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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1967-03-09, Page 1No. 18 --FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1967 NEW SNOW PLOW — Hay Township .re- ,ceived their new truck and snow plow last Friday, and wasted little time in trying out the new unit. Shown here, left to right, are Al Corbett, reeve John Corbett, councillors Harold Campbell and Lloyd Hendrick, deputy -reeve Delbert Geiger and road superintendent Carl Haberer. Operator of the unit, right, is Edgar Steinbach, while his assis- tant on the left is Edgar Willert. Citizens News Photo 7 CENTS PER COPY WinnePj4 Crtest GRADES 7 AND 8 WINNERS in the public speaking contest held last Friday night in the Hensall Legion Hall are Anne Keys, left, first; Gor- don Pryde, centre, second, and Doug Mock, right, third,. The event was sponsored by the Hensall Legion Ladies' Auxiliary. GRADES 5 ANI) 6 WINNERS in the public speaking contest were Pat Joynt, Ieft, first; Pam Mickle, centre, second, and Cathy Cook, right, third, The ccntest was open to pupils of the Hensall Public School, and a total of 11 children entered the competition. Citizens News Photo Consider Road for Cemetery :access In Zurich Limits The council of the village of Zurich, at their regular meeting last week met with Lee Regier and Alfred Meidinger, repre- senting St. Bonifac Church, to discuss the possibility of open- ing a stretch of road directly east of the church cemetery. According to the two delegates, the cemetery is filling up and they are finding it necessary to use plots at the northeast corn- er. The only access to this sec- tion of the cemetery would be a new road to the east of the property. The strip of land between the cemetery and the property to the east has been designated as a right-of-way for many years, and council agreed to look into the possibility of con- verting it into a roadway. In other business at the meet- ing the council approved a grant of $10 to the Huron His- torical Society, and agreed to pay $10 membership in the On- tario Association of Mayors and Reeves. The annual convention of this group is scheduled for Niagara Falls in May. A county workshop is planned. for Goderich on March 15 and 16, and several members of council are planning to attend this informative session. Road superintendent Urban Pfile met with council and dis- cussed various problems .arising with snow removal and at the village .dump. He complained to council that there are some people who dump their rubbish all over the place, and others who route through the rubbish to look for valuable articles. Accounts totalling $1494.01 were approved for payment. 0 Agriculture Meet Set for Clinton y Council Discusses oine mps; Let Drain Contracts The council of the Township of Hay is debating as to whether or not they would be wise to install their own gasoline pumps at their shed, to look after the needs of their various vehicles. Considerable discussion on the idea took place at the Monday meeting of council. . At the present time the town- ship vehicles are filled up with gas at various outlets through- out the area, where they receive a special discount. Road super- intendent Carl Haberer told council he feels they would not be saving any more with their own pumps, by the time they figure the loss on shrinkage and the possibility of theft from the pumps. While there was a lengthy discussion on the matter, no definite decision was reached at the Monday meeting, The largest number of tend- ers in ;history were received by the council for threedrains which are lender study, and the prices variedon certain drains by thousands of dollars. Russell Cook, of Stratford, was awarded the contract for two of the drains as he sub- mitted the lowest tenders. His price on the Van Steeg branch of the Aldworth drain was $14,493, and on the Koehler municipal drain he tendered for $8856. The third contract, for open work on the Cann - Mitchell drain, went to Alvin Litt, of Parkhill, for $990. At the same meeting council awarded contracts for the war- ble fly program, which is car- ried out annually. Ross Love was • awarded the job as inspec- tor, at a rate of $1.40 per hour, plus 10 cents a mile. His was the only tender received for this portion of the contract. Only one tender was received for the application of warble fly spray, and this contract went to William Watson, at a price of 121 cents per head for each application. Four or five tenders were re- ceived for the supply of the warble fly powder, and the con- tract went to Rosaire Bedard, at a price of $4.95 for a 15 - pound bag, delivered to the township shed. In other business at the meet- ing the council agreed to pay an account of $95 to Harvey Krotz, . of Listowel, for two months' rental of a truck and snowplow which they had been using while waiting for the new unit they bou^'ht. The - also approved paying for the new truck, at a price of $10,- 482.45. Council also approved the attendance of Carl Haberer at a three-day course for road superintendents to be held in Guelph in May. During a discussion on the roads in the township, the pos- sibility of a couple of new bridges to be built this summer came up. The road superin- tendent suggested that two bad bridges which should be re- placed are on the 14th conces- sion in front of the farm of Ted Geoffrey, and on the sec- ond concession in front of the farm of Ross Corbett. A number of complaints have been received by council in connection with mail boxes be- ing knocked down by the snow- plows, and it was pointed out that the township is not respon- sible for damages such as this. The road superintendent told the meeting that this winter has been one of the worst in recent years as far as heavy roads are concerned, and the banks' have been piling up very high. He added that when this is the ease an operator <- Gln chance to see a mail box hide an in the snow bank. Clerk H. W. Brokenshire vas instructed to write to t? e de- partment of highways, with a request that they erect con- cession signs on all roads lead- ing from highways 83. 