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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-01-29, Page 5THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1970 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS PAGE FIVE SNOW SCULPTURE COMPETITION - As a feature at the Hensall Winter Carnival the council of the village are awarding prizes for the best snow sculptures on display. Here Susie, Kathy and Michael Neilands are proudly showing off their rendition of Pauline Johnson. ST. JOSEPH and DRYSDALE (ALFRED X UCHARME, Correspondent) Visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ducharme, over the weekend from Windsor, Mr. Blaise Ducharme and son Vin- cent and from Grosse Pointe, Michigan, Mr. Tyrus Stansberry. Also callers from St. Joseph were Mrs. Sarah Geoffrey and daughter, Lucille. For a little over a year the neighbouring part of this parish has been hit by much sickness and also so far three deaths. The first being Mrs. Josephine Ducharme, a little over a year ago, then the child of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Denomme, and last, Mrs. Dolph Sopha. In the same surroundings there was and still is much sickness. Why? God has his ways and all must submit to it. It is our wish that they will again enjoy some part of their life. Another highly respected cit- izen of thisarish passed away while attending mass in her parish, St. Joseph Church, which was her desire not to die alone. Well, God granted her desire and where she received the last rites of her church. Mrs. Sopha was a religious person. faithful to her faith and also one with much understanding. When conversing with her, she being a good neighbour always ready to give a helping hand when needed. Your correspondent will miss her little weekly bud- get of news given him to be published in the Zurich Citizens News. To mourn her loss she leaves her husband, four daughters, three sons and another passed away some years ago, and as well, many friends and rel- atives. We offer our deepest sympathy to the bereaved hus- band and the family. At the end of the 1850's and at the beginning of the 1860's already tbeie were several settlers who had bought land. We mention one in particular by the name of John Ducharme who had little money to start buying one hundred acres of land in the north west corner of where now is known as St. Joseph, building a large building intend- ed for a hotel, which he kept open for business for several years. He also gave permission to the early settlers to build a church on his property with the necessary material taken from his faun. The early settlers used the church when a priest was available, perhaps once in two months. As -time passed on more new settlers arrived in the parish. They thought the church was not at a central point, which it was not, so they agreed to build a log building a few rods north of the present church, which served for a school house and also for church service. Priests carne from God- erich and later from Dublin. Part of the land owned by John Ducharme was sold and the log church served for a farm building later. It was then demolished and still today part of the stone foundation is still visible. . • Before all of the land was cleared for cultivation it was not till the passing of the first and second decade of this cent- ury, new implements first a reeper, then the threshing oper- ation by horse power. Some of that took place in the later part of the last century. Even though the land was bought for three dollars an acre, and given a good chance by the Canada Company to pay for it, some of those farmers never had the joy of holding a clear deed. Why,not all had the same way of farming, as today, they were living a happy go lucky life. Of course not all, some had hard luck,so it is hard to con - dem anyone in farming or bus- iness if he fails to make it go. The decades of 1860 and 70 were busy ones for the farmers. They sowed buckwheat and when the buckwheat threshing was completed they took it to the• farmer's town where they had a stone mill and crushed it. They would go two men togeth- er carrying on their shoulders a hundred pound sach and would each take their turn carrying it. It was about eighteen males one way and they made the trip in one day. The ground buckwheat was put away in sacks by the lady of the house and used only on feast days such as New Year's Day, Shrove Tuesday and Easter Sunday or any other special days, In those days gone by, it was not like today, sitting pretty in a comfortable truck, perhaps as a passtime puffing away on a cigarette and taking much less than an hour for