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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1964-01-16, Page 1HAY Decision to consider sites out- side of Zurich for a new Hay Township Central School was made yesterday, January 15, in the township offices at Zurich. The meeting included Hay Township Council, Hay Town- ship School Area Board and Zurich Village Council. Public Sobool Inspector J, G. Burrows, Exeter, was selected chairman by the meeting. In a consultive capacity, How- ard EaIIs and James Green, both of London, with the architec- tural firth of Riddle, Connor ,and Associates, attended. After two hours of amiable discussion, a motion by Ian Mc- Allister, seconded by Ross Turnbull, and voted on by the school board members only, A TO passed unanimously, It was as follows: "That a three-man committee made up of Elmer Rowe, chair - mall of the board, one other member of the board, and the inspector, be empowered to se- tlect a new site for a Hay Town- ship Central School as close as possible to Zurich in order to make use of any village services required in the operation of the school and to report its findings to the school board." A following motion by Carl Oestreicher, seconded by Ross Turnbull also was passed, nam- ing Leonard Erb as the 'third man on the committee. The understanding arrived at was for a completely new school with nine rooms plus a play- room on approximately tit acres of land, Inspector il,tt- rows painted out that if other school sections wished to join the area (and they would be welcomed) then a larger build- ing might be requited. Estimated 'cost of this struc- ture is placed at $224,000. In his conduct of the meeting Mr, Burrows established several things by questioning various bodies. Of Hay Council: Are you in favour of breaking up the school area? Both Reeve Jack Corbett and Deputy -reeve Del- bert Geiger answered ,No! The meeting continued with the thought of the school area only in mind. Architects advised that in considering site, a water supply, drainage, type of subsoil and general topography (level or rolling) had. to be thought of. Of school board: Would you consider a new school on a new site? Chairman 'Rowe stated it made little difference to the board, as. long as the people "want to spend that kind of money". Of the Council- Would the people be interested in a com- plete new school aid, a site? Reeve Corbett felt that a num- ber would but he 'rdid not know if this were a majority opinion. One of the Hay councillors asked how Zurich people would feel about busing , children out of the village to another school. Milton Oesch said,, "They'd not be too happy. The vote here last year favoured an addition on. our present school". Then pros and cons of a com- plete new school on the present site were discussed. Mr. Burrows established the fact that lack of playground was not a legitimate reason for not building there. He pointed out the problem of what to do with the pupils while demolishing the old section of the school. The architect predicted a cost of up to $1,000 for demolishing. Chairman Rowe felt it was one way of stopping the "talk about the old school falling clown". The architect felt that in this plan the school might not be ready until December—due to deley :u dennolishiee. A suggestion from Milton Oesch was that the old section could continue in use and be replaced 10 year from now. Leonard Erb favoured this idea, noting that the $100,000 needed to build an addition to the pres- ent school was less than half of the $224,000 required for a completely new one. At the end of ten years, he suggested, the old section could be re- placed. The architect pointed out that the smaller the structure the: higher cost per square foot, Jack Tinney asked about the difference in cost—completely new. or tear down and re -build on present site. Burrows said $45,000. Ile L pointed out the possible salvage of equipment from the two new rooms. He also noted some penalty in grant would be felt, if the new rooms (built less than seven years) were discarded so soon. Tinney asked about continu- ing to use the new rooms, building seven classroom at a new site, and eventually move it all to the new site. Burrows noted the rooms could be used for junior classes. Re also pointed out that extra cost might be found in opera- tion of two school buildings. Upon questioning of Milton Oesch, the inspector stated the old part of the building was not banned in any way, (Continued on Page Five) pgirE `,,h0.. .DlAN W Kr NfR i gtr,pq,wdr�44;40; \ptK Af1O vo\ \O NEWSPAPERS cOMP Z R CH S No, 2—FIRST WITH THE NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1964 $3.00 PER YEAR — 7 CENTS PER COPY HAY SCHOOL AREA BOARD took the oath of office last Wednesday afternoon from township clerk H. W. Broken - shire. Shown here, left to right, seated, are Ian McAllister, chairman Ebner Rowe, Ross Turnbull. Standing are Len Erb, Carl Oestreicher, and H. W. Brokenshire, who also serves as secretary -treasurer of the board. (Staff Photo) Economic Teacher Speaks To Zurich Women's Institute At the regular meeting of the Zurich Women's Institute, held last week at the home of Mrs. William Siebert, a report on the officers' conference at OAC, Guelph, was given by Mrs. Har- old Thiel, Mrs. Ron 'Wilson, of Zurich, who teaches home economics at Parkhill High School, gave an interesting talk .and demonstra- tion on block printing, on ma- terial. , Mrs. William Siebert gave a demonstration and talk on mak- ing pastry, through to the fin- ished pie. Members voted to .send a don- ation to the London Area In- stitute Bursary, as a project of the district. Cards were read from Insti- tutes of South Huron, a 4-H leader, and from the Children's Aid Society, for the Christmas gifts, The February meeting will take place in the Township Hall, Zurich, with the topic, "The Role of Women in the Canadian Economy". 