HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1968-10-10, Page 1No. 41—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL. NEWS
ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1968
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PERFECT ATTENDANCE AWARDS were
presented to 25 members of the Zurich Lions Club
on Monday night by District Governor Bill Moody,
of Mount Forest. Three of the five . charter • mem-
bers who received chevrons for 23 years perfect at-
tendance are shown here with the governor. Left
to right are Ivan Yungblut, Governor Moody, Earl
Yungblut and Ed Datars. Missing when this photo
was taken were Leroy O'Brien and Jake Haberer.
(Citizens News Photo)
Hensali Notifies Townships on Fire Rat
(By Mrs. Harry Caldwell)
Hensall village council met in
the chambers, October 7, with
Reeve. Noakes, Councillors Bak-
er, Jaques, Knight and Roos -
boom presenia. Minutes were
read by Clerk Campbell and
business included false alarms,
where Bell Telephone in ilvlont-
real was contacted and the mat-
ter was referred back to Clin-
ton.
Tuckersmith and Hay town-
ships are to be notifed that
their fire agreements of $500
standing time and $80 for the
first hour and $50 for each
additional hour has expired, and
in order to have fire protection
from Hensall new agreements
will have to . be drawn before
October, 3t, '.1968.
Stanley is to be notified that
Hensall will not answer any fire
calls regardless of who calls, as
it is impossible for them to
know whether the calls is au-
thorized or not.
Ernie Davis reported catch
basins raised, gravel secured,
'Hal' Flaro Appointed Coach of New
Junior Hockey Entry in OHA 'D' Series
Corporal Hal Fiero, of CFB
Clinton, has been appointed
coach of the newly organized
Zurich junior hockey team, to
be known as the Dominions.
He lives in Varna, and has been
stationed at Clinton for the past
number of years.
An avid sportsman, Hal was a
member of the Zurich Kings
catch basins cleaned, salt ord-
ered for winter use and the
dump bulldozed. He reported
there have been fires in the
grain dumps, and the way the
dump is being conducted :where,
the mills dump it will not last
a year.
Council also discovered that
they should refuse a building
permit unless the weeper bed
and septic tank facilities are
satisfactory. Council should
discuss the problem before it
goes to the building inspector.
of youths and mold them into
a contending hockey team. He
added, "I also have my eye on
four or five top calibre junior
players, who I am sure can be
lured into our camp. The fans
can be sure we will be out there
fighting to win our share of
games".
The Dominions will be •play-
ing in a five team Junior D
grouping this season. Other
teams are Belmont, Lambeth,
Mitchell and Hanover. The
teams will be holding a meeting
in the next week to draw up a
schedule.
Within the next week, offi-
cials of the club are hoping to
arrange ice time in Clinton
Arena for the purpose of trying
out any youths who are interest-
ed in playing on the team. All
boys who were born after De-
cember 31, 1948, are invited to
work out, and if they require
any information they may con-
tact Ray- McKinnon, manager,
at Zurich, or Hal Flaro, coach,
at Varna.
ball team last season, and has
had many years of experience
in coaching both ball and hoc-
key teams. While stationed at
Cornwall, he coached an inter-
mediate hockey team which won
a championship four years in
a row.
Hal is a real sticker for phys-
ical fitness, and he pointed out
that every member of his team
will have to be in the peak of
condition to make the lineup.
Just two weeks ago, Hal spent
five days at the Boston Bruins
training camp, observing vari-
ous methods used in condition-
ing hockey players for the com-
ing season.
In discussing the coaching ap-
pointment with the Citizens
News, Hal said he considers it
a real challenge to take a group
Tenders are being called for
a new sidewalk on Wellington
Street, from King to Richmond
South. Weeds are reported
growing profusely behind the
main street stores.
The dump will be open on
Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
and on Monday from 1 p.m. to
6 p.m. from October 28 until
further notice.
Building permits were grant-
ed to Hensall Co-op to renovate
Mickle's mill for $60,000; to
Keith Buchanan, to build a new
garage; to George Shields for a
sun porch; to Thomas Laven-
der to renovate a bathroom;
to Mrs. Gloria Odell to build a
small barn; and to Peter Me -
Naughton to renovate a veran-
dah. A total of $61,500.
Lorne Hay presented a report
on the Parkhill dam. Although
the weather lately has been bad,
Write to Attorney General
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Service
At their regular meeting last
Wednesday night, the council
of the village of. Zurich instruct-
ed clerk Elda Wagner to write
to the Attorney General's de-
partment in Toronto, asking for
information as to what type of
police services the municipality
might expect from the OPP de-
tachment in Exeter.
