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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1974-10-10, Page 14THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 19'74 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS PAGE 15 440114 -4yrjk.s..-' —, 50 Years Ago Mr. H.L. Albright, who has purchased the general store and stock from Mr. J. Preeter, is having the interior remodelled and refitted and when finished will have a nice clean store. He is also fitting up a room on the second floor which will be given to the ladies as a waiting room. The weatherman was kind to the Fall Fair. The day was completed by a well-filled house in the Town Hall, who gave attention to the concert. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Datars and Mr. and Mrs. P. Deichert were in Stratford on Wednesday. 25 Years Ago Do Food Dyes Cause Cancer? A German professor approved the law forbidding the use of synthetic butter -yellow and other synthetic dyes in German butter, cheese and margarine. Digging and excavation has begun for the new "Babe" Sie- bert Memorial Arena Rink, Zurich. If we want an arena we must do just like other towns do --turn in and put it along, both financially and physically. On Tuesday even- ing, an army of men, mostly Lions Club, took to the shovel and made the dirt fly in great - OE- YEARS GONE - BY .. fashion. There has been a lot of dreary weather the past few weeks, with little sunshine, and it has been bad for fall fairs. Many have been mined out and others were just on the balance wheth- er to call it off or not. 20 ';Years Ago Congratulations to Mona Des- jardine and Donna Turnbull, winners of the oral speaking at Zurich Fall Fair. Both of these girls are from S.S, 11, Hay, Mrs, Melvin Desjarding, teacher. Mrs. Leo Meidinger entert- ained relatives and friends on Thursday in honor of Miss Marj- orie Ducharme, bride -elect. On Saturday last the passing out of sight of the so-called daylight saving time has brought relief to the farmers in this township. 10 ears Ago Ratepayers in the Township of Hay will pay approximately one mill less on their taxes this year, as a result of the new rate set by the council at their meeting on Monday night. The one -mill decrease is in the general and road rate. The rejection of the proposed centennial project-- the renov- ZURICH CANVASS Begins On October 15 and continues until the end of October BE READY WHEN THE CANVASSER CALLS ation of the existing arena-- was met with some dismay at the Hensall council meeting on Monday night. News of the resignation of Reg Black as secretary -treasurer of the Hay Municipal Telephone System and the Hay Township Mutual Fire Insurance Comp- any shocked the citizens of Zurich and the surrounding area this week. Several pre -nuptial events have been held in the honor of Dianne Elizabeth Thiel whose marriage to Donald Andrew Beattie is to take place on Saturday. A public meeting will be held in Zurich next Thursday night, October 15, for the purpose of forming an athletic association to administer all minor sports within the comm- unity. 0 Zurich hear tIk on young people Zurich Women's Institute met on Monday evening for their regular meeting with 22 members present. Mrs. H. Hohner was chair - lady and read a poem on "Thankfulness." Mrs. Ward Neeb and daught- ers Sylvia and Martha contrib- uted two musical numbers, Hi -Le, Hi -Lo" and Mansion over the Hilltop." For the topic "Citizenship" Mrs. M. McKinnon gave an interesting talk in which she mentioned the respect young people used to have for their elders and the disrespect prev- alent today for parents and law among many teenagers. She sompleted her talk with a poem "Glory of a Nation." Mrs. B. Geiger, presented a new member Mrs. H. Neeb, with an Institute pin. A donation of $12.00 was given to the CNIB and the W.I. also decided to sponsor the Red Cross canvas in the village later this fall. Four senior members of the Institute, Mrs. M. Hay, Mrs. N. Koehler, Mrs. W. Merner, and Mrs. Tetreau, who had all celebrated birthdays recently, expressed their thanks for remembrances. n MORE DRIVERS The number of licenced drivers in Canada is increasing at a rate greater than the pop- ulation growth, says the Ontaric Safety League. In 1962, approx. imately one third of the popul- ation held drivers licences. In 1972, almost half the pop- ulation were licenced drivers. According to Statistics Canada figures, there were 10, 513, 555 licenced drivers in 1972. The estimated population that year was 21, 830, 000. LIVESTOCK SHIPPING TO TORONTO UNION S'OC'K YARDS Dunn and Levack Every Monday All Loads Fully Insur CONTACT Campbell McKinley RR 1, ZURICH Phe Phonea 2624430 Varna UCW (continued from page 13) Tonal period was closed by a poem "God's Love" read by Mrs. Ivan McClyrnont. Mrs. Harvey Hayter read the minutes of the last rreeting and took the roll call. Treas- urer's report was read. Also correspondence notes were read by Mrs. Ida McClinchey. Mrs. Mervyn Hayter then cond- ucted a short business meeting. Mrs. Mervyn Hayter then introduced two guests for the evening, Mrs. Murray Forbes and Mrs. Stanley Johns, who gave a very interesting insight into their three days in August at Alma College in St. Thomas They mentioned the topics that were discussed and their stay concluded with a meaningful communion service of a round circle and common cup and the one piece of bread. General meeting (continued frorn page 3) letters of thanks from places where the bales were sent in May. Ann Brock reported for the social functions committee and announced the banquet to be held at Brucefield school on October 17. Anita Cook reported on the friendship and visitation com- mittee; Sadie Hoy reported on the flower committee and also announced that the United Church Observer is going up in price in January '75. It was voted that the UCW be responsible to sell the United Church calendars this year as there is no youth group. Mrs. Mock closed the meet- ing with a prayer and everyone repeated the Lord's Prayer. 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