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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1973-12-13, Page 1(111Tri© .4911 NO. 50 - FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS THURSDAY, I)ECEMB ER 13, 1973 DISCUSS MECHANOLOGY CENTRE - A dinner meeting of persons interested in the Mechanol- ogy Centre project at Zurich was held Friday night in the Dominion Hotel, and guest speaker for the occasion was Dr. R. Kaill, of the University of Guelph, centre. Shown here with Sr. Kaill on the left is Dr. John Hart, of the University of Western Ontario, who is chairman of the local proj- ect, and Mrs. Doug Riddell, right, who has been appointed secretary of tIle Centre. ar details Professor R. Kaill, of the University of Guelph, told about 35 people at a dinner meeting in the Dominion Hotel last Friday night that people from their university interviewed about 600 residents in Huron County as part of their "Huron Project." Dr. Kaill was speak- ing to a dinner meeting of the newly -organized Mechanology Centre in Zurich. In connection with the mass media the professor told the gathering that their studies showed that people watch tele- vision for entertainment, but when they want to find out something they turn to their newspapers. For recreational purposes, Police report area accidents On Sunday at 3.50 a.m. cars driven by David Gibson, Crediton and Charles Browning Jr., Crediton, collided at the junction of county road 4 and 21. Damage was estimated at $1050. by Constable Bill Mc- Intyre. On Monday at 8.05 a.m. a car driven by Lawrence Den- omme, London, skidded on Highway no 84 and rolled over in the ditch. Damage was estim- ated at $2, 000. by Constable Fon Mason. Also on Monday at 6.45 p.m. a car driven by Lydia Regier, R.R.2, Zurich and a semi -trail- er truck driven by Warren Thom- pson, R.R.3, Kippen, collided on Highway 21. Damage was estimated at $250. by Constable Frank Giffin. On Tuesday at 1.40 p.m. cars driven by Catherine Morris, Seaforth, and Emmerson Gloor, Clinton, collided on Highway 4. Damage was estimated at $150 by Constable Al Quinn. On Wednesday at 2;15 p.m. a car driven by Paul McInnis, (continued on page 8) he added, most people in Huron visit the shoreline at least once a month. He also pointed out that in their findings the cottage owners in Huron are a good class of people, and added greatly to the economy. "One-third of the farm people in Huron work part-time off the farm, " the sociologist continued to explain. "Generally the add- ed income improves their stand- ard of living." The report also indicated that Huron is as rural as any county in southwestern Ontario, he went on to explain. Three- quarters of the people in Huron are born in the same county, and many still live in the same home they were born in. Professor Kaill also related to the gathering that the people in Huron are noted as being very friendly, but the lack of industry and employment forces many of the younger persons to leave. He added that most Huror uron residents are riot too interested in industrial growth. In closing the speaker said that "our children will receive a much better education than we have, just as. we have become much better educated than our parents were." Dr. John 1 -fart, who is heading the Mechanology Centre project in Zurich, reported to the meet- ing that he hopes to have inter- views begin early in the new year. Ile pointed out that the Mechanology Centre projects differs greatly from the 1-luron Project carried out by the Univ- ersity of Guelph. "The Huron Project relates to current information, " he said, "while we hope to restore interest in early machines." Dr. Hart also reported to the gathering that Mrs. Doug Rid- dell, of Dashwood, has accepted the position of secretary for the project, and an office should be opened in the near future. No settlement reached As the current school term nears an end no settlement has been reached between the Huron. Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board and their teachers. The teachers held a meeting Tuesday night in St. Columban to discuss the outcome d their resignations which were handed in last week to the board, and become effective January 1. The teachers indicated at their meeting that their prime interest is still in the education of the children, and they are not anx- ious to have the schools closed down in January. Apparently the board have refused to meet with the Provin- cial Association of the English Catholic Teachers Federation, and still request negotiations to be carried out with the local committee of teachers who start- ed. On the other hand, the local teachers feel the negotiations are out of their hands since they turned the problem over to their provincial association. Following their meeting Tues- day night the teachers sent a telegram to the board askir'g them to reconsider their decision and meet with the provincial negotiators. The board were asked to reply by Wednesday night. If this request fails the teachers agreed to telegram the Ministry of Education and ask for