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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-10-08, Page 1awl(g No. 40—ALWAYS FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS W ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1970 RECEIVES NEEDLE - Shown above is George Blackwell, a kindergarten pupil of Zurich Public School, receiving a needle for measles from nurses of the Huron County Health Unit. These nurses are, left to right, Mrs. Phyliss McConnell, Mrs., Ken Johns, and Mrs. Helen West. Tractor Problem Faces Hensall Council (by Mrs. Minnie Noakes) On Monday October 5, the council of the village of Hen- sall met in the council chamb- ers with all members present. Following the reading of the minutes of the meeting of Sept- ember 1, council heard the monthly report of E, R, Davis. C, E. Reid and Sons had been engaged to assist with drainage problems and to draw gravel to the several locations where it was necessary. Mr, Davis report. ed that he is at present working on a drain in the vicinity of Richmond Street S, and hopes to have it in working order very shortly. He reported that prior to taking his vacation, he had repaired more sidewalks, had paved crossings that the PUC had left unfinished and had cut grass on more boulevards. Mr. Davis reported to council that tractor No. 1 is in poor cond. ition, to which councillor Baker replied that it had come to the time when the machine is hardly worth repairing, and it would cost considerable amount to do Zurich Seeks The council of the village of Zurich have requested the Dep- artment of Transport to survey the village in regards to parking and stop streets, and present an overall recommendation in this regard, This action follows num erous requests and complaints from citizens asking for stop signs at certain intersections and no parking in other areas of the village. At the regular meeting of council last Thursday night, a by-law regulating the operation of billiard halls in the village was passed. The by-law sets out the licence fee of $5 per table per year; the hours of closing at 12 o'clock midnight; and the minimum age of 16 for persons allowed in such establishments. The date for nomination in the village was set for Monday, November 23, from. the hour of so. No 2 tractor has been leaking oil and council advised Mr. Dav- is to have it repaired. Mrs. M. Noakes asked council when a catch basin could be re- paired in the vicinity of her home as Mr. Davis had promised to do same at least three years ago. Mr, Davis assured her that the work would be carried out as soon as possible. A copying machine has been in the clerk's office for the past month on trial and Mr. Buck, representing the company, was present at the meeting to learn whether council intended purch- asing said machine. After much discussion and on learning its 'merits, council decided to pur- chase the copying machine, at a cost of $350. plus tax. It is hoped that other local committees will avail themselves the use of it. Councillor Knight suggested that he would trust the clerk's judgement in regards to the machine and that if Mr. Campbell felt it was needed, then it was in order to purchase it. The clerk was authorized to Traffic Study seven to eight o'clock in the evening. If an election is nec- essary it will be held the same day as school board elections, on Monday, December 7. The two deputy returning officers appointed for the village are W.A, Siebert and William Mc- Adams, while the poll clerks will be Mrs. Fail Zimmer and Mrs. Clarence Geoffrey. The nomination and election will be held at the Zurich Commun- ity Centre. Following correspondence from the Department of Munic- ipal Affairs regarding the. establ- ishment of a planning committ- ee for the village, it was agreed that for the time being the ent- ire council would act in this capacity. In the report of the hydro and water committee of council, it (continued on page 7) 'levy a fee of 25 cents per copy when doing work for any person. Council was of the opinion that there are many advantages in owning the copying machine. Councillor Baker reported that the Fire Hall is completed and to the satisfaction of all. The municipal dump came up for discussion and the clerk read a resolution received from the council of the township of Steph- en regarding waste disposal. Lengthy discussion ensued regard. ing the subject and it was concl- uded that council should send representatives to a future meet- ing regarding area waste dispos- al, but at the same time should apply for a permit for the vil- lage dump and learn the require - (continued on page 13) 10 CENTS PER COPY Hay Township Raises Levy - For Area Fire Protection The council of the Township of Hay, at their regular meet- ing on Monday night, agreed to, pay an extra $300 per year to Dashwood police village for fire protection, allowing the Dash- wood brigade to cover the south- west corner of the township pre- viously protected by Grand Bend. Hay broke off their agreement with Grand Bend some months ago, due to increased demands on the part of the resort village regarding rates. With the additional $300, Dashwood will now receive $800 per year from Hay Townshil for fire protection. The other main fire brigade which covers considerable area in Hay is Zur- ich, and they receive the sum of $1000 per year. Several month ago Hay Township also broke off their agreement with Hensall for protection in the east end of the area. The east section of Hay Town- ship is now protected by Exeter in the south, Brucefield in the north, and Zurich covering the balance. In other business at their meeting, the council passed by-law•no. 32, setting the date for nominations and elections in Hay. The school nominations will be held on Monday, Nov- ember 23, with elections if necessary, on Monday, Decemb- er 7. The municipal nomination for Hay Township will be held on Wednesday, November 25, with election day on Monday, December 7, if necessary. The nomination meetings in both cases will be from one to two o'clock in the afternoon. Approval was given at the meeting to an application from Isidore Ducharme, to sell part of Lot 8, Lake Road West, to the Jeffrey Bros. for summer cottage development. The ap- proval is subject to the approval of the Department of Municipal Affairs. A contract. for construction of the Miller- Drain was awarded to Ted VanRoestel, of Woodham, in the amount of $4735. All work is to be completed this fall. (continued on page 6) 0 Huron, Board Faces Suit Over Two Drownings It was learned at Monday evening's meeting of the Huron County Board of Education that the board has been served with a writ informing them that the families of the two girls drowned on a school field trip last spring have filed suit for damages at the registry office in London. John Cochrane, director of education, told the board memb- ers the writ names two teachers from South Huron District High School and the Board of Educ- ation on the writ. The board has turned the matter over to it's insurance company represent. atives who will appear on their behalf. "We have heard nothing more, stated Mr. Cochrane Tuesday morning. "We don't know the amount of the suit. We don't know if we will have to appear. We only know that that action is being taken by both the Moddt jonge and Guenther families. " The two girls, Janet Guenther daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Guenther, Shipka, and Jerry Moddejonge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Moddejonge, Exeter, were drowned May 14 in about 15 feet of water at the Ausable River Conservation area east of Parkhill klam, The mishap occurred during a two and half day outing for about 30 Grade 9 students from SHDHS, OFF TO ENGLAND - About 183 members of the Zurich Recreation League left last Tuesday for an 18 -day visit in England and Scotland. Some of the group are seen here as they aboard buses at Zurich which transported them to Malton Airport. The man in the photo, Arnold Merner, had just been presented with a set of golf clubs to take with him, The group return home on Friday, October 16.