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Zurich Citizens News, 1967-02-02, Page 8PAGE EIGHT Zurich Centennial Committee Plans More Activity The Zurich Centennial Com- mittee met Monday evening for the first time in 1967. Len Bates reported that the modular which was ordered had arrived and invited discussion as to the most advantageous location for its mounting. Final decision was left to the centennial on lighting. Delbert Geiger was a guest at this meeting on behalf of I Hay Township. The two muni cipalities anticipate co-operat- ing with centennial celebrations during 1967. Zurich Wood Products Ltd, has donated the material to create plywood symbols to dec- orate the four entrances to the village. These will be finished in red and white. the centen- nial colors. Completion of the installations of these items is set for April 1. Mounting of the old school bell was a topic for discussion. A corner mounting in the main hall of - Hay Township School No. 1, Zurich, was favored by the committee. The centennial committee has for sale coaster -ash trays, par- celled 6 for 25c, which will be available at the Fashion Show. on February 22. Plans for the garden party to be held July 1 will be the only subject on the agenda for the next meeting, to beheld Feb- ruary 9, at 8 p.m. in the muni- cipal office. Plans Special Children's Show Clinton Station Canadian Forces Base Clin- ton's first centennial project will take place in February when.:the base sponsors a visit by the Toronto Children's The- atre. This. well-known professional company will stage "The Tin- derbox", by Dorothy Jane Goulding, in the Base Physical Training Centre on February 20 and 21. ,The only show open to the public will be held at 7 p.m. on February 20, admission is 25 cents. Four other shows will be pre- sented far grade school children in the surrounding districts. Attendan'ce at these perform- ances is 'being co-ordinated by Huron County school inspectors. 0 Bovrling Scores MEN'S BOWLING LEAGUE D Boys, H Stade ____ 742 3 38 Q'aires, Lee Willert _ 593 1 32 Leftovers, L Mason _ 695 3 56 Cameos, P Bedard ___ 624 1 45 Rockets, J. Bedard _.. 744 3 54 Flyers, A Hoffman __ 668 1 49 B't'ettes, C Geiger __ 560 1 42 Dropouts,. C Lawrence 737 3 40 Starlites, ;S. Wolfe __ 619 0 38 Rebels, J Gingerich _ 570 3 37 G'rotters, C F'kbeiner 536 1 22 0 ZURICH, LADIES' LEAGUE _ January 23 H Gals, H'Faber ___ 616 0 45 Hilites, H McEwan__ 754 7 89 P & D'ns, I Hartman 628 5 67 Packers, L Rader __ 592 2 108 Scamps, C Erb 528 0 32 D'aires, G Marcell 591 7 80 N Hawks, D O'Brien 655 7 106 Aces, W Erb _ 471 0 30 Starlites, M Rader 680 7 113 P Pipers, M Campbell 537 0 30 11 single: E. McEwan ____ 335 H triple: B. Sangster ____ 815 H average: G. Marcell _.._ 221 0 SENIOR 'MIXED LEAGUE January 26 Hi -Hopes, M' Clausius_ 489 0 52 W'p'wills, IVt Rau ___ 649 7 37 S Wins, D Geiger _ 606 4 65 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS READY FOR ACTION —A large steam engine still provides the power to operate the machinery at the Zurich Wood Products plant in Zurich, Each morning before the engine starts up it must be carefully serviced, and in this photo engineer Leeland Surerus is shown oiling the working parts in prepara- tion for another's day's •operations. Between 15 and 20 employees are now on the staff at the local wood -working factory, and pros- pects look much better for the future. ST. JOSEPH and DRYSDALE Alfred Ducharme, Correspondent On Sunday last Mr and Mrs. Dolph Sopha, of this highway, motored to Zurich to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Abel Ducharme, where a dinner was prepared for the Ducharme family which included Mrs. Alice Denomme of this highway, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Durand, of the 14th con- cession, and from Zurich, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Meidinger. It was a get-together where many little incidents were renewed to make the day an enjoyable one. We congratulate families who have the forethought of meet- ing together at different times, a reminder of their childhood days. Today's Thought We look forward to the time when the power of love will replace the love of power, then will our world know the bless- ing of peace. On Saturday last Ronald L. Ducharme, son of Mr. and Mrs. Avila Ducharme of this high- way, was united in wedlock with Miss Diane Siemon, of Goderich, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Har- old Siemon of that town. They were married in her home town of Goderich. Weather takes its course and favors no one, for Saturday last was perhaps one of the worst storms of the winter. However, that did not prevent the young couple from going through the marriage ceremony. Those from a far distance could not be present but regardless of their absence they offered their gifts and good wishes to the young couple. A well prepared dinner was served in the Com- munity Hall in Dashwood with the reception there in the eve- ning. They were the recipients of many valuable gifts which showed the highest respect for the young couple. In their new life it is our pleasure to offer to them our best wishes for their future life. After their return from their honeymoon they will reside in this com- munity. Already we are on the last half of the month of January and always known as a month Ramblers, C Deichert_ 569 3 59 H'keyes, C Geiger _.. 