Zurich Citizens News, 1968-06-06, Page 1No. 23—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS
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ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1968
STANFIELD VISITS WINGHAM—Hon. Ro-
bert L. Stanfield, leader of the Progressive Con-
servative part in Canada, made an official visit to
Wingham last Thursday night, where he addressed
an overflow crowd in the Wingham Public School
on behalf of Robert E. McKinley, the PC candidate
for Huron in the June 25 general election. Shown
here on the stage just before the program got under
way are, left to right, Mr. McKinley, Mrs. Stanfield,
Mr. Stanfield, and Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, pro-
vincial treasurer and Huron MLA.
(Citizens News Photo)
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Community Mourns Loss of
Hay Township ClerkTreasurer
The entire community was
deeply shocked and saddened
last Thursday morning at the
sudden and untimely passing of
Henry Whitney Brokenshire,
who died suddenly et his home
in Zurich. He was 63 years old.
For almost 25 years Mr.
,Brokenshire had been clerk -
treasurer of the Township of
Hay. Prior to that he taught
school for seventeen years, He
also served many years as the
secretary -treasurer of the police
village of Zurich, before the vil-
lage became incorporated in
1960, and was secretary-trea-
urer of the Hay Township
School Area board for a lengthy
time as well.
Born in Dashwood on Decem-
ber 24, 1904, he was a son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Ed Brok-
enshire. Following the death
of his parents, he livedfor some
time with the late Mr, and Mrs.
Henry Truemner.
Mr. Brokenshire received his
early education at the school
on the Bronson Line, and later
in the Zurich school. He at-
tended high school in Seaforth
and Exeter, and then normal
school in Stratford. He taught
at schools on the Bronson Line,
the 14th concession and the
Bluewater Highway, before ac-
cepting the position of clerk -
SIXTEEN CONFIRMED—Sixteen young peo-
ple were confirmed at St. Peter's Lutheran Church,
Zurich, on Sunday morning, by Rev. A. C. Blackwell.
Back row, left to right, are Mervyn Fields, Cecil
Fields, Harold Merner, Douglas Turkheim, Rev.
(Photo by Doerr)
Blackwell, Richard Schilbe, Robert Finkbeiner,
Howard Thiel, Cameron Rader. Front row, left to
right, are Gloria Adkins, Donna Schilbe, Christine
Haberer, Sandra Schoeder, Marie Schilbe, Wilma
Weiberg, Catherine Schilbe and Doris Webb.
Hay Township Council Appoints
Wayne Horner as Clerk -Treasurer
The council of the Township
of Hay, at their regular meeting
on Monday night, appointed
Wayne C. Horner as clerk -treas-
urer of the township replacing
the late H. W. Brokenshire, who
passed away suddenly last
Thursday morning. Mr. Horner
has been secretary -manager of
the Ray Municipal Telephone
System for the past few years,
and will serve in a dual capac-
ity for the tune being.
In addition to the appointing
of Mr. Horner as clerk -treasurer
members of the council agreed
to engage the service of e full-
time secretary to assist in the
clerk's office. Applications for
the position are being asked for
in this issue of the Citizens
News.
For his services in the dual
.capacity, Mr. Horner will re-
ceive $6,000 annually, with half
being paid by the township and
the other half by the telephone
system. A full-time stenogra-
pher
tenographer will also remain on the
staff with the telephone sys-
tem.
in other business •art the meet-
ing the council awarded the
,contract for the supply and ap-
plication of sand cushion for
approximately 400 rods, between
concession 14 and 15, from lots
26 to 28, inclusive, and conces-
sion NB between lots 27 and
28. The rate for the contract
is 70 cents a .cubic yard for the
sand, and $6.75 per thousand
gallons for the water. All work
is to be completed byOctober
15. Three tenders were re-
ceived for the project.
Three tile drainage loans were
approved at the meeting.
Greene Coring
Agriculture Minister J. J.
Greene will visit the riding of
Huron next week, in support of
Liberal candidate Malt Edgar.
While details of his visit are
not complete, area organizers
say he will be in Goderich for
a public rally on Saturday af-
ternoon, June 15,
Hensall Council
Moves to Restrict
Use of Dump .Area
Hensall village council met
June .3 with Reeve Noakes pre-
siding, and councillors Roose-
boorn, Jaques, Baker and Knight
present. The minutes •of May
6 and 'also • of the special meet-
ing May 21, were read and ap-
proved on motion of Baker and
Jaques.
Ernie Davis reported having
finished cleaning the :curbs west
of the tracks; removal .of •catch
basin on Richmond; five loads
of gravel on the car parking
lot; dump bulldozed, fence and
gate erected at the dump.
Norman Jones, building in-
spector, asked for iclarification
of the laws ,governing buildings.
The clerk was instructed to
prepare a new by-law prohibit-
ing the dumping of stamps,
logs, old fence, dead enineals,
boulders, cement grain refuse,
ear bodies and old machinery
at the Hensall dump. Council
also decided to close the dump
with the exception of Saturday,
from 8 a.m. to 1 p,m., and
Monday from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.
A man is to be placed on duty
at this time at the dump.
Council also decided; to have
the grass at the park cut every
two weeks; to pay Robert Drys-
dale for a broken fence; to give
permission to the nursing home
to proceed with its septic tank
for its new addition; to have an
extra light at the park and a
dusk to dawn light at the top
of the pavilion.
