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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1966-10-27, Page 1No. 43—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS r re ?•+., ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOt3Etz 27, 1966 7 CENTS PER COPY �.;r strut on, Started e Year Ago! EXPERT COOKS—Members of the Zurich Women's Institute found out last week that the Zurich 4-H Home- making girls are quite skilled at the art of cooking, when they were treated to a tasty dinner by groups two and four, Left to right are members of the two groups, as they prepare to serve their guests: Nancy Rae McKinnon, Sandra Webb, Dianne Clarke, Nancy Miller, Judy Datars, Tanya Parkins, Linda Webb, Marg Geiger, Annette Zimmer, Debbie Merner, Joan Finkbeiner. QUEEN OF THE SHOW Little Cathy Ecker, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. D. Ecker, of Exeter, stole the show at the big horse event in the . Zurich Arena Saturday night. Cathy is shown here with her pony, Pogo, which won the junior equitation class, and Lloyd Mousseau, RR 2, Hensall, one of the sponsors of the show. Institute Members Punning Supper The 4-H Club girls entertain- ed the Zurich Women's Insti- tute members to a delicious supper at the October meeting, whichwas held in the Hay Township Hall. The president thanked the girls for their hospitality and then presided for the business meeting, New members were received, after which plans were final- ized for the forthcoming Clark's food supper, which is to be held on November 9, An in, teresting film will be shown after the meal. Tickets may be purchased from any Institute member. Mrs. Tom Meyers was ap- pointed voting delegate at the annual convention which is to be held in Goderich, Novem- ber 1 and 2. Equal donations of money are to be presented at a later date to the Blue Water Rest Home and the artificial ice campaign.. Several important items of business were tabled to be dis- cussed at a following meeting. Hensall Organizations Begin Plans To Celebrate Canada's Centennial An organization meeting of Hensall centennial committee was held in the Hensall Town Hall last week with represen- tatives present from the local churches, lodges, Women's In- stitute, Kinsmen and Kenettes, Legion and Ladies' Auxiliary. Plans were discussed for cen- tennial souvenirs for decorat- Area Couple Buy Dashwood Spot Mr. and Mrs, Alphonse Gren- ler, RR 3, Zurich, have pur- chased the business in Dash- wood, formerly known as Rosies' Lunch. Located in the west end of the village, the business has operated as a lunch counter and gas station for a number of years. The couple hope to open their new business early in No- vember, after renovations and re -decorating have been com- pleted. ing the village,. with each ,or- ganization to try and plan a celebration of their own. The Legion Ladies' Auxiliary are starting off with a costume ball on New Year's Eve. Glenn Koehler has been awarded the contract for build- ing the Hensall centennial pro- ject, a picnic pavilion in the park. Next meeting of the centen- nial committee will be held in the council chambers of the Town Hall on Thursday. No- vember 17. Chairman of the committee is Harold Knight; publicity chairman is Ron Ware- ing. 0 Celebrates 91st Birthday Henry Hoffman, of Huron - view, Clinton, celebrated his 91st birthday Sunday, October 23, with a family dinner at the Dashwood Hotel, All members of his family were present, in- cluding 10 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren, Goshen Women Planning Supper Mrs. Ken Parke was hostess for the October meeting ,of the Goshen United Church Women, with 19 members present. Mrs. Anson McKinley opened the meeting by reading a • poem, "Making Man". A record was played, "Up With People", in place of a hymn. Scriptures were read by Mrs. Anson McKinley and Mrs. Jim Keys, and cemrments by Mrs. Roy McBride and Mrs. Bob Peck. Mrs. Anson McKinIey read a story from the. United Church Observer, "Help Me, I-ielp Me." Business was conducted by Mrs. Bob Peck. Minutes were read and approved. Final plans were made for the annual tur- key supper to be held on No- vember 2. A discussion was held on cloths for the tables. It was moved by Mrs. Elgin McKinley and seconded by Mrs. Jim Keys that the group help the "Sigma C" get started. A motion was made by Mrs. Bruce Keys to order study packet and upper room. The meeting closed with prayer by Mrs. Anson McKinley. 0 Hensall dOOF Install Officers For Coming Year Officers of Hensall IOOF Lodge 223 were installed by district deputy grand master Roy Hunter and his installing team of Exeter Lodge. Junior past grand, Howard Lemmon; noble grand, Jack Brintnell; vice grand, John Cor- bett; recording secretary, Edwin Taylor; fine n •e lel secretary, Charles Hay! treasurer, Peter McNaughton. Chaplain, Roy Pepper; RS noble grand, Percy Campbell; noble grand, Alex McBeath; LS RS vice grand, Lyle Simpson; LS vice grand, Ross Corbett. Right scene supporter, Bob Parsons; left scene supporter, Jack Upshall; inside guardian, Lloyd Ferguson; outside guard- ian, Rodger Venner. At the close of the meeting Brother P. L. McNaughton was presented with a pair of gold cuff links and tie clip as .a recognition of his services as financial secretary for 18 years, 0 About People You Know .. . Mrs. Alvena Sararas and Mr, and Mrs. Jim Love and girls were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Norman