HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1978-05-25, Page 1N4
FIRST WITH LOCAL NEWS
MOST VALUABLE BANTAM — At the Watford Silver Stick
bantam hockey tournament Robert Willert was named the
most valuale bantam. Robert received the trophy from tour-
nament representative Roy Caley at the annual Zurich Minor
Athletic Association banquet. Staff photo
Busy holiday, but
no serious injuries
Damage amounted to
almost $8,000 in five ac-
cidents investigated this
week by the Exeter OPP.
Four of the five occurred
during the Victoria Holiday
weekend period.
Several people were in-
jured, but none seriously.
There were two accidents
on Saturday, the first in-
volving vehicles operated by
Maxine Miller, RR 1,
Dashwood, and Clare
Masse, RR 3, Zurich. They
collided on concession 14-15
of Hay Township at sideroad
15-16.
Damage was listed at $2,-
500 by Constable Bob
Whiteford. Minor injuries
were reported to the oc-
cupants of the vehicles.
The other Saturday crash
involved a vehicle driven by
Gary Gordon Colwill, Lon-
don. The vehicle flipped onto
its roof on Highway 84, just
west of Hensall and damage
was listed at $1,100 by
Constable Whiteford.
The drive and three
passengers, also of London,
sustained minor injuries.
Damage of $3,000 was
listed by Constable Bill
Osterloo in the only accident
reported on Monday. The
driver involved was
Theodorus DeBoer, London.
His vehicle veered out of
control on the Crediton
Road, west of Huron County
Road 2 in Stephen Township.
On Thursday, vehicles
operated by Daniel Laporte,
RR 2, Zurich, and Calvin
Powell, Granton, collided on
King St. at Wellington St. in
Hensall. Damage was set at
$1,200 by Constable Wally
Tomasik.
The other accident of the
week occurred on Thursday
when a vehicle driven by
Stephen Central School prin-
cipal Don Finkbeiner collid-
ed with a bicycle driven by
one of the school's students,
Bernard Wilson, Crediton.
Wilson sustained minor in-
juries in the mishap, which
occurred on the Crediton
Road, 1.1 km west of King
St.
Damage was listed at $30
by Constable Bob Whiteford.
During the week, the local
detachment officers charg-
ed 26 drivers under the
Highway Traffic Act. They
also laid four charges under
the Liquor Licence Act and
one under the Criminal
Code.
Fined $500 for
narcotic charge
A Zurich area man was
fined $500 or 50 days in jail
after pleading guilty to a
charge of possession of
narcotic. in Exeter court,
Tuesday.
Judge W.G. Cochrane
levied the fine against
Frederick Maxime
Denomme and gave the
accused 15 days in which to
pay.
He had 21 grams of
marijuana when ap-
prehended on February 10.
Denomme had a previous
conviction.
A 15 -day jail term was
handed out to James Mallon,
London, who pleaded guilty
to a charge of impaired
driving. He was given
temporary absence to allow
him to continue to work.
In addition, the London
man had his licence
suspended for three months.
He had a previous con-
viction over two years ago.
A Huron Park man, Fred
W. McCormick, was fined
$250 or 25 days on an im-
paired driving charge. He
had a breathalizer reading of
190 mgs after being stopped
by police on May 11. He was
given 15 days in which to pay
the fine.
Suspended sentences were
handed out to Dawson R.
Keller and Marie Anna
Labreche, both of Grand
Bend, who pleaded guilty to
uttering a forged cheque on
August 3.
The accused were placed
on probation and ordered to
make restitution in the
amount of $85.22 each with
two months.
THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1978
Price Per Copy 20 Cents
Area teacher elected president
of Catholic teuchers' association
By Wilma Oke
Gaetan Blanchette of
Clinton was elected
president of the Huron -
Sports banquet
well attended
The annual Zurich Minor
Athletic Association banquet
and awards night was held
Wednesday evening before
an overflow crowd at the
Zurich community centre.
Guest speaker for the
evening was Roy Caley, a
sports director for radio
station CHOK and a well
known sports figure in the
Watford area.
Caley detailed some of the
activities involved in the
running of the annual
Watford Silver Stick hockey
tournament and of the
Watford to Alvinston road
race held over the weekend.
