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Zurich Citizens News, 1967-09-21, Page 1No. 38—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, '1967 7 CENTS PER COPY HURON PC NOMINATION — Members of the Huron PC Association held their nomination meet- ing last Friday night at the Clinton Legion Hall, and picked Hon. C. S. MacNaughton as their candi- date in the forthcoming provincial election. Left to right are Robert E. McKinley, Huron member in the federal house; Hon. Robert Welch, provincial secretary, and guest speaker at the meeting; Mr. MacNaughton and Gordon Hess, a director of the Western Ontario PC Association. NDP CONFERENCE — Donald C. MacDonald, leader of the NDP in On- tario, held a press conference at Sea - forth last Friday afternoon, on behalf of the candidate in Huron, Rev. J. C. Boyne. Mr. Boyne, left, is seen here discussing some of their party policy with Mr. MacDonald, right. AUNT JEMIMA IN PERSON—The centennial day held Saturday at Blue Water Rest Home w as termed an overwhelming success, and a feature attraction at the event was the pan- cake supper. Aunt Jemima was pres- ent to supervise the making of her pancakes, and is seen here under the watchfull eye of home superintendent Lance Reed. ACCIDENT VICTIM - Ross Love, of Clinton, form- erly of Hillsgreen, is a patient in South Huron. Hospital, Exe- ter, with a dislocated shoulder and fractured pelvis, injuries he sustained at the farm of his son, Keith Love, of the Parr Line, five miles west and north of Hensall. The accident took place last Wednesday. Mr. Love was driving a trac- tor pulling an elevator out of his son's driveway when he was in collision with a Huron Coun- ty truck. Provincial police from Exeter detachnnent investigated. Mothers Im ted To Enter Babies All mothers in the district are invited to bring their sons and daughters to participate in the annual Baby Show at the Zurich Fall Fair, on Monday afternoon. The Baby Show gets under way at 3 p.m. This year the show will be divided into three groups: one to six months; six to 12 month, LittIe Change in Zurich Taxes Ratepayers in the village of Zurich will see very little change in their taxes this year, as the mill rate has been in- creased by about two mills. This represent two dollars on each one thousand dollars of assessment, so if a property is assessed for $1500 the increase would amount to three dollars. The general rate for the vil- lage is 24 mills residential and 30 mills commercial; county rate, 18 mills; South Huron Dis- trict High School, residential, 18.2 mills, commercial, 20.2 mills; Hay Township School Area, residential, 13 mills, com- mercial, 14.5 mills. Separate school supporters will be taxed a little higher this year than last, due to an in- crease in their rates. The resi- dential rate for separate school supporters Is 20 mills, while the commercial rate is 22 mills. The complete budget and tax rate were set at a meeting of the village council last Thurs- clay night. Taxes will be pay- able on or before November 30, 1967, after which 'a penalty will be added for late payment. The total revenue account for the village in 1967 is to amount t o approximately $73,785.40. which includes all government grants. Expenditures are budg- eted at approximately the same amount. These figures include the amount of money raised through taxation for education- al and county purposes. In other business e. the Thursday night meeting, •.ein- eil instructed engineer H. M. Gibson, of London, to er.pare a report on both the Brenner municipal drain and the Zurich municipal drain, number 2. Both drains are in serioee need of repairs. Zurich Fail Fair Offers Program For Entire Fa,; Hy at Annual Event The 103rd annual Zurich Fall awarded. Fair, on a centennial theme, will unofficially get under way on Friday night, with the an- nual Fall Fair dance. Music for the occasion will be sup- plied by Desjardine Orchestra. The judging of a Queen :will not be based on appearance only, but personality x^ .i tal- ents will be considered. bile some of the contestants be sponsored by various iy::ness A highlight of the Friday plan et' nelcessarya off a .a.;.•:,nor night event will be the contest An all-star Variety S:": rw will be the attraction on Saturday night, and the show wilt fea- ture The Paul Brothers and Shirley, along with numerous numbers of local talent. Lee Paul will be master ef. cere- monies. A monster centennial ;:grade will start off the Monda.y pro- gram, and all area business places, along with inde. iduals. are urged to take part i:: this activity. The parade Brill be led by the Zurich Centennial Band and the Zurich Lions Majorettes. A numbex spe- cial classes have been Aided to make the parade more: terac- tive. including antique :ars and horse and buggies. Throughout t he i:ter::oon there will be a pet shoe:, = haby show. 4-11 Club coir.; :..-:ons and the cattle show. A:tether feature attraction w:r. •.. an antique display, being areeagcd by the Zurich Centenei _ Cein- tario progressive and to keep nittee. to pick a "Queen of the Fair". This contest is open to any girls in the area who are over 14 years of age, A trophy will be presented to the winner, and valuable cash prizes will be Mach Hon. Charles S. MacNaughton, provincial treasurer, last Friday night was the unanimous choice of the Huron Progressive Con- servatives to represent them at the Ontario election on Octo- ber 17. He was given a five- minute standing ovation by the 250 party supporters who at- tended the nomination meeting at the Clinton Legion Hall. ton Choice of Referring to other signs of progress in Huron riding, the member spoke of new schools, which are giving all children new opportunities never avail- able before. "Improved roads are providing numerous bene- fits to every one in Huron." he added, "and more