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Zurich Citizens News, 1968-11-28, Page 1r :a2� Nay e No. 48—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1968 10 CENTS PER COPY HAY COUNCIL GIVEN ACCLAMATION — The entire council of Hay Township were returned to office by acclamation on Monday, when no other nominees were placed on the slate. Back row, left to right, are Lionel Wilder, deputy reeve Lloyd Hendrick, John Tinney and Harold Campbell. Front, left to right, are Joseph Hoffman, reeve, Wayne Horner, clerk -treasurer. Hensa{ At a time when a lot of mu- nicipal councils are being filled by acclamation, Hensall rate- payers will be going to the polis Monday to elect a reeve and a four -man council. All persons nominated for the various positions on the village's council were of the same opin- ion, "we want an election". Mrs. Minnie Noakes, who has filled the reeve's position for three years will be opposed by Oliver Jaques, who has been on council for the same length of time. Mrs. Noakes also served six years on council, while Jaques served some time on the Hensall Public School Board. In her address to the rate- payers, Mrs. Noakes said, "I hope we have an election, peo- ple should be more interested in municipal affairs. If we don't take interest in our business, somebody else will." The present reeve added, "I'm looking forward to an election and as far as I am concerned it will be a clean fight and may the best man win." Jaques voiced the sante opin- ion in stating his intentions of contesting the reeveship, say- ing, "It is my intention to run for reeve. An election gives everybody a chance to voice their opinion of who they want on council." The challenger for the top municipal post added, "I would School Vote Set For Monday tes or eeve and (ounciIl like to sit on county council and 1 feel with my experience in the electrical trade, I could give leadership on the Public Utilities Commission in Hen- sall." The three remaining members of the 1968 Hensall council, Harold Knight, John Baker and Hein Rooseboom are being op- posed by newcomers George Beer and Leonard Erb. A vacancy on the village's PUC was filled by Charles Hay. Beer was also nominated for PUC but tendered his resigna- tion to become eligible for coun- cil. In a similar move, Hay took the vacant PUC seat in- stead of attempting to make council. Beer assured the ratepayers, "I don't want to go in by ac- clamation, if there is an elec- tion I'll be there." He signed his qualification papers immedi- ately after the other four were officially in the running. At the meeting, Erb said he hadn't finally decided on run- ning but had been approached for several years. He added, "I have no fault to find with pres- ent council, but I have 20 years experience gained on school boards in Hay Township." Hay, who takes the PUC posi- tion from retiring Bill Fuss, told the ratepayers, I would like to go on by the people's choice. I have a lot of questions about the PUC. This is the reason I will stand. The other three sitting coun- cillors also said they were pleased with the thoughts of an election to give the ratepayers a chance to .make their choices known. Councillor Harold Knight, of the property committe, reported that due to many truck loads of garbage from outside munici- palities, the dump had to be locked, with a supervisor in charge. He also reported 'on Gordon M. Hess New Reeve in Zurich; Another Nomination For 2 Councillors Gordon H. Hess, a member of the council of the village of Zurich for the past four years, was elected reeve by acclama- tion on Monday night. One other nominee for the position, present reeve Leroy Thiel, has decided to retire from the office. Only two men have been elected to the council for a two- year term. • They are Ken Mc - Atter, a newcomer to the po- litical scene, and Herb Turk- heim, who has served on coun- cil for the past two years, Both men were elected by acclama- tion. Two other nominees, Milford Doerr and Leroy Thiel, chose not to qualify for the position of councillor. Both had inti- mated earlier that they wished to retire from the scene. An- other member •of the present council, Dr. W. B. Coxon, also chose to retire after having served the municipality faith- fully as a councillor for the past eight years. negotiations with neighboring townships on the purchase of a new fire truck, saying, "we feel they should pay a fair share toward the purchase and main- tenance of our fire fighting equipment." John Sangster,gave a lengthy report on the past year's oper- ation of the PUC. He said water meters had been discontinued about six months ago and that revenue from the flat rate was little different from the meters. Sangster added, "It was the expenditures that was killing us. It had been necessary to service about 100 meters a year clue to corrosion at from $7 to $10 each," Later during a question and answer period, Sangster, after noting most of the ladies in at- tendance were wearing their coats, suggested a new heating system he installed in the town hall. He received unanimous support from everyone. Hay Offldals Returned by Acclamation The entire council of the Township