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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1965-02-25, Page 1About People You Know . Mr. and Mrs. James Hackett, Douglas and Linda, of Galt, were week -end visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Ted Steinbach. Mrs. Vic Dinnin, Mrs. Lerina Rose, Mrs. Henry Schilbe and Mrs. A. Finkbeiner attended the funeral on Monday of Mrs. Lil- lian Kuntz, in Windsor. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Stein- bach, of London, visited with Mr. Henry Howald on Sunday. Mr. and M• rs. Ross Johnston returned home Thursday from Rochester, New York, where they spent some time visiting with Mr. and Mrs. E. Gemming, RECEIV• ES AWARD Harold Thiel, Zurich, was one of 25 Guenther -Tuckey drivers who received a safe driving pin recently. The award marks two years of accident -free driving to the credit of Mr. Thiel. PL• EASE! There are still some sub. scriptions to this newspaper which are due for renewal now. If your label reads _Feb. '65, your subscription should expire with this issue. If you plan to renew, why not do it immediately? Your co-operation is needed and would be greatly appreciated. GOSH• EN UCW The February meeting of the Goshen UCW met at the home of Mrs. Arnold Keys. Mrs. Floyd Armstrong opened the meeting and the Scripture read- ing was by Mrs. Jim Keys. Mrs. Roy McBride read a prayer hymn. Mrs. Anson McKinley gave the study book topic, 'A Chang- ing Brazil". Mrs. Bob Peck presided for the business and read a letter from the Children's .Aid Society at Goderich. March 17 was the date set for the smorgasbord supper. An invitation was received from the Varna ladies to join them on March 5 for .the Day of Prayer. The meeting, closed with prayer. TRANSFERRED J. E. Bannister, who has been manager of the Zurich Bank of Montreal for the past nine years, has received word he will be transferred to a new branch at Little Current on Manitoulin Island. Little Current is a town of about 1600 persons with a trad- ing area of 10,000 population. 0 Warden and Wife Are Honoured C No 8 -FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS NE S ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1965 A crowd of well wishers gathered in Dashwood's Com- munity Centre last Friday eve- ning to honor Huron County's new warden, Glenn Webb. Stephen Township deputy - reeve James Hayter introduced former wardens present for the occasion, among .them 1964 war- den Ralph Jewell and the last warden from Stephen, Jack Mor- risey. Clifford Dunbar, reeve of Grey Township and Webb's op- ponent in the January race for the wardenship, offered his con- gratulations , to Huron's "first family". Speaking on behalf of Stephen Township, councillor Ed Hen- drick praised Mrs. Webb, the former Doreen McClinchey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Orville McClinchey, RR 1, Varna. He said she would make her hus- band's year as warden "much easier" because she could be depended upon to "take care of things at home". Grand Bend reeve, Stewart Webb, the father of the Huron warden, spoke briefly. He quipped that he had always known son Glenn would go places. "From the time he was a year bid," he said, "Glenn did all the talking at our house." Present from Zurich were Reeve and Mrs. Milton Desch and from Hay Township Reeve and Mrs. John T. Corbett. $3.00 PER YEAR - 7 CENTS PER COPY rich ` chool "ill Oper ergarten in Septem PRESENTED HIGHEST AWARD - Lois Simmons, Hensall Guide, received her Gold Cord last Friday night ata Guide mother and daughter banquet. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Simmons, Hensall. Picture shows Mrs. Jim Hyde, former captain of the Hensall Guide Company, pinning the coveted cord on Miss Simmons as Mrs. Ton Lavender, district Guide commissioner, watches. Hensall and Zurich Guides Hold Joint Mother and Daughter Banquet Lois Simmons was presented with her Gold Cord, the highest award in Guiding, at a mother and daughter banquet of the Hensall-Zurich district, catered to by Unit 1 of the Hensall Un- ited Church Women last Friday night. Mrs. James Hyde, form- er chaplain of the Hensall Guide Company, made the presenta- tion. Featured in the program was a candle -lighting ceremony which recognized the friendship, fun, knowledge and service which are the make-up of the Gold Cord. Hensall Guides and Brownies presented a fashion show, com- mentated by Pam Sangster, dis- playing Guide uniforms of form- er years and of other countries of the world association. Zurich Guides and Hensall Brownies each sang a group of their campfire and pow wow songs, and Mrs. John Goddard favored with musical numbers on the piano. Suitable decorations, arranged by Lieutenant Mrs. Robert Cald- well and Tawny Owls Mrs. Barry Jackson and Mrs. Rodger Ven- ner, included dolls dressed by the Zurich Guides in uniforms of other countries. Mrs. William Smith, badge secretary, presented