Zurich Citizens News, 1969-10-23, Page 1No. 42—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS
ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1969
APPLES AND MORE APPLES - One of the busiest places in this part of the country is the
Del -Mac Orchards, near Bayfield. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burgess, former proprietors
of the St, Joseph BP Service, the orchard consists of 40 acres, with about 1, 000 trees all in
production. The main crop consists of Maclntosh, Delicious and Spies, although several other
varieties are grown as well. Shown here are Mr. and Mrs. Burgess with their daughter, Shelly.
AUTOMATION TAKES OVER - Even in the apple business,
automation has taken over and a machine has been brought
on the market to raise the picker to the required heighth at
any particular tree. At the Burgess apple orcard as high as
15 and 20 persons are kept busy during the harvest season in
an attempt to keep ahead of the fast- ripening crop.
Most Huron County Farmers Appeal
New Business Assessment for 1970
Almost all farmers in Huron
County who were slapped. with a
25 -percent business tax this year
have appealed their assessment,
said A.A. Alexander, former
Huron County assessor, Wednes-
day, the last appeal date,
Court of revision will sit early
in November and like last year,
will be held in the various mun-
icipalities throughout the county.
Mr. Alexander explained that
only poultry and hog producers
who do not grow some of their
own feed but depend solely on
commercial feed supplies will
be affected.
"Some farmers own just a few
acres of land and run thousands
of birds (poultry)." he explained.
Huron County farmers attended
a meeting in Clinton Wednesday
night to discuss the matter.
They were told byRae Cunning-
ham of Toronto, drector of pro-
perties, Ontario Federation of
Agriculture, that conflicting
interpretations of the assessment
Act as to what constitutes a far -
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Turn Clocks Back
Saturday Night
Daylight Saving Time comes
to an end throughout this area
on Saturday night,; .at 12 p.m.
All residents are reminded to
turn their clocks back one hour
when they go to bed Saturday
night, and pick up that extra
hour of sleep they lost last spring.
Churches throughout the area
will observe Standard Time on
Sunday, and schools will return
to Standard Time on Monday.
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Tuckersmith Adopt
Hensall Fire Pact
Eight months of negotiation
ended last week when Tucker -
smith Township and the Village
of Hensall agreed on terms for
fire protection. The accord was
reached at a township council
meeting held at Huron Centen-
nial Sc fool in Brucefield and.
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Six Ratepayers Opposed To
Water Expansion in Zurich
Six letters opposing the water
' expansion program in Zurich
• were received by the council at
. their regular meeting last Thurs-
day night, following the pub-
lication of notice, demanded by
the Ontario Municipal Board, in
two issues of this newspaper. The
notice stated that any persons
opposed to the plans must give
notice in writing within 21 days
of the first publication.
The letters opposing the plans
will now be forwarded to the
OMB, and they will decide on
a date for a public hearing to
listen to the objections.
Most of the letters opposing the
plan were not pleased with the
system of assessing frontage rates,
Under the present scheme, only
the properties where new pipe .
lines are to be laid in front of,
will be charged the frontage rate
of 121 cents per foot, yearly,
while the rest of the properties
will only have to pay the yearly
rare of $48. This means that
an ordinary hone could have to
pay approximately $30 per year
more for their water if a new
line runs in front of it.
In other business at the meeting,
council discussed burying of
underground telephone cable in
the north half of the village with
Hay system's foreman, Harold
Zehr. The Hay system have
promised to replace any pave- •
ment dug up at crossings, and
to restore all properties where
they dig to their original pond-
i:tion. A snap ofThe . 'uffed" cable
is to be provided fol the -Public.
Utilities as well as the road sup-
3rintendent of the village.
A building permit was approved
at the meeting to Ivan Kaib-
fleisch for the renovating of his
building on Walnut Street, to
include a downstair apartment.
Council approved the increas-
ing of rental rates for the ice
arena from last year. This year
the rate will be $10 per hour for
prime time, and $7 per hour for
other times. No change was made
in the rates for renting the audit-
orium.
A letter was received by the
council from the Zurich Cham-
ber of Commerce, asking for
an explanation as to why the
tax rate had taken such a sharp
increase this year. After con-
siderable discussion, reeve Gor-
don Hess offered to attend a meet
ing of the Chamber of Commerce
at the first opportunity, and re-
view the events which made the
increase necessary.
In other business at the meet-
ing , council decided to call
for tenders for the supply for
fuel oil for the corning iyear.
All tenders are to be in the hands
of the clerk -treasurer by noon
on Wednesday, November 5.
Daylight saving time is to
come to an end in the village at
12 o'clock, Saturday night, Oct-
ober 25.
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Hay Township
Approves Co-op
Land Purchase
At their regular October mon-
thly meeting, the council of the
Township of Hay approved the
purchase by Hensall District
Co -Operative, of one and a half
acres of land from Earl Soldan.
The property is directly north
of the existing Co -Op property
in Hensall. Under the sub -div-
ision control by-law in Hay
Township, approval is needed
for the purchase of small sections
of property. The purchase must
also be approved by the Minister
of Municipal Affairs.
In other business at their meet-
ing the council agreed to ask
for a tneeting,with the council
of the village of Zurich, to dis-
cgss fire protectionlans. Hay,.
was recently cut offtheiragree-
ment with Hensall, and have
made arrangements with Bruce -
field department to look after
the north-east corner of the
Township. At the same time
-they have written to Exeter to
ask the brigade there to cover
a larger area in the south-east
section of the Township. The
rest of the townshiprotected
mostly by the brigades in Zur-
ich and Dashwood, as well as
a small section in the south-
west section which is taken care
of by Grand Bend,
Grand Bend council recently
has asked for meetings with
Stephen, Bosanquet and Hay
Townships, but only Stephen
council showed up at the meeting
Since that time Stephen council
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MORE ON EUROPE - As promised in last week's edition of the Citizens News, thepublishers
this week are continuing on with more pictures and story on the recent visit of 178 persons to
Zurich, Switzerland, and other points of interest. This photo shows a resort hotel located in
the Forka Pass, high in the Alps, Other photos will be found on various pages throughout this
issue of the Citizens News. (Citizens News Photo)