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N. 1—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS
ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1964
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CELEBRATE WEDDING ANNIVERSARY — A happy
event took place at the Dominion Hotel, Zurich, on Saturday
evening vnhen member of the family of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
O'Brien gathered to honour the couple on the occasion of
their 40th wedding anniversary. Shown here, left to right,
are Leroy O'Brien, the best man of 40 years ago; Mr. and
Mrs. O'Brien, and Mrs. Annie Ashman, a sister of Mrs.
O'Brien, who was the bridesmaid at the wedding 40 years
ago. (Staff Photo)
New Year's Eve
Held At Bend
Grand Bend—New Year's Eve
at Grand Bend was celebrated
with a number of parties, in-
cluding the traditional one at
the Legion Hall, staged by
members of Grand Bend Branch.
Royal Canadian Legion.
At the Village Inn, advance
sale of tickets for the evening,
entertainment and dinner, pro-
vided a group of 100 young
people with the opportunity for
a "twistin" night, and an ex-
cellent meal after midnight,
Orvall Wassmann, owner, had
engaged the Crescendos for the
event.
John McInnes at the Imperial
Hotel, had a party of about 100
people, mainly from London,
who had arranged for the eve-
ning, accommodation over -night
and then a trip to the Walker
Ski Hills on New Year's Day to
enjoy the facilities offered there
by the Grand Bend Winter
Sports Club. With another 20
people also making reservations
the Year 1964 was welcomed in
with great enthusiasm. Music
was by the Tel -Tones, London.
At the Colonial Hotel, being
managed this year by J. Robert
Mentha, no particular plans for
an •organized party were laid on,
but there were noise -makers and
fancy hats for all who welcomed
the New Year in there.
Down at the Green Forest
Motor Hotel, owned by Cam
Chapman, perhaps the busiest
evening was staged. Folk from
Oakwood, including Premier
Hensall Minister
At Inaugural
Meet of Council
Inaugural meeting of Hensall
Council was held Monday morn-
ing, when reeve Norman H.
Jones, councillors, Harold
Knight, John Baker, Fred Broad-
ley and Mrs. Minnie Noakes,
took the oath of office from
clerk Earl Campbell.
Rev. Harold Currie offered
prayer for guidance for 1964.
A vote of thanks was extended
to Rev. Currie .for his part in
the meeting. Reeve Jones asked
for co-operation of the council
members for 1964.
Officers appointed were: re-
lief administrator, reeve Norm-
an Jones; library board, Reeve
Jones, Robert Reaburn, Mrs.
Mary Buchanan, Miss Mattie
Ellis, Mrs. Aline Joynt, Mrs. S.
G. Rennie, Mrs. W. 0. Goodwin;
street committee, Harold Knight
and John Baker; property com-
mittee, Fred Broadley (chair-
man), Mrs. Minnie Noakes.
Lorne Hay was again appoint-
ed member of the Ausable River
Conservation Authority.
John Roberts and family; en-
joyed New Year's Eve dinner,
early in the evening. There
were about 40 adults and an
equal number of children. Then
as the evening wore on, there
were about 40 adults around at
midnite to welcome 1964 in.
Music was by a four -piece com-
bo led by George Walker,
Strathroy.
Officials From All Muicipalities
Will Discuss Hay School Area Issue
The Ontario Department of
Education has arranged for a
joint meeting of . Hay, Hensall
and Zurich councils and school
boards, to discuss the contro-
versial central school develop-
ment in Hay area. This meet-
ing will be held Friday night,
January 10, in the Hensall Town
Hall.
Assistant superintendent of
elementary education for On-
tario, R. F. Bornhold, will be
present at the meeting along
with inspector J. G. Burrows, to
discuss the matter with the vari-
ous officials.
