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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-10-01, Page 10 kgth No. 33—ALWAYS FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS 0714._ ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1970 10 CENTS PER COPY QUEEN OF THE FAIR - Miss Debbie Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson, R. R. 2, Hensall, was chosen as Queen of the Fair on Friday night in Zurich, at the annual fall fair dance held in the Community Centre. She was picked over 12 other contestants. (Citizens News Photo) New County Librarian Enthusiastic About Future; Presents New Ideas Ethel Dewar, Huron County's new librarian, made her first appearance before county council Friday afternoon, September 25, and told members that she has found a "real eagerness for books' in Huron. She also outlined plans for a direct mail library which will give any Huron County resident "access to ahnost every book in the country." She explained Mailing List Now Revised The mailing list of the Cit- izens News has been corrected and brought up-to-date, as of September 26. If you have re- newed or bought a new subscrip- tion prior to that date, and your label has not been corrected accordingly, please advise this office as soon as possible. All subscribers are asked to check their labels for their ex- piry date. If your label reads Sept' '70, or any date prior to this, your early attention should be given to the matter. Postal regulations are demanding that all subscribers must keep their subscriptions up to date, or be dropped from the mailing list. Several hundred renewal not- ices will be going out within the next week, and prompt attent- ion to these will will greatly appreciated. that readers can write direct to the county library headquarters in Goderich and the book re- quested will be mailed out at no cost to the reader, just as soon as it can be rounded up, some- times immediately. A circulation report showed that out of 32 libraries in Huron, 11 libraries, all of them small, have circultaed fewer books this year than last year. In the over- all picture, there were almost 10, 000 more books circulated in Huron County during 1970 than in 1969. The new library vehicle was on display for council's benefit and Miss Dewar quipped that she hoped she would be permit- ted to stay in Huron for a while since she had purchased a new dress to match the smart blue wagon. Another county vehicle on display was the Huron County Museum bus which takes some exhibits from the museum dir- ectly to the people, at fairs etc. Allan Campbell, chairman of the property committee, said the scheme had "panned out better than our expectations." There is no charge to tour this bus and according to some reeves and deputy -reeves through out the county, it has been well 'received at the loc al fairs. The bus will travel to the Plowing Match at Lindsay, also. In other afternoon business, (continued on page 8) County Council Debate Insurance Scheme Allan Campbell, McKillop reeve who is also chairman of the Huron County property committee, advised council of an upcoming meeting to review county insurance policies with an eye to dropping the "kick- back" to local insurance agencie' Exeter Reeve Derry Boyle, suggested the county should call tenders for insurance in the county and he was backed up in this instance by James Hayter, reeve of Stephen Township. "It is the only fair way to db it, " stated Hayter, "especially if we are going to remove the re- bates to our local insurance ag- ents." At the present time, the Frank Cowan Insurance Comp- any handles all the county in- surance. Rebates to county in- surance agents amount to about $3, 000 annually. "In other words, our premium should come down by $3, 000, " said John Berry, clerk- treasurer. Berry also outlined the diffic- ulties to be met if the county would tender for insurance cov- erage. Warden Roy Westcott Group Arrive In England Safely One -hundred and eighty-three members of the Zurich Recreat- ion League left on Tuesday aft- ernoon for a flight to London, England, where they will spend the next 17 days, visiting and touring the country. The group were transported from Zurich to Malton Airport on chartered buses, and were scheduled to leave on a Boeing 707 Jet from there at ten o'clock Tuesday night. Most of the members who took the trip are from the Zurich , Hensall, Dashwood, Grand Bend and Exeter areas. Four buses took the group to Toronto, leav- ing Zurich at five o'clock, Tues- day afternoon. Many of the group are sched- uled to take a two-week cond- ucted tour of England and Scot- land, while others will travel about in rented cars and rail service. A telegram was received in Zurich on Wednesday morning advising everyone at home that the plane had arrived safely at Gatwick Airport, London at 4:20 a. m. Canadian time. The group are scheduled to return to Malt - on on Friday, October 16. 0 Home Church Aid Needed by Schools The Huron -Perth Roman Catholic deanery, at a recent meeting on religious education in schools, agreed that the sep- arate school catechism program requires the active co-operation of the home, school and church. John Vintar, Huron- Perth Roman Catholic school board superintendent of schools, told the board Monday night that more meetings on the role of the home, school and church in the program are planned. In addition to district clergy Stratford religious consultants Rev. Sister Bernadette and Miss (continued on page 13) indicated the extra costs could offset the savings. Attention was drawn, however, to the eventual savings earned by the Huron County Board of Education according to news- paper reports. Ed Oddliefson, reeve of Bay- field, was assured that council would have an opportunity to look over the arrangements made for insurance in Huron County before any final arrangements are made, Zurich Fall Fair Big Success Despite One -Day Postponement; Bad Weather Despite being rained out on Monday, the Zurich Fall Fair went ahead as rescheduled on Tuesday afternoon, and even though the weather was still not ideal a large crowd turned out for the event. Led by the Zurich Lions Majorettes and the Zurich Cent- ennial Band, the parade saw at least 500 area school children march from the public school grounds to the park. Decorated cars, bicycles and business floats added to the colour of the parade. Much of the activity on Tues- day afternoon was held indoors due to the extreme cool weath- er. Warden Roy Westcott offic- ially opened the fair, and was introduced by Hay Township reeve Joseph Hoffman. The Pet Show was also held in the arena. The annual'Baby Show, which is sponsored by the Zurich Chamber of Commerce, was held on Monday night instead of Monday afternoon, as originally scheduled, and the building was also opened to the public who wished to view the school child- ren's work and the inside exhibits All inside exhibits were of a bet- ter calibre than in previous years, and there were more entries in most classes, as well. As a kick-off to the annual event, a dance was held in the Zurich Community Centre on Friday night, when Miss Debbie Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson, R. R. 2, Hensall, was chosen "Queen of the Fair." An all -day rain on Monday forced fair officials to come up with a quick decision regarding the event, and they then decid- ed to postpone it one day, until Tuesday. 0 Blind Campaign Members of the Zurich Lions Club will conduct a one-night Blitz of the village of Zurich next Monday night, October 5, for the Canadian National Inst- itute for the Blind. The camp- aign will get under way at 7:30 p.m. People living in the rural area surrounding Zurich are asked to leave their donations at the Zur- ich Branch of the Bank of Mont- real. BEST COMIC COSTUME in the parade at the Zurich Fall Fair on Tuesday was won by this novel combination portrayed by Wayne Oke and Barry Hess. The boys drew loud applause from the spectators with their unique design. (Citizens News Photo) .44