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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1967-01-05, Page 1No. 1—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1967 7 CENTS PER COPY FISHING SEASON OVER—A11 is quiet these days at the Bayfield harbor, as the fishing boats are tied up for the winter season. The mouth of the river and the harbor itself are both choked up with ice making it impossible for the boats to move in or out. Behind the boats in this photo can be seen the fish shanties, which have also been abandoned for the season. WILL SOON BE QUIET—SSS, Stanley, •commonly known as the Goshen school, will soon be out of operation, with the nearing of completion of the new Stanley -Tucker - smith Centennial Central School. This school, along with many others in the two townships, will probably be sold by public auction after the new school opens later this spring. CANADA'S CENTENNIAL—The first home in Zurich to show a sign of the fact that this is the year of Canada's Centennial is the one of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thiel, in the east end of the village. The attractive symbol shown here is sitting on the front verandah of the Thiel home, and when lit up at night casts a beautiful colored reflection. Mrs. Thiel designed and made the centennial souvenir. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Johnston left on Sunday morning to spend a month vacationing in Florida. Dr. and Mrs. C..1. Wallace and family were week -end vis- itors with friends in 'Toronto. Mr, and' Mrs. Earl Yungblut, Jack and Paul, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Yungblut, Mr. and Mrs, Graham Farquhar and Mr. and Mrs. Hill Yungblut and family were New 'Year's day visitors with Miss Inez Yungblut, St. Peter's CWL Donate to Homo The Catholic Women's League meeting of St. Peter's Parish was held in St. Mary's School on December 13. Meeting was opened with prayer by Mon- signor Bourdeau. The minutes were read and approved. The treasurer's report was given. Mrs. Martens reported the sending of 30 boxes of used clothing to the Sisters of Serv- ice in November. The school children received a bag of Christmas candy on the the last day of school, compliments of the League. A donation was made in the form of a cheque to the Blue Water Rest Home to help furn- ish the chapel. Mrs. Fred Momersteeg gave a very interesting demonstra- tion on the making of French pastry. The mission gift brought $3.75 and was won by Mrs. Adeline Denomme. The ladies exchanged. Christmas gifts and a social hour followed. A Christmas lunch was enjoyed by all.. 0 Children Injured Debbie, 6, and Douglas, 8, children of Mr. and Mrs, Charles Eckel RR 1, Oldcastle, formerly of Hensall, and grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Brighton Ferg, of Mensal], were on the school bus which was in collision with a transport loaded with sand; which took the lives of eight children. Douglas was the third child to getout of the bus un- harmed, but Debbie was hos- pitalized with two broken legs and a crushed foot. Hensall Couple Is ;First With Baby At South Huron A Hensall couple, Mr. and Mrs. Doug Cooper, had the honor this year sof having the first baby born In the New Year at South Huron Hospital, and as a result will receive 17 gifts from various Exeter mer- chants. i The baby boy, who weighed in at eight rand .three-quarter pounds, was born at three o'clock in the morning, Wednes- day, January 4. He is the third child for the popular Hensall Couple. Mrs. Cooper is the former Carol Richardson. 0 E ec a Zurich Man To School Board Delegates to the annual St. Boniface School board meeting elected one •new member and returned two for a second two- year term. Lloyd Denomme, of Zurich, replaced Leo Hoffman, and Earl Zimmer and Raymond Hartman were returned to office. Gerald Regier, Louis Farwell and Theodore Oud are enter- ing the second year of their terms. 