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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1964-05-07, Page 1RIC NE S No. 18—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1964 $3.00 PER YEAR — 7 CENTS PER COPY d.h'. err GRAND. CHAMPIONS of the Zurich Mixed Bowling League for the season just concluded were "Guys and Gals" who won both the league title and the playoff championship. They were presented with their trophies at their annual banquet last Wednesday night, in the Dashwood Community Hall. Front row, left to right, are: Mrs. Louis Schilbe, Mrs. Mozart Gelinas, Mrs. Jim Bedard and Mrs, Garfield Denomme. Back row, left to right, are: Louis Schilbe, Jim Bedard and Garfield Denomme. Jim Bedard also won the high single and high triple for the men's division of the mixed Ieague. Grand Bend Prepares dor Water Lines Grand Bend — Council in Grand Bend Monday night vot- ed unanimously in favor of the installation of six laterals un- der the roadbed in Highway 21 to serve the water distribution system which is under consid- eration for the village. Bot Construction Ltd., Oak- ville, will do this work at a cost not to exceed $9,559.85. This is the same firm which has the contract for the highway and bridge work being clone at the village by the Ontario govern- ment. Reeve Stewart Webb and Clerk Murray A. DesJardins were in Exeter on Tuesday with the village solicitor, Elmer Bell, QC, to arrange for financing the project. Since debentures have not been arranged for, the full cost may have to be made up this year on the general mill rate. Council met until midnight Monday, and with a good deal of business yet to be done, ad- journed until Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. Both Cam Chapman and Dr. E. A. McMaster, members of the citizens' committee which is assisting council .in making pre- liminary plans for the water system, attended the council meeting. Chapman, who is chairman of the Grand Bend Public Utilities Commission, stated that he felt there was "nothing in the his- tory of the village so urgent as the present decision to put in a water system. In a day or two it will be too late. If these mains are going in at all, they must go in within the next few days. The installation at the main intersection cannot be done after the road surface is laid. The department of high- ways will not give the Bot Con- struction Company any further extensions in getting the road and bridge completed. I think that the price given by the Bot Company is quite fair, although it is not cheap. Dr, McMaster pointed out that the price offered by Bot was about $2,000 more than had been estimated by the engineer working on the project, William Ayearst, London. However, he noted that they would be in- stalled and completely tested for the price offered. The village also has invoices from engineer Ayearst of $800 for work done in March and $1,180 for work done in April. Interest on the almost $14,000 due to the Ontario Water Re- sources Commission is $198 every three months. It is expected that the lat- erals will be placed under the road within the next ten days. Street Lights John Hood, superintendent of the PUC, approached council with regard to lights which will be needed on the new section of highway 81. and the wish of the PUC that these lights be similar to , those already in- stalled in the village, rather than the mercury type which the Ontario Department of Hay Council Has Heavy Session on Two Drains; Let Calcium Contract Monday was Drain Night for the members of the council of Hay Township, as the bigger part of their meeting was taken up with the reading and dis- cussion of two municipal drains. Engineer C. P. Corbett pre- sented the reports on both the Bender and Schwalm municipal drains. After discussion with seven parties involved in the Bender drain, council gave the by-law first and second reading, Only one party involved in the Schwalm drain was present for the reading, and after some discussion this by-law was also given first and second reading. The only other business com- pleted at the meeting was the awarding of a contract for cal- cium chloride to Lee Jennison, of Grand Bend, at a rate of $47.50 per flake ton. The work will be carried out later this spring. Road superintendent Karl Haberer was absent' from the meeting due to his attendance at a school for road superin- tendents being held, this week at Hart House, Toronto. Highways would normally in- stall. A meeting with officials of the department will be sought in this regard. Frank Plumb, of Happy Val- ley cabins, spoke to council and asked that consideration be given to using the river bed for water mains, and asked that the tax rate be increased to pay for the installation of the distrib- ution system, and get the job done. Harold Klopp, owner of the Colonial Hotel, asked for imme- diate action towards a water system. "If you're not going ahead with it," he said, "I will have to re -build my lines. And if I do, I will plan to serve only my own places. It is too ex- pensive a thing to continue sup- plying the Legion Hall, the of- fices of the Chamber of Com- merce and the PUC." Councillor Wassmann asked, "You won't be mad if we put the mill rate up ten mills," Klopp said no, he wouldn't complain about the tax rate, but that he wanted the water sys- tem to go in. 0 Fire of Hensall Causes Damage Fire caused about' $2,000 damage to the slaughter house, on the outskirts of Hensall, owned by Al Scholl, proprietor of Al's Super -Save Market. The fire, which occurred Sunday af- ternoon, forced employees to removed refrigerated meat, stored inside. Flames burned through one corner of the roof and filled the building with smoke. The loss was insured, The alarm was turned in by Miss Gail Sangster and Mrs. Wayne Turvey. Two cars, hurrying towards the fire, were involved in a col- lision that injured three per- sons slightly. A half -ton truck driven east on King Street by John S. Elder, RR 2, Hensall, was in collision with the rear of an eastbound car driven by James Gordon Munn, RR 2, Hen- sall. Mr. Munn's mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary Taylor, of Hensall, and his two daughters, Kathryn and Elizabeth, received minor injuries. Chief of Police E. R. Davis, of