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ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1967
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CENTURY -OLD PASTIME — These ladies may not
realize it, but they are enjoying the end of a dying art —
quilting. Although quilted items are just as popular as
ever, the number of ladies skilled at the craft is steadily
decreasing and only a few experts, such as the women pic-
tured here, are left to keep the hobby alive. They are, left
to right, Mrs. R. M. Peck, Mrs. W. Cole, Mrs. Earl Sproat,
Mrs. Joe Flyn, Mrs. H. McMurtrie, Mrs. J. McAllister and
Mrs. Gordon Love who comprised a quilting bee at Hensall
United Church recently.
Hang Dashwood
Firemen at Dinner
The annual firemen's banquet
for the firemen and wives was
held Wednesday evening, Feb-
ruary 1, with dinner at the
Dashwood Hotel. Fire chief
Harold Schroeder addressed the
group and called on several
others who spoke briefly. Two
retiring firemen, Lorne Klein-
stiver and Ken McCrae, received
a memento from the firemen.
James Hayter, retiring fire
chief, also received a remem-
brance. Harold Schroeder an-
nounced that Clayton Pfile had
given a donation to the fire-
men, who aided in saving his
shoe store.
Bunco followed at the Com-
munity Centre. Winners were:
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hayter;
consolationists were Mrs. Har-
old Stire and Cliff Salmon.
Cards and dancing rounded out
the evening.
Hensel! Council Will Discuss Fire R1tes
Hensall council agreed to
study the salary of E. R. Davis,
village road foreman and police-
man when it was revealled on
Monday night that Mr. Davis
would not be responsible for
police duties in the village af-
ter February 15, 1967. On that
date the Ontario Provincial
Police will begin policing Hen-
sall.
Davis indicated to council
that he felt his salary was too
low for the responsibility he
had and the .amount of work
under his jurisdiction.
Zurich council will be con-
tacted regarding a decision to
sell the radar equipment which
is presently jointly owned by
the two municipalities.
A special meeting of council
with Hensall fire chief and his
secretary will be held February
18 to discuss the question of
fire rates to outside munici-
palities.
Jack Lavender expressed
views indicating interest in the
retention of a full-time recrea-
tion director for Hensall, al-
though he admitted he was not
certain what grants can be re-
ceived for this purpose. The
park board member also de-
plored the condition of the
washrooms at , the arena and
suggested that immediate action
be taken to clean them up.
A request from Cook Brothers
Mills in Hensall that village
council remove the snow which
the plow rolls up in front of
their office was denied. Coun-
cil pointed out that it could not
be responsible for the removal
of any snow, with the exception
of that which is trucked away
from Main Street, a Queen's
Highway.
Building permits were award-
ed to J. Wallace for a small
storage shed and to W. Jones
for a recreation room and car-
port. The PUC will make every
effort to have the village cen-
CENTENNIAL SWEETHEARTS—Color-
ful costumes from the 19th centurywere
featured at the Valentine Box Social on
Tuesday evening and these three ladies
;joined in the fun by donning their Centennial
gowns for the event. Pictured here, left to
right, are Mrs, .Arnold Merner, Mrs. Alice
Thiel and Mrs. Ted Steinbach, who showed
the guests what the properly dressed lady
of 1867 wore on an evening out.
tennial decorations hung in time
for the carnival this week -end.
The charges will be the respon-
sibility of the centennial com-
mittee.
In other business, council in-
structed Davis to erect signs to
regulate parking on Wellington
Street and Mill Street and to
enforce the signs; greeted Mrs,
Robert Elgie and her grade 6
class from Hensall school who
came to view council in action;
and discussed the dog problem
as it effects Hensall,
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Zurich without
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Councillors in Hay Township
have agreed to enroll the town-
ship as a member of the new
Huron County Library System,
which came into effect with the
new year. Until now, Hay has
been •one of four townships in
the county refusing to join.
