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Zurich Citizens News, 1968-10-03, Page 1No. 40—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1968 10 CENTS PER COPY TRACTOR MARCH—A group of tractors from this area took part in the first leg of the trip from • here to London last Tuesday, in connection with the Farm Union march. to Ottawa, in search of a better deal for corn growers. This group joined another group from the Lucan area and travelled on to Lambeth, where farmers from all over West- ern Ontario gathered prior to the march on. Ottawa. While many of the tractors joined in themarch from Lambeth to Woodstock, and then on to Ottawa, some of them returned home where they were needed to complete fall work. This photo was taken at Exeter. (Citizens News Photo) A POPULAR FELLOW—A clown is always an attraction at any event where there is a crowd of people gath- ered, and this fellow who took part in the parade at the Zurich Fall Fair last week proved to be no exception. Clown George Brunton, of London, seems to draw plenty of attention from a group of Majorettes who were also taking part in the parade. Bell Telephone Changes System Telephone users in the Hen- sall exchange, and in the near- by exchanges of Exeter, Cen- tralia and Crediton, will be dialing new information and re- pair service numbers beginning Sunday, October 6. W. W. Haysom, Bell Canada's manager in this area, said to- day the new information num- ber will be "411" for customers in all four areas, New number for repair serv- ice in !Hensall and EEceter ex- changes will be "611", while Centralia and Crediton custom- ers will dial "4104". Customers on two-party lines in the Centralia exchange will dial a new number, "41091", on and after October 6 to call the party sharing the line. And, customers in Centralia and Crediton exchanges will get faster dialing, by two digits, on long distance calls. Local calls will from October 6 on require Centralia subscrib- ers to dial the full seven digits (i.e.) 228.6100, not 6100 as you do at present. Beginning on the above date, it will be necessary to dial only "1" instead of "112" to make Direct Distance dialed calls. These changes are included in the Goderich-St. Thomas -Lon- don phone book, to be available about October. 6. Junior Hockey Organized To Play Games in Zurich A junior 'D' hockey team will be playing in Zurich this season following a decision to enter in OHA competition made at the annual meeting of the Zurich Minor Athletic Association last Wednesday night. The league in which the local entry will play has not been determined as yet, although it is quite like- ly they will compete with Bel- mont, Lambeth, Alvinston, Mit- chell and possibly Forest. The juniors,,will be known as the Dominions, and new uni- forms in a smart red and white color scheme have been ordered for the team. Hockey pants will be supplied for all the players, as well. A committee of seven was ap- pointed,by the Zurich MAA to supervise the operation of the junior club. They are: Ray Mc- Kinnon, Bob Johnston, Bob Merner, Carl Decker, Stewart Deitz, Gordon Bloch and Herb Turkheim. President-elect of the MAA, Doug O'Brien, will also sit on the committee. At a meeting of the new spe- cial committee last Thursday night, further details in connec- tion with the operation of the team were 'worked out. Ray McKinnon was appointed team manager, and although a coach has not been selected as yet, there are three or four names being considered for the pos- ition. Sub -committees appointed were: personnel, Ray McKinnon, Doug O'Brien and Herb Turk- heim; equipment, Bob Merner and Bob Johnston; finance, Carl Decker and Stewart Deitz; pub- licity director, Herb Turkheim. Another meeting will be held tonight (Thursday) when the committee hopes to make the selection of a coach, Player certificates have been received by the manager, and try -out camp will be held as soon as ice is available somewhere in the district. Players can be drawn from a radius of 25 miles, and this should assure a top - calibre team which will be able .to win their share of games. All youths who have been born after December 31, 1948, are eligible to play, and will be given an invitation to work out. Further details as to player personnel, other teams in the league, and the name of the coach will be available in next week's edition of the Citizens News. Change Stop S At HiIlsgreen 815 Due to the fact that in recent years there is more traffic on the north -south Parr Line (coun- ty road 31) than on the east - west Hay -Stanley Town Line at their intersection at Hillsgreen, the County of Huron decided to reverse the STOP signs so that the road with the most traffic would be the through road. In order to prevent accidents at the corner it was decided to make the change -over in stages. In stage No. 1 both roads were made STOP for a temporary period (4 -WAY STOP). Stage No. 2 provides for removal of the STOP signs on the north - south Parr Line at this corner. The county will erect new and larger STOP 750 feet ahead signs on the Town Line in ad- vance of the corner and will remove the STOP signs on the Parr Line on October 8, 1968. Motorists are cautioned of this change and are reminded to obey