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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1964-08-20, Page 1NE S No. 33—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1964 $3.00 PER YEAR -- 7 CENTS PER COPY ERECTING PILLARS — Workmen are busy this week putting the finishing touches to the memorial pillars at the Community Park in Zurich. The memorials are being built by the Zurich Agricultural Society to commemorate the 100th year of operation, and are being paid for by a grant of $1,000 from the Ontario government. The contractors on the pro- ject are Stewart Webb & Sons, and in this photo Glenn, Welyb, reeve of Stephen Township, is shown placing some of the fine cut stonee. The Agricultural Society is arranging a number of outstanding events to mark their centennial at this year's annual Fall Fair. Change Dates Of Zurich Fail Fair This year, being the Centen- nial Anniversary of the Zurich Fall Fair, many added attrac- tions are being introduced by the local board. Firstly, the planned dates of the fair, Sep- tember 19 and 21, have been changed to one week later. on Saturday and Monday, Septem- ber 26 and 28. H o w e v e r, the celebrations will begin a week previous on Friday, September 18, with an •open-air street dance to be held on the newly -paved section of Mill Street. Music will be pro- vided by the famed Desjardine Orchestra. A highlight of the evening will be a beauty con- test, the winner of which will reign as Miss Centennial Queen and will ride in the parade on Monday, September 28. All young women of the area are invited .to participate in the contest. Now don't be bashful, girls, for all contestants are asked to wear street clothes, rather than the more popular bathing suits! When the centennial celebra- tions resume on Saturday, Sep- tember 26, the Centennial Gates, which are presently under con- struction, will be dedicated by Honorable William A. Stewart, Minister of Agriculture of On- tario, assisted by F. A. Lashley, Superintendent of Agriculture in Ontario. Also present will be Hod. C. S. MacNaughton, Huron member in the Ontario Legislature, and Elston Cardiff, member of the Federal Govern- ment for Huron. Following the dedication, a local talent show and bingo will be held. Monday, September 28, will boast the annual fair parade, paving the way for the baby show and pet show in the af- ternoon and the horse show at night. This year promises to be very outstanding in horse events, as each year previous the show has obtained more entries. During the day the Maple City Shows will provide ferris wheel and other midway rides for the children as well as vari- ous concession booths and games of chance. An antique display will he set up to review the many years spent in the last century, since the origin of the Zurich Fall Fair, Certainly, the fair on a whole promises to be the "Biggest and Best" yet, so plan to attend! install Equipment For Fiensa Dial Dial switching equipment is now being installed in the new telephone buildings in both Hensall and Seaforth, in prep- aration for the introduction of dial telephone service in No- vember. To provide for Hensall's tee - phone needs, equi `}gent allow- ing for 1.200 terminals—each representing a telephone num- ber—is being installed in the new building on the cast side of Highway 4. ; In Seaforth, equipment providing 2,000 ter- minals is being inn a/led in the building •on Chalk Street. All of the equipment being installed has been designed and manufactured to meet the spe- cific requirements of both Hen- sall and Seaforth, explained W. W. Haysom. Bell Telephone manager in this area. The installation work and testing of the equipment in both exchanges is being carried out by Northern Electric Com- pany craftsmen, Referring to the many activ- ities surrounding the dial con- version, Mr. Haysom said all phases of the projects are pro - Suggest Tax Sale Grand Bend — Despite up- wards of $18,000 spent in dredg- ing the harbour at Grand Bend by the federal department of public works this spring, boats and fishermen are again having trouble. Councillor Orval Wassmann explained to council that repre- f sentatives of the department were in the village on Monday, and their plan at this time was to try the effect of anchoring a fishing tug or other similar boat in the harbour up against a sandbar, and by running the motor shove the sand away. Councillor Howard Green, fisherman, chortled. "It'll only move the sand about four feet. Clint Bowden's boat has been doing this for years, and still getting stuck m o r n i n g and night." Wassmann commented: "I don't know. That's what they say they're going to do." Telephone Bills Hay Municipal Telephone Company has asked. through their solicitors, that the village hold tax sales, to collect arrears of telephone accounts against various properties in the vil- lage. They told the council that unless this action was taken, the company would have no other alternative than to get a mandamus from the courts. Me company notes that they have disconnected all telephones with accounts in arrears, and feel there is nothing to be gained by taking the accounts into the division court. The village will get advice from their solicitor. A question raised was why it greasing according to schedule, One of the biggest jobs involves rebuilding and extending the outside wire and cable networks serving the exchange areas and adapting them for use under the dial system. PREPARING FOR DIAL --Workmen of the Hay Municipal Telephone System are rushing through the completion of necessary installations in preparation for the conver- sion to dial this November. New lines are being built between Hensel]. and. Zurich as part •of the project, and in this photo three of the men are shown at work on the cable. Top left is 13i11 Ingram; right, Jack Kellar, while lower on the ladder is Ivan Meidinger. According to format) Harold Zehr the work on the dial conversion is progressing right on schedule, An installation crew from Northern Electric is expected to begin work in the new dial building shortly, and most of the new phones have been installed. Mr. Zehr also pointed out that all the new phones will be tested prior to conversion. ...... .,,toss;.... FIRE ALARM SYSTEM — Along with all the neces- sary