of Hay were returned by acclamation at the nomina- tion meeting on Monday in the Township Mali, Zurich. No other candidates were nomin- ated but the five necessary to fill the slate for a two-year term. Returned to office were reeve Joseph Hoffman, deputy reeve Lloyd Hendrick. and ,councillors John Tinney, Harold Campbell and Lionel Wilder. Clerk Wayne Horner was returning officer for the nomination and acted as chairman for the brief meet- ing of the electors which fol- lowed. Only about 25 ratepay- ers were in attendance. One minute silence was ob- served in memory of H. W. Brokensh.ire, who had served the township for about 25 years prior to his sudden passing dur- ing the past year. In addressing the group pres- ent, Reeve Iloffman said the past year had been busy and trying at times, especially with the passing of their devoted clerk -treasurer. He added that he felt council had been for- tunate insecuring a capable re- placement in the person of Mr. Horner. Concerning his work at 'coun- ty council level, Mr. Hoffman told of the problems faced by the property committee, of which he was a member. Re- garding the new county assess- ment system, he said, "under the new system our assessing will cost us at least three times as much as it is at present. There is at present a movement at county level to fight regional government, and I feel we Ratepayers in Hay Township, Hensall and Zurich will go to the polls on Monday, December 2, to elect various members to school boards for a two-year term. Public school supporters in the three municipalities will choose between James Taylor and Robert Rowcliffe, both of Hensall, for the position of one member to the Huron County Board of Education, Separate school supporters in the same areas will have two separate ballots. One ballot will bear the names of John Morrissey and Daniel Murphy, the two candidates seeking elec- tion as the one separate school representative to the new Hur- on County Board of Education. The other; ballot for separate school supporters will bear the names of Treffl.ey Geoffrey and Gerald Regier, the two candi- dates seeking election as the one representative for the new combined Huron and Perth Sep- arate School Board of Educa- tion. Polls in Hay, Hensall and Zurich will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., in the various polling sub -divisions through- out each municipality. should work against it as hard as we can" , Deputy reeve Lloyd Hendrick told the meeting that he was disappointed with the quality of gravel being used during the past summer on Township roads. "It seems to me that -we are wasting money on this type of gravel, since it is all laying in the ditches along the sides of the roads," he went on to say. Mr. Hendrick also told of the new culvert which was built on the 16th concession, and the re- building of another mile and a quarter of road. At the county level, Mr. Hend- rick spoke of the planning com- mittee, of which he has been a member during the past year. He said that although it might seem like a big expenditure in the end it should bring results to all concerned. Mr. Hendrick concluded his remarks by tell- ing the gathering of the prob- lems faced by council members regarding tile drainage. Councillor John Tinney had words of praise for reeve Joe Hoffman. He pointed that Mr. Hoffman hacl spent many hours working for the municipality beyond the call of duty, espe- cially following the death of the clerk. Mr. Tinney went on to say, "in fact the whole council have been a grand bunch of fellows to work with during this past year". Mr. Tinney also explained the work that had been done on two railroad crossings in the east end of the township. "Now it is safe for a motorist to cross the tracks without any worry," he concluded. Councillor Harold Campbell Another nomination meeting will be necessary to pick candi- dates to fill the remaining two seats on the council. At press time clerk Mrs. Elda Wagner told the Citizens News that no date for the second nomination meeting has been set. The new reeve of Zurich has served as chairman of the hydro and water committee of the council during the past two years, as well as chairman of the fire protection committee, He is a communications repre- sentative for Northern Electric Company. Members of council gave brief reports of various activities dur- ing the past year Reeve Leroy Thiel spoke briefly on the ex- pansion of the water system and the proposed sewage sys- tem, while Milford Doerr told of the problems encountered in the village with streets and drains. Mr. Hess and Douglas Armstrong, manager of the hy- dro and water system. both re- viewed work in that depart- ment, and explained various Only about 25 or 30 ratepay- ers attended the nomination meeting, presided over by re- turning officer Mrs. Elda Wag- ner. 0— Election hi Stephen GORDON H. HESS New Reeve of Zurich aspects of the expansion project in connection with the water system. Councillor Herb Turkheim re- ported briefly on the arena and community centre, relating that James C. Hayter, of Dash- wood, popular reeve of Stephen Township, was returned to of- fice by acclamation at the an- nual nomination meeting in Crediton on Monday. Mr. Hay- ter had previously announced his intention to seek the ward- enship of Huron County for the year 1969, and his return to office will be another step to- wards his goal. Joseph Dietrich was also re- turned as deputy reeve of Steph- en Township, but an election will be necessary to fill the slate of councillors. Three pres- ent members of council, Stephen Dundas, Cecil Desjardine and Gerald Dearing, were all nomi- nated and have qualified, along with newcomer Joseph Robi- chauld. 