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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1969-06-05, Page 1No. 22—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1969 ATTRACTIVE IDENTIFICATION - Visitors looping for the res- idence of Mr. and Mrs. Marten Vanderhoek on the Bronson Line north of Dashwood should have little trouble finding the place, due to this attractive ornament on their front lawn.. The minia- ture windmill is a replica of an original Holland model. Hensall Council Receives Resignation From Fire Chief Dave Sangster At the regular meeting of the Hensall village council on June 2, the resignation of Fire Chief David Sangster was received. Mr. Sangster asked to have written confirmation that he would be relieved of his duties as of June 15, 1969. Council did not take any actior at its meeting but hope to have another meeting with Hay and Tuckersmith townships, then perhaps meet with the firemen and the fire chief. The decis- ion was unanimous to attempt having rhe fire chief reconsider his resignation. Councillor Knight assured council that the Chief's assist- ance had been of great value to all concerned. He said Mr. Sangster has on several occasions warned council of the state of the fire fighting equipment which Ilensall has. I3e has feared for quite some time that on some occasion if the truck should be out on rural roads it could break down and Hensall would be without fire protection. A decision on fire agreement and the purchase of a new truck have long been delayed on account of the two townships, even though a special committee has held several meetings re- garding the problem and have asked for early solution. In other business, council passed the minutes of the meet- ings of May 5 and 12, the latter having been a meeting with the representatives of the local mills and two representatives from the Huron County Health Unit. Conditions at the village dump had prompted the latter, regarding the disposal of garbage and mill screenings. Agreement was reached that the dump be bulldozed and the cost shared by the village and the mills, but in the future, the mills must be responsible for policing and maintaining their own dump. E. R. Davis gave his monthly report and stated that the drain on Albert Street was finally completed and in good working order. The D.H.O. have re- paired the catch basisn near the C. N.R. tracks. Davis reported that he had cleaned several catch basins in the village but has•some left to be done. The most of King Street has (continued on page 10) 0 To Outline Details On Charter Flight An information meeting re- garding the scheduled charter trip from Zurich, Ontario to Zurich, Switzerland, will be held in the Zurich Community Centre, on Thursday, June 19. At this time representatives of Wardair, the company which will be flying the group to Switzerland, will be present to outline all details of the trip, and supply any information re- quired, The airline company have lined up various tours which will he available if so desired, and have also picked up valuable infonn- ation as to accomodation and rates. There is still room left on the charter, and any parsons who have nor yet signed up should do so at the earliest possible oppor- tunity. The cost of the return trip as far as travel accornodat- ion is concerned amounts to $219. This includes bus trans- portation to and from Zurich to Malton International Airport. Any persons who have already signed up for the trip should be working on their passports, so they will have them in plenty of time. Application forms for passports are available at any post office At the meeting on June 19, the airline people will also be show- ing interesting films and pictures of various places of interest in Switzerland. Anyone who is going or isat all interested in the trip, should be at this meeting. Application forms are avail- able from either Gerald Ging- erich or Herb Turkheim, and are being accepted on a first- come first-served basis. 10 CENTS PER COPY Hay Township Council Advises Hensall to Drop Fire Protection The Township of Ilay is dropp- ing its fire protection agreement with the village of Ilensall, effective in September, when the present contract expires. At their regular meeting on l\londay. night, the council agreed that they would not pay the rate asked by Ilensall for fire protection. Ilensall was asking Ilay Town- ship to 82.) percent of a new fire truck, which amounted to $1,500 per year for five years. In turn flay offered to pay up to $;7), 000 towards rhe new at it, but no more. The Ilensall council have hcen negotiating with both Ila and Tuckersniitlt Townships for some time now, but have failed to reach an agreement with either municipality. Ilow the decision of flay to drop the Ilensall pro- tection will affect plans for a new truck is not known at rhe present time. A delegation from 1Dash• met with Ilay council at ilk - Monday night meeting to a;.