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Zurich Citizens News, 1966-09-08, Page 1Offn No. 36,--IFIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1966 BACK TO SCHOOL—For many youngsters Tuesday marked the first day of school, while for others it was just a routine affair coming back to the classrooms. As the bus unloads at St. Boniface School, Zurich, some of the children run out to meet others, whom they may not have seen for some time. While the return to classes may have 'been a sad day for many youngsters, it was a day looked forward to by most parents. 7 CENTS PER COPY School Taxes Continue To Rise Hay Townshi Face Increase of atepayers To arlp 13 ills Residents in. the Township of Hay will have to pay almost 13 mills more taxes this year than last, according to the rate set up by the council at their reg- ular meeting Tuesday night. The residential rate for 1966 is 69.2 mills, against 56.5 last year, while the commercial and in- •dustrial rate is 75.1, against 61,7 last year. While this indicates a big jump for one year, ratepayers should be careful to note that it is not the general township rate which is causing the in- crease. Of the 13 mill increase the Hay Township Public School rate shows a jump of seven mills over last year; the high school rate is up two mills, and the county rate is also up al- most two mills. The general township rate, which includes road rate, is only up 1.9 mills over last year, so this would indicate council is doing a fine job of holding their expenses down to a mini - num. The break -down of the 1966 rate is as follows: general and road rate, 17.5 mills for resi- dential, 19.6 for commercial; County of Huron, 17.1 residen- tial and commercial; South Hur- on High School, 14.7 residential. 16.3 commercial; Hay School Area, 19.9 residential, 22.1 com- mercial. Other rates are: CRCSS Hay and Stanley, 13 mills: RCSS Ex- eter, 20.9 mills; RCSS Zurich, 17 mills. The Dashwood police village rate is 17 mills, the Federation of Agriculture rate is two-fifths of a mill. The last date for payment of 1966 taxes is December 15, as set out by by-law, and after this date a penalty will be charged for late payment. Cancel Gravel Contract ; chairman, said he would pro•Stewart, Ontario 1lmister of. In other business at the meet- ceed immediately to call a in.g, council agreed to cancel meeting of the agriculture coin Agriculture, nn the matter. mittees of the neighboring Noir, the case is much sir er the contract of George Elliott �*hhoring coon i with facilities available. • Construction Company, Clinton, ties, to have an informal clic i Tohn H Corbett, reeve ef NEW TEACHER—NEW PUPILS—NEW CLASSROOM —Everything was new at the kindergarten class of the Zurich attended tischoolblic School on the firsttimemorning, iheas their ung children es. Even the classroom was new, and the children seemed quite happy in their new surroundings. In this photo a group of them were pleased to pose with their new teacher, Miss Dianne Peck, on the opening day of school. HensaH Council Discusses Mutual did And Fire Protection at Friday Meeting The regular meeting of Hen - sal] council was held in council chambers on Friday, September 2, at 7 p.m., with reeve Noakes and councillors Baker, Jaques, Knight and Lavender in at- tendance. The minutes of the last meet- ing were read by Earl Camp- bell and adopted on motion of Baker and Jaques. List of ac- counts were read and ordered paid on motion of Knight and Lavender. A. most remarkable event oc- curred in Hensall — one man overpaid his taxes. Ernie Davis reported that Mr. Jarrett hacl helped in the street cleaning which is easier accom- plished on Monday when the stores are closed. This leaves Mr. Davis to adopt his role as policeman on Saturday. 11 was decided that the dump should be bulldozed once again. ]t was also suggested that in order to have the rubbish dumped in the proper places it would require a man with a shotgun 24 hours a day. Robert Reaburn, representing the library board, brought the problem of a change in county jurisdiction. Council expressed its •opinion, which Mr. Reaburn .will present to the library board. Mutual aid was once again a Mr. and Mrs. Reg Black and topic of conversation, Mr. Camp- fatnily, of Buckingham, were bell was instructed to write the holiday week -end visitors with neighboring municipalities re- Mr. and Mrs, Herb Mousseau, garding their decision on this important matter. It was decided to send Hen- sall's ten dollar fee to ensure Mr. Davis' presence among the road superintendents at their convention. Huron County Crop Report Damp weather continues to delay the completion of cereal grain harvesting in Huron County. Many farmers have now finished and a few fine days would allow for total com- pletion. Pastures are producing con- siderable feed and beef cattle are gaining particularly well at this time. Fall plowing is the order of the day and the bean harvest will commence at full speed when the weather becomes more favorable. 0 About People You Know Correspondence also included a resolution from Zurich, that the fire chiefs get together to designate areas within the boun- daries of Hay. The notice from the telephone company stated that work would begin shortly, and word was received that the winter works program will be the same as last year's pro- gram. On motion of Baker and Jaques it was decided to pro- vide an adding machine for the clerk's office. Goderich Youth Represents Huron John Bradley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Bradley, RR 3, Goderich, has been selected to represent Ontario and Huron County at National 4-H Club Conference. John is one of 14 4-H members who will repre- sent Ontario 4-H Agricultural Mrs. Robert Simpson was given permission to renovate her veranda. On motion of Jaques and Knight, the reeve and treasurer were given permission to pay $450 to Hay Township, which is Hensall's share of the Koeh- ler drain works. John Baker brought in a re- quest from Hay Township School Board, that Hensall gravel the roadway in front of the school for parking, which council decided against. Cook's Mill was given per- mission to gravel the road and sidewalk and drain to the catch basin in front of their new office. The PUC is to be billed for its share of the new side- walk in front of the pump house. The smoke ejector which was to be loaned on approval has not arrived, The meeting was adjourned to meet October 3, on motion of Baker and Knight. 