HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1971-08-26, Page 1NO, 34 - FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS
ZURICH ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1971
READY FOR THE BEAN FESTIVAL - A Zurich lady, Mrs.
Tom Meyers, has been busy for the past several weeks making
rag dolls which will be offered for sale at the sixth annual
Bean Festival in Zurich this Saturday. To date she has made
at least 50 of the dolls, and by the time Saturday rolls around
she will probably have still more completed. The dolls may
be purchased at the Zurich Women's Institute booth Saturday.
Festival
Delicious home -baked pork
and beans with all the trimmings
will be the feature attraction
this year at the sixth annual
Bean Festival, which is sched-
uled for this Saturday, August
28, Activities are scheduled to
get under way at noon, and
continue on throughout the rest
of the day, Close to 10, 000
people are expected to attend
the all- afternoon and evening
programs. Visitors are expected
from many cities in the United
States and Canada.
Since Zurich is located in the
centre of a rich bean -growing
area, many of the visitors will
avail themselves of the opport-
unity to visit local farms where
beans are the major crop. Wag-
ons will be available to transport
these people to where beans are
being grown in large quantities.
Due to the lateness of the season
this year, it is doubtful if any
bean harvesting will be ready
at this time.
The beans will be cooking in
old-fashioned iron kettles right
in view of the crowd. Visitors
will be able to eat their meals
at picnic tables spread through-
out the main business areas of
the village. While most of the
activity will centre around the
downtown area, there will also
be horseshoe tournaments taking
place at the Zurich park. Sever-
al ladies' groups and church org-
anizations will have bazaara
and food stands in the streets, and
to add to this there will be pony
rides for the children. Other
Wee
activities include checker and
solo competitions in the Town-
ship Hall.
Another feature of the festival
this year will be_ an outstanding
program of entertainment through
out the afternoon and early even-
ing.
The Zurich Centennial Band
will provide musical entertain-
ment as well. A portable stage
will be set up on Mill Street,
where all the entertainers will
perform.
Along with the serving of
home-made pork and beans,
there will be street markets set
up offering for sale such items
as home-made pies, home-made
sausage, home-made bread,
home-made cheese, honey, fresh
fruit and alltype of vegetables.
A newly -added feature last
year was Green Acres Farm,
located just a couple of miles
from the village. Visitors again
will be taken to the farm on buses
and will be given rides on tractor
and horse-drawn vehicles on
their arrival. They will be able
to see all the stars of the popul-
ar television show portrayed,
and can also visit the famous
Drucker's Store at Green Acres
Farm. This again promises to
be one of the most popular addit-
ions to this year's Festival.
For racing fans, there will
be harness pony races held at
the old fairgrounds, at
two o'clock in the afternoon.
At the same time the Lambton
Theatre group will stage a free
play at the Zurich Park.
little damage at I
Sometime over the past week-
end vandals broke into the Zur-
ich Public School, and caused
a considerable amount of minor
damages. The break-in was first
noticed by Donald L. O'Brien,
principal of the school, on
Monday.
According to Mr. O'Brien, the
vandals apparently slit a screen
on one of- the windows, and lift-
ed the window high enough to
crawl under.
Also broken into inside the
building was the office of the
;principal, but Mr. O'Brien report.
ed finding no damages here. A
small amount of cash was stolen
from a pop machine in the teach-
er's room.
Although no serious damage
was caused inside the building,
some articles were strewn about,
and a couple of fire extinguish -
Settlement
near fo
teachers
Two -hundred and sixty-nine
secondary school teachers in
Huron County were to meet
yesterday, Wednesday, to cons-
ider the latest proposal offered
by the County Board of Educat-
ion, following a tentative salary
agreement being reached last
Thursday between board memb-
ers and an Ontario Secondary
School Teachers Federation
negotiating committee.
No details of the tentative
settlement were to be released
until after the meeting yester-
day.
A round-the-clock negotiating
session preceded the settlement.
