Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1973-11-08, Page 1NO. 45 FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS IMIUMNIMIAZI TlHUURSDAY, NOVEMBER F, 1973 15(1: PER COPY LOCAL LION HONOURED - A member of the Zurich Lions Club and a past officer of District "A" of Lions International was honoured at the regular meeting of the local organization on Monday night. Vic Dinnin, centre, was presented with a special award by Past District Governor Elwood Tucker, of Kitchener, for his outstanding service to Lions as both a District Governor and Chairman of the Board of Governors of District "A". Watching the proceedings on the right is , Don Oke, president of the Zurich Lions Club. chers c Huron -Perth Rornan Catholic separate school teachers have threatened to close 19 elemen- tary schools at the first of the year unless a contract settle- ment is reached by December 31. Pat Monaghan, chief negot- iator for the teachers, said Tuesday night teachers have voted 107 -Ito have the Ontario English -Catholic Teachers' Association start collecting resignations November 13. There are 155. teachers in the system. He said it is not the desire of teachers to close the schools, but they will have no choice unless a contract settlement is reached. While no future negotiations are planned, Mr. Monaghan said he hopes talks will resume later this month. He said if no settlement is reached by November 30, the Huron -Perth branch of the teachers' association will turn negotiations over to the parent er strike Hensall (by Rena Caldwell) Hensall Council, at their meeting this week, discussed the fate of small towns and villages and the trend of shoppers to large shopping plazas. Discussion also took place over renovating the arena, the issuing of debent- ures and securing grants. Ernie Davis reported that he had finished the catch basins, had spent two days patching with cold mix, fixed driveways over the new sidewalks, and one week cleaning up after the windstorm. He reported that the drain on North Richmond had been cleared, and work done on trees at Robert Simp- son's. Regarding the complaint at the last meeting by Willard Buchanan of cars parked illeg- ally. Mr, Davis spent eight hours investigating and found no infringements. Reeve Baker and councillor Knight also investigated but found nothing wrong. Mr. Davis was instructed to find out if Murray Bell will clear snow at the dump. Clarence Reid will plough the streets. Davis was also instruct- ed to get a new lock for the dump. Ile reported taking a stray dog to the Veterinary Clinic at a cost of $12. Councillor Len Erb reported the sidewalks completed and cou ncil was not pleased with the job, which was reported to be rough. Councillor Reeve Neilands reported for the Park Board and asked Council for $2000 toward paying for draining the Park. A grant of $2600 was made to the Park Board on Motion of Murray Baker and Erb. Council agreed that trailers parked on the saw mill lot must not be too close to the street, as they will hinder snow ploughing. Two new flags will be purchased. Bendix have a drain and catch basin to keep water off adjacent gardens. Council received word regard- " ing annexation proceedings. They were advised the clerks and treasurers will meet on November 22. Construction safety reports regarding building permits, etc., will henceforth be sent to G. Duncan Black, in London. Building permits were granted to Agro -Press to do renovations. Bills and accounts amounting to $9814.35 were ordered paid. body in Toronto. Teachers are seeking a 12 - per cent increase, basins their demands on cost -of -living increases. The IIuron-Perth separate school board has offer- ed 3.4 percent in a one-year contract. The previous agreement expired September 1. Negotiat- ions started in March. Mr. Monaghan said the resig- nations would go into effect December 31. Ile said the vote was taken Monday night. David Teahen, chairman of the board's negotiating team, said trustees were aware of the meeting but had not been inf- ormed on the outcome. Ile also anticipates talks will resume this month. Mr. Monaghan said when the parries last met October 13, board negotiators were advised about a possible shutdown. ensall legion plans service Members of the Hensall Royal Canadian Legion Branch 468 will observe Remembrance Day in the community on Sun- day, November 11. A parade, which forms at 9:45 a.m. sharp, will march to the cen- otaph in front of the Hensall Town Hall. Wreaths will be placed at the cenotaph by representatives of various