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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-03-19, Page 1cw No. 11—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY. MARCH 19, 1970 10 CENTS PER COPY DISCUSS REGIONAL GOVERNMENT - Municipal officials across Huron County attended a con- ference on regional government last Wednesday night, in the Zurich Community Centre, sponsored by the Zurich Cham )er of Commerce. Seen here discussing some of the problems involved are, Gerald Gingerich, chairman of the event; Richard Walker, of Windsor, chairman of the Municipal Affairs committee of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce; Anson McKinley, deputy -reeve of Stanley Township and chairman of the Huron County Planning Board; John Pearson, of Toronto, a represent- ative of the Department of Municipal Affairs, and Roy Westcott, warden of Huron County. Discuss Regional Plans at Zurich ( by Shirley Keller) Zurich and District Chamber of Commerce was host last Wed- nesday evening to a meeting of Huron County elected officials for the purpose of discussing Ontario government reform, or regional government as it is most commonly labelled. Zurich Chamber of Commerce president, Leroy Thiel, said that when the Zurich group had been asked to pass an opinion on the type of government reform nec- essary the members "didn't know a damn thing about it." That's the reason this special meeting was called. Speakers were Richard Walker, a lawyer from Windsor who is also chair- man of the Municipal Affairs Committee of the Ontario Cham- ber of Commerce and John Pear- son of the Toronto suberb of York who is with the Ontario Department of Municipal Affairs in the community planning branch. ' The two men spoke briefly before fielding questions from the floor, Walker claimed that the pres- ent system of county govern- ment in Ontario was devised in 1849 as a kind of defence unit. He said the problems that county politicians wrestled with in those days were not at all like the complex problems that are now arising to be dealt with at the county level. In 1970, noted Walker, county government deals with education pollution, welfare, senior cit- izens, water, recreation, hospit- als, health insurance and even to some extent, employment. Walker stated it was almost impossible to meet today's prob- lems within "the framework of the old structure of government.' He also stated that the real property basis for taxation is not the ideal method in this modern day. He urged municipalities to work together right now to plan their own destiny. "You have a considerable voice in what is going to happen, said Walker. "Create the reform of your own government without having it reformed for you." He said many people have the idea that "big daddy is going to do it to us." Walker added that this may have happened when "we haven't gotten down to do anything about it soon enough." John Pearson said that regional government is simply a fancy way of saying stronger municipal government. In some parts of the province there is nothing being done at the local level concerning government reform; and in certain areas of the prov- ince, government reform has already been established. "It is this kind of a group that determines where you are going, " said Pearson. He point- ed out there is no dictum from Toronto concerning the type of government reform throughout the province and stressed that this will vary from area to area. Clinton Reeve Harold Lobb wondered if Huron County would be likely to become a region by itself. John Pearson told him he had no answer for that at the present time because he hadn't Area Women Hear Details of India Mrs. Beatrice Iless was con- venor for an Ecumenical meet- ing held in the United Church, Zurich on March 11, at 8 p.m. About 200 women gathered in the church to hear Brother Rob- ert Mittleholtz relate customs of Darjeeling Mission in India, where he has been teaching for the past eight years. Mrs. Mary Hoffman welcomed everyone, including the guests from the Catholic, Lutheran and Mennonite churches. The hymn "In Christ There is No East Nor West" was sung after which everyone repeated, in unison, the scripture lesson, Unity of the Spirit. The group were favoured with three numbers by the girls choir which is capably directed by Miss Meda Surerus. Brother Robert was given a warm welcome by Miss. Olive O'Brien. He was born in Zurich and attended Zurich Public School and Exeter High School. In 1954 he received a call to definite religious work. He attended college in Guelph and Toronto. For eight years Brother Robert has been serving as a missionary at the mission in India. He has been in charge of 112 (continued on. page 9) made an intensive study of the area. He suggested that Huron County legislators would do well to get together to draw up some uniform by-laws for the lake- front properties so that rules would not change from town- ship to township within the county boundaries. "Then you've got something going for