Zurich Citizens News, 1968-03-14, Page 1No. 11—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS
ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1968
FASCINATING PROCESS — It takes a bit of
doing to put a picture in the paper as these young
ladies from Grade 4 at the public school in Zurich
discovered when they visited the Citizens News
plant Iast Wednesday. The machine is a scana-
graver and the tiny electric eye which transfers
the picture from paper to plastic for printing is
the object of attention from these girls. Left to
right, Elaine Gingerich, Barbara Dietrich and Grace
Schwartzentruber and somewhat puzzled by the
process—but definitely delighted by the wonder of
it all. This piece of equipment is just one of the
many devices required to ready raw film for print-
ing.
PROUD HAPPY TRIO—This three-
some was just a portion of the jubil-
ant Zurich Midget team which de-
feated Ripley in Mildmay last week-
end to win the WOAA Midget cham-
pionship. Holding the handsome tro-
phy are (left to right) Pat O'Brien,
team coach; Richard Schilbe, team
captain, and Louis Schilbe, manager of
the Zurich crew. The boys now move
into the OMHA championship battle
against St. George. The first game of
the series will be played in Zurich on
Saturday evening at 8 p.m. Support
of the Zurich and area fans will be
welcomed by the high -flying Midgets.
Discuss Area Regional Development
(By Shirley J. Keller)
About 100 Huron representa-
tives of municipal councils,
Chamber of Commerce, business
and various organizations con-
vened at a luncheon sponsored
by Mid -Western Ontario Devel-
opment Association in the Elm
Haven at Clinton last Friday
afternoon to hear Hon. C. S.
MecNaughton, provincial treas-
urer, speak about regional de-
velopment.
The popular minister's duties
now encompass responsibility
fpr the regional development
program in the province of On-
tario. Mr. MacNaughton pledged
his personal attention to the
plan evolved to 'create opportun-
ity and stimulate involvement
for the men and women who
reside here.
"Regional development is de-
signed, first and foremost, to
assist the people of every cotn-
munity across this province to
reach out for their full poten-
tial," he remarked. "This de-
sign came into existence be-
cause of a growing realization
by the people of Ontario, and
various levels of government
across the province, that oppor-
tunities were emerging from
Ontario's development which
could not be grasped fully by
single communities,"
"Tice program provides the
opportunity for people and com-
munities to join together to
plan and promote their mutual
interest, take advantage of their
common resources and solve
their regional problems," con-
tinued the provincial treasurer.
Mr. MacNaughton said the
three -stage plan of attack was
being carried out in co-opera-
tion with MORA.) The job is
to take inventory of province -
wide programs, policies and in-
formation; evaluate existing and
projected trends on population
and associated economic activi-
ties to find which parts of the
province are growing from their
own momentum, what parts are
fluctuating in economic growth
above and below provincial
averages and what parts of On-
tario are slow •growth areas;
make recommendation of meth-
ods for implementation of the
regional development plan.
The Huron MPP said that
MODA was the pilot region for
this vital work and took pride
in the ;fact that Huron County
was chosen as the pilot zone in
the four -county area of MODA
--Huron, Perth, Wellington and
Waterloo,
"I am quite proud, of course,
of the active role Huron has
played in the past," added Mr.
MacNaughton, "and it will be
a further source of satisfaction
to me to see continuing and in-
creasing interest by this county."
It is expected that the inven-
tory and evaluation stages of
the overall program will be
completed by the end of 1068,
Charge Two
With Murder
At Crediton
The body of Gwendolyn Pfaff
was found by police on Mon-
day following an •„intensive in-
vestigation which has been go-
ing on since her disappearance
from her Crediton home on
February 9.
The 25 -year-old woman had
been strangled and stabbed
three times in the chest. The
body had been tossed into a
cattle -watering trough on the
farm of Ralph Weber, RR 3,
Dashwood.
Two suspects have been ar-
rested and are charged with
non -capital murder. Within
hours of discovering the body,
Kenneth Gloor, 18, •Centralia,
and Joseph Polzen, 33, RR 1,
Exeter, were in the hands of
the Ontario Provincial Police.
Both appeared before a justice
of the peace in Exeter on Tues-
day morning and were remand-
ed to Huron County jail in
Goderich until Monday. The
pair are unemployed laborers.
Parents of the dead girl, Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Pfaff, reported
that their daughter was missing
when she did not return with
the family car from a shopping
trip. Exeter OPP were told
that the girl had never left
home for any length of time
without consulting her mother
and father. The Pfaff car was
found five days later in Dash-
wood.
Cpl. C. J. Mitchell, Exeter,
said police had suspected foul
play early in the investigation
for clues leading to her where-
abouts. Police added they had
suspects in mind although no
real evidence had been turned
up.
On Monday, bits of the girl's
clothing were discovered on the
Weber property. in a heavily
wooded area, about 30 feet from
the roadway, the body was dis-
covered about 4 o'clock in the
afternoon by OPP Detective
Sergeant George Herries, of
Mount Forest, and Constable
William Glassford, of Exeter.
It still has not been determined
how long the' body lay there
but police have reason to .be-
lieve Miss Pfaff was killed the
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and by early 1969 the work of
setting down a specific, official
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u ro n Mcm':ser :
Deal r Far en a
Member of federal parliament
for the Huron riding, Robert
` Bob” McKinley, rose last week
to make two speeches in the
House of Commons. The first
time Mr, McKinley sought to
plead the farmers' cause; the
second time the plight of every
taxpayer in the Dominion.