The two sides met Wednesday at
2 p.m. in Central Huron Sec-
ondary School, Clinton and
continued talking until 2 a.m.
Tuesday.
At 8 p.m. Wednesday, the 15
trustees of the board of education
also gathered at the school. Two
members of the Ontario Trustees
Council assisted in negotiations.
There were consultations betweer
the board and its negotiators
throughout the evening.
The trustees also stayed on
until 2 a. m. ratifying the agree-
ment before they left.
If the agreement is ratified by
the teachers, it will be the first
time a two-year contract has
been signed in the county. All
previous contracts have been
for one year.
The teachers originally re-
quested an eight per cent wage
increase, plus 66 2/3 per cent
payment by the board of fringe
benefits, They later reduced
their salary demands to 7.7 per
cent.
The board's most recent offer
of six per cent was turned down
in June by a 96 -per cent vote of
216 teachers attending a ratific-
ation meeting. The board has
offered to pay 55 per cent of
fringe benefits. Last year it paid
50 per cent.
Bruce Shaw, president of the
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ers were removed from their
regular positions. Mr. O'Brien
also said it appeared the vandals
were on the roof of the school
during their escapade.
The building was last used on
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ich school
Thursday and Friday night, when
the Band and Majorettes held
their weekly practices there.
OPP Constable Ed Wilcox, of
the Exeter detachment, is invest-
igating.
Huron -Perth Separate Sch
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Board plans sever, 1 m etings
Trustees of the 1-Iuron-Perth
County Roman Catholic Separ-
ate School Board will attend the
Canadian Catholic Trustees Assoc.
iation Conference in Thunder
Bay on September 16, 17 and 18.
The Superintendent of Education,
John Vintar, or his assistant,
Joseph Tokar, will also attend,
with six trustees including board
chairman, lloward Shantz, David
Teahen and F, J. Vere, all of
Stratford; Oscar Kieffer of R. R.1,
Belgrave; John McCann, R. R, 3,
Ailsa Craig; and Vincent Young,
of Goderich.
In other business Monday night
the board granted permission to
Rev. M, J. llughes of Stratford
to hold a COR Weekend ( a re-
treat for young people) in St.
Michael's School in Stratford.
The custodians in the nineteen
separate schools in Huron and
Perth willmeet in the board rooms
in Seaforth, with the initial
meeting to be held on August 31.
At this meeting, setup by the
business administrator, Jack Lane,
they will deal with the rules
and regulations for custodians
so that they will all be aware
of their responsibilities. Too,
they will plan subsequent meeting
with in-service programs for
them to learn new techniques.
Attending the meetings, Edward
Rowland and a trustee on the
Personnel Committee.
A meeting in Toronto on
August 30 concerning provincial
support for separate school ed-
ucation to the end of Grade 13,
will be attended by Superintend-
ent John Vintar, or Joseph Tokar;
board chairman Howard Shantz
and trustee Francis Hicknell
of R.R.5, Seaforth. By that date
it is expected that Premier Wil-
liam Davis will have handed
down his ruling on the extension
of grants to the end of Grade 13
for separate schools.
In connection with the proposed
extension of grants, each trustee
was presented with a book,
Completion Campaign Handbook
1971, which had been prepared
by the English Catholic Teachers'
Association of Ontario.
The meeting discussed renov-
ations to the existing storeroom
at the board office location to
create a new resource area. The
property committee is to bring
in a recommendation on the
proposal.
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Michigan youth
dies at > end
A Michigan teen-ager suffoc-
ated beneath several feet of sand
at Grand Bend Friday afternoon
despite a 20 -minute scramble
by several persons to save his
life.
The victim, Matthew Brett
Spears, 18, of Farmington,
Michigan, was buried when the
walls of a six -foot -deep hole
dug on the beach collapsed.
Two holes had been construct-
ed close together by Spears and
a companion about 30 feet from
the water and 1, 000 yards north
of Centre Street. There was no
immediate explanation why the
holes were dug.
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