HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1966-06-02, Page 1No. 22 --FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS
ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1966
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YOUNG PEOPLE CONFIRMED—Fourteen young people
were confirmed as members of St. Peter's Lutheran Church,
Zurich, on Sunday morning, by Rev. A. C. Blackwell. Front
row, left to right, are Debbie Merner, Julie Burgess, Tanya
Parkins, Gwen Clausius, Ruth Ann Fleischauer, Marlene
Rader, Linda Koehler. Back row, left to right, are Brian
Fields, Gary Hugill, Floyd Fields, Doug Coxon, Rev. Black-
well, Randy Decker, Ray Weido and Michael Walker,
(Phonto by Jack Doerr)
Huron MP Announces
Station Agent At ensall Will
Be Returned on Full-time Basis
According to information re-
ceived on Tuesday from Rob-
ert E. McKinley, Huron MP, the
Canadian National Railways
will re -open the station at Hen-
sall s almost immediately. The
agent will resume his previous
duties and be on the job as
quickly as possible.
The experiment which has
been in force for some time
regarding the closing of smaller
stations, is now completed, and
CNR officials feel that the Hen-
sall station can be best served
by an active full-time agent on
duty.
Complete details on the ex-
periment and the type of serv-
ices to be supplied will be made
public in a few days.
At the time the Hensall sta-
tion closed, there was a con-
siderable amount of opposition
Bean Growers
Given Information
By Committeemen
There was only one voice of
opposition last Thursday night
when the former committee-
men of the Huron County di-
vision of the Ontario Bean
Growers held a meeting in the
Zurich Community Centre to
explain their side of the con-
troversey which • saw them
"kicked" out of office.
While nearly everyone at the
meeting was in complete •agree-
ment with former board chair-
man Robert Allan and former
company chairman Charles Rau,
one farmer, Gordon Hill, spoke
out against the operation of the
board. Mr. Hill said, "the bean
board • has not done a good job
since 1961. We need an •active,
aggressive, up-to-date board to
look after the industry. We
are now planting .a new crop,
and we need new plans to mar-
ket this crop."
Most of the meeting was tak-
en up by discussing what has
happened to the bean board
over the past months, and both
Mr. Allan and Mr. Rau went
into complete details on the
take-over which had taken
place.
One question which arose
from the floor was what would
happen to the profits after the
board and company are separ-
ated, and Allan explained that
it would be up to the new board
to decide, but he expected the
dividends could go back to the
farmers, or they could issue
shares and expand.
At times the meeting came
close to becoming a political
football, as one grower would
condemn the provincial govern -
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to the plan. Area business
establishments who were using
the railway extensively felt
the proper service could not
be maintained without an ag-
ent being on duty. A number of
petitions and delegations were
reviewed by CNR officials, along
with their experiment to see
how the business operated
without an agent.
The announcement by the
member of parliament that the
station will re -open will be met
with a great deal of enthus-
iasm by everyone in the area.
Hay School Area Board Adopts New
Salary Schedule Effective September
At a meeting of the Hay
Township School Area board
last Thursday night, a revised
salary scheldule was adopted
for all the teachers in the Hen-
sall and Zurich schools. The
schedule varies from a minimum
of $3600 in category one to a
maximum of $8000 in categ-
ory four.
Details Of the schedule are
as follows: category one (teach-
er's , certificate), $3600 to
$5000; category two (five acc-
redited Department of Educa-
tion category courses) $3800
to $6100; category three, (10
accredited Department of Ed-
ucation category courses) $4100
to $6800; category four (B.A.
degree) $4700 to $8000. The
new schedule allows for ,an
annual increment of $200.
The new set-up also gives
the principals $110 room allow-
ance, over and above their sal-
ary. In addition, the board will
pay, effective June 1, 1966, $100
for any accredited Department
of Education category course.
They will only pay once for
each course.
An annual 20 -day aocumu-
Miss Helen Zimmer, a native
of Dashwood, received her di-
ploma in public health nursing
at the convocation of the Uni-
versity of Western Ontario, on
Wednesday, May 25. She is the
daughter of Mrs. and the late
Harry Zimmer, of Dashwood.
lative sick -leave, up to six
months or 120 days, is being
provided for all teachers. There
is no cash value, on retirement.
