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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1967-01-12, Page 1Meeeeeeeee No. 2—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1967 7 CENTS PER COPY ZURICH VILLAGE COUNCIL= --Members of the coun- cil of the village of Zurich were sworn into office at the inaugural session on Monday morning, by clerk Mrs. Elda Wagner. Front row, left to right, •are reeve Leroy Thiel, Mrs. Wagner, clerk -treasurer, councillor Gordon, Hess. Back row, left to right, are the otter three members softhe coun- cil, Dr. W. B. Coxon, Milford Doerr and Herb Turlcheim. HENSALL LEGION EXECUTIVE — The executive of the Hensall branch of the Royal Canadian Legion were offici- ally installed last Friday night at a ceremony in the Legion Hall. Seated, left to right, are vice-president Wilmer Dal- rymple, president Ernie Davis and vice-president Stan Kochan. Back row, left to right, are Jack Simmons, Paul Neilands, James Taylor, Rev. H. Currie, Sam Rennie and Garnet Allan. OFFICERS of the Hensall Legion Auxiliary for the coming year were also installed last Friday night. Seated, left to right, are Mrs. W. H. Bell, secretary; Mrs. Harold Campbell, president; Mrs. Garnet Allan, vice-president. Back row, left to right, are Mrs. Mary Taylor, Mrs. Grant Bisback, Mrs. Gordon Munn, Mrs. John Skea and Mrs. Harry Horton. By Corporal C. J. Mitchell During the week of January 1 to January 7, the Exeter de- tachment of the Ontario Pro- vincia' Police investigated 13 occurrences, along with five ac- cidents, in which there were no injuries reported. The detachment issued 28 warnings under the Highway Traffic Act, and ;aid seven charges under the same act. There were no charges laid un- der the Liquor Control Act, and only one under the Crimi- nal Code. During the one-week period, there was a total of 55 hours spent on highway patrol, and 1,502 miles were travelled. This week I would like to ad- vise people, particularly the older people, to be ori their guard against phoney bank in- spectors, telephoning and ad- vising older citizens to with- draw a large sum of money from their account and turn it over to the "suppose -to -be bank inspector" outside the bank. The reason given is they are going to niark the money and catch a bank teller that they suspect of stealing from their account. The older people are prom- ised a large stun of money if they are successful in charging a bank teller. Occasionally money is given to these men outside the bank and that is the last the owner sees of their money, or the phoney bank in - 119 The council of the Township f Hay, at their inaugural meet -1 'nig on Monday, appointed of-; 'vials to various positions for the coming year. The inaugur.! it meeting hegap at 11 e in. with Monsignor W. Bourdeau *iving those present an inter - sting address. a The group, ilong with road superintendent Carl 1--Iaberer and asses s o r xoorge Armstrong, were guests f the reeve at a dinner in the 'Tensall Hotel. Appointments made were as Follows: building i n s p e c tor, '.suis Farwell; assessor, George trmstrong; livestock valuator, ^ert Klopp; weed inspector, 'ilex Chesney, county inspector; ~oad superintendent, Karl Ha- herer; Ausable River Conserva- tion Authority representative, John Tinney; South Huron High zehool member, Herb Klopp; school attendance officer, Ted Steinbach. Pound -keepers are, Ray In- gram, Laird Jacobe, Clayton Smith and Sons, Alvin Walper, Leonard Merner, Edwin Regier, Claire Geiger, Melvin Gingerich, Harold Beichert, Allan Crerar, William Watson. Fence view- ers are Lorne Chapman, Lloyd Walper, Arnold Merner. H. W. Brokonshire was again appointed clerk -treasurer; audi- tors, A. M. Harper &. Company, Goclerich; solicitors, Donnelly & Murphy, Goderich. Welfare administrator for the township will be reeve John C'orbet, while Mr. Corbett and Clerk Brokonshire will be the qiening officials. Deputy -reeve Delbert Geiger was aepointed representative for Hay on the Dashwood Community Centre board. The following grants were made by the council at their inaugural: St. John Ambulance