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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1974-09-26, Page 1NO. 39 - FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1974 150 PER COPY AT LONG LAST - After many years of planning,the old school bell out of the original Zurich School has found a new home, in the present school building. Ron Desjardine, of Desjardine Ornamental Iron Works, is shown here making the final adjust- ments to the bell in it's new location. He is assisted by the school's new custodian, Bob Merner. Weather clears in time for annual Zurich Fall Fair Following wet and cold weather all day Sunday and again Monday morning the sun finally broke through Mon- day afternoon to give the 110th annual Zurich Fall Fair a decent break as far as the weather was concerned. But the damage had already been done, and the crowds were down somewhat from previous years. Activities actually got under way ors Saturday night when 14 -year old Elizabeth Groot was crowned Queen of the Fair at the annual dance. Her two princesses were Shirley Hay and Lee Ann Doyle. Music for the Saturday night event was suppl- ied by the Alpenaires. Mrs. Ross Johnston presented the trophy to the Queen, while roses were given the winner by Mrs. Irene Steinbach, who was in charge of the event. A parade led by the Zurich Centennial Band started off the activities on Monday afternoon, followed by marching school children, decorated tricycles and bicycles and other floats. The fair was officially opened by Huron County Warden Bill Elston. Greetings were brought to the audience by Hay Town- ship reeve Joseph Hoffman, Robert E. McKinley. M.P., and Jack Riddell, MPP. During the afternoon the 4- H Calf Club members competed, and at the same time there was a Pet Show and a Baby Show inside the arena. A cattle show, along with part of the horse show, took place outside as well. In conjunction with the annual event, the Huron County Dairy Princess competition was heldin Zurich again this year. Mary Anne Miltenburg, of R.R.7, Lucknow, was the winner in this competition. Overall winner in the Durham cattie.ciass was Frank Falcon- er of Clinton, while Herb Klapp R.R.3, Zurich, was the top showman in the Angus compet- ition. Donald Dearing of Exet- er was the winner in the sheep competition. Winners of the various events at the Fall Fair will be found throughout this edition of the Citizens News. 0 Investigate Iocal fire Fire of undetermined origin completely destroyed a wood- en storage shed north of the Zurich Arena early Tuesday morning, following the annual Fall Fair. Some damage was also caused to the metal cattle barn, owned by the Zurich Agricultural Society. The volunteer fire depart- ment were called to the scene of the blaze shortly before one o'clock in the morning, but the building was completely engulf- ed in flames when they arrived. A neighbour who spotted rhe blaze turned in the alarm. For some years the building had been used for storing displ- ay cases and shelves belonging to the Agricultural Society. The Exeter detahcment of the Ontario Provincial Police along with Zurich fire chief Leo Meidinger are investigating the cause of the fire. Hope for Huronview gas supply Natural gas deposits in Stan- ley Township and Goderich Township may soon be a source of heat for Huronview, Huron's home for the aged just outside Clintnn. It was learned at last week's county council meet ing that Moffat Lake Explorat- ions Inc. has applied to the Energy Board for a franchise to supply gas to Tuckersmith Town ship and the company has ag- reed to supply gas to Huronview at 95 cents per Mcf. This price is guaranteed to September, 1, 1976. . Anson McKinley, reeve of Stanley Township, told counc- il he hopes the deal with Mof- fat Lake Explorations goes through. "We had hoped to have it completed by this fall but prob- ably it will be next year now, " he said. The price of oil fuel for Huronview is now 33.9 cents per gallon, an increase of 16.47 cents or a whopping 94 percent since October 1973: Mr. McKinley also advised council that the Iluronview committee has become concern, ed with the number of young adult retardees admitted to the home in recent months. He said there are great many other young adult retardees through- out the county who will no doubt require care in years to come. "Our concern is increased since we are operating at or near capacity and our waiting list of senior citizens continues to grow, " said Reeve McKinley. Chester Archibald, administ- rator at Huronview, agreed the Home is near capacity. He reported that 297 residents pres- ently live at Huronview with five more in hospital at the present time bringing the pop- ula.tion'at Huronview to 302. Capacity is 310. Mr. Archibald said that four more people are scheduled for admittance to Huronview in the near future. "And this month the commit- tee is faced with the largest number of applications for admittance ever, " said Mr. Archibald. Mr. McKinley told council of a recent meeting with John Cargo, Supervisor of Protective Services, Community Services Development Branch, Mentally Retarded Division of the Min- istry of Community and Social Services, Council learned a protective service worker is to be locatedin Huron by April of 1975. The Ministry feels that mentally retarded adults can best be cared for in foster borne: in their own communities rather than being institutional- ized. "The problem comes in try - (continued on page 5) Plan uniform building. permits for Huron Two major issues are under study at the present moment in the Huron County Planning Department. The first issue up for discuss- ion is a uniform building permit throughout the county with one set of rules applicable to rural municipalities and another for urban areas, The second issue to which attention is being given is the possibility of a Holding Zoning Bylaw to give local councils . control over development until such time as secondary plans and zoning bylaws have been approved in conjunction with Huron's Official Plan, County Planning Director Cary Davidson told council there should probably be one uniform building permit across the county, especially in the rural municipalities with a wide variety of building probl- ems. The caseof Bridge Motors just outside Wingham in Morris Township was cited as a prime example of the type of probl- em which can occur. Bridge Motors constructed a new building on the Morris Town- ship property where no building permit was required. However, upon making application for access to the highway, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications denied Bridge Motors a permit to construct a driveway since Huron's Planning Board advised the MCT the Bridge Motors operation was in conflict to the provisions in Huron County's Official Plan. While there is still some disp- ute surrounding the Bridge Motors operatinn, Gary David- son said the premises would be primarily a car dealership which is not strictly an agric- ulture -related enterprize as was permitted by the official plan. Warden Bill Elston, reeveof Morris Township, said the Bridge Motors operation was a "good thing for the commun- ity." He indicated the comp- any would deal in farm mach- inery, a much needed service in the Wingham area, as well as other modes of transportation. Charles Thomas, reeve of Grey Township, asked what was wrong with the Bridge Motors development and argued it was a farm related as some other developments recently permitt- ed on agricultural land in Huron "It seems to depend where the agricultural land is and who it affects, " mused Goderich deputy -reeve Stan Profit. He (continued on page 2) QUEEN OF THE FAIR CONTEST - Six area girls entered the "Queen of the Fair" contest Satur- day night held in conjunction with the annual Zurich Fall Fair. Chosen Queen was Elizabeth Groot, centre front, while her two princesses were Lee Ann Doyle, left front and Shirley Hay, right, front. Back row left to right are Lynn Schwartzentruber, Mary Anne Mathonia, Mrs. Ross Johnston, donor of the trophy, Mrs. Irene Steinbach, who was in charge of the contest, and Kim Hay.