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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1971-01-14, Page 7THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1971 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS 50 Years Ago Miss Margaret Lamont, of London, spent the weekend at her home here. Joseph Hagen, of Stanley, who has spent the last few days at Detroit, has returned to his home. Charles F. Hey, of Bad Axe, Michigan, is visiting here with friends and relatives. Two local merchants. T.L. Wurm and J. Gascho and Son are holding merchandise sales. Some exceptionally good barg- ains are being offered and the public should take advantage of this sale before the supply is gone. Mrs. Alex Sparks, of Seaforth, was the guest of Mrs. T. Wurm last week. The Zurich Athletic Society are holding a carnival tonight at the rink, Special arrange- ments have been made to make this an unusual event. Hand- some prizes will be awarded. If the weather is favourable, a large crowd is anticipated. The annual report of Hay Township Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company disclosed that the Company has paid 27 claims during the past year, this represented a total of $46, 075, 00. 40 Years Ago At the Zurich Public School meeting held in the school house on Wednesday morning last, Mr. Henry Clausius was elected as trustee for a period of three years. Mr. Leonard Prang is taking a course on motor, electrical and automobile work, at the Technical School, at London. The course will take several weeks, and will fit Mr. Prang wonderfully for this line of work. Mr. John Hey, Jr., had a rather unfortunate sight in his stable on Sunday morning when he beheld that a rather valuable horse had in some way got across the stall with the result that the tie rope became too short and the unfortunate beast strangled itself to death, in other words hanged itself. Rev. L. H. Kalbfleisch was pleasantly surprised on the eve of his birthday recently at the parsonage, when St. James Luther League presented Rev. and Mrs. Kalbfleisch with a silver flower basket and an ad- dress. Sony to report that Mr. Albert Hendrick, of the Blue Water Highway sustained the loss of two more cattle which died from the effects of poisoning REDI-MIX CONCRETE (ALSO FORM WORK) McCann Const. Ltd. DASHWOOD Phone 237-3381 or 237-3422 - OF- YEARS GONE - BY- from sweet clover silage. 25 Years Ago Miss Cecilia Hartman, daught- er of lvir. and Mrs. Kuno Hart- man, was taken to hospital in London where an operation was performed for appendicitis. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Schrag gave the Babylon Line farm form a warm welcome'when they met at the Schrag home last Monday night. William Haugh represented Hay Township at County Council in Goderich last week. Miss Doreen Schilbe has taken a position as saleslady in the Variety store, operated by Mrs. Ed Gascho. Mrs. Peter Koehler has sold the westerly portion of her property, located on the corner of Victoria and Louise streets, to Earl Thiel, Laird Thiel is spending a few days at London this week. Noah Sararas, of Kitchener, is visiting friends here at pres- ent. He stayed with his sister, Mrs. Conrad Siemon. Butter is selling for 38 cents per pound on the local market. Mrs. Walter Eckel and twin babies have returned to her home on the Goshen North. 15 Years Ago On Sunday, January 1, the Webb family held their annual New Year's reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Max Turnbull, of the Blue Water Highway. Huron County again led Ont- ario in the production of mixed grain and barley, provincial figures on crop production for 1955 reveal. Requiem High Mass for Mrs. Joseph Gelinas, 69, who died at her home in Zurich on January 4, was sung Saturday in St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church, Zurich. With a flip of a coin, a new trustee was made in Bayfield the other night, when that pol- ice village held it's second nom- ination meeting. J. Howard will serve on the board. Real cold mid -winter weather greeted these parts over the weekend with the mercury drop- ping down to around the zero mark. This was followed by a real January thaw which is in progress today. Robert Johnston, Ed Deichert, of Zurich and Carl Gingerich, of London, left on Monday to attend a study course in a trade school in Toronto. We wish the boys every success in their new undertaking. 10 Years Ago Mr. Herb Uttley was the lucky winner of a large basket of groceries at Doerr's Superior Store last Saturday. The draw was held in conjuction with Doerr's get -acquainted sale. Members of the Zurich Lions Club, on Wednesday afternoon, staged a work bee at the closed school on the Bronson Line, and converted the building into temporary living quarters for the Elzar B. Masse family, who lost their home and all their belongings in a bad fire a week ago Sunday. Tonight, January 19 at eight o'clock will mark the official opening of the Dominion Hotel PAGE SEVEN St. Joseph - Drysdale - Bluewater DEBBIE NOGG 2364857 CORRESPONDENTS News Along The Shore of Beautiful There were a lot of snow- mobiles in the area last'week- end despite the lack of snow. Unfortunately not many of them got off their trailors. To all of you, winter sport enthusiasts, we would just like to inform you that so far this week, we have been getting a bit more snow, so come on back for another try. Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Eicluneier and family of Hamilton, spent the weekend at their cottage along the Bluewater. Roberta Hogg returned home on the weekend from St. Joseph which has recently become fully licenced and remodeled. The South Huron District High School Board are expected to report a surplus of about $30, 000 in its capital account after pay- ments are completed for the addition which was built last year, secretary E.D. Howey reported at the inaugural meet- ing which was held last Tuesday night. Ivan Forsythe, 57 year-old Tuckersmith Township Farmer was elected warden of Huron County at a close fought contest at Goderich on Tuesday. Hospital, London. MIS. Nap Ducharme, of Lond- on spent the weekend with her mother Mrs, Pauline Jeffrey in Blake while her daughter Annie, spent the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dom inic Jeffrey. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Siemon, of Zurich held a dinner for fam- ily and relatives on Sunday afternoon. Attending at the dinner were Mr. and Mrs, Dom- inic Jeffrey, St. Joseph, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Jeffrey, of London, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Siemon, of Goderich, Mr. and Mrs. Daryl Rau, St. Joseph, Mrs. Juliet Denomme, Zurich, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rau, of Seaforth. Mr. and Mrs, Franklin Cor- riveau, of Windsor, spent last weekend visiting Mr. and Mrs, Charlie Rau, of the Bluewater. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bedard, of Detroit spent last weekend at their cottage at Bayview. Miss Linda Jeffrey, of London visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. Dominic Jeffrey last week- end. THERESA JEFFREY 236-4159 Lake Huron John Paul, Eugene and Pierre Cantin, visited St. Joseph from Detroit last weekend, 0— Bowling Scores LADIES BOWLING (Dec. 21, 1970) Night Hawks - D. Hess - 649 Dominionaires - L. Sweeney -52: Left -overs - H. McEwen -70.0 Happy Gals - E. Smale-722 Packers - F. Gibson -590 Starlites - M. Rader- 699 TJps & Downs - M. Holobuwicz 546 Mix -Ups - A. Faber - 537 Pin -Poppers - T. Nixon -628 Scamps - H. Creces - 646 Alley-Oops - M. Bedard -589 Jolly -Six - I. Reid -573 ( Dec. 28, 1970) Night Hawks -J. Hogg -695 Dom. T. Stark -540 Left -Overs -L. Vandenberg -705 Happy Gals - P. Miller -564 Packers - L. Rader -673 Starlites -J. Schroeder -629 Ups & Downs -B. Grenier-559 Mix -Ups -A. Faber -645 Pin -Poppers -B. Corrivea u-565 Scamps -D. Dietrich -564 Alley-Oops -M. Bedard -556 Jolly -Six- D. Bettke-574 WHY NOT Watch all the HOCKEY GAMES on iteeteloodre 25e Console Model A ONLY $54 (with your trade) We will be happy to let you try out a COLOR TV set for the week-end—at no charge! GINGERICH'S LTD. Zurich Seaforth