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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1965-05-13, Page 1No. 19 --FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 13. 1965 GRAND CHAMPION of the Zurich Men's Bowling League, the Dough Boys, were presented with the Supertest Trophy last Wednesday night at the annual banquet. Front s ow. left to right, are Jerome Ducharme, "Butch" Hoffman, Fred Wells (captain), Matthew Ducharme. Back row, left to right, are Adrean Denomme, Richard Stade, Jim Monkhouse, woo presented the trophy on behalf of Supertest, Ernie Laid- law, of the Zurich Bowling Lanes, Allan Gascho, team spon- sor, and Harold Stade. TOP BOWLERS in the A division of the Zurich Men's League are shown in this photo, after they received their trophies at the .an- nual banquet last Wednesday night in the Dashwood Community Centre. Left is Fred Wells, with a high triple of 793; centre is Harold Stade with a high single of 403; and right is Jim Bedard, with a high average of 214. Bayfield Area Residents Will Fight to Retain Present School BAYFIELD — Opinions of Bayfield and Stanley Township residents on the recommended closing of the village's public school for a proposed central school. will be heard here on Thursday a•t a public meeting. Mrs. Leroy Poth, of Bayfield, chairman of a "save our school" eommitte formed last week, said the meeting will begin at 8 p.m, in the village hall. It is strictly a meeting to get the opinions of the people, she said. The committee formed to op- pose the recommended school closing has grown from five members to 17. About 12 rate- payers have appeared before Bayfield council to protest the school's closing. Five of the 17 -member newly -formed committee form an advisory board. Three of them are members of village council and two from the area school board. Other represen- tatives on the committee are from Bayfield and the former school sections 3, 4 west, 4 east aid 9 in Stanley Township. A department of education report recommends the estab- lishment of a •central school to serve Bayfield and the town- ships of Stanley and Tucker - smith. It has been suggested the new central school be built at Brucefield, about 12 miles from Bayfield. One of the members of the committee is the reeve of hay- field, 13rig. Frederick A. Clift, 56. army commander of the western Ontario area until four years ago. He plans to ad- dress Bayfield and western Stanley Township residents. "Closing the school is death to an urban community," Brig. Clift said. "We are fighting for our lives. "I'm inclined to think the bureaucrats believe that if they just wait it out, people will be- come apathetic, and they'll win." He is fighting the plan to shift the 68 pupils from the two -room Bayfield elementary school to a proposed 16 -room central school, to be built this year near Brucefield, 12 miles away, to serve the townships of Stanley and Tuckersmith. Stanley Township School Area Board decided to build the central school on a majority de- cision of its five members, said board chairman John Taylor. In doing so it accepted a rec- ommendation of school inspec- tors J. G. Burrows, of Exeter, and J. H. Kinkead, of Goderich. Brig Clift claimed that the Fashion Sho�ui Fill Display Newest Styles Residents of this area will be able to see the latest in spring and summer styles at the big fashion show to be staged at the Zurich Community. Centre next Wednesday night, May 19. Being modelled will be a wide range of girls' and ladies' wear, as well as boys' and men's wear. As well as the fashions on parade, there will be a miscel- laneous program presented to the crowd. A number of lucky draws will take place, with in- teresting gifts being donated by various merchants in the vil- lage, Added to the attraction of the evening will be free donuts and coffee for all those who attend. The proceeds for the event will go towards the Bluewater Rest Home. Sponsors of the show are the Zurich and District Chamber of Commerce, while in charge of arranging the program is Mrs. Stewart Delta. village council, which originally agreed to a central school, was misled by the "implied prom- ises" of Mr. Burrows. He said the situation arose after three of the five township area school trustees objected to a Bayfield plan to make the two -room vil- lage school into a four -room school. This addition would have served Bayfield and three one -room schools in western Stanley Township. "The other three trustees. ob- jected on the grounds that this would deny graded education to the remainder of Stanley (Continued on Page 10) 7 CENTS PER COPY Price Reduced to $24,000 Zurich Council Accepts Local Firm's Bid For New Fire Half The council of the village of Zurich :have accepted the re- vised tender of Zurich Build- ers' Supply Ltd. to erred a new fire hall at a cost of $24,000. The previous tender on the pro- ject ran close to $30,000, but after some revisions by archi- tect Ted Haggarty, the cost has been reduced to the $24,000 figure. Loan Not Available Council had hoped to loan part of the money from the Municipal Loans Assistance Fund, which allows a forgive- ness of 25 per cent from the amount borrowed, but following a visit by councillor Gordon Hess to that department last week, they have been advised that there is no longer any money in this fund. Mr. Hess told council mem- bers at their regular meeting last Thursday night that the de- partment of municipal affairs, special subsidies branch, does not recognize Zurich as an in- corporated village. He added that they told him during his visit to Toronto that they thought the village was still part of Hay Township. Mr. Hess added that he felt perhaps they should be advised officially that Zurich was incorporated in 1960. Since no help is available from this source, the council have agreed to finance the pro- ject by means of issuing de- bentures. Ample Water Supply Council has instructed clerk Mrs. Elda Wagner to advise the Hay Township council that the Zurich Public Utilities Commis- sion is now working on plans for assuring an adequate water supply for the new township area school, which is to be built in the village. Some weeks ago the Hay council requested the village council to assure them that suitable water supply and fire protection would be avail - Zurich Council Bans Fireworks Before Holiday The council of the village of Zurich, at their meeting Iast Thursday night, agreed to en- force a by-law prohibiting the setting off of fireworks in the municipality prior to, or after, a holiday. Reeve Oesch told council members he