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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, TUNE 8, 1972
Students study early history
RODGERVILLE
Many years before Hensall
began and approximately the
time Zurich was being establish•
ed, the little hamlet of Rodger-
ville flourished along Highway
4, one and one-half miles
south of present day Hensall.
A post office was established
there in 1857 and the little
community of seventy souls
soon boasted three stores, three
blacksmith shops, one wagon
shop, two boat and shoe shops,
a tannery, a tavern, a church,
a brick yard and a cheese fact-
ory.
Matthew Rodgers, after whom
the community was named, was
Rodgerville's most prominent
citizen running a general store,
a teaming business, hauling
grain to Goderich and a brick
yard.
The cheese factory was one
of the most important indust-
ries in the area. It was a co-
operative set-up, managed by
a Mr. Malcolm. About 150 pat-
rons supplied milk for the fact-
ory from nearly 1200 cows.
In the 1870's and 80's this
plant was processing over two
million pounds of milk per year
into about 200, 000 pounds of
cheese for net sales of around
$20, 000. (the cheese sold for
around 10¢ per pound.)
By the 1890's the business was
slowing down and production was
less than half what it had been
at it's peek.
An interesting side note about
the cheese factory is that at one
time a piggery (containing up
to 300 pigs) was adjacent to the
factory. The piggery was forced
to move by complaints about
the odour affecting the flavour
of the cheese.
All these things are now gone.
As you go through the former
town site, only a couple of
small houses stand to remind
you of it's past.
With the corning of the rail-
road and the building of a rail-
road station at Hensall, the
Rodgerville businesses either
moved to Hensall or gradually
died out, This kind of death
was suffered by many small
communities missed by the
railroad, Zurich being a not-
able exception.
NOTE: Would anyone having
any information to do with past
local history such as, grist mills,
saw mills, brick yards, cheese
factories, etc., please contact
the Opportunities for Youth
Technological Survey, at 236-
4929, Zurich.
Hay approves
The council of the Township
of Hay, at their regular meet-
ing on Monday night, approved
two land severances which have
been applied for in the munic-
ipality.
Approval was given to the
application of Herb and Ruby
Neeb for severance on part of
lot 20, concession 10, due to
the fact the land to be severed
has an existing dwelling locat-
ed on it.
The other severance approved
was for Frank Soudant, on part
of lot 21, concession 7, for the
purpose of building a house on
one acre of land.
In other business council
instructed clerk Wayne Horner
to inform the Department of
Lands and Forests that they
have not changed their mind in
connection with refusing Mr.
Cantin in his application to
construct a boat hoist at St.
Toseph, Council also requested
the department to have the
existing structure removed.
An application was tentative')
approved from William Roose-
boom on lot 18, concession 8,
to build an addition to his barn
of 20' x 40', subject to his
having received approval from
the Department of Agriculture
and the Air Management Branch
for his plan.
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A petition for drainage works
was received from Peter Visch-
er, lot 14, S,B; Clayton Merri-
er, lot 12 con, S,B; and T.K.
Riddell, lot 13, con. S.B. The
petition was approved and the
council appointed engineer
C ,P, Corbett to present a report
on the drain as soon as possible.
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Zurich Midgets
in opener
The Zurich Midget hardball
team opened their season on
Monday night in Crediton, and
posted an impressive 7-5 vict-
ory over last year's champions.
Fred Mommersteeg hurled the
victory for the locals.
Tonight, Thursday, the team
makes their home debut when
they play host to the same
Crediton team. Game time is
6.30 p. m.
The Midget team is being
supervised by Terry Rader and
Fred Mommersteeg.
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WESTERN GRADUATE
Miss Patricia Etue,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ken Etue, Seaforth, received
her degree from the Faculty
of Social Sciences at Univer-
sity of Western Ontario on
Wednesday.
She received her educat-
ion at St. James Elementary
School and S.D.H.S.; Brescia
College and U.W.O. For the
past few months she has been
doing volunteer work at C. P.
R,L, London. She has accepted
a temporary position with the
Metropolitan Toronto Assoc.
for Retarded Children,
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BOX OFFICE OPENS AT 8 P, M.
FIRST SHOW AT DUSK
Play golf
for retarded
A special benefit day is being
staged at the Ausable golf course
Saturday, June 17 with all
proceeds going to the Adult
Workshop being planned by the
South Huron Association for the
Mentally Retarded.
Exeter and district merchants
are donating 20 trophies and
additional prizes for the com-
petitions which are open to
everyone.
Celebrities from CFPL radio in
London and CKNX in Wingham
will be ori hand to participate in
various ways. Among the London
disc jockeys will be Jason
Roberts, Mark Lade, Bruce Love,
Mark Bradley and Ron Thomas.
The tourney will get underway
at 8 a.m. Additional information
may be obtained from Bruce
Shaw who is in charge of
arrangements.
Police Report
Area motorists are to be cong-
ratulated this week for their
improved driving habits as only
two accidents were investigated
by the Exeter detachment of
the Ontario Provincial Police.
The sole collision occurred
on May 28. The accident hap-
pened on Highway #21 north of
Grand Bend, when cars driven
ly David Smith, Huron Park,
and Leonard Johnston, Exeter,
collided at the entrance to
Oakwood Park. Total damage
was estimated at $375. by
Constable Bill Lewis.
During the one-week period
the detachment handed out 18
warnings under the Highway
Traffic Act, and laid 39 charges
Nine charges were laid under
the Liquor Control Act and 17
under the Criminal Code of
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