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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1967-11-16, Page 1mise -eteeeeeese ewe No. 46—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1967 RECREATION COMMITTEE — Members of the Zurich Recreation committee are busy these days planning programs for the coming winter season. The committee members are, back row, left to right, Jim Bedard, Don O'Brien, John Con- sitt, Gordon Bloch, Ray McKinnon, Clarence Far- well. Front row, left to right, Hubert Schilbe, Doug O'Brien, Mrs. Doug Armstrong, Leroy Thiel. Miss- ing from this photo are Stewart Deitz and Herb Turkheim. Five of the members, Hubert Schilbe, Ray McKinnon, Stewart Deitz, Gordon Bloch and Herb Turkheim, also serve as a committee respon- sible for the operation of the arena and community centre. CORN HARVEST — A busy spot these days is the Zurich branch of the Hensall District Co-op, where corn is being stored for the winter months. Manager of the storage warehouse, Iris Desjardin, is seen at the left in this photo supervising the unloading of a load of corn. Salary Increases All Approved in Huron (By R. 5. Atkey) Substantial salary increases for most Huron County officials were voted without debate at the November session of Huron County council in Goderich on Monday. Effective date is Jan- uary 1, 1968, for all raises. Action was taken on recom- mendation of the warden's and personnel committee, Everett U. McIlwain, Goderich Town- ship, chairman. Changes approved were as follows: Clerk -,treasurer Jchn G. Berry, increased by $500 per annum to $12,000, plus $500 car allowance; deputy clerk - treasurer B. G. Hanly, increased by $500 per nnum to $7,900, plus $600 car allowance;county assessor Alexander A. Alexan- der, increased by $500 per an- num. to $8,000; safety construc- tion inspector Everett Smith, Egmondville, increased by $200 per'annum to $5,000. Secretarial staff: each salary increased by $200 per annum to the following figures: Mrs. Martin Schneiker, 4,860; Mrs. Mildred Simpson, $4,380; Mrs. Geraldine Stimson, $3,480; Miss Laura White, $3,480; Mrs. Mona Adams, $3,840. The committee said it would like to thank Everett Smith, safety construction inspector, for his co-operation throughout the year, and the fact that he has been quite willing to assist in any other department when not busy with safety construc- tion work, Recommendations of the com- mittee adopted regarding cost of transportation to conven- tions, to allow more control, were as follows: three delegates attending a convention — one mileage to be paid; four to six delegates attending—two mile- ages to be paid, except where circumstances warrant other- wise on approval •of the corn - Zurich Man Wins Rotary Award Drew George Blackwell, son of Rev. and Mrs. A. C. Black- well, Zurich, has been awarded a Rotary Foundation Fellowship for graduate studies in Nigeria. The award, the first made through the London Rotary Club, was presented in absentia on Monday. At the present time Mr. Blackwell is doing graduate work at Harvard University, af- ter graduation from. the Uni- versity of Western Ontario. The fellowship will pay tuition and expenses for a year's study at the University of Madan. mittee concerned. Mr. Mcllwain, c one mitt ee chairman, informed council that last year they commenced the policy of establishing salaries for the forthcoming year at the November session. "This system has worked out quite satisfactorily because not only are the employees advised well in advance as to salary for the forthcoming year, but it gives the payroll department an opportunity of preparing the necessary documents just once, and then they are complete for the year. "When salary changes are made in the current year, a con- siderable amount of work is involved, especially in connec- tion with Canada Pension de- ductions, income tax deductions, unemployment insurance de- ductions and the like." Mr. Mcllwain also brought up the mater of the cost of sending delegates to conven- tions which he said always has been a concern of county coun- cil. In an endeavor to keep these costs to a minimum, and at the same time send reason- able representation from the county to as many conventions as possible, the committee made several recommendations which were adopted: (Continued on page 8) Hay School Area Loses Secretary At the regular meeting of the Hay Township School Area board last Thursday night, the resignation of Robert W. West- lake as secretary -treasurer was accepted. The resignation be- comes effective as of Decem- ber 31. This week the board is adver- tising for applications to fill the position. In other business at their meeting the board re -appointed Ken Elder as their representa- tive on the South Huron