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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1967-03-30, Page 1No, 13 --FIRST WITH THE LOCAL,NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1967 7 CENTS PER COPY READY FOR THE ROAD — An unidentified truck driver stands atop the first load of maple squares to leave Zurich Wood Products Ltd. last Wednesday. Piled and strapped onto pallets, the squares are ready for transportation to New York where maple is in short supply. Watching from the ground are (left to right) Harvey Adams, Dashwood, employed with Russell Fisher who had charge of the loading; Zurich Reeve Leroy Thiel, and plant supervisor Earl Flax bard. - JUST THE BEGINNING — From the second this maple log is. rolled into the Zurich Wood Products Ltd. plant, it becomes the most important commodity to the men employed there who are seen here in the early stages of preparing maple squares for ex- port to New York. Here Roy Schenk, sawyer, left; Albert Hoffman, centre, and Joe Kenda ease the log into posi- tion to be sawed. (Citizens News Photos) Huron County Council Again Renews ennhership in MWDWODA Group Huron County has renewed its membership for 1967 in Midwestern Ontario Develop- ment Area Council, at a cost of $5,226, as recommended by the new industrial and tourism committee to county council last Monday. Three other counties are members: Perth, Wellington and Oxford, with Waterloo a Pros- pect. The city of Stratford •again has turned down mem- bership. Calvin Kreuter, Brussels, chairman of -the committee, in- troduced William. G. Urquhart, Stratford, general manager, who reported •on some •of the pro- jects under way. Signs were very good in regard to Centra- lia air base. As liaison agents for Expo, Midwestern expected to entertain five to 15 thous- and in business groups touring the areathis year. Mr. Urquhart said the devel- opment council had not lost any members so far from last year, but Stratford was out again. "The council was just living out its lease in that city," he said. Hume Clutton, Goderich, a county appointee in 1966, re- viewed his representation and requested that he be 'not re- appointed. Chairman Krauter reported that committee members had met with representatives of On- tario Departments of Tourism and Information and Municipal Affairs, and that a further meeting is planned to discuss the advisability of county plan- ning. "Out of this there could evolve an official plan," Mr, Kreuter pointed out. "How- ever, before any further steps are taken, the •committee will investigate the cost .of any such project and report back to county council," he stated. Mr, Xir'attter thought that the Fire in Zurich NI `i uesd+'{y i t Soon Exiting ed A fire of undetermined origin threatened the former Ruston Transport barn in Zurich on Tuesday evening. 'Motorist David Steckle noticed smoke around the premises and noti- fied Gerald Gingerieh who gave the alarm. Zurich volunteer fire brigade answere the call and managed to confine the fire to a storage area. No serious damage re- sulted. 0 county had not been advertised enough, and commented that the committee was talking about the county producing a brochure to be distributed at various tourist -entry points. 0 Beards Will Be Highlighted at Saturday Dance Bearded boys will be turning out Saturday evening with their adoring ladies for •the Beard Beat, which is scheduled for the Zurich Community Centre. Spe- cial feature of the evening will be the beard judging which will begin at 11 p.m. Ken Ducharine and the Chan- deliers will •provide new and old-time dancing music, with $75 in cash prize money offered to the neatest beard, the long- est beard, the shortest beard, the grayest beard, the darkest beard, and the man, lady and couple in the oldest costutne, County Council Makes Grants at March Session ev,7 It isn't quite finished, but we've waited long enough. That seems to be the attitude of the board, the teachers and the pupils of Huron County School Area Board No. 1, who will be moving into their new quarters, one mile and one- quarter south of Brucefield, on Monday. The $800,000 school was the subject of some controversy last year when boards from schools in Stanley_=• and Tuckersmith tagreementt Huron County Council, at the March session, made the follow- ing grants on recommendation of the finance and executive committtee: Town of Exeter, judge's plans, $360.13; East Huron Women's Institutes, $15; West Huron Women's Institutes, $15: Cana- dian Cancer Society (Exeter District Branch), $400; Canadian National Institute for the Blind, $2,500__ St. John ( Ambulance, $75; Salvation Army, $1,500; Mid -western O n t al` 1 o Science Fair, $25; Belgrave, Blyth and Brussels School Fair, $25; Bel - grave, Blyth and Brussels Music Festival, $25. Provision also is made in the budget to pay grants to