Zurich Citizens News, 1968-12-05, Page 1No. 49—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS
ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1968
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HENSALL ELECTION — A new reeve was
elected in Hensall on Monday when Oliver Jaques
defeated Mrs. Minnie Noakes in a two-way contest
for the chief magistrate's office. Mrs. Noakes is
seen here congratulating the new reeve, while on
the left are John Baker and Hein Rooseboom, both
elected to council, and on the right, Len Erb and
Harold Knight, who round out the four -man coun-
cil for the next year.
(Citizens News Photo)
Bean Growers to Average $8.50 (wt.
According to Marketing Board Ofricials
Ontario white bean growers
canexpect to receive an aver-
age price of about $8.50 cwt.
from their 1968 crop by the
time it is all marketed next
August, a marketing official
said Tuesday.
Cherie Broadwell, sales man-
ager of the Ontario Bean Pro-
ducers Marketing Board, told
Huron County growers at their
annual district meeting, in Zur-
ich, that if everything could be
settled up now the average
would be about $8.10. How -
Taylor Wins Vote
For Public School
Board Member
James Taylor, popular resi-
dent of Hensall for many years,
easily defeated his only oppon-
ent in the election on Monday
for one representative to the
Huron County Board of Educa-
tion, for Hay Township, Hensall
and Zurich. Mr. Taylor polled
507 votes compared to 288 for
Robert Rowcliffe.
Taylor's strongest support came
from the two villages in the
area. In Hensall he picked up
305 votes to Roweliffe's 119,
and in Zurich he polled 94 votes
compared to the 10 for Row-
cliffe.
Rowdiffe topped the polls in
Hay Township, where he re-
ceived a total of 159 votes to
Taylor's 108.
The newly -elected member of
the Huron board has been a
member of the advisory board
to the Clinton Collegiate Insti-
tute for the past seven years,
and also served as chairman for
two years. Prior to that he was
a member of the former Hen -
sail Public School board.
The inaugural meeting of the
new Huron County Board of Ed-
uoation will be held next Mon-
day, December 9, in the Duron
County council chambers at
Goderich.
ever, with sales just starting in,
earnest on the domestic market,
prices should go up bringing
both domestic and export price
averages up.
The board, operating this
year for the first time under an
agency marketing system which
gives it control of all the beans,
has already made an initial pay-
ment of $5.50 per bag 0.00
pounds), when farmers sold
their beans.
Board chairman Robert Allan
of Brucefield said co-operation
with the dealers has been ex-
cellent under the agency scheme.
He said the board was able
to sell more beans to the United
Kingdom than ever before but
domestic sales have been slower
than usual.
Turning to recent farm unity
talks, Mr. Allan referred to the
apparent breakdown of unity
following the Ontario Farmers'
Union convention last week in
Kingston.
"The only drawback there is
their leader," said Mr. Allan, re-
ferring to OFU president Walter
Miller, of Tara. He quoted Mr.
Miller as writing in a union
paper that marketing boards
were through.
"Now I'rn kind of glad we
didn't give them a grant," he
said.
Last year, the board turned
down a request for a grant to
Zurich Ratepayers
To Nominate
Again on Monday
A nomination meeting for the
village ;of Zurich will be held
this Monday night, December 9,
when candidates may be picked
to fill the two vacancies on the
village council. If an election
is necessary, it will be held the
following Monday, December 16.
The hour for nominating can-
didates is from seven to eight
o'clock, and the meeting will
take place at the Community
Centre.
Following the original nomi-
nation meeting on November
25, only two out of four men
nominated for council qualified
for the positions, making this
extra meeting necessary. The
two already elected to council
by acclamation are Ken McAr-
ter, a newcomer to the political.
scene in Zurich, and Herb Turk -
helm, a three-year member of
council.
At the same nomination meet-
ing on November 25, Gordon JI,
Hess was elected reeve of the
village, by acclamation.
For the first time in the his-
tory of the village, all elected
officials will serve a two-year
term. All ratepayers are urged
to attend the nomination and
pick candidates who are willing
to serve their municipality.
the union.
