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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1969-03-06, Page 6ii PAGE S,IX ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS 50 Years Ago MARCH, 1919 Miss M. E. Routledge is fitting up her millinery shop in the C. Hartleib block, and is preparing for the opening of business this spring. A large number from this area attended the Liberal nomination rally in Hensall on Wednesday. A. A. Weber and family, of El- mira, have .moved onto the farm they recently purchased from Henry Clausius, on the Bronson Line, while Mr. Clausius has moved to the farm he purchased on the Blind Line from Mr. Peter Haberer. In a full-page advertisement, J. Preeter advertises good quality felt hats at only 50 cents, and fine dress shirts for 85 cents each. Muskrat coats are offered at only $45. Joe E. Bedard, of Drysdale, is getting his new store ready for a complete stock of groceries, shoes and other essential items needed every day. Herb Smith and family of Stan- ley Township are this week mov- ing to the farm he recently pur- chased from Norman Stephenson, 40 Years Ago MARCH, 1929 A very important real estate transaction has been made in Zur- ich, when Wellington Johnston purchased the fine Dominion Hotel from Ev Haist, and will continue to operate the place as an ordinary hotel with suitable living accom- modations for the general public. The community lost one of its outstanding citizens on Saturday, in the passing of John Albert Decker, Jr., in his 50th year. The late Mr. Decker was known as one of western Ontario's foremost breeders of standard bred horses. The death took place at her home in Bayfield on February 21, of a highly respected citizen in the per- son of Mrs. John D. Woods. W. Sangster has moved to the Dr. Hardy building in Hensall, and in future will conduct his tailor business from that location, along with his cleaning business. At a recent meeting of the police village trustees in Zurich, !Peter Kropf was appointed as fire chief for the village. This a rather im- portant position, and one that Mr. Kropf should be quite capable of filling. 25 Years Ago MARCH, 1944 Paye Oesch, who is in the Air Force training at Calgary, is Spend - some furlough with members of his family in this vicinity. The Zurich Women's Institute packed 24 boxes for the boys over- seas on Monday, at the home of Mrs. Thomas Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Kalbfleisch and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kalb- fleisch attended the annual meet- ............... . - OF YEARS GONE - BY - ing and banquet of the Western Ontario Liberal Association in Hotel London last Friday night. The pupils of the Blake School are enjoying a few days holidays this week, due to the illness of their teacher, Arthur Finlayson. Sylvanus Witmer, of the Babylon Line, has sold his remaining 75 acres of land in that area to the Gingerich brothers. People desiring to purchase their annual supply of maple syrup are this year required to surrender the required number of coupons from their ration books. 15 Years Ago MARCH, 1954 One of the worst snow storms of many years visited these parts this week, and left thousands of mo- torists stranded on area roads. Hydro power in the area was off for more than eight hours, causing much confusion. The hockey season is now over for the Zurich Flyers, as they took a bad beating in the seventh game of their series with the Lucan Irish, played in the Exter Arena. Mrs. William Forrester and Mrs. Leonard Erb were hostesses for the March meeting of the Zurich Women's Institute, when. Newell Geiger was guest speaker on the subject, "Agriculture and Cana- dian Industries". Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hayter and baby have moved into the apart- ment in Dashwood, belonging to Mr. and Mrs. T. Harry Hoffman. Miss Marlene Wagner has re- ceived word that she has been successful in passing 'her grade nine piano examinations which were held recently in London. 10 Years Ago MARCH, 1959 At the regular meeting of the council of the Township of Hay, it was decided to turn over $1600 to the Community Centre located in Zurich, for operation and main- tenance purposes. A popular Dashwood athlete, Raymond Wein, passed away sud- denly at his home last Wednes- day night, in his 28th year. The Zurich Lions Club, at their regular dinner meeting, agreed to send $50 to the Listowel Disaster Fund, where their arena capsized. Hay Township reeve V. L. Becker and deputy reeve Alex Mousseau were in Toronto last week where they attended the an- nual Good Roads convention. Zurich Lions Midgets last Wed- nesday night won the WOAA Midget D title for the second time in two years, when they eliminated Mildmay in a two -out -of -three series. They were sparked by Bob