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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1967-02-02, Page 7<+a THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1967 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS PAGE SEVEN' • ON BUS TOUR—A group of area chicken men left Tuesday morning for a bus trip and tour to the DeKalk chicken centre, in Illinois. Sponsored by the McKinley Farms and Hatchery firm, RR 1, Zurich, the group of 38 men will be away for three days, touring various centres in that area. SALES ARE SLOW—According to •officials of the Ontario Department •of Transport, the sale of 1967 licence plates is dragging far behind other years. The sale of the new plates is slow at the issuing office in Zurich, and the. issuer, Lee Willert, is trying to encourage the motorists to buy their plates before the big rush. Mr. Willert is shown here with one of the centennial plates which are on market this year. BACKLOG OF NOTES I'd like to tidy up a lot of 'nose ends this week, if you don't mind. First of all, thanks for the warm and personal notes about the column, and the good wishes to the Smilevs. They came from all over the continent. Many of you will be getting your Christmas cards at Easter, or possibly in July. My wife lost her list of addresses. BLUE WATER REST BIOME LADIES' AUXILIARY MEETING AT TILE HOME February 8, 1967, at 2 p.m. An interesting program has been arranged. All ladies interested in joining this Auxiliary are cor- dially invited to attend, and meet the Executive who are now ready to perform their duties. 48 OUNCE Alien's Apple Juice _ _ CREAM STYLE --19 OZ. Culverhouse Corn 3 -LB. TIN Supreme Peanut Butter FANCY -14 OZ. Li by's Fruit Cocktail nanas_ww---__2 Lbs. 29c LCi7 D :LLAR Ft . OD A KET 3/$1 5/$1 $L05 3/79c ZURICH :Y. * We had a refreshing differ- ent New Year's Eve this year. Went to a skating party on the bay. We even took skates. But fortunately, we had to make a "ouple of calls before we got there, and when we did, the skaters were pooped. I ex- nressed great indignation be- fore allowing someone to set me down before the fireplace with a small potion of herb tea. But it was a great party. Just as we arrived, a pretty young woman hustled in from outside, clutching her pants and various other things. She'd been out on a Skidoo on the ice, and they'd gone through. She was quite annoyed. Last time I'd seen her, she was eight months preg- nant. This time she was almost in shock. She said she'd like to meet :ane under normal circum- stances. Another feature of the party appealed to me. Instead of the usual maudlin rendition of Auld Lang Syne, followed by a round of sloppy kisses, we all stood to attention and sang a maudlin version of 0 Canada. Huron County Road Report Outlines Work Planned for Coming Season By Shirley J. Keller necessary because of the in - In these days when the living greased traffic on county roads. is "expensive" rather than easy, "The average stop sign on a the highlight of the road re- post in the ground is worth port at the January session of $20;" Britnell remarked. Huron County council was the Specific road work scheduled statement. "It is anticipated for 1967, said Britnell, include that our 1967 budget can be hot mix paving on seven miles financed without an increase in north of Nile; grading on five the 1966 county road mill rate miles south of Lueknow; grad - of 93 mills". Engineer James W. Britnell, who presented the report, told council that people who expect improved roads without hi - creased expense are unrealistic, but added that if costs of gravel, etc., are in line with 1966 prices, the road budget can probably be held for another year. a burn on the piano. Only one hamburger, with all the trim- mings, upset on the rug. So we're going to let her have an- other party. Twenty-two years from now, for her daughter. * * * Son Hugh brought us a spe- cial Christmas present this year. The announcement that he was quitting school. Oh, well, you can't win them all. But it doesn't make the goose go down any better, even though you as- sure him that he's cooked his own and has to lie in it, or Whatever the saying is. Total road construction in the county during 1966 amounted to $410,890, with bridge and culvert building accounting for an additional $246,766,52. Main- tenance of roads cost $427,851.