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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1967-04-27, Page 1474,.4.f 4Xxr No. 17—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1967 7 CENTS PER COPY TRAGEDY STRIKES AGAIN — Disaster is following Marcel Vanneste, RR 2, Kippen, closely these days as both barns belonging to the farmer have been destroyed within the last two weeks. In the foreground is his barn which was ravaged by fire on Wednesday morning and in the background, just right of the fire, is the ruins of his other barn which was torn apart by last week's tornado. In addition to the barn, flames licked up a new com- bine, 30 tons of fertilizer and a quantity of hay which was in the 36 by 70 -foot metal clad building. Mr. Vanneste carried some insurance on the barn, Loss is estimated at more than $20,000.. The fire was noticed by Mr. Vanneste who had to run to his other farm to phone firemen at Hensall. (Citizens News Photo) Turn. Clock Ahead Saturday Night Residents of the area will probably retire earlier this Sat- urday night and get up feeling a little bit tired on Sunday morning because we will lose one whole hour—valuable sleep- ing time. At 12:01 a.m., Sunday, April 30, we turn our clocks ahead one hour and daylight saving time will be officially in effect here. Churches will be holding services at the new time and on .Monday, workers and school children will have to arrive at their destinations one hour earlier by the sun than they do this week. To those who never seem to regain lost sleep, we will get an extra hour of sack -time in the fall when we revert to standard time. It seems a long time to wait, Damages Could Run into Millin Tornado 'damage in the Hen- sall-Dublin area may total into the millions of dollars, accord- ing to recent estimates by in- surance adjusters and clean-up crews on the site. Work gangs from all over the area, including a group of stu- dents from South Huron Dis- trict High School, moved into the devastated district to sad= vage and clear away debris. Last Th u r s do y, Tuckersmith reeve Elgin Thompson reported that his telephone had been busy at a very early hour with callers who were offering man- ual assistance. At a meeting last week in Hensall, sympathetic persons laid the foundations fora Hur- on -Perth Disaster Fund to pro- vide financial aid to families hardest hit by the twister which rocked the countryside on April tee is Earl Dick, Cromarty. Vice-chairman is Murray Bale= er, Hensall; secretary, Mrs. Roy Burchill, Dublin clerk; treas- urer, Lloyd Humphreys, Dublin bank manager. About 45 per- sons from Hay and Tuckersmith townships in Huron and the townships of Hibbert and Lo- gan and the village of Dublin in Perth attended the meeting. The Ontario government has promised to snatch—dollar for dollar—all donations raised lo- cally for the disaster victims. With this in mind, the commit- tee has set no figure as a goal in the hope that many dollars will be realized during the cam- paign. All banks in the area will be collection agencies for the fund. Those persons who want to make donations may leave cash or cheques with bank personnel. 17. Chairman of the commit- or with the local representa- A REAL POPULAR GUY -- Doug Coxon is a mighty fortunate Young man to have such a pretty trio of young girls from which to choose. Doug and friends were all set to at- tend school at South Huron District High last week when it was Dress Up Day and Centennial costumes were in order. The gals are (left to right) Carol Gascho, Marlene Rader and Tanya Parkins. The event was deemed a rolicking success with the teaching staff and many students taking part in the fun, s. tives to the committee: Harald Campbell, in Hay; Ross Forrest, in Tuckersmith, , and Murray Baker, in Hensall. Local can- vasses will be organized and there will be various benefit affairs to raise money. • It is expected that various service clubs throughout the district will wan,‘, to lend sup- port to the campaign. All money will go into a single fund to be administered by the committee after a thor- ough evaluation of the damage. 0 Ministers Discuss Sale of Centralia Ontario treasurer Hon. Charles S. MacNaughton, MPP for 'Huron County, arrived in Ottawa this week for talks with industry minister C. M. Drury concerning the purchase of the Canadian Forces Base at Cen- tralia. The Ontario govern- ment announced last week it hoped to buy the site and re- develop it as an Inrustrial-Edu- cational Park with potential to employ about 2,000 persons. The reported price is $700,000 and it is understood that Mr, Drury will be bargaining for the hest possible deal for the Canadian people. Mr. MacNaughton, on behalf of the Ontario government, will argue that renovations costs will be high and should be considered to arrive at a sub- stantialIy lesser figure. R. E. McKinley, MP for Hur- on, has noted that since the closing of the base caused such severe economic loss to the area, the federal government should do its utmost to reach a satisfactory agreement with the provincial government in order to revitalize the economy in Huron County. 