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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1968-11-14, Page 1No. 46 --FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1968 10 CENTS PER COPY BAG SEVEN DEER—A group of ten hunters, five from this area, four from Palmerston and one from New York, came home with seven good size deer after a hunting expedition in the Parry Sound district. Two members of the group, Irvin Rader, left, of Dashwood, and Neil Wacker, right, of Zurich, are shown here with four of the big bucks which they managed to fall. Others from this area who were along on the hunt were Jack Turnbull, Melvin Schoch and Mike Walker. Goderich Lawyer Candidate For New County School Board as SS Delegate Dan Murphy, partner in the Goderich law firm of Donnelly & Murphy, announced this week that he would seek election as the separate school representa- tive for the new Huron County Board of Education. There will be 14 trustees elected to the new county board, one of which will be the sep- arate school representative. Thirteen trustees will be elect- ed by the public school sup- porters from the ten wards in the county, each ward being able to elect one representative with the exception of the wards of Stephen, Exeter and Usborne; Tuckersmith, -Seaforth, Stanley and Bayfield; Clinton, Hullett, McKillop and Blyth, each of which elect two trustees. The Town of Goderich is entitled to one representative. On the other hand persons nominated as the separate school represen- tative will be elected by sep- arate school ratepayers from the county as a whole and their name will appear on the ballots in each of the ten wards. There will also be a new Sep- arate School Board of Educa- tion which will administer all separate schools in the counties of Huron and Perth. There are 21 separate schools in Huron and Perth counties with a stu- dent population of 3,500 stu- dents. Persons being nominated for the position of Separate school representative on the County of Huron Board of Education will be nominated November 18 next at the Hay Township Hall in Zurich, being the municipal- ity with the largest separate school assessment in Huron County. Mr. Murphy was born on a farm in Mount Forest, Ontario, and attended separate and high schools in that town. He grad- uated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Michael's Col- ST. JOSEPH and DRYSDALE lege of the University of To- ronto in 1951. After complet- ing a year's graduate work in Business Administration at the University of Toronto, he en- tered Osgoode Hall Law School in 1952 graduating in 1956. He has practised law in the Town of Goderich since 1959. Mr. Murphy is married with five children. He has been separate school representative on the Goderich District Collegiate since 1961 and he is presently that schools representative on the County of Huron Interim School Organization Committee being the steering committee which has been set up to facil- itate the organization of the new hoard. 0 Alfred Ducharme, Correspondent Visitors at the home of Mr. Bedard, also his son; Mr. and and Mrs. Garfield Denomme were from London, their son Lester and his wife, spending the long holidays. Visitors in the surrounding were from Canard River, Mr. and Mrs. Armond Beneteau. They spent a few days visiting Mrs. Beneteau's relatives and friends as she being a native of this neighborhood. They re- turned to their Canard River home on Friday last. Visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ducharme on Monday last were from Grosse Point, Michigan, Mr. and Mrs. Tyros Stansberry, and from De- troit, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Ducharme, from Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hartman, Yours truly and Mrs. Du- charme, believed to be the old- est couple in this St, Joseph Parish, will celebrate their 65th anniversary of their married life on November 25, in the St. Peter's Church with their chil- dren and relatives. Please, no gifts. More in next issue. Visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Dolph Sopha were from Windsor. Mr. and Mrs. Reg Mrs. Denis Bedard, also of Windsor. From Mount Carmel, Mr. and Mrs. John Mahoney, and from Hespeler, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mahoney and their daughter Carolyn. From Zur- ich, Mr. and Harold Dietrich and family. Also at the Sophas for a week was their son Leon- ard from Chicago, and another son, Lawrence, from Detroit. Both of them enjoy hunting and they ,spent most of their time tramping the neighboring wood- land. They were accompanied by their father, an old-time hunter, who, in his young days, did much hunting which meant a revenue for the home. Pop Sopha, regardless of his three score and ten years, we are told led the hunting outing and at no time did he show signs of fatigue. We have not been told their reward. (Cont. from three weeks ago) Some time ago I told you of being held in Flint for no crime but suspicion of beating our way, Such was not the case— we had trekked into the Flint village, had sat in the public (Continued on page 4) Curling for Women An effort is presently being made to encourage women in the community to take part in a special afternoon of curling every week. . The first session is scheduled for next Tuesday afternoon, be- ginning at 1:30 p.m. All women in the area who wouldlike to try their hand at this popular sporting activity should come out to the arena on Tuesday. Meanwhile the Curling Club are completing their plans to begin play next Monday night, and according to officials there is still room for a few more players. 