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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1967-06-29, Page 1GARY FLAXBARD Top Grade 12 Student MARGARET GEIGER Grade 12 Arts and Science DOUGLAS MEIDINGER GAIL RICHARDSON Grade 10 Arts and Science One-year Special Commercial Area Students Seven students from Hensel', Zurich and Hay Township cop- ped awards when South Huron District High School results were handed out on Tuesday by Principal Joseph Wooden and his staff. Winners were Donna Forrest, daughter of Edison Forrest, RR 2, Hensa11, top student in grade 9; John Goddard, son of Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Goddard, Hensall, top student in grade 11; Gary Flax - bard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Flaxbard, Zurich, top student in grade 12; Gail Richardson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Richardson, RR 1, Zurich, top student in the one-year special commercial c ours e; Douglas MeicUnger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Meidinger, Zurich, arts and est at South II ron science winner in grade 10; Marilyn Gascho, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Allan Geseho, Zurich, business and commerce MARILYN GASCHO Grade 11 Business & Commerce award winner in grade 11, and Margaret Geiger, doughtte of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Goo -ger, (Continued on page 81 DONNA FORREST Top Grade 9 Student No. 26—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1967 7 CENTS PER COPY OFFICIATE AT CENTENNIAL EVENT — Despite inclement weather earlier in the day, the sun came out in full force on Sunday afternoon for the Hay Township Centennial Day at their new picnic and park site on Lake Huron. Taking part in the program were, left to right, Delbert Geiger, Hay Township deputy -reeve and chairman of township centennial committee; Robert E. McKinley, Huron MP, who assisted in unveiling the plaque on the picnic pavilion, seen above the heads of the five men; Professor Herb Kalbfleisch, of UWO, the guest speaker for the occasion; Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, who also assisted in the unveiling, and Hay Town- ship reeve John Corbett. Former Resident of Hay Township Relates Early History at Centennial A short history of the Town- ship of Hay, presented by Pro- fessor Herb Kalbfleisch, of the UWO, London, was a highlight of the big Centennial Day held last Sunday at their new cen- tennial park and picnic grounds south of .St. Joseph. The native of Hay Township told the gathering that the municipality was first founded d in 1835 by R. W. Hay, and settlement started slowly. "By 1844," he said, "there were 113 inhabitants, and a year later there were 397 acres under cul- tivation." Mr. Kalbfleisch went on to say that by 1850 the population had risen to 764, with 1073 acres under cultivation. He added, "and off this land there were 4000 bushels of wheat grown and 2000 bushels of oats. The amazing feature was that in this same year there were 8000 pounds of maple sugar produced from the bttshland in Hay Township." The speaker went on to say that from this time on the town- ship grew rapidly, with most of the citizens arriving of Scotch, Irish, English, German and French origin. parlia- menttwo members of p ment for Huron County, Hon. C. S. MacNaughton and Robert E. McKinley, took part in the unveiling of the centennial plaque, which marks the build- ing of the picnic pavilion on the grounds as the official cen- tennial project of Hay Town- ship. Both men praised the township for their efforts in the project. Chairman for the afternoon program was Delbert Geiger, the deputy -reeve of Hay Town- ship who is also chairman of the centennial committee. The guest speaker was introduced by councillor Hendrick, a form- er schoolmate of Professor Kalbfleisch. An official welcome was ex- tended the gathering by Hay Township reeve John Corbett. Also taking part in the program were Monsignor W. Bourdeau and Rev. A. C. Blackwell. To add to the day, a number of school children rendered sev- eral choral selections. To wind up the afternoon, many of the visitors gathered together for an old-fashioned picnic supper. Plan Centennial Saturday Plans are now complete for the monster centennial reunion and garden party in Zurich on Saturday, July 1. The centen- nial committee have spent many long hours in planning the big event which promises to be one of the most outstanding in the area. Activity gets under way at 12:30 in the afternoon, with two arch rivals, the Dashwood Tigers and the Zurich Kings tangling in a regular Huron -Perth base- ball league game. At the close of the ball game the newly - organized Z u r ie h Centennial Band, along with the Zurich Majorettes, will march from the ball park to the park beside the arena. Official opening of the event is scheduled for 3 p.m., when Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, Rob- ert E, McKinley and area reeves will officiate. At 3:30 p.m. there will be a local talent variety program, under the direction of Mrs. Beatrice Hess. Mrs. Hess has lined up a number of outstand- ing numbers for the program, and visitors will be in for a real treat. A buffet supper will be served on the grounds from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., and this will be the only item on the program that people will have to pay for. A nominal fee of $L50 for adults and $1.00 for children will be charged for the food. Following the supper there will be the judging of beards and fancy costumes. All visi- tors are urged to wear their centennial !costumes, if they have one. In the evening .there will be modern and old-time dancing in the arena, with music sup- plied by Ken Mittleholt and the Twylites. A feature of the evening program will be several exhibitions of square dancing by the Exeter Promenaders, at 9 and 10 p,m. As a climax to the entire day, there will be a monster centen- nial fireworks display at the close of the dance. County Council Visits Rest Home ay and Stanley Areas too e �'" 5, Nr t ire Protection on Fri a � * � ht After midnight, Friday, June 30, the Zurich Fire Department will not answer any calls out- side the village limits, into either Hay or Stanley town- ships. This decision was reach- ed at a special session of the village council on Monday night. T , k T {wnships Agree on Terms With Grand Bend By R. S. Atkey The 37 members of Huron County council and officials did considerable travelling during their two-day June session in the