work involved in converting the Hay Telephone System at Zurich to dial operation, is the installation of an adequate fire alarm system. Oire of the work crew, Lloyd Denomme, is shown here installing a new fire alarm telephone on the premises of fire chief Milton Heitz. Above the phone is a switch to turn on the fire siren when a fire call is re- ceived on the special telephone. To the left of the special phone is the regular new phone which has been installed on the premises, while below is one of the old style sets which have been in use over the past number of years. now costs just the same to tele- phone at night as it does in the daytime. "Why not reduce rates here," queried Councillor Wassmann. Lights on Highway 81 Council on Monday night ap- proved the installation of lights on the section of Highway 81 within the village, at a total cost of $3.920. The village will pay $1.960 and the balance will be met by department of high- ways. Continuing maintenance will be the responsibility of the village• Reeve Stewart Webb was ask- ed to consult with the PUC re- garding financing. He asked other members of council to support him in this at the next meeting of the PUC. Garbage Dump Harold Skipper, garbage col- lector for the main part of the village, queried the condition of the village dump, which is lo- cated about three miles south on Highway 21. "It's in ethe worst shape I've ever seen it," he said. "Your councillor that is in charge of health, doesn't even know where it is," he went on. "He followed me clown there one day, or he'd never have found it." Reeve Webb commented, "Well, Mr. Coles isn't too well acquainted around the Bend," and there was a general chuc- kle. (Councillor Ian Coles is a resident of London, with a year- round residence in Grand Bend• as well.) Skipper contended that the "broken down tractor" which the village owns is not the prop- er equipment for shoving back the dump. "Turnbull was do- ing a good job there." he said. "and I'm not taking anything away from the men on the streets who work for the vil- lage. But their equipment is not right for the job." Reeve Webb noted that the Pinery Park people were inter- ested in having the dump moved, with the suggestion they might even hell) to buy altern- ate property. Decision was reached to send a bulldozer in to do some level - lin ; fo supplement the work of the town tractor. George 3IcCormick and C'en e'• ter Korzeniowski of the engi- neering ueering firm of McCormick en d Rankin, Toronto, showed pre- liminary plans of the read grades, manholes, etc., for main street. The main street is to br' de- veloped by the Province of On- tario as a connecting link, and will be paved three -lanes :vide most of its length from High- way 21 to the lake. At present McCormick and • Rankin are waiting for informa- tion from another engineer. William Ayearst, who is pre- paring plans for a water dis- tribution system for the village. As Reeve Webb and the coun- cillors have stated, it would be folly to construct the pavement, and later dig it up and lay the water mains. Council considered the appar- ent slow down of work b.: Mr. Ayearst and the apparent "go- ing along" with this action which was being shown by the water committee. Reeve Webb did not feel it was :council's position to go aver the heads of the committee to urge Ayearst to get on with the job. The village has asked permis- sion from the Ontario Water Resources Commission to in- clude the cost of installing pipes under Main Street as part of the total price of the water dis- tribution system. The village has asked the de- partment of lands and forests for a clear ruling on the owner- ship .:ner- ship of lands from which beats are launched into the Ausahle River, near the fishing d.nsks, so they can control whas is parked there. Question of payment -of 525 to R. Newman Sharen. rea:t.;r. for an appraisal which he n scie of village property early is 11-s year was raised again. C:'i,c•, lot' Wassmann coinmentec' "we'll have to pay it, b::. - highway robbery. 1 think. - Reeve Webb stated that "Yen made your mistake when .1"ei hired him. You should made it clear when you as :tai him to do it that you v an*.ed the work done for nothin_ The account was laid :yet' until next council meetins. HUM County Prepares Useful ©k O... Information For School Chlidren Goderich—When Huron coun- ty was incorporated in 1841. courts were held in the jail. first government building in the Huron District, comprising then the present counties of Huron. Bruce and Perth. For 12 years the courtroom and judge's chamber were on the third floor, reached by a circular stair, but in 1853 the judges of the Queen's Bench refused to sit there and threatened to re- move the courts elsewhere. County council accepted an of- fer by the town of Goderich of a site in "Market Square". and a court house was erected in 1854-5 at a cost of £4,000. The former courtroom is now the jail laundry. The foregoing bit of county history is one of many, equally interesting in a brochure, "Hur- on County Administration", prepared by County Clerk John G. Berry with co-operation of departmental officials. Prim- arily, it presents the story of Huron courthouse and the func- tions of the offices contained therein, as well as county or- ganizations elsewhere. sue the registry office, Iluro s. ;, , the museum, jail and E'';,_.. enc'y Measures office. On' rea- son for production of the25- page booklet is to inforni : u - dents, particularly of g •;ries seven and eight, who are .:'ten required to submit essays on one feature or another of:�- ty administration, There is much. howevez, interest to adult citizens. Here is related the ancient B `sh tradition hack of the duties and garb of sheriff, Tt - iscliction of the various c:I:2rts is outlined, and an adequate de- scription scription is given of the Health Unit's work and the acta-?-les of the Children's Aid S:-ee e`y and Library Co-operative. R,:,u- tine of the clerk and his deputy in preparing for the five ses- sions a year of county c rancii is interestingly described, A little known fact is th at the first county registry office was on property owned by Capt. Robert Dunlop, Lot 21, aceu- pied by Registrar John Galt and now 56 Wellesley street. residence of A. T. Gilders.