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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1977-09-21, Page 4Page 4 Citizens News, September 21, 1977 Dashwood Hotel, probably in the 1920's. JtIIIt111I1111ltlllllllll191111111011111911110111111111111111111IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH1111101011111111111111II1111111IIIIIIIIIIIIt11111111111ill llllllllllltlllllllllllllltl_� Viewpoint Z.C.N. 1111111111111111111111l1111111t11111111111111111111111111111111IIIIIIII1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111I1111111111111111111111IIIIin1111111111i- dreg realized It took a while, but the community now has 20 geared -to -income apartments for senior citizens. The official opening of the Main Street East building took place Fri- day afternoon. One point was made repeatedly during speeches at the ceremony: senior citizens apartments are not institutions, but rental units: There is no communal kitchen, no staff nurses. Everyone has complete privacy and independence. These apartments differ from others only in that they have been designed as much as possible for the convenience of older people. They can be afforded by those who have retired, because their rents are tied to income. Tenants pay what they can afford, no more or less. The Zurich building cost $403,903. Of this, 90 per cent was paid by the federal government, 10 per cent by the provincial government. Operating deficits are split. Co Fifty per cent is paid by the federal government, 421/2 per cent by the province, and 71/2 per cent by the par- ticipating municipalities - Zurich and Hay and Stanley Townships. The split among municipalities is directly related to the number from each living in the. apartments. Management is in the hands of the Huron County Housing Authority. The apartments are centrally located. This is very important. Tenants can walk to stores, churches, public meeting places, friends' homes, and the bank. The building has spacious rooms and wide carpeted cor- ridors, good lighting and a number of special safety features. Last but not least, its exterior is in keeping with the Swiss village motif favoured here for historic and aesthetic reasons. It is a practical and attractive addition to the community. We add our con- gratulations to those of others and wish its tenants every happiness. on sense Amid the continuing furor last week over Quebec's new language legislation, a sense of proportion regarding the whole issue of separatism for Quebec was in- jected from an unexpected quarter. The Mohawk Indians of the Caughnawaga reserve in the Montreal area erected a sign (in English). It reads: "If you want to be French—go to France. "But if you want to preserve your respective language and still participate in a dynamic country and culture—we welcome you to Khanata (Canada)." • As Grand Chief Paul Deer explained, "The whole thing about the sign is that we want people to start acting as Canadians, and not as Englishmen or Frenchmen. We're Canadians and that's what counts." The chief went on to explain that it was only because the Mohawks are governed by the federal government that they were able to erect their sign in English. Quebec's new language legislation stipulates that all billboards must be in French. "We're in Canada here—five feet away where you see the fence, well, that's Quebec," the chief added. It is the latter statement by the chief which reveals just how deep the split now is between the province and its native peoples. Surely the time has come for the federal government to get off the fence as far as Quebec's new language bill is con- cerned. While the federal government has no business mixing in matters that are the exclusive right of the province (and educa- tion is a provincial concern), it does have an obligation to determine whether or not people's basic rights are being denied. Just why the federal government hasn't taken the language legislation to the Supreme Court is something of a puzzle. Either it is within the law or it isn't; either it contravenes the previous James Bay agreement with the Inuit or it doesn't. The people—all the people,have a right to know just where they and the legislation stand. And the sooner that is determined by the highest court in the land, the better. FIRST WITH LOCALNEWS Published Each Wednesday By J.W. Eedy Pubiicaitions Ltd. Member: CC PI A Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Manager — Betty O'Brien Editor — Margaret Rodger Second Class Mail Registration Number 13135 Subscription Rates: $7.00 per year in advance in Canada $18.00 per year outside Canada Single copies 204 lmuminIIinni monnnnn iminemlimi L9a11alan9aa inni roil maaaainni119111a