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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1964-06-04, Page 1NE No. 22—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1964 S $3.00 PER YEAR — 7 CENTS PER COPY HOLD REUNION — Veterans of the Hensall district held a reunion marking the 50th anniversary of World War I, in the Hensall Legion Hall last Friday night. Chairman of the event was Ralph Latimer, and he is'shown here address- 19$4-18. ogxIMUTR, rio7it aki. MOtac, tsr'. ,vtT0Y. 191418, ARRAS, Ctouti Eas. ing a group of the men following their dinner. Seated left to right are, W. 0. Goodwin, Peter L. McNaughton, Fred C. Beer and H. L. Horton. 1914-J� 4 DISCUSS POSTERS — At the Legion event last Fri- day night, those present had the privilege of viewing an interesting display of posters, commemorating World War I. Shown here, from left to right, discussing some of the posters and reminiscing of old times, are P. L. McNaughton, Fred C. Beer, Wes Robinson and Alf Clark. (Photos by Bob Lambie) Insall (ouncii Taiks to Reeve an Inspector On School tsue$ (by Jessie Cameron) Monday night Hensall coun- cil met in the council cham- bers, and Reeve Norman Jones presided. Councillor Fred Broadley was absent. John Corbett, reeve of Hay Township, and J. G. Burrows, school inspector for Huron, were present to ask for coun- cil's co-operation in 'issuing de- bentures, if need be, for a three- room addition to the Hensall public school. Mr, Burrows ex- plained that all assests and lia- bilities would be taken over by the new school area in January, anyway. He said that at a joint school board meeting it had al- ready been moved and passed that additions be built in both places (Zurich and Hensall). Reeve Jones asked if there would be any chance that Hen- sall would need to have a sew- age system with a new addition to the school. Mr. Burrows said he could not tell, but he didn't think that 60 more chil- dren would make that much difference. Councillor Knight stated that other centres are in the same boats, and others are still worse off. He added that the facilities in Hensall are real good, and quite adequate. When asked about the mill rate, Mr. Burrows said that with the consolidation of the debts, the mill rate would level off. "After all," he stated, "any gov- ernment who wanted to stay in power wouldn't do something to raise the mill rate. This would be committing "political sui- cide." An addition to the school would consist of two class- rooms and an auditorium. The council took no action on the issue at this time, but decided to talk it over with the Hensall school board. Wayne Smith, Scout leader, was given permission to use the council chambers for six Scout - leader meetings a year, free of charge. W. G. Thompson and Sons were given permission to shoot pigeons that had become a nuisance. The conditions were that they will be held liable for any damages. Ernie Davies reported work Hay Council Has Heavy Session With Discussions on Drains and Bridges Bridges and drains took up the greatest part of the evening on Monday night, when the Hay Township Council met for their regular June session. Council awarded the contract to construct a new bridge on the Leibold sideroad to McLean - Foster, of St. Marys, at a price of $7,099.85. The St. Marys tender was the lowest of three received for the project, with the highest one being $9,435. Approval was given to make payment to Mowbray Construc- tion Company of $6,530, as par- tial payment for the construc- tion of the new bridge on the Bronson Line. In other business the council approved the preparing of by- laws to govern the weight load travelling across two different bridges in Hay. On the Turn- bull bridge, between lot 36 SB and lot 30 LRE, the load limit will be the same. Signs are to be erected at both bridges, ad- vising the travelling public of the new regulations. Council approved the engi- neer's report on sideroad 5-6 Drainage Works, 1964, after hearing the reading of •same. Having received a petition for drainage work on lots 21 and 22, concession 12, the council accepted the request and aP- pointecl their engineer, C. P. Corbett, to make a survey and prepare plans of the same. Clerk H. W. Brokenshire was authorized to write to the clerk of Huron County, requesting that he present two by-laws of Hay to the council, namely Road Closing by-law No. 4, for concession 7, lots 10 and 11, and street closing by-law No. 5, at the Sharrow sub -division. Members of the village trus- tee board of Dashwood, along with Stephen Township deputy - reeve James Hayter, appeared before council to discuss the use of centennial funds which are available to all municipal- ities. The Dashwood group would like to use their money for further work at their Com- munity Centre. 