Several members of council
expressed dissatisfaction with
the amount of attention this
community receives from the
detachment, especially since leg-
islation last year suggested that
it is expected that traffic will
be over the dam this fall.
Complaints were read regard-
ing noise at night on the week-
ends and the police will be re-
quested to provide more super-
vision in Hensel.
Council decided they could
not give assistance to Harry
Klungel, to finance the neces-
sary weeper bed for the addi-
tion to the nursing home.
Nominations for reeve, coun-
cillors and one member of the
PUC will be held in Hensall,
November 25, 1968, from 7. to
8 p.m. Bilis of $4,743.18 were
ordered paid.
Meeting adjourned to meet
November 4, 1968.
Ecumenical Service
An ecumenical service will be
held on Thanksgiving Day at
the Mary Ellen Memorial Chapel,
Eisenbach Museum, Grand Bend,
at 2 p.m., to which the general
public are cordially invited.
Various clergymen throughout
the area will participate in the
service.
New Water Rates
Set for Zurich
At a recent meeting of the
council of the village of Zurich,
the proposed new water rates,
submitted by the committee of
council operating the Zurich
Water System, were given pre-
liminary approval. These rates
are subject to Ontario Munici-
pal Board approval,
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The rates are based on a de-
sign report submitted by the
consulting firm of B. M. Ross
and Associates, of Goderich, on
an updated Water System. This
report has been granted prelim-
inary approval by the Ontario
Water Resources Commission,
and Ontario Municipal Board
approval is anticipated in the
near future.
Recognizing the desire to keep
the Water System under local
control and ownership, the corn-
mittee in charge has investigat-
ed all the available schemes by
which this work could be fi-
nanced, and has come to the
conclusion that it would be
more economical to finance this
project themselves through the
issuing of debentures.
The committee is firmly of
the opinion that the report sub-
mitted by B. M. Ross in early
1968 will meet the needs of the
village for the present and fu-
ture needs and have projected
plans to include the next 20
years.
The new rates will become
effective November 1, 1968, with
the first billing to be on Jan-
uary 1, 1969. The bills will be
issued bi-monthly and will al-
ternate with the hydro bills.
Complete details of the new
water rate structure in Zurich
may be found in an advertise-
ment on page seven of this edi-
tion of the Citizens News.
eeks tter
P Detachment
all smaller communities should
be policed by the Ontario Pro-
vincial Police. It was pointed
out that there was no sign of
,OPP officers being present in
the village at the annual Fall
Fair, and the parking situation
in Zurich still leaves much to
be desired.
Three tenders were received
for the supply of oil for various
municipal buildings in the vil-
lage, and the contract was
awarded to Arrow Petroleums
through their local agent, Rob-
ert N. McKinley, at a price of
15.8 cents per gallon.
In other business at the meet-
ing, a contract for the open por-
tion of the Zurich Drain was
awarded to Graham & Graham,
of London. Prices on the closed
portion of the drain were con-
sidered by council to be much
too high, so it was agreed to
again call tenders for this por-
tion of the Brenner drain.
A by-law was passed at the
meeting to establish two-year
terms of office for the reeve
and councillors of the village,
to commence with the year
William Pugh, 16, of Grand
Bend, pleaded guilty in magis-
trate's court at Goderich Mon-
day to illegal possession of mari-
juana.
The case was adjourned until
November 25. A similar charge
against his companion, William
Dennis, 19, of Parkhill, was dis-
missed. Both were arrested
near Grand Bend September 2.
Provincial police constable
Charles Morris said he found
Pugh behind the steering wheel
of a car in a "dazed condition".
An insulin syringe was found in
his left breast pocket, white
capsules and two packages of a
green, leafy substance. He said
he asked Pugh what was in the
package and Pugh told him it
was marijuana.
Magistrate G. C. Marshman,
of London, ordered a pre -sent-
ence report and said character
witnesses could be called at the
next appearance.
Zurich Chamber of Commerce Brings
Dentist to Serve Entire Community
Effective Monday, November
4, Zurich and surrounding areas
will have the service of a den-
tist, on a two -day -a -week basis.
Dr. R. G. Eickmeier, now prac-
ticing dentistry in. Mitchell, will
serve the community in an of-
fice presently being renovated
for the purpose by the Zurich
Chamber of Commerce.
Obtaining the services of a
dentist for the eorninunity has
been a project of the Zurich
Chamber of Commerce for some
time, and just recently a com-
mittee consisting of Ray Mc-
Kinnon, Dr. C. J. Wallace,
Charles Thiel and Herb Turk-
heim were appointed to look
into the matter more seriously.