611 3 95 V'ities, H F'kbeiner__ 725 4 68 H single: L. Willert _____ 317 H triple: 11. Finkbeiner__ 725 CAI. ME Featuring CAVALI ash ood Co ramify Centre SATURN AY, FEB `k JAI ' 9.12 P.M. DON'T MISS IT ! ! of disturbance, due to high winds and cloudy weather al- most throughout its length. The month is also known for its heavy snowfall when accompan- ied by high winds causing blus- try and stormy weather to con- tend with. In the primitive years of this western part of the province, known todays as the Blue Water Highway, the early settlers did nothing for the removal of the snow on filled roads, when this was all bushland and wind had little or no effect in blowing the snow. Each fall of snow meant adding inches or sometimes a foot to the previous fall and when the roads had a covering of perhaps four or five feet on the level and when already milder days had thawed the snow and formed a crust, set- tlers then thought it was full time they tramped it down with horses hooked on a barlo, that was a long sleigh, hand -made by the early citizens of this part of 'Western Ontario. In those days there were no snowplows to shove the snow, no snowblowers to blow the snow Out of the way, as afore- said the snow was trampled down. Settlers in the distance of perhaps a quarter of a mile would take that as their part and almost all along the road settlers would do the same. That meant all they would do to the roads. Not all of the settlers had a span of horses then two would get together and form a team. It was hard on horses .break- ing the roads, as they would call that, and some claim they had better horses to go through deep snow • that their neigh- bors, and sometimes those of French settlers would get into an argument or near a riot. Of course they did not have dang- erous weapons which could have caused harm and gener- ally the winners in those argu- ments were those who could talk the loudest or the fastest. Such was the month of Jan- uary in those years gone by. Hensall Native 100 Years Old John T. Mitchell, Huronview, formerly of Hensall, who will celebrate his 100th birthday on February 7, son of Valentine Mitchell and Belmira Hewson. Mr. Mitchell was born on the 2nd concession of Hay Town- ship. After three years, the family moved to their farm in Tuckersmith. About 14 years later, his father bought a farm in Usborne Township, but John remained on the farm in Tuck- ersmith, where 'his only son, Stanley, now lives. Mr. Mit- chell speaks of the old cheese factory located about half a mile west of their place and was built about 1870 by An- drew Malcom. It operated quite successfully for •a num- ber of years and it changed hands several times. At its peak the factory produced 2500 pounds of cheese per day. It was closed about 1900. Mr. Mitchell said it was a favorite place for the lads to gather in the evenings in the summer to play baseball and horseshoe. He remembers Rogersville well too, for Rogersville had the nearest store, post office and blacksmith shop. The Presbyterian Church was also there. The centurian tells of the Bell family on the London Road north of Rogersville and the good times he had there with the musical family. He men- tions, too, his first top buggy and black driver. Mr. Mitchell married Eliza- beth Rice, of Cromarty, in 1891. They belonged to the Metho- dist Church in Chiselhurst. In the winter of 1901 Mr. Mitchell met with a very pain- ful accident while sawing wood with a neighbor, the late Mar- tin McTaggart. A Iog fell on his font almost severing it at the ankle. Mr. Mitchell gives the late Dr. Ferguson, of Hen - sail, credit for saving his foot, hut the accident left him lame. In 1928 he bought a house in Honsall and Mr. and Mrs. Mit- chell moved to it when their son was married. They joined the United Church and cele- brated their 64th wedding anni- versary before Mrs. Mitchell died in 1956 at the age of 85. Soon after, Mr. Mitchell sold his place in Hensall and stayed with his family until the spring of 1966 when he went to Hur- onview. He health at present is fairly goad but his eyesight and hearing are quite poor. .His family now include; three daughters: Mrs. Jarvis (Olive) Horton; Mrs. Melville (Edna) Traquair, 'both of Hen- sall; Mrs. Carl (Gertrude) Stone- man, Cromarty; a son, Stanley, on the home farm; five grand- sons and two grand -daughters; 13 great grandchildren, and one great-great-granc'hild. Duncan Stewart, who celebrat- ed his 100th birthday at Huron - view on January 14, frequently visits Mr, Mitchell in his room when the two talk over olden days when they used to sit to- gether in school. 