was taken by council
on the third reading of the en-
abling by-law,
The missing member was
Fred Broadley, who was out of
town on business. The next
meeting will be held Decem-
ber 2.
The hearing, which was orig-
inally scheduled for two months
ago, finally was held with reeve
Norman Jones presiding. Ad-
dressing council was James
Donnelly, Goderich, for the
Cook firm and Harold Taggart,
London, acting for E. L. Mickle
and Son Ltd.
The Mickle firm is the only
objector to the proposal to
"stop up" a portion of Mill
Street. at the request of the
Cook firm.
Memorial Service
Honoring the dead of two
World Wars, Remembrance Day
was observed in Hensall on
Monday, under the auspices of
Hensall Legion Branch 468,
with members of the Legion,
Auxiliary, Scouts, Cubs, Guides,
Brownies and their leaders,
headed by Bannockburn Pipe
Band of Varna, forming the
parade.
At the Cenotaph, Rev. Harold
F. Currie gave the Invocation,
and John Skea read Scripture
passages:
Wreaths were placed at the
Cenotaph for the Province of
Ontario by Mrs. Mary Taylor;
Hensal Branch of Canadian Le-
gion, John Simmons; Hensall
Legion Auxiliary, Mrs. William
Smale; Hensall Kinsmen and
Kinettes, Harold Knight; .1st
Hensal Girl Guides, Mrs. Jim
Hyde; 1st Hensall Boy Scouts,
Eric Mansfield; 1st Hensall
Cubs, Jack Lavender; Village of
Hensall, Reeve Norman Jones;
Township of Hay, Reeve John
Corbett; Township of Tucker -
smith, Reeve Elgin Thompson.
At the service in the Town
Hall, which followed, Rev. J.
Philip Guidon was guest speak-
er, Prayer of Remembrance
was offered by Rev. Ross Mac-
Donald, and the Benediction
was given by Rev. H. F. Currie.
Standard bearers for the Le-
gion were Howard Smale and
Maurice Tudor; Auxiliary, Mrs.
Harry Horton and Mrs. E. R.
Davis; Scouts, Paul Drysdale;
Cubs, Gary Clement; Guides,
Lois Simmons. Jim Taylor was
Color Sergeant and Parade Mar-
shall was Wilmer Dalrymple.
Good News for Ratepayers; County
Rate Will Remain Unchanged in '64
Goderich — The county rate need any of this until possibly
next June." Therefore your
monies in this account will be
invested at the best rate pos-
sible, with the money for Sea -
forth being invested for six
months and the remainder for
at least a year, or if there is
any great advantage in the rate,
then it will be for a longer
period."
"Huron has experienced won-
derful weather since last ses-
sion," said Warden Walter J.
Forbes in opening council. "Oc-
tober was one of the nicest
months we have ever had. At
the time of the September ses-
sion we figured the corn crop
in Huron would be a 50% fail-
ure, but with the warm, dry
weather in October the corn
crop was a 90% success. Dry
weather had its effects in dry
wells and streams in some parts,
but it is an i11 wind that does
not do some good."
Mrs. M. L, Clements present-
ed her report as county librar-
ian. The last previous report
was signed by Miss M. L.
Stirling.
"We did not change our li-
brarian —she changed her
name," explained the warden,
"We are pleased to report an-
other school seeking our serv-
ices, this being the Precious
Blood School at Exeter, with
two classrooms," Mrs. Clements
stated. "Ethel public school
opened one additional room,
The seven -room Robertson Mem-
orial ,School in Goderich re-
ceived 220 books to start the
for 1964 will be as at present,
six mills for general purposes
and eight for highways, Clerk -
Treasurer John C. Berry fore-
cast in his report on Tuesday.
He pointed out that this de-
pends upon council carrying
out its usual road program.
As of September 30 there was
a surplus in general account of
$69,000 and $14,028 in highway
account. The year-end surplus
will be greater than expected,
Mr. Berry said, partly due to
direct payment of child welfare
money to the county instead of
to local municipalities, and sub-
stantial 'sums from outside
municipalities payable to the
Children's Aid. Cost of admin-
istration of justice is down, "as
evidently the people in this area
seem to be very law-abiding."
The revised budget for this
year indicates $571,732 revenue
and $514,505 expenditure. No
further allowance has been
made for printing the county
history, but nine or ten chap-
ters have been typed, and com-
pletion next year is likely.
The hospital reserve fund has
$87,000 in investments, and an
additional $50,000 will be de-
posited early next month.
"The only obligation we have
at the moment," said Mr. Berry.
"is to the Seaforth Hospital, and
since they have not started con-
struction the money will not be
paid until their program has
advanced to at least this point.
I have been talking to some of
these people and they will n•'
Taggart stated they were def-
initely and distinctly opposed
to the passing of the by-law, and
said "we do not recognize the
sufficiency and adequacy of the
notice" given with regard to
closing this portion of the
street.
He stated that the street is
a direct link between Highways
21 and 81, and that it is a main
artery of the village, especially
with reference to the businesses
situated upon it. He said there
already is a traffic problem- on
the street. during harvest time.
