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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1967-01-26, Page 1No. 4—FIRST W(TH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1967 7 CENTS PER COPY BACK TO SCHOOL—It was back to school for a num- ber of employees of independent telephone systems last week, as Northern Electric Company sponsored a course for instructing personnel of independent system in the Town- ship Hall, Zurich. The subject of the school was systems engineering, and was planned in such a way as to assist personnel in maintaining dial plants. To the right of the chart in this photo is Gordon Hess, of Zurich, :one of the representatives of Northern Electric who conducted the school, Several employees of the Hay system were also present for instructions. STUDENTS TOUR PLANT -Students of grades four •and five of the Zurich Public School visited the Zurich Citizens News printing plant last Wednesday afternoon to watch the various stages involved in the production of a newspaper. Here a group of the interested pupils are seen crowded around the plant superintendent, J. E. Hunt, watching the process of setting type .on a Linotype. The children have been studying the basic principles of printing during the past weeks. NEWSPAPER PRESS IN OPERATION— A number of the students visiting the Citizens News plant last Wednesday after- noon were fascinated by the operation of the large newspaper press, and they are shown here as they watch pressman Kurt ilphoff feed the sheets of newsprint .into the ma - Special Offer On Subscriptions k Still in Effect Only four more, days remain for subscribers of the Zurich Citizens- News to take advan- tage of our cenfOnnial special on new and reneival subscrip- tions. Up until January 31, a two-year subscription may be purchased for only ;$5;00`. (See advertisement on page 6.) Effective February 1, the sub- scription rate will revert to the regular price of $3.00 per year. Ail indications would seem to be that in the near future the subscription rate will have to increase beyond the $3.00 mark, so a person can probably save up to $2.00 now, on a two-year term. In order that many of our rural subscribers may take ad- vantage of this special offer, the office of the Citizens News will remain open all day this Saturday, January 28. Drop in during the Last few days and renew, so you can save your. self a couple of dollars. 0 Students Pay Visit To Printing Plant Social studies came alive last Wednesday for 31 grade four and five pupils from Hay Town- ship School in Zurich when, with their teacher, Mrs. Earl Deichert, •and their principal, Donald O'Brien, the youngsters toured the Citizens News plant. The story of printing from the earliest crude methods to today's modern way is being studied by the children in the classroom. On tour, they saw many of the printing machines in action that had been only pictures in the texts. Host Herb Turkheirn, editor and publisher, -introduced the boys and girls to Joe Hunt, plant supervisor, who operates the two linotype machines. The children watched as Words on paper were transferred to lead slugs in preparation for page makeup. Kurt TJphoff showed the group how the newspaper was actually printed on the press and many of the youngsters were fascinated by the folding machine which efficiently creas- es the printed sheets in the proper places and trims away the excess. On display, too, was the Citi- zens News' scan -o -graver, the newest piece of equipment in the shop. Mr. Turkheim dem- onstrated how photographs are made ready for printing. Following the tour here, the pupils visited the local post office. If there are any highlights of (Continued on page 8) ounty (oundl Disease Ban Agal merlon Hunters Shooting in By Shirley J. Keller It was indeed a "doggone" long discussion on the problems of stray dogs in Huron County; American hunters who clean up the county's game and some- times leave their dogs behind; and the increasing threat of rabies. Reeve Kenneth Stewart set off the free=wheeling enquiry session with a call for county council to try to find some so- lution for the increasing rabies threat. He said human life and comfort was endangered by the growing number of known ra- bies cases In the county and cited an incident recently where a young girl died when the anti- rabies vaccine failed. "There were 63 known cases of rabies in the county last Women's institute Plan Box Social The highlights •of the Zurich Women's Institute, which in- cluded a talk by Dr. Charles Wallace, was postponed until the February meeting. Carol Gingerich presented a piano solo and also presided for the singing. A Valentine box social, which is to be held February 7, and also purchasing of curtains for the stage in the hall were dis- cussed at length. Mrs. Victor Dinnin invited the Institute to her home for the February 21 meeting, 0 During the week of January 15 to 21, the Exeter detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police investigated nine occurrences along with three accidents in which two people were injured. The detachment issued 32 warnings under the Highway Traffic Act and laid two charges under the same act. There were no charges under the Liquor Control• Act or the Criminal Code. A total of 67 hours were spent on highway patrol, and a distance of 1678 miles were travelled. year," Stewart reported.. Carl Dalton, reeve of Sea - forth, said although the town was "polluted with dogs" the Ontario Humane Society made the requirements for do g pounds so strict that the muni- cipality was unable to maintain one. He charged that dog catchers were not permitted to lay hold of a dog unless the animal was running on a street or a highway. He maintained that a dog should be shot if it was running at large, untagged and unwanted. Ernie Talbot, reeve of Stan- ley, reported it was his under- standing that if an animal was causing damage, it could be dis- posed of legally under the Live- stock Protection Act. In Stephen Township, report- ed reeve James Hayter persons could catch stray dogs and im- pound them at the township's expense at a veterinarian's ken- nel in Exeter. If the dogs are unclaimed after four days, they are destroyed, he added. Jack Alexander, deputy -reeve of Wingham, suggested that a county dog catcher be retained. Carl Dalton asked that corre- spondence with the Ontario Humane Society preceed •decis- ion by the health committee, to which the problem