HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1969-05-08, Page 1crkgh
No. 18—FIRST WiTH THE LOCAL NEWS
ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1969
TAKE PART IN WALK—Two Huron mem-
bers of parliament took part in the walk staged
at Goderich last Saturday, to raise money for
OXFAM, and both completed seven or eight
miles. Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, Huron MLA,
and Robert E. McKinley, Huron MP, are seen
walking along Highway 21 south •of Goderich,
being accompanied by s couple of unidentified
young girls, .who were also taking part in the
event.
Hensall Council Approves
1 Iensal] council dealt with
deputations as the first order
of business at their Monday
night twecting to hear a report
front representative< frog! :he
.11,0, regarding speed zon-
ing on Iliglnwa 4 within the
village limits. Ir. Harris,
Traffic Analyst and ?.Ir. Joe
Gleason. Traffic Engineer,
were in attendance. Constable
Wright of rhe O, P, 1'. was also
in attendance to answer any
questions from their department.
Council was informed by the
representatives front the D 11.0.
that a speed study had been
conducted and several recomni-
endations were made. Several
blueprints of the area concerned
were studies by council and
after being informed that the
accident rate had decreased
singe the widening of Highway
4, they were in agreement with
the new proposal to change the
speed limit along highway 4.
within the village limits, to
40 miles per hour,
H. Klungel, owner and
manager of the Queensway
nursing home, presented his
case to ,council and asked if
council might consider exempt-
ing him from taxation on the
new portion of his nursing
home for 1969 only. Council
later dealth with this request
and decided against assisting
Mr. Klungel in this manner.
Minutes of meetings of
April 7 and April 22 were read
and adopted. 'I'Ite meeting of
April 22 had been with officials
of the Union (gas Company and
council agreed to having said
coi:tpany extend its pipeline
into and 1ltrough the village.
Arising from correspondence,
council learned that it must
have a permit TO carry out
open burning at the village
dwnp. It was passed by notion
to apply for same.
A letter received from Hay
Township council gave agree-
ment to purchase of new fire
engine ar the rate of
BANKER GONE TO iIt11.11il'RiON
Itay McKinnon, manager of
rhe Zurich branch of the Banl<
of Montreal for the past lour
years, left on Monday to assume
his new duties as manager of
rhe same bank in l-laliburton.
His wife and family will be
moving within the next
couple of weeks.
Plans have been finalized for
the big "Ray McKinnon" night
to be held in the Zurich Comm-
unity Centre this Sunday even-
ing getting under way at 6 p.m,.
Guest speaker for the occasion
will be Father C. A, Doyle, of
London, formerly of Zurich.
At press time there were
only 20 tickets left for the
event, and anyone still wishing
some should contact Zurich
Pro Hardware or the Citizens
News as early as possible.
Speed Limit
as its share, provided that
share did not exceed $5, 00,0.
Therefore, the special comnii-
tee of council is to meet with
Hay Township officials re-
garding the matter as the prices
on new trucks range from
'2L•', 1) to $24, 0110,
Council learned from the
clerk that the county rate for
]ieusall will he $.27,2$i,51.
A levy of l2, 25 mills for
general purposes and 10 mills
for highways will he paid.
General Coacin Works of
Canada submitted a request
ro have the drain on Richmond
tit. N. extended from its pre-
cn1 ending to Highway 1, to
enable theta 10 drain their
parking lot and alleviate the
water condition.; on a neigh-
bours property. Council
agreed to the request.
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Zurich Lions Hear
High School Teacher
Members of the Zurich Lions
Club, at their regular dinner
meeting on Monday night,
heard an interesting address on
"Autotnation and Education"
from Walter Fydenchuk, tech-
nical director of South Huron
District High School. A native
of Manitoba, Mr, Fydenchuck
now lives in Crediton.
The speaker told the group
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Hay Council Approves Plan
For New Dashwood Park
The council of the Township
of Hay, ar their regular meet-
ing on M and ay night, heard a
request from a Dasliwood dele-
gation asking to have their
park turned into au athletic
field, under the regulations set
out by the Ontario government
pertaiuiug; to such projects.
Council approved the plats,
subject to the initiating; munic-
ipality', Stephen Township,
approving, the plants as well.
The park is located in Stephen
Township, and the first acriou
111151 come front 1110111.
If Stephen Township approves
the project, Ilay Township
appointed councillor 1,i0n01
Wilder to be a member of the
conmmittee in charge of the
new athletic field.
The delegation meeting; with
I lay Township consisted of
Glenn Webb, lack Ford and
Bob lloffman.
At their meeting council
approved a plan to develop a
four-way stop at the corner
of the Goshen Line and the
Town Line. Eventually,
they plan on making the
Goshen a through road, but
under l)lt) regulations the
intersection must first be
turned into a four- way stop
before it can be changed.
A by-law was passed at the
meeting allowing the Tucker -
smith Municipal Telephone
System permission to bury
cable on the second concession.
Another by-law, setting out
subdivision control on 1-iay
Township, was given and first
and second reading at the
meeting.
Regarding the Eacrett munic-
ipal drain report, members of
council referred the plan hack
ro the engineer for further
consideration.
Tenders are being called
by tltc towrtsltip for rhe supply
of 17, 000 cubic yards of sand
cushion, to cover two and a
half miles of road on the Bron-
son I.irte north.
ll.tvink; received a notification
from the Ontario Department
of l lealrh regarding the burning
of refuse at the township dump,
the council instructed clerk
1\etync Horner to write to the
Department asking for a permit
to allow such burning. All
municipalities have received
the sante notice from the
department advising them that
they are guilty of air pollution
by allowing burning at their
municipal dumps.
The Hay Council is also
asking the department for
recommendations as to an
alternative plan, if such a
perntit should not be allowed.
Hay Township has offered
the village of Hensall to pay
32z percent of the new fire
truck for that municipality, as
long as the township share'does
not amount to over $5, 000.
Negotiations have been going
on for some months now between
flay, Tuckersmith and Hensall
regarding fire protection.
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Zurich Council Asks For Permit to Burn
Refuse at Municipal Dump Grounds
The council of the Village
of Zurich, at their regular meet-
ing last Thursday night, were
advised that they are guilty of
causing air pollution by allow-
ing rhe burning of refuse at
the dump located south-west
of the municipality. Similar
notices have been sent to all
municipalities by the Ontario
1)cpartti ettr of Ilealih, asking
for co-operation in rhe m atter.
integer rite ruling by the
department, all municipalities
wishing to allow burning at
Muir dumps, must apply for a
permit to allow this procedure
to be carried out. The Zurich
council approved a motion ask-
ing the department for such a
permit.
Building permits in tate
amount of $21, 300 were app-
roved at the meeting. They
consist of: Rev. L. Kalbfleisch,
new home, $1'7, 000; Milford
Doerr, renovations to an apart-
ment, $2, 000; Nap Bedard,
renovations to a home, $2, 000;
Lloyd Dungey, renovations to
the garage he purchased from
Elroy Desjardine, $1, 000;
and Hay Fire Insurance, inter-
ior alterations, $300.
Two residents of the north-
west section of the village,
Louis Denomme and Gilbert
Ducharme, appeared before
council with a request to have
property adjacent to their
homes cleaned up. The two
men have both built attractive
homes in the area recently,
and feel the surrounding area
should be in a satisfactory
condition.
Road superintendent Carl
Thiel advised council that he
would be patching holes in
the streets in the very near
future. He also discussed
the application of calcium
chloride on several gravel
streets in the village.
In other business, council
approved the enforcing of a by-
law forbidding dogs to run at
large in the village, from now
until fall.