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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1966-12-08, Page 1eeeeeeeeeeteeeeee No. 49—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1966 7 CENTS PER COPY 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. 0 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.