Zurich Citizens News, 1967-10-05, Page 1No. 40—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS
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ensall Agree on Fir
urich ffer
The council of the Township
of Hay, at their regular month-
ly meeting on Monday night,
authorized the reeve and clerk
to sign an agreement with the
village of Hensall for fire pro-
tection in the northeast portion
of the township. For the pro-
tection, Hay have agreed to pay
SCHOOL ADDITION — Workmen are busy on
the addition to St. Boniface School, Zurich, getting
the project ready for the cement block walls. All
the footings have been completed, and as soon as
the block walls are finished the roof will be con-
structed. The contractor, Donald Oke Limited,
hopes to have the building closed in before inclement
weather sets in.
BEST BICYCLES in the parade at
the Zurich Fall Fair last week were
operated on a combination basis, with
Billy Bedard, left, and Pat Bedard,
right, playing the role of a bride and
groom. The old saying, "the bride
looked lovely in her long white gown,"
holds particularly true in this in-
stance.
(Citizens News Photo)
Hensall Council Discusses Trees
Hensall council met on Mon-
day, October 2, at 8 p.m., with
Teeve Noakes and councillors
Lavender, Jaques, Baker and
Knight present. The minutes
cf the last two meetings were
read by clerk Earl Campbell.
Norman Jones drew council's
attention to a rotten tree near
his home that required remov-
al. Council also considered
various other trees and stumps
which required removal. It is
required to have a permit to
remove a building, if its value
is over $100.
Hensall Auxiliary
Observe Birthday
Observing their 18th anni-
versary, members of the Hen-
sall Legion Ladies' Auxiliary
celebrated the event with a tur-
key banquet at Hotel Hensall
on Tuesday evening, attended
by 19 members.
During the business session
presided over by president Mrs.
Harold Campbell, applications
were accepted for two new
members. A zone Legion card
party is anned for on
October 18 being and1 a Hallowe'en
social on October 28.
Two teams will participate in
the bowling tournament at Ek-
titer on November 8. Members
will vanoass for the Poppy Fund
on Saturday, November 4. Plans
for a Christmas money doll
draw were also announced at
the meeting.
Mrs. E. Davis won the mys-
tery prize, and Mrs. Ted Roberts
the guessing prize.
At the special meeting with
the surrounding municipalities
regarding fire protection, Tuck-
ersmith and Hay agreed to pay
$500 per year, but Stanley and
Usborne did not.
Ernie Davis reported fixing
a drain on Queen Street which
was full of roots; replacing
parts of sidewalks in front of
properties of George Armstrong,
Roy Consitt, Mrs. Sararas, Jim
Petty and Roselblooms. He fur-
ther reported the need for two
or three loads of sand and some
rock salt.
There was a discussion re-
garding the best way to keep
water from running into the
basement of the Town Hall. It
was decided to raise the side-
walk with tarmac. Mr. Davis
reported eavestrough trouble
on the Town Hall, and tractor
trouble.
It was decided to check the
road near Blighton Ferg's resi-
dence with a view to gravel-
ling it.
General Coach, when contact-
ed, stated they were not inter-
ested in expanding their Hen-
sall operations.
Other business included a dis-
cussion on the cost of erecting
four -foot high chain link fence;
granting the park board
$1281.45, and a loan of $2500 to
the PUC.
The crown attorney wants
jurors picked for October 25,
and. Loren Hay, of the Ausable
River Conservation Authority,
invited one of the council mem-
bers to a tour with him on
October 18.
Applications for building per -
Three Candidates
Officially Named
At Nomination
At the official nomination
for the riding of Huron in the
provincial election, scheduled
for October 17, there were three
candidates officially nominated
to contest the election.
They are John C. Boyne, an
Exeter minister, representing
the New Democratic Party. His
official agent is Robert E. Mc-
Millan, RR 2, Seaforth; Charles
S. MacNaughton, of Exeter, rep-
resenting the Progressive Con-
servative party, with Eugene
Beaver, as his official agent;
Morgan Smith, of Bayfield, as
the Liberal candidate, with Rob-
ert Maloney, of Bag.field, as his
official agent.
According to returning offi-
cer Russell T. Bolton, of Sea -
forth, there are 93 polls in the
Huron riding, with a total of
18,752 eligible voters. There
will also be four advance polls,
at Goderich, Clinton, Exeter
and Seaforth.
