HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-01-29, Page 5THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1970
ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
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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.
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