Hensall, investigated. Firemen Prevent Serious Damage A Zurich' Blaze Prompt action by members of the Zurich Fire Department on Wednesday mor_iir.g, pre tinted what might have been a serious fire if it had gotten out of con- trol. The fire was on the east end of a garage at the rear of Tasty -Nu Bakery. Apparently the fire started from an incinerator behind Tay- lor Motors garage when sparks jumped the fence and started burning a pile of old lumber. It was only a matter of min- utes from the time the siren sounded untl the brigade had the blaze completely extin- guished. (by Jessie Cameron) On May 4, Hensall village council met in the council chambers, with reeve Norman Jones presiding, and all present except Councillor Fred Broad- ley, who was away 0n business. There will be a municipal meeting; in Clinton on May 27, and Councillor Knight said he was going, and he hoped there would be a representative from the department of education there, as there are several ques- tions he wanted the answers to. Clerk Campbell said he'd be sur- prised if they got answered, as they always "pass the buck". Knight said if enough go and ask the same questions, they will have to answer them. Mr. Knight was later asked what questions he wanted an- swers for. He explained that, "in .the new year to come, Hen - sail would become part of Hay Township School Area and while we will have representa- tion, we will not have our own school board. This is to cut down on school boards, and yet five families in Hensall formed a separate school board, with - the approval of the department of education, and will have their school assessment transferred to a separate school. "This," he stated, "is what I would like to find out about." Knight said it was a touchy subject as it involved religion. He made it clear that it was not the aspect of religion that he wasgetting at, but if the department of education are cutting down on school boards, how come this school board was allowed to be formed. Ernie Davis reported that drains on Nelson St. and Rich- mond north had been repaired, also that snow fences were down. He stated also that the Moir Drain had been opened and it was found to have been plugged within two feet of the town drain, with roots, dirt and detergent, a sample of which was shown to council. Mr. Davis further stated that nine loads of gravel had been put on the dump road and also a new lock was put on the dump. He asked that chips and colas be purchased for patching, and also white paint for the traffic lines. He .showed coun- cil an auger that he had James Bengough make for pulling through drains, and said it worked very good. Ile asked council to purchase a steel cable to hook on to it. Councillor Mrs. Minnie Noakes said she had a com- plaint from a ratepayer against the Hensall District Co-op, for air polution. Clerk Earl Camp- bell was instructed to contact the department of health to have it investigated. A letter from the Canadian National Railways stated that the village could lease property adjacent to the station for a parking lot. for $25.00 per an- num, and taxes. providing that there will' be no toll charge for parking and no structure erect- ed without the consent of the CNR. Councillor Harold Knight said he felt that since the busi- nessmen benefit by it, they should be asked to help main- tain it. Plans were submitted by the Bell Telephone Company for approval to build a galvanized storage shed. The agreement between Cook's mill and the village of Hensall was presented again with the alterations, for the council's approve I. Cook's thought 25 feet was too high to build the conveyor. Knight suggested that Mr. Raymond, the village solicitor, be contact: ed to get a more professional opinion. Although they thought $500,000 insurance was a little steep, they agreed to go along with it but felt a yearly inspec- tion at their own expense was a waste because the insurance company would not give that I amount of insurance without' first inspecting the conveyor and inspecting it once a year after that. Councillor Noakes said it would'nt hurt to leave the clause in there, just as it is. since it protects the town and leaves no loophole. Tender for the paving of 2500 feet of Brock, Mill. Queen and Elizabeth streets was awarded tion. to T. G. Hammond Ltd., e' St. Marys, subject to approvel of the department of hi .hv ai s. Their bid was $5.25 for the first layer and $5.35 for the second. Their overall cost wes twa dol- lars cheaper than any ether tender received. Motions 1—To approve tentative pans for the Bell Telephone to build a galvanized storage shed. 2—To agree to lease property for $25 and taxes, from the CNR. 3—To allow W. G. Thonpson to erect a fertilizer shed on York Street eight feet from the street line. 4—To send $184.12 to Aux- sauble Conservation for Hen - sail's share of the levy on the Parkhill dam. Building permits were grant- ed to P. Toornstra, to build a house; E. L. Mickle to erect two silos and a cleaning shed, and W. G. Thompson for a fer- tilizer shed. Accounts totalling $1,571.49 were passed for payment. Next meeting will be on June 1. 0 Grand Bend Sets 1964 Tax Rate; Slightly Higher Grand Bend—Council Tues- day night set the tax rate for the village's north side — sup- porters of South Huron High School at Exeter—at 66.9 mills for residential, an increase of 3.8 mills. Commercial rate was set at 72.4 mills, an increase of 4 mills. Rate for the south side. which supports the Forest District High School, was set at 64.4 mills residential, an increase of 2.1 mills, and 69.4 mills com- mercial. a decrease of 2.3 mills. Included in the rate is a 5 - mill increase for municipal pur- poses, to cover the costs of in- stalling water mains under the new highway, under construe - PLAYOFF CHAMPIONS in the B division of the Mixed Bowling League during the past season were the "Strikers". Shown here at their banquet last Wednesday night are, front row, left to right: Mrs. Jim Dinsmore, Mrs. Jack Hamilton, Mrs. Ernie Laidlaw and Mrs. Ken Kraft. Back row, left to right, are: "Red" Kallman. Jack Hamilton, Jim Dinsmore and Ken Kraft, High single in the ladies' division .of the league was won by Mrs. Don Hesse. while Mrs. Janet Lovell won both the high average and the high triple.