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Zurich Citizens News, 1965-11-04, Page 9cKINLEY WINS IN HURON Picks Up Naiori ty in 18 Areas A 37 -year-old popular Zurich various scrutineers throughout the riding. A crowd of' over 100 supporters crowded into the headquarters to watch the re- sults coming in. Among the first arrivals at McKinley headquarters to offer congratulations to the newly - elected member were Hon. C, S. MacNaughton, Huron MLA, and Elmer D. Bell, QC, president of the Ontario Progressive Con- servative Association. Following official confirma- tion that McKinley had been elected from the office of Rus- sel T. Bolton, returning officer, an entourage of at least 50 cars left Zurich on the first leg of a parade which covered the vari- ous towns in the county. By the time the parade reached Goderich, first destination point, another 20 cars joined in and were met there by the Clinton Legion Pipe Band. After a parade around the square and a few words of thanks from Mr. McKinley to the Goderich workers, the pro- cession left for Clinton. At Clinton, defeated candidate area farmer -businessman, Rob- ert "Bob" McKinley, won Mon- day's federal election in Huron County, on the Progressive Con- servative ticket. He defeated his closest competitor, Mait Ed- gar, Clinton, by a majority of 1,294 votes. Mr. McKinley received 10,573 votes; Mr. Edgar 9,279; J. Carl. Hemingway, of Brussels, who ran as the NDP candidate, polled 1,279 votes. The new member of parlia- ment for Huron succeeds 76 - year -old Elston Cardiff, who re- tires this year after serving 25 years as a Conservative mem- ber in the House. Huron voters' lists had 25,584 names listed, and 21,131 voters bucked a steady downpour of rain to turn out at the polls. As the first returns came in- to the McKinley headquarters at Zurich, the trend was in his favour all the way. Two tele- phones and a half dozen work- ers kept the votes posted as they were received from the Mart Edgar appeared on the scene to offer his congratula- tions to McKinley, and to end the campaign between the two well -liked men •on the same friendly note as it started on. The two have been friends for many years and both refrained from any type of malicious cam- paigning ampaigning against each other. Next port of call on the par- ade route was Seaforth, were probably the largest turnout of voters were on hand to wel- come the new member. From Seaforth, the parade moved its. way down to Hensall, and then on to Exeter. The grand finale of the vic- tory celebration took place in Zurich, where several hundred followers crowded into the township hall to offer their congratulations to the winner. Both Mr. McKinley and Elston Cardiff, retiring member, spoke briefly to the gathering in Zur- ich, and the band provided plenty of entertainment. How They Voted For the NDP, Mr. Heming- way eminbway received a slight increase in votes over the June, 1962, federal election, when he had 1,130 votes. In Mr, Kinley's home poll, Hibbert, McKillop ,Tuckersmith Stanley number 5, he polled 67 township and the town of Sea - votes to Mr. Edgar's 23, and forth. The only strong support - Mr, Hemingway's one. At Clin- ers of Mr, Edgar were Hibbert ton, in Mr. Edgar's home poll, Township where he picked up number 2, the Liberal candidate 395 votes to 240 for McKinley, received 170 votes to McKin- and Tuckersmith To w n s h i p, ley's 142. Clinton, usually a where Edgar polled 666 to. 492. strong Conservative town, still One of the heaviest vote turn- gave Mr. McKinley a margin of outs •came from the village of two votes over Edgar. Zurich, where 373 votes were Stanley Township, the home eats out of a possible 417. Out of Mr. McKinley, gave him a of this total, probably 25 were strong majority with 630 votes either sick •or in hospital. compared to 306 for Edgar. In Bob McKinley was born and Zurich, which is predominantly raised on the family farm in Liberal, McKinley picked up 187 Stanley Township, where he and votes to 180 for his opponent. other members •of the family However, quite •a number of operate the McKinley Farms McKinley supporters from Zur- and Hatchery Ltd. He is man- ich voted at the advance poll, ager of the chicken hatchery which would increase his local section of the business. majority. In the last federal The new member of parlia- election, Mr. Cardiff received merit has been quite •act iv e only 140 votes to his Liberal throughout this district, being opponent's 213. a past president of the Zurich Hensall also gave McKinley a Lions Club, a director •of the majority of 55 votes, but his South Huron Agricultural So - biggest margins came from the ciety, a director of the Zurich towns of Goderich and Exeter, Minor Athletic Association, a which had been predicted to be directir of the Huron -Perth Egg strong Conservative holds. Out Producers' Association, and a of 23 municipalities in Huron former hockey coach. He is a County, only five gave Mr. Ed- member of the Goshen United gar a majority. They were Hay, Church, Na. 4 .5iRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1965 7 CENTS PER COPY FIC isea* Ycti flONOUR WARDEN—Huron County council honoured their warden, Glenn Webb, reeve of Stephen Township, at a banquet in Goderich last Thursday night. Mr. and Mrs. Webb were presented with a chest of silverware from the members of pres- entation, with theirltwo da and ghte s, Annshown , left, e land 1Doris, theright. Hay Township Council Cleans Up Drain Projects; Award Tenders The council •of the Township on the matter, council instruct - of Hay wrapped up a couple of more municipal drains during the past couple of weeks. A contract for the construction of the Masse municipal drain was let to L. H. Turnbull & Son, Grand Bend, for the sum of $3,765. The firm will also re- ceive extra for the time and material involved to •construct and repair on the county road. Court of revision was held on the Forrest municipal drain, and the contract was let to David Inglis, of Atwood. Price of the contract is $350, less price of the culvert and tile. B.o a d