i mi: Editor's Desk IHHHHHIHHHHHIHHI By MARGARET RODGER These , ff icial openings With considerable fanfare, three agencies of govern- ment staged official openings Friday of two apartrnents for senior citizens, one in Zurich, the other in Bayfield. Politicians of all shades and civil servants of matching sympathies turned out in force. As much partisan hay as possible was made while the sun shone, No little self - promotion was indulged in, too, by the agencies concerned - Central Mortgage and housing, the Ontario Housing Cor- poration and the Huron Housing Authority. I believe that if civil servants and politicians stopped holding such functions, nobody would raise the slightest objection. The country would benefit from the redirection of energies into more wholesome channels. Plenty of politicians and civil servants would agree. The trouble is these pleasant meaningless rituals have become a habit with us. Their use in devious ways for politicking has also become habitual. Both here and at Bayfield there were public presen- tations of large Canadian flags and coffee -urns. The coffee - urns are useful. I just don't understand why they had to be presented so ostentatiously on, behalf of the Minister of Housing, the Ontario Housing Corporation and the people of Ontario. Also, the .sight of the flag in the hands of anyone who might be suspected of trying to manipulate opinion has always given me a queasy feeling. Ironically, Bayfield's 17 -unit Clan Gregor Apartments had already been occupied for over a year. An official open- ing at this date was a piece of nonsense. Mailing out formal invitations to 70 people only compounded the nonsense. •-c44,413,-44, 75 YEA1t5'AGO SEPTEMBER 1902 Miss Beatrice Steinbach is get- ting ready for her Millinery opening, on Tuesday of next week and following days. All are cordially invited. Mr. Joseph Ziler purchased the Conrad Miller homestead at the 14th Con. on Saturday. The price realized was $4700. This is a very desirable farm and the price secured by Auctioneer Bossenberry was some higher than was expected. One of Mr. Alex Rannie's work horses dropped dead this week while ploughing. The animal was a valuable one and will be quite a loss to Mr. Rannie. Mr. John Thirsk (of Blake area) is busily engaged in_ his cider mill and from the number of loads of apples we, would judge people intend to live well this winter. 50 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER 1927 The first of the home and home final games for Championship of the South Huron Baseball League will take place on the Zurich diamond this Thursday afternoon and should be a real hummer of a game by these, the two strongest teams in the league. Judge Lewis of Goderich . presided at the local sitting of the Division Court here on Tues- day afternoon, when a number of. cases were called upon, owing to lack of parties interested being present, most cases were ad- journed. Miss Gladys Coleman, a pupil of Miss M. Howard, S.S. No. 7, Stanley, received the first prize 'for public speaking at Varna School Fair. The subject spoken on was "Character". fears Ago... 25 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER 1952 The monthly meeting of the Hay Mutual. Fire Ins. Co. was held on Monday, in their Zurich offices. It will soon be in order for them to move the equipment from Crediton to the new home in Zurich. Mr. Leo Meidinger of town has purchased a fine building lot from Mrs. William Witmer, where we understand he intends erecting a home in due time. And we understand Mr. Jos. Gelinas has purchased a lot almost op- posite to the one mentioned, from Mr.. Edwin Gascho. Things keep moving along.:. Tuesday of this week was the beginning of the Autumn season, and the cool nights surely make one feel that we are soon on. the approach of another winter. The bean crop on this Highway (the Bluewater at St. Joseph) is almost harvested, and much threshing has been done,, The yield is low; fair stand, when threshdd, average around ten bushels to the acre. 10 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER 1967 The 103rd dnnual Zurich Fall Fair, on a centennial theme, will unofficially get under way on Friday night, with the annual Fall Fair dance. Music for the occasion will be supplied by Desjardine Orchestra. With a provincial election up- coming t b r Oc o e 1 17, council in the Township of Stanley is engaged in revamping their polling sub- divisions. All seven previous sub- divisions have been dissolved, noted Stanley Clerk Mel Graham, and five new ones have been set up. Ratepayers in the village of Zurich will see very little change in their taxes this year, as the mill rate has been increased by about two mills.