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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1977-01-05, Page 2Page 2 -Citizens News, January 5, 1977 1976 — The Year in Review JANUARY 7 ▪ Hay Township and the Village of Dashwood signed an agreement for fire protection following a lengthy negotiation. • . A touring Swiss hockey club playing exhibition games in Western Ontario visited Zurich and presented village officials with a flag and book. • Stuart Wolfe retired after 42 years with Dashwood Indust- riPs Ltd. JANUARY 14 ... Jack McCutcheon, reeve of Brussels and five year veteran of Huron County council, was named warden. • . Herb Turkheim of .Zurich, chairman of the Huron County Board of Education predicted that 1976 would be "the tough- est year trustees have Fiad to face". ... Zurich reeve Fred Haberer told members of, his council at their first meeting that "1976 is to be a year of belt -tighten- ing" and he hoped many of the projects that have been in the mill for the past couple of years will be completed for 1976. ... Mrs. Nancy Riley of Zurich marked her 99th birthday in good health. JANUARY 21 ... The Zurich Businessmen's Association formed with Ron Heimrich elected president and Isidore Laporte vice-president. • . The Zurich Pee Wees won the Silver Stick B2 Champion- ship. . . Canada's senior women's figure skating champion Lynn Nightingale visited her grand- parents in Grand Bend; Lynn says she wishes to teach in the future. JANUARY 28 . . . Mr. and Mrs. Roy Consitt of Hensall marked their 60th wedding anniversary. Fifty area farmers left Huron Tractor by bus to partici- pate in a John Deere fly -in at two manufacturing plants in the United States. The Zurich Agricultural Society decided to improve the annual fall fair and schedule it for July 23, 24 with Vincent Doyle of Dashwood the new president. ... Construction on the Hensall sewage project was halted due to winter conditions. FEBRUARY 6 . . . a car driven by Howard Hartley of Oil Springs went out of control on Highway 21 north of St. Joseph and crashed into the home of Dolph Sopha. . . . Snow has been removed from the main street in Hensall twice so far and the "snow ploughed" off the sidewalks. . . . Zurich and District Bean Festival Inc. held its annual meeting to begin planning for the festival on August 23 with Glen Thiel elected president. FEBRUARY 11 ... Area ladies are gathering to help those less fortunate than themselves as they quilt in the rear of the Self Help Associates retail store with the profits to go to help those in under- developed countries. Pineridge Chalet holds its Crippled Kids weekend for the seventh straight year. Zurich public school won the district girls elementary school basketball champion- ship. FEBRUARY 18 Zurich Businessmen's Association plan a special sum- mer promotion to lure tourists business to the village. . . . Reeve Fred Haberer in- formed council the senior citizens housing development in the village will be moving ahead shortly. .. The 1976 budget presented by the Recreation and Parks Committee to council shows the entire program will operate at a deficit of only $13,000 com- pared to $22,000 in 1974. Public skating was can- celled in Zurich for several weeks as an attempt was made to make ice time available to Exeter hockey teams following the closing of the Exeter arena. FEBRUARY 25 At the Hensall Beanpot, beans became the main item on the menu and the rather unique feature is drawing the appetites of both tourists and locals. . . . Hay Township Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Com- pany named Elmore McBride as president at its annual meeting. The Ontario Bean Pro- ducers Marketing Board an- nounced they sold 362,100 hundredweight bags of beans at prices of $24.50 to $25.50. ... The Hensall Minor Athletic Association is being restructur- ed and reorganized with a new executive. MARCH 3 .. . Jack Riddell, Liberal MPP for Huron -Middlesex, told county council the closing of hospitals in the county is set- ting rural Ontario back 12 to 15 years while the Clinton hospital board vice-chairman viewed the economic impact of the Clinton hospital closing as monstrous. ... The Zurich pee wees reach the W.O.A.A. "E" Champions against Drayton. MARCH 10 . . . At last Zurich residents have their hydro restored after Flyers lose to Parkhill The Zurich Flyers lost on Sunday to Parkhill by a score of 8 to 3, however the game was definitely not a walk away for the Parkhill squad. Zurich opened the scoring in the first period when Glen Over- holt scored unassisted. Park- hill came back with a goal of their own, but Zurich was fight- ing hard and controlling the puck as they tucked another one in the net before the end of the period. This time Steve Bedour assisted by Rick Schilbe made the goal. The second period turned out to be the reverse of the first as far as scoring went with Parkhill scoring twice and Atoms defeat Exeter in exhibition In an exhibition game played December 29 in the Zurich arena, the Zurich Atoms de- feated Exeter by a score of 4 to 0, despite a severe short- age of players for the Zurich squads. Only seven players turned out to play for Zurich. The shutout went to Karmen Bedard who rnade several excellent saves in the net to secure it. Dean Armstrong scored Zur- ich's first goal in the first period assisted by Mike Bed- ard. In the second it was Rick Kuepfer who found the target for Zurich assisted by Gerry Smith and Darcy Martin. The two final Zurich goals were scored in the third period as Gerry Smith and Rick Kuepfer tucked goals in behind the Exeter goalie. Rick Kuepfer also assisted with the goal by Gerry Smith. Zurich once. Once again it was Steve Bedour who found the net for Zurich assisted by pat Bedard. The score at the end of the second period was a 3 to 3 tie. It was during the final period of the game the Zurich Flyers fell apart and allowed five Parkhill goals to give them an 8 to 3 victory. Bob Farquhar was chosen as the most valuable player on the Zurich team with Ernie Schlegel most valuable player on the Parkhill team. LOCAL FEEDLOT Si DES OFBEEF LB.85 ° FULLY PROCESSED Devon Bacon MAPLE LEAF Smoked Picnics FRESH Ground Beef Roasting Chickens 1 LB. PACK $1.29 LB. $ 7.09 LB. LB. 79° 95° Inquire about prices on sides and quarters of Local Feed Lot Beef. We will cut and wrap to your specification CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING BEEF MONDAY — PORK TUESDAY Laporte Meat Market MAIN ST. ZURICH 236-4962 i e t e being without it for over four days following a severe ice storm. . Village streets were blocked as trees and hydro poles litter-, (continued on page 7) ROBERT WESTLAKE INSURANCE Specializing in dENERAL INSURANCE 236-4391 ZURICH J.E. 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