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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1977-08-17, Page 1NO. 'vy ' •: r FIRST WITH LOCAL NEWS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1977 Price Per Copy 20 Cents SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC — Traffic had to slow down on Main Street, Hensall Thursday while a house took the right of way. The house, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bengough, was moved from 109 Queen St. to a location on Lorne St. T -A photo Work bees getting underway for Bean Festival, August 27 There is a hum of activity in the air at Zurich these days. Phones are ringing. Meetings are being held. Heavy objects are being moved. A lot of people are busy. Preparations are under way for the twelfth annual Bean Festival. Glen Thiel, publicity • director for the festival, estimates that between '8,000 and 9,000 people may come this year. "It's the lull before Labour Day and most people want a little fling", he said. "Also, most of the harvest is done by then." George Haggitt, chairman of the property committee, has been checking out the kitchen - tables, chairs, bean cookers and bakers. Since last year more second-hand tables and chairs have been acquired. It's hoped the large coffee -makers thrown into the deal with them will turn out to be usable. A larger number of craft concessions are being reserved, according to Orlen and Lorraine Schwartzentruber. Did the long hard winter give more people time to be creative? Preliminaries for the Miss Bean Festival competition take place at 3 -p.m. the day of the festival, not at 5:30 p.m., as in- dicated in the brochure. The finals commence about 4:30 p.m. Contestants will be interviewed twice - first in shorts and tops, then in evening dress. They must be from this area: Closing date for entries is Monday, August 22. The good news in the kitchen department is that this time , ho e. Y is nobody has to chop cabbage. being bought pre -chopped. But there's still going to be plenty of stirring and mixing, in both cole slaw and bean departments. Betty Kirk, who is in charge of kitchen help (as well as the beauty contest), is looking for volunteers.. Cooking starts next Monday. On the big da pancake and Y� a sausage breakfast will be served on the street from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Bigger grills are being used this year, so that more can be cooked at one time and the Sharon Baker Zurich clerk appointed Sharon Baker of RR 2 Dash- wood, has been named as Zurich's new clerk and tax collector. She begins work September 1. Sharon was the only one of the 11 applicants who was prof- fessionally qualified, She is a graduate of Fanshawe College's course for Associated Municipal Clerk Treaserers. She worked previously in the Stephen Township Office at Crediton for four and one-half f years. Sharon is the wife of Donald Baker. They have one child, Jamie, and live west of Crediton near Shipka. She is the daughter of Anthony Regier and the late Mrs. Regier, She succeeds Betty Oke, who recently resigned as Zurich's clerk to take on a similar job at Hensall. assembly line will keep moving along. The bean -fest itself starts at 11 a.m. and runs' till 7 p.m. At $2 a plate, this will again be the best buy in meals for many miles around. Pies, baked by members of church groups, will be offered for dessert at 40 cents a slice. A whole pie will sell for $2.25. There will be a midway, and a stage on the street near the Hay Township Office. Bob Heywood of Centralia will be master of ceremonies for an afternoon concert in which boys and girls from this area may take ,part. It is not necessary to register before the day. In the morning there will be a hand puppet show by the No Strings Attached Company, which toured Huron County schools some months ago. Another special event is the frog -jumping contest, sponsored by Dr. C. Wallace. It will be held in the afternoon. The time is to be announced over the public ad- dress 'system. Ambitious frogs and owners should be in training now. The Fred Harburn Ontario Doubles Horseshow Cham- pionships are being held the day of the festival, too. Registration begins at noon. Play starts on the ball diamond about an hour later, and will probably last about six hours, Bulletins have been cir- culated by the Horseshoe Association, so a good turnout is expected. A beer concession is being run in the arena from 1 p.m. to 1 a.m. by the Minor Athletic Association. It is also sponsoring a dance that night with music by two bandsDesjardine - the Desna di e Orchestra and The Bluewater Playboys. Members of the Bean Festival executive this year are Jack Eckel, R.R. 1, Varna, president; Herb Turkheim, first vice- president; George Haggitt, second vice-president; Bob Redick, treasurer; 'and Helen Horner, secretary. Y. Prizes increased for Saturday ball tourney The Men's Fastball Tour- nament will be played this Saturday in Zurich Community Park. Games start at 8 a.m. and continue all day. The cham- pionship contest begins at 9.45 p.m. If it rains, games will be played Sunday at the same times. There will be 10 games, with eight teams taking part. They are from Goderich, South Zorra, Clinton, Zurich, Elmira, Exeter, Brussels, and Lieury. It's a double elimination tournament. All games will be seven innings, or one hour and 15 minutes' time limit. Tie games will be continued till there is a winner. Prizes have gone up from last Seniors get rec grant Members of Zurich's Maplewoods Shuffleboard Club were pleased to learn this week that they had been awarded a New Horizons grant of $4,051. The money will be used for a park and picnic area, shuf- fleboard court and barbeque pit, for the use of senior citizens. According to the terms of the grant, work must be completed on the project before next spring. At this point club members do not know when their contractor can start. The grant to Zurich brings the total awarded since the program began in 1972 to $47,169,019 for 7,894 projects. New Horizons enables retired people to carry out undertakings of their own choosing for the benefit of themselves and their com- munities. year. The champions will receive $200 instead of $125, with the Leo Meidinger Trophy. Consolation champions receive the Shaw Dairy Store trophy and $75 in- stead of $50. Runners -up -get $45 instead of $25. The most valuable player will be given a special prize, donated by Herb Turkheim. Umpires will be provided by the Ingersoll Umpires Association. Umpire -in -chief is Gary Weir of Thamesford. Jim Bedard of Zurich is official an- nouncer and score -keeper. The event, which began last year, is sponsored by the Zurich Recreation Board. Its members for 1977 are Jerry Rader, Ray McKinnon, Lee Regier, Claude Gelinas, Norm Koehler and George Haggitt. Money raised will go towards recreation equipment. Last year's champions were the Clinton Bluebirds. Schedule on page 2 . New apartments near completion The new apartment building for Zurich's senior citizens will probably open about the first of September. John Lyndon, manager of the Huron County housing authority, said the Ontario Housing Authority gave final approval'to the building last Thursday and that a letter of acceptance was being sent to the contractor, J.P. Ducharme of Zurich. Once the contractor receives the letter, he releases the keys to the Authority, which can then arrange occupancy dates for tenants. The apartments, at the east end of Main Street, were started about a year ago. There are 20 units. LOTS OF PULL? --- Somehow nine-year-old Randy McCarter found himself on the working end of this deal. Passengers in the wagon being pulled by him are (left to right) brother Darren, five; Patrick Haggitt, six; and Tye McIntyre, five. 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