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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1974-03-07, Page 9ml mad NO. 10 - FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1974 AREA LIBERALS MEET - Area Liberals attended a beef banquet and dance last Friday night at Hully Gully, where they heard an informative address from Huron MPP Jack Riddell. Shown here chatting with the member are left, Clarence Geoffrey, Zurich; Mr. Riddell, Ian McAllist- er, president of the Huron Liberal Association; and Jim Love, chairman of the evening's program. Hensall council hear arena plan (by Rena Caldwell) Hensall council met March 4, with all members present, with the exception of councillor Harold Knight, Robert Baker, chairman of the Parks Board, presented the budget of the Recreational Committee, which was approved on motion of Murray Baker and Len Erb. He outlined the steps taken regarding renovations to the arena, and stated there would be co-operation from the Ag- ricultural Society, In order to secure a loan, Mr. Baker said he will first contact the Min- ister of Agriculture and Ford, andif it receives their consent, then the federal government will consent to a loan. He presented forms to be filled. The street committee had no report. Ernie Davis reported nev, signs erected, and he will need materials to fill holes in the roads, Mr, Davis will contact Frank Forrest to work while he is in hospital for surgery, April 2. • The clerk received word that the water in Hensall is good. A thank -you for the plaque given to firemen was received from Bili Mickle, who was unable to attend the ceremony. The clerk will attend a meet- ing, March 6, which will inst- ruct clerk's and treasurers about the 1974 stabilization Grant requirements. A letter was received inquir- ing if there were any zoning by-laws that would prevent a Bayfield council discuss letters (by Milvena Erickson) At the regular meeting of Bayfield Village Council Mon- day evening, several pieces of correspondence received were read. A letter from DTC stated they had approved the designed criteria for the proposed paving of the village streets; a letter from the Ministry of Manpower and Immigration requesting assistance in acquainting their office with names of young people who may wish to becom( involved in.an Opportunities for Youth Grant; a letter from the International Great Lakes Levels Board regarding the ° extensive technical studies conducted by a joint team of U.S. and Canadian experts since 1965; a request for a grant from Ontario Conference on local governments was filed; a request for a grant from the Bayfield Agricultural Society was approved for the usual $50. a request from Blue Anchor Investments for a street light was considered; a letter from the select committee on motor- ized snow vehicles and all other terrain vehicles relating the statistics on the high accident rate and the death rate; a letter from the Ministry of Natural Resources regarding flood cont- rol; a letter from the village of Zurich asking if Bayfield had any regulations pertaining to private swimming pools, this letter to be answered; a plan to reflect the total project proposed by Dry Dock Marina was viewed by Council; and a letter from the Development Office, Huron County, request- ing the costs of recreational activities for the past year. In other business council adjusted the insurance coverage on equipment in the Municipal Office and on the equipment in the. Community Centre and passed a resolution to accept the agreement of the Waste Disposal site with George Lavis, to pay the share of liability insurance coverage. The next regular meeting of village council will be on March 18, at 7.30 p.m. in the Municipal Building. railway siding being connected with Bendix Home Systems. Application for a road sub- sidy of $1500 for snow removal, and $4, 000 for maintenance, will be made. A building permit was given to D. C, Joynt to construct an office in his building. Accounts amounting to $4337. 88 were ordered paid. 0 r << I uett•. .,a Area Liberals held a beef banquet and dance last Friday night at Hully Gully, at which MPP Jack Riddell outlined some of his parties' policies to the gathering. Close to 200 supporters attended the event. Chairman for the evening was Jim Love, who is the chair- man of the Hay Township ass- ociation, while Ian McAllister , Huron Riding chairman, introd- uced various officials attending as well as the MPP. Mr. Riddell told the group that the current deficit budget- ing in Ontario is leading to- wards inflation, and it is more important now than ever before to balance the budget. "Housing is another of the Liberals main concerns at the present time, " Mr. Riddell continued. "And in this next session of parliament we are going to ask to have the provin- cial sales tax removed from building products. This would help the average persons who wish to build a home." "There will also have to be