An other provision in the
new schedule will pay an add-
itional sum to each principal
having succesfully ,completed
a course before September,
1966.
In other business at the board
meeting, it was agreed that the
Hay group would join the Pub-
lic School Trustees Association
of Ontario.
Applications are being called
for the position of caretaker
for the area school located. in
Hensall with duties to comm-
ence on July 1,1966.
The board also agreed to
provide the principal at the
Hensall school with a supply
teacher, for four or five half -
days per week, effective Sep-
tember 1. The need for the
supply will be at the discre-
tion of the principal.
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Bishop of London
Appoints Priest
To Zurich Parish
The Most Rev. G. Emmett
Carter, Bishop of London, an-
nounced last week that Rev.
A. N. Page, paster of St,Mich-
ael's Dresden, will be moved to
St( Boniface Church, Zurich,
to replace Rev. C. A. Doyle
who is retiring this week. Fr.
Page will assume his new duties
at Zurich on June 25.
Father Doyle, who was born
at Mount Carmel, has been
paster of St. Boniface for the
past nine years, and is retir-
ing on account of poor health.
Prior to coming to Zurich,
Father Doyle served as assist-
ant at St. Peter's Cathedral,
St. Martin's and St. Mary's
churches in London, and at
Holy Angel's Church, St. Thom-
as, He was pastor of Holy Cross
Church, London, from 1951 to
1955.
This Sunday evening, June 5,
Father Doyle will be delivering
his farewell message to mem-
bers of St. Boniface parish.
Former Area : ;rn
Killed in Seaf rth
A former resident of this
area, Verdun Rau, of Seaforth,
was electrocuted Tuesday after-
noon while working at the
Highland Shoe Company plant
in that town. It was believed
Mr. Rau was hooking up a ma-
chine when the accident occur-
red about 4 p.m.
Officials at the plant said
exact cause of the ,electrocution
is not known, although they
knew that Mr. Rau was putting
a machine into operation that
was being served by high volt-
age wires. He had worked
there about six years.
Born in Stanley Township,
a son of the late Mr. and Mrs,
Joseph Rau, he was in his 50th
year.
Surviving besides his wife,
the former Isobel Flanagan,
are three sons, Paul, of London;
Wayne and Gregory, both at
home; two daughters, Julianna
and Mary Jane, both at home;
two brothers, Alvin, RR 2, of
Zurich, and Roy, Egmondville,
and one sister, Mrs. John
Regier, of Seaforth. Another
sister predeceased him.
The body is resting at the
Box funeral home, Seaforth,
until Friday morning when
mass will take place at St.
James' Roman Catholic Church,
Seaforth. Interment will be in
the church cemetery.
Former Members Returned!
haries
ro New
Charles Rau, RR 2, Zurich,
former chairman of the Ontario
Bean Company operating in
London, was chosen on Mon-
day night in Clinton by bean
growers of Huron, as director
for the new Ontario Bean Grow-
ers' Co-operative.
He is one of seven directors
chosen on Monday by Ontario
growers to serve on the board.
Others are one each from the
counties of Kent, Elgin, Mid-
dlesex, Lambton and Perth,
plus one,chosen at large (on
June 20 t Strathroy),
Middlesex members is Clif-
ford Dale, Glanworth, who was
one of the 11 members of the
former marketing board, which
was replaced' by a government -
appointed board in February.
There were about 60 mem-
bers at the Middlesex meeting
held in Strathroy.
At Huron's meeting in Cen-
tral Huron Secondary School
auditorium in Clinton, there
were 125 growers present.
Chairman Douglas H. Miles
noted that of the 1,267 bean
growers in Huron, less than 10
per cent had attended this meet-
ing. He also pointed out that
Huron growers made up 37.8
per cent of the total of Ontario
bean producers.
Miles laid down strict rules
for the meeting, which lasted
from 8:30 to 11:30.
Elected were 12 committee-
men for Huron: Robert Allan,
Brucefield (chairman of the
former bean board); Alec
Ohesney, RR 3, Seaforth; Mark
Dalton, RR 3, Goderich; Philip
Durand, RR 2, Zurich; Harold
Elder, Hensall; Elgin Hendrick,
RR 1, Dashwood; Alec McBeath,
Kippen; Bob McGregor, Kippen;
Charles Rau, RR 2, Zurich;
George Robertson, RR 5, Gode-
Highway Crash
Causes Damage
An estimated $2,800 damage
was caused to two cars on
Tuesday night when they col-
lided on Highway 84, about a
quarter mile east of Zurich.