Earlier this fall the depart-
ment suggested eonsidoration
night be given to taking Hen.
sail ilito the Hay School Area,
which would permit use of the
Hensall school as well as the
Zurich school for students. A
further suggestion, which car-
ries considerable merit, has
been made to allow the three
school sections in the east end
of Hay to join in an area with
Hensall, while USS 9, Hay and
Stanley could be added to the
Hay Area, and be allowed to
attend school at Zurich.
If the latter plan were adopt-
ed, the remaining sections of
the Hay Area would all attend
the school at Zurich. The union
section at Blake recently at-
tended a meeting of the Hay
Area board, to discuss becoming
a part of the school area. No
final decision will be made until
after the Friday night meeting.
en aH Cuacil Picks Committees,
r
ekes Appointments at inatmucd
(by Jessie Cameron)
The first regular council
meeting of 1964 was held in the
council chamber, YIensall, on
January 6. Reeve Norman Jones
chaired the meeting. Minutes
of the inaugural meeting were
read by the clerk, Earl Camp-
bell.
Ernie Davis reported on snow
removal. He also asked council
to provide him with a new con-
stable's uniform, stating that
the one he has is somewhat
worn out after twelve years.
Council gave Mr. Davis permis-
sion to buy a new uniform.
Motion was made to pay $35
each to council delegates to at-
tend the convention of the On-
tario Association of Rural Muni-
cipalities at the King Edward
Hotel in Toronto, on February
10 and 11. The clerk was au-
thorized to send the $10 regis-
tration fee.
A discussion was herd in re-
gard to the parking on King St.
(Main St.) which is so often con-
gested by trucks double parked
in order to enter business places
on the south side of the street.
Councillor Broadley wondered
if there was a back alley they
could use. Councillor Knight
said that there was, but it is
not in very good shape this time
of year, and he guessed the
drivers were afraid of being
stuck in the snow. It was sug-
gested that Mr. Davis look into
the matter to see if the situa-
tion could be rectified.
Reeve Jones asked council if
they wanted to finish installing
the lights on King St. (Hwy. 83).
Council said it was their inten-
tion to install the rest of the
lights but first they would like
to meet with Hon. C. S. Mac -
Naughton to discuss the widen-
ing of King St. to relieve some
of the congestion of traffic.
Baker: "there isn't any use in
installing the lights and then
widening the road. I think
council should speak with the
highways minister first,"
Clerk C. Campbell reported
$1100 arrears in taxes.
Building permits came up for
discussion next. The cost of a
building permit is $2.00 for the
first .$1,000, and 50 cents a thou-
sand after that. Councillor
Knight suggested the building
by-law be gone over and revised
where needed. Knight said he
knew of people who thought the
only reason you had to have a
building permit was so that the
assessor would know of any im-
provements made to your
•
property.
In the future Luilcling iper-
mits- will he isst4.-subjeet to
the approval of the new build-
ing inspector and must be ap-
plied for and approved before
building or renovations com-
mence.
Motion was made to pass by-
laws 1 to 6, naming the follow-
ing: (1) relief administrator,
Reeve N. Jones; (2) recreation
committee, H. Knight, J. Baker
representing the council, also
William Smith, V. Pyette, John
Lavender, J. Heal and G. Flynn;
(3) parks board, H. Knight, John
Baker representing council, also
William Smith, V. Pyette,' J.
Lavender, J. Heal, G. Flynn; (4)
library board, Reeve N. Jones,
R. Raeburn, A. Joynt, M. Bu-
chanan, C. Rennie and Mrs.
Goodwin; (5) building inspector,
Robert Baker Jr.; (6) re tax re-
bates for 1964: If taxes are paid
before January 31, 1964, rbe.ate
will be 4%; February 31, 1964,
31/2%; March 31, 1964, 3%;
April 30, 1964, 21/2%; May 31,
1964, 2%; June 30, 1964, 11/2%;
July 31, 1964, 1%; August 31,
1964, 1J %.
Accounts of $1,321 were ap-
proved for payment.
Next meeting is a special
meeting on January 10, and the
next regular meeting is on Feb-
ruary 3.