Ilhe 'lawyer reminded council
that the action would be not
only for this year, bile in the
future. He noted that the
2hildren on their supplementary
reading schedule. Howick Cen-
tral School during; the October
exchange received 600 books
from the county library. More
will be supplied there as soon
as needed."
The librarian reported two
more cartons of pool books
ready for the Thompson library
inManitoba, which started in a
vacant school with 10 books.
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Scholarship To
Distract Youth
Municipal Act states that no
street may be less than E6 feet
in width without the approval
of the minister.
Taggart quoted a planning
expert who drafted the overall
planning by-law for the Town-
ship of London, saying that he
had never in his experience
heard of a council anywhere
closing a chunk of a street in a
situation like this.
Taggart urged that the clos-
ing up of part of the street was
both morally and legally wrong.
He quoted precedent in the
matter of an application in 1933,
where a judge said in effect
that "you can't stop up a street
by narrowing it". He also told
of a case originating in the
Township of Tuckersmith.
which went to the highest court
of the land, when the courts
held that a street cannot be
stopped up for the interests of
an individual.
"It is inconceivable," said
Taggart, "that any municipality
would consider narrowing a
street, when all municipalities
are m o v ing towards wider
street." He urged that council
Goderich—County council re-
ceived at its opening sitting of
the November session an an-
nouncement from Registrar J.
K. Watson, University of West-
ern Ontario, of the winners of
the county scholarships: Mark
Dale Bender, RR 2, Hensall, and
Miss Patricia Pegg, of Clinton.
"Mr. Bender is now regis-
tered in fourth year Honors
Mathematics," the registrar
stated, "and must be well-known
to you, since he has held your
scholarship for the past two
years Miss Pegg is registered
in fourth year English Language
and Literature, and is a new
name in the Dean's Honor List.
"There is one other student
from Huron county with an "A"
average, William T. Trick, in
fourth year Engineering.
"Since all three are plannin'
to graduate this year, we will
hope for good things from this
year's freshman class, to fill the
gap they will make.
"On behalf of the University,
may I express our thanks to
county council for their con-
tinued interest in and support
of higher education."
look to the future, to a time
when the village might have to
buy the piece of land hack, and
at that time the owner would
he entitled to compensation for
his loss. He concluded. "You
would not be acting in the best
public interest, if you stop up
this street and sell this land."
Donnelly pointed out to co'in-
cil that they were hearing 11b-
jection from one person only—
and that was a competitor: and
one who owns property adjacent
to the person requesting the
land.
"It is inconceivable lo n ,
said Donnelly, "that this farm
should object, when it has an
a l m o s t identical application
which it plans to brine hef~re
this council within a couple of
weeks. This is an absence of
good faith, that they sho„id
plan to ask you to do some-
thing, which they are now ask-
ing not to do."
As precedent, Donnelly quot-
ed two similar instances where
portions of streets were stopped
up in a like circumstances; one
in 1954 in the Township of Hay.
(Continued on Page 5)
Zurich Man Appointed x'< y, nailer of
Hydra and Wats System in Wage
A native of Zurich„ Earl Flax- apply too the new man. Annual
bard, was last week appointed 1 increases in his salary will iv
as manager -secretary -treasurer left to the discretion of future
of the Zurich Hydro and Water II councils.
System. His duties in this ca -1 In other business at the meet-
acit eoinmeuced this past
(Monday.
Monday.
Mr. Flaxbard brings with him
to the new position a wide
background of experience, since
ing council agreed that a notice
should be placed in t to local
paper advising people that free
parking is available to the gen-
eral pub 1 i c, and cm?'o; ees
working in the \ Mans. at the
Huron County he has been associated with the property on the corner of Mill
plumbing, heating and electri-
Crop Report
There is still quite a large
number of acres to be ploughed.
Intermittent showers are slow-
ing this operation.
Most of the corn has been
harvested. Cattle are beginning
to be stabled for the season.
The rains are making the
winter wheat appear a little
cal business for some time. For and Frederick. Streets.
the past few years he has beer. Instructions are to he given
the village assessor
a partner in the Zurich Hard- that `.r. fu -
ware and Builders' Supply bus: ture any changes made in assess-
ness, aposition which he is now ments by the assessor should be
relinquishing, due to his new brought to the attent'on of the
clerk.
i position.
Starting salary for Mr. Flax -
bard, set by council at their
meeting last week, is $4,200 per
year. The fringe benefits award -
stronger. I ed to the late manager shall were approved for payment,
Donations of 52f1 to the CNiB
and 510 to the Muscular Dys-
trophy Association were ap-
proved by the council.
Accounts totalling S694.53
NEWEST STYLES in children's clothing
were modelled at the Fashion Show in the
Zurich Community Centre last Wednesday
night, sponsored by the Girl Guides. In this
photo three daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Morris
Webb, RR 2, Zurich, proudly display the new
winter wardrobes which they are wearing.
Left to right are Jo -Ann, Sandra and Janet.
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