Mr. Allan said Ontario needs
a strong central organization
before it can move to a national
body.
Returned as directors to the
marketing board from Huron
were Mr. Allan, Charles Rau and
Philip Durand, both of Zurich,
and Gordon Hill, of Varna.
The same four were named
to the Huron County bean Com-
mitee along with Ted Jeffrey
and James Love, of Zurich; Alex
McBeath, Kippen; Malcolm Dav-
idson and Donald Brodie, Bruce -
field; Richard Erb, Bayfield;
Lorne Luther, Lucknow, and
Joseph Miller, Dashwood,
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Geoffrey Elected
To New Board For
Huron and Perth
Treffley (Ted) Geoffrey, RR 2,
Zurich, on Monday was elected
to new Combined Huron -Perth
Separate School board, when he
polled a total of 177 votes, while
his only opponent, Gerald Re-
gier, received 126. Mr. Geoffrey
will represent Hay Township,
Hensall and Zurich on the new
Hensall Kinettes
Visit Sick, Shutins
Members of Hensall Kinette
Club visited sick sand shut-ins
at St. Joseph's Hospital, London;
South Huron Hospital, Exeter;
Blue Water Rest Home, Zurich;
Huronview, Clinton; Queensway
Nursing Home, Hensall, and
villagers on Sunday, December
1, and presented them with par-
cels of Christmas ,goodies.
Fifty attractive 'parcels were
given out. This is an annual
project of the club.
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Hensall Kinsmen
Presented Award
At the last regular meeting
of the Hensall Kinsmen Club,
chaired by president Wayne
Reid, deputy governor Dave
Beattie, of Clinton, presented
the junior attendance award for
district one.
The presentation was made to
past president Bob Caldwell.
The Boake efficiency award was
also presented to Bob, along
with his past president's plaque.
This was bring -a -buddy night
and several guests were present
along with guest speaker, OPP
officer John Wright, from Ex-
eter detachment. He showed
films on traffic accidents and
spoke on safe driving practises.
The Hensall Kinsmen and
Kinettes made their regular
visit to the Goderich Hospital
on Wednesday, November 27,
to entertain the patients there.
Hensall Ratepayers Elect New
Reeve in Heavy Vote Monday
Oliver Jaques, a member of
Hensall council for the past
three years, was elected reeve
of the municipality on Monday
when he polled a total of 290
votes, compared to his opponent,
Mrs. Minnie Noakes, who picked
up 154 votes. Prior to serving
as a member of council, Mr.
Jaques was a member of the
former Hensall Public School
board for some years.
For reeve Mrs. Noakes, the
defeat means the end of a nine-
year stretch in political life.
For the past three years she
has been reeve, and for six
years prior to that she was a
member of the municipal coun-
cil,
A record turnout of voters,
82% of those eligible, gave, a
member of last year's council
the largest amount of votes
cast. Hein Rooseboom polled
339 votes, out of 447 cast, while
John Baker, a veteran member
of council, was next in line with
299. A newcomer to the Hen-
sall political scene, Len Erb was
next in line with 185 votes,
while the fourth member to be
elected was another veteran of
council, Harold Knight, with 223
votes. Defeated in the voting
was newcomer George Beer, who
trailed Knight by only three
votes.
Prior to taking up residence
in Hensall several years ago,
Mr. Erb served for some time
on the Hay Township School
Area board.
Seaforth Area
Nell Represented
On County Board
A Seaforth woman, Mrs. Mari-
lyn Kunder, topped the polls in
the election for a public school
representative on the new Hur-
on County Board of Education,
for the townships of Stanley,
Tuckersmith, the village of Bay-
field and the town of Seaforth.
The other candidate elected to
represent the same area was
John Broadfoot, of Tuckersmith.
The other three candidates in
order of the amount of votes
they obtained, were Vern Al-
derdice, 520; Robert K. Peck,
426, a n d Brigadier Morgan
Smith, 405.
In topping the polls, Mrs.
