Zurich Citizens News, 1967-08-31, Page 1No. 35 --FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS
ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1967
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WAGON RIDES POPULAR—Among the busi-
est people at the Bean Festival Saturday were the
group in charge of free wagon rides. Two tractors
were rigged up with benches and took visitors for
a free ride throughout the area. While there were
some adults enjoying the ride, the biggest percent-
age of the customers were naturally children.
(Citizens News Photo)
A LARGE CROWD — There were plenty of
people on hand in Zurich Saturday afternoon for
the second annual Bean Festival, with some of them
sitting at tables eating while. others just roamed
the streets and visited. This photo shows an early -
afternoon group on Victoria Street, one of the three
streets used for the activities.
(Citizens News Photo)
Goshen Youth
Top Student At
Clinton School
There were two Ontario schol-
ars at Central Huron Second-
ary School this year out of 85
students who tried grade 13 de-
partmental exams in June.
Clinton's two winners were
Nicholas John Poppenk, of Ca-
nadian Forces Base Clinton,
who is planing a career in aero-
space engineering.
Murray McBride, 19 -year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Wes Mc-
Clone to 4,000 Eat Beans At
Second Annual Zurich Festival
Close to 4,000 people were
fed in Zurich on Saturday at
the second annual Bean Festi-
val, and officials were over-
whelmed at the enthusiastic re-
sponse to the event. People
came from as far as Detroit,
Toronto, Hamilton, Kitchener,
Stratford, London and Sarnia
to enjoy the festivities.
While about 4,000 people
were fed with baked beans and
ham, the total attendance at the
event was estimated by officials
at being between 6,000 and
7,000 persons. Visitors started
arriving in the village earlier
than ever, and by noon the
streets were lined with people.
Some visited, some went on the
bus tour to area farms, some
went on hay rides, and the chil-
dren enjoyed pony rides.
Cold ham, cole slaw and
bread were served with the de-
licious home -baked beans, all
for only one dollar. The people
also had the privilege to buy
a piece of tasty home -baked pie
to go with their meal. About
1000 pounds of white beans
were used to prepare the meal.
The beans were first cooked
in two large bean cookers,
which were manufactured local-
ly and engineered by Gerald
Gingerich. After cooking, the
beans had all the necessary in-
gredients added and were then
baked in numerous ovens lo-
cated in the central kitchen at
Gingerich's store. Others were
baked at homes throughout the
village and still more baked in
the large oven at Tasty Nu
Bakery. A considerable amount
of bacon, ketchup and brown
sugar was used in the recipe
for cooking.
There were about 50 women,
supervised by Mrs. Claire
Geiger, involved in the cooking
and serving of the meal. The
first preparation of the beans
began already on Friday after-
noon, and workers spent most
of the night on the job. Meals
were eaten on three different
streets, Viet o r i a, Mill and
Goshen , at picnic tables and at
any other type of tables which
could be used for the purpose.
Members of women's groups
of St. Boniface Church, Zurich,
St. Peter's Church, St. Joseph,
Zurich Mennonite Church and
the Evangelical UB Church,
Zurich, sold home-made pies
throughout the day, and each
group reported a complete sell-
out early in the evening.
A booth operated by the Zur-
ich Women's Institute sold knit-
ting and sewing, along with
crafts and other novelties.
Other booths sold home-made
bread, cooked cheese, home-
made summer sausage, festival
souvenirs and packaged white
and kidney beans, One of the
busiest booths in the mall was
one 'operated by Donald Oke,
manufacturing name plates
out of wood. Another. operated
by Claire Geiger, sold maple
syrup sundaes.
Throughout the afternoon en-
tertainment was provided by
the newly -organized Zurich Cen-
tennial Band; Ken Ducharme
and the Bluewater Playboys.
and various numbers of local
talent. The St. Marys Trumpet
Band made a brief appearance
with about half of their group
in attendance, which was the
only disappointing feature of
the whole day as •far as the
committee in charge was con-
cerned.
The main committee in charge
of the entire project was picked
from mebers of the Zurich
Lions Club, the Zurich Chamber
of Commerce, the Zurich Wom-
en's Institute and various
church groups. Co-chairmen
were Stewart Deitz and Ray ldic-
Kinnon. Gerald Gingerich
served as chairman of the food,
committee.
Wide publicity was given the
event throughout the area in a
number of weekly newspapers,
daily newspapers and radio and
television stations. As well,
about 7,500 folders were dis-
tributed 'at various tourist in-
formation outlets, and by the
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Dies From injuries
A Kippen area girl diad in
St. Joseph's Hospital, Landon,
Monday, eight days after two -
car crash at Lions Park, Sea -
forth. The crash injured one
other person.
