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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1969-02-27, Page 1No, 8—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1969 FIRE INSURANCE BOARD — At the annual meeting of the policyholders of Hay Mutual Fire Insur- ance Company last week, three men were re-elected to the board of directors for another three-year term. Shown here, frollt row left to right, are, Clarence Parke, agent; Jack Scotchmer, president; John Consitt, secre- tary -treasurer; Max Turnbull, past president, and Ed Hendrick, agent. Back row left to right are Reinhold Miller, Mel Webster, Arnold McCann, Edward Lamport, vice-president, Len Erb and Ezra Webb. Missing when this photo was taken was Ted Steinbach. (Citizens News Photo) 10 CENTS PER COPY Henson Break-in Thieves gained entrance to a garage on Main Street, Hensall, owned by Ted 'Muss, by springing a lock on the rear door during the early hems of Thursday morn- ing. They stole 33 boxes of spark plugs, valued at $300. Each box contained 10 spark plugs. Mr. Thuss discovered the break- in when he came to open up the garage at 7:30 a.m. ,OPP of Ex- eter detachment investigated. Ontario Budget On Two Networks Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, Huron MLA and reasurer •of the Province of Ontario, will present his 1.969 budget in the Ontario Legislature on Tuesday afternoon, Match 4. His presentation •on Tuesday will mark a first in Canada for legis - Exeter Four t .chment ref}PP investigate moor Accide is in One Week During the week from February 16 to February 22, the Exeter de- tachment of the Ontario Provincial Police investigated four accidents, in which three persons were in- jured. Thirteen charges were laid under the Highway Traffic Act, and one under the Criminal Code of Canada. They also issued 33 warnings under the Highway Traffict Act. On Sunday, February 16, at 12:50 a.m., a car operated by Mildred Webber, of RR 1, Hay, collided with a parked car owned by Milton P. Boyle, of Toronto, on No. 84 Highway in Hensall. Ivan Web- ber, a passenger, suffered severe cuts to the face. Damage was esti- mated at $1,100.. Provincial Con- stable J. A. Wright investigated. On Friday morning, February 21, Provincial Constable J. A. Wright investigated a hit-and-run accident on Algonquin Drive, Hur- on Park. A car owned by Donald McCallum, of Huron Park, was damaged by an unknown vehicle in front of his residence during the night. Damage to the Mc- Callum car was estimated at $50. On Friday, February 21, at 3:45 p m., a pick-up truck operated by John R. Smith, of Crediton, col- lided with a parked car owned by William Oestriecher, of Credito., on No. 4 County Road in Crediton. Damage estimated at $90. Provin- cial Constable J. A. Wright inves- tigated. On Saturday, February 22, at 8:45 p.m., a car operated by Lloyd W. Lemmon, of Exeter, collided with a oar operated by John P. Kraft, of Exeter, on No. 4 High- way south of Exeter.. Kraft was fixing a flat tire on his car. Judy Maver, of Exeter, a passenger in the Kraft car, suffered a whiplash injury in the accident. Lloyd Lemmon suffered a cut nose. Damage was estimated at $150. Provincial Constable E. C. Wilcox investigated. 1969 Licence Plates Car owners! Have you got your 1969 licence plates yet? You must have new licence plates on your car by midnight, Friday, Febuary 28. By the middle of February, only 46 per cent of the car owners in the province had purchased their 1969 Iicence plates. The line-ups are getting longer and longer as each day passes, so get your 1969 licence plates TODAY. Zurich Institute Plans Finalized For Charter Flight to Zurich, Switzerland, in late September WIP Applications forms for the pro- posed trip to Zurich, Switzerland, have now arrived and are ready for persons interested in the visit. All applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served. basis. The charter flight will leave Malton International Airport on Tuesday, September 30, and will arrive in Malton on Wednesday, October 8. Total cost of all trans- portation, including air fare and bus fare from Zurich to Malton and return is only $219, which is less than half the ordinary cost of a flight to Switzerland. Any person wishing to make the trip must fill out an application form, and accompany it with a The mailing list of the Citizens deposit of $100. The balance of News has been corrected and $119 must be paid two months be- brought up to date, as of Saturday, pounds of luggage. Insurance is also available for any passengers. at •a rate of $1.60 per $10,000 or $3.20 per $20,000 of coverage. This, however, is optional and left up to each individual. Any person wishing to make the trip should contact either Gerald' Gingerich, 236.4351, or Herb Turk- heim, 236-4672, as soon as possible. The trip is being sponsored by the Zurich Chamber of Commerce, 0 Subscription List . ' 'evised fore departure, before july 23. The flight will be carried out on a Boeing 707 Jet Airliner, owned and operated by Wardair Canada Ltd. First class meals, free flight bags and compliment- ary beverages are all included in the price of air fare. While deposits are not ordinarily refundable, unless the flight is cancelled, the organization will make every endeavor to find last minute replacements should some unforeseen circumstance brise. Each person making the trip will be allowed a maximum of 66 Post Office Lobbies pen 24 Hours Something new in the way of mail service will be tried on a temporary basis in the post offices located at Hensall and Zurich. Effective immediately, the lobby of the offices will remain open 24 hours a day, to allow patrons to pick up their mail from their lock boxes at any time of the day or night. Post office officials point out that this move is on a trial basis only, and it will be up to the gen- eral public whether or not the service is to continue. This idea is being tried at a number of se- lected post offices throughout the country. Mrs. Noima Siebert demonstrat- ed the making of large paper flowers to the Zurich Women's Institute. She made them from crepe paper, newspaper and the vinic section. She also gave use- ful ideas on flower arrangements, using plastic containers, furnace filters, wicker or straw handbags. The Institute members and 12 guests