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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-09-10, Page 1Ns. 36—ALWAYS FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1970 PRESENT PROJECTOR TO HOME - Members of the family of Mrs. Miles, centre in the above photo, who is residing at the Blue Water Rest Home, presented the home with a movie projector last week. Left to right are Peggy Braun, Mrs. John Turkovich, both of Detroit; and Charles Philips, of Forest. The residents of Blue Water Rest Home are looking forward to many hours of enjoyment from the projector. (Citizens News Photo) Zurich Council Asks Information on Races The council of the village of Zurich have instructed the clerk, W , D , Armstrong, to write the Huron County Pony Association to find out some of the details of their plans to operate pony harn- ess races at the old fairgrounds. The association have been hold- ing their races on a fairly regular basis, at this site. At the same time, the clerk was instructed to send copies of the letter to both the Zurich Ag- ricultural Society and the Hay Township council, to see if a meeting might be arranged bet - week the three groups to hear more details of the plans. Prior to the Bean Festival, the pony group placed a judge's stand on the side of the village street, and council -have also indicated to the organization that this build- ing must be removed from village property. At the regular meeting of coun- cil last week, a brief from the Ontario Association of reeves and mayors and the Ontario Municipal Association, asking endorsation of their brief opposing higher rates suggested by Bell Telephone Company, was filed. Council Bayfield Group Hear of Progress In Municipality The annual meeting of the Bayfield Ratepayer's Association was held recently with 52 memb- ers present. - The village auditor, Mr. Elmer Parker, expressed pleasure at the sound state of the finances. Coun- cil has adopted a policy of not having any debts, and the result is a healthy surplus. In the past three years the new municipal building was payed for, and the special levy dropped from the taxes. Taxation for village and county purposes is reduced, but there• is an overall increase due to the uncontrolled spending of the, County School Board. This in- crease may not have been noticed by some, since the telephone (continued on page 5) felt that since this municipality is not serviced by Bell Telephone the brief did not concern it. Correspondence was read at the meeting as follows: informat- ion from the Ontario government regarding their plan to purchase municipal debentures when nec- essary; a thank -you from the Young People of St. Boniface Church for the use of facilities for a car wash; a request from the Youth and Recreation Branch for early history of recreation in the municipality; and information- from nformation_from the Huron County Health Unit regarding the discontinuitig of plumbing inspection. In other business council agreed to have an interim audit carried out by the film of A.M. Harper, of Goderich, so that the year-end audit would take up less time. Considerable discussion took place at the meeting regarding a decision several months ago to have an official plan prepared for the village of Zurich. Since an announcement was made at the last session of county council regarding an overall planning set-up for all municipalities in Huron, council felt it advisable to postpone any plans for the time being. A grant of $125. was approved for the Zurich Agricultural Society towards the annual fall fair. A building permit in. the amount of $300 was approved for Wayne C. Horner, to re -roof a part of his home. 10 CENTS PER COPY Hay Township Asks Entry In AR(A For Entire Area The Township of Hay have applied to the Ontario Depart- ment of Energy Resources with a request to have the entire town- ship belonging to the Ausable River Conservation Authority. Up to the present time only about 4050 of the township has belonged to the watershed. Some months ago it was suggest- ed at a session of Huron County council that all municipalities should belong to one conservation authority or another. Following this suggestion, members of mun- icipal councils in Huron were taken on a tour of both the Mait- land Conservation Authority and the Ausable Conservation Author- ity, to see what has been accomp- lished at both sites. Since a great section of Hay Township already belongs to the Ausable Authority, council felt the only logical move would be to have the entire municipality in- volved in the sante area. There is little doubt that the Department will turn down their request, since the original suggestion that all municipalities belong to an auth- ority came from them. At their regular meeting last week, the council approved their engineer's report on two municip- al drains. The Miller Drainage works is estimate..1 cost about $20, 640, while. die . Datars-Miller drainage works is to cost approx- imately $67, 560. Tenders on both drains will be called in the near future, with the work sched- ule to begin late this fall ornext spring. A by- law was passed at the meeting to collect increased costs over the engineer's estimates on the Brodie Drainage works. The amount to be collected is only $105. Two applications for tile drain - age loans were passed at the meeting, in the amount of $4, 000 for the two. 0 Committee Attends Vlic'higan Festival • About 45 persons from the Zur- ich area, representing the Bean Festival Committee, travelled by chartered bus to Fairgrove, Mich- igan, on Monday to take in the. Michigan Bean Festival held in that community. The group rec- eived a warm welcome from of- ficials in charge of their festival, and the chartered bus with the passengers was asked to particip- ate in the huge parade. Also taking part in the parade was Miss Dianne Zehr, who was chosen this year as the Lurich Bean Festival Queen. Dianne was transported in the parade on a shiny new convertible, supplied by the Fairgrove committee. Mrs. L. Zehr, mother of the Zurich Queen, was one of the four judges in the contest to pick a new Michigan State Queen. Last year's queen, Miss Patti Kunisch, attended the Zurich Bean Festival representing the Michigan group. The parade, which stretched out for about two miles, was one of the highlights of the Michigan event. About four or five count- ies all participate in the festival at Fairgrove, helping to make it a much larger event in Zurich. Bean soup was the only thing that tied the activity in with the bean industry. Photos of some of the activities at the Fairgrove event may be seen on pages 2, 6 and 9 of this edition of the Citizens News. ROOF GOING ON - Workmen hoist trusses into place on the new Fire Hall which is currently being built in Henan to house several units of fire -fighting equipment, including the new truck which was received this summer. Contractor for the Job is Donald Oke Limited, of Zurich, who hopes to have the building completed in tie next few weeks. (Citizens News Photb)