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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1969.
New Award For
Volunteer Helpers
Coaches, managers and organ-
izers will be eligible for a new
series of achievement awards in
the field of fitness and amateur
sports it was announced this week.
The series will also apply to
outstanding participants. The pro-
fram is sponsored by the Youth and
Recreation Branch of the Ontario
Department of Education. Pro-
vincial sports governing bodies
will be asked to name candidates
for the awards and nominations
from the general public will also
be considered.
Those selected will receive a
scroll, citation and lapel pin.
Representatives to Canada's Olym-
pic, Pan American and Common-
wealth Games, teams and winners
of international competitions are
eligible for the awards. In add-
ition, scrolls will be awarded to
Ontario residents who win, as
individuals or as members of a
team, a recognized Ontario
championship.
Recommendations for the awards
will be made by a special comm-
ittee of the Youth and Recreation
Branch. The awards will be pre-
sented in the Ontario Legislature
this spring.
MAPLE SYRUP TIME- With the corning of spring
many area farmers are busy in the production of
maple syrup, and sites such as the one above are
common at most maple bushes. Gerald Regier,
R. R. 3 Zurich, is
users o gather the
is the shanty used
and steam pouring
seen here with the tractor he
sap in the bush, and behind him
to boil the syrup, with smoke
from the roof.
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50 Years Ago
MARCH, 1919
Lloyd O'Brien has engaged
his services at the hardware bus-
iness of Melick and Braun, in
Zurich, and will learn the tin-
srnithing trade.
Jacob Howald and family have
moved their household effects
to Kitchener, where they will
reside in the future.
John Fuss has sold his property
in Zurich to Dr. Routledge, V.S.
and will give up possession in
April.
Charles Fritz, the popular
shoeman in Zurich, has worked
up an extensive business in the
raw fur trade. During the past
few weeks he had handled no
less that 625 muskrat skins, from
trappers south of Grand Bend.
F. Datars has purchased three
lots at the east end of Hensall
from F. Bengough.
George Kellerman has installed
a new boiler in his planing mill
at Dashwood, and is now about
ready to supply all 1 ines of bu-
ilding supplies.
40 Years Ago
MARCH, 1929
Ivan Kalbfleisch, who is hav-
ing a new residence built for
himself just east of their planing
mill, had the excavation work
commenced this week, which
should allow them a good early
start in the •spring.
Herb Mousseau, the Zurich
garage operator, was in London
on Tuesday of this week again
making arrangements to handle
the well-known line of Whippet
and Willys Knight automobiles.
Commencing on Tuesday of
next week, the stores in Zurich
will again remain open every
week on both Tuesday and Sat-
urday evenings.
Leroy O'Brien and Ferd Haberer
have gone into the chicken bus-
iness in a large scale, and at
present they have over 500 young
chicks on hand at the open air
skating rink, where they will
raise them.
D. A, Cantelon has had his
offices in Hensall redecorated,
and at present they present a
very attractive atmosphere.
- OF_
YEARS GONE
- BY-
25 Years Ago
MARCH, 1944
A life-long resident of Hay
Township, Peter Deichert Sr.
passed away at his home on the
Blind Line on Thursday, in his
81st year.
A very bad epidemic of sore
throats, sore eyes and soreness in
other places is making the rounds
these days, and at present many
people are afflicted.
Owing to the illness of the
Varna School teacher, Mrs. G.H.
Beatty, the school there has
been closed for a few days.
Deer are becoming so plentiful
in Stanley Township that there is
fear of them destroying property
in the area. Recently Thomas
Stinson and Lloyd Johnston saw
a group of at least 35 deer in a
wheat field on the latters farm,
while they were returning from
the bush.
Private Ray Foster, of Hensall
who has been'overseas for the past
two years, returned to his home
on Wednesday for a 28 -day fur-
lough. While overseas he suf-
fered a fractured leg and severe
injuries to his hand.
A pot -luck supper was the
feature of the last regular meet-
ing of the season for the Blake
Farm Forum, held at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy McBride.
15 Years Ago
MARCH, 1954
Earl Heywood, the popular
cowboy singer from Wingham,
appeared on a television program
recently from a station in Cleve-
land, Ohio.
Hensall's newly organized
service organization, the Kins-
men Club, sponsored the pop-
ular hypnotist, Edwin Heath in
a program at the Town Hall.
Money raised from the project
will be used for service work in
the community.
Mrs. Dominic Jeffrey was the
lucky winner of one hundred
dollars at a big bingo field last
Friday evening in the Parish Hall
at St. Joseph.
Farmers who are engaged in
the business of producing maple
syrup have met with considerable
success during the past few days,
as the sap is running food due
to heavy frosts at night and warm
sunshine in the daytime.
Francis Kipper, proprietor
of the Zurich Dairy, has pur-
chased the property directly
across from the dairy, from
Norman Gascho, and in the fu-
ture he hopes to build a modern
new dairy at the location.
10 Years Ago
MARCH, 1959
David Ducharme, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Dennis Ducharme, R. R.#3
Zurich, took top honours at a pub-
lic speaking contest held in List-
owel. He is a student at South
Huron High School.
Huron County council, at a
special one -day session, gave ap-
proval to a 177 -bed addition to the
County Home, located near Clin-
ton. Chairman of the committee
in charge of the home at present
is Hay Township reeve, V. L. Bec-
ker.
A well-known resident of this
area, John N. Denomy, of Drys-
dale passed away suddenly at
South Huron Hospital on Wednesday
inhis 64th year. For many years
Mr. Denomy operated the Drys-
dale store.
Mrs. Harold Parker was elected
as DDP of the Amber Rebekah
Lodge, in Hensall,, at their reg-
ular meeting last Wednesday night.
Thieves Saturday night forced
open a rear door at Spencer's Mill
at Hensall, and removed a safe
weighing 200 pounds. The strong
box, with it's door pried open,
was found later in a snowbank in
Usborne Township, east of Exeter.
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Obituary
Mrs. William Sparks, of Blue
Water Rest Home Zurich, died in
South Huron Hospital, Exeter
after a short illness, on Tuesday
March 11, 1969, in her 83rd year.
She was born in Hibbert Town-
ship in 1886. In 1909 she married
William Sparks, who predeceased
her six years ago, as did three
sisters.
Surviving are; one sister, Mrs.
Edith Hodgson, Saskatoon, and
one nephew, Ed win Hodgson,
Ottawa.
Funeral service was held from
Box funeral home, Seaforth, with
Rev Britton of Seaforth United
Church officiating. Interment
in Bayfield cemetery.
Pallbearers were Harvey Hohner
Joe Martin, Oliver Steckle, John
Campbell, John Watson and
Gladwin Westlake. Flower bear-
ers were, James Aitcheson and
Gred McGavin,
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