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Zurich Citizens News, 1972-11-09, Page 1Ti) e NO. 45 FIRST WITHI THE LOCAL NEWS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 19 72 100 PER COPY NEW BUS ARRIVES - A 12 -passenger bus for the residents of Blue Water Rest Home arrived in Zurich last week and was presented to t.cm on Tuesday morning. Funds for the new vehicle were donated by the Lions Clubs of Zurich, Exeter and .Grand Bend, along with the Ladies Auxiliary to the Home. Shown here is superintendent Josef Risi left, as he prepares to take three of the men for a ride in the new unit. With Mr. Risi are Fred Gibson, of Thedford, Elmer Lawson, of Crediton, and Henry Flaxbard, of .Zurich, NEW FACILITIES - A large new barn has recently been built in Hensall for the Hensall Livestock Sales, and is now in use. The new facility is located immediately east of their former buildings. With. the addition of the new barn the sales outlet can accommodate a larger number of livestock for their weekly sales and their special consignment sales. RC iTl a a r Monday night the Huron - Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board held a special meeting and gave final approval to the architect's completed plans for the additions to St. Aloysius Separate School in Stratford and Holy Name School in St. Marys. Brian Garratt and Brian Reid of the firm of architects, Kyles, Kyles and Garratt of Stratford, had their plans for the additions on display and outlined the details to the trustees. Given the board's approval of the plans, Mr. Garratt will be un Toronto on Thursday for final approval by Ministry of Education officials and the Ontario Fire Marshall. He hopes to call for tenders on November IS, asking that the tenders for St. Aloysius School be in by December 4 and for Holy Name School by December 11. approve additions The grant price for the addit- ion at St. Aloysius is $198, 000 and at Holy Name is $295, 000 Some additional maintenance work will be tendered at the same time, Mr. Garratt said. Included in the addition at St. Aloysius will be more administrative space, with a library -resource centre, gymn- asium, change rooms and a general purpose room which can be used by the public after hours. Included in the addition to Holy Name School will be three classrooms, administrative space, library -resource centre, gymnasium and change rooms. The additional space at Holy Name will be built onto the north end of the school and the original schobl built in 1876 at the extreme south end will be demolished. Only a stone wall will be retained as part of the existing school. At the beginning of the meet- ing the trustees were invited by the chairman to indicate their intentions to stand for re-elect- ion to the board. Chairman James Mortis, of Stratford said he would not be running again, but would seek a seat as a Stratford alderman. Trustee Chris Walraven of St. Marys will not run again he said, as he has been transferred to Kitchen- er by his employers. Trustee Pat Carty said he will run for a school board member for Stratford as he has moved to the city from R, R. 5, Stratford. Formerly he represented Ellice, North Easthope and South East - hope. The other eleven trustees said they would stand for re- election. They are Howard Shantz, David Teahen and (continued on page 5) Changes are possible in area municipalities Many changes will be assured in municipal councils and area school boards for the next two years, after all nominations have been received in various municipalities this weekend. Nomin- ations begin this morning, Thursday, and will be received until 5 p.m. on Monday. A number of present members of various boards have indicated their intention to retire. In Hay Township reeve Joseph Hoffman has indicated he will again contest that position. He told the Citizens News that the people voted him into office, and he feels an obligation to seek the position for another term. Deputy -reeve Lloyd Hendrick has not announced his intentions, and at the same time councillor Harold Campbell has indicated if the deputy -reeve position were vacant be would be after it. If not, Campbell indicated he would again run for council. The other two councillors, Lionel Wilder and John Tinney, have both said they would seek re- election. No new candidates have announced their intentions in Hay Township. The situation in Stanley Township is somewhat different, how- ever, following the announcement that Elmer Hayter plans to retire after serving his term as Warden of Huron County, Deputy - reeve Anson McKinley has announced he will be a candidate for the office of reeve, and veteran councillor Cal Horton plans to run for deputy, The other two members of the council, Tom Consitt and Paul Steckle, have both indicated they would seek re- election. In Grand Bend two councillors have indicated they would not seek re-election, Both Dave Jackson and Paul Panet have said they definitely would not be filing nomination papers. Reeve John Payne indicated he would seek re-election, and one memb- er of the council, Murray Desjardine, will also be a candidate. The fifth member, Bill Cochrane, is undecided. At Hensall, reeve John Baker is willing to seek re-election while three members of his council, Paul Neilands, Len Erb and Murray Baker, have all indicated their willingness to stand for office. The only undecided member of the Hensall council is Harold Knight. No indication of the intentions of the four members of the Zurichcouncil has been given to the Citizens News, although it has been reported one or two of the members are ready to step out. To date, the names of three men who are willing to run for office have been circulating around the village. Charles Rau, R. R. 2, Zurich, who has represented the Separate Schools on the Huron County Board of Education for the past two years, is willing to contest this post for another tern, he indic- ated at a recent board meeting. The public school representative, James Taylor, of Hensall, has indicated he will not be a candid- ate for another term. The representative for the Huron -Perth Separate School Board ever since it's origin, Ted Geoffrey, of R. R, 2, Zurich, said on Wednesday morning that he will again be a candidate for that position. Hensall u di seek advice an+iraina g e Drainage problems became the chief topic under discussion when Hensall council met on November 6. Homes that prev- iously had never had water in the basements were now plag- ued with water. Council decided that there must be some reason for this condition and felt that advice should be sought from an eng- ineer. Ernie Davis reported raising the catch basin opposite the feed mill 21 inches; all catch basins about 100 of them, clean- ed; new sidewalks completed on Queen Street and Mill Street; 8 feet poured at the Arena and the sidewalk dug at the Arena; some sidewalk blocks put in on King Street. Council decided to leave the rest of the sidewalks until spring if they can be done for the same money at that time. Murray Baker reported that trees at the home of Bert Horton, Blight Ferg, Coleman, Armstrong, Clark and Dr. Goddard, should be removed. Council felt that someone with knowledge of tree removal would have to supervise if unemployed people were to be used on the tree program. Councillor Neilands reported that Postill.had not been to bulldoze the dump, and that rats were a problem there. Harold Knight reported that he had contacted Tuckersmith reeve Elgin Thompson regarding the fire hose, and the matter will be taken up at Tuckersmith Council meeting. Council learned that the PUC is planning to rebuild hydro lines and trees that are a threat should be removed, and that the Bell Telephone Company intends leaving Hensall in its present rate group. Building permits were issued to P. L . McNaughton, to build a car -port; to Agro Press to make renovations; to Mrs. John (continued on page 2)