Dis- trict High School board. He represents the Hay school area, which has the largest number of public school students in the high school district. The board accepted the esti- mate of Bernardo Marble and Tile to repair a terrazo step in the boys' washroom at the Hen - sail Public School. Price of the estimate is $130. Two tenders were received for the installation of water softeners in the two area schools, but no definite decision was reached regarding a con- tract for the work. County Council Grant $26,000 or Blue ater Rest Home (By R. S. Atkey) Huron County council finally made a grant to the Blue Water Rest Home at Zurich at the November session in Goderich. Tuesday afternoon after eonsid- arable discussion over a period of months, Council approved the recom- mendation of the finance and executive committee that a grant of $26,000 be made, being at the rate of $400 per bed for 65 beds, from funds of the Hos- pital Reserve Fund "as funds become available", with the final payment to be completed by the end of 1969. In introducing the recommen- dation of the finance commit- tee, chairman Kenneth Stewart, McKillop, declared it was "a wonderful home", providing good service, Concensus of feeling of coun- cil was a grant properly could be made to the Blue Water Rest Home as it was supported by the general public, and was operating strictly as a non- profit venture for the benefit of the community. It now is filled to its capacity of 65 beds. Superintendent Lance Reed, of the Rest Home, clinched the deal for the charitable institu- tion when he addressed council at Tuesday afternoon's session and answered queries, appar- ently to the entire satisfaction of the large majority of mem- bers of the county council. Several of those opposed did so on the ground that there would be a flood of applications for grants from rest homes all over Huron County, but it was laid down that these places must be government -supported and approved to qualify for any fu- ture county grants. Decision to make the 526,000 grant to Blue Water Rest Home came after a very close vote of 21-18, with Goderich's four votes being in favor, The recorded division was as follows: For Grant—Allan, Boyle. fi'e - bett, Cudmore, Dunbar, Flynn, Geiger, Hardy, James Hayter, Hendrick, Kerr, Lyons, McFad- den, Smith, Stewart, Such iter), Thiel, Elgin Thompson, Wor- sell (two)—Total 21. Against Grant — Alexander. Boyd, Cook, Cuthill, Damon, Elmer Hayter. Krauter. Mc- Ilwain, McKenzie, Noakes, Pat- tison, Procter, Robinson, •Stirl- ing, Talbot, Duff Thompson, Westcott, Wonch—Total 18.. ew Assessment Syste (By R. S. Atkey) Huron County council, at Tuesday afternoon's session at Goderich, adopted a recommen- dation of the equalization com- mittee "that a county assess- ment commissioner system be established to be effective Jan- uary 1, 1969, with the 1968 equalization committee being authorized to advertise for a commissioner, who would be appointed at the discretion of county council in 1968." The decision was reached af- ter long debate in committee and in council, but finally re- sulted in a rather one-sider 31- 8 victory for the forces in favor of the move. Recorded division was as fol- lows: For Commissioner: Alexan- der, Allan, Boyd, Boyle, Cor- bett, Cudmore, Cuthill, Dalton, Geiger, Hardy, Hendrick, Kerr, Krauter, Lyons, McFadden, Mc- Ilwain, McKenzie, Pat t i s o n, Procter, Robinson, Smith, Stew- art, Stirling, Such (two), Thiel, Duff Thompson, Elgin Thom- son, Wonch, Worsell (two) — Total 31. Against Commissioner: Cook, Dunbar, Flynn, Elmer Hayter, James Hayter, Noakes, Talbot, Westcott—Total 8. Leroy Thiel, Zurich, in sub- mitting the committee report, pointed out that at the present time, the assessors employed by municipalities are able to carry on without a licence. However, should an assessor terminate his employment with a muni- cipality, then his replacement must be a licenced party. Hay Reeve Will Be Candidate For Warden in Huron Three members of the 1967 Huron County council an- nounced that they would seek the 1968 wardership when they spoke on the final day of the November, session at Goderich Tuesday afternoon. All three have many years' experience in municipal politics and all three have represented their municipalities •in Huron County council for several years. The three members who plan to submit their names at the January session are: John H. Corbett, RR 1, Exeter, reeve of Hay Township. He must seek re-election in his own township for 1968. He has been chair- man of the agriculture and re- forestation committee in 1967; Calvin Krauter, reeve of the village of Brussels, who has an- other year of a two-year term to go. He has been chairman of the new industrial and tour- ist committee in 1967; Grant