Zurich Citizens News, 1969-05-29, Page 1No. 21—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS
ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1969
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INFORMATION MEEETING—An informa-
tion meeting for area farmers was held last
week in the Zurich Community Centre, spon-
sored by the local organization working for the
GFO. Left to right in this photo are George
Robertson, Goderich area beef farmer, who was
the guest speaker; Phil Durand, local organizer,
and Elgin Hendrick, who .is also working for
the campaign in this area.
(Citizens News Photo)
Zurich lady Elected President of
South Huron Women's Institutes
Mrs. Delbert Geiger, R, R. 2,
Zurich, was elected president
of South Huron W. I. at their
annual area meeting held in
Elimville United Church, Thurs-
day, May 22. She succeeds
Mrs. W. D. Mack. Other
officers named were first vice-
president, Miss Ruth Skinner,
R. R. 3, Exeter; second vice-
president, Mrs. Wellwood Webb,
Grand Bend; secretary -treasurer,
Mrs. Newell Geiger, R. R. 1,
Zurich; assistant secretary -treas-
urer, Mrs. Gilbert Johns, R. R.
3, Exeter. Federation represent-
ative, Mrs. Alex Hamilton,
Grand Bend, alternate Mrs.
Edward Lamport, R. R. 2, Cent-
ralia; public relations, Mrs.
Phillip Hern, Grand Bend; cura-
tor Mrs. James Drummond, R.
County Board Hire
Three More Men
"Mother of the Day" Passes Suddenly
Just two weeks after being
named as "Mother of the Day",
Mrs, Raymond (Betty) McKinnon,
of Zurich, passed away suddenly
at her home on Saturday, May
24. Cause of her death was a
coronary.
An extremely well -liked wo-
man, she was praised highly
two weeks ago at a farewell
dinner for her husband, by Fath-
er C. A. Doyle, who gave her
the honour of being called the
Mother of the Day. Along with
being an ideal mother to her
own eight children, Mrs. Mc-
Kinnon was known as Mom to
dozens• of young people in the
community, who visited the
home frequently.
The sudden and untimely
death brought sadness and dis-
may to the entire community
of which she had been a resident
for only four years. Next Mon-
day the McKinnon family where
to have moved to Haliburton,
where Mr. McKinnon had been
transferred just two weeks ago.
Her passing was termed a trag-
edy by area residents who al-
ready had been saddened by the
transferring of the family from
the community.
The former Elizabeth Ann
Lcwry, she was born in Perth,
on March 22, 1928, a daughter
of Mrs. Rose and the late James
Lowry. She married Ray Mc-
Kinnon in 1949, and since they
have lived in Bobcaygeon, Fort
Erie, Campbellford and now
Zurich.
Surviving besides her husband
and mother are one daughter,
Nancy Rae; seven sons, Kevin,
Shane, Kim, Randy, Jeff,
Wayne and Derek all at home;
two sisters, Mrs. Vern (Agnes)
McKenne y, Smiths Falls, Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Wieberg
and Larry were Sunday guests
at the home of Len Prang's.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lance
Reed at Wagners Corner, last
weekend were Mrs. Reed's
parents, Mr. and Mrs, Harry
Manuel of London.
Gerald (Rose) Ryan, Perth; four
brothers, John, James, Lloyd,
all of Perth, and Thomas of
Halifax.
The body rested at the West-
lake funeral home, Zurich
until Monday morning, when
removal was made to the Blair
and Son funeral home, Perth.
Mass took place in St. John's
Roman Catholic Church, Perth,
on Tuesday morning at 10;00
o'clock, with interment in the
church cemetery.
Fitting tribute was paid to
the life of the deceased by Fath-
er A. Durand, at a short mem-
orial service at the funeral
home on Sunday night, and then
again by the Parish Priest in
Perth at the service on Tuesday.
Zurich WI Hears
From Dietitian
Mrs. Jean Pulham of London,
a professional dietitian was
guest speaker at the Zurich
Women's Institute meeting.