facilities for our senior citizens have been provided in the county. We have also helped to provide better hospital facilities and improved community services of many kinds." In regard to the much -talked about Smith report on taxation, Mr. MacNaughton stressed that ing. "I know you will agree the provincial government "will with me when I saw that we not buy this sobering series of have advanced to the strong tax changes without thorough position we occupy today be - evaluation of the recommenda- cause of sound policies, wise tion and not until we have con- sulted both our municipal part- ners and the people of this province." Chairman of the meeting was Elmer D. Bell, QC, of Exeter, who is president of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Asso- ciation. Platform guests were Bill Jarvis, of Stratford, president of the Western Ontario PC As- sociation; Robert E. McKinley, Huron MP; Doug Freeman, president of the Huron PC As- sociation; Gordon Hess, a direc- tor of the Western Ontario PC Association, and Mayor Don Symons, of Clinton, who ex- tended greeting on behalf of his town. Mr. MacNaughton was nomin- ated to again represent Huron by Herb Such, of Goderich, and James Hayter, of Dashwood. He was the only person nomin- ated for the candidacy. Guest speaker for the meet- ing was Hon. Robert Welch. provincial secretary, who is rec- ognized as one of the most out- standing orators in the govern- ment. Mr. Welch urged party supporters to work hard in the upcoming election, but to fight a good, clean election. "We must enter this campaign polite, proud and positive," he told the group. "If there is to be any nega- Mr. MacNaughton told the gathering that the present gov- ernment will seek re-election on the strength of :the progress shown in the province during the past four years under the leadership of Premier John Roberts. He referred briefly to such new legislation as capital grants for farm ponds, farm buildings and other farm im- provements, as well as the new crop insurance program. He stated that farm income in On- tario has risen from one mil- lion to one and a quarter mil- lion dollars, and increase of 25 per cent. Referring to affairs in Huron County, Mr. MacNaughton pre- dicted that development of the Centralia Industrial Park will not cost provincial taxpayers one red cent. "I am convinced this imaginative program will be self-liquidating in terms of cost in a relatively short tine," he went on to say, adding that within a "few days" announce- ments will be made regarding A number of firms planning to move to the new industrial complex. Mr. MacNaughton called in- dustrialization of Centralia "a pilot project marking a new era in Huron County history". The base was purchased by the province from the federal,gov- ernment for $600,000 and an- other $613,000 was provided to the Ontario Development Cor- poration to undertake renova- tions and adaptations of the buildings for industry. The treasurer added that to date only $30,000 of this allot- ment has been spent by the corporation. and 12 months to 18 months. During the past number of years the annual Baby Show has aroused a great deal of in- terest, and this year promises to be no exception. There have been anywhere from 35 to 45 babies entered in the contest during past shows, and there will probably be as many this year. The annual Baby Show at the Fall Fair is sponsored by the Zurich Chamber of Commerce, and the committee in charge consists of Glenn Thiel and Robert Westlake. Fall Fair Program s tivism - hyprocrisy - gutter type arguments—tearing down—mud slinging," he added, "leave it to the opposition to do, for the people will be quick to render their judgment on these tac- tics." He went on to say, "We, in this party, have a mission, we have a date with progress, we are builders. We must look ahead, not back. The battle cry for this campaign might well be our pledge to keep On - Canada united." Mr. Welch concluded by say - FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22- 9:00 p.m.—Fall Fair Dance music by Desjardine Orchestra 11:30 p.m.—Queen of the Fair Contest SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 -- Judging of school exhibits during the daytime. 8:30 p.m.—All Star Variety Show, featuring the Paul Brothers and Shirley MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25- 1:00 p.m.—Monster Parade 1:30 p.m.—Official Opening 2:00 p.m.—Cattle Show Midway 4-1-1 Calf Clubs Display of Exhibits 2:30 p.m. --Pet Show 3:00 p.m.—Baby Show 7:00 pen.—Horse Sliew New Democratic Party Official Outlines Program leadership, and above all, through the united efforts of the skilled, creative and dedi- cated people of this great province." Donald C. MacDonald, Ontario New Democratic leader, told a press conference at Seaforth last Friday afternoon that his party's main theme in the forth- coming election campaign would be a proposal to strengthen farm Income. "The New Democrats," he said, "advocate a consumer's subsidy --a form of farm in- come incentive that would as- sure farmers of decent incomes and at the same time maintain+ reasonable food prices." The NDP prefer to call their (Continued on page 4) can . enrlay allele. – theannual Horse seh'duled to get ander the Zurich Arena. .:.. Gregg will be the l � ceremonies for the e°.e There is something est for every member family at the annual Fall Fair, starting on night and concluding night. k :n ' . =�f 'le Zurich riday Monday HELPING HANDS — The community al ion sale at centennial day last Saturday at Blue Water Rest Home attracted a large number of interested buyers, and also created a great amount ,Y‘ work for those in charge. These two young la;lies in centennial attire were assisting in the book-keeping shores at the event. They are Mrs. Jerome Sweeney, .left, and Mrs. Lance Reed, right.