a mediator to try and settle the salary dispute. At the same meeting the teach• ers voiced strong opposition to the new bill being presented in the Ontario Legislature regarding teachers' resignations. Gary Birmingham, public affairs spokesman for the teachers, will attend a mass meeting in Toron- to where delegates will thor- oughly discuss the new bill and plan strategy to oppose it. 15¢ PER COPY g�rut I ss of housing for sers The Village of Zurich will have a Senior Citizens Housing development ready for occup- ancy sometime next year, the council of the municipality were advised at their regular meeting last Wednesday after- noon. According to information provided at the meeting, the Ontario housing Authority had made an offer for a piece of property in the village some weeks ago, and the owner of the property has accepted their ,offer. Under the Ontario Housing Authority, units in the housing development will be made avail- able to senior citizens in the municipality at a very nominal rental rate. The "geared to in- come" rental units will consist of a bedroom, bathroom, living room and kitchen. All utilities will be paid for, and refrigerat- ors and stoves will be provided. As well, telephones will be installed throughout and televis- ion aerials will be available. All units built under the Authority have central laundry facilities in the basement, for the use of all tenants. The initial plans call for the construction of 10 units, al- though the Authority indicated if there was a greater demand for accomodation now than when they conducted their surv- ey over a year ago, more units would be built. Any senior citizens in the village interested in such acconr odation should contact either the clerk of the village, or any member of the council, for further information. In regular business at their meeting, the council gave final approval to the by-law author- izing the issuing of $160, 000 in debentures, to cover the bal- ance of the costs involved with the water system project last year. The debentures were taken care of by the Ontario Municipal Improvement Corp- oration. A land severance was approv- ed for Bert McBride, to sell property in the north end of the village. Building permits were issued as follows; to Romeo Construct- ion, for two new homes in the north end of the village, at $22, 000 each; to Wilfred Overholt for $200 for a shed; . and to Phil Overholt for $150 to renovate his store. Approval was given for the Zurich Hydro and Water System to take out an operating contract with the Ministry of the Environ- ment to operate and maintain the provincially owned sewage system in the municipality. Subscription Christmas gift For that Christmas gift, one which will be appreciated all year long, give a new or renew- al subscription to the Zurich Citizens News. $5 per year in Canada, $6 for foreign. An attractive gift card will be sent. Council agreed to change the insurance wording on the Arena and Community Centre to read $75, 000 on the building and $5, 000 on the contents. Prev- iously the policy read $80, 000 on the building. The total ins- urance coverage on the entire operation is $140, 000. In other business the council agreed to ask the Huron County Board of Education to accept their tax levy in two payments, on June 30 and December 15. A grant of $10 was made to the St. John's Ambulance Corps. 0 1 r,nt i oi,ton Local Initiatives Program grants for Huron riding have been approved by the depart- ment of manpower and immig- ration. The largest grant $11i, 480 goes to Clinton and District Christian School Society of the Dutch Reform Church to add two classrooms, storagerooms and washrooms to its Clinton school. The school serves children in the Clinton, Goderich, Exeter, Seaforth and Blyth areas. The Tuckersmith Municipal • Telephone System, which serves 1,500 subscribers, receives $10, 640 to hook subscribers to under- ground cable and reduce the number of connections on multi- party lines. The Ausable-Bayfield Conser- vation Authority receives $7, 200 to improve woodlot and wildlife management at the Parkhill Dam.' Two Goderich senior citizen projects were given loans; The Information and Friendship Centre gets $12,480 to provide social, recreational and infor- mation services for senior cit- izens; Helping Hands receives $7, 200 to make minor repairs to homes of the elderly and provide winter transportation, snow shovelling, window clean- ing and other services. Christmas issue next week Next week's edition of the Citizens News will be the last one for this year, and will reach subscribers on the same day as usual. As well as carry- ing all the regular types of ad- vertising and news, the issue will also be a means of area business concerns extending the greetings of the season to the general public. Anyone wishing to place a greeting message in this edition is reminded that the deadline is Monday noon. No advertise- ments will be accepted after this time. There will be no paper publ- ished between Christmas and News Years, so the next edition will be on January 3, 1974.