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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-11-26, Page 1Trl© No. 47—ALWAYS FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS iSMAIIMIIIII42411901.1•12 1.151611421,11.184..0.6.11.11141S01 ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1970 FIRE DESTROYS CHURCH - About 45 minutes of raging fire was all that was needed last Friday night to completely destroy the Brucefield United Church. Loss bas been estimated at 8150, 000. The church was built about 62 years ago, and served a congregation of 300 persons, involving 110 famil- ies. No decision has yet been reached as whether or not the church will be rebuilt, and in the mean- time members of the congregation are attending services at Kippen United Church. Zurich Council Returned by Acclamation The entire council of the vil- lage of Zurich were returned to office for another two-year term, following the nomination meet- ing in the Community Centre on Monday night. Returned to their positions unopposed are reeve Gordon Hess and councillors Herb Turkheim, Ken McCarter, George Haggitt and Louis Schilbe, A highlight of the nomination meeting was an open discussion on the proposed water system and sewage system projects, and very little opposition was voiced to either proposal by the ratepay- ers present. Councillor Louis Schilbe gave a brief report on the arena oper- ation, while George Haggitt, chairman of the road committee, reported on his department. ,lir. Haggitt explained that while many of the streets in the village are in poor state of repair, there has been little work clone on them due to the proposed water Stanley Voters To Elect Three Men to Council Stanley Township Reeve Elm- er Hayter was given the green light in his quest for the warden - ship of Huron County, when he was unopposed for the office at Monday night's nomination meet- ing. Also returned by acclamat- ion was deputy -reeve Anson McKinley. However, there will be an election for three council seats in the township, as four candid- ates all qualified for the positions Three former members of the council, Tom Consitt, Cal Horton, and Jack Scotchmer, are all back in the race, along. with a new candidate, Paul Steckle, of R,R.2, Zurich. For Mr. Steckle, this will be his first bid for office as a council- lor in the Township. The polls in Stanley Township will be open on Monday, Dec- ember 7, from the hours of ten o'clock in the morning until eight o'clock in the evening, and sewage projects, which would see most of the streets torn up for some time. Ken McCarter, chairman of the fire department, outlined details of the operation. He told the meeting that two Scott Air Packs had been purchased, and reported that the agreement with Hay Township for fire protection is still in effect. Mr. McCarter added that he felt the annual 81, 000 levy for the township should be increased. Herb Turkheim, chairman of Hay Council Returned By Acclamation At a quiet nomination meeting in the Hay Township Hall, Zur- ich, on Wednesday afternoon, the entire council were returned to office for another two-year term. The council consists of Joseph Hoffman, reeve, Lloyd Hendrick, deputy -reeve; John Tinny, Harold Campbell and Lionel Wilder, councillors. Following the hour of nominat- ions from one to two o'clock, each member of the council gave brief reports to the gather- ing of about 35 ratepayers on hand for the occasion. Reeve Hoffman and deputy - reeve Hendrick each gave rep- orts on their work at county level, while the councillors gave rep- orts on the work being carried out throughout the township. John Tinney, who is the town- ship representative on the Aus- able River Conservation Author- ity, outlines some of the work being carried out at that leve. He added that the township hopes to become part of the Authority in it's entirety, early in the new year. Clerk -treasurer Wayne Horner presented the financial report of the year to the gathering. He also served as chairman for the afternoon program. the hydro and water systems and the property and finance com- mittee, reported on various aspects of the proposed water project. He pointed out that rhe present storage tank`"le rotten and could fall apart any time, and that many of the water mains in the village are rusting out cont- inually. He also said that many of the water customers are comp- laining about poor pressure, and added that the entire system is in a critical condition. Reeve Gordon Hess outlined his work in connection with county council, and reported some of the work carried out by the committee he has served on this past year. He has been a member of the executive com- mittee, and also served on a special committee to review sal- aries at the county level. Speaking on the controversial regional government question, Mr. Hess said he hoped that Hur- on County would be able to re- main as a region of it's own under any system of regional government. The reeve also explained the work that has been carried on in Huron County regarding an official plan, by the firm of C . V . Kleinfeldt and Associates. He added that the final phase (continued on page 6) 10 CENTS PER COPY Election Assured For Area Separate School Supporters Only about 15 public and sep- arate school supporters attended the nomination meeting in the Ilay Township 1 lall, Zurich, on Monday afternoon, when candidates were named for the Huron County Board of Educat- ion and the Iham- Perth Comb- ined Separate School Board. There was very little interest presented at the tweeting, and various officials were not quest- ioned on any of the details of school operations. Charles Rau, R. R. 2, Zurich, was named as the Separate School representative to the Huron County Board of Educat- ion, to represent all the separ- ate schools in the county. The seat was previously held by Dan Murphy, of Goderich. Mr. Rau had served many years on the separate school board prior to the change -over to county systems a couple of years ago. Jim Taylor, of Heesall was returned to office as the public TED GEOFFREY Separate School Candidate RAY HARTMAN Separate School Candidate school representative to the Huron Board of Education, serv- ing the villages of I-lensall, Zurich, and the Township of I lay. ilewes the only candidate nominated for the position which he has held for the past Iwo years. An election has been assured for a representative to the Iluron- Perth Combined Roman Catholic Separate School Board, when both men who were nom- inated qualified for the position. The two candidates are Ted Geoffrey, R, R, 2, Zurich, who has represented Ilensall, Zurich and Ilay Township on the board for the past two years and Ray- mond I lartman, R. R. 3, Zurich, a former member of the board of St. Boniface School in Zurich. Election for the one represent- ative will take place on Monday, December 7, in both Hensall and Zurich, as well as the var- ious polling booths in Hay Town- ship. Mr. Geoffrey told the small gathering that he had felt he should retire from the position, but stated, "since I have spent some of the taxpayers dollars to become educated on board matters, I now feel I should return some of this investment to the ratepayer. " He also ref- erred to the three new school buses which have been placed in use le this area, and stressed that he tried to keep as much of the school business in the area as possible. In accepting the nomination for school board representative, Mr. Hartman referred to the five years he had spent on the board at St. Boniface School, and added that he has also been working with the South Huron Association for the Mentally Retarded for the past couple of years. HIe also pointed out that (continued on page 16) 0 14 Candidates in Election Battle At Grand Bend A real election battle is in the making at the resort village of Grand Bend,:. as candidates are contesting the reeveship, four council seats and the two seats on the PUC. Veteran reeve Orval Wassmann is being challenged by two other candidates, Howard Green and John Payne Sr, Mr. Green is a former member of the Grand Bend council, while Mr. Payne opposed the reeve two years ago in the election. Six candidates are in the run- ning for the four council seats at the popular summer resort. They are William Cochrane, Ian Coles, Murray Desjardine, a former clerk -treasurer; Dave Jackson, Ivan Luther and Mrs. Shirley Sylvester. Five candidates are in the running for the two seats on the PUC. They are William Baird, Roiartd Grenier, Lawrence Mas- on, Jack Memel and Prosper Van Brauenne. Election day will be Monday, December 7.