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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1966-11-10, Page 1No. 4.5--ruze.v. WITH Tien t.O+:AL. NEWS .ZU+FUCx, 'ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1966 7 CENTS PER COPY 'esent Schedule Outdated! DISTRICT GOVERNOR VISITS ZURICH—Lions Dis- trict Governor Ken Waines, of Owen Sound, paid his official visit to the Zurich Lions Club on Monday night and addressed members of the organization, Shown here, left to right, are Lion Russell Grainger, a former deputy -governor; Ron Mock, of 'Hensall, a special guest at the meeting and a brother-in- law of the governor; Governor Waines, and International Counsellor Victor Dinnin. AS SIMPLE AS THAT—Dial cut -over at the Dashwood exchange last Sunday morn- ing went off without a single hitch, as all equipment worked to perfection. Hay Sys- tem employee Bill Wagner is shown here as ho pulls off the wires that switched all the telephones in Dashwood from the old-fash- ioned system to dial operation. About 15 to 20 persons were on and at 2:01 a.m, to watch the performance. District Governor Visits Zurich Lions District governor Ken Waines, of Owen Sound, paid his offic- ial visit to the Zurich, Lions Club on Monday night, and spoke to the members on the theme, "What Is Lionism", Governor Ken broke his ad- dress down into ,three basic meanings of Lionism, ,service, a form of religion, and fellow- ship. He told the group that there are at present almost 800,000 dedicated Lions through- out the world, and that the Lions Club is the laN Best .. serv- ice club in the world today. "Service is our motto," he said, "and without service Lion - ism would perish. The Lions are the world's greatest doers." The governor was introduced by International Counsellor Vic- tor Dinnin, and thanked by Lion Howard Klopp, A special guest at the meet- ing was Ron Mock, proprietor of Hurondale Dairy, Hensall, who is a brother-in-law of the district governor. Zrith CoLmcil Requests ice ction on Parking ralry CHECKS EQUIPMENT --Hay Township reeve Jack Corbett was one of the first telephone system officials to test the new dial equipment at the Dashwood cut -over Inst Sunday morning, Looking on as the reeve places a call is Gorden Hess, of Zurich, a representative of Northern Electric, the company which supplier] all the equipment for the three dial stations in the Hay 3Aiunicipal System, Men's Day was . observed in the Dashwood EUI1 Church Sun- day with the risen in charge of the service. Lloyd Eagleson was chairman, Jack Geiser read the Scripture, Ervin l ckstein lt'tI hi prayer. Pastor Merrill James presented the topic, "To be a man's servant". A men's chorus sang two numbers, A pedal offering was taken for the support of camp sites, The council of the village of Zurich is concerned about the Iack of police action in connec- tion with the new parking reg- ulations emulations introduced several months ago. At their regular meeting last week they instruct- ed clerk Mrs. Elda Wagner to write to the Exeter detachment asking for enforcement of the new regulations at the main in- tersection. Following a fatal accident at the intersection earlier this year, council had a study made of the dangerous corner by the department of highways, with the result being a suggested changed in the parking regu- lations. Now, however, they feel the police are failing to enforce the regulations and there are continuously vehicles Dashwood Queen; Hold Meetings The 4-11 girls holt] their sixth meeting Nover:iber 2 at the community centro, with nine girls and the leader's, Mrs. Eben Weigand and Mrs. Stuart Wolfe. present. Notes were made on "how we can use cereal for supper". Discussion was on menu planning for a farin fam- ily. The meeting was closed with "0 Canada". The seventh meeting was held November 7 with the leaders and 12 girls present. The meet- ing, was opened by singging thr' 4-1! pledge, The girls made variations of tea biscuit; table setting, and how to make a good cup of tea, The next meeting will be November 15 at thus community centre. being parked in the "no park- ing" areas. In other business at the meet- ing council agreed to ask all places of business in the village to close from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on. Friday, November 11, in honor of Remembrance Day. A petition asking for a vote on the artificial ice project was presented to council, by Peter Deichert and Percy Willert. There were about 100 names on the petition. Accounts totalling $2063.90 were passed for payment at the meeting. The regular monthly meeting of the Hensel] council was held in the council chambers on Monday, November 7, at 8:00 pan. Reeve Noakes chaired the meeting, with councillors Lav- ender, Knight, Baker, Jaques and the clerk, Earl Campbell, present. The meeting opened with the reading of the minutes of the last regular meeting and ton a motion by Baker and Lav- ender were adopted as read, Dave Sangester was present at this meeting to speak on be- half of the Hensall volunteer firemen, Mr. Sangster said that the old salary schedule was outdated and presented a pro- posed scale as follows: Chief, $20 per month plus calls: deputy chief, $10 per month plus calls; captain No 1, $8 per month plus calls; cap- tain No. 2, $8 per month plus calls; secretary, $7 per month plus calls; engineer, $6 per month plus calls and mainten- ance requirement; firemen, $5 per month plus calls. Regular practices must be at- tended to qualify for monthly stipend. Personnel are to re- ceived $2 per call plus $3 per hour spent at call. Time spent restoring equipment is to be charged against respective call Mileage with personal vehi- cles is to be paid on a monthly basis, subject to council ap- proval. The proposed schedule, if accepted, is to apply to the current year (1966). A motion was passed that the above scale he accepted and made