Sararas, at Waterloo, and also visited with Mrs. Adeline Sararas at St. Jacobs, on her 86th birthday. Mrs. Beatrice Rader has pur- chased the home of Chester L, Snaith, in Zurich. The Honorable John P. Ro- berts, Prime Minister of On- tario, will officially open the Blue Water Rest Home on Sun- day afternoon, November 20, at 2 p.m. Final plans were ar- ranged for the official opening at a meeting of the board of directors on Tuesday night. Along with the prime minis- ter there will be various other dignitaries attending, including the Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, Huron MLA, and Noble Drew, director of the Homes for Aged branch of the Ontario Depart- ment of Public Welfare. There will be a mass volun- teer choir at the opening, to furnish musical entertainment, and all churches throughout the area are being asked to send several members of 'their choirs to assist in this part of the program. The official opening will be the climax of over a year's hard work for a number of .citizens in the community, who have spent many long hours in plan- ning the building and the oper- ation of the same. It was just about a year ago, on Saturday, October 25, 1965, that the first sod was turned for the con- struction of the 60 -bed rest home, First residents will he mov- ing into the home some time Turn Clock, Deck Saturday Night QST Co 3 es To End Daylight Saving Times conies to an end throughout this area on Saturday night, at 12 p.m. All residents are reminded to turn their clocks back one hour when they go to bed Saturday night, and pick up that extra hour sleep they lost last spring. Churdhes throughout the area will observe Standard Time on Sunday, and schools will return to Standard Time when Mon- day rolls around. in November, and after the of -i ficial opening the balance of the rooms will be filled. There has been a brisk demand for accommodation, and officials feel it will be a very short time until the home is filled to ca- pacity, Meanwhile, workmen are rushing around like mad finish- ing up small, loose ends of their contracts. The flooring con- tractors are well advanced with their part of the job, and the painters have been on the lo- cation for some time. Most of the electrical, heating and plumbing work has been com- pleted, and several truck loads of furniture and furnishings ar- rived at the building early this week. At the same time members of the Zurich Women's Insti- tute are busy on the contract they took from the construction company, for the cleaning in- side and out of all the windows in the building. Fifteen to 20 Lions Club Have Spareribs Left The Zurich Lions Club still have a quantity of frozen roast- ed spareribs on hand, and are offering these for sale at the Zurich Pro Hardware. During the three day period last week -end, well over 500 rolls were sold. but there is still about this many left. They may be purchased in any quan- tity. The ribs are left over from the food booth the Lions oper- ated at the International Plow- ing Match. when inclement weather cut the attendance down to a small percentage of the expected crowd. As a re- sult the local service club had contracted for many more ribs than they used. Any persons who have pur- chased some of the ribs last week -end report they were de- licious. and only a miniumum amount of work and time is needed to have them ready for the table. women have been at the 2:>0,;c• each day this week werlr nj at the meticulous task. In connection with the offi- cial opening the Zurich Ci*i eee, News will be publishing a spe- cial edition early in ;the week of November 14, to commem- orate the event. This edition will go out to all boxholders in the southern part of Huron County, as well as north section of Lambton, and will be highly regarded as a souvenir copy. Any persons or local firms wishing to have an advertise- ment appear in this issue, _n a congratulatory ma nn e r• are asked to contact the Citizens News office at once. Due to shortage of time involved. the immediate co-operation of in- terested parties must be asked. 0 PP W ring To Persons Ca sing Hallo Y flee Tricks According to the weekly re- lease from Corporal C. J. I iit- chell, head of the Exeter de- tachment of the Ontario pro- vincial Police, there will be ne sympathy shown to perz•;:is committing malicious damage.. under the guise of Hallowe'en, The OPP will be on full patrol for the annual event, will eroek down on all offenders. The report also warns mo;-,r- ists to watch their speed lireets. particularly in the 30 mei! zones, where radar may be; !n operation. During the week of October 16 to 22, the Exeter detachment investigated 21 occurrencee.. along with four accidents in which two persons were In- jured. They also issued 25 warnings. under the Highway Traffic Act: laid seven charges under the same act, and also one char _e under the Liquor Control Act.. In the one-week period, the detachment spent 58 hours on patrol, -and travelled 1813 ;mines. DOUBLE WINNER—Doug Mock, son Mr. and Mrs. Ron Mock,of HensaIl, walkiei off with two firsts at the horse show in ti Zurich Arena last Saturday night. He war the Shetland pony race with his favorite, Queenie, and then tied for the junior high point horse. He also won several seconds and thirds in the competitions, which saw - well over 100 ponies and horses entered. The show was sponsored by the Dixie Tra:l Riders. x�.