other organizations ,o�� a':�.,nilar basis as paid in 1966, provided the said organizations make appli- cation. Grants were made to uni- versities, as follows: University of Western Ontario: bursaries $1,000, building fund $900; University of Waterloo: scholar- ships $200, bursaries $1,000; Waterloo Lutheran University: bursaries $200; University of Guelph: scholarships $300; Western Ontario Agricultural C o 11 e g e, Ridgetown: scholar- ship $100. Memberships were approved as follows: Ontario Municipal Association $25, convention del- egates, warden and clerk; Asso- ciation of Ontario Mayors and Reeves; Association of Assess- ing Officers of Ontario, $10, convention delegates, warden, chairman of equalization com- mittee, assessor; Huron County Municipal Officers' Association $20. • Ten $100 bursaries were awarded to students at Univers- ity of Western Ontario, and ten $100 bursaries to students at University of Waterloo. ---0 Children's Aid Report Shows Homes Needed was• made sometime ago to move. -into the building at Eas- ter. It is felt that teachers should not have to continue any longer in the individual one - room schools which were press- ed into use on a temporary basis after the area was formed and staff was hired. For the first time, kindergar- ten will be available to children in Tuckersmith, Stanley and Bayfield. Students who begin classes Monday will have a ' shorter term than other kinder- garten puipls in the province, but will be entitled to move into grade one in September. About 60 youngsters are regis- tered. University Professor injured !n FaHH were coming o o At Summer Horne in a Tell � ca, e form the first county school `�4° area. Particular opposition came from Bayfield where residents were unhappy about abandon- ing their 10 -year-old school which was still under mortgage. More opposition was voiced in Egmondville and area where parents felt the distance to Brucefield was too great for children to travel for education. The school, which is one of the most modern in the county, has 16 classrooms, two kinder- gartens, a library, an opportun- Difficulty of Huron County Children's Aid Society in find- ing foster homes for older chil- dren and teenagers was out- lined to Huron County Council last Monday by Miss Clare Mc- Gowan, director of the society. She described it as "a des- perate situation". "Most people applying to board children want pre-school children," she declared, "yet we have about 40 children over five years of age in foster homes, In talking with neigh- boring societies, we find they are in the same position. Tell your friends we need more homes for older children, and enlist their help." Miss McGowan said that since November, 1966, the society had to find homes for 23 chil- dren, six of whom were teen. agers and six babies. Frank McFadden, Hayfield, was outspoken regarding the situation as outlined by Miss McGowan. "1 gin staggered by this re- port," he declared. "X feel that some parents should be given a good swift kick." • A former Zurich resident. A sister. Mrs. H. W. Broken - Professor Herbert K. Kalb- shire, Zurich, told the Citizens fleisch, 64, is reported in fav- News on Wednesday morning arable condition in Victoria that Professor Kalbfleisch had Hospital, London, following a regained consciousness and was able to speak to the family. She said Dr. Charles Drake, a well-known London city neuro- surgeon, had performed the sr- gery. fall from a ladder at his Bay- field cottage .last Saturday. Professor Kalbfleisch, who is head of the German department at the University of Western Ontario, suffered a fractured skull when his head struck a As well as Mrs. Brokenshie, the professor has three other ity classroom and a gymtorium• patio black. He was attended sisters, Mrs. Laura Haberer, About 560 children will attend at the scene by Dr. G. L. Mor- Mrs. Victor Deichert and Mrs. the school, heralded as one of gin Smith, a retired Canadian Bert Klopp, as well as two Army Medical Corps brigadier brothers, Albert J and Edward who lives nearby, and rushed H., all living in Zurich and by ambulance to London. area. the very best in the province, Although workmen have not finished at the site, decision CUT TO SIZES — After the log has been sawed into lumber, Jim Purr cuts the prepared pieces into uniform lengths. The.maple squares processed at the Zurich mill are in em :1 _ the United States where i'ur: itu. makers there will buy up all ties of good Canada maple. WAXED FOR SHIPMENT --Be- cause the maple squares are of green lumber, the ends -lust be dipped in wax to prevent splitting before the squares are kiln dried at their des- tination. Clayton Ortwein is the nian in charge of this step in the operation at Zurich Wood Products Ltd., where it is hoped the maple square business will grow and flourish as an impor- tant industry in Huron County.