retroactive to January 1, 1966, with the clerk to prepare a new by-law to this effect. With the increase given, council Legion Auxiliary Hear Talk On Public Speaking Herman Young, of Kincar- dine, was guest speaker at the November meeting of the Le- gion Ladies' Auxiliary Tuesday evening, November 1, speaking on public speaking for school children. The speaker was introduced by president Mrs. Harold Camp- bell, who chaired the meeting. Plans were outlined for their annual Christmas party in De- cember when members will ex- change Christmas gifts. Mrs. Garnet Allan was appointed convenor of a Christmas doll draw for which tickets will be, sold. Flans were discussed for their centennial ball on New Year's Eve, Nominations were held, con.' ducted by past president Mrs. Roy Smale, Mrs. William Smale won the mystery prize, Mrs.' W. H. Bell the guessing prize,' and Mrs. Harry Horton the at -1 tendance draw, feels they will have to make arrangements with the sur- rounding municipalities for an increase in their stand-by fire protection fees. The Workmen's Compensation came under discussion and it was decided to leave the in- crease of coverage over for the new council of 1967, The committee reports were heard with E. R. Davis for the maintenance department, re- porting that all catch basins were cleaned, the sand and salt were now ready for the winter, the tractor had to have a radiator replacement and also a new tire, gravel was needed for the parking lot and the new sub-divivsion, three new flags had been purchased: one Cana- dian, one provincial, one cen- tennial, with the 'Canadian and provincial flags to be raised by November 11. John Baker for the streets committee, reported that the sawmill was putting logs on the street allowance, •to within ap- proximately four feet of the pavement. Council gave on or- der for Mr. Davis to look into this matter. Harold Knight had nothing to report for the property com- mittee. Council approved the purchase of two Marten Crim- inal Code manus ls, as these are now the manuals used in the provivnce, with the price of the two manuals being 311.75. Council discussed the by-law of animals kept in the village and thought it should be revised, also that something should be done about the fencing of ani- mals in the village and this should meet the provincial standard of a Page wire fence with one barb on top or a five strand barb -wire fence. Clerk Campbell reported that he had made application to the department of highways for the 1966 subsidy of $6005.73. Coun- cil also approved the budget as follows: expenditures of $112,- 000, revenue $22,200, tax levy $92,000, balance of $1,800. Building permits were issued to Ron Mock for the renovation of a stable,, and William H. Bell to move and repair a barn. Council also asked Mr. Camp- bell to contact Clarence Reid for snow plowing the town, and W. Dalrymple for snow -plowing the dump area. Accounts to the total •of $14,- 965.99 14;965.99 were approved for pay- ment. Council adjourned to meet in the Town Hall on Monday, December 5, at 8 p.m. Hay T wnship Council Vote to Oppose New Huron County Library System At the regular meeting of the council of the Township of Hay last week, the contract for the Koehler municipal drain was let to George Radford Construc- tion, of Blyth, for the suer. of $2500. The Radford tender was one of four received on the pro- ject. Work on the drain is to start immecliately. The council voted to oppose the new county library system, as it is being introduced at the present toe. The matter is to come up in county council at the November session. The date for nomination in Hay Township has been set for Friday, November 25, from the hours of 1 to 2 in the after- noon. An election, if neces- sary, will take place on Mon- day, December 5. A special meeting of the council is being held this week to discuss the request from the department of health that the township take over two aban- doned cemeteries in the area. In other business the council agreed to sell lot 24 in plan 32, along the lake, to Norman Refuse, of London. The next regular meeting of the council will be held on Tuesday, December 6, at 1:30 p.m. .t the court of revision for Hay Township, held recently with the county assessor pres- ent, a number of appeals were dealt with. Some were upheld, while most of them were not. Theodore Laporte had his as- sessment reduced $200, since he has sold some of the land al! his property. The assessment of Leon Be- dard was reduced by $400, •due. to land being sold. Alphonse Dietrich had the es- sessment on his property ' low- ered by $200. due to the amount of hush on his land. There were also seven cot- tages along the lake granted permission to have their assess- ment changed from public school supporter to separate school supporter. 0 Supper Supremes 'Work on Project The fourth meeting of the it Supper Supremes was held on October 26. at 4:30 p.m. at the hone of Mrs. Doug Robttt::nn. Seven members answered the roll call. They openeci with the 4-11 pledge, and Cathy Mc- Kinley read the minutes the last meeting. The leaders cheeke.4 toes. Discussion wag en "plare''ng• good meals". "the use , r eft - overs" "meat and fish". C inisle Robinson. Debbie iIcKie.:'e, and Carolynne Robinson rnz:'. ^ust- i arc] sauce. For group work the :nsde beef noodle casserole.:..._ with cheese casserole, lettue.e. and tomato salad, milk b , and prune whip with custa r .sauce, They set up a buffet. • REHEARSE FOR OPENING --.Choir members from all the churches throughout this :arca, Hensall, Ziuieh, Dash- wood and St. Joseph, are combining their top talent to form a mass coir to sing at the official opening of Blue Water Rest Horne on Nen ether 20. Ahei't attended he re- lw oval Lit t, I'oter''g I,r?11r r,iri .a ;i 1 ON 1);i'?t ;+umin y • afternoon, and are shown here as they sing one of their • numbers for the special day.