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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1964-02-20, Page 1quo PRIZE WINNER ND�IAN WliK[r )4, wsPA R ASS CO' �14\Or1S :PA O... RICH No. 7—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1964 NE S $3.00 PER YEAR — 7 CENTS PER COPY QUILTING DAYS — Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of last week were quilting days in the school rooms of Hensall United Church, when about 20 ladies of the United Church Women were busily engaged in making quilts. Several quilts, custom and some for the bale, were completed. Mrs. George Armstrong was convener for the project. Shown here is the group of ladies who were present for the bee last Thursday afternoon. Grand Bend Council In Action Grand Bend — Shortest coun- cil meeting in recent memory was held in Grand Bend on Mon- day night, with Reeve Stewart Webb presiding and only two councillors,' • Orval Wassmann Howard Green present. Councillor Emerson Desjar- dine has been holidaying in Florida sin c e mid-December, Study Addition To Hensall School Serious consideration is being given to the possibility of build- ing a two -room addition to the Hensall Public School, to accom- modate 55 pupils from three school sections in Tuckersmith Township, which are situated close to Hensall. A discussion on the possibil- ity was held last Wednesday afternoon at the Hensall Public School, when members of the Hensall board inet with school inspector J. G. Burrows and members of the Tuckersmith school board and council. Representing Tuckersmith at the meeting were reeve Elgin Thompson, board members Or- ville Workman and Ross For- rest, and school area secretary Ivan Forsythe. Hensall board was represented by Trevor Wil- son, Clendon Christie and sec- retary, Robert Reaburn. At the present time the Hen- sall school has approximately 200 pupils, who occupy six class- rooms. The proposed addition would include two classrooms and a general purpose room. and is expected home today, February 20. Councillor Ian Coles is on a business trip for his food wholesale business in the Maritime Provinces. A request was received from Mr. Scroggie of the Harbours and Rivers Branch, Department of Public Works, for an explan- ation of a heap of earth which he had noted just north of the north pier, while he was in the village on February 11. He was concerned that the earth might be carried out into the lake if it were allowed to remain until the ice had gone out. Councillors chuckled a little at this, and one of them com- mented, "He was looking in the wrong direction. Should have been looking south and wonder- ing about the pile of `earth' between the piers." The earth being commented upon by Mr. Scroggie was the heap of sand taken out when the village made a test. well near the water's edge to dis- cover the amount of water avail- able from this source. The earth the councillors were chuckling about was the sand bars made even more ob- vious in the harbour mouth by the low lake levels. New Construction Gerald Vecsi, owner of the Pizza Patio, and of the Sea Vue apartment: and cottages, ap- proached council with prelim - friary layouts for a set of 14 new living units on the Sea Vue lo- cations. He proposes razing the existing five cottages, which are fairly old, and replacing them with modern accommodation. Skating Carnival in Zurich Attracts Many Entries For Various Classes • Miss Pauline Bell, Hensall figure skating star, and the Zur- ich Majorettes on ice, were the highlights of the annual skat- ing carnival last Friday night in the Zurich Arena. Miss Bell presented several of her fancy numbers, and the Majorettes performed a number of their drills. Prize for the largest family on skates went to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Decker and family, RR 1, Zurich. All six of their chil- dren, along with the parents, were skating in the carnival. Youngest child on the ice was Brenda Gingerich, with Debbie Bowman placing second. , The oldest person on skates was Peter Deiohert, who gave his age as sixty, plus. Other winners were as fol- lows; best dressed national cos- tume, Brad and Wayne Oke, David Siebert; best decorated dog, Pauline Bell, Elaine West- lake; gent's fancy, open, Dianne McKinley, Ralph Geiger; boy's fancy, Douglas Turkheim, Joe Kenda; girl's fancy, Anne Bell, Donna Schilbe. Ladies' fancy, Karen McKin- ley, Marlene Rader; girl's fancy, Mary Bannister, Elaine West- lake; boy's comic, 11-14, the Beattles, Danny Black; best caressed clown, Christine Ha- berer, Brad Clausius; girl's comic, under 8, Joanne Webb, Rachel Fisher; boy's comic, un- der 8, Ronnie