0 CROP REPORT Cool weather has slowed growth of all crops. Some dam- age has been caused by frost but not great. Corn planting is almost com- plete. The majority of the beans will be sown this week. Some cutting of hay has taken place—hay crop appear to be quite good. Canning peas are in blossom. Fifty per cent of canning corn has been sown. Growth of sugar beets is very slow. ST. BONIFACE CWL The St. Boniface Catholic Women's League held their monthly meeting on May 26, at the Town Hall, with 30 mem- bers in attendance. Mrs Lerina Rose, who, accom= panied by Mrs. Mozart Gelinas, had attended the annual di- ocesan convention h e 1 d in Sarnia, gave a brief account of this great event. The theme of the convention this year was "Youth and You". Mrs. Rose pointed out that much emphasis was placed upon the fact that teenagers today need much love and understanding. Most young people are basically good and with the love and un- derstanding of their parents they develop into good, respect- able adults. Guest speaker for the meet- ing was Rev. Sister Eileen Marie, who presented a most interesting and inspiring talk on "Mothers". Sister pointed out the great role a mother plays in the fam- ily home. "She is the one who sets the example and she is the one from whom the children derive their great virtues," Sis- ter stressed. "It is the mother who must lead the way, always, and she has as her model, our Blessed Lady." A motion was passed to have the Sister of Sacred Heart Con- vent enrolled as honorary mem- bers of the CWL. The meeting closed with prayer. done on catch basins and drains, also that he had picked up the stones in several areas. Reeve Jones asked that the park board be given permission to open up the well on the south side of the arena, and have a pump put on it, and a water test. Council agreed. C 1 e r k Campbell suggested that due to the low cost of the street paving this year. whieh was 55,5110.05, the village could afford to pave another street. He referred back to a recom- mendation from the 1961 coun- cil to pave York Street from Nelson Street to the CNR tracks in 1963, which is 700 feet. He said that this was the agree- ment when the council decided not to open York Street to the highway because of the school and the heavy traffic. Mr. Campbell added that he had been informed there would be a law suit in another year if council did not do something about the western end of York Street Knight said he would hate to have to pave the street just be- cause of a threat, but he felt that the agreement was made in good faith and council was honor bound to stand by the agreement. A motion was made to pave 700 feet of York Street at the same price of the other paving, subject to approval of the Department of Highways. A letter was received from Father C. A. Doyle, in Zurich. requesting the assessments of four or five properties in Hen- sall. By-Iaw 8 was passed to bor- row up to $25,000 for current expenses until the taxes are collected. By-law 9 was given a first and second reading, re- garding the keeping of animals and birds in the village of Hen- sall. Councillor Knight said he was to have a meeting with Jim Pinder, plumbing inspector for the Huron County Health Unit, in regard to the tentative plans to renovate the plumbing sys- tem in the local Community Centre, as a centennial project. W. J. Cameron was given per- mission to hang a sign over the sidewalk in front of his build - ing, assuming the respons:'r,:lity of any liabilities. Councillor John Baker said he had been approached by sev- eral women ratepayers, ::_:,iris if council would assist n get- ting a postal mail box in the downtown area. Mr. K i ht suggested that they get up a petition, as it would carry weight than just a letter from council. It was further suggest- ed that the clerk write t the federal MP, Elston Cardiff, on this issue. Permission was granter to the Salvation Army to hold pub- lic band concerts with a public address system in Hensail. Accounts totalled $11.431.21. Next meeting will be on July 6. 0 Zurich Minister Moves to Wallace Rev A. M. Amacher, pastor of the Evangelical LE Church, Zurich, for the past eight years, is being transferred to the Evangelical Church at Wa ace. Rev. Amacher came to Zurich from Mildmay. The new pastor at the Zurich church will be Rev. M. M. Shatto, who is ,presently serving the congregation at Ches:c y. Both moves will become ef- fective at the end of this m, -,nth. The pastoral changes were announced last week at the cen- tennial session of the Canada Council of the Evangelical tB Church, held at Kitchener. 0 Brownie Rev& In Hensall A Brownie Revel will b neld in the Hensall Park Friday, June 6. Some 150 Brownies from Centralia, Exeter. Z:.:ich and Hensall will participate and will parade from Town Hall to the park at 5 p.m. Heading the parade wi:I be Brian Fink on the bagpipes and Doug Mann on the drum. HOCKEY STAR VISITS ZURICH — Larry Jeffrey, star of the Detroit Red Wings hockey club during the past season, visited the Zurich Lions Club at their dinner meeting on Monday night, and handed out crests arid photos to mem- bers of the Midget hockey team. He also presented Gary Geoffrey with the Robin Hood trophy, emblematic of being chosen the most valuable player in minor hockey at Zurich during the past season. Also guests at the dinner were :he members of the Zurich Bantam hockey team. Shown here left to right are Don O'Brien, coach of the Bantam team, Larry Jeffrey, Gary Geoffrey and Doug O'Brien, Lions president and coach of the Midget team which won the WCAA championship.