Corps, $10; Salvation Army, $25; Huron Soil aand Crop Im- provement, $25; South Huron Agricultural Society, $40; Zur- ich Agricultural Society, $150;1 s Canadian Cancer Society, $50. The township will also pay the usual $4 to each child complet- ing a 441 Calf Club project. The clerk was authorized to order subscription to the Muni- cipal World magazine for all the v a r ions officials in the municipality. Council approved payment of $15 membership in the Good Roads Association and $15 mem- bership in the Ontario Associa- tion of Rural Municipalities. A money -borrowing by-law was passed authorizing the borrow- ing of up to $110,000 from the Bank of Montreal, if needed. Road superintendent Karl Ha- berer was instructed to call tenders for the supplying, crushing, loading, hauling and spreading of 20,000 cubic yards of gravel, for the township roads. Next regular meeting of the council will be held on Monday afternoon, February 6. at 1:30 p.m. Committees were formed and appointments made at the in- augural meeting of the council of the village of Zurich on Monday. The ceremonies be- gan at 11 a.m. with a short ad- dress by Rev. A. C. Blackwell, followed by .an inaugural ad- dress by reeve Leroy Thiel. The hydro and water commit- tee will consist of Gordon Hess, Milford Doerr and Leroy Thiel; roads and drains, Milford Doerr and W. B. Coxon; fire protec- tion, Gordon Hess and W. B. ^nxon; property and finance, W. B. Coxon and Herb Turk- heim. The council representa- tives on the recreation 'c0nilnit-. tee will be Herb Turkheim and Leroy Thiel. Mrs. Elda Wagner was again appointed as clerk -treasurer of the village at a salary of $1550. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy O'Brien visited with Mr. and Mrs. Clair Hoffman, Galt, on Wednesday. Mr. Roffman is a patient in Galt hospital. Women's Institute Dr. C. J. Wallace will be the guest speaker at the Zurich Women's Institute m e e tin g, which will be held in the Hay Township Hall on Tuesday, Jan- uary 17, at 8 p.m. Visitors are cordially invited to attend this specter. I would also like to have bank employees question a large sum of money being taken from a dormant accotnnt. This year the clerk will be in the office, for the convenience of any ratepayers, every Satur- day afternoon. Anyone wish- ing to see the clerk is being asked to do so on this particu- lar day of the week. Gordon Surerus was re -ap- pointed as assessor of the vil- lage at a salary of $350. Road superintendent will be Urban ?file, at an hourly rate of $1.75. Auditors for the village are A. M. Harper & Company, of Goderich, and the solicitors are Bell & Laughton, of Exeter. W. B. Coxon was appointed as the council representative to j�a'WWODA, along With the Chamber of Commerce man, Charles Thiel. The reeve and clerk were appointed as signing officials, and the reeve was named as welfare officer. Mem- ;u r bers of council set their salaries at $225 for the reeve and $200 for each councillor, for the year. Members of the fire brigade, as appointed at the inau,;ural. session, are Milton Deitz How- ard Klopp, James Parkins, El- roy Desjardine, Hubert Schilbe. Bryce Mack, Leo Meidinger, Lloyd Denomme, Lee Reeler. Bob Forrester and Eugene O'Brien, In other business at the meet- ing, council awarded a contract. for the Northwest Drainage Works to Russell Fischer, at his tender of $6023.69.. Work on tile' drain ° is to begin –vete- shortly. shortly. Regulary meetings of the council will be held the first Wednesday night of each month, commencing at 7:30 p.m. C The inauguration ceremonies of Hensall municipal council took place January 9, at 3.1 a.m., when Reeve Mrs. Noakes and councillors John Baker, Harold Knight, Oliver Jaques and John Lavender took the oath of of- fice before Clerk Earl Camp- bell. Rev. Harold Currie gave an appropriate address and prayer for guidance. The regular meeting of the council was held in the council chambers, January 9, at 8 p.m. Reeve Noakes presided dressed in her centennial gown of tur- quoise velvet with hat and purse to match. Councillors were well turned out in tails with