0 The newspaper is the prim- ary medium people can consult for a buying decision. inaugural Meeting of Grand Bend Council Hears From U.C. Minister Grand Bend — Clerk Murray A. DesJardins conducted the swearing-in of public officials for this village on Monday morning, January 13, in four separate ceremonies, to cover the various offices. Included were reeve Stewart Webb; councillor Howard Green for two years; councillors Ian G. Coles and Orval Wassmann for one year; school trustees W. F. B. MacLaren, Robert Jennison and Donald Flear for two years; public utilities corn- miss•ioners Lawrence Mason for two years and Campbell Chap- man for one year. Rev. Clinton A. Brittain of Grand Bend United Church spoke briefly, on the thought that when Jesus said "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's and unto God the things that are God's," that he meant a certain relationship between the two, "There is nothing that a man does," said the minister, "that does not have an influence on, some other person. In public office men must always be thinking in terms of the com- mon good." Rev, Brittain stated that he felt "God has used the electorate to place men in the positions they hold. Our world is not a hit and miss affair, but a con- trolled universe—in individual affairs .as well as the path of the sun, moon and stars." He closed by urging them to be happy in their work. "You cannot be happy with a bad con- science," the minister said, "so be careful of your decisions so that you can be happy with them." 0 Hay School Board Holds Inaugural The. inaugural meeting of the Hay Township School Area board was held last Wednesday afternoon, in the township of- fices at Zurich, Two new mem- bers, Ian McAllister and Ross Turnbull, along with three former members, Elmer Rowe, Len Erb and Carl Oestreieh.er, were administered the oath of office by clerk H. W. Broken - shire, Elmer Rowe was elected as chairman of the board for the coming year and Len Erb vice- chairman, Secretary - treasurer will be II, W. i3rokenshire. The hoard agreed to use the services of the lank of Mont- real in Zurich for all the school area business. Mr. Rowe and the secretary were appointed signing officials. In ether business at the meet- ing the board agreed to pur- chase all their school supplies and text books from Macmil- lan's, Exeter, during the com- ing year. Library books are to be purchased from Jack Hood Book Supply. n EUB Church Group Reviews Reports The New Year's meeting of the Women's Society of the Evangelical U,B. Church was held last Thursday evening. Mrs. Jack McClinchey opened the meeting with a New Year greeting and prayer. The devotional program was taken by Mrs. William Hay, Mrs, Norman Gascho, Mrs. Pearl Melick and Mrs. Ken Breakey. Musical numbers were given by Rebecca Steckle, Sandra and Shirley McClinchey, Mrs. Metuno Steckle gave a talk on Christian Stewardship. and reviewed several chapters in the study book, "Problems of the City Church", The annual reports for 1963 were reviewed during the busi- ness session. Afterwards the committee in charge served lunch and a social half hour was enjoyed. Hay Council Will Discuss Purchase Of More Vehicles Considerable time was spent at the first meeting of the coun- cil of Hay Township on Mon- day, discussing road programs for the coming year. The ad- visability of purchasing more equipment was also considered. Road superintendent Karl Ha- berer told the council he felt it might be wise to start a small road rebuilding program this year, working on only a small section as an experiment. The possibility of purchasing another road grader was also discussed, with no definite de- cision being made. Mr. Haberer pointed out that he felt the township truck was of little use, and another grader in its place might be much more useful. Also discussed was the pur- chasing of a loading vehicle, but no decision was reached on this matter, either. In reviewing the 1963 road program for Hay, it was reveal- ed that the total road expenses were $72,133.48, with $10,019.05 being for construction and $62,- 114.43 being for maintenance. Of this total amount, a large part is recovered from the On- tario Department of Highways in the way of a grant. 