Stirling, ii.R 2, Bayfield, reeve of the Township of Goderich. He has been a member of the board of management of "Ilur- onview" during the past year, and is a former member of the roads committee. He also has to seek re-election in his own municipality. Very shortly, there will be a number of municipalities with- in Huron County faced with the problem of engaging a licenced. assessor to carry on the neces- sary work. In Huron County, there are about four qualified assessors who might be avail- able for employment either at the local level or on the coun- ty basis. The committee reported that with •the establishment of coun- ty assessment in several coun- ties, as a mater of fact in prac- tically all counties in Ontario for Huron now, these people become very valuable. County clerk -treasurer J. G. Berry estimated the cost of the new system at least at about $100,000 per year. County assessor A. A. Alex- ander said it was not his idea at all but Huron County was just starting to get into the squeeze, when licenced asses- sors are required. He estimat- ed that a staff of 11 persons would be needed including seven fully qualified ones and several others in training. Huron County Council Approves Mon hr Operation o f fJuiaince Service (By R. S. Atkey) Huron County council voted Tuesday to enter into an agree- ment with the Ontario Depart- ment of Health to provide adequate ambulance service for the residents of Huron County at a cost of 25 cents per capita, paid for by the County of Huron. One councillor remarked that this was a case of the county subsidizing -the province, in- stead of the usual procedure of province subsidizing the county. Action was taken on recom- mendation of Huron County Board of Health, Borden Cook, Blyth, board chairman, pointed out that the subject of ambulance service had been discussed from time to time, not only by the board but by many municipalities. He reported that a meeting had been held in Sarnia to which a great many of the surrounding municipalities had been invited to send representatives. The subject of -ambulance service also had been placed on the agenda of the Ontario Counties' Association at +a re- cent convention in Niagara Falls. Dr. N. H. McNally, chief, emergency health service, On- tario Department of Health, who was present at the last board of health meeting, ad- dressd county council on Tues- day on the desirability of in- stituting this ambulance serv- Centennial Band Presents Concert The Zurich Centennial Band will present their first concert tonight (Thursday) at the Zur- ich Community Centre. While the band has made numerous appearances throughout the dis- trict during the past summer and fall, this will be the first time they have presented a full. concert. The newly -organized band, which is under the leadership of Goclerich High School teach- er Charles Kalbfleisch, has been organized since last spring and to date has made a remarkable showing, Members of the band will ap- preciate e full turnout of spec- tators for their concert tonight. ice in co-operation with the ren- tario Department of Health. He also indicated how the. proposed system would work in a practical way. Chairman Cook also reported that the board of health re- cently had met with represen- tatives from Perth County ire connection with the proposed amalgamation of the Huron County Health Unit and the Perth County Health Unit. etter 'elivery of Citizens News is Now Guaranteed During the past several months the Citizens News has had numerous complaints from subscribers in the Bayfield, Varna and Kippen areas, re- garding poor delivery. In s.nne cases the papers were not reach- ing their destination until Fri- day and Saturday of each week. After a couple of weeks of investigation, the post office department from London have found the trouble with the poor delivery, and they now promise us that these papers will be received by subscribers in those areas on time, every Thursday morning. For the past couple ef years all the copies of the Citizens News destined for Hensel], Deshwood, Exeter, Kippen, Bayfield and Varna, have been mailed from the Exeter post office each Wednesday night. Somehow it seems that the papers were being delayed when they reached the Clinton post office through the night, on Wednesday. This meant that delivery was held up a day each week in those areas. with the exception of Hensell, to where they were sent direct from. E4reter. Hensall subscrib- ers have been receiving their papers on Thursday each week, as scheduled. If any subscribers in the areas mentioned above fail to receive their Citizens News on Thursday morning from now on, the publishers would appre- ciate being advised of the mat- ter, so they can continue to strive for better delivery.