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dred Bell and Mrs. Donald Mc-
Kinnon, to put siding on their
houses; to MTs. Margaret Hen-
derson to install cupboards, and
to Doug Mann to install a rec-
reation room and bathroom.
Bills and accounts of $4931.59
were ordered paid.
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Zurich Institute
Visits Industries
Canadian industries was the
theme for the September meet-
ing of the Zurich Women's In-
stitute. At •Hensall Coach the
experienced employees demon-
strated how six large trailer
homes are rassembled in a day.
These homes are becoming very
popular for retired couples.
At Exeter Canners some of
the 500 'employees proved their
skilled labor by treating the
Women's Institute with a taste
of kernel corn and cream style
corn which was unloaded from
a truck only one hour before.
There are 15 canners' plants in
Canada.
The third industry visited
gave a lot of information on
nine different lines of windows.
The members were intrigued
by the insul-glass wood windows
with the flexible aluminum
edging which ensures complete
weatherproof fitting.
Plans were made to entertain
for a birthday party on October
10 at the Blue Water Rest
Home. Motions carried to don-
ate $100 to the Rest Horne fund,
part of the profit from the In-
stitute booth at the August
nits were granted to Mrs. Mil- Bean Festival.
Need Help Tonite
At Arena Project
The Exeter detachment of the
Ontario Provincial Police spent
a busy week from September
24 to September 30, during
which they investigated seven
motor vehicle accidents. In
three of the accidents there
were injuries to four people.
The detachment spent over
44 hours on patrol, travelling a
distance of 1950 miles.
Five charges were laid, and
eight warnings issued in the
same one-week period.
The details of the accidents
follow:
On Monday, September 25, at
2:10 p.m., Robert Brindley, age
19, of Goderich, suffered minor
injuries on No. 4 Highway,
south of Hensall, when struck
by a truck, driven by David
Cottel, of RR 1, Crediton.
Brindley was working on a sur -
very crew at the time. Provin-
cial Constable E. C. Wilcox in-
vestigated.
On Monday, September 25, at
4 p.m., a car operated by David-
son McCauley, of St. Marys,
struck a fire hydrant on Nelson
Street, Hensall, damage was
estimated at $427. Provincial
Constable . C. Wilcox investi-
gated.
On Friday, September 29, at
4 p.m., Kenneth G. Granger,
age 24, of London, received in-
juries as a result of an accident
on No. 4 Highway, north of
Exeter. A passenger, Arthur
Stewart, age 22, of London, was
also injured. Granger was pro-
ceeding north and went into the
east ditch and rolled over as
the result of a improper pass-
ing by a south -bound car. Dam-
age was estimated at $300.
Provincial Constable W. G.
Glassford investigated.
On Friday, September 29, at
7:30 p.m., a car operated by
Clarence Hohner, of Exeter,
was in collision with a car park-
ed on Wellington Street, in
Hensall. Damage was estimated
at $15. Provincial Constable D.
A. Lamont investigated.
On Friday, September 29, at
11:15 p.m., Hugh Clausius, of
Zurich, suffered minor injuries
as a result of a single car acci-
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At Ieast 12 men are needed
at the Zurich Arena tonight
(Thursday) to complete the
painting of the seats. Anyone
interested is asr.ed to bring
along a paint brush. To date
the women have been showing
the men up at the painting
project, so a good turnout of
nien tonight could even up the
situation.
For those men who do not
like painting, there will be work
in connection with preparing
the floor for cement. Another
dozen men can be used in this
connection.
The work bee tonight gets
under way at 7 p.m.
Hensall the sum of $500 per
year, plus $80 for the first hour
of fire call and $50 for each
additional hour on the same call.
At the same time, the Hay
council passed a motion with-
drawing their offer to the vil-
lage of Zurich of $900 per year
stand-by fee, plus the same $80
per hour rate for calls. Clerk
H. W. Brokenshire was instruct-
ed to notify the village of this
decision.
Zurich cut off their fire pro-
tection to the rural areas of
Hay and Stanley townships at
the end of June, when both
townships refused to pay a new
rate structure to the village.
Hay was asked to pay $1400
per year for stand-by fee, while
Stanley was asked to pay $700,
plus the regular hourly rates.
In turn the Hay council offered
to pay $900, while Stanley of-
fered $250, but both offers were
refused by the village.