The sports figure saluted
Zurich's minor athletic
program and said "I hope
Zurich will always send
teams to the Watford hockey
tournament." ,
At the banquet, the Zurich
bantams were honoured for
an outstanding season of •
hockey with Caley presen-
ting the most valuable
player of the tournament
award to Robert Willert of
Zurich.
Also recognized were the
most improved players of
the each division in the
minor hockey system and
the winning team in the
Zurich minor softball league.
Following the trophy
presentations, Ron McKay
principal of Hensall Public
School, showed slides of his
trip to Russia a few years
ago.
Perth unit of the Ontario
English Catholic Teachers'
Association at a meeting in
Seaforth Wednesday night.
Mr. Blanchette, a Grade 7-
8 teacher at Ecole Ste.
Marie, succeeds' Sister
Loretta Hagen of Goderich,
to provide leadership for the
160 separate school teachers
in the Huron -Perth Catholic
Separate School system.
Other officers elected are
vice-presidents Don Farwell,
St. Columban; and Sandy
McQuillan, Stratford;
treasurer, Sister Audrey
Dumouchelle, Stratford;
recording secretary, Lu Ann
McQuillan, Stratford;
corresponding secretary,
Inez Haid, Hesson; coun-
cillors, Brian Morrissey and
Justin Tomasulo, Stratford;
Board of Directors, Adrian
Pontsioen, Clinton.
A representative from
each of the 19 schools and
one from the board office
will be named later.
Mr. Blanchette in his
acceptance speech said,
"The new executive will be
concentrating its efforts in
the area of teacher welfare.
We will be defending in a
responsible manner the
rights of every teacher in our
system. By working to im-
prove communication
among the administration
and board and teachers we
hope we will be able to
continue to succeed in
meeting our goal of
providing quality
education."
He concluded, "We are
looking forward to continued
good will and support in our
educational communities."
Rise in mill rate sees
Stanley taxes jump
Stanley taxpayers will see
their taxes rise this year due
primarily to increased costs
in being a member of the
Bayfield area fire board.
The township will be pay-
ing $44,000 this year for fire
protection as compared to
$28,000 in 1977. Most of the
extra costis a result of the
Odour investigation
continues by PUC
An investigation by the
Zurich PUC and the Ontario
ministry of consumer and
corporate relations into the
source of gasoline odours in
the village is continuing, ac-
cording to a spokesman
from the energy safety
branch of the ministry.
Jim McRory of the
ministry said the source of
the odour has been narrowed
down but that they are not
positive about the source of
the smell.
He said the problem could
continue after the source
has been identified due to
gasoline which has seeped
into the surrounding soil.
McRory said this would be
a "nuisance" but would pose
no danger.
The investigation which is
being conducted by Cyril
Entwhistle of the ministry's
Sarnia branch is expected to
be concluded sometime
next week.
Previously, it had been
stated that sites in the
village where old gas tanks
had been buried were under
investigation. The odours
could be a result of water
accumulating in the old
tanks and the forcing of the
residual gasoline to a height
where the fumes could es-
cape.
township's share of a new
fire pumper. Stanley .will
pay $19,000 towards the cost
of the pumper.
The 1978 mill rate for
residential public school
supporters has been set at
143 mills, up 6.8 mills from
last year.
The residential separate
mill rate has been set at
146.64 for this year.
Owners of commercial
properties who support the
public school system are
faced with an increase of a
little over 10 mills as the
rate goes from 152.93 to
163.00 mills.
The following is a
breakdown of the 1978 tax
schedule with the 1977
figures in brackets; farm
and residential - 41.88
(34.84), township commer-
cial - 49.27 (40.99), county
residential - 21.17 (25.53),
county commercial - 24.90
(27.68), residential public -
42.85 (40.74), commercial
public - 47.61 (45.25),
residential secondary - 37.10
(35.09), commercial secon-
dary - 41.22 (38.99), separate
residential - 46.49 (41.49) and
separate commercial - 51.66
(46.10).
The 1978 budget for the
township will be $716,000.
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EXECUTIVE ELECTED — The first meeting of the St. Boniface Catholic Women's League with the new executive in charge
was held Tuesday,. The executive consists of (back row, left -right), Elaine Beauchamp, third vice-president; Martha Ducharme,
treasurer; Helene Ducharme, services and Grace Ducharme, first vice-president. In the front row are Carmel Sweeney, past
president; Marie Gelinas, president and Cecilia Smith, corresponding secretary. Missing was Martha Overholt, recording
secretary. Staff photo