At the January session of
county council, it was pointed
out that residents in any muni-
cipality which had not joined
by February 15 would have to
pay to use any library in a
municipality enrolled in the sys-
tem. For instance, had Hay
Township not become a mem-
ber, Hay Township residents in
Dashwood would have been
charged to read books in the
Dashwood Library located in
Stephen Township, a member
municipality. It would have
been likewise for Hay Township
persons using libraries in Hen-
asll and Zurich.
Under the new system, Hay
Township council will pay a
flat rate for library facilities
and residents in the township
will have the benefit of a circu-
lation of books from all librar-
ies in the county. A county li-
brary board will purchase all
all books, finance all library
dealings and receive a larger
grant to work with because of
the amalgamation.
A qualified librarian must be
retained by the county in the
near future, although the status
of local librarians will remain
unchanged.
Council have accepted with
deepest regret the resignation
of Earl Flaxbard from the posi-
tion of manager of the Zurich
hydro and water systems, . ef-
fective January 31. Mr. Flax -
bard has accepted a position as
vice-president of Zurich Wood
Products Limited, in charge of
production. Until a replace-
ment is found Mr. Flaxbard will
continue to assist the village
operation on a part-time basis.
The council of the village of
Zurich, at their regular meeting
last Wednesday night, reviewed
the insurance coverage carried
by the municipality, In some
cases the amount of protection
was increased to keep up with
modern-day trends.
The liability insurance was
increased from $100,000 to
$500,000, for a very small addi-
tional premium. Also increased
was the coverage on the muni-
cipal office, and a new policy
was taken out protecting mem-
bers of council against accident
while on village business.
By-law 68, authorizing a tem-
porary loan from the Bank of
Montreal to finance the north-
west drainage works, was passed
at the meeting. The loan is
needed until debentures on the
project have been sold.
Dr. W. B. Coxon was appoint-
ed as the industrial represen-
tative for the village, and will
act as a contact between the
department of economics and
development and the village re-
garding information on indus-
trial sites and possibilities.
Council agreed to pay instruc-
tion fees for any or all mem-
bers of the volunteer fire de-
partment wishing to take a St.
John Ambulance first aid train-
ing course,
In the future the clerk -treas-
urer will be available for rate-
payers to contact every Satur-
day afternoon, at the municipal
office, At the same time coun-
cil have decided that all ac-
counts against the village must
be in the hands of the clerk-
treasurer no later than the last
Saturday in each month, for
payment and approval at the
regular monthly meeting on the
first Wednesday of each month.
Accounts that are not in the
hands of the clerk by this date
will not be approved for pay-
ment until the meeting the fol-
lowing month.
Accounts totalling $2788.80
were approved for paying at the
meeting.
Set Rates of Pay
Hay Township council set
rates of nay and mileage for
all township employees at their
meeting last Friday.
Salaries are: H. W. Broken -
shire, clerk -treasurer, tax col-
lector, $4,100, and road books,
$1200, total of $5300; Karl Ha-
berer, road foreman, $4800 with
three weeks vacation; assessor,
salary $1000, mileage $500, post-
age extra; reeve, salary $300
plus $50 mileage; deputy -reeve,
Hensall News
Celebrating birthdays at the
Queensway nursing home this
month are Mrs. Rose Regen, 74,
on February 12, and Mrs. Katie
Meidinger, who will be 96 years
old on Valentine Day, February
14.
Bill Gibson has arrived safely
in Canberra, Australia„ where
he will take up residence.
salary $275 plus $25 mileage;
councillors, salary $250 plus $25
mileage.
All council members and the
clerk will receive $8 per extra
meeting plus $2 mileage, and
the reeve, $2 per trip plus mile-
age for 13 times to sign cheques,
For selection of jurors, the
reeve, $6 plus mileage; assessor,
$6 plus mileage; clerk, $10.