13,000 cubic yards of gravel for the township roads, Hay council also decided to request a higher yearly sub- sidy ubsidy on gravel since the town- ship is located in an area that has serious difficulty in secur- ing an ample supply. The clerk was instructed to write to the department of highways, with this request. In other business at the meet- ing, council agreed to accept the tender of James Hayter, Dashwood, for the repairing of the half -ton Mercury truck which belongs to the township. The road superintendent was instructed to obtain several estimates of the cost of recap- ping four driving grader tires. At the same time he is to ob- tain prices on four new tires,. less the trade-ins. Clerk Brokenshire was in- structed to complete the nec- essary forms of application for the payment of grants towards the Ilay Township centennial project. By-law 20, regulating the in- stallation of entrance ways lead- ing from any of the Hay Town- ship roads, was given its final reading at the meeting. The next regular session of Hay council will be held on Monday, October 3, at 8 p.m. County Council Discusses Possible Use of Centrcli Base for College site Goderich tion of the forestation County council unanimously adopted a proposal concerning the Canadian Forces Base at — On recommenda- agriculture and re - committee. Huron There would be 300 acres of land available for carrying on experiments. The Federal min- ister of Agriculture would neither encouraged or disc:• age the proposal. Centralia, at a special session Duff Thompson, reeve of of council held in the court Clinton, said he would like to house, Goderich, last Tuesday see further reports press etecl evening. to county council. The motion read: Wilmer Hardy, of Colborne, "That the agriculture and re- asked about the physical aspects forestation committee of county of the Base. The clerk tress council. in co-operation with the urer gave a few facts: 630 acres agriculture committee of neigh-, over-all: 320 acres unoccupied; boring counties, investigate the1362 362 houses on the site; 75 build - possibilities of establishing ecu-' ings altogether. cational, testing and research Stewart Procter, of Morris, facilities to serve the local and thought the agriculture commit - provincial need of agriculture.1 tee was on the right track to and that the committee should i secure a school of agriculture approach the federal and pro- for Huron County, since Huron. vincial governments for finan is the leading agricultural coun- cial and general aid." ty in Ontario today. He recalled that some time ago. the commit - Ernest T a 1 b o t, committee,• tee had interviewed IIon. W. A. For the 1966 gravel contract in Ilay Township. The clerk was instructed to send a registered letter to Mr. Elliott advising him of this decision. At the same time, council agreed to call new tenders for the crushing and hauling of cussion on the proposal as sub-' 'lay, said he had attender'. the mitted at the meeting m Hen-; meeting in IIensall and streng- sal] last week.i ly supported the move. He The report pointed out that` wondered if grade ten students with the closing of the Canadian I might get something hi their Forces Base at Centralia, the oval county.Marc land is avail economy of the entire county' ablein the area. will be affected in some man -1 Leroy Thiel. reeve of Zurich, McBride Youth Wins Scholarship Bruce McBride, 19 -year-old son of NIr. and Mrs. Wesley McBride, Varna, is the recipi- ent of two scholarships — a $1,000 Alumni Entrance Schol- arship from the Ontario Agri- culture College at Guelph (the only one of its kind in the BSc and Agricultural Engineer- ing course in which Bruce has enrolled) and a $500 scholar- ship from the University .of 1 and Homemaking club members Bruce was the only Ontario at this conference which in- I Scholar this year to graduate eludes representatives from all from Central Huron Secondary provinces in Canada. School in Clinton. This is one of the programs of the Canadian Council on 4-H clubs. It will be held in To- ronto from November 10 -17, and is an outstanding experi- ence for the 4-H club members from across Canada, During the week delegates are given the opportunity to discuss Ca- nadian and world affairs, to associate with leaders in gov- ernment, agriculture and indus- try, to exchange ideas with fellow club members from all parts of the continent and to broaden their knowledge through trips to places of agri- cultural, industrial and civic interest. This trip serves as a stimulus to members for more active participation and leader- ship on return to their home commnities. John Bradley was chosen for this outstanding award on the basis of participation at 4-H Leadership Week, University of Guelph; experiences in 4-H and community activities, as well as personality and self-expression, He is presently enrolled in Grade 13 and plans to continue his education at the OAC, Uni- versity of Guelph. ner. Naturally, the municipali- ties in the southern part of the county will bear the brunt of the blow. However. the matter is of concern to all parts of the county. Mr. Talbot said the Hensall meeting had been attended by about 30 people from many walks of life, especially from the southern part of the county. They learned that some testing laboratories were suggested for this area, and other branches of an experimental farm. It would be quite a job selling it to higher authorities. Jim Hayter, reeve of Stephen, commented that import of bean seed from the United States was being cut off and we would have to produce our own. Prob- ably some of the buildings at Centralia could be utilized. said he would hate to see any plan for new industry inter- rupted. He was assured by chairman Talbot that such was not the intention. The report was adopted on a show of hands without division. 0 About People fou Know .. . Mr, and Mrs. Hubert Sehilhe, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hess and Mr. and Mrs, Don Hesse spent the week -end at the Dinniin cottage,' at Point -au Baril. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Clausius and Gwen have returned home from a trip to Nova Scotia, where they visited with Mr. and Mrs. Jack O'Brien and family. ADDING INSULT TO INJURYAsif hoodlums had not already caused enough trouble and damage in Grand Bend over the past week -end, with their childish activities, they hacl to add insult to what they had aI- ready done by altering the wording on the welcome sign at the outskirts of the 'p,ipular summer resort. While the change in the sign may have looked smart. to the punks who were responsible for the riots there over the week -end, it made many travelling motorists wonder what was going on.