doesn't mind hav- ing them shot off on the holi- day itself, but he hates to see this practice before and after. On suggestion of councillor Gordon Hess, a display of fire- works is being arranged for, on the evening of May 24. Coun- cil voted to spend $50 on the project, and Mr, Hess was in. structed to make all necessary arrangements for the event. The display will take place at the park east of the arena. New Salary Schedule Set For Pu Many area public school teachers received substantial pay increases and at the same time established a "first" in rural educational development when a salary schedule was ap- proved recently affecting the entire inspectorate served by G. T. Burrows. All 72 teachers and princi- pals in the inspectorate are now on an identical salary schedule which takes in Exeter and the townships of Stanley, Tucker- smith, Hay, Stephen and Us - borne, It was the first time the teachers in Stanley, Tucker- smith and Stephen have had a salary schedule. The substantial pay increases resulted fron the fact some area teachers have been paid much less than other teachers Iic School Teachers in the area who have identical their qualifications and advance to another category. Minimum salary in category two is $3,500 and the maximum is $5,700 and the category three figures are $3,800 and $6,300. Teachers in category four receive a minimum of $4,200 and the maximum is $7,000. Annual increments in cate- gories two, three and four are $200 for the first few years and then they jump to $300. Qualifications Basically, the qualifications for the various categories are as follows: One—Graduate of a teachers' college. Two—Graduate of a teachers' college, plus ;five summer courses or five university courses. Three—Graduate of a teach- ers' college plus 10 stinimer or qualifications. By establishing the schedule, this situation was eradicated and teachers with similar quili- fications and experiences now receive equal salaries. It is believed to be the first time ie. Ontario that various boards and their teachers have joined together to establish a salary schedule, The schedule lists four tate• gor.ies and is set up in such a way to encourage teachers to better their qualifications, and in so doing, better their sal- aries. Minininn in category one is $3,200 and the maximum is $4,800, based on an annual in- crement n- crement .of $200 per year. Teachers reach the ina,eimum in eight years and remain at this total unless they improve university courses. Four—Graduate of teachers' college plus a Bachelor of Arts degree. Most of the area teachers are in categories one and two, with only one in category four. Annual increments is given to the teachers only for satisfac- tory service, and may be with- held where the service is below the expected standard of effic- iency. This is to be determined by the school boards on the re- port of the principal and in- spector. Retirement age for teachers in the inspectorate has been set at 62. Teachers reaching this age may go onto a probationary eontract on the recommenda- tion of a majority of (a) the in- spector, (b) board, (c) principal, It may be renewed annually on the same basis. able at the new school. Approve Addition South Huron District High School representative Doug O'Brien met with the council to request their approval for the proposed addition to the high school, located in Exeter. When asked about Hay Town- ship's suggestion that another sohool be built in the area, Mr. O'Brien said he felt this would be impossible since there has to be at least 600 pupils available before any high school can be built. The board member also told council that after the addition would be built there would no longer be any need to send pupils to Clinton for special vocational classes. After discussing the proposed addition. on motions of W. B. Coxon and Mrs. Isabel Gaseho, the council gave their approval to the project. Drain Work Road superintendent Urban Pfile was instructed by council to call an engineer in, to in- vestigate the Zurich drain east and south. The same proce- dure is to be followed with the Brenner drain in the north and east sections of the village.. Pfile was also instructed by council to patch the holes in the village streets with asphalt. The village c' ump is to be! cleaned up with a bulldozer. In other business at the meeting: Council approved sending ate least three delegates to the meeting of the IIui:'n County Municipal Officers' Association in Hensel! on Wednesday. May', 26. Granted permission far reeve Milton Oesrh to attend the eon-, vention of :payors and reeves of Ontario at Kitchener Tater this month. Reeve Oesch asked council to pay their member- ship fees as well. Approved the plans for the firemen's banquet to be held later this month, as presented by Mrs, Isobel Gascho. Mrs. Gascho was also told to arrange for any gifts and refreshments she felt were needed for the occasion. Heard a request from Doug O'Brien for permission to build a eurb on the roadside in front of his home. The matter was left up to the decision of the road committee of council. 0 Chief For Brucefield Fire Brigade Named Stanley Township council last Monday night appointed Stewart Broadfoot. Brucefield, as the new fire chief for the village's volunteer fire brigade. He succeeds Harold Lobb who notified council at this week's session of his resignation from the post. In Mr. Lobb's final report to council. he asked that it con- sider paying volunteer firemen for their services, both while fighting fires and attending fire drills. "I had hoped we could keep this as a volennteer said Reeve E<nie Talbot. Don't you think people living close to the fire hall have that much in- terest?" "I'm not condemning thorn." said Mr. Lobb. "hey have been very good. But attending fires and fire drills means leaving their work." The former chief said same of the fire brigade members work outside - '..ncefieid and are therefore 7"" ble to assist in some emergencies. "The responsibility then falls to six or eight inen." he ex- plained. Council decided to meet with the new fire chief and council' members from the Tc' ishin of ` uckersmith before taking ac- tion on the request. BUNNY WINNER — The Zurich Chamber of Commerce ;held a lucky draw over the Easter season for a giant bunny, and the winner was Mrs. Alice Thiel, Mrs. Thiel is shown here with her good fortune, which is almost bigger than her. self. Guess were the bunny went—to her grand -daughter in I3'ensall. The proceeds from the draw, which amounted to over $l00, will turned over to the Ilbuewater Rest 1?ame.