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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-03-05, Page 1No. 9—FIRST MTh THE LOCAL NEWS ;;r ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1970 RAISE MONEY FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN - The Good Citizens Club of room 6, Zurich Public School, recently held a rummage sale and raised $65 towards crippled children. The executive of the club are shown here as they present the money to Sue Ann Schroeder, seated in the centre. Left to right are Jeff O'Brien, treasurer; Roberta Hogg, president; Mary Lou Turnbull, vice-president; and Catherine Weido, secretary. Among the items sold at the rummage were freshie, candy and comic books. (Citizens News Photo) County Council Opposes Health budget (by Shirley J. Keller) A health budget which would have meant an increase of about $68, 000 in spending this year was turned down Friday morning by Huron County Coun- cil. The vote was 23 to 15 against the budget for $278, 306 which was presented in two parts. Section A of the. budget was for $216, 950 and represented the expenditures related to any program that had been in opera- tion as of January 1, 1969. Section B of the budget $61, 356 included money for any additional program commen- ced in 1969 but not in operation for a full year as well as any new programming to be com- menced in 1970. Of Section B, $50,156 was for program to which the county was already committed such as the dental program, legal fees, increased rents, etc. Only $11, 200 was budgeted for new program and would have included a nurse to work specifically with the elderly per- sons in the county; energetic activity in the area of addition services with a nurse assigned to this work; routine checking of infants for anaemia;, and expansion of the environmental hygiene services and the im- munization program. Dr. G.P.A. Evans, MOH for Huron, admitted the budget called fox "a considerable amount of money" but promised it was "very good value for the money." Stanley Township deputy - reeve Anson McKinley objected to the way the budget was pre- sented/. He noted he was un- happy to see that the council was committed to a $50, 000 expenditure over and above the budget. It was explained by Dr. Evans and by Clerk -treasurer John Berry that the budget had to be set up this Way to satisfy offic- ials in the provincial Depart- ment of Health. Berry said the budget really had three parts - old program, committed pro- gram and new program. Former Warden James Hayter questioned if the county was to employ a dentist, a dental hygienist and dental nurse as indicated in the budget. Hayter said it was his understanding that a nurse was hired to carry out the brush -in program when the county was unable to obtain the services of a public health • dentist. Dr. Evans told Reev Hayter there was still no assurance that the county would be able to secure a dentist in 1970 although the picture seemed much bright- er this year with regard to the supply of dentists. The dental nurse, he suggested, would be retained. "Are we to have both?" persisted Hayter. McKillop Reeve Allan Camp- bell wondered if there was provisions under the dental pro- gram for the county health den- tist to repair the teeth of any children whose parents might not be able to easily afford the services of a dentist in regular practice. Dr. Evans told him the public health dentist would not do this Hensall Council Mke dans For More New Roads The council of the village of Hensell met on March 2, with all members present with the exception of Hein Rooseboom, who was absent due to illness. Following the reading and adop- tion of the minutes of the prev- ious meeting, councillor John Baker gave a report on the con- vention of the Ontario Rural Municipalities, which he had attended. E.R. Davis was called on for his monthly report which he stat- ed was very similar to the pre- vious one. He had been plowing snow and sanding when necessary Since February he had scrubbed and painted the clerk's office, and has been assisting in the removal of dead tree limbs in the village. To date, the south side of Icing St. has been com- pleted and council was of the opinion that enough time and money have been spent on the trees for the present. The re- moval of dead limbs should soon (continued on page 3) work and said there were ways and means to secure assistance for youngsters who require dental or medical attention. Hullett Reeve Hugh Flynn suggested the health budget was getting out of hand. IIe explain- ed that many Huron County res- idents make $6, 000 per annum or less and could not afford to maintain all the services now deemed necessary to a modern county health unit. Stanley Reeve Elmer Hayter suggested that most Huron Coun- ty residents took their children to a dentist regularly and he could not see the real need of a total dental program in Huron. Dr. Evans noted that proper dental care now would prevent dental problems in the future. The matter was turned back to conrhittee for further study and possible elimination of some proposed programming. seta on Fah y 10 CENTS PER COPY Hay Township Buys New Grader From Goderich Firm The council of the Township of Hay, at their regular meeting this week, awarded a contract for a new road grader to Domin- ion Road Machinery Company, of Goderich, for the sum of r $24, 990. Taxes are included in this price, and the Goderich firm takes the old machine in on the trade. Deliveryis to be made at the end of March. Another contract was let to Ray Ireland Limited of London, for the supply and hauling of gravel on Township roads. The firm will supply 22, 000 cubic yards of gravel at t price of 1.91 per yard, crushed and hauled. In other business at the meet- ing council granted permission to the Ontario Department of Highways to use the Hay Town - ship dump for disposal of refuse picked up on provincial highways within the minicipality. William Watson, RR3, Zurich, was awarded the contract to spray cattle for warble fly in 1970, at a rate of 15 cents per head for each application. No tenders were received for a war- ble fly inspector, so a man will be sought for this position. A by-law was passed to allow for an increase in the interest rate on tax arrears. Effective April 1, the new rate of interest will be one percent per month. Two members of the Zurich Minor Athletic Association, Fred Haberer and Glen Weido, attended the council meeting with a request for a grant. Fol- lowing a discussion on the matter a grant of $120 was made in support of the sports program be- ing carried out by that organ- ization. Seven drainage contracts were awarded by the council at a recent meeting held especially fox that purpose. C.P. Die- trich was awarded two contracts; one for the Cann -Mitchell drain at $800; and one for the Jacobs drain, at $2, 045. In both cases the contract is for the open portion of the drains. Hodgins and Hayter Ltd. of Parkhill were awarded contracts for three drains; the Rader -Hoff- man drain at $9,166; the Brodie drain at $3, 834.50; and the closed portion of the Jacobs drain at $300. Ted Vanroestel, of Woodham, received the contract for the Thiel drain, at $4, 275; and the final contract, for the Richard- son drain, was awarded to Van- Bree Drainage, of Forest, for #3, 433.65. In all cases, the work is to commence as early as possible this spring. Council approved the attend- ance of roadsuperintendent Karl Haberer at the C.S. Ander- son Road School in Guelph, from May 10 to May 13. Dashwood Winda ,, s Move to ' ae , "!ant At Centralia; Keep For er Buildings The 175, 000 square foot ad- dition of Dashwood Industries facilities at the Centralia site is nearing completion. Although there are some piec- es of specialized machinery yet to be received, the major part of the heavy machinery is in- stalled and operating. The bulk of the new equipment in- stalled in the large addition comes from Canada, the United States and England. Along with this new equipment the heavy millwork machinery such as moulders and tenoners have been transferred to the Centralia site from the Company Dashwood based plant. This gives the Company one of the largest, most modern millwork plants in Canada. Although the transfer of the main millwork machinery from the Dashwood plant has reduced the work force there, the Corn- pany intends to continue to use it for secondary operations and has long range plans for future development, possibly the addition of new products to com- pliment the Company's existing window line. The Company is pleased the the vast majority of ots employees that were affected by the partial move from Dashwood have relocated at the new Centralia plant. This total expansion will mean re - (continued on page 2). FIRE TAKES THREE LIVES - A fire at Huron Park early Sunday morning took the lives of a mother and her two children. The blaze completely destroyed the interior of the frame house, which is shown in this photo. A member of the Centralia Industrial Park fire brigade is seen here as he chop3 a hole through the roof of the house in an attempt to get at a spot which is still burning.