HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1974-10-31, Page 1,NO. 44 - FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1974
100TH ANNIVERSARY - Emmanuel United Church, Zurich, celebrated their 100th Anniversary
on Sunday, with over -flowing crowds at both services. Shown here with the guest speaker, Rev.
Allen D. Churchill, are Wayne Horner, chairman of the Centennial Committee, Mrs. Melissa
Geiger, and Rev. Bruce Guy, the minister in charge of the local congregation.
(Photo by Ross Haugh)
GUEST SINGERS - "The Watchmen, " a group of five young men from Kitchener, thrilled the
crowds at both morning and evening services at Emmanuel United Church, on Sunday. Shown here
with the group of singers are Mrs. Howard Finkbeiner left, and Milton Oesch, right.
(Photo by Ross Haugh)
Secretaries given pay. increase
Secretaries in the 20 schools
operated by the Hurnn-Perth
Roman Catholic Separate
School Board were granted an
increase of 25¢ per hour, ret-
roactive to September 1 of this
year, and a further 25¢ increase
effective February 1, 1975, at
the board's regular meeting in
Seaforth Monday night.
HPRCSS Board Chairman
Michael Connolly said the raise
was authorized by the board on
the recommendation of the .
Personnel Committee. The
employees are not unionized,
Mr. Connolly said.
The raise brings the school
secretaries' salaries up from
$2, 80 to $3.05 per hour and to
$3.30 per hour in February.
HPRCSS Business Administ-
rator Jack Lane reported that a
list of small deficiencies foll-
owing construction at Holy
Name School In St. Marys and
St. Aloysius in Stratford have
still not been remedied by the
contractors. Mr. Lane said that
one contractor told him he was
not aware of some of the items
on the list.
The board has held back
$4, 000 in the St. Aloysius job
and $2, 000 at Holy Name until
the deficiencies are cleared up.
Dublin trustee Joseph Looby
said that the architect, Kyles
Kyles and Garratt of Stratford
should take care of getting it
cleaned up "that's what he's
being paid for."
On a motion from Mr. Looby
the Board voted to ask Kyles,
Kyles and Garratt to contact
both contractors and give them
twenty days notice to correct
the deficiencies. Ed Rowland,
maintenance co-ordinator will
check both schools after 20
days and the Board itself will
repair anything that hasn't been
cleaned up and deduct the cost
from the held back portion of
the contractors' fees,
Mr. Lane reported that not-
ices had been sent to 500
Catholics who were identified
on the assessment rolls as being
Public School supporters asking
them to convert to Separate
School support. To date he has
received 53 positive replies,
bringing in $140, 000 In addit-
ional assessment, amounting
to about $3, 500 in additional
tax dollars. November 1 is the
day for changing the assessment
rolls.
Trustee Looby commented
that a comparative list showing
the assessment figures for this
year and last in each municip-
ality would be useful to each
trustee. The figure for this
year are available in the budget,
he was told.
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Huron County council
discuss health report
(by Shirley J. Keller)
A summary of the controver-
sial Mustard Report was prepared
by Dr. Frank Mills, Huron
County Medical Officer of
Health, and presented to each
member of county council at
the regular monthly meeting
Friday, October 25 in Goderich.
"I think it is an excellent
summary of the report and I
urge each member of council
to read it carefully so you will
be fully aware of the possible
implications involved in this
report should ever be adopted
by the provincial governtnent, "
Clerk -treasurer John Berry told
council.
He also predicted it will be
"difficult to get financing for
capital expenditures" at the
five county hospitals from now
on. Mr. Berry gave as an ex-
ample the "long and tedious"
effort by the board at Alexandra
Marine and General Hospital
in Goderich to obtain permiss-
ion to build additional emerg-
ency facilities there.
"If the report is implemented
warned Mr. Berry, "we will be
looking to larger hospitals."
He asked county councillors
to "stand up for Huron County
and its hospitals."
Ed Oddleifson, Reeve of
Bayfield, also voiced concern
that if the criteria set out in
the Mustard Report was adopted,
there could be a "reduction of
supported medical centres from
five to three. "
"If there is any reduction in
grants to any particular hospital,
we should object very strenuousi
said Mr. Oddleifson. "We
should be very,. very militant
about it."
He said in his opinion, Huron
had an excellent medical set-
up for a rural county and noted
the five hospitals were adequ-
ate and serving a need here.
The planning board was giv-
en permission to engage anoth-
er planner for the year 1975.
This additional personnel would
assist the present staff to exp-
edite zoning bylaws at the local
level.
James Mair of Morris, chair-
man of the planning board,
told council that the further the
county goes with planning, the
greater the need for secondary
plans and zoning bylaws.
"Some of the problems we've
encountered might have been
handled easier if we'd had more
zoning bylaws in the county."
He termed it "regrettable"
that the planning budget would
have to be considerably increas-
ed to meet the salary of an add-
itional staffer. It was estimated
that an additional $18, 000
Effective on Monday, Nov-
ember 4, the lobby at the
Zurich Post Office will again
remain open on a 24 hour a day
basis. According to area super-
visor, Harvey Pfaff, this pract-
ice will continue unless further
acts of vandalism+make it
necessary to change these plans.
Several months ago the local
Post Office reverted from a
24 hour basis and closed at
6 p.m. each day. At that time
vandalism inside the lobby
made the change necessary.
would have to go into the bud-
get to finance the extra expense
Stan Profit, deputy -reeve of
Goderich, asked why municip-
alities don't hire their own
panning consultants if the need
for secondary plans is so great.
He was told it was costlier
for a municipality to engage
their own planning staff. It was
also pointed out that it had
been agreed that the county
would provide the planning
staff to assist the municipalities
to ensure a total planning con-
cept for Huron.
"Possibly we need a little
more overall planning, " said
Mr. Mair.
It was noted that some of
the greatest planning problems
arise "where town and township
meet."
In other business, it was
learned a new library van has
been ordered from Jim Hayter
Chev-Olds Limited of Goderich,
in the amount of $3,691.50;
that the official opening of the
Huron -Perth Regional Assess-
ment Office is set for November
14 at 3:30 p.m. and that the
Association for Rural Municipal-
ities of Ontario is keenly interes.
ted in increased membership
for the coming year.
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Pother stuff
member returns
s manager
A former staff member of
the Zurich branch of the Bank
of Montreal has returned to
assume the duties of manager.
Allan Beange, who left Zurich
in 1967, replaces Jack McKone,
who has now retired from active
service with the Bank of Mont-
real.
After Mr. Beange left Zurich
he spent two years is Alliston
as an accountant, and then went
to Goderich as administration
manager. Following three years
in Goderich he transferred to
Lucknow as accounts manager.
This is his first appointment as
a branch manager.
Mr. Beange told the Citizens
News that he is very pleased to
return to Zurich, "My wife and
I always did like it here, and
we are certainly most happy to
come back again. It is just like
returning home, " he added.
The Beange's have two boys,,
one three and a half year old
and the other four months old.
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