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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1966-06-02, Page 1No. 22 --FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1966 7 CENTS PER COPY 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 - (Continued on page 8) 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. 0 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: (Continued on page 8) 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. 0 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.