their trip. As the decades passed on, some of those mentioned early set- tlers enjoyed somecf the changes in farming. About People You Know .. . Mr. and Mrs. E.D. Brown, Oakville, were Saturday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Meyers. Fred Siemon has returned hon -ie after being a patient in St. Joseph's Hospital, London. The Ladies Auxiliary to the Bluewater Rest Home will hold their meeting February 4, at 8 p.m. at the home. Mr. and Mrs. Len McCurdy, Cooksville, were Sunday visit- ors with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Meyers. Mrs. Albert Clausius has returned home from St. Joseph's Hospital, London. The Ladies Auxiliary to the Minor Athletic Association will hold their monthly meeting on Wednesday, February 4, at 8;30 p.m. at the arena. Zurich Women's Institute Entertained By Musicians At January Meeting George Mathonia capably played many numbers on his electric accordian at the Jan- uary meeting of the Zurich Women's Institute. A few of the musical numbers were; My Wild Irish Rose, Hello Dolly, Little Arrows, and' a German • favourite, Du, Du, Liegst mir im Herzen. Mrs, Leonard Erb, convenor for the program read a New Year poem, "This old book locks." Roll call was answered with a current event. Most answeres pertained to Biafra. Mrs. Nancy Koehler answered with the following reading; The swinging, shocking six- ties: As the sixties sink slowly into history let's take a last linger- ing backward glance at them... It was a time of permissive- ness in art, morals and life- styles. It was a time of singer - prophets (Dylan, the Beatles). It was a time of conflicts for the preservation of Canada as a whole. It was a time of movie pro- ducers rather than movie stars, of uglies rather than beautiful people, of camp art, hair and unisex clothes. It was a time for absolesence with throw- away- everything from pop bottles to built- to- wear out hard goods, and a time when we began to realize that we had to stop polluting water and air or we might end up in the sev- enties sitting in the middle of a large garbage dump. It was a time of hippies and drugs and the biggest freakout in history. It was a time of new rebels. Students, Indians, the poor and women began to agitate for a new deal. Women rebelled ag- ainst high prices, inferior goods. It was a time of nudity with mini -skirts and see-through tops. It was a tirne when we wor- ried about weight and diet drinks while on the other side of the Global village, one- third of the world went hungry. It was also a time of achieve- ments; The U, S. soared off triumphantly to the moon, but couldn't cope with its poverty on earth or Negro problems. In Canada, our one-hundredth birthday was celebrated. There were some how -did -we- ever -manage -without -them ad- ditions to life; wide use of the pill, high boots, freedom-giv- ingfoundations, ready -mixed bay formulas and plastic gar- bage bags. During the business, a euchre party was planned for January 30, with more to be held in February. Preparations are being made for quilting in March. 0 Annual Meeting Hears Reports The annual meeting of Em- manuel United Churc•r, Zurich, was held on Wednesday, Janu- ary 21, with a goodly number of representatives of the member- ship present to review the year's work. A total of $11, 600.00 was raised for all purposes, channel- led through the church treasurer. There was a decline in the Mis- sion support, although total givings were up over the prev- ious year. There were four baptisms and one marriage recorded. There were two deaths in the member- ship during the year and several removed to the inactive roll. An increase in the non-resident membership was noted. Total membership, resident and non- resident, stands at 177. In the report of the nomin- ating committee, Mrs. Ward Neeb and Leonard Merner were elected as visiting elders and Mrs. Allan Gascho and John Schwartz re-elected. Mrs. Milton Oesch and Oscar Greb were re-elected to the committee of stewards. Delbert Geiger was elected del- egate to Presbytery and Confer- ence and Robert Horner re-elect- ed general church treasurer, with Miss Ethel Gabel as assist- ant. 0 About People You Know .. . Harold Zehr, who has been a patient in South Huron Hosp- ital, Exeter, was transferred on Monday to St. Joseph's Hospital, London. ON EVERY YARD Come and see! Come and choose for every room! Come and save! CORONET AND OZ1TE CARPET (INDOOR and OUTDOOR) All colors...all weaves...all materials that mean beauty and long wear. Save! Let us measure your Rooms, and give you a complete estimate, free of obligation! DONALD OKE LTD PHONE 236-4092 — ZURICH