0 4-H Leaders Will Attend School During the next two weeks the Huron County 4-H Home- making Club Leaders will begin their spring work as they at- tend the training schools for the project "What Shall I Wear?" These schools are sponsored by Home Economics Service of the Ontario Department of Agricul- ture and will he conducted by Miss Patricia Damude, the Home Economist for Huron County. It is expected that nearly 90 leaders and assistants will at- tend the three schools being held at the Presbyterian Church in Wingham on January 15 and 16, the Legion Hall in Hensall on January 21 and 22, and the Board Room of the Ontario De- partment of Agriculture in Clin- ton on. January 23 and 24. Through lectures and demon- strations the leaders will obtain information wardrobe planning under such topics as harmony, colour, design, texture and. suit- ability, The leaders will also review the sewing techniques used in making a blouse. This material is presented in such a form that it may be taught directly to the club of 12 to 26 year olds in the local com- munity.. School Meeting at Hensall Discusses Problems About Hay Consolidation N.B.—This story was written prior to the joint meeting of Hay and Zurich Councils with the school board yesterday af- ternoon, when a decision was reached to build a new school for the area, at a new location. While nothing definite came out of the school meeting in Hensall last Friday night, it was quite unanimous that neither the Hay School Area board or the Hay Township council favor the breaking -up of the township school area, as it is now set up. A number of alternative plans were suggested, but apparently the officials feel the area should be left as is. Present for the meeting were members of the Hay Township council, the councils of the vil- lages of Hensall and Zurich, and the school boards of Hay and Hensall. Representing the On- tario Department of Education were R. G. Bornhold, Toronto, and J. G. Burrows, Exeter, pub- lic school inspector. Representatives of Hay coun- cil were reeve John Corbett, deputy -reeve Delbert Geiger, councillors John Tinney, Joseph Hoffman and Lloyd Hendrick, along with clerk H. W. Broken - shire. Hensall council was rep- resented by reeve Norman Jones, councillors John Baker, Harold Knight and Fred Broad- ley, along with clerk Earl Camp- bell. Zurich was representeed by reeve Milton Oesch, and councillors Dr. W. B. Coxon, Leo Meidinger, Mrs. Isabel Gascho and K. M. Breakey, along with clerk Mrs. Elda Wagner. Members of the Hay school area board, Elmer Rowe, chair- man, Len Erb, Carl Oestreicher, Ian McA11ister and Ross Turn- bull were all present, as were the following members of the 1lensall school board, chairman Howard Scene, Mrs. Irene Davis, Roy Campbell, Trevor Wilson, Clendon Christie and Oliver Jacques. Further Discussion At the conclusion of the meet- ing one motion was put for- ward, and passed, "that the councils of the village of Zurich and the township of Hay meet with the school board of the Hay Township Area to discuss further development of the pro- posed centralization program." This motion was made by John Tinney and seconded by Milton Oesch. Several members of the Hay school board. along with a couple of members of the Hay council, still felt that the plan- ned addition to the arca echooi located in Zurich was not ad- visable, while board chairman Elmer Rowe indicated he stili favors the plan as being the most economical, It would al- most seem that the situat'on has now boiled down to either a completely new school located very close to Zurich, or the building of an addition to the present school, as previously planned. Chairman for the Friday night meeting was Mr. Burrows, while Hensall clerk, Earl Campbell, acted as secretary. In opening the meeting, the chairman re- viewed what has taken place in the past regarding the : eer-e- versial school question, "There are three choices be- fore the people,' Mr. Burrows said• "One is to go ahead with the present plans and build onto 'the present school at Zur- ich. Another would be to build a completely new school at a new location, and still another would be to disrupt the present school area and centre the schools at Zurich and Hensall."' The chairman went on to re- view the plans which the former board in Hay had formulated for the addition. "While the old school in Zurich is not the best, it is structurally sound." he added. "The department of education has approved the plans for the addition, and now it is up to the officials to get moving with some plan or an- other." Discussion on the school question went as follows: Scene: "We don't want a • union school with Hay here in Hensall, we want an area school with parts of Usborne, Tucker- ' smith, Stanley .and Hay with I us." Knight: "We have had pres- sure put on us by a number of farmers from the entire sur- rounding area to form a new school area." Burrows: "This idea would mean some disruption in the Hay School Area, and while it might provide graded education for some sections it would not be satisfactory for the entire township. This hardly seems fair." Bornhold: "Tile trend today is to group moreyoungsters in larger schools, I would like to commend the bard of the Hay School Area fo the move they have made tow ds graded edu- cation.. Today there are over 700 graded sch ols in Ontario." "Under the existing condi- tions I think m ybe the plan t ! build onto the urich school e, the best, espec ally since it i' not the most e. pensive propn'`- tion. Most o the agit:;ti'�r against that pan conies from the far corners of the are::, and it ;is impossible to please every- one. Ushorne T wnship is '.!>nL.. 0 r at 0 a 7 i x f 1 0 ahead with their central school. and I would not favor clis• rupting their plans at this time. (Continued on Page Four)