bowler hats, vests, canes and complete with whiskers. Mrs. Noakes expressed appre- Goderich Band To Present Program Plans have been completed for .an appearance of the Goder- ich Collegiate Viking Concert Band in the Zurich Community Centre, on Thursday, January 16. The band, under the direc- tion of Charles Kalbfieisch, has a membership of 40. The group will present a con- cert along with other demon- lic is invited to attend. There strations, and the general pub - will be no admission charge, just a silver collection.. Sponsored by the Zurich Dis- trict Centennial Band, the pro- gram has been arranged so that parents and children interested in playing in the new organiza- tion, may see what can be ac- complished. 0 OUR APOLOGIES We wish to apologies to many subscribers who have renewed their subscriptions during the past couple of months, and who have not had their labels cor- rected accordingly. We hope to have our complete mailing list revised before publishing date next week. di Ap dation to the councillors and clerk for their support in the past and asked for their con- tinued support during this cen- tennial year. By-laws were passed which provided that Mrs. Noakes be relief administrator; that mem- bers of the recreational com- mittee and park board for 1967 be John Lavender and Oliver Jaques, Barrie Jackson, Maurice Tudor, Paul Neilands, Mrs. Oliver Jaques and Mrs. H. A. Campbell. 147embers of the library board for 1967 will be Mrs. Noakes, Mrs. Doug Cook, Mrs. Sam Rennie, Mrs. Robert Simpson, Mrs. Dave Kyle, Mrs. Keith Buchanan and Robert Reaburn. A by-law was passed that the treasurer give discount for taxes paid in advance, amount- ing to six per cent per annum or half of one per cent per month, for eight months. Mrs. Noakes and Mr. Camp- bell were named as signing of- ficials; Monteith and Monteith, of Stratford, as auditors, and councillor Knight was named centennial chairman. Building inspector for 1967 will be Norm- an Jones. There was considerable dis- cussion regarding snow removal. —Mr. Clement would like to blow the snow away and Mr. Reid plow it. The fire department came under discussion and a sugges- tion was made that the fire chief set a minimum time for firemen attending a meeting 'NJ qualify for wages; also that Mr. Campbell be notified after a fire as to the number of man hours to be paid. Ernie Davis reported on the sanding of sidewalks and the erection of the centennial flag. Notice was received from the attorney general's office and minister of justice that the On- tario Provincial Police would police the town. Mr, Davis will act as liaison officer between the OPP and the municipality, and also be responsible for en- forcing the by-laws of the town. The clerk was instructed to pay the fees necessary to the mayors and reeves association convention, to be held in Ni- agara on May 14. County council will convene Tuesday, January 17, at 2 pen., when a warden will be chosen. The accounts were ordered paid on motion of Jaques -and Lavender. George Parker was given a permit to renovate his house, and the meeting ad- journed on motion of Knight and Baker to meet on Monday, February 6. Hensall. Legion and Ladies' Auxiliary Officers Installed by Zone Official Joint installation of Hensel' Branch of the Canadian Legion 468, and Ladies' Auxiliary, were held Friday evening, January 6, with deputy zone command- er Edward Bell and his instal- ling team of Blyth in charge. Legion officers are: president, E. R. Davis; first vice-president, Wilmer Dalrymple; second vice- president, Stan Koehn; ser- geant at arms, Jack Simmons; executive, Jinn Taylor, Paul Neilands, Garnet Allan, Sam Rannie, Ladies' Auxiliary officers are: president, Mrs. Harold Camp- bell; vice-president, Mrs. Garnet Allan; second vice-president, Mrs, Roland Vanstone; secre- tary, Mrs. W. H. Bell; treasurer, Mrs. Grant Bisback; sergeant at amus, Mrs. Harry Horton; assis- tant, Mrs. Garnet Allan; execu- tive, Mrs. lt4ary Taylor, Mrs. John Skea, Mrs. Gordon Munn, Mrs. E. R. Davis, Mrs. Byran Kyle sports officers, Mrs. Wil- liam Snnale, Mrs. Clarence Fteid.