Johnston and Earl Wagner, who scored most of their goals. Grandpa O'Brien, as he is fondly known to most of the people in this area, celebrated his 89th birth- day last Thursday by attending the Midget hockey playoff game in Mildmay. G.ener:: 1 Contracting • BUIL ING and REMODELLING • WE WILL BUILD YOUR IIOME • COTTAGE • BARN • GARAGE One contract will take care of your complete project, including PLUMBING • HEATING • ELECTRICAL WORK Backhoe Service Now Available Aluminum Doors and Windows STANDARD STOCK SIZE DOORS Completely Installed Only $38 tr Richard Bedard DAL 236.4679 ZURICH Area Man Killed In Arva Collision Funeral service was conducted on Tuesday for Clarence Milford Ayotte, 19, of RR 3, Dashwood, who was killed in a two -car crash eary Saturday morning on High- way 4 just north of Arva. Provincial police said the cars crashed head-on about 4 a.m. One body had to be cut from the wreckage after wreckers pulled the two vehicles apart. Requiem mass for Mr. Ayotte was said at 10 a.m., on Tuesday, March 4, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Mount Carmel. Burial was in the adjoining cern- etery. T. Harry Hoffman funeral home, Dashwood, was in charge of ar- rangements. Mr. Ayotte is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Milford Ayotte, RR 3, Dashwood; two brothers, Keith, Toronto; Vincent, at home, and grandmother, Mrs. Margaret Ayotte, Zurich. 0— GoShen U.C.W. Discuss Poverty The February meeting of Goshen United Church Women was held at the church, Thusday night, Feb- ruary 20, with Varna, Zurich and Bayfield UCW as guests. Mrs. Doug Robinson opened the meet- ing, the introductory being "To Be a 'Friend". Scripture and prayer was given by Mrs. Elmer Hayter. Words of welcome were given to the visitors and speakers by the president, Mrs. Anson McKinley. She also mentioned the topic was on poverty. Mrs. Doug Robinson gave the introduction to poverty, "Who and Why"; Mrs. John Robin- son on the "Church and Poverty"; Mrs. Brian Lempiere on "Canadian Poverty". Mrs. Brian Lempiere introduced the speakers, Miss McGowan, of the Children's Aid Society, and Mrs. Hewitt, of Salvation Armp Corps, Goderich. They bath gave a very interesting talk on poverty. A question period followed with Mrs. John Robinson as moderator. Mrs. Berne McKinley played a trumpet solo during the offering. Mrs. John Robinson gave offering dedication. Hymn Khumbuya was sung. The offering was divided between the speakers. A social half hour fol- lowed in the basement. DASHWOOD There were 11 tables playing at the fourth and last euchre party sponsored by the Dashwood Wom- en's Institute for this season. Winners were: high, Mrs. Ross Love and Ervin Devine; low, Mrs. Alma Hoperoft and John Hayter; lone hands, Mrs. Adolph Keller. Warden and Mrs. James Hayter attended the Good Roads conven- tion at the Royal York Hotel, To- ronto, last week. Miss Vicki Miller was a Friday night guest of Miss Lori Becker. THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1%9 WE REPRESENT MEXICO — These three girls acted the part of Mexicans at the Zurich Girl Guides Thinking Day program last week, and were suitably County Council Urges Control of Warble Fly (by Shirley J. Keller) Huron County council endorsed a resolution to encourage all farm organizations to promote the need of a provincially co-ordinated edu- cational program for the control of the warble fly and the proper use of systemic insectcides. A seminar on systemic will be held in Clinton Legion Hall March 19 at 1:30 p.m. and council mem- bers were urged to attend. The resolution also requests strict enforcement of regulations controlling the entry of cattle into Ontario not having been treated for warble fly. A copy of this resolution will be forwarded to the proper government agencies. The reforestation budget has been approved at $4,500. A by-Iaw will be prepared to permit munici- palities in Huron to be reimbursed for the loss of taxes in connection with reforestation plantations. Weed controlbudget was set at $13,500, with salary of A. Chesney, weed inspector, to be increased by 15 cents per hour to $2.15. Grants totalling $4,525 were ap- proved for various agricultural associations in the county. Grants to the various spring and fall fairs wil be based on a formula of eight per cent of the prize money, with a minimum of $150. Exceptions are Lucknow where the grant is $75 and Kirkton where the grant is $100. 0— Renew Your Subscription Now mesammammariarmasinsaMnanannb 40®x% SHUR-GAIN BEEF SILASUPPLEMENT No. 1 Increase daily gains from corn silage. reed 40% Beef Cattle Silasupplement No. 1. This new beef cattle supplement is designed to supply the protein required when feeding corn silage which is high in grain and energy content. 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