Zurich Citizens News, 1967-03-16, Page 1No. 111—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS
ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1967
MANY HAPPY RETURNS — It was cake,
candles, the works for residents of Blue Water Rest
Home who had celebrated birthdays since the open-
ing of the Home last November. Seen here (left to
right, seated) are three residents who were able
to be up for the festivities. They are Mrs. Anna
Ellis, Mrs. Edna Glaizer and Mrs. Effie Kleinstiver.
Others at the Home who were honored but were
not pictured are Mrs. Annie Stelck, Mrs. Mary
Stephan, Harry Appleton, William Thiel and Ches-
ter Smith. Standing at the rear of the photo are
members of the Ladies' Auxiliary, who planned the
event. They are (left to right) Mrs. Wilfred Corri-
veau, Mrs. Gerald Gingerich, Mrs. W. B, Coxon,
Mrs. William BaechIer and Mrs. Laurence Regier.
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STRIKE UP THE BAND—Seven lovely major-
ettes and an equally attractive leader gave an ex-
citing display of their twirling talent when they
performed for the elderly citizens at the Blue Water
Rest Home on Tuesday evening. The occasion was
a birthday party for three guests at the Home,
sponsored by the Blue Water Rest Home Auxiliary.
The girls here are showing their fancy foot and
finger work in the dining lounge adjacent to the
residents' living room. Note the perky bunny in
the upper right hand corner of the picture which
greets all at mealtime, and reminds everyone that
that spring and Easter are not far away.
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Various Committees Will Present
Reports at County Council Session
Huron County council is
scheduled to meet for the March
session beginning next Monday
and continuing until Tuesday
evening. At this time, the
board of health, the road com-
mittee, the library board, the
board of management of Huron -
view, industrial and tourism
and property committees will
make their reports.
County officers reporting at
this session will be the gover-
nor of the jail, R. W. Bell, and
Miss C. McGowan, local direc-
tor sof the Children's Aid So-
ciety.
One of the main topics for
discussion will be the proposed
addition to the Huron County
Pioneer Museum.
During the presentation of
the road committee report, long
derv) service pins will be •award-
ed to Bert Craig, 26 years; W.
3. llallahan, 25 years; Frank
Riley, 28 years; John Snell, 40
years; William A, Wright, 37
years; Courtland Kerr, 39 years;
Robert McCabe, 32 years; Fred
Seers, 37 years.
All are eunployees of Huron
County road department who
will he awarded the new service
pins which indicate 25 or more
years with the county. A lunch-
eon is also arranged in their
honor.
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Hensall Honeys
Discuss Habits Of
Other Countries
Hensall Honeys 4-H Home-
making Club held its sixth meet-
ing at the home of Mrs. R. M.
Peck on Monday, March 13.
In the absence of the president,
Linda Fuss, Debbie Anderson
conducted the business of the
meeting. The minutes were
read by the secretary, Cathy
Munn, and the roll call, "What
do I know about Scandinavian
countries and Finland", was
well answered.
Mrs. Peck, assisted by Debbie
Anderson, Pam Taylor, Anne
Funk, Cathy Munn :and Janice
Armstrong, made cabbage rolls,
while Linda Kipfer, Linda Hay,
Cathy McEwen .and Mary Mock
helped Mrs. Peck with the fruit
soup,
Mrs. Peck treated the girls
to German cookies, which they
pronounced "good".
Mrs. Caldwell took up the
food customs of the Scandi-
navian countries and Finland
as well as the study of various
kinds of cheese. ,Achievement
Day discussions were continued.
7 CENTS PER COPY
Amid a fury of rumors and
in the wake of a stormy session
earlier in the school year when
the board at South Huron Dis-
trict High School asked for the
resignation of the school prin-
cipal, L. D. Palmer, confirma-
tion was given on Tuesday eve-
ning of this week that Mr.
Palmer had tendered his resig-
nation effective immediately.
While no reason was forth-
coming concerning the reason
for the resignation at this time,
it is understood that the board
hacl not requested it.
The following is a statement
issued by W. E. Burton, busi-
ness administrator at SHDHS on
Wednesday morning during a
telephone conversation:
"At a meeting last night
(Tuesday), the management com-
mittee of the board reported
that a letter had been received
from L. D, Palmer in which he
tendered his resignation effec-
tive March 14, 1967. Mr, Palmer
indicated he would be available
in a consultative capacity until
June 30, 1967.
"The management committee
recommended, with regret, that
his resignation be accepted.
Television Pei=sonadity Guest Speaker
Stephen Federation Annual Meeting
Stephen Township Federation
of Agriculture served about 250
turkey dinners at a banquet in
Crediton on Tuesday evening.
Head table guests included Mr.
and Mrs. Don Pullen, Clinton;
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Baker, RR 2,
Dashwood; Mr. and Mrs. Gor-
don Ratz, RR 3, Dashwood; Mr.
and Mrs. Bruce Shapton, RR 1,
Exeter; Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Sheppard, RR 2, Dashwood;
Rev. and Mrs. H. Zurbrigg,
Crediton; Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Hayter, Dashwood; Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Hayter, RR 2, Dashwood;
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Skinner, Us -
borne Township; Mr. and Mrs.
