HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-02-05, Page 1No. 5 ---FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS
ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1970
SNOW CARNIVAL QUEEN - Miss Dianne Cleave, of Bayfield,
was chosen as the Queen of the Hensall Winter Carnival last
Friday night, at a Snow Queen dance held in the Hensall Arena
auditorium. She won over nine other contestants, and was
sponsored in the event by Boise -Cascade.
Farm Union People Organize Local For
South Huron; Name Committee of Six
Walter Miller, vice-presid- Tonal farm oranizaitonHe
pointed out, we must put the
farmers together and build the
largest organization in the world.
We must learn to sit down to-
gether and discuss our problems,
and we must forget politics,
religion and other affiliations,
so we can work for one purpose."
Mr. Miller concluded by tel-
ling the gatheringthat the only
persons stopping this objective
are the farmers themselves. He
said, "we must work together
in the best interests of all far-
mers across Canada, if we are
to be successful,"
Chairman of the meeting was
Lorne Luther, director of the
NFU for district two.
The new organization in this
area will be known as South
Huron Local, National FarFarm
Union.
ent of the National Farm Union,
criticized large corporations
and government commissions
at an organizational meeting
held last Thursday night in
the Hay Township Hall, Zurich.
He said all major decisions in
this country today are regarding
agriculture made in corporation
board rooms, not by the mem-
bers of parliament or cabinet
ministers themselves.
Mr. Miller was addressing
about 100 farmers from the
townships of Hay,Stanley,Steph-
en, Usborne and Tuckersmith,
who had gathered to organize
a new local to serve the same
areas. A group of six men were
elected from the meeting to
serve as a pro -tem committee,
until an organizational meeting
can be held later this spring.
The men are Melvin Greb, Al-
vin Lovell, Vincent Doyle,
John Laporte, Richard Ayotte
and Lloyd Willett. Mr. Doyle
will serve as pro -tem chairman
of the group.
The guest speaker told the
gathering that there is a great
deal of confusion in the minds
of farmers today, and added
that they have been led in the
wrong direction for the past 25
years.
Mr. Miller went on to say
that the commissions that are
set up today to investigate farm
problems are a "hand-picked
group of individuals."
In attacking the large corpor-
ations in existence today, Mr.
Miller said, "the same board
rooms are used to decide what
the farmer will pay for what he
wants, as are used to decide
what the farmer will get for his
products." He said any local
merchants today are .just an agent
for some large corporation.
The NFU vice-president told
the gathering the reasons for his
working toward one large, nat-
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Call Tenders For
Highway Work
Tenders will be called shortly
for resurfacing of No. 4 Highway
from Clinton to Kippen, the
Honourable Charles MacNaugh-
ton announced Tuesday.
This contract, expected to
be completed by fall, will virt-
ually complete reconstruction
of No. 4 from Clinton to London,
the Huron MPP stated.
The project involves 9.3 miles
from Clinton south and includes
substantial intersection improve-
ments at Brucefield and at Can-
adian Forces Base Clinton.
Specifications call for consid-
erable grading. Shoulders will
be widened to eight feet. Pave-
ment width is 24 feet.
The Department of Highways
indicates construction is sched-
uled to begin May 1 and will be
completed about the middle of
October.
10 CENTS PER COPY
1970 Tax Rebate in Hensall Up Slightly
(by Mrs. Minnie Noakes)
The meeting of Hensall
council opened with the reading
of the minutes of the meetings
of January 5 and 12, and after
these were duly adopted, the
order of business followed.
E,R, Davis was called on for
his monthly report which he
stated was very similar to his
previous one. The snow remov-
al on King St. had been carried
out and the sidewalks sanded
when necessary. The library had
been scrubbed and two coats of
paint applied, the drapes to
be installed on February 3. Ted
Oud had been contacted regard-
ing the removal of dead limbs
on trees in the village but to
date had not done any as the
weather has not been favourable.
Councillor Baker asked if Davis
would check the intersections
in the village streets and sand
any where there was any ice
problem.
Davis stated that if it is sat-
isfactory with council, he will
proceed to clean and decorate
the clerk's office. Rooseboom
informed council that Davis had
done a fine job of the library
but Davis replied that the clerk
had assisted him.
