Zurich Citizens News, 1971-09-23, Page 1NO, 38 FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS
ZURICH, ONTARIO
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MISS WESTERN ONTARIO CONTEST - The annual Miss Western Ontario Contest was held last
Saturday in Lucknow, and the Zurich Bean Queen came through as the runner-up in the competit-
ions. Shown here left to right are Miss Dominion of Canada; Miss Western Ontario; and the
runner-up, Miss Zurich Bean Festival Queen, who is Glenda Fisher, of Exeter.
Huron Liberals 1
A newcomer to this area,
Norton Walter Irwin, of Hensall,
was picked by the Huron Liberal
Association on Monday night to
carry their banner in the provin-
cial election scheduled for
October 21, He won out over
one other candidate, Ken Dun-
can, an Usborne Township
Farmer, in the balloting by
about 200 party supporters, in
the Hensall Public School aud-
itorium.
The Huron Liberal Ass-
ociation had a candidate
for the forthcoming elect-
ion when they elected
Norton Walter Irwin to
contest the riding, but
on Tuesday Mr. Irwin
withdrew from the race
for "personal reasons."
Ken Duncan, the man
he defeated at the conv-
ention on Monday, Wed-
nesday morning was nam-
ed by the executive of
the Liberals in Huron to
contest the election. He
is a prominent Usborne
Township farmer.
Mr. Irwin, a former high
school teacher in North Bay
and now a labourer at Boise
Cascade, has been a resident
of the area for a little over a
year. His wife is on the teach-
ing staff at St. Mary's Separate
School at St. Joseph. They
have two children, a son nine
years old and a daughter, eight
years old. This is his first fling
at politics, and he gave as his
reasons for entering the race
his disgust with the way the
education system in Ontario has
gotten out of hand.
A native of Toronto, Mr.
Irwin said he had taught high
school mathematics and physical
education in North Bay before
moving to this area. Prior to
this he served eight years in
the tri -service, as a physical
education instructor. He added
se candidate
that he had spent four years in
Germany and four in Canada
with the service.
Three other men were nomin-
ated to contest the election for
the Liberal party in Huron,
but they all declined leaving
the ballot a two- way contest
between Mr. Irwin and Mr.
Duncan. The other three were
Howard Aiken, of Goderich,
Paul Steckle, R. R. 2, Zurich,
and Don Oesch, of Zurich.
A . Y , McLean chaired the
meeting and conducted the elect:
ion of a candidate.
Guest speaker at the nominat-
ion meeting was Murray Gaunt,
Liberal member for the Huron -
Bruce riding, who severely critic:
ized the Conservative plan of
"centralization." He referred
to three specific plans, county
school boards, regional govern-
ment, and the take-over of the
assessment system by the prov-
incial government.
"During the 1967 election
campaign the Tories never ment-
ioned a word about county
school boards, " he said. "Then
a month later they sprung the
plan on the people without any
choice on the matter. Obviously
this plan was in the making
before that election, but they
never once mentioned it during
the campaign."
"In the same manner regional
government is not being ment-
ioned by them during this
campaign, " he added. "but it is
quite possible they will bring in
a blanket policy on this if they
are re-elected, soon after the
election."
Mr. Gaunt went on to explain
how unsatisfactory regional
government is in areas where it
has been brought about, and
pointed out that right now the
city of St. Catharines has petit -
(continued on page 20)
PC's pick MacNaughton
(by Shirley 1. Keller)
At a nomination meeting held
on Friday evening of last week,
Charles MacNaughton, Minister
of Transport and Communicat-
ions, was chosen to seek elect-
ion to the Provincial Legislature
once more and represent the
Progressive Conservatives of
Huron riding, by the local P, C,
Association. His nomination
stood unopposed for the candid-
acy in the upcoming October
21 election.
In accepting the nomination
Mr. MacNaughton told the
assembled group that he intend-
ed to fight a clean election and
that he was confident on success
on election day. IIe also called
on all members of the party in
Huron to work hard and ensure
the return to office of the Prog-
ressive Conservative Govern-
ment in Ontario.
Mr. MacNaughton also critic-
ized the use of lawn signs in his
remarks to the meeting and said
that although he was sure he
could outnumber his opponents
by up to five to one with these
signs , his election campaign
committee had decided against
• it since it was felt such action
infringed on privacy and the
right of each individual to cast
a secret vote for the candidate
of their choice.
