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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1966-02-10, Page 1No. 6—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1966 7 CENTS PER COPY Appoint Industrial Representatives Working on BenueVI/ ter Rest Home Campaign Every Tuesday evening, this group of people meet to plan further strategy in the •campaign for funds for Blue Water Rest Home. Seated at the board table, clockwise from the right, are Ray McKinnon t e" „re,.: F,•";.- '"• Thiel, Zurich chairman; Tom Meyers; Mrs. Maurice Durand, St. Joseph chairman; Menne Steckle, Stanley chairman; Grant Goodeal and Jack Ford, Stephen volunteers; Albert J. Kalbfleisch, honorary treasurer; Ted Steinbach; WeIlwood Gill, Grand Bend; Mrs. Emery Desjardin, Grand Bend chair- man, and Lorne Kleinstiver, Dashwood chairman. Standing at the end of the table are Elgin McKinley, general campaign chairman, and Ivan Kalbfleisch, South Huron chairman. c^me of the members of the committee were missing when this photo was taken. Beginnings of a Happy Reality Blue Water Rest Home, the future abode of some elderly citizens from this area, is well underway now. Officials report construction progress has been excellent and there seems to be every indication that the building will be ready on schedule for occupancy. Located on Highway 84 between Zurich and St. Joseph, the home is expected to comfortably accommodate about 65 persons who will appreciate "a home away from home". Huron County Towns Oppose Plans of CNR To Abolish Passenger Service "Give us a chance to prove we need you," will be the theme of a brief being prepared by J. K. Hunter, Goderich barrister, for presentation by local muni- cipalities in a strong bid to re- tain passenger train service for the Stratford to Goderieh Ca- nadian National line. Meeting in Clinton recently representatives of Seaforth, Clinton and Goderich town councils and Chambers of Com- merce, drafted the brief which will put forward suggestions and wishes of this area, Late in 1965 the CNR an- nounced plans to drop the pres- ent six-day, one trip a day serv- ice on the line. The municipalities have pro- posed •a boycott of CNR freight in the area unless plans for ending the passenger, service were rejected. Discussing the pros and cons of the situation during the meeting, several of the men scored the CNR for the "use- less" service which has been in effect for the past nine years. As an alternative they will ask that schedules are such that a train leaves Goderich for Stratford early in the morn- ing to meet with the fast train service from that city into To- ronto, and that one returns from the city to this area in the evening. "They haven't been catering to this area at all," said one of the men. "They've been cater- ing to the cities. If a business- man leaves Goderich, or any other of these municipalities to do business in Toronto, he must stay overnight in Toronto two nights, in order to make the trip by train. This is unreal- istics." Clinton. Reeve Duff Thomp- son said that if the passenger cars are filled each time the train ran, " the business would still have to be subsidized." Accepting the fact of subsidy the delegates assembled said they would like to see the pas- senger service continue for one year at a sensible time of day, so that a proper estimate of the use of the train service could be arrived at. County council this year passed document 60, unani- mously objecting to the suspen- sion of the service. Chamber of Comm ere e groups in the area propose for- .'ord:ing a similar brief to the Board of Transport Commis- sioners, in which they will out- line the boycott ultimatum. The CNR contends passenger service in the area has been a money-losing proposition and there has been a decreasing population with no promise of growth. The Board of Transport Com- missioners is expected to meet in mid-February to consider the situation. 0 44 Club Leaders Training School Huron County 4-H Homemak- ing Club Leaders' Training Schools for the 1966 spring project, "Accent on Accessor- ies", will be held in Hensall at the Canadian Legion Hall on February 14 and 15; Wingham at the Wingham United Church on February 16 and 17; Clinton at the Ontario Department of Agriculture board room on Feb- ruary 21 and 22; and in Wrox- eter at the Community Hall on February 23 and 24. Following the school, leaders will return to their communi• ties and instruct girls between the ages of 12 and 26 years on the planning, selection, and making of a set of co-ordinated accessories. For further information, con- tact the home economist, On- tario Department of Agricul- ture, hi Clinton. 