No reports of committees
were forthcoming and no word
has been received regarding the
• fire agreement.
The clerk informed council
that there would be a total of
$4, 536. tax reduction this year
for the'village of Hensall from
the provincial government, Last
year the total was $4, 358.
The reeve brought forth the
subject of the three vapor lights
that had been installedonQueen
St. W., on a trial basis and
asked if the council would be
willing to purchase the same.
The lights cost $82.46 each and
have proven very satisfactory.
Council agreed to purchase said
vapor lights.
The clerk informed council
that the town of Exeter had been
paid by Hensall and Usborne for
the same fire at the dump in
1968, and to date Hensall have
received no reimbursement.
Building permits were passed
for David Kyle to do renovations,
Ed Fink to build an addition;
Marlin Transport to build and
cement a floor and pit; and
Cook's to demolish a building.
The reeve suggested that
council pay the fee to the Mayon
and Reeves Association as he is
intending to go to the convent-
ion in May.
Council had agreed to pay
for the prizes for snow sculpt-
uring at the winter carnival and
the winners beingannounced,
agreed to send ceques to the
winners. In the senior class the
winners were as follows: John
Neilands, Tony Kyle and Vern-
on Randall; in the junior class,
Tracy and Tammy Turner,
Jenny Cook, and tied for third
were Kevin Wareing and Kathy
Sangster.
(continued on page 6)
Township of Hay Calls Tenders For
New Road Grader; Hear Drain Reports
The council of the Township
of Hay, at their regular meet-
ing on Monday, agreed to call
tenders for a new road grader.
The new unit will be complete
with a V -snow plow, wing and
bulldozer blade. A trade-in
allowance will be asked for the
old machine, and tenders are to
be in by February 20.
At the sane meetingcouncil
agreed to call tenders or 22, 000
cubic yerds of gravel for town-
ship roads. These tenders are
also to be in by February 20.
Tenders will also be called
for the supply of warble fly
powder, and for the spraying
of cattle for warble fly. These
tenders will ask for a price per
head to carry out the spraying.
Two drain reports, one on the
Jacobs drain and the other on
the Thiel drain, were read at
the meeting, and in both cases
no one attended the meeting in
opposition. Both reports were
adopted and tenders are to be
called for the work.
In other business at the meet-
ing, deputy -reeve Lloyd Hend-
rick was appointed as Hay Town-
ship representative to the Mid-
western Tourist Council, while
Harold Campbell, a member of
the council, was appointed the
representative to the Midwestern
Regional Development Council.
Council approved the sever-
ance of Eric Campbell, of Hen-
sall to allow him to sell a 15
foot strip of land, 243 feet long,
for aright of way to Union Gas
Company. The land is just south
of Hensall in Hay Township.
New Industry at Zurich to BuiId Campers
A new manufacturing firm,
Traylor Industries Limited, open-
ed this week in part of the large
building owned by Hensall Dist-
rict Co-operative, just east of
the village of Zurich. The firm
will initially manufacture cam-
pers to fit on pick-up trucks,
although at some time, at a
later date, they may branch
into other lines of mobile units.
President of the new firm is
James H. Taylor, of Hensall,
who has been connected with
various aspects of the mobile
home industry for over 20 years.
He initiallystarted in the bus-
iness in Ildrton, where the St.
Cyr family began building mo-
bile homes before moving their
plant to Hensall, where it be-
came known as Clipper Coach,
and then General Coach Works.
.ALt the time he left General
Coach Works, Mr. Taylor was
general sales manager of the
firm.
For the past number of years
Mr. Taylor has been associated
with Custom Trailers at Exeter,
in an advisory capacity, as well
as working on sales for that firm.
In outlining some of his plans
to the Citizens News, Mr. Tay-
lor said he hoped his years of
experience in both the manufact-
uring and sales fields, in con-
nection with mobile homes,
would prove beneficial to the
new firm. He pointed out that
there is more and more demand
continually for the smaller
mobile units that fit on the back
of pick-up trucks.
The new firm will occupy
the entire west half of the large
building now owned by Hensall
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JIM TAYLOR, PRESIDENT OF WE NEW FIRM, AND MURRAY BAKER, PLANT MANAGER