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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1972-11-16, Page 1Tri NO.46 FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1972 100 PER COPY REMEMBRANCE DAY - Members of the Hensall Royal Canadian Legion branch 468 along with members of the Ladies Auxiliary, held their annual Remembrance Day ceremonies on Sunday morning. A parade was held to the Cenotaph in Hensall, after which the group attended a church service in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Zurich. The members are shown here as they enter the church for their service. Stanley honors reeve Huron Warden Elmer Hayter, reeve of Stanley Township, who is retiring from municipal politics at the end of this year, was highly praised by fellow councillors and other municipal officials at a ratepayers meeting Monday night in the Varna Hall. Incorning reeve Anson McKin- ley told the gathering that Elmer Hayter has been an ideal reeve, an ideal warden and a fine man. The sarne sentiments were voiced by other members of the council as well as by John Broadfoot, one of the rep- resentatives on the Huron County Board of Education for Stanley, Bayfield, Tucker - smith and Seaforth. In addressing the meeting, Mr. Hayter told of the work he has been involved with at county council level, serving fo. six years on the road committee He explained how the road bud- get has to be cut back this year, and outlined work on a new bridge at Benmilier and a new stretch of development road which was built for the Huron Parkindustrial complex. The reeve also spoke about the work carried out by the planning department on the site of the former Canadian Forces Base at Clinton, adding Pay tribute to choir members Special tribute will be paid two veteran members of the Goshen United Church choir on Sunday morning, for their years of long service. The two men, Richard Robinson and Roy McBride, have a total of 130 years service to the choir. Mr. Robinson will be honour- ed for his 75 years of devotion, and Mr. McBride for his 55 years. Former members of the Goshen United Church choir, who are now living away from the area, are being invited to attend the service. that the new land division regulations are quite complic- ated. Regarding the new social services system now being oper- ated by the county, Mr. Hayter said, "the new system is cost- ing us more money, but we are getting more benefits frorn it than under the old system. Now persons who are fit to work are quite often placed at jobs in- stead of being allowed to draw welfare." Mr. Hayter concluded his re- marks by telling the group that he has found the past year as warden of Huron County a very interesting and education- al one. The retiring reeve has served 13 years in municipal life in Stanley Township. Deputy -reeve Anson McKin- ley, who is stepping up to the chief magistrate's position, also related work at county council level, adding the fact that the experience is one that not everyone can have. Mr. McKinley outlined some of the activity of two committees he has served on during the past two years, health and Huron - view. Mr. McKinley said the prog- ram at Huronview has changed somewhat since the introduct- ion of Extendicare, .in that the major portion of costs of bed- ridden patients is being paid by the government. Councillor Cal Horton, who will be the deputy -reeve for the next two years, told the gather- ing that Stanley has had a wond- erful reeve for the past number of years, but quickly added that there is another good reeve coming up in the person of Anson McKinley. He pointed out that in the past year the council has approved $45, 508. 80 in tile drainage loans, on which the farmer has to pay only four percent interest. Mr. Horton also related that the costs of the Brucefield fire department to the township for (continued on page 4) ANSON McKINLEY New Reeve of Stanley Township CAL HORTON Deputy -Reeve of Stanley Township JOHN TURKHEIM New Reeve of Zurich Full election in Hay There will be an election across the board for ratepayers in the Township of Hay, following the closing on nominations Mon- day night and the deadline for withdrawing at 5 p.m. on Tuesday. All seats on the council, reeve, deputy -reeve and three council- lors, are up for grabs in the balloting which will take place on Monday, December 4. Two men seek the office of reeve. They are incumbent Joseph Hoffman and his challenger, deputy -reeve Lloyd Hendrick. There ate also two candidates for the deputy -reeve position. A former reeve, John Corbett, is running against councillor Harold Camp- bell for this position. Four candidates are in the race for three seats on the Hay Town- ship council. Two of them, Lionel Wilder and John Tinney, are presently members of the council, while the other two, Joseph Miller and Tony Bedard, are newcomers to municipal politics. One other man was nominated for a position on the council, but later withdrew to contest the seat on the Huron County Board of Education. Delbert Geiger, who served as deputy -reeve some years ago, was again nominated for that position but later with- drew. Council vote in Zurich Electors in the Village of Zurich will go to the polls on Dec- ember 4 to elect four of six candidates to a two-year term on the council. The office of reeve was filled by acclamation when only one candidate, John Turl<heim, was nominated for the position, The six men seeking the four council seats are incumbents George Haggitt and Louis Schilbe, with newcomers Fred Haberer, Isidore Laporte, Albert Deichert and Leroy Thiel. The latter has had previous municipal experience for some years, serving both as reeve and councillor for the village. No other nominations were received for any office in the vill- age. The retiring reeve is Gordon H. Hess, who completed four years in that office as well as a number of years on council prior to that. Hensall returns slate All municipal officials in the Village of Hensall were returned to office by acclamation at the recent nominations which closed Monday. John Baker is returning for his third and fourth year as reeve, and his entire council, Murray Baker, Paul Neilands, Len Erb and Harold Knight were all returned to office with him. There were no other nominations for the positions. Two men were also returned to the Hensall Public Utilities Commission by acclamation. They are Charles D. Hay and Roger Venner. Two run for Public school supporters in the Township of flay and the Villages of Hensall and Zurich will vote for one nrari to represent them on the Huron County Board of Education for a two-year term. The two candidates are Delbert Geiger, R,R,2, Zurich, a former deputy -reeve of Hay Township, and Herb Turl<heim, Zurich, a former member of the South Huron District High School board and a former member of the council of the village of Zurich. Ted Geoffrey, 12,12.2, Zurich, won the seat on the Huron -Perth Separate School Board for the sarne three municipalities, by accl- amation. He was the only person nominated for the position. Also re-elected by acclamation was Charles Rau, R.R,2, Zurich, the separate school representative for all of Huron County on the Huron Board of Education. Mr. Geoffrey has served for four years on his board while Mr. Rau has completed a two-year term on the county board. New salary agreement Trustee Michael Connolly of R.R.3, Kippen, chairman of the salary negotiating com- mittee, advised the Huron - Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board Monday that an agreement had been reached with its teachers for the contract year 1972-73. In the agreement ratified by both groups Monday night the 156 teachers of the board will receive an increase of 8.72 per cent. Mr. Connolly pointed out there is an increase in the number of teachers over last year --three oral French teach- ers and two special education teachers. Salary ranged for the element• ary school teachers in categor- ies 1 to 7 respectively, are: $5500 to $7600 (last year ($5400 to $7400); $6000 to $9100 (last year $5900 to $8800); $6500 to $10, 700 (last year $6400 to $10, 100); $'7200 to $12, 400 (last year $$11, 900); $7400 to $12, 900 (last year $7400 to $12,200); $8400 to $13,200 (last year $8300 to $13, 100); $8900 to $13, 700 (last year $8800 to $13,600); (continued on page 16)