more consideration given to land use, " the Huron MPP said. "We cannot continue wasting valuable farm land for industrial and commercial purposes, when there are so many hungry people in the world." Mr, Riddell also spoke briefly about the announcement rec- ently that there would be a (continued on page 5) 15 CENTS PER COPY Vurious delegations attend Hay meeting The council of the Township of Hay, at their regular meet- ing on Monday, met with a delegation from the Dashwood area regarding the picnic pav- ilion built there last summer. At the time the pavilion was built , the Hay council were asked to sign an agreement for the ownership of the same with Stephen Township, since half of Dashwood is in each munic- ipality. For some reason, or another, the agreement was not signed. To complicate matters still more, the Stephen Council voted a grant of $500 towards the project, and Hay Township did not. The delegation at Monday's meeting wanted to know why Hay council was not in agreement with the project. After considerable discussion on the matter, Hay council agreed to sign the agreement for ownership of the pavilion, and at the same time they approved a grant of $500 to- wards the project --the same as Stephen. Spokesman for the delegation was Doug Riddell, chairman of the trustee board for Dash- wood police village. Accomp- anying him were Don Rader, Mervyn Tiernan, Ron Merner, Lorne Becker, Bob Hoffman and Hubert Miller. Following the decision by council, it was suggested by one member that the township should possibly be looking at the levying of a mill rate for recreational purposes, so grants could be made to all municip- alities offering recreation programs to the township resid- ents. At the same meeting on Monday a delegation of dir- ectors of Blue Water Rest Home were in attendance to outline plans for a senior cit- - izens apartment building they are proposing on property rec- ently purchased across from the rest home. After a thor- ough discussion on the project, the council gave the plans their preliminary approval. The delegation consisted of Dr. C.J. Wallace, Gerald Ginger- ich, Ray McKinnon and Josef Risi. In other business at the meeting council accepted the tender of Robert Farrish Const- ruction, • of Listowel, for the crushing, hauling and spread- ing of gravel on township roads, for a price of $2.26 per cubic yard. All work is to be compl- eted by June 15. The Farrish tender was the lowest of two received for the project. Last year's price for the same cont- ract was $2.00 per cubic yard. Road superintendent Karl Haberer was authorized to at- tend the C, S. Anderson Road School at the University of Guelph, from May 5 to May 8, and the payment of the regist- ration fee of $70 was approved. Three tile drainage loans, in the amount of $15, 000 were approved by council at the same meeting. Council agreed to call tend- ers for the position of dog counter in the municipality with all applications to be in by April 1. The counting is to be done at a price per dog, with the job to be completed by April 30. Next regular meeting of the council will be held on Mon- day, April 1, at 11 a. m. 0 Norton Walter Irwin, 32, of Arbour Glen Crescent, London, was sentenced Friday to three years in jail after pleading guilty February 19 to armed robbery. Sentence was passed by prov- incial Judge G. G, Marshman. Irwin had admitted to robbing the Dashwood sub -branch of the Bank of Montreal of more than $10, 000 January 21. Armed with a .22 -calibre pellet gun, he arrived at the bank a few minutes before the 3 p.m. closing. The money was put in a bag and he ushered two female employees into a washroom. The women escaped through a window and contacted police. Irwin was arrested four hours later in the Hensall Hotel, where he ordered a beer and asked the bartender to keep the bag of money for him. Police recovered $10, 233. He fro 0 r speaker ss cid! a k r ' t aha r �a a On Tuesday evening, Feb- ruay 26, the South Huron and District Association for the Mentally Retarded held their general meeting in the Alhamb- ra Hall, R.R.2, Grand Bend. The Alhambra Hall is where the Huron Hope Nursery School is held three mornings a week under the supervision of Mrs. William Blewett, assisted by Mrs. Joan Smith and a number of volunteer women from the communities which the nine young pupils come from. Mrs. Margaret Engel, who formerly operated a Day Nurs- ery, but who is now employed by the National Institute on Mental Retardation in Toronto, in the field of early childhood. training, was guest speaker. She first outlined the steps leading down from the Canad- ian Association for the Mentally Retarded to the research satelite in the form of the National Institute on Mental Retardation, built,by the Kinsmen of Can- ada as a Centennial project, to the Provincial associations, which in our case is the Ontario Association for the Mentally Retarded and down from there (continued on page 12)