you, " Pearson said. Pearson told Exeter Mayor Jack Delbridge that the Ottawa - Carleton area where regional Fovernrnent has been established is experiencing some growing pains at the present time which might account for reports that the system isn't working too satisfactorily in that district. Delbridge also questioned how rural and urban municipalities could be joined together succes- sfully. He stated that the urban centres have sewers and side- walks to finance and that rural taxpayers wouldn't be too symp- athetic to such problems. Pearson explained that the people who received the services (continued on page 5) Chamber Members Urged To Use Positive Thinking Members of the Zurich and District Chamber of Commerce, at their regular dinner meeting last Thursday night in the Dom- inion Hotel, were given an in- formative tall< on' The Value of Positive Thinking, " by Bob Shrier, publisher of the God- erich Signal Star. He told the roup, "What I mean by posit- ive thinking, is a man who says, "It GAN be done; it MUST be done; and it WILL be done." "What is back of negative thinking?, " the speaker asked the gathering. "Most of it can be summed up by one word, "Fear." There is no doubt about it that negative thinking carried to the extreme can actually make on ill." Mr. Shrier went on to say, "What are we afraid of anyway? A number of things, but one of the most common is failure. Most people are afraid they might fail in something they would like to undertake. The truth of the matter is that there is no disgrace in failing if one has done one's best. " "Flow do we go about trying to overcome fear?", he asked. "With another word called "Faith". Faith is the solvent of fear and the greatest counter- acter of fear. What kind of faith do I mean? In the first in- stance, faith in our own ability. The second thing we should have faith in is the company for which we work, " he added. The speaker went on to tell the meeting that tough jobs should be done first thing in the morning, instead of leaving them until later in the day. "This is just running away from reality and giving in to fear, so the way to rectify this is to make up our minds to do that tough job first thing in the morn- ing while we're still fresh. " "Some people seem to enjoy negative thinking, " he went on to say. "But this negative state of mind can stand in the way of man's advancement more than anyone can think, because management does not like to promote men who are chronic negative thinkers." Mr. Shrier concluded his address by saying, "Keeping a positive mental attitude is a battle, it is no easy trick, but we must keep working on it day after day to try and make certair that we're more positive in our thinking than we are negative. With practice we can become more proficient," His final remarks summed up the fact that life today is one of deadly alternatives. "We either go ahead, or we go back, " he added. "There's no such thing as standing still. We either go positive, or we go negative in our mental attitude. The re- wards of going positive are greater success in life, better health and more happiness for ourselves and others." The Goderich publisher, who (continued on page 4) 0 Police Report Four Accidents During the week of March 8 to March 14, the Exeter detach- ment of the Ontario Provincial Police investigated four motor vehicles accidents, in which there were no injuries involved. Eleven charges were laid under the Highway Traffic Act, and two under the Liquor Control Act. A total of 59 warnings were handed out under the High- way Traffic Act. Under the criminal division • of their work, the detachment investigated one case of break and enter, and two of theft. There were also eight other investigations carried out, and three charges were laid under the Criminal Code of Canada. The accidents investigated were as follows: On Sunday, March 8, at 1.25 a.m. a pickup operated by Hans -Bischoff of R. R.3, Exeter, lost control on No. 4 county road at the west end of Crediton and struck a solid stone pillar at the entrance to the Crediton cemetery Damage was estim- ated at $1, 100. Provincial Const- able W. G. Glassford investig- ated. On Sunday, March 8, at 12.15 a. m. a car operated by John W. Corriveau of Zurich slid off No. 4 Highway north of Exeter on the icy road surface and struck a tree. Damage was estimated at $300. Provincial Constable J.A. Wright invest- igated. On Friday, March 6, at 11. 00 pin a car operated by Robert Rook of Huron Park lost control and struck a fire hydrant on the south side of Algonquin (continued on page 3) ATTEND FARMER'S NIGHT - The Zurich Lions Club on Monday night staged their annual Farmer's Night, when each member of the organization entertains a farmer friend. Shown in this photo left to right are Frank Soudant, R.R.1, Varna, International Counsellor Victor Dinnin, of Zurich, John Stewart, of Ailsa Craig, the guest speaker for the occasion, and Alvin Walper, chair- man of the agriculture committee of the local service club.