0 RENA CTIVITIES "Babe Siebert" Memorial Arena Zurich Monday — Hockey or skating. Tuesday -- 2-3:30 p.m.: pre- school and beginners, chil- dren and mothers free. 3:30-5:30 public skating. 8:00.10:00 public skating. Wednesday — Hockey games. Thursday —. 3:30 - 5:30 public skating; 8 -10 public skating. Friday —. Hockey or skating. Saturday -- 9 -10 Mite practice; 10-11 Squirt practice; 2-4 public skating; 8.10 public skating. Sunday ---. 2- 4 public skating. Admission: Public school, 15c; high school, 25e; adults, 35c. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 119, 17 Minor Hockey Playoffs Under Way By Kevin McKinnon Citizens News Sport Writer Zurich teams last week fin- ished off their schedule and starting either this week or next every team will begin the play-offs, some time or another. Juveniles Finish Season The H Z Juveniles, on Friday night of last week, lost a close 4-2 decision to a team from Brussels. The scorers for Z -H were Gary Kyle and Bill Hoffman. The game was tied until the middle of the last frame when H -Z let up and Brussels popped in the go-ahead goal. H -Z pulled their goalie in the last 50 sec- onds but a Brussels player broke loose to score into the open net. The HZ juveniles seemed to be a bit depressed after learn- ing just before game time that they had to enter "B" classifi- cation instead of "C" as they expected they would for the playoff. The whole team is mad because why should two little towns whose population total only 1600 have to play off against towns like Listowel with a population of 6600. As things stand now the Juveniles will play the winner of the Listowel- Seaforth series for the group title in "B". Intermediates Defeat Juveniles On Wednesday night of last week the Zurich Intermediates defeated .a short-handed H -Z Juveniles team by a score of 9-3. Scorers for the Intermediates were Jim Pfaff with three, the hat trick; Bob Johnston and Earl Wagner with two, and sin- gles going to Mike Soldan and Alan Beange. Lavern Harburn, Dan Kipfer and Paul Hesse counted for the Juveniles The score was only 4-2 in the second stanza but the Interme- diates suddenly caught fire and from there on the Juveniles just couldn't stop them. One of the reasons being they were missing four players. The Juveniles still think if they have their whole team out that they can beat the big Interme- diates. Squirts Lose in Exhibition The unbeatable Zurich Squirts on Sunday afternoon lost by a score of 10-0 to the Zurich Pee- Wees. The two teams, to make things a bit more even, traded goalies with the Squirt goalie playing for the Pee-Wees and the Pee -Wee goalies playing for the Squirts. The Squirts held their own even though the score was so high. The little guys tried to out -muscle the bigger Pee-Wees, and on occasions were successful, but were un- able to skate with the faster and more experienced boys. Basketball League Being Formed Sunday afternoon, February 5, at 2 o'clock, in the Zurich Co ni rn u n i t y Centre, anyone wishing to join a basketball league be on hand so we can draw up plans for a league and organize the teams. The age limit for this sport will be for any boy or girl between the age of 13 -18. If you don't in- tend to participate when your team plays there is no sense in signing up. Further information will be available on Sunday afternoon, or contact Jerry Rader or me. Midgets Win—Take Lead in Series On Tuesday night of this week the Zurich Lions Midgets won a squeaky 5-4 decision over a stubborn Monkton crew. The victory gave the Midgets a 1-0 lead in their best -of -five series for the group "D" title. The game was a close one with the score being tied 4-4 at the 12 minute mark of the third period when Richard Schilbe converted a pass from Shane McKinnon into the met to give Zurich the victory. Other scores were Ron Oortri- veau, who led the Zurich at- tack with two goals, and the others going to Aubrey Bedard and Freddie Armstrong. Next Game is in Monkton on Thursday night, with the third game to be held in Zurich on Saturday night, if the ice is suitable to play on. 0 Big Order For Zurich Industry A very important order has been received by the local manufacturing firm of Zurich Wood Products Limited -- one that could conceivably lead to considerable more business for the industry. The mill is buzzing with ac- tivity producing highly precis- ion drawer fronts, sides and moulding assemblies for the Ontario Research Department. These components form part of a final assembly of many varied cabinets for use in the numer- ous laboratories maintained by the department. Specified deadline date on delivery is requiring some over- time operations at the plant, which now is employing be- tween 15 and 20 people, The progress being made at the local mill is an encouraging. sight to all those who realize the value of industrial activity in the area. 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