county building, Goderieh, Wednesday and Thursday last. They went by bus to London on Wednesday to pay a visit to the University of Western On- tario, and they again drove to Zurich on Thursday to have luncheon and visit the Blue Water Rest home. In the meantime, they held a morning session on Wednes- day, and morning and afternoon sessions on Thursday. Sandwiched in between the Wednesday session and the trip to London, was the formal un- veiling ceremony of the plaque on the new Centennial of Con- federation wing of Huron Coun- ty Musem in Goderich. And then in the closing min- utes of the Thursday afternoon session, the councillors dis- cussed a proposed trip by mem- bers of council to Expo '67 for four f u 11 days: September 25, 26, 27, 28. When Warden Donald Mc- Kenzie, Ashfield, asked for a show of hands, six or seven members stated that they would not be going on the trip, either through previous visit to Expo, or other reasons. The warden pointedout to the members that they would be expected to "pay for your own meals" while on the jun- ket. It was not revealed dur- ing the discussion as to who was paying for train fare or accommodation or other ex- penses. The townships of Stephen and Hay in Huron County and Bos- anquet in Lambton County have reached agreement on fire pro- tection with the village of Grand The only reply to the village's request for an answer before the June 30 deadline came from Stanley Township, who offered to raise their stand-by fee from $135 per year to $250. Council asked Stanley for $700 per year, and Hay for $1400 per year. No answer of any kind has been forwarded to the Zurich cpun- eil from Hay Township officials. While members of the coun- cil were reluctant in reaching such a harsh decision. they were left with no alternative due to the failure of Hay council to answer their request in any manner. The council was unan- imous in their decision to with- draw services from these two municipalities, until such time as their request is inet. This decision will mean that Bend for the coming year.if a house at the edge of the Although Grand ' Bend was village is on fire. just outside asking Bosanquet and Stephen the limits of Zurich. the bri- $800 as an annual retainer fee, gade will not be able to an - and Hay, $500, the rates agreed swer the call and render pro - upon were $500 for Stephen and Bosanquet and $350 for Hay. Previously Stephen and Bos- anquet had paid Grand Bend $300 annually for fire protec- tion. Hay had paid $200. In- creased costs for maintaining fire fighting equipment was cited as the reason for the re• - quest for higher annual re- tainers. Fire call rates have been in- creased from $60 for the first hour to $75, and for additional hours or part hours from $35 to $50. Meeting with Grand Bend council and members of the volunteer fire brigade were Bruce Scott, reeve, and James Dalton, clerk -treasurer, from Bosanquet; James Hayter, reeve, and Cecil Desjardine, council- lor, from Stephen; and council- lors Jack Tinley and Lloyd Hendrick from Hay Township. 0 Rood Department Takes Precautions Against Accidents By R. S. Atkey County engineer James W. Britnell informed Huron Coun- ty council in Goderich last week that additional safety precau- tions and methods have been and are being adopted by the county roads organization to minimize the danger of another fatal accident on the county roads system similar to the one that occurred on County Road 27 on May 15 when Jahn Taylor Creighton, 65 -year-old flagman, Blyth, was fatally injured. Mr. Britnell described the difficulties involved in select- ing personnel for such a job as flagman, but stated that action had been taken to prevent a recurrence by distributing safe- ty memoranda to all employees and urging them to wear proper safety equipment at all times. The human factor was impor- tant, he pointed out. "The Huron County Highways Department has always attempt- ed to provide such safety equip- ment and instructions required to •protect the employees and is continuing this practice," Mr. Britnell stated "We have in - (Continued on page 8) tection. The village limits end with the property of Mrs. Loretto W'eido and the liquor store in the east; the Zurich Wood Prod- ucts plant and the residence of Wilfred Corriveau to the west; the property of Keith Westlake and T. Soudant to the north, and the hone of Albert Deichert and George Haggitt to the south. All building ;eyond these limits will be witho.:t fire protection. This decision. however, will not affect the mutual aid . gree- ment the village has with the villages of Hensall, Dashwood and Exeter. Under the agree- ment, if a fire brigade frrcr: one of those villages is out of town on a call and there is a fire in that village, they could cast on Zurich to render assistance. Or if there is a serious threat in any of those villages and they ask for help the Zurich would answer the call. Both Hay and Stanley t,sv:n- ships were officially notified of this action on Tuesday morn- ing, ing, and while the Zurich coun- cil pointed out that it. 13 not their responsibility to n:3;ify ' the rural residents of thi:; C:P- aion, they did agree to such a notice in this edition of the Citizens News. The official notice will be found Or, page five. Meanwhile. the Zurich ' trJn- cil is still hopeful this :`.astir measure will not have too exist too long, and that the two town- ship councils will agree to terms on the protection rates. A copy of the official notices to .both townships is also being sent to the office of the On- tario Fire Marshal. UNUSUAL VISITOR—A Winnipeg young rnan who is hitch -hiking across Canada as his centennial project, dropped in to see the mayor of St. Joseph.. Charles Burgess, last Tuesday, enroute from Sarnia, to Goderich. The young man, Doug Smith, [eft Winnipeg on March 29 with a cousin, Bill Sa.vois,, on the cross-country trip, and has already been to, the east coast. His cousin tired out on the trip and: remained in Sarnia for some time to recuperate. Mr. Smith, an employee of the Winnipeg Free Press, plans to travel 10,000 miles before he returns to his job. He told the Citizens News that Quebec has been the worst province in Canada to get rides as a hitch -hiker, and he added that he walked three- quarters of the way across the province. The trav-, eller, on the right in this photo, is showing Mr. Burgess some of the many letters he has received from officials of various towns and cities proving that he has visited them on his cross -Canada. venture,