the signs. Hay Township Assessment Hits New High; Nominations Set The total assessment for the Township of Hay bit an all-time high this year, according to the assessment role presented to the council by assessor George Arm- strong. Total assessment is $3,442,090, with only $192,190 of the amount being commercial and industrial. Population of the township, according to the role, is 1922. At their meeting on Tuesday night, council set October 28, at 8 p.m., as the date for court of revision an the assessment role. Any persons wishing to appeal their assessment will be heard at that time, providing they give notice of their appeal to the clerk -treasurer within the specified time. In other business at their meeting,• council set Monday, November 25, as the date for municipal nominations, with the date for election set for Mon- day, December 2. Nominations for reeve, deputy reeve and councillors will be for a two- year term, the first time this will be in effect in Hay Town- ship. The date for all school nomi- nations will be Monday, Novem- ber 18. Council awarded a contract for the construction of the Shap - ton municipal drain to Harold Roth, RR 2, New 'Hamburg, for the closed portion at a price of $1309. The contract for the open portion was awarded to Mailing List Now Corrected to Date At long fast the mailing list of the Citizens News has been revised and all new subscrip- tions and rer•awais brought up to date accordingly, as of September 30. Please check your label and see if the correct expiry date is shown. )If there is an error, please advise us promptly. If your label reads Sept 68, or prior to that date, your subscription is now due and should be renewed as soon as possible. 0 Mr. and Mrs, Ronald Heim - rich and family, of Newmarket, and Mr. and Mrs. Milo Steven- son, of London, spent the past week -end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Haberer. Alvin Litt, of London, for the sum of $1540. Two more petitions for mu- nicipal drains were received by the council, and in both cases they have been referred to engi- neer C. P. Corbett, of Lucan, for reports to be prepared. As well, council dealt with at least seven or eight applications for tile drainage loans. The front windows in the municipal ofi:tce building in Zurich have deteriorated, and council decided to engage Lloyd Mousseau, RR. 2, Hensall, to in- stall new windows in their place. He is also to build a new side- walk leading to the side door of the building. Zuridl Dealers Co hiu a Eff For Big General M tors Showing ing Two energetic Zurich General Motors franchised dealers are combining their efforts to pro- duce a mammoth showing of all new models of General Motors products in the Zurich Arena on Friday night. Huron Motor Products will have on display the complete new line of 1969 models of Pon- tiacs, Buicks, Firebirds, Beau - mutts, Cadillacs, Acadian and GMC trucks. Gingerich's Sales and Service will display the complete new Iine of 1969 models of Frigidaire appliances. such as washers, dryers, refrigerators, ranges and is deep freezers. There is no admission charge lo the showing, and the two firms in an advertisement on page eight of this edition of the Citizens News, are extending an invitaton to the general public to drop down to the arena and look around. Refreshments will be served to all visitors. This is the first major attrac- tion to take place in the Zurich Arena since a new cement floor was installed last year, and any one visiting the show will have the opportunity of seeing how suitable the facilities are for such occasions. Reeve Head of Chamber Leroy Thiel, reeve of the vil- lage of Zurich, was elected president of the Zurich Cham- ber of Commerce at the annual meeting of the organization in the Dominion Hotel last week. He succeeds Keith Westlake, who has held the position for the past two years. Other officers are: vice-presi- dent, Glenn Thiel; secretary, John Consitt; treasurer, Bill Mc- Adams, and chairman of the ex- ecutive council, Fred Haberer. Members of the executive council are: Fred Mommersteeg, Tom Meyers, Ted Steinbach, Oscar Greb, Robert Westlake, Milford Doerr, Ray McKinnon, Vincent Doyle, Cleve Gingerich, Len Merner and Doug Arm- strong. Chairmen of various commit- tees are as follows: agriculture,. Ted Steinbach; program, Doug Armstrong; f inane e, Glenn Thiel; health and welfare, Oscar Greb; industrial and planning.. Milford Doerr; membership, Robert Westlake; publicity, Ray McKinnon; retail merchants, Cleve Gingerich; special events, Glenn Thiel and Vincent Doyle; public affairs, Gordon Erb; tour- ism, Gerald Gingerich, and audi- tors, Wayne Horner and Doug Armstrong. FOURTEEN CONTESTANTS—Judges at the "Queen of the Fair" contest held in connection with the Zurich Fall Fair had their work cut out for them with a total of 14 girls entered in the competition, representing various business places in to area. Front row, left to right, are Doris Oesch, Rose Marie Grenier, Carolyn Thiel, Debbie Merner„ Linda Stade, who was chosen Queen. Middle row,. left to right, Colleen Geoffrey, Lanna Clark, Sandra Webb, Cheryl Clausius. Back row, left to right, Janet Meidinger, Sarah Ducharme, June Wagg,, Sandra Richardson, and Judy Corriveau.