Lois with her Gold Cord pin on behalf of the local association, and Mary Mock gave her a Guide ring from the company. Guide Carolyn Cook toasted the Gold •Cord Guide and Brownie Dorothy Skea gave a toast to the mothers, replied to amusingly and inspiringly by Mrs. Doug Cook. Brown Owl Mrs. Robert Cook, Captain Mrs. Robert Baker, and Mrs. T. Lavender were in charge of arrangements. Free Enterprise Man Gets Seat; Hog Producers Decide 'No Vote' Huron County Hog Producers will not have to go to the polls to elect 19 of 20 men who previ. ously announced their intention to stand for election as board comm itteemen. The election, set for March 2, was called off this week when R. J. Semple, Bayfield, withdrew from the race. The Farm Pro- ducts Marketing Board accepted his resignation and subsequent- ly acclaimed the 19 remaining candidates elected. In a press release from the office of D. H. Miles Huron County agricultural representa- tive, no reason was given for the reversal. The move once more allows free enterprise supporter Mel- vin Greb, RR 2, Dashwood, to take a seat on the board. Greb had been accused of forcing the election when he indicated at the nomination meeting in Clinton his willingness to stand for election. Last year, after Greb was nominated for a seat, one of the 19 hog marketing board sup- porters stepped aside to save an election, thus giving Greb a seat on the Huron board. This year, Huron hogmen de- cided to go to the polls in an effort to oust Greb since the new term of office was set up for three years. Greb, a firey fighter who is concerned about the welfare of the "little man" and is himself a small farmer, said Monday night he c•oulcl not understand why the election had been halted. He said he had been promised good deal of support at the polls by other farmers who op- erated small farms, and was "ready for the election". "It would have made the hog producers look pretty silly if I had won in an election," he quipped. ,Committeemen elected to rep- resent Huron County for the next three years are: Martin Baan, RR 3, Walton; Albert G. Bacon, Belgrave; Ken- neth W. Baker, RR 1, Seaforth; George Campbell, RR 1, Sea - forth; Malcolm Davidson, RR 1, Brucefield; Gordon Elliott, RR 5, Seaforth; Carl S. Govier, RR 1, Auburn; Melvin Greb, RR 2, Dashwood; Elmer Hardign, RR 1, Gorrie; Elmer Ireland, RR 5, Wingham; John S. Kernighan, 121 Newgate St., ,Goderich; Robert McAllister, RR 2, Ati- burn; James McGregor, RR 2, Kippen; George Moncrief, RR 3, Goderich; Raymond Neill, RR 1, Wroxeter; Hugh Rundle, BR 1, Centralia; Lloyd Stewart, RR 1, Clinton; Alfred H. Warner, RR 1, Bayfield; Lionel Wilder, RR 1, Bayfield. 0 Sunday marked the beginning of the annual Boy Scout Week in Canada. Troops in Dashwood and Hensall attended church services with their scout mas- ters to begin the week in a proper prospective. Scouting started about the turn of the century. It trains boys to serve their country and to be honorable citizens. Their training takes them into the outdoors and makes fine men of the young lads. Surplus Rear Sed To Taxpayers t Beginning in September, 1965, the public school in Zurich will have a kindergarten class. The space for the class has been in- cluded in the existing plans for the new addition at the school. Chairman Ian McAllister termed the motion for kinder- garten as a "formality". He said the move towards kindergarten was begun after parents in the district indicated their desire for kindergarten facilities. Kindergarten classes are al- ready included at the Hensall school and with the Zurich kin- dergarten will serve all children of kindergarten age in the en- tire township. The new class at Zurich will require the services of another teacher and the staff committee of the board, chaired by Garnet Leitch, will make recommenda- tions to the board this spring. There has been no decision on whether or not the class will be operated with morning and afternoon shifts and some trans- portation problems for out-of- town children remain to be solved. Inspector J. G. Burrows has outlined three alternate pro- posals which could be employed by the board to transport town- ship kindergarten pupils to and from school. The children could be trans - In keeping with a motion on the former Hay Township School Area books from 1964 and in order to bring surplus from both Hensall and Zurich schools to more even amount, the Pub- lic School Board erf the Town- ship School Area of Hay voted last Wednesday evening to re- turn $13,195. 