0 - RECEIVES 10 AWARDS Gary Flaxbard, of Zurich, a Waterloo Lutheran University student, was valedictorian at the South Huron District High the committee in charge feels School.commencement Fr:da;' confident the operation of the night. facilities will be self-sup- porting as it has during the past year. Douglas O'Brien, the village representative on the South Huron District High School Mr. Flaxbard, last year's stu-- dent council president, received the university's $3,000 profic- iency scholarship. In all he re- ceived a total of 10 various awards. board, gave his final report on Other award winners were behalf of the board. He said Joan Pepper and Janet Miller, there are at present 857 stu- both of Dashwood; William dents at the school, with a total Jeffrey, James Knox, Louis Mc - of 54 teachers on the staff. Bride, all of Exeter, and Doro- There are 775 students being thy Wagner, Zurich. Miss Wag -- brought to the school by 17 ner was chosen the top grade 13: buses, which travel a distance student entering Teachers' Col - of 1018 miles per day. lege this year told the meeting that there would be problems arise with several of the roads in the east end, and he also sided in with Mr. Hendrick in condemning the quality of gravel used on the roads, Mr. Campbell also said that of 25 municipal drains started during the past years only one had been completed. "How- ever, the engineer has promised to have the rest of the reports in early during 1969," he added. The last councillor to address the gathering, Lionel Wilder, used a little different approach than the rest, and criticized ratepayers for abusing various regulations in the township. ;lle said there must be as lot of people in Hay Township who don't know where the dump is, when you look along the sides of the road. Wilder also was critical of farmers who plow their head- lands out to the road. He said. "ratepayers could keep our road in better shape by keeping their headlands in their own fields. Instead they plow them right out ohto our roads and cover the gravel with the dirt off their land." Clerk Wayne Horner ex- plained the details of the school voting to the meeting, and add- ed that polls would be opened in all the polling sub -divisions in the township from 10 .a.m. to 8 p.m. The clerk thanked members of council for the fine co-oper- ation they had given him dur- ing his first year in the new position, and also thanked the ratepayers for their under- standing. Veteran Correspondent Married 65 Years Ago Saturday, November 23, mark- ed the 65th wedding annivers- ary of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Du- charme, life-long residents of the St. Joseph area, who, with their 11 children, attended Thanksgiving Mass at St. Peter's Parish Church, at St, Joseph, the same church they were mar- ried in, to give thanks 'and gratitude to God for a long married life. Father Prudhomme officiated at the wedding 65 years ago, and the attendants were Mrs. Joe Gelinas, Mrs. G. Tomlin, L. Ducharme and Maxime Masse. Mrs. Ducharme, the former Adelina Masse, 84, is still doing her own housework, makes bread and buns and enjoys knitting. Mr, Ducharme, 90 years young, still splits his own wood and looks after a large garden. He has been correspondent for the local Zurich paper for 68 years and still contributes his weekly budget of news under the St. Joseph heading. In his early years he travelled throughout Canada and the United States and is to publish a book entitled, "Nine 'Years on the Road". soon, The couple attributes their long and healthy life to "living a clean life along with plenty of hard work". Celebrations were held at the borne of their sen and daughter- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Avila Du- charme, St. Joseph, afternoon and evening, with many 'calling to offer the couple felicitations, gifts, and showers of cards. They have a family of 11 chil- dren, 56 grandchildren, and 77 great grandchildren. There are five sons: Avila; Cyrille, Hubert and Blaise, of Windsor; Leo Pierre, of Grand Bend; six daughter; Mrs. L,.w- rence (Albino) Dueharme l.•e- troit; Mrs. Theresa fin tm ; r. Zurich; Mrs. Tyrus (Alphensine) Stansberry, Michigan: S s i ••r Prescille Theresa, Chatham Sis- ter Rosalie, Stoney Point. 11 s, Joseph (Veronica) Masse, Wit d- sor. The celebrants received to scroll from Premier Roberts., telegrams of congratulations from Her 14fajesty the Queen, Prime Minister Pierre .Elliott Trudeau, Hon Paul Martin, .Hon - Robert Stanfield, Hon. Charles S. MacNaughton, treasurer and minister of economics for On- tario, and Robert E. :McKinley,. Huron MP'.