• for a grant towards the erection of floodlights at their new ath- letic field. They told the coun- cil that the estimate they have for the lights is approximately $10, 000 with a grant of 25 per- cent available from the provin- cial government. They also Road Budget Short of Funds Huron County Council learned Friday from county engineer James Brintnell there would not be sufficient funds available this year to rebuild the Summer- hill to Auburn road. Ile blamed a "very coiitplicarec formula" employed in Toronto to establish entitlement rates and lakefront properties in lluron County which as selling "well in excess of other county prop- erty" for the shortage of funds. The entitlement rates are fig- ured on provincial equalized assessment and county road funds are raised from county equalized assessment. "This year there was $20(1, 1,1,1, we didn't gain in direct aid," Brindled pointed out. The contracting first of t undt and lvlcCanrt has been engaged to reconstruct developntcrtt road 898 in the town of Seaford' fur $864, 490.00. It is expected work will be underway very shortly. pointed out that they have pres- ently about $8, 500 pledged to- wards the project by arca rens. 11 a\ eouueil 111ade no decision on the matter of a grant towards the project, hut they added they would wait and see what Stephen Township was going to do .hula the matter. .11tlx itglt horn townships are involved to 0 cer- tain extent with tltc new athletic field, they pointed out that the actual location is 11.1 Stephen and they should slake the first move. in other business at the meet- ing, council approved a recomm- endation 1.1011 the Itepartnlcut of 1li,,ltways that tine speed lin' it on Highway •I through Ilensall he increased from ttt, to 11- miles :m hour. Both Tuckersmith and Ontario Hydro to Close Exeter Area Ontario 11\ dro's [Neter .\rca Office will be merged with its Clinton and 51ratltrov areas, respectively, early in 1010. About ho percent of the 1, GG 1 Exeter area cuStottters will he transferred to ,Clinton arca and the remaining •10 percent to Strathroy area. Ontario llydro Chairman George 1 atltereule said, "Con- solidation of the area offices is part of a province -wide pro- gram of re- or,,:,ttizati,n that will affect a considerable num- ber of communities, bur achieve a saving to electric: power con- sumers of more than $1, thin 0(+0 a year wltile preserving and inl- provittg nor standard or service in rural power supply. "This re-organization.and con- solidation has been made poss- ible by the elver encc of new facilities and technology . The development of excellent high - Ways, the ttse of radio -equipped vehicles and reliable telephone service contribute to conditions that enable us to combine good service with greater ecumtllty. With rapidly rising salaries and wages, interest rales and prices, it is inlp_rativc that Ontario llydro seep every means of coni - batting rising power costs", he added As most customers pay their bilis by cheque or a1 a chartered hank, there will he a minimum of inconvenience for Exeter customers in this aspect when (continued on page 12) Ilay Townships must approve the plans as well as the village of 1lcnsall, before the new limit can he enforced. Three tile drainage loans were processed by council at the ltteetitl T WATERLOO GR:\ht'A TE John A. Geiger, sou of i\ir. and Mrs. Newell Geiger, RR 1, Zurich, received his Bachelor of Mathematics degree from the t'n• iverisry of Waterloo on Friday, May :11. John is presently empl- oyed by Copp Building Centre in London, and plans to attend Alt - house College of 'Education, Lon- don, this fall. GRADUATES FROM WESTERN Dwigln Bender, son of Mr. and i.Irs. Elton Bender, Kitchener, formerly of the Zurich area, w•a; one of tile graduates at the Univ- ersity of Western Ontario during the past week. Ile received his Bachelor of Science degree. FATAL CRASH - A young man from the Wyo- ming area was killed last Friday night when his car failed to negotiate a curve on highway 21, south of St. Joseph, and flipped over after jump- ing across a stream, After the crash the wreck burst into flames, and in a matter of minutes it was completely demolished. This photo shows what is left of the car after the accident.