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Zurich Citizens News, 1968-02-29, Page 1No. 9 -,-.FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1968 7 CENTS PER COPY TOP HONORS GIVEN TO ZURICH GUIDES —Guides of the Zurich troop enjoyed an active evening last Friday and saw three Gold Cord pres- entations made to a trio of Zurich Guides and an all-round cord given to one young lady. From the left are Shirley Thiel, all-round cord winner; Carol Gascho, Gold Cord recipient; Mrs. Carol Deitz, Guide leader in Zurich; Joanne Thiel and Linda Stade, also Gold Cord recipients. The coveted Gold Cord is the highest honor accorded Guides. Each of three Gold Cord winners are entitled to graduate to a Ranger group, but at the present time no such organization exists in the village or area. (Citizens News Photo) DECISION MAKING TIME — It was decision making on Tuesday morning at St. Boniface Sep- arate School where this group assembled to look at various samples of materials to be used in the bright new addition now under construction. Seen here are (front, left to right) Architect Charles Gillin, London; Sister Eileen Marie, school principal, and Gerald Regier, .chairman of the school board; (back, left to right) George Grenier, board mem- ber;; Raymond Hartman, board member; T. Ernest Smith, consulting engineer on the project; Lloyd Denomme, board member, and Donald Oke, con- tractor. (Citizens News Photo) DASHWOOD and.. DISTRICT Vicar Arthur Rader, of Bris- tol, Connecticut, spent a few days last week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Rader, and brothers. Mrs. Howard Klumpp and Mrs. Milford Merner received a letter of thanks from the Ca- nadian National Institute for ,the Blind thanking them for their fine effort on behalf of C9NIB and asking them to thank ..the people of this community for their generous contributions. Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Gam- ble and family, of London, were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Rader and Darlene. Sunday visitors with. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Rader and family were Mr. and Mrs Lloyd Howe and girls, of London, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miller and girls, of Zion. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cornelious, Sarnia, were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs, Mervyn Tie- rnan, 1Tr. and Mrs. Austin Bickell and three grandchildren, of London, and Mr. Harold Kuntz, of Windsor, were Sunday visi- tors with Mr, and Mrs. Clayton pfile. Mrs, hath Satire, A.WCM, an• Grand Bend Chamber of Commerce Turns Down Offer to OperateDocks At a Monday evening meet- ing of the directors of the Grand Bend and Area Chamber of Commerce, an. offer by the village council to turn the col- lection of docking fees over to the chamber was rejected. In previous years, council has split the docking fees 50-50 with the dockmaster secured by the nounces results of her pupils in recent examinations at the West- ern Conservatory of Music: grade 8 piano, Idena Desjar- dine, pass; grade 3 harmony, Debbie Thomas; grade 2 theory, Barbara Anne Thomas, first class honors. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wein, of Sudbury, were week -end visitors with Mrs. Herb Wein. Euchre Party Twenty-three tables of euchre were in play at the euchre spon- sored by the WT at the commun- ity centre, Tuesday, February 20. Winners were Mrs. Jules Mantey and Milford Merner; low, Joan Finkbeiner and Bob Hoffman; lone hands, Mrs. Jules Mantey. The next euchre will be March 19. village. The proposal to the chamber would have provided for the same split for the cham- ber with members of the organ- ization responsible for hiring a dockmaster. President Char 1 es Tindall, who met with former dockmas- ter A. Daymon, explained that Mr. Daymon had worked long hours along the waterfront and had become a good friend to boatmen. IVlembers of t h e chamber agreed that dockmas- ter Daymon would be difficult to replace and felt that it did not want to become involved at this time with the project. Murray A. DesJardins was hired as secretary of the Grand Bend and Area Chamber of Commerce to replace Mrs. Shir- ley Keller who had resigried. Mr. DesJardins commences his new duties on March 1. Directors also agreed to pro- vide information booth workers With jackets and caps to be worn during working hours. Feeling was that the uniforms would do a great deal to im- prove the first impressions of tourists who call at the office for directions and assistance, As well, it was decided to hire a senior and a junior in- formation booth clerk, the sen- ior choice to have responsibil- ity for records which must be accurately kept. No Opposition to Lagoon Site For Zurich's Sewage yste A hearing by the Ontario Water Resources Commission on Monday, regarding a pro- posed sewage system for the village of Zurich, met with no opposition to the location of the lagoon. The 18 acres required for the two ponds is located on the farm of Arnold Merner, Jr,, on the Babylon Line, Hay Town- ship. Chairman of the meeting, John H. Root, MPP, and vice- chairman of OWRC, explained at the opening of the hearing that it was being held only to determine if there was any amount of opposition to the lo- cation of the lagoon. He ex- plained that this procedure was necessary when more than one municipality becomes involved, and since the lagoon will be located in Hay Township the meeting was mandatary. While plans of the OWRC re- garding the complete project are still in the preliminary stages, officials outlined briefly the procedure which will be followed after the acceptance of the lagoon location, Since the complete