Tenders for the excavating
and filling of the streets as out-
lined in the advertisements
were opened. C. A. McDowell,
of Exeter, tendered for $2.96
per lineal foot. Frank Van
BusseIl, Lucan, tendered 90e
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treasurer of Hay Township, He
made many friends during his
years as clerk -treasurer, and
ratepayers always found hint
friendly and congenial, ready to
render assistance in any way
possible.
An active member of St.
Peter's Lutheran Church, Mr.
Brokenshire served for many
years on the church council.
Also in his younger years he
was a member of the Evangel-
ical church, in Zurich.
He was also active in commun-
ity affairs antr was a •director
of the Zurich and District
Chamber of Commerce. He also
belonged to the Zurich Lions
Club for a number of years.
An avid sportsman, he very :Fel•
dom missed a hockey game any-
where in the area.
In 1928 Mr. Brokenshire t:m:ar-
ried the former Mildred Kalb-
fleisch, who survives along with
one son, Allan, of Zurich and
one sister, Mrs. Tom (Vera)
Peachey, of Detroit.
The body rested at the Wet-
Iake funeral home, Zurich, until
Sunday afternoon, when re-
moval was made to St. Peter's
Lutheran Church, Zurich, where
on overflow crowd attended the
service. The warden of Huron
County, along with the county
clerk -treasurer and member; of
county council, formed an hen -
or guard at the church. Pall-
bearers were the reeve of Hay
Township, Joseph Hof f in a n.
along with deputy reeve Lloyd
Hendrick and councillors John
Tinney, Harold Campbell and
Lionel Wilder, and reeve
Horner. Nephews of the e_ --
ceased were flower bearers
Interment was made in .
Peter's L u t he re n Cele etern
Goshen Line. Rev. A. C. Slack -
well officiated.
National Conservative leader
Robert Lorne Stanfield was met
by an overflow crowd of about
2,000 persons at the Wingham
Public School last Thursday
evening. Mr. Stanfield was ap-
pearing in Huron in support of
PC candidate Robert E. "Bob"
McKinley, who introduced the
former Nova Scotia premier.
McKinley noted that Stanfield
was named leader of the PCs in
Nova Scotia at the age of 32
years. At that time the party
had no seats in the provincial
house. In 1949 eight PC mem-
bers were elected. The key to
Stanfield's success in Nova
Scotia was his willingness to
indulge in economic planning,
McKinley said, adding that Mr.
Stanfield was an honest. sincere
man who deserved a mandate
from the people.
In his speech, Mr. Stanfield
said that the main issue in the
election campaign is the state
of the economy. He said there
was a "strong connection be-
tween erratic management of
our economy by the government
and the very damaging rate of
inflation this country has suf-
fered".
What Stanfield termed "un-
controlled spending" is to blame
for "a back breaking burden of
taxation". Higher taxes tends
to increase the demand of high-
er wages, he said, and toward
the inclination to higher prices.
To the rural population, Mr.
Stanfield admitted that the
farmer's income has fallen far
behind the prices he has to pay.
He said present government's
farm policy is to encourage the
farmer to leave the farm and
although the Conservative party
has "no easy answers" it has
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policy where farm chatter a:.
concerned.
Stanfield promised that let,
of the first steps a Conseree-
tive government would take
would be to set up an Eastern
Farm Bureau, as a division of
the Federal Department of Aer i -
culture, with branches in the
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Zurich Lions k°ntar De nils of Lows
Avail We U ,der J mior far,,.; er Nan
A former warden of Huron
County, and now an appraiser
for the Ontario Junior Farmers'
Loan Corporation, Glenn Webb,
of Stephen Township, was guest
speaker at the Monday night
dinner meeting of the Zurich
Lions Club. Mr. Webb told the
gathering of the details involved
with the corporation he repre-
sents.
"Young farmers, over 21 and
under 35, may borrow up to
80% of the appraised value of
their land," he said. "These
loans are repayable over peri-
ods of time from five to 29
years."
The speaker pointed out that
the amount of the loan must
be based on land value only,,
since the corporation will not
take chattel mortgages. Money
obtained from such loan, is
used for purchasing land, erect-
ing buildings, wiping out exist-
ing debt, tile drainage work or
for the purchase of livestock.
Mr. Webb was introduced by
Leroy Thiel and thanked by
Herb Turkheim. Also speaking
briefly at the meeting was Ro-
bert E. McKinley, Huron MP.
and a candidate in the June 25
election. Mr. McKinley is a
member of the Zurich Liens
Club.
In the business portion of the
meeting, the group agreed to
sponsor a bicycle club, under
the direction of Doug O'Brien,
chairman of the boys' and ,girls'
committee of the club. A picnic
is also being planned next week
for members of the school pa-
trols and the Lions Majorettes.
READY TO WALK—About 50 grade seven and
eight students from the Hensall Public School
walked from St. Joseph to Hensel; last Saturday,
to raise money for OXFAM. As a result of their
march they raised well over $500 towards the
worthy cause. The
prepare to leave St.
minute advice from
completed the walk
group are shown here, as they
Joseph, listening to somo last
principal Robert Reaburn, �q•hc*
with the students.
(Citizens News Photo)