0 Heavy Session of County Council By Shirley J. Keller General business was heavvy and conducted smoothly and efficiently as members of Hur- on County Council .convened for a one -day session last Thurs- day. Special speaker for the day was Mrs. J. J. McHale, London, who is a consultant on aging for Community Health Services for the Elderly. She was in- vited to speak :to councillors medical officer of health for Huron Count, Dr. Evans; form- er MOH in Huron, Dr, R. M. Aldis, and 16 public health nurses from the district. Mrs. :McHale noted that '7.8 per cent of Canada's popula- tion is of retirement age be - (Continued oh page 5) C`f Yk Lest R. E. McKinley, MP for Hur- on County, was told last Friday in the Commons that the Gov- ernment of Canada is waiting for an indication from the Prov- ince of Ontario as to what part the federal body should play in assisting the tornado victims in Huron and Perth counties. Question raised by McKinley, addressed to Right Hon. L. B. Pearson, was: "Whether he could consider matching from the federal disaster fund the dollars raised by the local resi- dents or, in whatever way he may see fit, give federal assis- tance." "Although serious enough to those affected, the decision with regard to relief measures in this connection is in the hands of the provincial government," said the Prime minister. "If the provincial government feels that federal aid is required the provincial government then gets in touch with the. federal au- thorities." "However, the department concerned, the department of agriculture, has already sent a telegram to the minister of Collect $2800 at Scene of Tornado Committeemen and women of the Huron -Perth Disaster Fund and other interested groups car- ried plaque -cards and hoisted signs on Sunday to capitalize on the opportunity to canvass hundreds of sight-seeing motor- ists passing through the torn- ado area. Drivers andthe occupants" elf about 300 cars donated $2,816 to the fund. Grand total earlier this week stood at $3,500. Murray Baker, a member of the newly organized tornado fund committee, said damage is estimated at about $1,00,000. Seventeen barns were totally destroyed, 12 more were dam- aged; three hones were flat- tened; 11 more damaged; one service station was demolished; and countless minor reports of damage to property and posses- sions are reported, ell. Towrd s a Torn agriculture in Toronto asking whether he would send to the federal authorities an outline of the provincial proposal for an assistance program," con- cluded Mr. Pearson. "When this is received, the government will know what part it should play in this relief program." Ontario Minister of Agricul- ture stated earlier this week that his department had al- ready sent a brief to Ottawa outlining the need in Human and Perth counties. "I indicated we hoped the federal government would match our offer of dollar -for dollar help based on funds raised locally," said Mr. Stew- art. "I did not mention any figure." Huron County Tax Increase; Hold R Rate Shows Sligiht oad Rate Same By Shirley J. Keller County taxes will be slightly higher this year with the gen- eral rate increased by one full mill and the highway account remaining unchanged. In his report to county council, clerk - treasurer John Berry noted ,that the new County Public Library System, the Huronview deben- ture issue and the increase in cost of operations there, an ad- dition to the county museum to the tune of $10,000, increased costs in other departments and the establishment of a disaster fund were to blame for the tight budget. The only bright spot in Clerk Berry's report was •a reduction of $35,000 made this year in monies payable to the Hospital Reserve Fund in an effort to offset the additional debenture issue. The 1967 budget calls for $612,391.52 to be raised for general purposes on a rate of nine mills, and $632,804.57 to be raised for highway purposes on a rate of 9.3 mills; or a total of 18 mills for county purposes. Fund Set Up Considerable discussion was heard on the establishment of a disaster fund to assist Huron County farmers who were vic- tims of the tornado which rip- ped through section of the county on April 17. Clerk Berry recalled that in June, 1953, $68,148 was raised through federal and provincial sources, by public subscription and through Huron County Council for relief of storm victims in the Blyth area. Blyth Reeve Bordon Cook said that Huron County wrark crews moved bulldozers, chain saws and trucks into the dis- aster district at that time to help clean up the debris. 'Tuckersmith Re e v e Elgin Thompson assured councillors that sufficient workmen had been promised but reported that a Huron -Perth Disaster Fund had been set up. He sug- gested that any money Huron County Council would offer would- be matched dollar for dollar by the provincial gov- ernment. The warden's and personnel committee, with chairman Ken Stewart, McKillop, has been delegated to administer any Huron County funds to stricken Huron farmers. Most council- lors felt that farmers with wind (Continued on page 8) 0 Plan Fish Fry Next Friday Night If you like fresh Lake Hugon fish fried right, the way it. should be done, you will want to attend the monster centen- nial fish fry scheduled for Fri- day, May 5, at the Bayview Golf Club. This is a repeat performance' of a very special treat that was so well attended last year, Meals will be served from a p.m. to ... well, whenever peo- ple quit coming. Price is x$1.50 per plate for fish with all the trimmings j ROSES BETWEEN TWO MORNS —Seems as though Richard Schilbe (left) has an important engagement and must be on time for it, judging from the way he is studying his pocket watch in this photo. Maybe it was a golf tourney, but more likely it was his first class at South Huron District High School on Dress Up Day last week. Two lovely Iadies are Donna Kipper (next to Richard) and Shirley Thiel. The other clapper dan- dy is Gary Hugill, All the kids are from Zurich.