was re- ferred. st ran At the mention of "wild dogs" in the county, Reeve Jack Cor- bett, Hay, said parties of Amer- ican hunters were known to drive through a bush and when they were unable to recall their dogs, left the animals there to become wild creatures hunting food where they could find it. Other members of council con- curred that wild dogs were fairly common in the county and agreed that other game, particularly deer, were being driven off by the dogs. Reeve James Hayter said that Essex and Kent counties in the southern part of the province had banned Americans as hunt- ers there. He recommended on petition of some Stephen rate- payers that similar action be taken in Huron where hunters from across the border arrived in sufficient numbers to strip the Huron bushlands of every- thing that lived. A motion brought in at the Thursday afternoon session by Hayter, seconded by Stephen deputy -reeve Ed Hendrick and endorsed by Hay Township dep- uty -reeve Delbert Geiger, called for the members of the agricul- ture and reforestation commit- tee to consider a recommenda- tion that American residents be banned from hunting game in the County of Huron. Sty ley Tuckers fth New Schoo1 Constroction Y Fcell ehind Schedule The construction of the Hur- on Centennial S c h o o 1, near Brucefield, has been disappoint- ingly slow, due to a series of late deliveries of materials dur ing the autumn and to the cur- rent shortage of tradesmen. The target date for completion was the end of November, This has slipped month by month and it now appears that Easter might be a more likely date for occupancy. Members of the board have been asked why they did not apply a penalty clause in the original tender to guarantee completion on time or compen- sation in lieu of failure of the builder to meet his deadline. This was discussed before ad- vertising for the tenders and the cost of a penalty clause was found to be prohibitively high. Such a waste of public funds could not be countenanced. Moreover, in the event of a sub -contractor not meeting his deadline, there is no easy man- ner to apply the penalty clause. A good pattern here is the fed- eral government which never uses penalty clauses for con- struction. The board has discussed de- laying the opening of the school until summer. There are ad- vantages to this, of course. How- ever, conditions for teachers and .pupils in the smaII schoole are far from ideal. There will be inevitable disruption in or- ganizing new classes of one grade each and it will give the children an excellent start in the fall term if the major dif- ficulties have been overcome by summer. In addition there will be a saving in the expense of maintaining double accom- modation. The board will be moving approximately one-third of the furniture from the old schools. Some of the parents have criti- cized this, in that they feel the board is already spending so much that the additional cost. would be a very small fraction of the total and the appearance would be improved with com- plete refurnishing The decis- ion is based on the necessity for economy, where improve- ment in learning will not be affected. In addition there is a likelihood that new patterns (Continued on page 5) Area Reeves on Irnportant Com itt es By Shirley J. Keller Early sessions in Huron. Coun- •ty council January sitting re- sulted in the appointment of the following committees of council for 1967: Roads: Delbert Geiger, deputy - reeve of Hay Township, chair- man, with two year term to complete; Stewart Proctor, reeve of Morris, one year; Jo- seph Kerr, reeve of Wingham, three years; James Hayter, reeve of Stephen, four years; Elmer Hayter, deputy -reeve of Stan- ley, five years. Huronview: A. D. Smith, reeve of Turnberry, chairman, one year; Elgin Thompson, reeve of Tuckersmith, one year; Jack Alexen der, deputy -reeve of Wingham, two years; Grant Stirling, reeve of Goderich Township, two years; Ed Hend- rick, deputy -reeve of Stephen, three years. Health: Borden Cook, reeve of Blyth, chairman, one year; Clifford Dunbar, reeve of Grey, two years; W. J. Cuthill, deputy - reeve of Seaforth, three years; Warden Don McKenzie, reeve of Ashfield, one year; Jack Morrissey, provincial represen- tative. Library: Duff T h o in p s o n, reeve of Clinton, chairman, one year; Frank McFadden, reeve of Bayfield, two years; Mrs. Minnie Noakes, reeve of Hensall, three years; Mrs. W. Tisdale, one year; Mrs. J. McConnell, two years; G. McCutcheon, •three years. Finance and executive: Ken- neth Stewart, reeve of McKillop, chairman, one year; Harold Robinson, reeve of Howick, two years; Leroy Thiel, reeve of Zurich, two years; Harry Wor- sell, deputy -reeve •of Goderich, three years; Clarence (Derry) Boyle, reeve of Exeter, three years. Agriculture and reforesta- tion: Jack Corbett, reeve of Hay, chairmen, one year; Ernie Talbot, reeve of Stanley, one year; Gordon Boyd, deputy-. reeve of Ashfield, two years; Clare Vincent, reeve of Hallett, two years; Roy Pattison, reeve of East Wawanosh, three years; Douglas Miles, F Danser, J, W. Britnell. Property; Carl Dalton, reeve of Seaforth, chairman, one year; Wilmer Rarely, reeve of Col- borne, one year: George Wonch, deputy -reeve of Clinton, two years: Ernie Talbot, two years; Calvin Kreuter, reeve of Brus- sels, three years; Harry Worsell, three years, Warden's and personnel.: Ever- ett Mcllwain,. deputy -reeve of Goderich Township, chairman, one year; Jack Corbett, one year; FI, Robinson, two years; G. Boyd, two years; C. Dalton, three years; K. Stewart, three years, Equalization: L. Thiel, chair- man, one year; Mervyn Cud - more, deputy -reeve of Exeter, one year; Robert Lyons, reeve of West Wawanosh, two years; R. Pattison, two years; Melville Allan, deputy -reeve of Howick, three years, School consultative: W. Hardy, chairman, one year; E. Me- Iiwain, two years, Roy Westcott, reeve of trsborne, three years: J. Kinkead; (two laymen rec- ommended to be appointed to sit on this committee, bringing total to six, including Mr. Kin- kead). Criminal audit: Judge R. 5, Hetherington; C. Boyle, ane year; Clerk J. G. Berry. Children's Aid: R. Lyons, chairman, one year; Herbert B. Such, reeve of Goderich, two years; 1,1. Allan. three years; C. Vincent, four years. Industrial and tourism (newly established committee): Calvin I Krauter, chairman, one year;George Wench, one year: Tey Westcott, two years; Herbert Such, three years; Mervyn Cud. more, three years.