Zurich Citizens News, 1969-09-04, Page 7THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1969
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ZURICH FIREMEN ANSWER CALL TO BURNING BALES OF STRAW ON BLIND LINE MONDA) MORNING
Hay and Hensall Fail to Reach Agreement
A meeting called to end six
months of negotiations for a new
'fire protection agreement be -
factors Preventing
Health Merger
Warden Lawson Cross of Perth
County was quite right when he
said recently that Huron County
is not interested in a merger that
would establish a regional health
unit for Huron County.
Warden James Hayter said Wed
nesday morning that until Huron
County knows where regional
boundaries are going to be and
until county council has a clearer
understanding of the advantages
of regional health unit, Huron
County is definately not interestei
in a merger.
There are other factors present-
ly under consideration which
Warden Hayter would not reveal
at the present time.
At the September session, added
Warden Hayter, council hopes to
have a doctor from the Wellingtot
County area to give a report
concerning the advantages of a
regional health unit.
"All we know right now is that
there is a 75 percent grant for
the operation of a regional
health unit", stated Warden Hay-
ter, "but that. doesn't necessarily
mean that it would cost the
people of Huron County less
money".
If we went to a regional
health unit we would have no
control over the budget", Hayter
warned.
Main deadlock of the issue
first discussed more than a year
ago was the location of the reg-
ional office.
The town of Seaforth in Huron
County, just a few miles to the
west of Dublin which is about
the centre of the two counties,
made a generous offer if the
office is located there.
Warden Hayter said there are
extra grants available if a region-
al health unit is established in
connection with,a hospital. The
site proposed by Seaforth was
adjacent to the new Seaforth
Community Hospital.
However, Perth County was
pressing at that time to have the
new office located in Stratford,
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tween Hensall and the townships
of Hay and Tuckersmith ended
with no decision being reached.
The meeting, called by Tuck-
ersmith Township, was held in
Huron Centennial School, Tues-
day night and was attended by
members of council of each
municipality and the clerks of
Hensall and Tuckersmith.
In the past the two townships
have been paying a retainer
fee (the rate has-been $500 for
each municipality each year
for the past two years) for fire
protection in the area around
Hensall in the two townships.
Tuckersmith's agreement ends
the end of September.
At the meeting Tuesday night
Councillor Harold Knight of
Hensall explained Hensall's
need for a new fire truck as it is
felt the present equipment is not
capable of fighting fires in the
country. So far Hensall has
rece'ved four offers from com-
panies on a new engine and equiF
ment and they are $24, 801,
$24, 896, $23, 896, $22, 000.
Councillor Knigh stated these
varied mostly on the amount of
equipment supplied with the
engine and would have to be
checked out to meet Hensall's
specifications.
Hensall has agreed to accept
$7, 000 from Tuckersmith and
$7, 000 from Hay toward pur-
chase of the new engine and has
guaranteed not to pay less than
$22, 000 for it.
Deputy -Reeve Lloyd Hendrick
of Hay feels the greatest con-
cern to a farmer is the lack of
water on farm's, stated that the
last two fires on his line --a
house and a garage --each burned
while two fire trucks were useless
at the fires for lack of water.
Councillor Lionel Wilder of
Hay felt it would be better for
Hay to own its own fire truck
and have it located in the centre
of the township. However,
Councillor John Tinney of Hay
said that farms around the vill-
ages and towns would be better
served by the fire engines located
in them.
Reeve Joseph Hoffman of Hay
explained Hay had an agreements
as well as with Hensall, with
four other municipalities -
Exeter, Zurich, Grand Bend and
Dashwood -and he was sure if
Hay came to an agreement to
assist Hensall to buy a new fire
engine the other four would
come forward with requests for
the same deal with them. Cou-
ncillor Baker of Hensall remarked
it was time for Hay to start
making one agreement with that
many municipalities to go.
Councillor Tinney, wittti Reeve
Hoffman and Deputy -Reeve
Hendrick agreeing, said hefelt
if they held off on agreements
regional government would be in
right away and fire protection
would be supplied the same to
everyone. Others at the meet-
ing questioned this suggestion
and if it did go through would be
more costly than now.
Reeve Elgin Thompson of
Tuckersmith stated he hoped
Hensall and Hay would reach an
agreement before the end of
September as Tuckersmith
felt Hensall would give the
best protection in that end of
the township.
In the end after much discuss-
ion Reeve Joseph Hoffman
stated of Hay position. "We
offer $5, 500 -the final offer-
Hensall can take it or leave it" .
Councillor Knight questioned
Hay members on a new stand
by agreement but could give no
exact amount -guessing it might
be about $1, 4
be about $1, 500 per year. He
promised that Hensall would
meet to work out an exact
amount and send it to Hay and
Tuckersmith for consideration.
Further meetings would depend
on whether either council
would be interested in this
figure.
DASHWOOD and
DISTRICT
VACATIONERS
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Rader and
Sharon at Bayfield last week.
Mrs. Karen Nolan and Mrs.
George Penn and family of
California, Sgt. and Mrs. Bud
Durdin and family of Winnipeg,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Manuel and
family of London, Cpl. Lorie
Pedersen of Calgary, Mrs.
Betty Faulkner and Linda of
Goderich, with Mr. and Mrs. U.
Pedersen.
• Mr.: and Mrs. Lloyd Rader and
Darlene an d Mr. and Mrs. Percy
Willert of Zurich at Wasaga
Beach for one week.
Visitors over the holiday
weekend were Mr, and Mrs.
Jim Poland, Lois and Tommy of
Campbellford, Rev. and Mrs.
Bruce Seebach and family of
Hamilton, with Mrs. Cora
Gaiser.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lobb, Randy
and Rhonda of Clinton with Mr.
and Mrs. Ross Love.
• Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Howe,
Mary Jo and Shelley of London,
with Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Rader
and family.
Sparks Ignite Two
Wagons of Straw
Sparks from a tractor which
was drawing two wagon loads of
baled straw was believed to have
been the cause of a flash fire on
the Blind Line, Hay Township,
,on Monday morning. The tractor
and wagons were owned by Claire
Deichert, who was accompanied
on the trip by Richard Turkheim,
of Zurich.
The two men acted quickly
'when they first noticed the blaze
and disconnected the tractor
From the two wagons. In a matte]
of minutes the loads of straw
were a mass of flames, and they
both burned to the ground.
Zurich Fire Department were
called to the scene and prevented
the blaze from spreading
through nearby ditches and to a
telephone pole closeby, Had the
'wind been stronger' and from
another direction, the fire could
,have caused much more damage.
Neither of the two men were
njured in the freak occurrence.
a
Jacob Fischer is spending some
time at the home of his daughters
Mrs. Leona Rader and Mrs.
Charles Thiel.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Steinbach
spent the weekend at Fort Erie.
Linda and Doug Hackett returned
to their home there, after holi-
daying with their grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Steinbach.
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