system will be owned and operated by OWRC, local officials will have very little to say about the project. It was pointed out that as soon as a probable rental charge could be arrived at, the rate structure will be forwarded to the village for their acceptance TT refusal. At the present time, the village is not obligated Zurich Guides Presented With Gold Cord Hon }.r Three young Guides from Zurich received their Gold Cords—the highest award given in Guiding—at a ceremony held last Friday evening. Linda Stade, Joanne Thiel and Carol Gascho were presented with their awards after a dinner at the Dominion Hotel, attended by all present Guides and their mothers. Also on hand were Miss Mary McMillan, area Guide commissioner, who made the Gold Cord presentations; Mrs. Thomas Lavender, retired dis- trict commissioner, and former Guides of the Zurich troop since its formation in 1953. The all-round cord was pre- sented to Shirley Thiel at the same ceremony. Nancy Rae McKinnon, Melissa G e 1 i n .a s, Cheryl Gelinas, Dianne Klopp and Lois Doerr received various badges they had earned through- out the year. in any way should they decide to throw out the entire plan of the OWRC. However, if such a thing did happen, the OWRC would have the right to demand that the village clean up their pollution problem in some other manner. Also present at the meeting were Hal Browne, supervisor of sewage works for OWRC, and B. M. Ross, P.Eng., of Goderich, who is preparing plans for the system. Under his present planning the entire village, with the exception of one or two houses, will be involved in the scheme. The plans calls for a pumping station in the easterly section of the village, and then a main running from this sta- tion to the lagoon. Officials pointed out at the meeting that it is impossible at the present time to give resi- dents any idea of what the charges for this service will be, since the plans are still incom- plete. They hope to be able to call tenders late this year Or early next, depending on the amount of obstacles they en- counter in their planning, The system is being designed to allow for further develop- ment in the village, which could increase the population to as much as 900 persons. There are also provisions being made to allow the service to be ex- tended to homes just outside the village limits. Following the hearing Mr. Root indicated that since there was no opposition to the loca- tion of the lagon. the OWRC would waste little time in ap- proving the plans to that stage. Hay Fire insura sce Shows Continued Growth espite Year of vy Losses About 125 Hay Township Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company policyholders were on hand last Saturday in the Town- ship Hall to hear reports at the 93rd annual meeting of the or- ganization. President Ezra Webb told the gathering that 1967 had been a "high loss year". Total loss- es totalled $124,695.33. Of this amount, about $26,5'73 were re- covered resulting in net losses of $96,372. Directors of the Mutual be- lieve that the high losses can be attributed in part to the fact that higher insurance is •carried at a higher replacement value. Loss to the company in a single fire on the farm of Irving and Myron Snider on the Blue Wat- er Highway was $31,405. There were five other barn fires which accounted for loss upwards of $35,000. The company showed an in- crease of almost 3 million dol- lars at risk and John Consitt, secretary -treasurer, reports that officials are hopeful that this figure will be raised in 1968 from $47,208,950 to $50,000,000. The first underwriting loss since 1959 was incurred this year; however net gain for the year was $5,124. Auditor for the company is the firm of Touche, Ross, Bailey and Smart. During .the meeting, a mo- ment's silence was observed in memory of former associates Rueben Goetz, William Haugh and Harvey Taylor who passed away during 1967, The meeting accepted the resignation of Ed Hendrick as a director to become an agent. His term as a director will be completed by Arnold McCann. At the election for three di- rectors, successful candidates were Jack Scotchmer, Ed Lam- port and Mel Webster. A fourth hopeful, Ross Love, was defeat- ed. Each man spoke briefly prior to the balloting. New president Is Max Turn- bull; vice-president is Jack Scotchmer. 0 HensStudents Take Top r, onours At PuhIk Speaking. Two pupils from the Hensall Public School walked off with top honors at a public speaking contest held Tuesday night at the Hensall Legion Hall, with. contestants from both Hensall and Zurich Public Schools. The two will compete in zone finals on March 2 at Brussels, with other speakers from parts of Huron, Bruce and Perth Boun- ties. Senior winner was Carmen Currie, a grade eight student at the Hensall school, while runners-up were Peter Hend- rick, of the Zurich school, and Sherry Travers, of the Hensall school. Junior winner was Kevin Bu- chanan, of Hensall school. with. runners-up being Vicki Hay. of Zurich school, and Joan For- rest ,of Hensall school. There were 12 contestants entered in the competitions, which are (Continued on page 4) HAY TOWNSHIP FARMERS' MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY held its annual meeting last Friday with a record attendance of policy- holders on hand to hear the reports, Shown here are the officials for 1968: (front row, left to right) Arnold McCann ;; Ezra Webb, past president; John Avow Consitt, secretary -treasurer; Max Turnbull, presi- dent; Reinhold Miller, director; (back row, left to right) Ed Lamport, director; Mel Webster, director; Clarence Parke and Ed Hendrick, agents ; Jack Scotchmer, vice-president; Len Erb, director, and Ted Steinbach, director.