41 to Hay Town- ship school supporters. An audit of the 1964 accounts showed Hensall's surplus at $334.59 while the Hay Town- ship surplus was $18,195.41. The motion on the township school board books from 1964 stipulated that any surplus over $5000 be turned back to Hay ratepayers. Cheques will be sent to Zur- ich, Hay and Stephen councils in proportion to the school as- sessments of each municipality. How the money it rebated to the school supporters in each of the three municipalities will be determined by the individual councils. Seven Girls Seek 'At Home' Honour ported one way by the board with the parents providing transportation one way, the board could provide transporta- tion both ways free of charge or parents could be required to pay transportation costs for their children to and from school, He said since kindergarten is not recognized as a required part of elementary school edu- cation, the responsibility could remain with the parents where transportation is concerned. More Travel Troubles The board denied a request by Milton McAdams for a four- year renewal of his present con- tract calling for the transporta- tion of about 50 Hay Township students to Zurich. McAdams had indicated to the board his desire to pur- chase a new bus when the 52 - passenger bus presently owned by him needed extensive re - Seven young ladies who are students at South Huron Dis- trict High School are breath- lessly awaiting Friday evening when one of them will be crowned queen at the annual "at home". Candidates are: Susan Doerr, special commercial, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Doerr, Exe- ter; Sharon Lightfoot, 13B, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Lightfoot, Centralia; Caroline Simmons, 13A, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Simmons, Exeter: Janet Skinner, 12D, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Skinner, RR 3, Exeter; Marilyn Johns, 12C, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allan • Johns, RR 3. Exeter; Kathy Buxton, 12B, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Buxton, RR 1, Centralia, and Helen Cole, , 12A, daughter of Harry Cole, pairs. He felt he needed a con- tract of some duration to make the deal. The board members noted the McAdams contract was signed until June and should be fulfilled. "We won't know what we need until June," said Robert Rowcliffe. The board also saw the bills from repairs made to the town- ship -owned bus which broke down about two weeks ago. They noted some decision would have to be reached this spring regarding transportation. The township bus is two and a half years old andhas trav- elled 22,000 miles. Secretary - treasurer Robert Westlake was instructed to determine the costs of operating the bus dur- ing that time. From that report, the board will determine wheth- er it is less costly to own buses or hire them. Businessmen in Grand Bend Oppose New Parallel Parking Regulations Several Grand Bend mer- chants with businesses fronting onto main street appeared be- fore council to oppose recently enforced parallel parking. Horace Begley, Roy Robinson and Ken Young said customer parking is seriously affected by the new regulations and com- pained that only about half the number of cars can now be parked in the same area. Councillor Orville Wassmann, owner of a main street hotel, said some alternative parking would have to be provided but cautioned that only a minimum of accessible land was available. Reeve Stewart Webb assured the merchants extra parking space at the beach would be ready for the summer season. He said some pressure was be- ing exerted in the village to have Kitchener Street opened to traffic to provide additional off-street parking for shoppers. Roy Robinson asked why the parallel parking by-law had never been enforced since it was passed in 1951. He said he had purchased property in Grand Bend without knowing such a by-law existed. Council had no real explana- tion for the non -implementation of the by-law. Reeve Webb said if enough business people "put on the pressure", it could pos- sibly be amended but added if this were done, council would have to "forget cheat t' • con- necting link agreement" on main street. Robinson wondered if council felt the loss of so much poten- tial business "was worth it". He was told that under the agreement, the department of highways would assume the costs of reconstructing the road, estimated to be about $60,000. Begley expressed concern that main street rebuilding would begin prior to summer, further hampering bee -le -es. He said a good many tax dollars. came off main street and sug- gested council consider the small businessman. Reeve Webb told that unless completion could be promised before May 1 reconstruction on main, street would ng7 tom-• mence until after Labor bay. The merchants questioned if angle parking could be enjoyed for at least this summer if con- struction did not begin until September. "There is a possibility." said the reeve. Congratulations In Order Local Guides offered their congratulations to Lois Simmons (centre) who received the highest award in Guid- ing (the Gold Cord) at a banquet in llensall. Flanking the happy Miss .Simmons are (left to right) Carmen Currie and Carolyn Cook, both of llensall; Carol Gascho and i.inda Stade, both of Zurich.