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Citizens News, January 5, 1978
Jan. 5
Herb Turkheim was chosen
Chairman of the Huron County
Board of Education for a second
term. Turkheim was unopposed.
William Watson retired after
20 years of school bus driving.
The Zurich bantams won their
division at the Watford Silver
Stick hockey tournament.
Jan. 12
Two Zurich area brothers died
within three hours of each other
as former reeve of Hay township
Joseph Hoffman and Anthony
Jerome Hoffman passed away.
At Zurich council's inaugural
meeting, reeve Fred Haberer ex-
pressed the hope that the
momentum of work completed in
the past two years would con-
tinue into the following years.
Reeve Jack Tinney of Hay
township announced that road
improvement would be one of the
township's priorities for the year
1977.
Jan. 19
A Hensall woman sustained
serious injuries following a two
car crash south of Centralia.
Mrs. Donald Beck was a
passenger in a car driven by her
husband which collided with
another vehicle during poor
weather conditions.
An Ontario Municipal Board
hearing into a proposed 100 acre
cottage subdivision south of
Bayfield may be delayed due to
negligence on behalf of the
applicants.
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THE YEAR IN REVIEW: ZURICH
Jan. 26
A new lighting system was in-
stalled at the Zurich arena which
in addition to providing much
more light would cost 50 percent
less to operate.
The Hensall arena board was
"working up to a decision" con-
cerning whether to repair the ex-
isting arena or build a new one
according to chairman Wayne
Reid.
Zurich volunteer firemen
Hubert Schilbe and Eugene
O'Brien received trophies to
commemorate 29 and 10 years of
service to the community.
Feb. 2
Zurich and area was inundated
with large amounts of snow as
one of the harshest winters on
memory continued. Doug Erb
the local petroleum dealer was
kept busy following snow plows
as attempts were made to keep
isolated farms in oil. Robert
Westlake of the Westlake Am-
bulance Service reported that his
ambulance had been extremely
busy during the bad weather as
"ambulances are used in less
than essential cases due to the
safety factor." On an optimistic
note Stanley township clerk Mel
Graham said that "the roads of
Stanley township are still there
and as long as you stay off them
they are OK."
Feb. 9
The winter's frequent storms
wrecked havoc with village and
township road budgets.
Less than 10 percent of the 2,-
000 people who usually purchase
their car license plates at Zurich
had done so by this time last
year.
Hay township signed the
finalized fire agreement with
Dashwood with several changes
being made.
Feb. 16
Hensall village council and the
Parks Board approved the
authorization of construction of a
new arena -hall.
Reeve Fred Haberer informed
the Zurich Community Centre
Board that cost-sharing between
Zurich and the surrounding
municipalities for use of the
arena may become a reality.
All employees of the
municipality of Zurich received
an eight percent salary increase
but the remuneration for council
members remained the same.
Feb. 23
The Ontario Municipal Board
approved Zurich's zoning bylaw
Pork
Loin Chops
Pork
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Medium
Ground Beef
Schneiders Thuringer
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Ib.
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Ib. 95t
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9 pieces bucket $l 33
If 1 89
Ib. 35'
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with no objections raised at a
hearing.
There is a definite place in the
Chamber of Commerce for
ladies, the Zurich Chamber of
Commerce was told.
Minor teams from Garden Ci-
ty, Michigan spent a weekend in
Zurich competing in a series of
games.
March 2
William Given who started
Trillium Yachts in Zurich was
killed in a two car accident west
of Exeter.
Bill Case was named manager
of the Zurich branch of the Bank
of Montreal. He replaced ' Al
Beange.
At the annual meeting of the
Hay Township Farmers Mutual
Fire Insurance Company retiring
president Elmore McBride
reported the company continued
to maintain a steady pattern of
growth during 1976.
March 9
An exhaustive autopsy has
determined that murder suspect
Floyd Wein, 64, died by drowning
in a 43 foot well on his Dashwood
property.
In an attempt to off set some of
increased costs of snow removal,
Zurich council applied to the
province for a $600 grant.
The Zurich novices were the
winners of a four team WOAA
playoff tournament held in
Bayfield.
March 16
Zurich has its work cut out to
try and encourage industry and
tourism growth in the area said
Spence Cummings, Development
Officer for Huron county at the
March meeting of the Zurich
Chamber of Commerce.
The Zurich Community Centre
Fund continued to grow as
almost $37,000 had been
collected.
March 23
It was learned at the annual
meeting of the board of directors
of the Bluewater Rest Home that
the home ran at an occupancy
rate of 99.6 percent for the
previous year.
Residents of Stanley Township
are concerned about future ur-
ban and recreation development
in its farmlands according to the
first of series of workshops that
was held in conjunction with the
proposed secondary plan.
The Zurich bantams were the
winners of the WOAA Bantam
"D" trophy.
March 30
The Shipka Community Centre
made a donation of $500 to ARC
Industries of Dashwood for the
purchase of wood working and
silk screening equipment.
Ruslan Gani of Bangledesh
began a visit to Zurich to study
Canadian marketing techniques,
April 6
Seven students of Zurich
Public School won prizes in a
poster and essay competition
sponsored by the Ausable-
Bayfield Conservation Authority.
The Hensall and District Com-
munity Centre Fund Raising
Committee determined that
$150,000 would have to be raised
by the community.
April 13
The Zurich Chamber of
Commerce was told it is a declin-
ing breed by Gordon Hill, past
president of the Ontario Federa-
tion of Agriculture. Hill stated
that "all the advantages have
gone to big operators whether
farmers or businessmen and it is
going to be increasingly difficult
for small businessmen to operate
in the years ahead."
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