84, 4 and 21, in the Township of Hay. Approval was given to invest $300 from the Hillsgreen ceme- tery account in bonds, to obtain a better rate of interest on the money. The board of trustees of the Hay Township School Area were given permission to use the township office for a spe- cial meeting on Thursday. March 9. Hay Township Council Lets Gravel Contract to Grand Bend Company At a special meeting of the Hay Township council last week, the contract for supplying gravel this year was awarded to R. H. Jennison, of Grand Bend. The Jennison contract is to supply 20,000 cubic yards at a price of $2.05 per yard. Clerk Brokenshire was in- structed to draw up an agree- ment with the department of highways regarding a "Hold Harmless Clause", in which the department cannon hold Hay responsible for claims on town- ship roads used as detours dur- ing construction on Highway 4 from Exeter to Kippen. The township sickness and accident policy for employees was revised so that weekly in- demnity for loss of time •is in- creased from $40 to $60; com- mencing on the fourth day. A Ietter from Hon. C. S. Mac= Naughton was read to council, asking for information in con- nection with any residents be- ing over 100 years .old, or reach- ing their 100th birthday this year. Several members of council are planning to attend the work- shop in Goderich next Wednes- day and Thursday. Hensall Council Asks for Meting With Area Townships on Fire Protection Hensall village council met in the council chambers on Monday, March 6, et 8 p.m., with reeve Noakes, councillors Knight, Jaques and Lavender present. Minutes read by clerk Earl Campbell were adopted as read on motion of Knight and Jaques. Council decided to ask the municipalities of Hay, Tucker - smith, Hibbert, Usborne and Shanley to meet with them to discuss fire protection agree- ments, on March 29, at 8 p.m. E. R. Davis reported snow plowing streets from Cosy Corner to Highway 4, but said it was necessary to secure the help of W. J. Clement for plow- ing walks west of the tracks. Mr. Davis further reported that the furnace was fixed by Davis and Campbell. Discussion took place over parking in the fire lane beside the town hall, and also over the paving of the road on York Crescent. Since snow removal this winter is more costly it was decided to ask for $2,000 for road maintenance and $6,000 for construction on York Cres- cent. Council agreed that the Agri- cultural Society should be per- mitted to build a cattle barn, size 26x80, near the arena. The exact location is to be settled by mutual consent of .council and the Agricultural Society. •Councillor Knight thanked council for sending him to the convention. of Ontario Rural Municipalities, and presented resolution from the meeting for council's perusal It was decided to 'contact the attorney general and ask what kind of policing the town can expect from the OPP. V, R. Davis was appointed weed inspector, and it was de- cided to let the snow melt on main street instead of having The second annual agricul- tural conference will be held on Friday, March 10, in the Legion Hall, Clinton. This will be Pesticide Day. On Saturday, March 11, at Central Huron Secondary School, Clinton, there will be various subjects under discus- sion. The Huron County Soil and Crop Improvement Association, Huron County Federation of Agriculture and the town of Clinton extends an invitation to attend this .important yearly event --an adult education pro- grani. it trucked away. A protest by the townships of Morris and West Wawanosh that the rural municipalities were paying more than the urban municipalities toward the Ontario Public Libraries was labelled "a farmer's song" by one councillor. All nursing homes in the province must have a provincial. licence as of January 1, 1967, and these are available to nurs- ing homes having 1966 licences. Building permit was issued Charles Wilson to build a chim- ney. Accounts •of $2,325.97 were ordered to be paid. Reeve Noakes had to cast the deciding vote when council of Hensall agreed to a resolu- tion by the Centennial commit- tee making it an offense for any male over 18 to be clean. shaven between March i and July 1. A shaving permit is to cost one dollar. The penal- ty is to ,be 15 minutes spent in the stocks to be built in front of the town hall on July, to be ridiculed by his fellow citizens. A request by the Historical Society for a donation was ignored. Huron Liberals Pack Walton Man For President of New Riding Association Gordon McGavin, a farm equipment dealer from Walton, who was a Liberal candidate for the Federal House of Com- mons in recent years, was named president of the Huron Liberal Association at a meet- ing in Exeter last Friday eve- ning. William Elston, Morris Town- ship, is past president. District vice-presidents are: Ross Tuckey, Exeter; James Taylor, Hensall; Max Harper, Goderich; William Leiper, Jr., Hullett Township; Sohn Broad - foot, Tuckersmith; Calvin Kraut- er, Brussels; Colin Campbell, Wingham; Jack Rosser, McGill- vray Township. Harold Shore, Goderich, is secretary, and Ivan Kalbfeise1h, Zurieh, is treasurer. Agriculture Minister J. J. Greene was the guest speaker for the event in the Legion Hall where dinner was served to more than 200 persons. Mr. Greene said that dairy farmers should have a just return for their investment. The minister noted that the farmer with 10 to 20 cows and who is not running an efficient operation is one of the main problems in today's dairy in- dustry. He said the. dairy farm- er doesn't like to rely too much all income from the govern- ment. Mr. Greene noted that govern- ment policies are in the works to benefit the dairy farmer. He has hopes for .a higher price structure and better gross in- come. An encouraging note was sounded for the beef farmer, too, by the minister who point- ed out that beef consumption, both in Canada and throughout has become almost impossible the world, had grown so that it to over -produce. He urged the province to do- velop production of beef cattle in Northern Ontario.