superintendent Karl Haberer reported to council that construction of the Bell bridge is now complete. The contractor was W. H. Battram and Company, of Parkhill. Court of revision on the 1966 assessment role was held re- cently, and a number of appeals were dealt with. Council recently received a request from several ratepayers in the Sharrow sub -division, asking for water services from the new Lake Huron pipeline. Greetings from the town of After considerable discussion Goderich were extended by ed clerk H. W. Brokenshire to write to the Ontario Water Re- sources Commission for infor- mation on the proposal. Another request was received from the South Huron District High School board for approval of a higher debenture issue for the new ,addition. The request was turned down by council. In other business, Herb Klopp, RR 3, Zurich, was re- appointed as board member for Hay Township on the SHDHS board for a two-year term. 0 Huron warden Is Feted at Banquet Huron County council hon- oured Warden Glenn Webb, reeve of Stephen Township, at a banquet last Thursday night in North Street United Church, Goderich. Chairman for the event was ex -Huron County warden Ralph Jewell, .of Colborne Township. Mayor Frank Walkom. Ralph Jewell introduced the guests at the head table and the ladies of North Street United Church were thanked for their catering service by Archie Etherington. More than 250 guests attended. A community sing -song was led by James Kinkead, Gil Bur- rows and Delbert Geiger with Ed Stiles at the piano. Guest speaker was Rev. R. S. Hiltz, of Main Street United Church, Exeter. Other speakers included John Morrisey, of Crediton; Marvin Howe, MP. of Arthur; Reeve Calvin Kreuter, of Brussels, and Warden Ivan Hearn of Mid- dlesex County. Warden and Mrs. Webb were presented with a chest of silver and flowers by Reeve Stewart Proctor, of Morris Township, and Joseph Kerr, of Wingham. A second presentation was made to L. E. Cardiff, of Brus- sels, who retired as member of parliament for Huron riding this year. 'l'he presentation was made by Reeve Clifford Dun- bar, of Grey Township, and Warden Webb. Grant Stirling gave a toast to the ladies and Mrs. John H. Corbett replied graciously. The program closed by sing- ing "0 Canada", with a dance following in the MacKay Hall, Goderich. How They Voted In Huron County Ashfield Blyth Brussels Clinton Colborne Exeter Goderich Tp. Grey Hay Hibbert Hensall Hullett McKillop Morris Seaforth Stanley Stephen Tuckersmith Usborne E. Wawan'h W. Wawan'h Goderieh Zurich N rctW 268 144 108 718 201 581 320 370 401 395 185 337 341 327 571 306 648 666 245 217 232 1276 180 Advance Poll 152 Total 9,270 'Oa E 41 23 18 '77 S7 108 39 52 40 45 16 62 49 30 49 42 93 73 36 27 27 273 6 19 1,279 The council of the village of Zurich have set up a new or- ganization, known as the Zurich Municipal Recreation Commit- tee, which is to administer the affairs of both the community centre and the community park. Members of the committee are Doug O'Brien, Don O'Brien, Hu- bert Schilbe, Onezime Bedard, Stewart Deitz, Ferd Haberer, William Siebert, Ronald Wilson, Milford Doerr, Clarence Far- well. Representing the council on the group will be reeve Mil- ton Oesch and councillor Wes Amber Rebekahs Hold Meeting re m tt e Coxon. tions has been set for Friday, A banquet is being arranged for the new committee, at which time their duties are to be out- lined to them. In other business at the coun- cil meeting last week, Doug O'Brien was appointed as Zur- ich representative to the South Huron High School board, for the years 1966-67. A delegation from the Zurich Regular meeting of Amber Rebekah Lodge was held on Wednesday evening with noble grand Mrs. George Clifton pre- siding. A donation to the Children's Aid Society, Goderich, Christ- mas fund was given. District deputy president Mrs. Edna Caldwell presented the district secretary, Mrs. E. Chipchase, with a gift. Plans were discussed to have a banquet under Oddfellows and Rebekahs. The visit of the assembly officer in January was discussed. 387 235 267 '720 283 909 403 378 365 240 240 352 251 371 474 630 682 492 405 249 281 1642 187 130 10,573 November 26, with an election if needed on Monday, Decem- ber 6. Deputy returning offi- cers will be Jack Turkheim and Albert Hess, while poll clerks will be Mrs. M. Hoffman and Lorne Klopp. Accounts totalling $2.368.21 were approved for payment. 0 Minor Athletic Association met TMw+eves Stem with council to review the arti- ficial ice situation. They re- Liquor ported that about $10,000 was available by way of pledges and cash, and they needed $28,000 to go ahead with the project. The group suggested that possi- bly the village could raise the extra $18,000 through the issu- ing of debentures. No definite decision was reached on the matter, and the council plans on meeting again to reach some agreement on the proposal. Council declared Thursday, November 11, as a holiday in observance of Remembrance Day. The date for annual nomina- Injured in Fall. Lloyd O'Brien is a patient in St. Joseph's Hospital, London, where he is being treated for a broken foot, suffered in a fall last week. At Liqu r Store OPP Constable John Wright, of the Exeter detachment, is investigating a break-in at the Liquor Control Board store in Zurich early Sunday morning. Entry was made into the build- ing by smashing the window in one of the front doors, A neighbour, Mrs. Henry Flaxbard, heard the crash of glass and promptly notified an- other neighbor, Charles Thiel, who owns the building. By the time Mr. Thiel arrived an the scene the thieves had picked up their loot and left. According to store manager Len Bates, only about 12 bottles of liquor are missing. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNER When the Bob McKinley victory parade reached Clinton on Monday night, the de- feated candidate, Mait Edgar, was on hand to congratulate Mr. McKinley. Shown here, left to right, are Mf•. Edgar, Mr. McKinley and Elston Cardiff, present member of par- liament r-lianment for Huron, who accompanied the tour around the county.