Guest speaker for the evening
was the Hon. Darcy McKeough,
Treasurer of Ontario and Minister
of Economics. In his remarks
Mr. McKeough discussed what
it meant to be a Progressive
Conservative in 1971.
"The party, " he said, "is
based, not on tradition itself,
but on traditional values, that
is conservative," "We are now
faced with new challenges, "
he went on, "that call for new
solutions based on these tradit-
ions, and that is progressive."
In commenting on policies
of the New Democratic Party
Mr. McKeough said, "For a
society to be truly democratic
the individual must have a full
choice in self government, we
don't want to replace people with
government." "Nor do we want
to nationalize for the sake of
nationalizing, " he stressed.
"The socialists, 131g Brother
attitude, " he went on, "Has
Zurich Fall Fai
In an attempt to live up to
their claim of being "one of
the best small fairs in Ontario, "
the Zurich Agricultural Society
has come up with numerous
changes in connection with the
annual event which begins this
Friday night and ends Monday
night.
Starting off the program with
a bang on Friday night will be
the big Fall Fair Dance, at
which ti me some lovely young
lady will be crowned, "Queen
of the Fair. " This contest is
open to all girls in the area
between the ages of 14 and 19,
and any interested in competing
should contact Mrs. Irene
Steinbach as soon as possible.
Ken Mittelholtz and the Twy-
lites will provide music for the
dance.
During the daytime on Sat-
ffers variety
urday activity will be confined
to arranging school children's
exhibits, and then in the ev-
ening a big cash Bingo will
take place.
Monday's activities get under
way at 1 p.m., with a monster
parade led by the Zurich Cent-
ennial Band. At 1:30 p. m.
the Hon. C . S. MacNaughton
will officially open the event.
At 2:30 in the afternoon the
first part of the big Horse Show
will be run off, with classes in
heavy and light horses, as well
as ponies. "Tory" Gregg will
be Master of Ceremonies for the
show.
The Zurich Chamber of Com-
merce are once again sponsoring
the annual Baby Show, and this
event will take place in the
Community Centre at 3 p. m.
Also during the afternoon there
will be the 4- H Calf Club Show,
• as well as the regular cattle •
show. A large midway will be
in operation throughout the
afternoon and evening.
Starting off the evening prog-
ram will be a Western Horse
Show, getting under way at
7:45 p.m. At 9 p.m. a lucky
draw will take place for a Ber-
muda Holiday.
A big change in this year's
program will be the fact that
all exhibits must remain in the
Community Centre until 9 p.m.
Monday night. Other years
exhibitors were allowed to re-
move their articles after 4 p. m.
but so the evening crowd can
also view the displays they
:must remain in the building
until . 9.
I All in all this year's fall fair
;promises to be one of the best
lin the history of the event.
never worked and it won't work
any better in Ontario.
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"As Progressive Conservatives,'
the minister said, "We should
work for a victory strong enough
to route the forces of the New
Democratic Party in Ontario
and keep them what they really
are, just a factional group."
The campaign, Mr. McKeougt
reminded the meeting, must
start now and not end until
October 21. We need to give
up much, he said, and make
many personal and business
sacrifices to ensure a Progres-
sive Conservative victory.
Mr. McKeough lashed out at
the N. D. P, saying that "A
vote for the. New Democrats is
a non -vote for they have no
policies and they have no party.
"The N.D. P. now have 27
members in Toronto and there-
fore they have 27 different party
policies." According to the
cabinet 'minister in the past
four years the New Democrats
have not been able to agree on
one policy.
"The Liberals in Ontario do
not expect to win this election, "
Mr. McKeough said, "and the
N, D. P, are not geared to win
an election."
The minister of Economics
praised Charles MacNaughton
for the excellent work he had
been doing in Queen's park over
the past years and called on
the voters of Huron riding to
return him to office on October
21 as part of a Progressive
Conservative Government.
Federal member for Huron,
Robert McKinley, was also on
hand and spoke briefly to the
meeting as well as the P.C.
candidates for Perth and Huron -
Bruce ridings.
0
ore voters in
Huron ridin!
Election lists in Huron riding
will have at least 2405 addition-
al names when voters go to the
polls on October 21.
The number represents those
in the 18 year to 21 year cate-
gory who for the first time in
the election will be able to
vote. The total is based on
last year's assessment figures for
the municipalities making up
the riding of Huron.
Based on the 1970 assessment
there will be 731 who are 18,
618 in the 19 year category,
546 who are 20 and 510 who
are 21 this year,