Rader, Joel Fisher; girl's comic, 9-12, Rich- ard Schilbe and Richard Walker, Cheryl Walker; boy's comic, Donnie Oesch, Ronnie Desjar- dine, Ladies' comic, open, Sandra McClinchey, Margaret Geiger; Gent's comic, open, Wes Hugill., Leroy O'Brien; best dressed girls, Sandra Webb, Janet Webb, Judges of the various events were Mrs, Robert Westlake and Mrs. Ron Wilson.. Council withheld decision on a building permit until they could view the property. • Mr. Vecsi also wished to have some assurance that he could use the end of King Street for parking, as it has been used for the past 20 years, or else be given the opportunity of buying the street allowance. Reeve Stewart Webb stated that coun- cil could not top -up a street al- lowance, which might later be needed to give access to other person's property. However, he noted that the village was quite interested in seeing a man take an effort to build and improve his property. Some Decisions Tabled Action on a purchase bid for the Grand Bend Airport was tabled since not all councillors were in attendance. Bids for the property must be in by April 3. This gives the council at least two more regular meet- ings. Consideration of insurance schedule for the village was laid over until all councillors were present. Highways Work A request from the Ontario Department of Highways asked for a detailed explanation of the work planned in road con- struction, to qualify for subsidy on an expenditure of $5,000 in 1964. Council is not prepared to make firm decision on this, until more details are known on the work proposed on the main street. (Continued on Page 8) D. Dep. Governor Speaks To Lions Deputy -district Governor of Lions, Dr. Peter Bissonette of Ripley, paid his official visit to the Zurich Club on Monday night. 'He was introduced by vice - president Ferd Haberer, and thanked by Lion Alvin Walper. In his message to ;the mem- bers of the Club, the speaker urged that all Clubs should keep new members coinin:nto -the organization. "E v e n though there is no monetary reward in the work you do, there is per- sonal satisfaction in your accom- plishments," the deputy said. The speaker went on to say that Lions Clubs today must find new ways' of raising funds for service work. He urged all members to dig in and help when a project comes up. "An executive alone is not enough spark to ignite a community, it takes all members of an organ- ization participating to accom- plish any goal," he added. Listing various projects for service clubs, Dr. Bissonette pointed out that artificial ice plants and swimming pools are among the best. In the business session of the meeting, a letter was read from the Brussels Lions Club, asking if they could send 25 members to the March meeting of the Zurich group. Chairman of the health and welfare committee, Jack Ban- nister reported that the Easter Seals would be placed in en- velopes next Monday night. USS 9Drops Area; k {. c � Ratepayers of Union School Section No. 9, Hay and Stanley (Blake), have withdrawn their request to be released from Stanley Township, so they might have been able to join in the Hay School Area. No definite reason was given for -their de- cision. Secretary of the board, Leroy Erb, said they have decided to make a few alterations and re- pairs at the Blake school and carry on as they have been for a couple of years more. He stated there is very little wrong with their school at the present time, and with a few minor re- pairs they will be able to get by quite nicely. Several weeks ago the board of the Blake school had applied to the council of Stanley Town- ship, asking for a release from tha township, so they could par- ticipate in the Hay Area. At a Stanley council meeting, their request was witheld, pending further investigation into a Stanley Central School. Now the request has been dropped. While officials of USS 9 de - Fare insurance Picks Officials About 100 persons turned out for the annual meeting of the Hay Township Farmers' Mutual Fire. Insurance Company on Monday, February 17, at the Zurich Community Centre. The president, Jack Scotchmer, was able to report an increase in surplus of $24,581.01 for 1963. The Company had another year of high losses, paying for five barns. Losses paid amount- ed to $73,240. The amount at risk in the Company has risen to 38 million, with 3,100 policy- holders. The annual meeting gave ap- proval to a complete revision of Company By-laws and further authority was given to the di- rectors to extend their under- writing powers to floater cover- ages of Theft and Collision, on implements and livestock. It is expected that the Com- pany will begin writing