- 96, 427,851:96, with bridge and culvert maintenance expenditures re- ported at $3,444.86. Questions from the floor re- garding the report included one from Clifford R. Dunbar, reeve of Grey, who wondered if sand- ing and salting was overdone. He noted the cost for this item alone was $50,184.65. Britnell told him most people preferred to travel on a skid - free pavement and that there were no hard and fast rules re- garding the amount of sand and salt required to keep them that way. The trial and error method proved the most satis- factory way to determine the quantity of salt and sand to be dumped on county roads, he de- clared, and said it was left to the discretion of the road fore- man and the drivers. * * * Nephew Paul of Laval U. ap- peared out of nowhere, as col- lege boys do. Father wants him to be a doctor. He wants to be a beachcomber. And he's lost his boots and his feet were soaking. That kid has lost his shoes or boots, over 18 years, in South America, the West In- dies, Holland, and Cape Breton Island. But be never loses his good spirits, bless him. * * * Speaking of centennial year, some readers may have noticed a rather sardonic attitude to- ward this great national occa- sion, in my last couple of col- umns. Please excuse it. I don't really feel that way. It's a sort of back -lash. For years, I've been trying to tell people how great Canada is and could be. * * * Kim had her first teenage party over the holidays. She invited 18 and 27 showed up. That's the way they operate nowadays. She was adamant about her parents staying out of the way. We did, with hid- den horror. But when it came time for the food, she came to us, hiss- ing furiously: "Aren't you even going to cook the hamburgers?" And we spent the next two Hours feeling much like a cou- ple of short-order cooks brought in for the evening to do the catering. The music was turned up so loud I was sure the cops would raid us. Kids kept wandering into fhe kitchen and demand- ing flatly: "Got any 'cold pop?" But it was over finally. We checked the living -room. Not :k * * Gordon Sinclair, columnist and TV personality, and I have little in common. He's rich. I'm not. He's shrewd and crude pugnacious and pontifical, as- tute and asinine. I was about to say I'm not, but on second thought won't. But we are as one on the need for a holiday in February. Did you see him tackle the Prime Minister on that recently? I've been shout- ing this theme for years. It's .the greatest centennial gift Mr. Pearson could give this nation. By mid-February, every- one in this country is so frayed and flogged that it's amazing there aren't suicides and axe - murders galore. I don't care what they call it. But let's have the nearest Monday to Valentine's Day as a national holiday. Council learned that an item marked "signs" on the road re- port and costing $25,784.58 in- cluded almost $10,000 for cen- tre line painting. County road markers are now general in the county, reported Britnell, who said the route markers were Ladies' Auxiliary Mrs. E. Rowe chaired the meeting of the LA executive of Guides and Brownies on Jan- uary 24, at Hensall United Church, when plans were final- ized for the candy sale which will take place Saturday, Feb- ruary 11. Mothers are to de- liver candy to Hensall United Church from 3:30 to 7 p.m. on Friday. A centennial another and daughter banquet for the Guides and Brownies will take place February 22 at 6 p.m. at Hensall United Church. VVARNA NEWS ing from :Hillsgreen to Highway 84 (two and one-half miles); 100 -foot Kinburn bridge on County Road 15; 40 -foot bridge on County Road 20 in Ashfield Township. Council approved a salary in- crease of $1,000 per annum for County Engineer Britnell; an increase in speed from 50 to 60 miles per hour on County Road 4 from Highway 4 to highway 81, County Road 13 from Clin- ton to Highway 21 and County Road 16 from Highway 4 to Brussels. roomitestmesmgmataattstimammeammarnansrmaffasesamixo Cerate 'VALENTINE and Euchre 01 SOO arty TUESD Nay Township iia11„ Z rich PRIZES AUCTIONEER TO AUCTION OFF BOXES Coffee Will Be Supplied Sponsored by Zurich Women's Institute The Royal Scarlet Chapter of South Huron met in the local Orange Hall recently and elect- ed the following officers: past WC, Wellwood Gil, Grand Bend; WC, Ronald Denham, Woodham; DC, Alex Hamilton, Grand Bend; chaplain, Charles Reid, Varna; recording secre- tary, Carmen Stacey, Woodham; treasurer, William Dickey, Woodham; marshal, Edward. 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