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Zurich Citizens News, 1969-10-09, Page 1No. 40—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL. NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1969 10 CENTS PER COPY t re1RNArti N,aL PLOWING TEAM - Glenn Miller on the tractor takes direction from John Becker at the Huron County Plowing Match, Saturday, near Goderich. Plowing was dry but the boys managed to turn in a fine performance for good marks. (T -A photo) ALMOST QUEEN - Just one mark separated Karen Hendrick, 16, Kippen on the tractor and the Queen of the Furrow, Mary Leeming, R.R,4 Walton. Karen, coached by her father Hugh Hendrick, picked up top points in the plowing competition. Marks were also awarded for appearance, a questionnaire and a prepared speech. (T -A photo) 500 at Huron Plowing Match (by Mrs. Orville Oke, Seaforth) Warm, sunny weather provided ideal weather conditions for the 500 visitors to the 42nd annual Huron County Plowing Match at Goderich on Saturday. The mat- ch was held on the farm of John Rodges, R. R. 1 Goderich, three miles east of the town. Gordon McGavin, of Walton, a long time director of the Plow- man's Association. said the soil was in the driest condition they nave ever had, and thisave the 36 contestants a good deal of trouble. Miss Mary Leeming, 17, R.R.4 Walton, was crowned Queen of the Furrow. She was judged on a written questionnaire on plow- ing, a 2 to 3 minute tall< on the activities of Huron County Plow- man's Association, plowingab- ility and appearance and dport- ment. Vying for the crown as well Injures Hand Doug Erb, oldest son of Mr. and Mts. Albert Erb, R, R. 2 Zur- ich met with an unfortunate ac- cident last Tuesday when his right hand became entangled in a chain on the forage harvester and cur three of his fingers off at the first joint. The accident occurred while working on his father's farm. were Karen Hendrick, 16, R.R.3 Kippen; Rosemary Ryan, 16, R.R. 1, Walton; and Connie Hickey, 19, R.R.1 Auburn. Miss Leeming will represent Iluron County at the International Plowing Match near Paris later this month. In the tractor class for boys and girls under 19 years: Glen Miller, R.R.1, Dashwood, took top hon- ours, including best crown and best finish; followed by John Becker, Dashwood; and Rosemary Ryan, R.R,1 Walton. Open class for all -confers: (tractors drawing as many plows as wished) was won by T. Peter O'Malley, R.R,2, Teeswater, who also had best finish; placing second was John Clark, R.R.3, Goderich, who had the best crown.. Open class: (tractors, mounted, semi -mounted or trail plows, drawing three furrows or more) was won by Charles Becker, Ex- eter, with best crown and finish; followed by Randy Becker, Dash- wood; Arnold Young, R,R.5, Goderich, and James Hickey. R.R.3, Auburn. Green class for boys and girls, 15 years and under:was won by John Jansen, R. R. 2, Seaforth, who had the best crown and fin- ish; followed by John Leeming, R.R.4, Walton; and Neil Ryan, R.R.1, Walton. Special class for senior high school pupils, 19 years and under: (each school to make two entries as a team) was won by the South Huron District High School, Ex- eter, with John Becker and Glen Miller, of Dashwood, doing the honours. Special class for junior high school pupils, 16 years and under: (each school to make two entries as a team) was won by the Sea - forth District High School with John Leeniing, Walton, and Barry Gordon, Seaforth. in sec- ond place was Goderich District Collegiate with John Hickey, R.R.3, Auburn, and Harry Frank - en, Auburn. Mounted plows only: was won by Tom Leeming, R.R.4 Walton, who had the best crown and fin - (continued on page 8) Tigers and Mattice In OBA 'D' final The Dasnwood Tigers will be leaving early, Friday morning for Mattice in Northern Ontario in an attempt to retain the Ont- ario Baseball Association Inter- mediate "D" championship. The Dashwood and Mattice clubs will meet in a best -of -three series for the championship with the first game slated for Saturday afternoon and second and third games, if necessary to be played Sunday afternoon. The players and a group of faith- ful fans will make the 688 -mile trip by bus. Hensall Firm Proposes Building New $500,000 Mobile Plant in Village A delegation from Boise Cas- cade of Canada Limited present- ed a proposal to Ilensall Council Monday night to build a $500, 000 mobile homes plant in the south-west portion of the village. Leonard Noakes and Charles Tusks on behalf of Boise Cascade which had taken over the Ilen- sall operation of General Coach Works asked for a building per- mit to erect a 330 foot by 220 foot steel building. Tlie present llensall plant ad- jacent to highway •1 will con- tinue to manufacture recreation- al vehicles while the newlant expected to employ an addition- al 150 persons will produce ec- onomy housing. Before the building permit can be approved council must take steps to officially close two road allowances in the area of rhe proposed construction.. Portions