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Business Changes
A change of ownership in one
of Zurich's old established busi-
nesses has been announced this
week.
Orville Witmer, a partner in
the Tasty -Nu Bakery, has an-
nounced the sale of his share
of the business to his partner,
Allan Gascho. The two men
have been jointly operating the
business since they purchased
it some years ago from Leeland
Willert.
Prior to entering the business
about 15 years ago, Mr. Gascho
was an officer in the RCAF.
He is not planning any big
changes in the operation of the
business. "We will try to con-
tinue producing the same fine
quality products as we have in
the past," Mr• Gascho said.
Mr. Witmer stated he has no
definite plans for the future,
although he has been investi-
ga t ing several possibilities.
Prior to entering the bakery
business he operated the Zurich
Dairy.
SET RATES QF PAY
Hay Council Makes Various
Appointments At Inau.gural
At their first meeting of the
new year on Monday afternoon,
the council of the Township of
Hay appointed various officials,
made grants to various groups,
and set the rates of pay for the
coming year.
A grant of $15 to the Salva-
tion Army and $10 to the St.
John Ambulance Corps were ap-
proved, The Dashwood Public
Library will receive $25, and the
Zurich Public Library $20, for
their year's business. A request
from the Grand Ben Lions Club
for a donation to assist in their
outdoor skating rink was filed.
Twenty-five dollars for the Hur-
on Soil and Crop Improvement
Association was also approved,
Two New Men
Two resignations were accept-
ed by the council, those of build-
ing inspector William Clarke
and school attendance officer,
Bruce Klopp. The newly ap-
pointed building inspector is
Louis Farwell, RR 3, Zurich,
while Ted Steinback was ap-
pointed as school attendance
officer.
Other appointments m a el e
were: stock valuator, Bert
Klopp; pound keepers, J. F. In-
gram, Laird Jacobi, Tony La -
port, Alvin Walper, Leonard
Merner, Edwin Regier, Clare
Geiger, Melvin Gingerich, Har-
old Deichert Allan:Crerar, Wil-
liam Watson;• fence viewers,
Lorne Chapman, Ted Steinback,
Lloyd Walper; patrolmen, Har-
old Campbell, William Watson,
Alvin Walper, Matthew Den-
omme and Leonard Rester-
mayer.
Arena Board
Members of the Hay Com-
munity Centre board will be
John Corbett, Joseph Hoffman.
.Arnold Merner, Jack McClin-
chey, Milton Oesch, Stewart
Deitz, and a man to be named
by the Zurich Chamber of Com-
merce.
Delbert Geiger will represent
Hay on the Dashwood Commun-
ity Hall board.
John H. Soldan was re -ap-
pointed as member for Hay on
New Year's Baby
For Zurich Couple
The first baby of the new
year at South Huron Hospital
was born to Mr, and Mrs. Gus
Soudant, RR 2, Zurich. It was
an eight pound, two and a quar-
ter ounce boy, born at 1:15 a.m.
Wednesday.
As a result of being the first
baby of the new year to be born
at the hospital, the parents and
the children are eligible for
almost 20 gifts, donated by
various Exeter merchants.
the Ausable River Conservation
Authority.
Other appointments made
were weed inspector, the county
inspector; court of revision, the
reeve and four councillors; re-
lief administrator, the reeve;
caretaker of township hall,
Stephen Meidinger; signing of-
ficials, the reeve and clerk -treas-
urer; returning ,officer, H. W.
Brokenshire; solicitors, Donnel-
ley, Donnelley and Murphy; au-
ditors, A. M. Harper.
Set Salary Schedule
The schedule for salaries for
the coming year is as follows:
one man, $1 per hour; Gordon
Smith, $1.25 per hour; Doug-
las Armstrong, $1.40 per hour;
road superintendent Karl Ha-
berer, $1.30 per hour; selection
of jurors, reeve $6; assessor $6;
clerk $10: plus mileage; fence
pulling brush, $2.00 per hour;
school attendance officer, $3.00
per call, plus mileage; stock
valuator, $3.00 per trip plus
mileage; deputy returning of-
ficers, $7.00 plus mileage: poll
clerks, $6.00 plus mileage.