appreciated the demonstra- tion which gave everyone new ideas. The roll call "an economical household hint" was interesting and useful. Mrs. James Parkins read the "kitchen prayer". The poem, "Mum's in the kitchen, all's right with the world," was read by Mrs. Len Prang. The vice-president, Mrs. M. Brokenshire, conducted business. A special commendation and a vote of thanks was extended to the Hay council for the kitchen renovation at the Township Hall. Institute members finished a quilt in February and plan to quilt two others in March. The euchre parties in the Hay Township Hall were enjoyed by everyone attending, The public's participation and /contribution to- ward community welfare is appre- ciated by the Women's Institute. February 22. If you have renewed prior to that date and your label has not been corrected according- ly, please advise the office here as soon as possible. If you have renewed since Saturday, your label. will be changed in the next few weeks: All subscribers are asked to check their labels for their cor- rect expiry date. If your label reads Feb '69, or any date prior to this, your early attention should be given to the matter. At the end of March, any names which. still have a '68 on them will have to be removed from our mailing list, in order to confirm to postal. regulations. Several hundred renewal notices' have been mailed out in the past week, and prompt attention to these will assist the publishers in their endeavor to prevent a pricer increase at the present time. EUCHRE PARTY The euchre party at the Hay Township Hall on Tuesday eve- ning was well attended and en- joyed by everyone. Winners were: ladies' high. Mrs. T. Steinbach; men's high, Glen Bell:, ladies' low, Mrs. O. Schwartzen- truber; men's low, Herb Desjar- dine; lucky tally card, Mrs. Ferd Haberer; birthday nearest date, Orville McClinchey; lucky Orville Volland, The Zurich Peewees on Tuesday night won the WOAA Peewee "E" championship, when they defeated Ripley 5-1 in the second game of their best -of -three series. The game was played in Zurich. Last Saturday night the Zurich crew defeated the same team in Ripley by a 7-2 score. Immediately after the game they were presented with the WOAA trophy for Peewee "E" champion- ship, by Ray McKinnon, vice-presi- dent of the Zurich Minor Athletic Association, The locals had won the right to enter the finals bi' first eliminating Hensall and then Paisley. They have yet to lose a game in playoff competition. By virtue of their winning the WOAA title, the Peewees will now advance into playoffs for the all - Ontario Peewee "E" championship. They meet Ildetton in the first round, and will play in Lucan next Monday night, at 7 p.m. Second game of the series will be played back in Zurich on Friday night, March 7, at 7 p.m. lature procedure, when the entire event will be televised on a na- tion-wide basis. Both television networks, the CBC and CTV, will carry the budg- et presentation beginning at 2:30 p.m. This means that area resi- dents will be able to follow pro- cedures on either channel 10 or 13, in color. While nothing official has been released from Queen's Park re- garding the contents of Mr. Mac- Naughton's budget, rumors have suggested that there might be a slight increase in the provincial sales tax. It has also been sug- gested that there could be an in- crease in the amount of income tax chargedby the province. lbw - ever, all suggestions made . on the contents of the budget are purely speculative, and Ontario residents will have to wateh their television sets Tuesday afternoon to find out for sure what will take place. one minute later Brad Oke picked up a pass from Derek O'Brien and Barry Hess, and picked the right- hand corner of the net to give Zur- ich a 2-0 lead. In the second period Peter Mac- Donald scored unassisted for Rip- ley to put them right back into contention. Three minutes later Kim McKinnon rifled a shot in close to completely beat the Ripley goalie, and give Zurich a 3-1 lead. Pat Bedard and Gerald Weido picked up assists on the play. Then with less than two minutes in the middle stanza, Pat Bedard flipped in a pass from Gerald Weido to give the locals a comfortable 4-1 lead. Gerald Weido scored the only goal of the third period at the 1:30 mark, when he slapped in a pass from Bill Bedard. Both Wayne Oke and Steven Bedour played well in the Zurich net, stopping many shots which might have been goals. Manager of the Zurich team' is Glen Weido; assistant, Morris Webb, and coach is George Hag- gitt. Members of the team are: Wayne Oke, Steven Bedour, Bill Bedard, Greg Love{ Kim McKin- non, Gerald Weido, Brad Oke, David Clarke, David Saltilbe, Bich - and Mommersteeeg, Derek OBrien In the game on Tuesday night, the locals started out slowly, but at the midway 'nark Derek O'Brien slapped in a pass from Barry Hess to give them a 1-0 lead, About and Barry Hess. The Peewees will appreciate as many fans as possible following them to the game in Lucan on Mon- day night, and back in Zurich next Friday night, March 7. Zurich 7 --Ripley 2 The Zurich Peewees won the first game in their best -of -three series last Saturday night in the northern -,community, when they came up with a convincing 7-2 victory. Gerald Weido opened the scor- ing for the locals in the first peri- od when he scored unassisted at the 6:10 mark. Pat Bedard registered twice in the second, at 4:25 and 5:20, be. fore Greg Riddle finally found the range for Ripley. Midway through the session Brad Oke flashed the red light for Zurich to make the score 4-1 at the end of the second. After Riddle scored his second goal for Ripley at the 5:27 mark of the third period, Oke tame up with his second goal of the night at 9:11. Goals by Kim McKinnon and Derek O'Brien at 12:41 and 14:02 gave the Zerich crew their margin of victory. Only five penalties were handed out in the game, with three of them going to Ripley and two to Zurich. CHIMNEY SWEEPS -----An interesting number at the skating carnival held recently at the Zurich Arena, sponsored by the Zurich Figure Skating Club, wa a group known as the Chimney Sweeps. Three of the group are shown here in their fancy costumes, quite appropriate for the name of the number they presented. Left to right are Maly Ann Geoffrey, Marilyn Meidinger and Mary Blackwell.