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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1965-02-04, Page 1RICH No. 5 --FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1965 NE $3.00 PER YEAR — 7 CENTS PER COPY Fail to Reach Agreement ! Hsail . ou til r, Cry GUEST SPEAKER AT LIONS MEETING — The guest speaker at the Zurich Lions Club meeting, Herb Cocker, London, conveyed the thanks of the directors of the Crippled Children's Treatment Centre to the members for their finan- cial support in recent years. The president of McKay -Cocker Construction is himself the past president of the Centre which offers .such fine care to many district children ri ng help. Seen with Mr. Cocker are (left to right) Howard Klopp, president of the Zurich Lions; Ron Stoner, Parkhill, past deputy governor of the Lions and board member of the Centre; Mr. Cocker; J. E. Bannister, member of the board at the Treatment Centre. Agree With Other Municipalities! Stephen Townshi 0 A ditional Costs its Par se t A resolution to oppose any increase in assessment over that set down in 1962 for construc- tion of the Parkhill dam was passed at Tuesday's meeting of Stephen Township council. The resolution also stated that in the event of any in- crease, Stephen would ask that the project be dropped. This action followed similar action in Bosanquet Township where the Hague Farm and the New Venice Corporation, with other ratepayers, are seeking abandonment of the dam pro- ject. The Bosanquet resolution has been forwarded to all muni- cipalities for their endorse- ment. It is expected that the Bosan- qcet and Stephen Township res- olutions, along with any others, will be presented at a meeting with Ausable Authorities in Parkhill on February 10. Meeting Upcoming Reeve Glenn Webb informed his council that Grand Bend hopes to set up a meeting with Ontario Water Resources offi- cials in Toronto during the week 'of February 22. Representatives from Grand Bend, Bosanquet and Stephen will be in that city for the Good Roads convention at that time. Discussions will settle around acquisition of water from the Lake Huron pipeline for resi- dents in these three areas. A property fieldman, from the OWRC, Gay Bolton, met with Stephen council on Tues- day to purchase 2.5 acres of land over which the pipeline will cross. Bolton said the OWRC was prepared to pay $36.75 for the strip of land sit- uated in the township dumping grounds. Council agreed to the terms but will receive compensation for the trees presently upon the easement and have reservedthe right to reforest the area upon completion of the pipeline pro- ject. Bolton told council all land from Grand Bend to Arva, nec- essary for the pipeline, has been expropriated and 91% of owners have signed without recourse to arbitration. Most settlements Grand Bend The mill rate in Grand Bend will be increased by one and a half mills this year due to a larger road expenditure in 1965. Council passed a by-law at Monday's meeting authorizing expenditures of $16,000. This is broken down into $8,000 for maintenance and $8,000 for new construction. Road expenditures for 1964 were $11,000. The department of highways had given permis- sion for expenditures up to $15,000 on new construction but council agreed to stay be- low that figure since a mill rate increase is already necessary, Councillor John Teevins and Clerk Murray A. Desjardins have completed the Main Street survey required by engineer William Ayearst. Correspondence from Walter Foy's office gave assurance that letters and briefs have been presented to the minister of Tax Rate Up pubic works, Jean Dechataletes, requesting breakwater construc- tion in the harbor area at Grand Bend. Dredging is also expected to begin again early in the spring to provide some temporary so- lution for fishing and pleasure craft experiencing difficulty due to sand bars and low water levels. F. C. McKeane, district mar- ine agent of Parry Sound, will visit the resort within two weeks to discuss ownership and con- trols in the area known as Har- bour Flats. Constable Ray Gilleno, of the OPP, has taken it upon himself, to enforce a no parking zone in. the area •of the intersection of Highways 21 and 81, as well as parallel parking on Main Street. Council has not passed a by- law regarding parking, but is waiting a ruling from the de- partment of highways in this regard, .11 Dam will have been made by the middle of March, he said. Council voted $300 to library associations in Dashwood, Cred- iton and Centralia. Reeve Webb commented on the dilemma of local libraries and said that books purchased by them are soon outdated. He noted that new books are read quickly and in most eases, are not read again. Council agreed that identical books are often purchased by more than one library and sug- gested that more assistance at the county level could be bene- ficial. Webb said county library of- ficials were experiencing diffi- culty in securing storage space for an ever-increasing supply of books. He said he would like to see more books put out in the various libraries within the county to provide more and varied reading material for readers and relieve congestion at Goderich. In other business, council heard that taxes in arrears amounted to $32,000 for 1964, an increase of $11,200 over last year; raised the wages of perm- anent road employees to $1.35 per hour with casual labor to be brought in line with wage scales; noted the road estimate by-law showed an allowance of $65,000 for 1965; received an estimate on repairs to a town- ship grader; acknowledged noti- fication of the appointment of Aaron Restemeyer as roadd pa- trolman for the police village of Dashwood; decided to invite tenders for the repair of Mud Creek Municipal Drain with all tenders to be in by March 1. 