On Monday's sitting Mr, Mc-
Kinley told the IIouse that
"farming is no bowl of cherries
even for fruit farmers" and that
"it is simply not true" that the
farmer has never had it so
good.
He said farmers were caught
in a price squeeze. "It does
not matter what farmers pro-
duce, be it livestock or wheat,
their costs have increased while
the prices of their products
have either remained stationary
or in some cases have gone
down," he pointed out. "The
consumer price index has in-
creased by about 50 per cent
since 1951, but the farmer is
still selling his produce at the
same price. It should be re-
membered that the farmer is
also one of the consumers."
"The government has taken
very little action to help the
farmers," charged the local MP.
`It even locked them out when
they came to parliament hill.
That is something I never
thought I would see in the
House of Commons."
"We will have to help the
successful farmer to stay suc-
cessful," he observed, "because
we must have what he produces.
At, the. same time we will have
to take steps to make it possi-
ble for farming to continue as
a way of life for those who
wish to to carry it on, because
we need •a continuing supply
of food producers in this na-
tion."
McKinley 'called for a "decis-
ion by the ' government, or
rather by the nation" on farm
policy to "halt the exodus, put
an end to economic and social
attrition, and stop the hopeless
drift away from the farms and
villages."
"We have within .our midst
`have not' Canadians'; we have
underdeveloped regions which
need help as much as do the
underdeveloped nations," con-
cluded Mr. McKinley.
Attacks Financing
On Thursday afernoon, Mr.
Students Visit
Citizens News
A wide-awake group of grade
4 students at Zurich Public
School came last Wednesday
morning to the office of the
Zurich. Citizens News with their
teacher, Mrs. Jean Jolly, to
watch a newspaper being as-
sembled and printed. The tour
was in conjunction with a so-
cial studies course the children
are presently enjoying.
Met by owner Herb Turk-
heim and staff member Mrs.
Shirley Keiler, the group was
shown the entire operation
through typesetting, proofing,
picture making, casting, make-
up, printing, folding, cutting,
addressing and mailing. Most
youngsters were too busy look-
ing and learning to make the
notes the teacher expected, but
some children --like Sue Anne
Schroeder — made pages and
pages of pottings for reference
later.
Another aspect of the print-
ing establishment—the job or
commercial shop—was shown to
the interested youngsters. Help-
ing to display the equipment,
in both shops were Joe Hunt,
plant manager, and Allan Brok-
enshire and his wife Sharon.
Letters from the boys and
girls are reprinted on page six
of this newspaper,
s etter
iliagers
McKinley accused the govern-
ment of looking for short-term
expediency rather than follow-
ing a consistent, carefully
thought out program designed
to ensure even economic ex-
pansion.
'We are now experiencing
high costs, increased taxes, high
prices and general uneasiness
because of the extravagent
spending policies of the govern-
ment," he said. "Unwise taxa-
tion policies such as the sales
tax on building materials have
increased built-in business and
industrial costs and harmed out
productivity and capacity to
produce."
"The minister is now forced
to levy new taxes upon an al-
ready burdened economy," he
chided. ".Unemployment is• ris-
ing and a number of indicators
show a general softening of the
economy. Lay-offs are spread-
ing, the boom has tapered off,
yet inflation is still sweeping
the country."
"Inflation has taken a heavy
toll of the welfare and eco-
nomic well-being of every Ca-
nadian," McKinley continued.
"There is none so poor as not
to be made poorer by it, none
so rich as to escape its effects.
It :has borne most heavily upon
those least able to sustain it."
`Obviously not very mueh
will be done about the finan-
cial mess until the leadership
colnvention is over," said Mc-
Kinley, who predicted another
tax rise when the government
brought clown the budget.
He cited several examples of
how the government has "frit-
tered away huge sums in empty
gestures which have been of
very little assistance to the
farmer, the businessman or the
taxpayer".
On medicare, McKinley said,
"Instead of getting together
with the provinces to work out
a scheme that would be both
feasible and practical the gov-
ernment insists on imposing its
awn particular scheme on the
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Emmanuel Women
Study on Japan
The women of the Emmanuel
United Church, Zurich, held
their monthly meeting on
Thursday, March 7.
Mrs. William Siebert intro-
duced the study book, "Japan-
ese Profiles". This book de-
scribes the lives of ten Japanese
christians. Mrs. Delia Mellick
told of the way the first of
these christians made her life:
count for Christ,
Music was provided by twn
musicians, Joe Kende,- oh his
accordion and Melvin Mellick,
on his guitar.
Mrs. ROSS Johnston ,read `the •
poem, "He Holds My. 'Hand",.
and Mrs. Hey read the scripture..
Four quilts, the result of • last
week's quilting, were on• dis-
play and it was decided to set
aside Tuesday, March 12, for
the sewing and rolling of band-
ages for the Ieper missions.
The ladies were also informed'
of the need for volunteers. to•
billet the 150 young people who,
are expected to attend the car pi
retreat in Zurich from April
26 to 28.
A PAINFUL ACCIDENT — When a :fellow
goes to the rink to watch his dad play hockey he
doesn't expect to get hit with a puck., have two
teeth knocked out and be cut for three stitches.,.
.But if you would ek Pati ri•ag itt if he'd do it
again, he'd probably '.ell .'c,aa 'ie would 'cause after
all, dad is a pretty Pro,^aa` guy, You just gotta be
tla .>re to hoot and 11 (Alm- Cor ,lad. 7o Geor 3,-e .! tg.
gitt's boy has a painful injury, which was attended
by Dr, C. Wallace .. but Paul saw dad play hockey
and that's important, too,