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Zurich Citizens News, 1967-10-05, Page 1No. 40—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS 196L 'S '213IIoloo 'Koos'email, '012IYJ,NQ 'Hal?JfZ 7 CENTS PFR COPY 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. 0 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. 0 ' 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- (Continued on page 8) 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. (Continued on page 4) 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,