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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1971-11-11, Page 1T0 NC . 45 - FIRST WITH THE LCCAL NEWS ZURICH ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1971 10¢ PER COPY WORK PROGRESSES - Despite adverse weather conditions during the past few days, work on the Zurich Water System project is advancing at a steady pace. In this photo two of the men employed on the project, Roy. Clarke, lower, and Joe Regier, upper, are seen as they complete the installation of one of the new fire hydrants which will be located at various points throughout the village. Most of the water mains have been laid in the north half of the village, and with a break at all from the weatherman in the next few weeks, the south half will soon be completed as well. Set up insura (by Wilma Oke) Trustee Ted Geoffrey, R.R. 2, Zurich, chairman of the pers- onnel committee of the Huron - Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board, report- ed at a meeting in Seaforth Monday night that the com- mittee to draw up specificat- ions for a teachers' Group Life Insurance plan had completed the specifications and had advertised for tenders for the plan. Mr. Geoffrey said that the members of the committee were teachers Ronald Gladding and Paul Nickel, both of Stratford, Superintendent of Education Tohn Vintar, Busin- ess Administrator Jack Lane, Trustee F,1, Vere of Stratford and Mr. Geoffrey, Trustee Arthur Haid, R. R. 4, Listowel, chairman of the Transportation Committee, reported that for the school year, 1971-72, the increased cost of transportation over the previous year will amount to 2. 9 per cent, Mr. Haid said this was a lower increase than most boards would face. A bill for $45 for cutting grass at St. Boniface School in Zurich during the past sum- mer was passed for payment. Trustee Francis Hicknell, R. R. 5, Seaforth, reported it a very worthwhile day when he attended the daylong workshop 1 n on teaching religious education at the professional development day for separate school teachers held in Stratford last Wednesday. The board members agreed that any trustee or school could participate in placing a wreath at Remembrance Day cerem- onies in any community if a trustee or a school d€sired to do this. Mr, Vintar said a number of letters had been received from staff in appreciation for the privilege of attending the Live - ins and the Professional Develop- ment days, both to assist teach- ers in religious education inst- ruction in the schools, and also the staff dinner held recently, Mr. Vintar reported these events strengthened the ties uniting the teachers, the administrative staff and the board members into a successful working unit. 0 Keep close cheek Last week, OPP kept a sur- veillance of four area industries after threats had been received that 50 American owned comp- anies would have their Canadian branch plants bombed if the U.S. proceeded with their underground nuclear bomb test at Amchitka, The four industries in the area are Bell Aerospace, Boise Cas- cade, Hall Lamp and Hughes Boat works. sale finally apprved At the regular meeting of the council of the village of Zurich last Thursday night, final ap- proval was given to Ivan Ka1b- fleisch to sell a lot on Walnut Street to Tony Verberne, of Hensall. Mr. Verberne plans to erect a house on the lot as soon as possible. The lot in question is in a new section which has not been developed as yet, and the buyer and seller were left responsible to provide a roadway to the new home. The approval for the selling of the lot has been under quest- ion for some time, both by the village and the Huron County land division committee which must approve all severances in the future. Under the new rul- ings, the seller also has to give five percent of the selling price to the municipality involved. In other business at the meet- ing, council awarded the cont- ract for the supply of fuel oil for the next year to Arrow Pet- roleums, through their local agent, R, N, McKinley. The contract price was 17.5 cents per gallon, guaranteed for one year. Variety st is re pens Zurich this week A new store, known as Phil's Variety, opened in the village of Zurich this week in the build- ing once owned by Elroy Desj- ardine and more recently by Lloyd Dungey. Proprietor of the new business establishment is popular Phil Overholt, a resid- ent of Zurich for many years. Merchandise in the store con- sists of groceries, confectionary, soft drinks, ice cream, and all other lines of variety store goods. As well,. Mr. Overholt has a section devoted to quick lunches and a coffee bar. In addition to the variety store, he also will be operating the gas pumps in connection with the former Desjardine garage, which have not been in use for some time. Mr. Overholt told the Citizens News that he plans to sell a top line of merchandise at the low- est possible prices. To start with the store will be open every day of the week, from eight o' clock in the morning until 11 p.m. A grand opening event is being planned for sometime in the near future, and full partic- ulars will be found in a later edition of the Citizens News. Little chane hi official count Final results in