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NO. 26 -FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS
ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 1,1971
SEVERELY INJURED - Barry Thiel, son of Mrs. Helen Thiel, Zurich, suffered serious injuries
at noon Tuesday, when the motorcycle he was driving was in collision with a car driven by Victor
Brisson, of Detroit. The injured youth is seen here being treated by two staff members of Westlake
Ambulance Service, Ken Westlake and Jim McWhinney. He was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital,
London, where he underwent emergency surgery later in the afternoon.
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Planning Board
Hires Technician
for Director
(by Shirley J. Keller)
Members of Huron County
Council greeted with mixed
feblings the announcement at
Friday's Session in Goderich
that a planning technician will
be hired by the Huron County
Planning board with duties to
commence as soon as possible.
Gary Davidson, planning dir-
ector for the county, told Coun-
cil the new employee would do
the drafting which must be done
in connection with county and
municipal planning.
"This is a time-consuming
job, " stated Davidson, " I could
do it but we would not be prov-
iding proper services to the
municipalities in Huron."
"We really need a planning
technician," explained Reeve
Charles Thomas, Grey Township
and chairman of the planning
board, "not so much from a
county point of view but from
the municipal point of view."
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PAMELA SANGSTER
Grade 13 Ontario Scholar
Eleven OntarioScholars
Eleven area students in the
grade 13 class at South Huron
District High School this year
were named Ontario Scholars.
The top student is grade 13 wa:
Anne Herdman. Second place
went to Donald Jolly, third to
Ruth Snider, and fourth to Julia
Burgess. Other grade 13 students
who passed with honours were
Pamela Sangster, Brian Finkbein-
er, Brad Pryde, Kathryn Hall,
Linda Hay, Bill Dietrich, and
Steve Faber.
Special certificates awarded
to grade 13 students were as
follows; English, Donald Jolly;
History, Ruth Snider; Geography,
Brian Miller (Town of Exeter
Shield); Mathematics A. Bill
Dietrich, Anne Herdman; Math-
ematics B. Brad Pryde; Math-
ematics Overall, Brad Pryde
(Earl Campbell Shield); Latin,
Anne Herdman; Spanish, Linda
Hay (Jack Smith Shield); Biology,
Don Jolly; Physics, Steve Faber;
Chemistry, Bob Read; Home
Economics, Joanne Hodgert;
French, Anne Herdman.
In all there were 60 students
who graduated from grade 13
BRAD PRYDE
Grade 13 Ontario Scholar
at South Huron this year. The
names of the students are;
Reinhold Freiter, David Hunter,
Scott Jackson, Don Jolly, Brian
Miller, Burton Moon, Dianne
Adkins, Didi DeMooy, Ruth Ann
Fleischauer, Mary McCann;
Pamela Sangster, Dianne Taylor,
Gary Baker, Brian Finkbeiner,
Bernard Kerrebroeck, Allan Mac-
Lean, Fred May, Brad Pryde,
Robert Towton, Gail Bedard,
Julia Burgess, Lynda Dougall,
Carol Gascho, Mary Ellen Ging-
erich, Kathryn ITall, Anne Herd-
man, Barbara Lamport, Kathryn
McDonald, Mary Mock, Marlene
Rader, Lynne Richard, David
Foreman, John Knight, Ihor
Orenchuk, Robert Read, Bruce
Simpson, Gwen Clausius, Joyce
Ferguson, Patti Glenn, Linda Hay
Joanne Hodgert, Janet McDowell,
Elizabeth Mickle, Betty Jean
Miller, Karen Rodd, Jane Smith,
Ruth Snider, Melanie West,
William Dietrich, Steven Faber,
Ken Farwell, Janet Davis, Janet
Ecker, Rita Glavin, Constance
Mackie, Margaret McCann,
Judy Price, Donna Schell, Norma
Shantz, Lois Widrick.
JULIE BURGESS
Grade 13 Ontario Scholar
Discuss Education Cost
(by Shirley J. Keller)
"I believe the Federation of
Agriculture would like to see the
education tax taken off property
and put onto income tax, " stat-
ed Alex McGregor, chairman
of the Huron County Develop-
ment Committee Friday at the
June session of county council.
"That's what they mean by eq-
ualization of education taxes."
McGregor was speaking to a
recommendation of his commit-
tee to comply with the Huron F
of A's request for support in their
bid to equalize education taxatio
Some members of council had
questioned the methods by which
the Federation had hoped to ach-
ieve equalization.
Committee chairman Mc Greg-
or said it was his understanding
that if education was supported
by income tax, it would mean
about a 3 and one-half percent
surcharge on income tax in the
province of Ontario.
Everett Mcllwain, Goderich
Township, challenged that est-
imate and said it was his under-
standing the additional cost to
income tax could run as high as
25 percent. This view was sup-
ported by other members of
council.
Reeve Derry Boyle, Exeter,
warned council that once the
Ontario government would take
over the full payments for educ-
ation, the people in the munic-
ipalities would have nothing to
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New Priest at St. Peter's Parish
Father Alphonse A. Robert,
another native of Tilbury, gas
assumed his duties as parish
priest at St. Peter's Roman Cath-
olic Church, St. Joseph. He
replaces Monsignor Bourdeau,
who just recently retired.
The new priest, who was ord-
ained in 1962, is a brother of
Father Edgar Robert, who served
St. Peter's Parish for about one
year, 25 years ago.
Father Robert was born in
Tilbury and attended grade
school there. Following that he
attended college in Ste. Ther-
ese -de -Blainville, and received
his BA degree from the Univer-
sity of Montreal. After attending
Dominican College in Ottawa,
Father Robert taught French
Literature for several years, and
then in 1962 was ordained follow-
ing his graduation from St. Aug-
ustine Seminary in Toronto.
After his ordination, Father
Robert served at St. Lawrence -
the -Martyr Parish in Scarborough,
and then the French National
Parish in downtown Toronto,
until 1967.
From Toronto Father Robert
.transferred to Ste. Anne -de
Penetanguishine, and he was
there until 1969 when he moved
to the Diocese of London. Prior
to his coming to St. Peter's,
he served at St. Benedicts in
Sarnia and Sacred Heart, in
Windsor.
"Coming to a rural parish like
St. Peter's is a hope and prayer
come true, " Father Robert told
the Citizens News. "I have al-
ways wanted a parish like this,
and now my wish has come true. '
Father Robert also pointed out
that he developed a strong liking
for St. Peter's Parish since the
days his brother served there.
He added, "having a brother
who served the parish, and being
related to Monsignor Bourdeau,
I could not wish for anything
better."
"Another interesting connect-
ion with this area, " he went on
to say, "is the fact that Father
A. Durand of Zurich preached
the sermon at my ordination. I
feel as if I know most of the
people in the area already."
Father Robert also told the
Citizens News that he will be
starting to prepare for the cent-
ennial celebration of St. Peter's
Parish, which will take place
in July, 1973. He added that
there is a great deal of work to
do in this connection, and that
,the project will use up all his
,spare time from now until then.
The favourite hobbies of the
new priest are gardening and
music, and no doubt at times
he will lend his teaching ability
to the students at Ste. Marie
School, as well.
LINDA HAY STEVE FABER
Grade 13 Ontario Scholar Grade 13 Ontario Scholar