0 - Obituary Mission Festival In Crediton Church MRS. ERVIN J. WILLERT Residents of Hensall and com- munity were saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Mrs. Ervin J. Willert, a very highly esteemed resident, who passed away suddenly in St. Joseph's Hospital, London, on Tuesday, November 12, in her 73rd year. She was the former Luella Walper. Mrs. Willert was an active member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Zurich, and a valued member of Hensall Women's Institute. Mr. Willert passed away in 1959. Surviving are one son, Har- old, RR 2, Hensall; two daueh- ters, Mrs. Ross (Beatrice) Rich- ardson, RR 1, Zurich; Mrs. Pearl Koehler, Hensall; four brothers, Gordon, California; Garnet, De- troit; John, Port Severn; Wil- liam, L.C.; two sisters, Mrs. herb (Pearl) Mousseau, Zurich, and Mrs. Arletta Hess, Zurich. There are also 21 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. The body is resting at the Bonthron funeral chapel, Hen- sall, until Friday, when removal will be made to St. Peter's Luthern Church, Zurich, where the service will be conducted by Rev. A. C. Blackwell at 2 p.m. Interment will be made in St. Peter's Lutheran Ceme- tery, Goshen Line. A Mission Festival for the southern part of Huron -Perth Presbytery of the United Church, which opened in Zion Church, Crediton, on Wednes- day, November )13, continues in that church. Tliursday and Fri- day evenings oe this week. The Crediton churches are being assisted in this festival by Exeter, Hensall, Dashwood and Zurich churches, which will arrange their own display booths on the church's mission in the world. Emmanuel Church, Zurich, is manning the church vocations booth. The displays open nightly at 7:30 p.m. and remain open until 10 p.m. Each night there is a special feature at 8 p.m. On Wednesday night a film on In- donesia was shown. Tonight's program will include an ad- dress by the Rev. Alfred Day, presently on furlough from Hong Kong. On Friday night a film, "The Long March", will be shown. There is no admission fee, but an offering for missions will be received nightly. Refreshments are being served by .one of the Crediton church groups. An invitation is extended to all adults, children or youth of any denomination interested in the world-wide outreach of the church. New Rates Effective January 1 Zurich Council Passes Water By-law At the regular meeting of the council of the village of Zurich last Thursday night, by-law 93, setting out the new rates for water in the municipality, was given its final reading and passed. The by-law is now in the hands of the Ontario Mu- nicipal Board, for their ap- proval, The new rates, which will come into effect on January 1, will see domestic users of water in the village pay a rate of $48 per year. Commercial users will have to pay $75 per year for their water, while persons living outside the municipality proper will be charged $75 per year. These new rates do not in- clude a frontage charge which will be levied against certain properties when the proposed additions and renovations to the water system are made. Approval was given to the fire department to purchase a set of new wrenches, some rope and face masks for use by mem- bers of the volunteer brigade. A report from the brigade pointed out that they recently made an inspection and tried out the various items of equip- ment at Blue Water Rest Home. The report also told of a meet- ing of the Huron County Mu- tual Aid for fire -fighting, which is to be held in Zurich on Mon- day night, November 18. At the same time the entire group will tour the Ontario Water Re- sources plant near Grand Bend. An extension of a year was granted to William Ferguson, for the right to use his mobile home which is situated within the village limits. According to by-law, an owner of a mobile home is only allowed to use the same within the village limits for a period of one year, unless council is willing to grant an extension of time in view of the owner making plans to replace it with a permanent home. In other business the •council approved an agreement with the Zurich Agricultural Society for Auxiliary Plans Bazaar at Home the