of York and Elizabeth streets must be legally closed before the mobile home firm can proceed with their plans. These streets have been used but are listed on the Hensall plans as road allowances. Clerk Earl Campbell told coun- cil the proposed road closings Power Squadron Courses Under Way In Huron County (by Richmond Atkey) Courses in _junior piloting and seamanship, provided by the 110- unit national organization, Canadian Power Squadrons, are now being conducted by Goderict Power Squadron, serving the boaters of Iluron County. Classes, which commenced October 8, will be held in God- erich District Collegiate Instit- ute every Wednesday evening, commencing at 7:00 p. ni. from now until March, with approp- riate Christmas -New Year's vacation, when final examin- ations will be field. Initial registration on October 1 produced 18 candidates for the first CPS course of junior pilot- ing, with H.R. Corbett, God- erich, as instructor; and 14 can- didates for seamanship, the second course, with K, S. Wood, DC, Clinton, as course chairman E.B. Menzies, Clinton, is chair- man for the advanced piloting course. R.S. Stkcy, Clinton, squadron secretary -treasurer, said that registration for a short period to accomodate late registrants. Junior piloting candidates to date are:froni Goderich , 11, Paul Carroll, R. Graham Mac Donald, P.I1. Tan Harper (junior associate), John 1<. Sully, Mary Julia Sully, (lady associate), Samuel G. Argyle, Harold J. Jeffrey, Jaynes J. Mulhern, Jess Edward Frederick Fester (junior associate), Bruce A.B. Sully,. Elizabeth Gail Sully (lady ass- ociate), Michael A.M. Sully, (junior associate), John S. Mc- Keown; from Clinton -- David Wayne Hallman, Dr. Leland Paul Walden, Harvey A. Carter, Joseph H. Murphy; from Auburn - John K. Clark. Seamanship candidates to date: from Goderich-- Donald E. Mc- Arthur, Donald Langridge, M. Madeleine P. Naftel, (Lady associate), Murray C. McGill, Kevin F. Mills (junior associate), Dr. Frank Mills, Bertram Y. Mc- Creath, Fred W. Fester, Roy B. Dunlop, George Robertson; from Clinton-- Dr, Frank M. Newland A. John R. Elder, Budd E. Kue- hl: from Wingham-- C. Emerson Shera. must be advertised for lour weeks in rhe local papers and approved before a building permit can be issued, The Ilensall firm bad hoped that construction could start by November 1, with the footings beim poured before frost set in. If this date could be met pro- ductions could be expected by early February of next year. Boise Cascade has about 25 mobile house plants in their ch- ain and have similar buildings to the proposed Ilensall plant in St. Jerome, Quebec and Pent- icton, British Columbia. Boise Cascade, the new owners of the former General Coach operation took over from Divco Wayne during the past year and are one of the top 100 corpor- ations in the United States. Another delegation, from the Ilensall Public Utilities Com- mission, asked that the village take over the responsibility and financing of the Hensall street lighting system. This matter was deferred to a later meeting. In other business, council: ac- 'cepted the tender of C.A. Mc- Dowell of Centralia to construct 1, 300 lineal feet of sidewalks' on portions of Albert and Rich- mond streets. Agreed to pay the cost of re- placing four sections of side- walk in front of the Presbyterian Church. Ileard that all assessment ap- peals must be returned by Oct- ober 15. Decided to call for tenders for the installation of a new heating system for the main floor of the town hall. Agreed to hold nominations for 1,070 council and PUG posit- ions on Friday, November 21 at 7 p. m. with an election if necessary called for Monday, December 1. The following building permits were approved; Bob Baker, car- port and Fanny Clarke and Pearl Koehler, renovations. 0 Breaks Ankle Randy Decker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Decker, suffered a broken ankle while playing foot- ball with the South Huron High School team against the God- erich High School team last Wednesday afternoon in Goder- ich. Randy underwent surgery in Goderich Hospital on Friday and returned hone on Sunday. 0 Emmanuel Ladies Host Kippen UCW The U , C . W . Of Emmanuel United Church entertained U.C. W of Kippen United Church at their Thankoffering meeting. Mrs. Allan Gascho as chairlady opened the meeting reading a poem, "Let us be thankful," also welcomed guests . Responsive scripture was led by Mrs. Meyers. Ivlrs. Leonard Erb led in a litany of prayer and in- tercession. Elaine Westlake, accompanied by Christine Haberer, favored with a pleasing solo. Devotional topic, was presented by Mrs. Elroy Desjardine, and was based on 1 Thes. 5-18. A poem entitled "Thanksgiving Day" was given by Mrs. Ross Johnston. Several Thanksgiving hymns were sung, also thankoffering received. Reconciliation in a broken world being top of study packet. An appropriate film on London Rescue Mission was shown fol- lowed by a brief business session, after which a social hour was enjoyed.