0 WATER SHORTAGE A .discussion at Stephen's council meeting which indicated that millions and millions of gallons of water would be taken from Lake Huron over the next 25 years brought this remark from councillor Joe Dietrich; If the water level in Lake Huron gets any lower, the pud- dle to the west of us may dis- appear. Councillor Dietrich• may have a point. Many similar thoughts have been expressed by others. Sales Barn Fire 'Serious En'uugh` Heavy Repair Bill th r Hensall council granted ap- proval for the construction of a new addition at General Coach Works at Monday night's ses- sion but declined to make a decision with regard to its in- spection during building. The Hensall trailer factory hacl asked that village building inspector Bob Baker not visit the premises in that capacity since Baker is employed with a rival firm at Exeter. Coach officials had indicated that another building inspector would be welcomed. Council had tentatively agreed last year with factory manage- ment that the request was sound and reasonable. It was under- stood then that council would go in a body to inspect the new construction with any fees for inspection paid to Baker. New Member Wonders New councillor Jack Laven- der charged that council had acted unwisely and said that council's business should not be dictated. Knight told Lavender that coach officials had not dictated to council but had presented a valid argument which council had understood. He said while none of council was qualified to inspect such a large building, the department of labor would have to give its approval, and added that the building by-law should be amended to read that any building coming under de- partment of labor scrutiny, About one-third of the Hen- sall Sale Barn was extensively damaged early last Friday morn- ing when fire swept through that building. Employees of E. L. Mickle & Spn, Hensall, spotted the fire shortly after 2 a.m. and called the Hensallvolunteer fire bri- gade. Firemen, fighting the blaze in near -zero temperatures, were able to prevent the fire from spreading to an 'adjacent pen where 50 cattle were housed. Victor Hargreaves said Mon- day there was no estimate of damage caused by the fire. He said it was "serious enough" and would require "a lot of work done". An investigation for the cause of the fire was carried out Mon- day and officials declined to release an opinion. Repairs to the building began on Monday also with every hope the sale will go as usual. Pro- viding weather conditions per- mit work to continue on sche- dule, said Mr. Hargreaves, the premises would be ready for normal business usage on Thurs- day. 0 Stephen Board Awaits Answer On Proposed Site Members of Stephan Town- ship School Area Board have still not received any definite word concerning the site for the proposed central school. The first of three favored sites in the township was vvis- ited last week by the three township members of the hoard in company with J. G. Burrows, inspector of public ,schools, Ex- eter, and Jim Green, a London architect of the firm of Riddle - Connor -Falls -Irwin, The property sought by the board is situated due south of the village of Dashwood on the Crediton Road, The other two sites under consideration are east of this, The school board was expect- ed to attend Tuesday's session of Stephen Township council to present some preliminary pro- posals but did not do so. should not have to be inspected by the local inspector. Council questioned whether the present building by-law in Hensall was given strict adher- ence. Reeve Norman Jones noted that some buildings have been constructed recently with two - by -three studding when the by- law calls for two-by-four studs, and some roof joists are at 24 inch centres when 16 inch cen tres are stipulated. Lavender suggested that the by-law was not enforced by the building inspector, but agreed with Knight that it couldn't be enforced by any local inspector since no one can be paid enough "to make that kind of friends". John Baker said the by-law was passed to prevent the con- struction of shacks and had been successful in that. Lavender said if the by-law was not obeyed, "we should re- scind the cursed thing". Snow Removal Ernie Davis reported that snow removal was moving along smoothly on Main Street, by the post office and the arena. Council indicated that resi- dents should realize that as the streets are plowed, snow will be pushed in front of the drive- ways. They noted it would be very costly to have the opera- tor lift the wing at each en- trance, but agreed there was little to be done about those citizens who threw the snow from the end of their driveways onto the street. Council also agreed that cars left parked on Main Street over- night should be tov :ud away when proper warnings had been issued to the owners. Snow has accumulated in spots where cars have stood at night whee streets are plowed. Blinker Light? J. S. Trew, of the traffic di- vision of the department of highways in London, will meet with council on February 16 to discuss the installation of a blinker light at the intersection of Highway 4 and the Main Street. Arena Repairs Knight reported a small at- tendance at the last arena board meeting due to a change in dates, but said he felt some- thing would be done to rectify the problems at the arena for next winter. Doug