annual use of the arena and community centre facilities for their fall fairs. The agreement allows the society to use the facilities annually free of charge, subject to a very nomi- nal caretaking charge. Council approved the installa- tion of a street light on the street in front of the office of the new dentist, in the east sec- tion of the village. Honour Dead of Two Wars at Hensel!! Re e;; ,kbrance Day Honoring the dead of two world wars, Remembrance Day was observed Sunday, Novem- ber 10, under the auspices of the Royal Canadian Legion, Hensall, branchc 468, with a service and placing of wreaths at the Cenotaph at 10:45 a.m. Wreaths were placed by the following persons: Provincial, Mrs. Mary Taylor, Sr.; Legion, president E. R. Davis; Auxiliary, president Mrs. Garnet Allan; Kinsmen and Kinettes, president Wayne Reid for Kinsmen, and president Mrs. Ron Wareing for the Kinettes; Guides, Pam Mic- kle; Village, reeve Minnie Noakes; Hay Township, council- lor Harold Campbell; Tucker - smith Township, reeve Elgin Thompson; General Coach, Bar- rie Jackson. A large and colorful parade, headed by Exeter Legion Pipe Band, Legion, Auxiliary, Guides, Brownies and their leaders, marched to the United Church for service at 11 a.m. Rev. Harold F. Currie gave the mes- sage, appropriate to the occa- sion. President E. R. Davis read scripture passages from Reve- lations 21, 1 to 7. The choir Service on Sunday sang an anthem under direction' of Mrs. John Turkheim, Parade marshal was Wilmer Dalrymple; color sergeant, Jim Taylor; standard bearers. Le- gion, John Skea, Garnet Allan; Auxiliary, Mrs. Harry Horton, Mrs. Roland Vanstone: Guides, Brenda Lavender and Jill Drys- dale. Monday evening, November 11, members of the Legion en- joyed a dinner at the Legion Hall. The Ladies' Auxiliary to the Blue Water Rest Hone held their monthly meeting at the Home on Wednesday, Novem- ber 6. Miss Meda Surerus and her committee were in charge of the program. The Village Folk entertainers — Richard Breakey, Marlene Rader and Gwen Clausius, ren- dered a number of selections. Mrs. Marie Brock, from Wood- ham, showed the residents and Auxiliary members different things that can be made with liquid embroidery. In the business the group re- ceived an invitation to attend the bazaar to be held at Marion Villa, London, on November 15 and 16. The Auxiliary were reminded also of ther own bake sale, tea and bazaar, on Satur day, November 23. Anyone wishing to donate any article for the bazaar or home baking may do so by taking them to the Home before 12:00 o'clock, November 23. St. Boniface CWL Plan Card Party The members of the Catholic Women's League of St. Boniface Church, at their regular meet- ing Tuesday night, made plans for a card party to be held on Saturday night, November 16, at the school gymatorium. Prizes will be awarded for pro- gressive euchre, and lunch will be served. Thirty-one members of the organization were present for the meeting, and heard a report from Gerald Gingerich regard- ing the new dentist in the com- munity. The members were urged to support this project. Lance Reed demonstrated to the meeting the making of Christmas centre -pieces, which were sold to the members by a Dutch auction. Proceeds were given to the League. 0 Hensail Rector To Serve in East Rev. Harold Seegmiller, rector of Trivitt Memorial Church, Ex- eter. and St. Paul's Anglican Church, Hensall, has announced he will become rector of St. John's Church. Fairview. N.S.. beginning January 1. No appointment has been made to replace him. Dr. Seegmilier, a native of Mildmay, was educated at the University of Western Ontario and has held various charges in Oxford County and Pelee Island. He served with the Royal Canadian Navy and upon discharge. with the Diocese of Nova Scotia. A degree of doctor of divinity was. conferred upon him during the April convocation at Huron College, London, for his studies of early mission societies Canada. 0 3� DASHWOOD Mrs. Sam Elsie is a patient in South Huron Hospital, Ex- eter. Irvin Rader, Jack Turnbull and several hunters from Zur- ich and Palmerston, bagged seven deer in the Parry Sound district last week. Mrs. Syd Baker and Mrs. Howard Maier attended the Women's Institute London area convention at Ingersoll last week. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Bender (Continued on page 4) bitL NOW TWO YEARS OLD—It was two years ago, in November, 1966, that the official opening of Blue Water Rest Home, near Zurich, was con- ducted by prime minister of Ontario, the Hon. John P. Robarts. Now, two years later, the Home is filled to capacity and officials say they are more than pleased with the progress which has been made since the idea first came up. To date there has been no discussion on the idea of an addition to the building, but in all probability it is only a matter of time until such an idea again becomes a reality.