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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1964-08-13, Page 1RICH NE s No. 32 -FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1964 $3.00 PER YEAR - 7 CENTS PER COPY PREPARE FOR DIAL- Workmen of the Bell Telephone Company are busy these days installing new lines and cable for dial con- version at their Hensall exchange. Shown here stringing new wires on a pole in the village is Ralph Holland, of Clinton, while assisting from ground level is Doug Hamil- ton, of London. Both men are Bell em- ployees. Area manager W. W. Haysom, of Goderich, reports that the project in Hensall is right on schedule for the November cut- over. HensaH Tax Rate Increased Five Mills Ratepayers in the village of Hensall will find their taxes considerably higher this year, due to an increased mill rate decided on by the council at their monthly meeting last week. The residential rate will be 75 mills, compared to 70 last year, while the commercial rate will be 83.5, compared to 78.6 last year. Both categories show an increase of approxi- mately five mills over last year. When questioned on the in- creased rate for this year, clerk Earl Campbell pointed out that increased costs of education is the prime factor. "When both. the high school rate and public school rate is increased, we have no alternative but to raise the taxes," Mr. Campbell stated. Members of the Hensall pub- lic school board met with the council at the meeting to dis- cuss the new school legislation, which will see Hensall become a part •of the Hay School Area. The board asked council to ap- point representatives to accom- pany them to Toronto, where they wish to obtain more in- formation on the new legisla- tion. According to Clerk Campbell, the main objection being raised by Hensall is to the announce- ment by school inspector J. G. Burrows, that the village will have only one representative on the new board. The inspector has pointed out that Hensall and Zurich will both only have one representative •on the board, while Hay Township will have three. Both the Hensall coun- cil and the school board are opposed to this ruling. In other business at the meet- ing, the council passed a by- law establishing a centennial project for the village. The project is to renovate the Arena, at a cost of approxi- mately $3,000. Reeve Norman Jones and Clerk Campbell were authorized by council to sign a lease with the Canadian National Railways for the parking lot at the sta- Need 'Fore Room to Build ! chool School Secretary Relinquishes Post After 17 years of faithful service, H. W. Brokenshire has resigned as secretary -treasurer of the Hay Township School Area. He has served in the position since the formation of the area in 1947. Mr. Brokenshire intends de- voting all his time to the office of clerk -treasurer of the Town- ship of Hay, a position which he has also held for at least 20 years. In tendering his resignation to the school board at their meeting last week, Mr. Broken - shire explained that he has en- joyed the work immensely, but due to the ever -increasing amount of work with township affairs he felt he could no long- er do justice to both positions. His resignation is to become ef- fective on September 1. As yet no action has been taken by the school area board to fill the vacancy. In other business at the school meeting, the board re- hired Bryce Mack at a salary of $1,000 per year to operate their school bus. They agreed to call tenders for transporta- tion for the rest of the routes in operation throughout the area. Insurance on two school prop- erties, number 8 and 12 sec- tions, has been cancelled since both schools have been sold. Leonard Erb and Ian McAllis- ter were appointed to oversee the installation of a catch basin and tiles in the school yard at number seven. Apparently the water has been flooding over onto the property of Ferd Ha- berer, east of the school grounds. tion, for the sum of $25 yearly. The reeve and clerk were also authorized to borrow $15,000 from the Bank of Montreal to meet current expenditures. E. R. Davis asked council to approve his holidays commenc- ing August 8. Fred Deters was appointed to relieve in his ab- sence. Clerk Campbell was instruct- ed to notify each dog owner in the village that they must pro- cure their tags within five days. Next meeting of the council will be held on Tuesday, Sep- tember 1. POPULAR SPORT - One of the newest sporting activities in the area at the present time is the trap shoot which is being held every two weeks, about five miles north of Zurich. The shoot is attracting more sportsmen each time it is held, and last Wednesday saw about 25 men par- ticipating from all parts of Huron County. Shown here, left to right, are Ron Schroeder, Dr. C. J. Wallace, Stewart Deitz, and two unidentified marksmen. The smoke shown in the photo is from the gun of Dr. Wallace, who scored a direct hit in this particular try. The event is sponsored by •the Zurich Sportsmen Chub. 111 Exp: ro r a to Pre erty The flay Township School Area board has begun expro- priation proceedings to obtain the property belonging to Miss Ruth and Bruce Church, direct- ly north of the present school grounds in the village of Zur- ich. Acting on the matter for the school board is Elmer D. Bell, QC, prominent Exeter lawyer. Apparently the board and the architects feel the property is needed to satisfactorily proceed with the proposed two -room ad- dition to the present school. They attempted recently to pur- chase part of the property through negotiations, but were unsuccessful. Purchase of