Manns is the chairman of the arena board and has ap- pointed a committee for 1965. In other business, council re- duced the license fee on the poolroom to $5 per table from $20 for the first table and $5 for each additional table; ap- pointed Monteith and Monteith as auditors; disused road ex- penditures for 1965; dzelined membership in Mid -western De- velopment Association; made no cision to decide the term of the school trustees from Hensall as requested by the trustees. U StaIey; e Split et e!eases In Chairman Ian McAllister said Wednesday that the Public School Board of the Township School Area of Hay has re- ceived written confirmation from Stanley Township that No. 9 School Section in Stanley will be dissolved and all children south of the town line and in Hay Township wil be released to attend the school in Zurich, beginning in September. The remaining children in that section who are residents of Stanley, will be educated within the Stanley system. Mr. McAllister also said that Groundhog Sees Big Shadow Returns to Bed While most people enjoy a bright, sunny winter's day, resi- dents in this area would have preferred a cloudy sky on Tues- day. February 2 was Groundhog Day and according to legend, old man groundhog emerges from his hole in the early morn- ing for a look around. If he sees his shadow, he returns to his cosy nest for another six week sleep .. an indication that winter will continue at least that long. If he doesn't see his shadow, say the old- timers, spring is just around the corner. Just how reliable a weather prophet the groundhog really is, has not been determined. Many persons believe in the ac- curacy of the tale ... others insist it is nothing but super- stition. In this area at least, Mr. Groundhog certainly saw his shadow (if he was looking for it) and most people are predict- ing another six weeks of snow and ice. For those who like to look on the bright side of things, we suggest a positive attitude which concludes that instead of a pro- longed six weeks of cold winds and knee-deep snow, we can ex- pect warm, balmy spring weath- er in just 42 days. while no written confirmation had been received by the board, he understood that no Tucker - smith children will be codling into Hay School Area after.Sep- tember. At present, eight Tuck- ersmith chidren are attending Hensall school. Vern Alderdice, of the Tuck- ersmith School Board, said Wednesday that a meeting on Tuesday with Tuckersmith council had brought the rejec- tion of council to a proposal by the school board to release a portion of the Tuckersmith chil- dren to Hay. He said the board was agreed that children in school sections 1 and 10 in Tuckersmith should be released to Hay with the balance of the children to be eventually transported to Bruce - field where there is hope of a joint central school for Stanley and Tuckersmith. Tuckersmith council refused to release any assessment to ers Hay school area with the result that Tuckersmith children will necessarily have to be educated in that township. The Hay board has given notice that nu non-resident children will be educated within the Hay system after September 1, 1965. Mr. Alderdice expressed dis• appointment at the decision, of council but added there will left no change in Tuckersmith School Board's desire to see a joint central school built at Brucefield. He said there are not suf- ficient school children in Tuck- ersmith for the township to plan a central school of its own. He said, at the best, any new Tuckersmith school would need only seven rooms. A meeting was scheduled for Wednesday evening with Stan- ley and Tuckersmith boards in attendance. Discussions hinged on the proposed school at Brucefield. Londoner Addresses Lions Herb Cocker, president of Mc- Kay Cocker Contsruction Com- pany and past president of the London district Crippled Chil- dren's Treatment Centre, spoke to the members of the Zurich Lions Club on Monday evening. He presented an informative review of the work at the Treat- ment Centre and spoke proudly of the building which it debt - free due to government grants and the generosity of the On- tario Crippled Children's So- ciety, service clubs and indivi- dual and corporation donations. In 1964, 760 individual pa- tients were treated at the Cen- tre. That number .represented over 11,000 treatments. Services have now been -extended to care for children suffering from mus- cular dystrophy and cystic fi- brosis and the long list of pa- tients is expected to grow again in 1965. No child is ever refused treat- ment, but all must be referred to the Centre by a doctor. Facilities are provided for speech therapy, physiotherapy and hydro therapy, with a good deal of special equipment de- signed to rehabilitate the handi- capped child. A nursery and day school, inspected by an inspector of public schools, give; an ap- proved school curricuhim with special apparatus available for the education of the handicap- ped child. The operating budget for 1965 has been set at $160,000 of which not more than 50% will come from parents and service clubs in payment of treatments. The balance will have to he raised from separate grants, donations and legacies. Donations come from many sources. The Zurich Lions were thanked for their annual sup- port with funds raised through a calf draw. Mr. Cocker also said an increasing number or people are naming the Lonclor, District Crippled Children's Treatment Centre in their wills, The treatment centre is gov- erned by a board of directors consisting of 50 members who give their services voltmtari'y.