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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1974-12-12, Page 1�0 NO. 50. - FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1974 BACK TO SCHOOL - It was "back to school" for Huron County public school teachers recently on their professional development day, when they spent the best part of a day studying the new metric system. Teachers from Hensall, Zurich and Holmesville gathered at Zurich where they were briefed on the new system. Top photo shows Doug Pierson, Hensall, Bob Reddick, Zurich, Eric Mansfield, Hensall, and Ron McKay, Hensall, while in the lower photo Mrs. Susanne Strang, Hensall, Mrs. Don Jolly, Zurich, David Scholl, Holrnesville, Larry Weido, Zurich, and Mrs. Earl Oesch, Zurich, all try some practice measurements. '1474- business winds Bayfieldup a drain through village porperty to the existing drain was grant- ed with 100 costs to be borne by Dry Dock. In other business, council passed a resolution that Gordon Graham be accepted as an alt- ernative delegate on the Holmes. ville Land Fill Site committee with the same priviledges as (continued on page 17) (by Milvena Erickson) Several letters were received by Bayfield Council at their last regular meeting for 1974 on Monday evening. Bob Huntley, on behalf of Bayfield Building Centre, presented a letter of request for a zoning change from residential to commercial. Some other requests have also been received for zoning change: Two editions next week Next week's edition of the Citizens News will appear in the mails as usual next Wednes- day afternoon and Thursday morning. The final publication usually known as the Christmas edition, will bein the mails late Saturday afternoon or early Monday morning. Deadline for accepting Christ- mas greeting advertisements will be Thursday noon, December 19. Any news items for the Christ- mas edition should also be in the Citizens News office no later than Thursday evening, Dec- emberr 19, at 6 p.m. There will be no issue of the Citizens News published between Christmas and New Years, so the first regular edition of the new year will be on January 9, 1975. Advertisers and news corresp- ondents are asked to keep these publication dates in mind for the holiday season. and any further requests should be submitted to the Planning Committee. An invitation from Goderich Township to attend their Plan- ning Workshop Program for public discussion on a Secondary Plan for their Township was accepted. An invitation to att- end dinner with Bud Charnney for the reeve, councillors and corporation employees along with their wives and/or husbands was accepted with pleasure. Council learned from the Ministry of Natural Resources, who are compiling an honour roll of the largest trees in Ont- ario, that Bayfield possesses the largest basswood tree on record in the province. The Ontario Housing Corpor- ation advised that Bach -Me - Dougall, of London had been awarded the contract for the 17 - Unit Housing project for Senior Citizens. Council received and recorded the minutes of the last meeting of the Holmesville Land Fill Site committee and learned of projected costs from Mr. Lavis to December 31, 1974. A meeting is to be held on Tuesday, December 10 to further discuss costs of operat- ion for 1975. (Bayfield's share is 66/0 of total costs). A letter from the Magna Carta Group in respect to the alternate site chosen by a govern ment body for the South Timisk- arning Hospital was filed, and a letter from Dry Dock Marina requesting permission to install At the regular monthly meeting of the council of the Village of Zurich last Wednesday, Mrs. Elizabeth Oke was officially sworn in as the new clerk -treas- urer of the municipality. She replaces Douglas Armstrong, who is leaving this week to assume his new duties as clerk - administrator of the Township of Smith, adjacent to Peterborough. Hay turns down Exeter complex 15¢ PER COPY The council of the Township of Hay, at their regular monthly meeting last week, acknowledg- ed a letter from the Town of Exeter asking for participation in a senior citizens complex in that municipality. After consid- erable discussion, however, the council agreed to notify Exeter that they are not interested in entering an agreement on the project at the present time. Two building permits were approved at the meeting. Ivan Kalbfleisch of Zurich was given a permit to erect a new home on lot 21, concession 11, just west of the village limits. Council was given to understand that Mr. Kalbfleisch would provide for adequate drainage of the prop- erty for surface water from the north-east. The other building permit issued by council was for Theo Van Rompaey to construct a drive-in restaurant in the police village of Dashwood. Construct- ion will take place on Lot 25. By-law number 28, 1974, to restrict the weight of vehicles passing over the bridge at lot 3, concessions 4 and 5, was given first, second and third reading, subject to approval of the Min- istry of Transportation and Com- munications. In other business at the meet- ing council endorsed a resolution from the Township of March, concerning the standardizing of glass containers. Bendix employees end strike; back to work Workers at Bendix Home Systems in Hensall returned to their jobs on Wednesday morning, following a vote held Tuesday evening in the Hensall Town Hall, which ended the 16 -day strike. Details of the settlement between management and union officials was not available Wednesday morning. A memorandum of agreement was reached Tuesday afternoon after a four-hour meeting of company and union officers, and the employees were called in Tuesday night to vote on the offer. The union rejected an earlier wage offer last Saturday which included a company demand that workers return to work on Monday. The workers interpreted this as an ultimatum from the company and stayed off work. The union described this as a "scare tactic" aimed at splitting the membership from their leaders. The average wage at the plant was about $3.39 an hour and the company proposed wage increased totalling $1.30 an hour over a two-year period. The union described that 'increase as inadequate. Another major issue was the cost -of -living allowance (COLA) . The company wanted a COLA clause with a maximum of 10 cents an hour in the second year of the contract. The union wanted an unlimited COLA, especially since its members believed that inflation could increase a minimum 12 per cent in 1975. It wanted COLA from the first year of an agree- ment. tr, as tic A by-law appointing Mrs. Oke to the new position was given first, second and third readings at the meeting, while another by-law relieving Mr. Armstrong of his responsibilities was also given first, second and third readings. In regular business at the meet- ing council instructed the clerk to notify the managers of Shaw's Dairy Store, as well as the own- er of Zurich Wholesale, that open burning within the village limits is against the law. Coun- cil also agreed to publish a not- ice to this effect in the Citizens News as a warning to all other residents. Four building permits were approved at the meeting, to Tim Bridle for $200; to Jim Bed- ard for 8550; to Harry Bossow for $300; and to Dave Stark for $5150. An application from Don Rus- sell and Douglas Armstrong req- uesting the re -zoning of part of lot 21, concession 10, from ind- ustrial and commercial to resid- ential, was denied. Council expressed the wish to maintain the parcel of land for industrial purposes. An amount of $2110.63 from the Zurich Bean Festival Corpor- ation was accepted by the coun- cil, to be held in a trust fund for future projects. It was agreed to call tenders for the supply of fuel oil for the arena, community centre, fire hall and municipal office, with all tenders to be in the hands of the clerk -treasurer by Decemb- er 21. Name three more winners in contest There were three more winn- ers this week in the "Seek Santa" contest currently under way in the Citizens News. They were Mrs. Louis Ducharme, Zurich, Mrs. Joe Regier, R. R.2, Zurich, and Mrs. Stephen Meid- inger, Zurich. Each of the three winners rec- eive five dollar merchandise certificates as their prize. Next week will see the compl- etion of the contest appearing in the Citizens News. Three more winners will be named in the regular Thursday edition of the Citizens News, and then contestants will have to rush their entries in for the final drawing on Friday afternoon. The grand draw for the $50 in merchandise vouchers will take place on Friday afternoon, December 20. All entries submitted each week are being held and they will all be placed in the barrel for the grand draw. We would like to remind our readers however, that after next week's edition appears they will have to rush their entries to us no later than four o'clock on Friday afternoon, so that the winners may receive their vouch- ers prior to Christmas. Your co-operation in the final week will be greatly appreciated,