The salaries for the reeve and
council remain the same as last
year; reeve, $200 plus $50 mile-
age; deputy -reeve and council-
lors, $150 plus $25 mileage: all
council for extra meetings,
$5.00 salary and $2.00 for mile-
age; clerk -treasurer for extra
meetings, $4.00; reeve for sign-
ing cheques, 13 times at $2
each plus mileage; caretaker of
the town hall, $27 per month.
The assessor will be paid
$650 plus mileage of $400. A
standard rate of 10 eents per
mile was set for officials and
employees of the township us -
viewers, $3.50 plus award, plus' ing their own vehicles on town -
mileage; tractor or grader or ` ship business.
Nay Council Hears inspiring Falk
At inaugural Meeting on Mo y day
Addressing the members of
the Hay Township council on
Monday morning at their inau-
gural meeting, Rev. A. M.
Amacher stated there are three
things people want most in the
world today.,, namely personal
security, national liberty, and
world-wide peace.
"Before we can expect to re-
ceive what we ask for, we must
light ourselves in the Lord,"
Rev. Amacher told the gather-
ing. "Everyone will receive
what God wants them to have."
Rev. Amacher went on to say,
"If people think they can live
without God and have peace,
they are living in a fool's para-
dise. If we live with the Lord
we will have peace with other
countries. However, we cannot
expect to turn all evil inen into
good men at once."
The speaker concluded by
Vice -Chairman
A Staffa area farmer, Ed
Dearing, Monday was elected
chairman of the advisory voca-
tion committe to the Central
Huron Secondary School at
Clinton.
Mr. Dearing, who represents
the Seaforth District High
School board, on the committee,
succeeds R. D. Philip, of Blyth.
Elected vice-chairman at the
inaugural meetng was James
Taylor, of Hensall, who repre-
sents the South Huron Dstrict
High School, at Exeter.
telling the group that prayer is
the greatest weapon in the
world.
Clerk H. W. Brokenshire ad-
ministered the oath of office to
reeve John Corbett, deputy -
reeve Delbert Geiger, and coun-
cillors Lloyd Hendrick. Joseph.
Hoffman and John Tinney.
In speaking briefly to the
members of the gathering. Mr.
Corbett thanked Rev. Amacher
for his fitting words, and asked
for the co-operation of the
members of the council during
the coming - year. "With your
co-operation I will try to lead
you to the best of my ability,"
the reeve added.
Mr. Corbett also paid special
tribute to clerk Brokenshire. on
the completion of his 20 years'
service with Hay Township.
Each of the other members of
council spoke briefly, as well as
road superintendent Karl Ha-
bere, assessor George Arm-
strong. and press representative
Herb Turkbeim. The last three
speakers all praised the council
for their sincere efforts during
1963. and wished them the best
for 1964.
Following the inaugural. the
entire group, accompanied by
Reg. Black and Harold Zenr. of
the Hay Telephone System. were
the guests of reeve Corbett at a
dinner in the Dominion Hotel.
Deputy -reeve Delbert Geiger
spoke words of appreciation at
the dinner to reeve Corbett, for
the fine gesture.
INAUGURAL DINNER -- flay Township
reeve John Corbett entertained members of
the council, along with a number of guests,
to a dinner at the Dominion Hotel on Mon-
day, when they held their inaugural meeting.
Shown here just before they began eating
arc left to right, Reg, Black, secretary of the
Hay Telephone System, councillors John Tin-
ney, Joseph Hoffman, T.,loyd Hendrick, reeve
John Corbett, Rev. A. M. Amaehe, deputy-
reevo Delbert Geiger, clerk H. W. Broken -
shire, road superintendent Karl ilaberer, as-
sessor George Armstrong and IIarold Zehr,
lint' foreman of the telephone system,
(Staff Photo)