0 rniat While most area municipali-: ties are planning special activi- ties during the year to mark the 100th centennial of Canada, nothing in the form of being, Zurich Merchants Lisp Draw lmners Winners in connection with the Christmas draws held by the Zurich area merchants are as follows: O'Brien's Produce, Leonard Rau; Westlake Furni- ture, Mrs. Julian Mantey, Mrs. Joe Minderlein: Bob's Barber Shop. Don Bender; Desjardine Auto Supply, Melvin Elliot; Yungblut's Meat Market, Mrs. Ed Roelofs. Lucky Dollar Food Market, Mrs. George Wilson; Zurich Pro H a r d w a r e, Elgin Hendrick; Klopp's Super Service, Louis Denomme; Klopp's record spe- cial, Urban Pfile, Harold Stade; Dominion Hotel, George Hag- gitt, Charles McQuillin, Mari- lyn Galloway, Mrs. Lloyd Eagle- son; Mousseau and Parkins, Duward McAdams; Hi -Fashion Beauty Salon, Mrs. Martha Over- holt; St. Joseph Grocery Store, Dolly Jeffrey, David Regier; St. Joseph Esso Service, Russell Grainger; Deichert Meat Mar- ket, Larry Kipper. Gascho's Dry Goods, Leeland Surerus, William Doyle; M. Heitz and Son, John Groat; Gingerich's Sales and Service, Mrs. N. J. Corriveau; Zurich Variety Store, Mrs. Dennis Overholt; Stade and Weido Hardware, William W a t s o n; Towne and Country Beauty Lounge, Dorothy Geiser; Tasty - Nu Bakery, Mrs. George Grenier. Mrs. N. J. Corriveau. Rose's Lunch Bar, Gordon Bloch, Mrs. Menno Oesch; Prang's Garage, Alfred. Mei- clinger; Doerr's Superior Store, Mrs. Margaret Horner, Dianne Peck, Nap Bedard and Mrs. Adella Regier. ir 3t spectacular took place on New Years. Probably the most ex- citing event took place at Hen- sall where a beautiful new cen- tennial flag, illuminated in full color, was presented to the vil- lage by the PLIC, In Zurich, all the church bells in the village rang for a good ten minutes to mark the arrival of the centennal year. As well, the fire siren was set off at the same time. Just prior to the bell ringing the chimes on St. Peter's Lutheran Church played "0 Canada". A New Year's eve Glance was held at the Zurich Community Centre, and attracted well over 500 people. In Hensall, a centennial cos- tume ball was held in the arena, sponsored by the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Royal Cana- dian Legion. The town of Ex- eter marked the beginning of Canada's centennial year with a public gathering at the town hall, and at Bayfield torches were placed on top of a large ukti birthday cake made of snow. CENTENNIAL FLAG A Canadian flag in lights glows from the belfry of the Hensall town hall. It was switched on for the first time Saturday at 9 p.m. by Reeve Minnie Noakes and centennial committee chairman Harold Knight. The flag is 11 feet by 5a': feet and contains 295 light bulbs, It is a permanent fix- ture and will tome on each evening with Hensall's street lights. The flag was donated by the Hensall Public Utilities Commission. CENTENNIAL CAKE BAYFIELD — Children marched along Main Street with torches to Clan Gregor Park Saturday night where they placed 100 of them on top of a 20 -foot -square centennial birthday cake made of snow. Then 500 persons sany "Happy Birthday Canada". The cake parade was organ- ized by the Bayfield Historical Society. HENSALL'S CENTENNIAL FLAG — This is what Hensall's illuminated centennial flag looks like in the day- time, although it is much prettier uftei dark w'ten :all the colored lights are turned on. The flag can be seen for many Miles at night. By Corporal C. J. Mitchell During the week of Decem- ber 25 to December 31, the Ex- eter detachment of .the OPP investigated 12 ,occurrences. There were eight accidents, with one person being injured. During the same week the detachment issued 40 warnings under the Highway Traffic Act; laid three charges under •the same act; and charged two per- sons under the Liquor Control Act. There were 49 hours spent on highway patrol during the week, with 984 miles being travelled. During the year 1966, Exeter detachment investigated 792 general occurrences, and inves– tigated 245 motor vehicle acci- dents. The following charges were laid: 71 tinder LCA, 381. under HTA, 53 charges under CC, and 2 other charges under provincial statutes. There were seven fatal accidents with 10 people killed, and there were 64 injury accidents with 90 people inturecl. REEVE TURNS ON COLORED FLAG— Complete with her costume of 100 years ago, Hensall reeve Minnie Noakes on New Years eve turned on the switch which illuminated the village's new centennial Canadian flag, on the belfry of the Town 11311. The flag, which is 11 feet wide and five and a half feet jai^h, contains 295 lights, end was donated by the Tiensell l'UC. 'standing by in his own centennial cos=tume is Herold 4 Knight, chair- man of the Hensall Centennial Committee.