Kunder picked up a total of 849
votes. which clearly points out
that Seaforth, with the largest
number of votes in the zone,
supported her entirely. Mr.
Broadfoot polled 560 votes.
Considering the municipalities
involved in the voting, only a
small percentage of the electors
exercised their franchise. 1
According to clerk Earl Camp-
bell, the last election for coun-
cil members in Hensall was back
in 1961. Mr. Campbell indicat-
ed that he was more than
pleased with the turnout of
voters on Monday, despite in- Hensall Council
clement weather. "Of those
who did not vote, most were Still After New
probably sick or in a hospital,"
Mr. Campbell added.
reeve, Mr. Jaques picked up his
In winning the election for Fire gree ents
largest majority in poll two,
where he had 100 votes com-
pared to 54 for Mrs. Noakes.
At poll one, he picked up 152
votes compared to 138 for the
incumbent. Following the an-
nouncement of the results on
Monday night, Mr. Jaques said
that he was overwhelmed with
the support given him by ''he
ratepayers.
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Goderich Lawyer
To Represent All
Separate Schools
A prominent Goderich lawyer,
Dan Murphy, was elected Mon-
day as the separate school rep-
resentative for the county on
the new Huron County Board of
Education. He defeated his only
rival, John Morrissey, of Credi-
ton, by over 700 votes.
With one municipality still
to report on Wednesday morn-
ing Murphy had polled 1187
votes across the county, Com-
pared to 422 for Morrissey.
Murphy has been a member
of the separate school board in
Goderich for the past number
of years, and was also that
group's representative on the
board of Goderich Collegiate•
Institute.
Morrissey is a past warden of
Huron County, and presently is
the chairman of the South Hur-
on District High School hoard
at Exeter.
Hensall council met on De-
cember 2. following the election.
The minutes of the last meering
were read by clerk Earl Camp-
bell and approved on motion of
Knight and Baker.
John Baker, of the street com-
mittee, reported on a soluton
to Asa Deeves' water prohem.
It was suggested grading up the
gravel to the east end and the
water will go down the diteb
into the catch basin. This work
can be accomplished by the
town grader.
The property committee re-
ported regarding the fire pro-
tection agreements with the
surrounding townships. Harold
Knight reported that Tucker -
smith was not prepared for a
meeting as yet.
Ernie Davis reported trouble
on the drain on Albert Street
at Keith Buchanan's residence.
CIerk Campbell read the cor-
respondence and a by-law was
passed to set up a combined
committee for recreation. con-
sisting of two members of coun-
cil and five members from the
community. It was decided to
make the committee's a ree-
ments subject to the appr.ioal
of council.
Ed Fink was given a permit
to build five more apartments_
at a cost of $20,000. Bills =ncl
accounts of $43,051.93 were ord-
ered paid.
Some discussion arose ^er
the lights in town. The meet-
ing adjourned to meet again on
December 16.
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board, which will bold its first
meeting next Monday night in
Seaforth.
In Hay Township Geoffrey
picked up 123 votes compared
to 73 for Regier, while in Zur-
eh .Regier came out on top with
53 votes to 43 for Geoffrey.
Hensall separate school sup-
porters gave all their support
to Geoffrey, where he picked
up 11 votes.
The new representative is a
member of St. Peter's Roman
Catholic Church, St. Joseph, and
has been a member of the school.
board there for eight to 10
years., He also served some
time on the South Huron Dis-
trict School board.
Mr, Regier was the chairman
of the board of •St. Boniface
School in Zurich.
BEAN 130ARD OFFICIALS—Four area men
were elected Tuesday to represent district 5, Huron,
on the Ontario Bean Marketing board company,
when the annual meeting was held at the Zurich
Community Centre, Left to right are Phil Durand,
RR 2, Zurich; Gordon Hill, 1 nria: Robert
Brucefield, and Charles Rau, RR 2, Zurich. The
four men are also directors of the Marketing Board,
along with eight others from Huron County.
(Citizens NC1V6 Photo)