Dr. Eickmeier is a nephew of
Mrs. Edna Eickmeier and the
late Henry Eickrneier, of Zur-
ich, and a cousin of Dr. Bruce
Eickmeier, a native of Zurich
now practicing dentistry in
Hamilton. At present he is liv-
ing in Brodhagen and is asso-
ciated in a dental practice in
Mitchell with his uncle, Dr. K.
McGill.
Dr. Eickmeier is a graduate
of the University of Detroit
Dental College, and was one of
the top students in his graduat-
ing class. He comes to the corn-
munity well qualified in all the
latest methods of dentistry.
The dental office in Zurich
will be opened every Monday
and Tuesday for the present
time, and appointments are now
being taken by Mrs. Lloyd Den-
omme, who will serve as re-
ceptionist for Dr. Eickmeier. A
telephone has been installed in
both the dental office and the
home of Mrs. Denomme, and
any persons wishing to make
appointments now for after No-
vember 4 may contact Mrs. Den -
online any day of the week.
The number to call for dental
appointments is 236.4321.
1969. This plan is being adopt-
ed in all area municipalities to
coincide with nominations and
elections for school trustees un-
der the new county board of
education.
Council approved the recom-
mendation of the arena commit-
tee that a new metal roof be
installed on the arena, at a c lst
of $4832. The roof has been
leaking so badly that very few
activities could be held in the
building any more without be-
ing affected badly by dripping
water. A contract for the new
roof was awarded to Dc,nald
Oke Limited.
Approval was given to r'7;:;d
superintendent Carl Thiel to
purchase a tractor cab from the
Township of Hay, for the sum
of $219. A subsidy request was
approved to the department of
highways for the 1969 road al-
lowance, consistin of $8500
for maintenance and $3000 for
construction.
Council agreed that Daylight
Saving Time would come to an
end in the village on Saturday,
October 26, at midnight,
Twenty-five Members of Zurich Lions
Earn Perfect Attendance Awards
District Governor William
Moody, Mount Forest, present-
ed perfect attendance chevrons
to 25 members of the Zurich
Lions Club at their regular din-
ner meeting Monday night at
the Dominion Hotel. Five of
'the group, Ed Datars, Ivan
Yungblut, Earl Yungblut Leroy
O'Brien and Jake Haberer have
23 years of perfect attendance,
and all five are charter mem-
bers of the organization.
Other awards were as follows:
22 years, Ed Gascho, Russell
Grainger; 19 years, Delbert
Geiger, Lloyd O'Brien; 11 years,
Ray McKinnon, Don O'Brien,
Doug O'Brien, Herb Turkheim;
10 years, Ferd Haberer, Don
Oke, Morris Webb.
Nine years, Howard Klopp;
eight years, Claire Geiger; seven
years, Arnold Merner; five years,
V. L. Becker; four years, Joe
Hoffman; three years, Bob
Merner; two years, Louis Wil-
lert; one year, Richard Erb,
Robert N. McKinley.
The district governor, who
who born in London and is pres-
ently a guidance teacher at
Mount Forest High School, was
introduced by Lion Morris Webb
and thanked by Lion Russell
Grainger.
Referring to Lions as an of-
ficial international organization,
the speaker told the group that
there are over 830,000 members
in the world, using 10 official
languages. He added that 1000
new clubs are chartered every
year throughout the world.
The governor spoke briefly
on the fact that the Zurich club
will be celebrating their 25th
anniversary in 1969, and on such.
an occasion the group are en-
titled to a visit from the third
vice-president of Lions Interna-
tional. Presently Lions clubs
across Canada are working to
have Tris Coffin, of Montreal,
elected to the position of third
vice-president next year, at the
international convention.
In closing his remarks the
governor urged the group to
keep their committees busy,
since this is what builds a strong
organization.
Guests at the meeting were
Isidore Laporte, of Zurich. and
Ferris Cantelon, of Brampton.
The members of the club will
canvass the village on Mon-
day night, October 21, for the
Canadian National Institute for
the Blind.
BRINGS BACK MEMORIES —
When RCMP Constable Richard Stade,
left, visited the Zurich Public School
last Friday, he had the pleasure of
pinning the badge on patrol captain
Maura Gascho, centre, while principal
Donald L. O'Brien looked on. It was
a memorable occasion for Rick, since
he was the first captain of the 10:01
school patrol When it was formed back
in 1961. At the same time, it was no
doubt an honor for Maura to have an
RCMP officer officiate at the cere-
mony.