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No. 49—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS
ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1966
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HAY TOWNSHIP COUNCIL, 1967—Shown here are
the members of the Hay Township council for the corning
year, following the municipal election on Monday. Left to
right are: councillor Lloyd Hendrick, deputy -reeve Delbert
Geiger, reeve John Corbett, and councillors John Tinney and
Harold Campbell. Mr. Campbell is the new member of the
group, and will begin his first term of office in January.
SUCCESSFUL SALE—The Ladies' Aux-
iliary to Blue Water Rest Home held a bake
sale and tea at the' Home on Saturday after-
oi-un, eau ,ermed the event a decided suc-
cess. Among the items offered for sale on
Saturday were home-made aprons with a pic-
ture of the rest home ne the bottom. Mrs.
Lawrence Regier, left, is seen here admiring
the aprons bung mote: :e_; by Mrs. Leo Mei-
dinger, centre, and Mrs. Jim Parkins, right.
TEA WAS SERVED at the Saturday
event at Blue Water Rest Home and many
area ladies enjoyed the sociability in the
attractive new surroundings. Seated left to
right enjoying their cup of tea are Mrs.
Alfred Meidinger, Mrs. Theresa Stark, Mrs.
Stephen Meidinger and Mrs. Lloyd Denomme.
The two ladies serving are Mrs. Lee Regier
and Miss Dorothy Erb.
C mty Em Ike ees
Better Conditions
Goderich — Huron County
council made several changes
at the November session in con-
nection with matters pertaining
to working conditions of the
county en.ployees, with particu-
lar stress on employee benefits.
A general meeting was held
with various department heads
and chairmen of certain com-
mittees.
Highlighting the changes
were the following:
—In future, employees being
granted an extension beyond
the normal retirement age of
65, will not receive any further
salary increases over and above
the salaries which they were
receiving at time of reaching
retirement. Extensions will con-
tinue to be allowed if the com-
mittee concerned deems it ad-
visable, hut salary the employee
is receiving at retirement re-
mains constant during the ex-
tension period.
.-.4n future there will be 10
statutory holidays for all coun-
ty employees, and if a statu-
tory holiday falls on a Saturday
or Sunday, it is to be taken on
the next working day or at the
discretion of the department
head. These statutory holidays
are: New Year's Day, Goocl
Friday, May 24, July 1, Civic
Holiday, Labor Day, Thanksgiv-
ing Day, November 11, Christ-
mas and Boxing Day.
--In future mileage paid to
county employees is to be at
the discretion of the committee
nr board concerned, but the
rate. is not to exceed 10 cents
per mile.
-In future, sick leave money
paid to an employee shall be
calculated on basis of 260 days
per annum.
—In event of death of an
employee, his estate will be
paid two weeks' salary from
date of death.
—An employee called for -
jury duty shall be entitled to
jury pay and at same time not
lose wages.for days absent from
work while on jury duty.
Dash : cod Trustee
B.card Re-elected
Village Trustees
The trustees of Dashwood
were appointed by acclamation:
Clifford Salmon, Harold Schroe-
der and Irvin Rader.
Joseph A. Ryan
Joseph A. Ryan, 66, passed
away at South Huron Hospital,
Exeter, Friday; December 2.
He is survived by two daugh-
ters, (Madeline) Mrs. William
Smith, Zurich; (Marilyn) Mrs.
Vincent Thompson, MdGillivray
Township; one brother,! John, of
Stephen Township; also eight
grandchildren. The body rested
at the T. Harry Hoffman funeral
home until Monday, December
5, when requiem tress was
chanted .at the Church .of Our
Lady, Mt. Carmel, with Father
H. P. Jansen officiating. Inter-
ment was in Mt. Carmel ceme-
tery.
Corbett Re-elected Hay Reeve
With Close Two-way Contest
John H. Corbett was re-elect-
ed reeve of Hay Township on
Monday when he edged out his
opponent, Joseph Hoffman, by
18 votes. Corbett polled a
total of 363 votes, compared to
345 for Hoffman.
Two members of the present
council, Lloyd Hendrick and
John Tinney, were both re-
elected to office for another
year. Hendrick topped the
polls with 543 votes, while Tin-
ney was second high man with
466.
Progress Made
ith Formation
Of Zurich Band
About 25 people have already
signed up to play in a band,
which is being organized in Zur-
ich at the present time. The
first organizational meeting was
held last Thursday night in the
Township Hall, Zurich.
Another meeting is sched-
uled for next Monday night,
when any other prospective
members are asked to be pres-
ent. Any children wishing to
play in the band are asked to
bring their parents along to the
meeting.