In other business at their
meeting, the council awarded a
contract for supplying, crushing
and hauling 5,000 cubic yards
of crushed stone to Gordon
Heard, at $2.00 per cubic yard.
The contract is subject to the
approval of the department of
highways.
Tenders are being called in
this issue of the Citizens News
for the installation of a new
oil furnace in the 'Hay Town-
ship hall, located in Zurich.
Tenders are to be in the hands
of the clerk -treasurer by Octo-
ber 14, with work to be com-
pleted by November 4.
A by-law setting Friday, No-
vember 24, as the date for nom-
ination in Hay Township, and
n
Monday, December 4, 13 the
date for election, was given
third reading at the meeting.
Clerk Brokenshire was in-
structed to contact Cook .Bros.,
RR 4, Stratford, requesting the
VanSteeg branch of the Alri-
worth drain to be completed.
immediately.
Council agreed to ;rill the
County of Huron for 613 40.. for
use of hydro power frdin. the
township shed during construc-
tion of the new county building,
on the Blind Line.
It was also decided ac the
meeting to contact Hon C. S.
MacNaughton, Huron MA, and
the department of highways, re-
questing an extra black -top
merging lane to be constructed
on the north side of Highway
84, at the Blind Line,. This
request is due to the Targe
number of slow-moving vehicles
which enter the highway at this
particular point.
The clerk was instructed to
apply to the department of
highways for payment of in-
terim road subsidy on the 1967
expenditures.
Engineer B. M. Ross is to .geek
approval from the department
of highways for the construc-
tion of the following culverts
in 1968: Corbet culvert at lot
14, concession 3 and 4; Camp-
bell culvert, at lot 10 and 11,
concession 2; Geoffrey culvert
at lot 27, concession 14 and 15:
Fischer culvert at lot 31 and
32, concession South Boundary.
and Alexander culvert, at lot
26, concession 2 and 3.
The next regular meeting of
the council is scheduled for
Monday, November 6, at 3 pm.
Area Women's Institutes Hold Foil
Baily at Stephen Community Hall
Huron County Women's Insti-
tute rally was held in Stephen
Community Hall, Crediton, on
Monday, October 2, with 103
registering. Mrs. W. Mack, of
Crediton, chaired the rally,
which opened at 10 a.m. with
the Ode and the Mary Stewart
Collect.
Mrs. Harvey Hodgins, Credi-
ton, gave the welcome and Mrs.
Otto Popp, secretary -treasurer
of the rally, read the minutes
of the previous meeting and
gave the treasurer's report.
Reports were given by West
Huron District and South Hur-
on District secretaries. Mrs.
Tait Clark reported for the his-
torical society and asked for
histories of families, farms and
school, and announced the next
meeting of the society, Octo-
ber 23.
Mrs. Blake read Miss Mc-
Gowan
o-Gowan letter of thanks for the
bursary of $533.50 which en-
abled a boy to attend drafting
at Fanshawe, as well as several
girls to take courses in hair
dressing and business training
Mrs. Wes Bradnock was asked
to ohair the business period
when it was decided to continue
with the pooled lunch, to con-
tinue with the bursary and to
appoint auditors. It was fur-
ther decided that the rally
should pay all expenses of the
rally, and if there was not
enough collection to do this the
hostess branch would pay the
difference.
The expenses of those offi-
cials picking the scholarship
winners should be paid by the
rally.
It was decided •that there be
county officers, and Miss Car-
roll, home economist. conducted
the election of officers: chair-
man, Mrs. Wes Bradnock; vice-
chairman. Mrs. Stanley Bryde,
of East Huron, Mrs. John Mc-
Lean, South Huron; secretary-
treasurer, Mrs. Otto Popp, Clin-
ton; public relations officer is
to be named by the hostess
branch. Auditors, Mrs. Tate
Clarke, Goderich; Mrs Charles
Nelson, Clinton.
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OPERATION PAINT -UP — The ladies are one
up on the men recently, as they work away at the
Zurich Arena completing the painting end of the
project. Above, Mrs. Gordon Hess, Mrs. Don
O'Brien and Mrs. Hubert Schilbe are shown as
they paint the new ice boards, while to the right
Mrs. Norman Fleischauer and Mrs. Victor Dinnin
administer the finishing touches to the seats in the
arena. Over a dozen ladies from the area have
been assisting in the work,