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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1973-11-15, Page 1f NO. 40 FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS THURSDAY, NOV EMBER 10, 1073 ICHOL H.t.+ c. 1>.QAssMn1t1:bi.c.A r .TAYLOR R.C.D..^. O�lY1.k?�lnc��e�oat ,}1. HONOUR DEAD OF TWO WARS - A Remembrance Day Service in Hensel' on Sunday morning honoured those who gave up their lives in the two World Wars. The top photo shows Harry Horton left, as he recited the poem, "In Flanders Fields, " with the two Sergeants at Arms for the Legion Auxiliary, Mrs. Iva Reid and Mrs. Donna Allan, at the right of the photo. The lower photo shows Bevan Bonthron and Mks. Joanne Bell placing a wreath at the cenotaph for the Hensel]. Kinsmen and Kinettes, with Sergeant at Arms John Skea and Ernie Davis in the background. RCSS boar (by Wilma Oke) The Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board at a meeting in Seaforth Monday approved paying $200 to the Dublin District Athletic Association to assist in the maintenance of the park adjac- ent to St. Patrick's School in Dublin which the pupils use as a playground during the school term. The board is initiating an ex- amination of the schools' health curriculum. John McCarroll, the physical education consult- ant, is co-ordinating this thrust. He is meeting with the Medical Officers of Health and the Public Health Nursing Supervis- ors of Huron and Perth Counties. The purpose of these meetings discuss had! study is to identify priorities for health education for children from Kindergarten to Grade 6. Following these meetings the first phase will be to design workshops for teachers to ident- ify materials and available resources. There will be close collaboration over a period of time so that an appropriate curriculum guideline may be written. The Board will inform the Parent Teachers Association at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School R. R. 3, Dashwood, that there is nothing allocated in the budget for playground equipment at that school, this year. They will be told that John McCar- roll is to prepare a presentation on playground equipment needed at all 19 schools in the two counties early in the new year. At 7:30 p.m. on November 14 the Stratford members of the board will attend a meeting in Stratford along with members of City Council of Stratford, Stratford Planning Board, Perth County Board of Education, and the Board of Park Manage- ment to discuss with Harold Freure, contra,ctor, his concept of 40 -foot lots in residential subdivisions, density, heighth of apartment buildings, etc. The board granted permission to John Weichel of the Beacon - Herald in Stratford to approach principals of separate schools in Perth for pupils in Kindergart- en to Grades 4 or 5 who might (continued on page 11) 15¢ PER COPY Zurich council name recreation committeee The council of the Village of Zurich have now established their new Recreation, Commun- ity Centre and Parks Board, and at their meeting last week appointed five men to serve on the new body. Chairman of the group is Donald Me, and the Seve area accidents On Monday at 7.16 p.m. a car driven by John Vanderwe:rf, Winghant skidded out of control on Highway 21 north of Grand Bend and collided with a tree. Damage was estimated at $155 by Constable Bill Lewis. On Wednesday at 7:10 p.nt. a car driven by William Pfaff, • Crediton, collided with a farm vehicle driven by Wayne K ing, R.R.-1, Exeter, on the Crediton Road east of Crediton. Total damage was estimated at $801 by Constable Dale Lamont. On Thursday at 10 p.111 • a car driven by Charles l3rowning Sr. , Crediton, skidded out of control on the Crediton Road and rolled into the ditch. Another vehicle approaching from the opposite direction failed to dint its' lights. Damage was estim- ated at $2, 000 by Constable Frank Giffin. Four collisions occurred on Friday as area motorists encount- ered the first snow storm of the season. At 1 a. 01. a car driven by James Morrissey, Crediton, skidded out of control on the Crediton Road and collided with a tree. The driver received min- or injuries. Damage was estim- ated at $1, Oen. by Constable Dale Lamont. At 12:30 p.nt. a car driven by Frederick Campbell, Exeter, skidded out of control on high- way 4 north of Exeter and struck a tree. Damage was estimated at $400 by Constable Al Quinn. At 0:15 p.m. two cars met in a head-on collision on highway 4 south of Exeter. Serious inj- uries resulted as both drivers, Paul Warwick, Belmont, and Mary Core, Kincardine, and passengers in the Core Vehicle, Beverley Clarke and heather Bell, both of Kincardine, were treated at the South Huron Hosp- (continued on page 2) 0 Dote set for achievement The twenty-sixth Annual Iluron'County 4-1-1 Achievement Night will be held in the Centra: Huron Secondary School in Clinton, on Friday, November 23, commencing at 8:00 p. m. All Huron County 4-1-1 Agric- ultural club members who completed aproject in 1973 will receive their awards on this oc- casion, as well as those who hay received special trophies and awards for their 1973 4-H club work. four other members are Lee Reg- ier, Leo Meidinger, Fred Hab- erer and Isidore Laporte. The last two names are council rep- resentatives to the board. Presently the board are negot- iating the services of a qualif- ied Recreation Director to serve the municipality, and hope to make an announcement shortly. In other business at their council meeting last weel<, cou- ncil awarded a contract for the supply of fuel oil to Arrow Pet- roleums, through their local agent, Robert N. McKinley. The Arrow tender was for a dis- count of 2.5 cents per gallon off the retail price. The current retail price listed on the tender was 25.9 cents per gallon. Clerk W.D. Armstrong was instructed to notify Joe Kenda and Les Sampson that the mobile home parked on the Kenda prop- erty is a contravention of by-law number 3, 1973, and it must be moved by November 17. The by-law states that it is illegal to park a mobile home within the limits of the village of Zurich. A similar notice was also ordered sent to Harry Mc- Adams, wlio is building a new home in the village. Council agreed to remit the sunt of $10, 000 to C.A. McDow- ell Construction Co. Ltd., as a progress payment for work the firm has completed on streets in the village. Huron County Planner Gary Davidson met with the council at their meeting to discuss items which may be included in a sub -division agreement. With two new sub -divisions in the planning stages, council have agreed to come up with some definite agreements for this type of projects. 0 Meeting t night Tonight, Thursday, will see an important meeting held in the Zurich Community Centre, when ratepayers in the municip- ality will have a final chance to look at the Official Plan for Zurich, and either voice their approval or disapproval. Officials of the I-luron, County Planning Board have been work- ing for several years to prepare an Official Plan, and details of their suggestions were published last week in a supplement of the Citizens News. Now all ratepayers have their final chance, to approve or reject the plan. It is of utmost importance that all ratepayers should be present at this meeting tonight, to have a voice in the future of their community. If no object- ions are voiced to any of the details of the plan, members of the council will take it for grant• ed that everyone is satisfied. And even if you are satisfied, you still have an obligation to attend the meeting and hear more of the details involved.