The instructor for the new
band will be Charles Kalb-
fleisch, of Varna, who is teach-
ing high school at Goderich.
He is presently leading the band
at the high school, and is also
quite anxious to get the group
in Zurieh started.
To date a number of instru-
ments
nstruments have been turned in, be-
longing to former bands in the
community, and these are being
loaned to the new group start-
ing up.
Hensall Council Declares Two Public
Holidays Following Christmas Day
Hensall council met in the
council chambers on Monday,
December 5, with Reeve Noakes
and councillors Lavender, Baker,
Knight and Jaques present. The
minutes were read by clerk
Earl Campbell and approved on
motion of Baker and Lavender.
Clarence Reid was awarded
the snow -plowing contract for
Hensall, at $7.50 per hour.
Ernie Davis gave his report
which included a complaint by
Lorne Hay regarding his house
on Brock Street. The catch
basin was blocked by roots and
is now working; Jim Venner's
complaint of water in his base-
ment was found to be caused
by gravel washing into the catch
basin and his own tile blocked
as well.
Mr. Davis also reported grad-
ing done on the car park and
snow fence erected at the sub-
division
ub-
division and on Elizabeth
Street.
Hensall council declared Mon-
day and Tuesday, December 26
and December 27, to be public
holidays in Hensall, on motion
of Jaques and Lavender.
The street committee report-
ed that, there were no street
lights near Archie McGregor's
house, and that a light at the
northern enol of Nelson Street
was advisable; that the water
mains where work is being done
should be checked, and there
should be a stand-by when the
PUC chief is away.
Designs, for decorating the
town for 1967, submitted by
the centennial committee, were
discussed.
Mr. Campbell read the cor-
respondence giving the report
on the Library Co-operative
Board, adopted by Unroll Coun-
ty council. Also that Usborne
Township council will pay a
one-third share of expenses in-
curred on the domestic dump,
A petition from Etiboke . coun-
cil to amend the planning act
was received.
Permission was granted Jack
Lavender to apply new siding
on his house; also Carmel. Pres-
byterian Church was given per-
mission to build an addition to
the church.
The by-law approving the fol-
lowing rate of pay for firemen
was read: fire chief to receive
$20 a month plus calls; deputy
fire chief, $10 a month plus
calls; captain No. 1 and No. 2,
$8 a month plus calls; secre-
tary, $7 a month plus calls;
motor mechanic, $6 a month
plus calls, and $2 for each
weekly inspection, exclusive of
fire practice night; firemen, $5
a month plus .calls. Rate of pay
is $2 per call and $3 an hour
spent at call.
Total bills of $46,410.84 were
ordered paid on motion of
Knight and Jaques. Meeting
adjourned on motion of Knight
and Baker to meet Thursday,
December 15, at 7:30 p.m.
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Local Association
Of Hensall Group
Plans Assistance
The annual meeting of the
local association of Girl Guides
and Brownies was held in the
United Church Tuesday eve-
ning, with the largest attend-
ance of Brownie and Guide
mothers.
Discussion took place for
ways and means of raising
money to carry on the Guide
work. It was decided to have
a candy drive Saturday, Feb-
rurary 11, Brownie and Guide
mothers are to make cantly.
Also, a cookie drive was sched-
uled for May, and discussion
was held for a mother and
daughter banquet on Guides'
and Brownies' "Thinking Day"
February 22, at the United
Church.
Mrs. William Clement was ap-
p o i n t e d recording secretary;
Mrs. John Heal badge secre-
tary; Mrs. Leona Parke, treas-
urer; Mrs. Earle Rowe, district
commissioner for 1967.
The newcomer to the council
will be Harold Campbell, who
was elected in his first bid to
municipal office He polled a
total of 416 votes, while the
other candidate, Charles Burg-
ess, polled 309 votes.
Both candidates in the fight.
for the reeveship won four of
the eight polling sub -divisions
in the township. Corbett was
on top in polis one, two, seven
and eight, while Hoffman picked
up his best vote in three, four,
five and six.
The reeve gained his strong-
est support in his two home
polis, one and two, where he
polled 88 and 65 respectively,
against 13 in each for Hoffman.
The later was strongest in the
Dashwood poll, where he gained
96 votes against 43 for the
reeve.
HOW THEY VOTED
In topping the polls, Hendrick
also picked up his biggest vote
at the Dashwood poll, where he
won 117 votes. He also re-
ceived 80 votes at his home
poll, number 8.
The defeated candidate,
Charles Burgess, received his
best vote at poll number 8,
where he picked up 74 votes.
Tinney and Campbell likewise
received their best votes at the
two polls in the east part of
the township, numbers one and
two.
