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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
Brantford Girl's Drum Corps Will
Attend Band Tattoo in Zurich
One of the highlights at the
Zurich Centennial Band's
annual Tatto next Wednesday
night will be the appearance
of the St. John's Girls Drum
Corps of Brantford,
This 100 -percent self -spon-
sored all -girl organization had
undergone a major facelifting
program for 1971. The tradi-
tional appearance and show -
style that has won six Canadian
Girls "A" Championships and
nine Ontario Girls "A" titles
since 1962, has been changed
to include brighter, more stream
lined uniforms, a more mellow,
mid -western style of music,
new bugles, tympani and conga
drums.
Add all this to a smooth,
wide-open drill and you get a
finished product which promises
to be St. John's most entertain-
ing and competitive show ever.
This year, the Corps will field.
in excess of 80 marching mem-
bers.
They will collaborate on an
appropriate opening number of
"Strike up the Band". Next is
the dramatic Color Presentation
of Simple Gifts followed by
the Concert, Washington Square.
The second -half of the show
is a tribute to the Emerald Isle,
Officials Visit
Ausable Authority
designed as a total show -stop-
ping number.
It consists of McNamara's
Band, a co-operative drum-
horn solo entitled Paddy Whack
and a haunting exit of A Little
Bit of Ileaven and the lively
Dear Old Donegal.
The entire show is under the
joint direction of three Field
Commanders, Misses Betty
Reynolds, Anna Marie Marcella
and Terry English, Corps Dir-
cetor is George Mellor; Music
Director, Steve Bailey; Percus-
sion Instructor, Wayne Elliott.
The drill is by George Mellor
and Tony Capizzano.
THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1971
County Council Fights Pollution
(by Shirley J. Keller)
Huron County Council will put
forth a "very strong complaint"
to the proper Ontario government
departments following a report
in council Friday be Reeve Bill
Piston, Morris, and Reeve
Charles Thomas, Grey, concern-
ing the pollution in the Maitland
River caused by waste products
which have been dumped by the
Campbell's Soup Company Ltd.
at Listowel.
Elston and Thomas told counc-
il of the river's deplorable state
and questioned the county's act-
ing medical officer of health,
Dr. Frank Mills concerning the
degree of pollution.
Dr. Mills said that samplings
of water have been taken from the
stream and that while the bact-
eria count is high, there is no
evidence to support the theory
that the water is a health hazard.
"The water in Lake Huron is
in some spots, a higher bacteria
count than the water in some
areas of the Maitland River, "
said Dr. Mills.
The Ontario Water Resources
Commission gave its approval
for a lagoon at the Campbell's
plant to be dumped into this past
spring. Dr. Mills felt the OWRC
was depending on heavy spring
rains to flush out the river but
unfortunately, these rains just
did not materialize.
Samplings taken of the water
by the OWRC have been shown
safe, it was reported.
"Even if it is safe, it isn't nice
to drink or even to look at, " prot-
ested Thomas. "The stream cap-
acity of the Maitland is small
in the summer. They are redes-
igning the lagoon to take more
waste but there is no way they
can redesizn the Maitland River
to take the affluent."
Thomas concluded that while
1-luron County is spending large
amounts of money to plan its
progress sensibly and safely,
municipalities outside the area
have "a drastic effect on our
planning."
Bright sunshine and miles of
scenic countryside - much of it
developed in the past 25 years
by the Ausable River Conserv-
ation Authority - soothed the
eyes Wednesday of more than
200 area municipal and provin-
cial officials.
The group, taking part in
official ceremonies marking the
ARCA's first quarter-century of
existence, travelled more than
113 miles by bus viewing the
majority of the 4, 000 acres and
10 parks under the authority's
jurisdiction.
Representatives of 23 municip-
alities in the four -county region
of Middlesex, Huron, Lambton
and Perth were joined on the trip
by newly -acquired representat-
ives of the Bayfield River water-
shed and civil servants from the
Ontario depalltment of lands and
forests, the provincial department
of agriculture and food and the
federal department of fisheries
and forestry.
Ausable authority chairman
William Amos of McGillivray
Township explained the purpose
of the trip was to show municipal
representatives where and how
the money they had contributed
to the authority over the past 25
years had been spent.
Development of recreational
areas, conservation and erosion
programs has amounted to $3.1
million over the period, Mr.
Amos noted, but has provided
Western Ontario area residents
with summer and winter play-
ground areas and practical flood
control measures.
The areas visited included
Parkhill Conservation Area,
Rock Glen Conservation Area,
Steward Gully erosion site, Pork
Franks Conservation Area,
Grand Bend erosion control and
channel improvements, the Hay
Swamp reforestration area, Riv-
erview Park erosion control and
dam project at Exeter, Morrison
dam and conservation area in
Usborne Township, and the Luc -
an Conservation Area.
The five-hour bus trip conclud-1
ed with a reception for the rep-
resentatives in Parkhill.
Zurich (entennial Band
NTATTOO
WEDNESDAY, JULY 7
PARADE AT 7 P.M.
TO
Zurich Community Park
FEATURING:
ST. JOHN'S GIRLS DRUM CORPS
DURHAM GIRLS DRUM & BUGLE CORPS
3M PIPE BAND
GODERICH LAKETOWN BAND
CLINTON LEGION PIPE BAND
ST. MARYS BAND
LONDON LADIES BAND
FOREST EXCELSOIR BAND
MILVERTON LEGION BAND
ZURICH CENTENNIAL BAND
Jason Roberts, CFPL, Master of Ceremonies
ADULTS: $1..00 CHILDREN UNDER 12 FREE
In case of rain money for advanced tickets will be refunded on request