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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1973
50 Years Ago
A number from this part of
the country attended the For-
ward Movement convention
held in Crediton last Monday
night and Tuesday.
Miss Vera Siebert has opened
her millinery parlours in Zur-
ich, which she purchased from
Miss M. Routledge, She is now
in a position to trade with the
public, since she has a large
stock of merchandise on hand.
Miss Isobel Howell, of Thor-
old, has been engaged to teach
at the Goshen School, north of
Zurich, for the coming term.
Berl Ashton, of Gorrie, has
returned to Hensall and will
have charge of the millinery
department in the Rannie store.
A total of 48'scholars have
enrolled in the high school dep-
artment of the Hensall Public
School, and officials feel it
will soon be necessary to either
build another part to the school
or erect a new school.
The death occurred in Hen-
sall on Saturday of an aged
resident, Mrs. Douglas, who
was formerly of Blake for many
years.
35 Years Ago
Mr. Joseph Oesch, a former
resident of this area and for the
past 27 years of resident of
Biggar, Saskatchewan, is at
present renewing old acquaint-
ances throughout this area.
Mr. West, the teacher engag-
ed to teach the Bronson Line
school in Hay Township, along
with his wife, has taken up res-
idence above the Merner store
in Zurich.
' Mr. and Mrs, E, M, Dagg,
who have been living in the
house just south of Eckel's Bak-
ery in Zurich, have moved into
the home recently purchased
DURABLE PRESS
Durable press or permanent
press has become a common
term in our clothing vocabulary.
But how many shoppers know
what it means? In the durable
press process, finished garments
are cured or baked into their final
pressed shape, to which they
will always return after 'laun-
dering,
• OF
YEARS GONE
- BY -
by H, W, Brokenshire, from
the Truernner estate, Mr. Brok-
enshire has made a number of
alterations to the building.
25 Years Ago.
Gerald Shantz, four-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Elam
Shantz, of near Hensall, suffer-
ed a nasty leg injury last week
when he fell off a farm wagon
and received a deep gash on his
leg. Mrs. C. Minke, and grand-
daughter, little Donna Oesch, of
Zurich, are visiting with relat-
ives in Chesley for a couple of
weeks.
Mr. Lorne Weber, of Philadel-
phia, better known in this area
as "General, " was a visitor for
a few days with his aunt, Mrs.
Phoebe Weber, in Zurich.
The truck drivers of the Bren-
nan Paving Company, who are
currently paving the runways at
Centralia Airport, went on
strike on Monday morning, and
all work on the project was
stopped.
Miss Joyce Scruton, of Tor-
onto, accompanied by Mrs.
Bert Horton and family, of Her.-
sall, are enjoying their vacat-
ion at Grand Bend.
Wilson Allan, well-known
Hensall trucker suffered a brok-
en arm last week while he was
drawing gravel from McLean's
pit, east of Hensall.
A stubborn bush fire which for
three days threatened valuable
property at the Beach of Pines,
near Grand Bend, was finally
subdued on Sunday.
10 Years Ago
Four sections of Hay Town-
ship School Area have petition-
ed the council of the Township
of Hay to release them from
the township school area, foll-
owing a vote last Friday which
approved complete consolidat-
ion. The vote had approved the
addition of two classrooms and
a gymnasium to the area school
located in the village of Zurich.
The 57 year old clerk of
Usborne Township who withdrew
his name shortly after he was
nominated Tuesday night, as
Liberal candidate in Huron
riding, changed his mind a few
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minutes later and decided to
seek election, when three others
nominated dropped out.
Council expressed their conf-
idence in the detachment of
Ontario Provincial Police stat-
ioned in Grand Bend this summer
by authorizing a letter of com-
mendation and appreciation to
be sent to the Attorney' Gener-
al's department as soon as poss-
ible.
Cool, cloudy, damp weather
has curtailed the completion of
threshing and there is still about
20 o of the spring grain crop
yet to be harvested.
Test drilling equipment arriv-
ed in the Grand Bend Harbour
on Monday from Wallaceburg,
to begin work on test holes for
the water pipe line which is
expected to be built from Lake
Huron to London.
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Red or Yellow
5" king shackle for
bicycles. Dependable:.
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mechanism.
As above with short
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