the election as revealed by the official count carried out Wednesday by Huron Returning Officer, R, T. Bolton, reduced Mr. MacNaughton's total by 64 votes, Mr. Duncan by 15, Mr. Carroll by 13 and Mr. Bain by one, The errors arose in totals that had been phoned in election night from one of the Exeter polls, Mr. Bolton said. The official totals, Bain 94, Carroll 3, 414, Duncan 3, 638 and MacNaughton 9, 793. Two other tenders were rec- eived for the supply of oil, one from Ross Scott Fuels, of Bruce - field, at 19.4 cents per gallon, and the other from Hensall District Co-operative at the same price. Len Morris, of the London office of the Department of Municipal Affairs, met with council to discuss financing of the water system project which is currently under way in the village. He advised council that he felt the best method -of financing would be to use a temporary loaning plan with the Banl< of Montreal until the project is completed, and then issue the debentures required to cover the remaining costs. He pointed out that a number of ratepayers might wish to pay off their frontage charges at a greatly reduced rate, and this would make the amount needed on a debenture issue considerably less. A building permit was approv- ed for Tony Verberne, to build a new home in the village at an approximate cost of $12, 000. Bend hal,. deput Reeve Tohn Payne, of Grand Bend told members of his coun- cil at their meeting last week that he has been advised by the clerk of Lambton County that the summer resort is now qualif- ied to have a deputy -reeve. Steps will be taken to have the post of deputy -reeve included in the 1972 nominations. This move would not increase the size of council. The new system would provide a reeve, deputy -reeve and three counc- illors for the village. The pres- ent council consists of the reeve and four councillors. A bylaw was passed whereby the village of Grand Bend as- sumes responsibility of the oper- ation of the Huron Hope Nursery school for retarded children located south of Grand Bend. With a municipality being in charge, grants from the provin- cial government are available. Up to this time, grants have not been received and the cost of the school has been borne by the South Huron Association for the Mentally Retarded mainly through donations. Nursery school is housed in a former bosan4uet township school The building is now owned by the Grand Bend Order of the Alhambra which has given the mentally retarded association frei Police report Low property damage and minor injuries resulted when five minor accidents occurred in the past week. A rash of malicious damage occurred during the past week- end in Usborne Township, when several local youths started a spree of destruction. Three dwellings, two businesses, and twenty mail boxes received damage. Constable Bill Glass - ford, and Dale Lamont have charged three local youths. The change of weather has brought with it this reminder to local motorists to drive with added caution and care as the ice and snow invariable contributes to motor vehicle collisons. Local motorists are reminded of the prohibitory ban on stud- ded tires in Ontario, Provincial Constable Bill Lewis has returned from the Ontario Police College this week and will be resuming his duties, 'Provincial Constable Al Quinn will be at the College for the next six weeks. use of the premises. Under the new system, balance of the costs after grants will be borne by the municipalities from which children attend. At the moment the school has five students, three from Stephen township and one each from Hensall and Bosanquet. The new fire truck of the neighbouring townships of Stephen and Bosanquet arrived several weeks ago. Councillor Bill Cochrane chairman of the Grand Bend and area fire committee report- ed total cost of the new engine was $23,121. In the cost sharing agreement, Grand Bend pays 40 percent while Stephen and Bosanquet are each responsible for 30 percent. Councillor Shirley Sylvester in charge of a vigorous camp- aign to lower the amount of tax arrears in the village reported more than $40, 000 of the total outstanding taxes of $78, 000 at the beginning of 1971 were paid. 0 A p f; r rve by-law Ste site During a regular meeting last Monday night, Hay Township council gave first and second reading to a bylaw to establish a waste management site on Concessions 8 and 9. The location is on property owned by Tony Hoffman, on the Babylon Line, and is the back section of his farm, App- roximately five acres of land is being leased for this purpose. At the same time, officials of Hay Township have been busy cleaning up their old dump grounds, on the second conces- sion. The new site will have the blessings of the Department of Energy Resources, and will confirm to their regulations. About $100 worth of antiques and furniture were stolen from an unoccupied house in Hay Township. It was owned by Hugh McEwan, Stolen were a pump organ, organ stool, china cabinet and a recliner chair. Police are also investigating the entry into a home in Huron Park on Monday. About nine, one- inch holes were punched in the walls of the living room. Damage was estimated at $10 and police believe it was the work of children.