On Monday night the winners
in the election, along with the
defeated candidates, gathered
at the Township Hall in Zurich,
where all the candidates made
short speeches, thanking the
ratepayers for their support.
About 75 people attended the
meeting.
IN HAY TOWNSHIP
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
Corbett _ _ _._ . 88 65 36 23 23 43 30 55 363
Hoffman _ _ _ . 13 13 39 65 54 96 13 52 345
Burgess . — 16 17 42 55 49 42 14 74 309
Campbell 75 62 40 46 32 95 26 40 416
Hendrick .. _ 64 54 56 75 61 117 36 80 543
Tinney .____ . 99 67 41 62 36 83 38 40 466
Various School 3oard Representatives
Present Reports at Nominations
A complete report on the
business of the Hay Township
School Area board was given at
the various nomination meet-
ings held last week. Board
members Garnet Leitch, Elmer
Rowe and Ian McAllister pre-
sented the report at their re-
spective meetings.
At the present time there are
300 children attending the Hen-
sall school, where there are nine
classrooms. In Zurich there are
216 children attending, with
eight classrooms in operation.
Transportation costs for the
entire area are $16,697. The
financial statement shows that
the board is figuring on an esti-
mated surplus of about $30,232
for the year, due mainly to
higher grants being received
than they had anticipated.
The board has been urging
the teachers to take refresher
courses in the summer, and has
been paying them a bonus of
$100 for each course they com-
plete.
With the surplus and extra
grants being received, members
of the board feel it might be
possible to reduce the tax rate
slightly next year.
Due to the fact that Hay
Township School Area now has
the largest number of students,
they are eligible for •a member
on the South Huron High
School board. Ken Elder, RR.
2, Hensall, has been appointed
by the board to fill this posi-
tion for the area.
Herb Kiopp for Hay Town-
ship and Doug O'Brien for Zur-
ich presented a report on the
high school business for the
year.
At the present time there are
768 c h i l dr en attending the
school, with •another 119 from
the area attending Central Hur-
on Secondary School at Clinton.
At Exeter there are now 26'
classrooms and four portable
rooms, plus a library. There
are 41 teachers, drawing salar-
ies ranging from $5500 to $11,-
900. Salary of the vice-prin-
cipal is $12,300, and that of the
principal is $14,500.
Twenty buses transport the
children to school each day,
and travel a distance of 950
miles daily, at a cost of 31.49
cents per mile.
Hensall Centennial Cittee Pick
Chairmen for " l arious Positions
At a recent Hensall Centen-
nial meeting, the following coin-
mittees were appointed: chair-
man, Harold Knight; vice-chair-
man, John Baker; secretary,
Mrs. Harold Caldwell; treasurer,
Gary Kyle; caravan, Ernie
Davis; sports, Lorne Hay; wom-
en's, Mrs. Roy Smale; history,
Mrs. Carl Payne; publicity, Ron
Wareing; decorating, Charles
Hay, Bill Fuss; building, Harold
Knight, Bob Baker, Ron Ware-
ing, John Baker, Bill Fuss.
Centennial pins have been
ordered and will be given to
Hensall Public School pupils
and members of Teen Town,
who will sell them to other in-
terested persons.
The centennial caravan will
visit Seaforth, June 13, and
Exeter, October 10. There are
eight vans in all and feature
eras from the ice age till now.
Tickets will be sold on a
curling sweater, donated by Mrs. plans for March.
Leonard Noakes and an Avon
bath set, donated by Mrs. Leona
Parke. These are to be drawn
for in February.
The centennial committee
hopes to have Hensall's history
published in booklet form and
made available to the public.
A beard -growing contest is to
be held and judging will he in
five different categories. En-
trants will pay one dollar entry
fee and enter before June 1,
Any organizations with cen-
tennial projects or ideas, should
pass them on to their represen-
tatives before next meeting.
The committee hopes to have a
centennial planner from Lon-
don attend the next meeting- for
more suggestions.
The Legion Ladies' Auxiliary
are having a centennial costume
ball on New Year's Eve; the
Kinsmen have plans for Feb-
ruary, and the Rebekah, have
Police Report
The Exeter detachment of the
Ontario Provincial Polite inves-
tigated 16 occurrences during
the week from November 27 to
December 3. Of this amount
there were six accidents in-
volved, but there were no in-
juries.
During the same week the
detachment issued 42 warning'
under the Highway Traffic Act.
and laid four eharges under the
same act.
One charge was is:,ncd under
the Liquor Control Aet. and one
under the Criminal Cole.
The patrol fret -Med 1654
miles during the otle-week peri-
od, and spent 541/2 hours on.
highway patrol.