0 Danny, small son of Mr. and Mrs, slim Becker, suffered a broken collarbone in a fall at his home. rich Ci:uncil irks Tiward Encouraging Small Industry The council of the village of Zurich are taking a bright new approach to the problem of trying to lure industry into the municipality, and at their meet- ing last Wednesday night ap- pointed two representatives to the Mid -Western Development Association. Representing the council will be Dr. W. B. Coxon, while County Museum Shows Pr Digress The newly completed addi- tion to Huron Pioneer Museum cost $13,436, very close to the original estimate, Cur a t o r James Chisholm reported to county council at the January meeting. "With a few more exhibits, there will be very little room left," he said. "In another two years I may have to ask you for further expansion. You are getting for nothing exhibits worth thousands of dollars." Charles Thiel will be the rep- resentative from the Zurich and District Chamber of Com- merce. The two men will work together in an attempt to as- sist any interested persons or groups wishing to locate in Zurich. At the same time, Dr. Coxon was appointed to be the con- tact representative for the council with the Ontario De- partment of Economics and De- velopment. This governmental agency has asked the village to name a representative they could contact at any time they might wish, regarding develop- ment. Doug O'Brien, chairman of the Zurich Recreation Commit- tee, presented a budget in the amount of $6,300, for the oper- ation of the arena and park for the year. He explained that out of this amount there could be an estimated annual income of about $2,000, leaving a defi- cit to be paid by the village of about $4,300. The past year was the best yet, both in attendance and money taken in, Mr. Chisholm said. "We built two buildings and added more valuable ex- hibits in 1965 than in any prev- ious year. Attendance -22,162 —was 470 over that of 1964. We took in $6,715, and I do not think the increase in admission from 35 to S0 cents cut the at- tendance. 'We had 69 school groups, with 3,154 children. "I do not think I ever ac- complished as much work in a year. I enjoyed it, but I think this year the hours will have to be cut. Public holidays are big days with us, and Sunday to Sunday becomes pretty mon- otonous. I don't see any way of doing it unless you appoint an assistant. I don't intend to quit if you will keep me on, but the hours have got to be changed. I could put an assist- ant to work tomorrow morning and he would not run out of work until a year from now. Twelve or 14 letters a day to answer is a job in itself. It is going to take more help to op- erate the_ place." Reeve Carl Dalton, Seaforth, a member of the 1966 property committee, said: "I think all the members should go down and compliment Mr. Chisholm on his work. We owe him a great debt of gratitude for what he has done." Although the matter was given a thorough discussion by members of council, no decis- ion was reached as to whether or not they would adopt the proposal. Reeve Leroy Thiel pointed out that this amount could represent about 10 mills on the tax rate, and the matter should be given careful con- sideration. Mrs. Isabel Gascho, chairman council, reported that a name had been erected on the new fire hall, and also the name on the Community Centre had been changed to read Zurich. Road superintendent Urban Pfile told the council he was experiencing difficulty with some of the downtown business places dumping their snow on the streets, and in front of fire hydrants. He was instruct- ed to advise these people that they would have to haul their snow away, and not dump it out on the street. A letter to council from the department of highways ad- vised them that the depart- ment will no longer pay sub- sidy towards the cost of ma- terials used in repairing roads. The letter added, however, that they will continue to pay the 50 per cent subsidy on la- bor required to make such re- pairs and alterations. A discussion took place at the meeting regarding the shooting off of firearms within the village limits. Reeve Le- roy Thiel told council he had several complaints on the mat- ter, and so it was decided to issue a warning to anyone caught adopting this practice. Accounts totalling $1,749.03 were approved for payment at the meeting. A breakdown of the accounts is as follows: arena, $590.89; public welfare, $341.74; office, $179.56; fire department, $75.19; w elf a r e, of the property committee of j $312.25; street lights, $249.40. Tuckersmith and Seaforth Petitioned egarding Changes in School Area Seaforth a n d Tuckersmith councils were both presented with petitions seeking the crea- tion of a union school section to include a portion of Tucker - smith and Seaforth when they met at their regular sittings for February. The petitions were based on the provisions of Section 45 of the Public School Act, which reads: "45—(1) In a county, a union school section may be formed between an urban municipality and a part or parts of one or more townships, and in such case the municipality shall be considered as an urban munici- pality. "(2) A union school section may be formed, altered or dis- solved on the petition of five ratepayers from each of the municipalities concerned to their respective councils ask- ing for the formation, altera- tion or dissolution of the see,- tion. ec,tion. "(3) Each of the councils so petitioned shall, within 30 days of the receipt of the petition. appoint an arbitrator who shall not be a member of the coun- cil, and the clerk of each mu- nicipality concerned shall send a notice of the appointment to the inspector in the municipal- ity and each such inspector shall also be an arbitrator. "(4)A council may act upon a petition addressed to the councils concerned, or to any (Continued on page five) Cant Stop Them Now Bob Forrester and Paul Ducharme are two young men who are going places — and it doesn't matter how deep the snow gets. The pair built this tidy snowmobile themselves and say it can go though snow drifts up to six or seven feet deep. The vehicle merely glides along the surface of the. snow with the aid of ski -like apparatus and caterpillar lugs.