Edgar Steinbach, $1,85 per
hour; Gordon Smith, $L85 per
hour; one man or patrolmen,
$1.40 per hour; fenceviewers,
$3.50 for each award plus mile-
age; stock evaluator, $3.50 per
trip plus mileage; school at-
tendance officer, $3 per trip
pus mileage; trench and build-
ing inspector, $2 per hour plus
mileage; tile drain inspector; $2
per hour plus mileage.
Deputy returning officers, $10
per day plus m i 1 e a g e; poll
clerks, $9 per day plus mile-
age; for poll booths at election
time, $7; tractor on grader 'pull-
ing brush, $2 per hour; town-
ship hall caretaker, $400 per
annum.
Special meeting was called
for Wednesday, February 15, to
open gravel tenders and to look
into affairs of property obtained
by tax arrears.
Councillors agreed again to
promote warble fly program,
Advertisement will be made for
someone to do the sprayng and
tenders will be called for the
supply of powder and an in-
spector.
Council supply and install a
15 inch corrugated metal pipe,
60 feet long, across concession
roads 2 and 3 at lot 27 in Hay:
instruct the engineer to include
Wurm Municipal Drain in the
Wildfong Drain report; tender
for construction of the tile por-
tion of Koehler Drainage Works,
Van Steeg branch of Aldworth
Drain and Cann- Mitchell drain-
age.
A reduction in the amount
of acres to be assessed to Lloyd
Stanlake for the Cann -Mitchell
drain was made from 62 acres
to 40 acres, with benefit and
outlet assessment remaining as
before. Ten acres was added
to the AIcantuc aportion.
A Canadian flag, 36 inches by
54 inches was purchased for the
Hay Township Hall and a Cana-
dian centennial flag, 36 inches
by 54 inches, was obtained for
the Hay Township picnic pa-
villion •on Lake Huron.
Hensall Reeve Needs Mac ssins For
Snowshoe Race at 'inter C Hirai
Reeve Mrs. Minnie Noakes,
of Hensall, needs a pair of
shoes.
No, not snowshoes for the
challenge snowshoe race in that
village this Friday and Satur-
day. Mrs. Noakes reports she
has a swift pair of snowshoes
which will be hard to beat when
she will race all reeves and
mayors in Huron County who
think they can beat her at the
feature event at Hensall Kins-
men's Centennial Winter Carni-
val.
It is no ordinary pair of shoes
that Mrs. Noakes desire s,
though. It is a very special
kind of footwear. Moccasins!
Without devulging any of
Mrs. Noakes' competition se-
crets, we agreed to aid her in
the search for .a pair of size
eight, eight and a half or nine
moccasins (women's sizes). She
prefers to borrow the moc-
casins which she points out will
be in use for only a few hours.
They should be warm, but it
isn't a real necessity because
we understand that Mrs. Noakes
really burns up the track in a
snowshoe contest.
Anyone with moccasins to
loan out should contact Mrs.
Noakes before the events of the
carnival week -end gets under
way.
An old-tyme dance will get
proceedings going in the local
arena on Friday evening about
9:45 p.m. At the dance, Hen-
sall Kinsmen will be crowning
a Snow Queen, the Iovely lady
to reign throughout the remain-
ing festivities on Saturday.
Then, she will ride in the
parade from the Town Hall to
the park where she will watch
over the pony cutter races,
snowshoe races, snowmobile
race and a log cutting contest.
A special attraction for the
kids will be a "Build a Snow-
man" contest which will un-
doubtedly bring out the sculp-
ture in many boys and girls.
There is still time to enter
the fun by contacting one of
the Kinsmen.
WHO'S GOT WHOSE GOT"? ---That's
the question Zurich Lions Club members are
asking themselves these days. At the last
inter -club meeting, a group of Lions from
East, West and North London presented the
gaily dressed little white goat to Zurich
Lion Leroy Thiel, president. The idea is for
the local Lions to pass the goat along in some
other lucky club they will visit. Until plans
have been made for an inter -club visit, Zar-
ich Lions must feed and care for the animal
.but no one really knows who's got
whose goat.