She gave information on the
various foods and amounts need-
ed daily for an average adult.
Mrs. Jim Parkins and Mrs.
Len Prang, convenors of the
home economics program, served
the variety of fancy sandwiches.
Mrs. Mildred Brokenshire con-
ducted business. It was agreed
to cater to a banquet dinner in
October and also to a reception
in June. Members voted to re-
place missing kitchen items and
also to add to kitchen equipment.
Huron County Board of Educat-
ion last week named three then
who will fill vacancies on the
boards of management and ntait-
enance staff.
Ben C. Straughn, Goderich has
been named chief accountant
and office manager at a salary
of $12, 000; R. L, Maloney,
Bayfield, manager of purchasing
and services, at a salary of
$10, 000 and R. McVean, Bay-
field, to the position of plant
superintendant, at a salary of
$9, 200.
John D. Cochrane, director
of education for the county, said
a decision had been reached
during a meeting of the Board
Tuesday night. There were
102 applicants for the jobs.
Mr. Straughn is currently
business administrator at Goder-
ich District Collegiate Institute;
Mr. Maloney is business admin-
istrator at Central Huron Second-
ary School and Mr. McVean is
employed as maintenance super-
visor at CFB Clinton.
It is expected the men will
commence their duties on June
1 said Mr. Cochrane, although
Mr. McVean must first obtain
his release from duties with the
defence department.
Three names for each of the
positions had been presented to
the Board by R. B. Dunlop, bus-
iness administrator for final
consideration by the board.
R. 2, Kippen. Convenors of
standing committees are;
Agriculture and Canadian Indust-
ries, Mrs. Howard Finkbeiner,
Zurich; Citizenship and Educat-
ion, Mrs. Harvey Hodgins,
R. R. 2, Ailsa Craig, Historical
research and current events,
Mrs. Gordon McKenzie, Sea -
forth; home economics,
forth; home economics and
health, Mrs. John Rader, Dash-
wood; resolutions, Mrs. Leeland
Webber, R. R. 1, llensall; area
delegate, Mrs. Delbert Geiger;
alternate, Miss Skinner, county
delegates, Miss Skinner, Mrs.
Newell Geiger, alternate Mrs.
Lorne Hodge, Crediton.
Craft exhibits by the nine
institute branches was a high-
light of the annual meeting,
with exhibits ranging from quilts
and mats to Japanese embroidery
and ceramics. This was the
first time this type of exhibits
were entered on the program.
Mrs. W. D. Mack presided and
the theme was "The challenge
of change and how are we meet-
ing it".
The 19'70 annual will be held
in Kippen.
Zurich Meeting
Hear About GFO
A GFO information meeting
was held in the Zurich Commun-
ity Centre last Thursday evening.
Phil Durand chaired the meet-
ing and introduced 'guest speaker,
George Robertson, who is one of
the members of the GFO county
committee, also one of the
largest beef producers in the
province. He said he was never
a supporter of the OFA or OFU,
but felt it was time farmers
had a stronger, better financed
organization to speak for them.
' Farmers would have saved
many millions of dollars this
last few years if we would of
had an organization with the
finances to do the research
needed to keep farmers better
informed".. The speaker also
said, much more could be real-
ized on sales or output if farmers
spoke with one voice to govern-
ment for the right kind of 1eis-
lation and government policies.
He added, 'We have had too
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ATTEND COMMUNION BREAKFAST—Members of the
Fourth Degree, Seaforth Assembly of the Knights of Columbus,
followed by members of • the Father Stephen Eckert Council of
Seaforth and district, are seen here as they march from St.
Boniface Church, Zurich, to the Community Centre, for their
annual Corporate Communion Breakfast. Prior to the breakfast
the group all attended High Mass at the church. The guest
speaker was Father A. Durand, and the CWL of St. Boniface
catered to the gathering.
(Citizens News Photo)