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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1973-08-23, Page 14PAGE 14 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS SOUVENIR EDITION Pardon the inconvenience! When visitors to this year's eighth annual Bean Festival arrive in the village of Zurich, they will no doubt be slightly disturbed about the condition of the streets. However, there is really nothing that can be done to rectify the situation for this year's event. Progress in the form of a sewage system for the village must take it's toll. Both the general contractor and the village council have promised their fullest co-operation to see that all the main streets are in as good a condition as possible under the circum- stances. Barring a heavy down -pour of rain in the last minute, visitors should be able to move around the main core area with- out too much trouble. Hopefully b, the time next year's festival rolls around all the streets will be restored to a better condition than ever, and visitors will find the going .much more pleasant. In the meantime, please pardon the inconvenience. Welcome visitors! The residents of the village of Zurich extend a welcome to you when you attend the eighth annual Bean Festival, and hope your visit to the community will remain in your memories for years to come. Zurich was first organized in 1856 by a Swiss, named Frederick Knell. Shortly after this a post office was opened and later a store, a,grist mill and a saw mill, Mr. Knell became active in the early life of Zurich and served four years as reeve of Hay Township. His wife taugh the first school in the area. Within ten years of its founding Zurich acquired a pop- ulation of 300 people. Today the population of the village is about 820. After 25 years of existence the community had a daily mail service to and from Hensali, as well as its own tele- graph service. It was the largest settlement in Hay Township. In 1956 Zurich celebrated it's centennial, and an old bou's reunion was held for four days to mark the event. Thousands of former residents visited their old home town during this celebration. All this time Zurich was a police village, in the Township of Hay. In 1959 the village trustees decided it was time to incorporate Zurich as a village. and the official incorporation began in January of 1960. The village now has a reeve and four councillors while previously governed by a three-man police village trustee board, under the jurisdiction of Hay Township. When you visit the village during the Bean Festival, talk to some of the older residents, and ask them about the interest- ing history of the community where many of the residents are of German or French descent. ZUM` .' Citizens NEWS PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH HERE TURKHEIM, Publisher Second Class Mail Registration Number 1385 su Member: swim Canadian Weekly. Newspapers Association ,' 'i Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Or Subscription Rates: $5.00 per year in advance in Canada; $6.00 in United States and Foreign; single copies 15¢ 1973 better year for most crops Summer of '73 has been a golden shudder at the mayhem caused last year by a wet, windy growing season which ended with a harvest bogged in the mud. It's different this year, county agricultural representative Don Pullen said last Thursday. The rain came when it was needed and long stretches of sunshine did the rest. In 1972, the rain came cont- inually and cost farmers more than $:1 million in white bean losses as their soggy crops rotted in the fields. The year before, beans brought in $7 million for Huron growers who produced nearly half of the Ontario crop. Do help t Each year the committee in charge of the annual Bean Fest- ival in Zurich is grateful to various organizations and firms who donate and supply much of the food products for the event. Supplying the white beans for the big meal are the Ontario Bean Producers' Marketing Board; W. G. Thompson and Sons Ltd., Cook's Division of Gerbro Corp.; and the Hensali District Co -Operative. Another generous donor over the years has been Ian Coles, of London and Grand Bend, who operates the Atlantic Sugar franchise for Canada. Each year Mr. Coles has donated 300 pounds of brown sugar to give the beans that delicious sweet flavor they always have. This year, anticipating a larger crowd than usual, Mr. Coles has increased his donation to 400 pounds. The Windsor Salt Company is donating all the salt used in the preparation of the baked beans, and the H.J. Heinz Company is making a sizeable donation to- wards the tomato juice and ketchup used this year. Also helping the project con- siderably is the Burn's Meat Packing Company, who guarant- eed a price on the cold ham some weeks ago despite a rapid- ly increasing price situation. The meat was bought at a price considerably less than today's high rate. Additional picnic tables are loaned to the Bean Festival this year and also last year by the Trillium Woods Park, at Parkhill owned by George Dixon. The Bean Festival committee are also grateful to the village of Zurich for their fine co- operation in blocking off streets and making other facilities available for the day. TEENAGERS LOVE THIS 3 1/2 cans pork and beans 1 med. onion minced 1/4 cup molasses 3 tbsp, pickle relish 1 tbsp Worchestershire sauce 2 tsp. prepared mustard 1/4 tsp pepper 7 - oz. bot ginger ale or lemon pop 2 - oz, can sliced mushrooms Stir beans w:th all ingredients except mushrooms. Pour into casserole and bake at 325 deg. 1 1/2 hrs. Mix in mushrooms and continue baking 1/2 hour. 6 to 9 servings The weather reduced the county's normally profitable malt barley crop ($2 million in 19'71) to low-priced feed at a loss to producers of nearly $200, 000. The $4 million corn crop also suffered as the damp fall and early winter hampered harvest- ing. Fields were so wet that many farmers put off plowing until the next spring. Ths year, Mr. Pullen said, winter wheat harvesting is comp- lete and cereal grains should be finished "in a few days." The grain and corn crops look good, with prices rising to almost "historic proportions, " he said. Ile said grain prices, for ex- ample, range upwards from $2 a bushel, double the 1972 price. "Tt's about time we did get some good prices... it may en- courage some of our young people to take over their home farms and others to go into farm- ing, " he said. Mr. Pullen said many farmers have been discouraged by low prices in the past and drifted away from the industry. "Today's prices are not abnor- mal considering what v, acre earners get and the number of hours farmers put in. The !,rice are gratifying and long overdue. There is some concern ahow this year's bean harvest wlilch k due to begin at the end of Au4.;- ust, along with corn. The problem is with "bronz- ing, " which Mr. Pullen said has been around for many years but is "somewhat worse this year than usual." Ile said bronzing is a non - virus disease caused by sunshine passing through a layer of air pollution in the atmosphere before reaching the fields. The phenomenon, which af- fects only white beans, is worse in the southern part of the county which is closest to indust- rial centres. It's too early to tell, but it could affect the bean yield, " Mr. Pullen said, On a brighter note, the hay yield has been "terrific...seconc to none, " he said with some farmers enjoying and second and often third cuts. Mr. Pullen said the recently - announced export restrictions on beef and pork will "depress" the area's cattle market. According to the last avail- able statistics, Iluron County which is second in total beef cattle and marketing to Bruce County, had 82, 000 head in 1971 valued at $18.5 million, Now with price hikes, Mr. Pullen said, beef cattle which likely will have grown in number are worth from $23 million to $30 million. 0 WIENER -AND -BEANS ROLLS 6 round crusty rolls Butter to spread 12 wieners 1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese 1 tbsp. prepared mustard 1 - 19 oz. can baked beans Split rolls, toast and butter lightly Make 6 or 7 diagonal cuts about halfway through each wiener, to form circle, and place on top of roll. Mix cheese with mustard and spread on top of wieners. Fill centers with baked beans. Broil 6 -inches from heat until wieners are lightly browned (about 5 min. Serve with pickles or relishes. Business and Professional Directory OPTOMETRISTS J. E. 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