Mary Ellen Plumb, 16. of RR
2, Kippen, was taken t,), the
intensive care ward of St. Jo-
seph's Hospital immediately af-
ter the crash. She died shortly
after noon Monday without re-
gaining consciousness.
Miss Plumb received
ple injuries, including a °1r ken
neck.
Her companion, Clarr.i.e
Ayotte. 17, of Rig 3, Dasitw.-id.
driving the ear, was taken to
St. Joseph's Hospital
broken leg. Richard Ri Rod-
man, 21, RR. 1, Innerkip. driver
of the second car, was not hurt.
Miss Plumb is survived by
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Plumb; a brother, Mon;;. at
home; grandparents, Mr. and.
Mrs. J. F. Plumb, of Wy,imtng,
and Mrs. Montague Anions. of
Ridgetown.
Service was held at 2 p.m.
Wednesday, at Bonthron funeral
home, Hensall, with burial in
Hensall Union Cemetery. 5'.ev.
H. F. Currie officiated.
FAMILIAR FACE — Bill Brady,
popular radio and television personal-
ity, seems to be enjoying his plate of
baked beans during a short break in
his radio broadcast from the Bean
Leadership Course
For 4-H Groups
Two-day training schools for
local leaders of the Huron
County 4-H }Iomemaking Club
fall project, "Cotton Accessor-
ies for the Bedroom", was held
in the Hensall United Church,
August 28 and 29.
The course emphasized color
and arrangements that will help
create an attractive, restful, con-
venient bedroom as well as the
making of accessories. Soine of
the topics studied were bias
piping, blind heaming, the
mitred corner and Italian hem-
stitching.
Courses were also taken in
First Presbyterian Church, Sea-
forth; Wesley Willis United
Church, Clinton, and in Wing -
ham and Wroxeter.
Festival in Zurich on Saturday. CFPL
radiohad their mobile unit in the vil-
lage and broadcast direct from the ac-
tivity from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
(Citizens News Photo)
Work Bee
About 20 volunteers are need-
ed at the Zurich Arena tonight
(Thursday) for various types of
work in connection with the
building project. There is a
great deal of cleaning up to do,
and some of the men should
bring along old gloves or nits.
Others who are a bit handy
at carpenter work should bring
along their hammers and a
sharp jack knife, to assist in
nailing gyproc lath in the new
addition. There is also a con-
siderable amount of painting to
do, so anyone who prefers this
type of work should bring along
a good paint brush.
If there are any persons who
wish to volunteer some time
other than the regular work
bee night, they should leave
their names with Donald Oke so
they might be contacted as
needed.
IDEAL PASTIME — While many
of the visitors to the Bean Festival in
Zurich on Saturday chose to walk the
streets, eat beans and visit, some of
the men were quite content to sit and
play a friendly game of checkers on
the street. Two unidentified mer. are
shown here in front of the Oesch Shoe
Store passing their time away and
both seem unconcerned with what is
going on around them.
(Citizens News Photo)
Hay Farmer Meets
Death on Highway
A life-long resident of con-
cession two, Hay Township,
William G. Thomson was killed
on Tuesday night as he crossed
the road on Highway 21 at
Reece's Corner, east of Sarnia.
Apparently Mr. Thomson had
parked his car on the opposite
side of the road and was walk-
ing across to a fruit stand when
he was hit by another vehicle.
He was 65 years of age.
The accident victim is sur-
vived by three sisters, Mrs.
Fred Carson, London; Mrs.
Elmer Keys, Exeter; Mrs. Al-
bert Alexander, Hensall; and
one brother, Sam, of truce -
field. He was not married.
Bonthronfuneral home, Hen-
sall, is in charge of funeral ar-
rangements, which were inocm-
pleto at press time.
MURRAY McBRIDE
Ontario Scholarship
Bride, RR 1, Varna, is the sec-
ond Ontario Scholar in the fam-
ily in as many years. His
brother, Bruee McBride, was a
winner last year.
Murray won the identical
award given to his brother
Bruce last year. The Ontario
Agricultural College Alumni.
Degree Entrance Scholarship,
worth $1000, will be Murray's
this year, while the 1966 edition
of the award went to Bruce.
Murray leaves September 11
to begin his studies at OAC and
will make decisions later re-
garding a field in which to
specialize.
PLENTY FOR EVERYONE --- No
one had to go hungry in Zurich on
Saturday at the second annual Bean
Festival, as there were plenty of
women on hand to fill plates for the
many visitors. Mrs. Hubert Schilbe,
right, is shown here as she dishes up.
a couple of plates for a pair of hungry
boys, Close to 4,000 people wer'a fed,.
(Citizens News Photo)