Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-11-05, Page 6Hensall Council Hear Reports PAGE SIX ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS (by Minnie Noakes) Hensall council held its reg- ular meeting with all members present with the exception of Leonard Erb. Following the reading and adoption of the min- utes of October 5, meeting, council heard the report of E. R. Davis. Mr. Davis reported that the drain on Richmond St. South, has been completed, also the catch basin on Queen Street near the public parking lot has been repaired and replaced. He is at present occupied with the task of cleaning along the new sidewalks and building up the boulevards left from excavation for same. The reeve asked Mr. Davis how he was getting along down- stairs in the Town Hall and was told that he is managing al- though he has not too much room for storage space. Mr. Davis informed council that he had been asked by a represent- ative of Boise Cascade if coun- cil could do something to imp- rove the condition of Oxford Street west, and Davis had in- formed him that paving and grading was anticipated in the near future. Councillor Knight felt that council should do some grading along the new sidewalks before the dirt and mud gets built up again and causes problems. He stated that in places the side- walks are much higher than the boulevards and could prevent proper drainage. Reeve Jaques asked if council wished to dis- cuss tractors with Mr. Davis but council felt that all should be present at a joint meeting to discuss the tractor situation. Lorne Hay appeared at the council meeting to give his re- port on the activities of the ®i® Ausable River Conservation Auth• ority. He commented on the tour that county council had made of the area, and hoped they had been impressed with the work the authority has done to date. He said that he feels the authority is not spending money without good results and hopes that the ratepayers feel the same. He reported that two roads have been completed and tenders opened for another to be rebuilt, 70/o to be paid by government grant, 207% by the village of Grand Bend and 1010 by the municipalities. He also stated that camping areas had been serviced with water, hydro and washrooms but still much work to be done. Entrance fees to the park are just about paying for supervision at the present time. It had been noted that more than 60, 000 persons had used the pari: on weekends only, so they are quite pleased in this regard. The authority has pur- chased 50 acres at Rock Glenn and will in time expand there. The new field manager is Rog- er Martin and lives in the area. As a result of a tree planting demonstration, they have pur- chased a tree planter and in the future hope to rent it out to per- sons in the watershed. Again Mr. Hay mentioned the tours for senior citizens and voiced his hope that in 1971, the Authority's 25th anniversary, more tours of all councils could be arranged and have already been discussed. The reeve thanked Mr. Hay for his fine report and council agreed. IIarold Knight and Oliver Jaques had attended a meeting in Goderich on design for dev- elop mesa t and thought it a very worthwhile one. Knight still feels that municipalities such as Hensall will be ieft out in the cold but that they should keep on looking for more ind- ustry and plan for the future on their own. He believes that it is most important to keep an Ind- ustrial Development committee going if the village is to get any help, as none seems to be in the future cards for the villages of less than 1, 000 population. He hopes that small communit- ies can entice industry on their own since the report cannot be changed and will go through, He said that Hensall cannot do much before it gets sewers but there is not much use planning on sewers if no further industry or future expansion is carried on. Reeve Jaques replied "I don't think that a sewage system is out of our reach, and we should look for future development - we have to pursue it in case we need it." Council is to request inform- ation from it's solicitor re the possible closing of one street allowance. The closing of a right of way will be dealt with at the next meeting also. The reeve was quite perturbed due to the fact that the firemen have carried out some alterat- THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1970 ions in the basement of the town hall and he felt that Mr. Davis needed the room for his equipment. He was of the opin- ion that the firemen only use the room to sit in and when they have a new fire hall that (continued on page 12) Independent Shipper to United Co-operative of Ontario Livestock Dept Toronto Ship Your Livestock with Roy Scotc'hmer Monday Is Shipping Day From Varna Stockyard CALL BAYFIELD 565.2636 By 7:30 a.m. Monday For Prompt Service No Charges on Pick-up 40.4 wtµ �'Jj rrF Rev Henry Yantzi of Shakespare, Ontario WILL BE THE GUEST SPEAKER DURING MISSION WEEK at the Blake Mennonite Church NOVEMBER 4 to 8 SUGGESTED THEMES. WEDNESDAY NIGHT "The purpose of Life" THURSDAY NIGHT "Receiving Life" FRIDAY NIGHT "Rejection of Life" SATURDAY NIGHT "His Life" SUNDAY MORNING "Giving My Life" SUNDAY NIGHT "Hearlds of the Way of Life" Meetings will begin each night at 8 p.m. YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THIS MISSION FOR FOR RENEWAL Ontario. Is there any place you'd rather be? Ontarians are the kind of people who wouldn't be here if there was any place better. We are people who came from a hundred lands and stayed to build. People with backbone and brawn and a hunger to succeed. Men and women who've created a stan- dard of living in decades that other lands worked centuries to build. If we have a flaw it's our chronic modesty. Ontarians may be proud to be Ontarians and Canadians ... they just seldom tell anyone. From an economic point of view that's wrong. The more people we have boosting Ontario and Canada the better it is. And we've got a lot to boost with. At a time when the dollar is having many demands made on it, Ontarians can note that provincial taxes have held the line in 1970. And we had a surplus to boot. Yet, needed programs have not been neglected. The Ontario Housing Corporation for example, has housed 120,000 people to date and 'currently has almost a billion dollars worth of programs active in nearly 200 Ontario Communities. We need a vigorous economy of course, to support these important programs. And, that's where you come in. Though our productivity has doubled in ten years and our incomes in twelve, Ontarians don't sit on their successes. There's a demanding decade ahead full of challenges and opportunities to make the quality of our lives better yet. To meet these challenges we've got to believe in ourselves. Which, when you think about it, isn't such a bad idea. Everytime you boost Ontario ... Ontario and Canada get a little stronger. Government of Ontario 0 John Robarts, Prime Minister.