HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1967-01-26, Page 1No. 4—FIRST W(TH THE LOCAL NEWS
ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1967
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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 -
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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
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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,
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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.
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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
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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.