these new coverages sometime this year. Ed Hendrick, Ted Steinbach and Ezra Webb were acclaimed as directors for another three years. Mr. Hendrick was elected president of the organization at a directors' meeting following the annual. Vice-president is Ted Steinbach. la clined to comment on the rea- sons for their change in plans, it has been unofficially reported that they were disgusted with the current fiasco in the Hay Area. One resident in the sec- tion commented that they would hate to be involved in such a mess as the Hay situation is at present. Meanwhile the central school situation in Stanley is at a standstill, At a recent meeting of the ratepayers in Bayfield, those people refused to aban- don their new two -room school in favor of a township central school. Similar meetings are being held in other school sec- tions throughout Stanley, in an .effort to determine the wishes of the ratepayers. Reports from the people in- volved in sections four-, east and west Stanley, seem to indicate they pr e f e r keeping their schools, as they are at present. Both schools have underwent extensive alterations in recent years, and have completely mod- ern facilities. Government Official Tees Zurich Group About industrial Devel•pment "A professional and business- like approach to industrial de- velopment is going to cost money, and any community who expects to have a professional job done supported by a meagre budget can look forward to dis- appointment a n d disillusion- ment," said Jack Delaney to a joint meeting of the Zurich Chamber of Commerce and the Zurich Lions Club last Thursday night. Mr. Delaney, of the Ontario Department of Planning and De- velopment Trade and Industry Branch, told the group of 65 what is necessary in this day and age to attract industry to smaller centres. "Not every municipality is a potential manufacturing centre," he said. "Each community does, however, have a line of poten- tial development and this should be the basis of any promotion programme." Mr. Delaney went on to say, "the community which really is a nice place in which to live can usually boast of higher pro- ductivity of labour, good labour relations and low absenteism." The speaker also pointed out that many companies, in order to have sufficient data on which to base decisions, will begin studies three to five years prior to the date they plan to change to a new location. In explain- ing the amount of competition there is today in trying to ob- tain new industries, NIr. De- laney reminded the group that there are approximately 370 municipalities in Ontario alone who are desirous of bringing about industrial development. Summing up the problems faced in trying to obtain indus- try, Mr• Delaney concluded, if after setting up an industrial promotion body in a commun- ity, you expect to see new smoke within six months or a year, I would say, "forget it". The speaker was introduced by Fred Haberer and thanked by Herb Turkheim. A feature of the joint meet- ing, at which the Lions Club members were the guests of the Chamber of Commerce, was a session of singing by the Lions, led by Delbert Geiger, with Mrs. Beatrice Hess the accompanist. Several musical numbers were rendered on the piano by Al- fred Denomme. President of the Chamber of Commerce, Gerald Gingerich, presided for the meeting. and Mrs. Milton Oesch accompanied for the singing. Others who spoke briefly at the meeting were Victor Dinnin, Dr. C. J. Wallace, Gordon Erb, Reg Black, Delbert Geiger and Albert J. Kalfleisch. President of the Lions Club, Doug O'Brien, expressed appre- ciation to the Chamber of Com- merce for the invitation that had been extended to his group. The dinner was held at the Dominion Hotel. 0 Reneabs Due! Check the expiry date on your address label to see if proper credit has been given. If your label still reads '63, this indicates that your subscription expired last year. If your label reads, for instance, Feb. '64, this means that your subscrip- tion will expire in Feb- ruary, and is now due for renewal. LSL' HAY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY held their annual meeting this past Monday afternoon, at the Zurich Community Centre, and elected their board of directors for the coming year. Shown here is the enmplete board, along with their agents and secretary -manager. Front row, left to right, are Clarence Parke, agent; Jack Scolchmer, past president; Peg Black, sci-rctar- - manager; Max Turnbull, Albert Keyes, William 1]auu*h, agent, Il bole row. left to right, are Ted Steinbach, vice-president; Reinhold Miller, F l:r W.'hii. l:ul Ilendrick, president; Otto '6C'illert and Ilarvey Taylor.