the property by the school board will also en- able the village to close the street between the school prop- erty and the Church property. The only logical opposition to the plan for closing the street had been raised by the pro- prietors of the Church prop- erty, who claimed their land would lose its value if the street were closed. The decision to expropriate Grace 13 Results At South Huron Are Released Robert Becker: Alg 63, Geom 63, Trig 65, Lat A 68, Lat C 64, Fr A 56, Fr C 55. Wayne Currie: Geog 56. Bill Dinnin: Eng C 65, Eng L 71, Hist 60. Donald Ferguson: Eng C 67, Eng L 69, Alg 79, Geom 60, Trig 76, Phy 77, Chem 64. Larry Horner: Eng C 55, Eng L 51, Hist 64, Bot 51, Fr A 50, Fr C 60, Sp A 62, Sp C 56. Sharon Hugill: Eng C 56, Eng L 58, Bot 63, Lat C 66, Fr C 61. Russell Klapp: Eng C 58, Eng L 56, AIg 55, Geom 57, Trig 77, Phy 63, Chein 54 Fr A 51. Gerald Merner: Eng C 65,Eng L 59, Hist 56, Alg 52, Trig 60, Lat A 68, Lat C 71, Fr A 53, Fr C 54. Ross Miller: Eng C 60 Eng L 50. Ruth Ann Salmon: Eng C 75, Eng L 83, Alg 52, Geom 60, Trig 53, Phy 59, Chem 62, Fr A 56, Fr C 60. Grant Schwartzentruber: Eng C 65, Eng L 70, Hist 76, Bot 63, Zoo 63, Lat A 68, Lat C 79, Fr A 66, Fr C 86. Gerald Shantz: Eng L 61, Hist 57, Bot 74, Zoo 59, Phy 59, Fr C 51, Patrick Soldan: Eng C 55, Eng L 62, Phy 50, Chem 62. Glenda Soper: Eng C 58, Eng L 60, Hist 63, Bot 58, Zoo 59, Lat A 70, Lat C 61, Fr A 54, Fr C 64. Lynda Tiernan: Eng C 56, Eng L 72. Hist 60, Bot 65, Zoo 51, Lat A 63, Lat C 54, Geog 54. Larry Weida: Eng C 56, Alg 53. Eric Wolfe: Hist 53, Bot 55. Lat A 50, Lat C 52, Paul Yungblut: Eng C 64, Alg 61, Phy 50, Chem 58. John Ziler: Eng C 56, Eng L 59, Lat A 62. Sp A 66, Sp C 65. 0 Rain Guage Anyone interested in knowing the current rainfall should con- tact Delbert Geiger, of near Zurich. Recently he has ac- quired a rain guage for his personal use and •curiosity on his farm. Mr. Geiger reported a 1.1 inch fall on August 3 and two inches on August 4, for a grand total of 3.3 inches over the Civic Holiday. This past week an abundance of rainfall measuring 11/2 inches fell on Tuesday and Wednesday, the property was reached at a meeting of the board with their solicitor last Friday night. At a meeting earlier in the week, the board had appointed Bell & Laughton as their solicitors. At the same time, the board appointed two real estate agents, Jack Burke, of Exeter, and Rae Paterson. of Hensall, to valuate the property they are about to expropriate. The two men will present their estimates to Mr. Bell. The proposed addition to the present school of two rooms and gymatorium has been tempor- arily delayed due to the expro- priation proceedings. However, the board is still hopeful of getting their project under way sometime this fall. The plans as presented by the architects have been approved. A two -room and gymatorium addition to the Hensall Pt,bhe School is also being pla::ned, and the board there has also been looking at plans. Both schools will form a part of the Hay School Area at the first of the year, under new government legislation. The two schools. when the additions are tom- pleted, are expected to accom- modate the entire school popu- lation of Hensall, Zurich and Hay Township. All children will be transported to their closest school. Meanwhile, students from union school section number nine, Hay and Stanley, 1.011 be brought into the school at Zur- ich, for at least the coming- term. omingterm. Their building has been condemned by the inspejtor. and Stanley Township still has taken no action towards a new central school. Hay Council Hears Operation of Trig. At their regular meeting Iast week, the council of the Town- ship of Hay met with a delega- tion wishing to open a Trailer Club on the farm of Leon Be- dard, on the Bluewater high- way near St. Joseph. The group proposes purchasing about 15 acres of land, near the lake, where they ' can have mobile homes parked for the summer months. They pointed out that they would be willing to abide by any regulations set out for them by the Hay council. No definite decision on the matter was reached by the council, but they promised to give the matter their prompt at- tention. By-law 16, authorizing the closing up south 198 feet of a 10 -foot reserve that lies to the east of lots 1, 2 and 3, east of Vallee and north of Campbell Ave., at St. Joseph. was ap- proved. Charles Burgess, pro- prietor of the pit perty on both Request to Mow r Cluh at Lake sides of the laneway, appeared before council at their last meeting to negotiate the pur- chase of the strip of land af- fected. Notice of the closing is listed on page five of this newspaper. Also approved was by-law 17. for the stopping up of '79.8 feet of the 40 -foot wide Sharrow drive, in the Sharrow sub -di- vision. Council had also re- ceived a request to close this section of street. In other business at the meet- ing. council approved the pay- ment to William Lawrence of. 95% of his contract for the Schwalm drainage works. They also approved for payment the $400 holdback to Charles Del- trich, on the Dashwood -Hay drainage works. A $10 membership in the Huron County Road Superinten- dents' Association was approv- ed by the council, at the same meeting. STAR 0: THE SHOW -... The Zurich Majorette, toei-.; part in the pal':e0(' last Al oo?; al the annual Bayfield hinr- Frolic, and t,lt'ill'd the large crows] with their dazzling 1 'r- forl': +nc,'. Ono of the fe.?lure stars of the Zurich group is three car-ald Pari O'Brien. diiughtor of :1I4. and Mrs. Doe: O'Brien. 2 ti :ci. I',' it 'c':'Cd big slit with the interest -'d spectators.