According to OPP Constable
John Wright, of the Exeter de-
tachment, a car driven by Mrs.
Elizabeth Rasenberg, RR 3, Zur-
ich, was travelling west when
it collided with an east -bound
vehicle driven by Donald Hen-
drick, RR 1, Dashwood.
au led
Meat Coo
rich; Harvey Taylor, Brucefield,
and Fergus Turnbull, RR 1,
Dashwood,
For these seats 23 were nom-
inated. One man, Ian McAllis-
ter, withdrew, and the others
were Gordon Hill, Harvey Arts,
William Rowcliffe, Merton
Keys, Ivan McClymont, Murray
Dawson, Harold Campbell, Peter
Oud, John Beane and Leonard
Greb.
Assisted by the staff mem-
bers of the agriculture office,
Mr Miles allowed each candi-
date one minute to talk. Rules
were adhered to strictly.
Ian McAllister, Zurich, and
Malcolm Davidson, Brucefield,
were scrutineers.
For director on the co-oper-
ative, the system of nomina-
tions normally used in co-oper-
atives was used. On each nom-
ination paper, growers named
two persons. Then these were
studied, and the names of the
two men who were most often
mentioned, were put in for
election. These were Robert
Allan and Charles Rau.
Allan refused to stand, since
he was planning to run for a
seat on the bean board. Third
name was that of William Row-
cliffe, Hensall. Between the
two, growers chose Rau.
Nominations for four direc-
tors on the bean board, result-
ed in 13 names being placed.
Of these Verne Alderdice and
Harold Elder withdrew, leaving
11 men to run for the four
seats available.
These are: Robert McGregor,
Robert Allan, Fergus Turnbull,
Philip Durand, Alec McBeath,
Leonard Greb, Mark Dalton,
William Rowcliffe, Ross Love,
Gordon Hill and Malcolm
Davidson.
Voting for the board mem-
bers is to be done by mail.
Ballots will be sent out from
the agriculture office on June
10 to all growers. These must
be marked, and mailed back to
the office, postmarked on or
before June 20. Then on June
21 the vote will be counted.
Harvey Coleman was appointed
scrutineer, to sit in on this
count.
Besides Huron's four mem-
bers on the board, there will be
three from Kent; one each from
Elgin, Middlesex, Lambton and
Perth.
In closing the meeting, Doug-
las Miles noted that, "Your
problems will not be solved
ctsr
erti e
with the election of this board,
but we're hoping things will
run smoothly". He congratu-
lated all present on their con-
duct during the lengthy and:
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ORDAINED ON SATURDAY
Rev. Richard Charrette was
ordained a priest on Saturday,;
May 28, in St. Peter's Basilica,
London, by the Most Rev. G.
Emmett Carter, Bishop of Lon-
don. Father Charrette is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis
Charrette, RR1, Dashwood.
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Bell Telephone
Will Tag Poles
Over 5,000 pounds of num-
bered aluminum nails will be
used by the Bell Telephone
Company of Canada in tagging
the 295,000 telephone poles it
maintains in this part of the.
country.
According to a BP'i Canada
spokesman, this work has al-
ready begun and will continue
into December.
"We're tagging our poles in
order to streamline our impor-
tant pole inventory system," he
said, "and we've contracted the!
services of Technical Overload,
a division of Office Overload,
to do the tagging for us."
Each pole will be tagged with
the date of its installation, some
of which date back to 1924.
The spokesman also said that
in the last three years, nearly
50,000 poles have been replaced
with underground facilities.
ZURICH LIONS FLOAT—"Ye OIde Barber Shop" was
the theme of the float representing the Zurich Lions Club
in the monster parade at London on Sunday afternoon.
Members of the local organization were dressed in old-fash-
ioned apparel, and displayed the atmosphere of the barber
shops of 50 years ago. A total of 300 entries took part in
the parade, which formed at Queen's Park and ended at
Victoria Park, and marked the opening of the four-day
Lions Clubs' convention.