Horace Lake, RR 3, Parkhill;
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Keller,
Dashwood, and the Huron Corn -
Zurich Man On
P.C. Executive
Gordon Hess, Zurich, in dis-
trict three of the Western On-
tario Progressive Conservative
Association, was elected a vice-
president of the group at a
meeting in London on Satur-
day attended by 250 area PCs.
Stratford lawyer Bill Jarvis
was unopposed in his bid for
the presidency of the organiza-
tion. Mr. Jarvis graduated in
business from the University of
Western Ontario in 1953, and
from the UWO law school in
1962. He is president of the
Stratford Men's PC Association
and vice-president ,of the Perth
PC Association.
Jack Haley, of London, was
re-elected secretary, and J. R.
Morrison, Kitchener, was re-
named treasurer.
Other vice-presidents are:
Wes McLauchlin, Brantford;
Dr. Fred Speckeen, Waterloo;
Sheppard McCallum, Wilkes -
port; Tom Naylor, Woodstock;
Bill Ward, London.
The meeting approved divis-
ion of the 18 provincial ridings
in the area into the six dis-
tricts. Huron and Huron -Bruce
is district three.
ty Girls' Trio and their pianist,
Miss Joanne Eligson, Walton.
Speaker for the evening was
another head table guest, Roy
Jewell, CFPL radio and tele-
vision, who, with his wife, at
tended from Dutton. Mr. Jewell
brought pictures from his trip
to New Zealand, Australia and
Japan which he showed with a
running commentary about the
people, the customs and the
country.
One of the most interesting
aspects of farm life 'down un-
der', he noted, was the small
investment farmers have to
make in that area of the world.
Due to the moderate climate
there, barns as we know them
in Canada and the United
States are not needed. All that
is required is a two-sided or
three -sided shed to shelter ani-
mals fom the occasional wind
or rain storm—
Very few farmers own many
implements. Custom- work is
available and popular at harvest
time. Even the fertilizer is ap:
plied by commercial air com-
panies since farmers have found
this to be the most practical
way to blanket the hilly coun-
tryside with the crop improver.
Homes, remarked Mr. Jewell,
are comfortable and modern.
Flowers and shrubbery abound
in the lush, warm soil—espe-
cially in New Zealand, where
Mr. Jewell said he would like
to live if it was ever necessary
to move from Elgin County.
The only changes in the di-
rectors of the Stephen Federa-
tion was the appointment of
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Cann to
replace Mr. and Mrs. Greg
Flemming.
Ken Baker, speaking briefly
to the attentive crowd, asked
that Stephen Township parents
urge their sons and daughters
to take a more active part in
the formation of 4-H clubs. Ten
members are required, said Mr.
Baker, to form a club with its
own identity. In recent years,
members from Stephen have
joined with 4-H clubs from. Us -
borne, Exeter and Hay to make
up South Huron chubs.
signs
"The management committee
also recommended that Joseph
Wooden be appointed as acting
principal effective March 15.
"Both recommendations were
approved by the board."
Joseph Wooden, who was
vice-principal at the school, will
continue with his t ea c h in g
duties despite his new appoint-
ment. In order that he can ac-
complish a dual rote as admin-
istrator and teacher, the board
appointed Bruce thaw as exeeu-
tive assistant to the principal
effective March 15.
It is not anticipated that any
additional staff will be sought
by the hoard until it begins
advertising for the usual teach-
er needs for the fall term. At
that time, it is expected that
applications will be received
for the position of principal.
Students at the school greet-
ed the news of Mr. Palmer's
resignation with varied reaction
ranging from satisfaction to in-
difference. While some pupils
had been unhappy with the
school situation, others admit-
ted no personal axe to grind
with the principal whom they
agreed was doing his best to
maintain a high level of dis-
cipline.
In an address to the student
body on Tuesday afternoon, re-
ports that the retiring principal
indicated he had obviously
failed in his ambition to guide
young people successfully along
the road to education.
CONSTABLE H. R. STADE
Word has been received this
week that Third Class Constable
1.1, • R. Stade. son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Stade, Goshen
Street. Zurich, has successfully
completed recruit training at
Penhold, Alberta, this week.
Constable Stade joined the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
on September 15, 1966, and has
been posted to British Colum-
bia for duty.
r 13Ri'JNAGE mscuSSI ON --- Mnrieipal clerk:,
are no?orioil ly atr- nori'ties on the in and X14,'',`
all kinds of drainage by laws, but evert they need
to brush up once in a long while. Opportunity was
given them at Central Huron Secondary School in
Clinton last Saturday at the second day of the
agricultural conference, sponsored by the Ontario
Department of Agriculture. Clinton branch. Here
we see (Ieft to right) Bert Mowgavh, engineer with.
the de:.rns"tn',ent of 3grit'ulf;:re, illTiitol'1, as he speaks
iih Mel Graham, clerk of Stanley Township; Harry
i.rz�lli , clerk o:f: Lrsborne, and H. W. Brokenshire,
clerk of May,
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