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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1967-02-09, Page 1No. 6—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1967 7 CENTS PER COPY Formerly Opposed to Plan (u h 'ty�1fJ01I 1, �'v �1� Prov k �, a 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, 0 Zurich without PUC Manan 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.