org- anizations and municipalities. Following the service at the , cenotaph the group will march to Carmel Presbyterian Church, Hensall, for a Remembrance Day Service at 11 a.m. A Remembrance Day banquet { is also scheduled for members of the Hensall Branch 468 on Saturday night, November 10, beginning at 7 p.m. All memb- ers of the branch have been ti urged to attend these events, Hay offer e s'II new fir agreement A fire agreement between the Township of Ilay and the Village of Hensall is closer to becoming a reality following a decision reached by the Ilay council at their regular meet- ing on Monday. I lay has offered to pay Ilen- sall the sum of $6, 000 for a share in their fire engine, as well as lis percent of total maintenance costs. In addition they agreed to pay the wages of the firemen called to a fire in the township. While Ilensall has indicated they will accept the new offer, the agreement roust be ratified by Tuchersniitlt Township before it can becotue official. Tucl:ersnlith has a part owner- ship in tite new Ilensall eng,ine, and therefore roust he in agree- ment with any new proposals presented by another municip- ality.. unicip- ality. There has been no fire agree- ment between the Township of Ilay and the Village of llensail since a new engine was purch- ased to serve I lensall and Tuckersmith. At that time Hen- sall asked Ilay to .loin in the system, bur there was no agree- ment reached. if the new agree utent meets with the approval of Tuckersmith, a date of January 1, 1971 has been set as the effective tens of tate cont- ract. teachin (by Wilma Oke) The V.D. (Venereal Disease) Kit prepared jointly by the Ministry of health and the Ministry of Education will not be introduced to students in Grades 7 and 8 in the 10 sep- arate schools under the jurisd- iction of the Huron- Perth County Roman Catholic Separ- ate School Board. This decision was reached in a committee of the whole by the Board members follow- ing a special meeting held Monday in Seaforth. A state- ment read to the press after the long discussion is as foll- ows: "The V . D. Kit will not be introduced to Grades 7 and 8 until such time as the Fam- ily Life program is introduced. At a special Board meeting on October 15 at St. James School, in Seaforth, Dr. Frank Mills, Goderich, Director of the Huron County Health Unit presented the kit to the trustees and representatives of the Huron -Perth Deanery, of which Rev. Carl Keene, of Stratford is president. He showed slides, transparencies, etc., to dem- onstrate how the Kit provides information to students, starting with Grade 7, on how the diseases are caught, how to avoid them and how they are treated. Dr. Mills told of the import- ance of young people being aware of venereal disease (continued on page 16) In other business at the meeting the clerk and road sup- erintendent were instructed to prepare and forward notices to any persons who have been plowing or interfering in any way with township road allow- ances. All such persons will be notified that they will be liable for re -shaping and re- seeding the road allowances. A tile drainage loan'applic- ation in the amount of $4, 000. was approved at the Monday nteeting. 0 Grant e r ch The history of technology in the Ilay Township region has been awarded a $3000 grant front the Canada Council'; new "exploration program" this year, it was announced recently in Ottawa. Professor J .F. Hart, with the University of Western Ontario's computer science department, will get $3, 000 to continue a rttechanology centre in Zur- ich to study the technological history of the Ilay Township region of Huron County. The rnechanology centre, a group of Zurich area residents and Londoners interested in the effect of technology on this rural and Historical area, began in 1971 with an Opportunities for Youth grant. Professor Hart said this grant will enable them to acquire a permanent home in Zurich to keep collected documents and artifacts of the community. "There is such a cross-sect- ion of nationalities and so many old-time farriers in this area that it is an ideal centre to begin this type of research, ' he said. "We wish to bring the experiences of the old to the young and trace the history of technology effect on rural communities in a documented form. 0 RNA GRADUATE Donna Elizabeth Schilbe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Schilbe, Zurich, grad- uated recently from South Huron Hospital School of Nurs- ing. She is presently employed at St. Joseph's Hospital, Lond- on. (Photo by Doerr)